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THE LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS FROM THE CALABASAS LIBRARY
TUESDAY EVENING BOOK CLUB: TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW BY GABRIELLE ZEVIN
FRIENDS OF THE CALABASAS LIBRARY
LIBRARY TIP OF THE MONTH: PEBBLEGO BY CAPSTONE
BOOK REVIEW: LITTLE OWL'S LOVE BY DIVYA SRINIVASAN
MESSAGE FROM THE CITY LIBRARIAN, BARBARA LOCKWOOD
LIBRARY'S HOURS
The Library is closed Sunday, March 31st.
Click here for more information on the Library's hours.
The Library is always closed on Mondays.
LIBRARY FUN FAIR
For elementary school age kids and their families! Saturday, March 16th at noon to 3:00 p.m., behind the Calabasas Library in the parking lot. There will be crafts, games, activities, story time and more and Admission is FREE!
For more information, click here.
ONLINE STUDY BUDDIES
Tutoring will be held by appointment on Zoom. Times are available on Tuesday, March 5th and 26th from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Sign up is required. Please fill out this form to make an appointment for tutoring for your child. Tutoring for students up through 8th grade is done by Advanced Placement and Honors high school students.
For more information, click here.
WRITERS' CLUB
Attention 3rd through 7th Graders!! If you like creative writing and hanging out with your friends then join the Writers’ Club! Hosted by the Calabasas Library and run by high school students. No experience in writing is necessary...This is just for fun!
The Writers' Club will meet one Saturday of the month. Look for the signs in front of the Library.
Upcoming meetings:
Saturday, March 16th at 3:00 p.m. right after the Fun Fair.
The meeting will be held on the outside patio. For more information, click here.
PAWS TO READ
Is your child’s reading going to the dogs? Let’s hope so! PAWS to Read is back!
Bring your new and emerging reader (grades K-3) to the Calabasas Library to share in a unique reading program. Therapy dogs, trained through Pet Partners, will sit (or lie!) and listen while your child experiences the joy of reading aloud.
WHEN: Saturday, March 9th
*TIME: 11:30a.m - 1:30p.m.
*This is one on one (dog/handler and reader) event for children grades K through 3rd.
WHERE: Calabasas Library
200 Civic Center Way
QUESTIONS: Call (818) 225-7616 ext. 2
RESERVATION: Reservations required. Please click here.
ONLINE FILM FANATICS
On Wednesday, March 20th at 6:00 p.m. we’ll be discussing three great films!
Capote
R and 114 minutes
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
This movie is available on hoopla and other streaming services.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Not rated and 114 minutes
Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire.
This movie is available on hoopla and other streaming services.
The Grass Harp
PG and 107 minutes
Based on Truman Capote's bittersweet memoir, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the deep south in the 1940s.
This movie is available on hoopla and other streaming services.
For any questions, if you need help with hoopla, Alexander Street Video or to receive the Zoom meeting link, please email Karilyn Steward at ksteward@calabasaslibrary.org.
For more information, click here.
TUESDAY EVENING BOOK CLUB: TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW BY GABRIELLE ZEVIN
A book club for adults at the Calabasas Library!
The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 19th at 5:30 p.m. and we will be discussing Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Patrons age 16 and up are welcome.
For more information, click here or email Barbara Lockwood at blockwood@calabasaslibrary.org
Sponsored by the Friends of the Calabasas Library
WEDNESDAY MORNING BOOK CLUB - UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR ii STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND REDEMPTION BY LAURA HILLENBRAND
Join us at the Library on the third Wednesday of each month!
The next meeting will take place on:
Wednesday, March 20th at 11:00 a.m.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
For more information, click here or email Karilyn Steward at ksteward@calabasaslibrary.org.
Calabasas Library
200 Civic Center Way
818-225-7616
FRIENDS OF THE CALABASAS LIBRARY
The Friends of the Calabasas Library are a volunteer group of citizens that work with the library to raise funds and sponsor programs to enhance library service throughout the community.
Upcoming Friends of the Calabasas Library meetings: Wednesday, March 6th at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom
Check the Friends webpage for the donation policy.
For more information, please email Karilyn Steward at ksteward@calabasaslibrary.org.
The Friends have a Venmo account where you can donate or pay your membership. Venmo: @CalabasasFriends
LIBRARY TIP OF THE MONTH: PEBBLEGO BY CAPSTONE
The Library has a new online resource from the State Library. PebbleGo by Capstone has science modules and e-books specifically for students K through 3rd grade. You don’t need our library card, just be in the State of California to access. You can access it here.
BOOK REVIEW - LITTLE OWL'S LOVE BY DIVYA SRINIVASAN
Have you read and fallen in love with the bedtime favorite Little Owl's Night? Flown through the pages of Little Owl's Day and cozied up during this winter with Little Owl's Snow? Little Owl's Love is the fourth book in the beloved series featuring Srinivasan's curious-yet-tranquil, big-eyed eponymous Little Owl. While gliding through his familiar forest with all its night time sights and activities, Little Owl ponders all the simple joys he loves, how seeing his friends happy makes him feel happy too, and how he loves the word "we." Just like Little Owl, the text and illustrations glide along with a soothing tone, and will leave readers of all ages realizing that they too love the word "we." Come meet, or comfortingly revisit, Little Owl in the children's section under PIC SRI.
MESSAGE FROM THE CITY LIBRARIAN, BARBARA LOCKWOOD
March is Women’s History Month. Women got the vote in 1920. How far have we come since then? A recent report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that women make up 46.9 % of the workforce but a large percent of working women are still in traditional "female" jobs--as secretaries, administrative "support" workers and salesclerks. Only 8.3 percent of women are pilots or flight engineers, 20 percent are surgeons, 19.4 percent are software developers, 29.3 percent are chief executives, and 37.4 percent of lawyers are women.
It was not until the 1970s that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg challenged many gender discrimination laws. She was a leader in the fight for equal treatment of girls and women in society and the workplace. Unfortunately, a recent Supreme Court decision has overturned some of her work. The Library has the film, RBG, which is a fascinating look at her life and work. I recommend it for anyone who has not seen it. In addition, we carry many works on feminism and the history of women’s rights.
Some of these include:
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan,
This book is feminist : an intersectional primer for next-gen changemakers by Jamia Wilson,
History vs women : the defiant lives that they don't want you to know by Anita Sarkeesian,
Nasty women : feminism, resistance, and revolution in Trump's America edited by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding.
Women's rights in the United States : a comprehensive encyclopedia of issues, events, and people Tiffany K. Wayne, editor, Lois Banner, advising editor.
Education is the key to change.
That’s all for this month.
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