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THE LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS FROM THE CALABASAS LIBRARY
TUESDAY EVENING BOOK CLUB: THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE BY JAMES MCBRIDE
WEDNESDAY MORNING BOOK CLUB: TRUST BY HERNAN DIAZ
FRIENDS OF THE CALABASAS LIBRARY
BOOK REVIEW: COLD CREMATORIUM: REPORTING FROM THE LAND OF AUSCHWITZ BY JÓZSEF DEBRECZENI
MESSAGE FROM THE CITY LIBRARIAN, BARBARA LOCKWOOD
LIBRARY'S HOURS
Click here for more information on the Library's hours.
The Library is closed on Saturday, August 31st and Sunday, September 1st. The Library is always closed on Mondays.
PUMPKIN PATCH STORY TIME
Fall Pumpkin Patch Story Time September 5 through October 10
| Ages | Day | Time |
| Lap Sit Up to 24 months | Thursdays | 10:30 a.m. |
| Toddler ages 2 to 4 years | Thursdays | 11:00 a.m. |
All Story Times will be held in the Multi-purpose room. Go to the front of the library and follow signs.
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, September 7, at 3:30 p.m.
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, September 14
*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, September 18 at 6:00 p.m. we'll be discussing two great films on Zoom!
MVP (2022)
Not rated and 112 minutes
On the streets of Hollywood, a recently retired NFL player is saved from scandal by a homeless veteran suffering from PTSD. With their glory days behind them both, the two men bond in search of true purpose and identity. Inspired by true events.
This movie is available on hoopla and other streaming services.
Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont (2016)
Not rated and 108 minutes
A genteel widow moves to London to start her life anew at the dowdy Claremont Hotel, which is not quite the picture of loveliness it was in the brochure. When she meets a young aspiring writer, she learns that real family ties can be chosen, not inherited.
This movie is available on hoopla and other streaming services.
For more information, click here.
TUESDAY EVENING BOOK CLUB: THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE BY JAMES MCBRIDE
A book club for adults at the Calabasas Library!
The next meeting will take place on September 17 at 5:30 p.m. and we will be discussing The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
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: TRUST BY HERNAN DIAZ
Join us at the Library on the third Wednesday of each month!
The next meeting will take place on:
Wednesday, September 18 at 11:00 a.m.
Trust by Hernan Diaz
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, September 4th 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
CALABASAS HISTORY PROJECT
To better share our past, the Calabasas Library created a website at www.calabasashistory.org. With 200 photos and more added often, this special website gives everyone a great glimpse into our interesting past. You can access the website from home, but there is a dedicated computer in the Library, where you can access the website, as well.
"THAR SHE BLOWS!" This is an old whaling term used by hunters when the mammal was spotted, but did you know that a whale was found in Calabasas 43 years ago? Many local residents don't realize that the land forming the Santa Monica Mountains - including Calabasas - was once at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. In 1981, whale bones were found during an excavation where Parkway Calabasas meets the Ventura Freeway. The bones were estimated to be 3-10 million years old and from a mammal that was 40-60 feet long. And that's no fish story!
Please share your old photos with us - If you have historic photos or items related to Calabasas or surrounding communities, please visit the Library's History page or contact Library Archivist Brian Rooney at archives@calabasaslibrary.org or 818-224-1757 so that he can scan your items for our archives and return them to you.
LIBRARY TIP OF THE MONTH
Access Video on Demand: Just for Kids: is an excellent resource for children’s programs and homework help. It has high-interest, engaging content of more than 5,500 titles, including Videos, Audio Titles, Interactive Activities, Story Time, Games and more. All content is reviewed, vetted, and ad-free with a focus on early literacy and elementary school students. Your child needs a Calabasas Library card in good standing to access from home or in the library.
BOOK REVIEW: COLD CREMATORIUM: REPORTING FROM THE LAND OF AUSCHWITZ BY JÓZSEF DEBRECZENI
There are numerous books that have been published about the experiences of Holocaust survivors, among which the best known are “Night” by Elie Wiesel, “Man's Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl, and “Maus” by Art Spiegelman. Originally published in Yugoslavia in 1950, but suppressed for decades due to Cold War politics, Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni has now been published in English and is a worthy addition to the canon. Debreczeni was a Hungarian journalist who was interred in various camps orbiting Auschwitz in the latter years of WW II. The reader acquires interesting revelation about life in these camps, such as the fact that the Nazis used a divide-and-conquer strategy to pit their Jewish prisoners against each other by structuring hierarchies of power among them. This is a sobering yet still inspiring account of perseverance against terrible odds. The Library has this title available in Print.
MESSAGE FROM THE CITY LIBRARIAN, BARBARA LOCKWOOD
It was a long, hot summer but we had lots of cool programs at the Library. During our Summer Reading Program, which was held from July 5 through August 4, 306 patrons signed up for BookPoints, 218 bags were given out to children, we had 19 events attended by over 500 patrons. The 32 teen volunteers helped people sign up and gave out weekly incentives and books. Adult patrons received reusable bags for signing up and many of our patrons received gift cards for participating in the program. Thank you to sponsors, Mendocino Farms, Rosti, Pedalers Fork and the Friends of the Calabasas Library.
Our Library also participated in the One Book, One County Library program. Both book clubs read and discussed L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón. A live event was held in downtown LA with a musical performance from Banda Las Angelinas and a conversation with the author. If you missed this event, you can view it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpyeaTvjqpI.
As fall starts, so does most of our normal programming. These programs include story times and Writers’ Club for children, book clubs and Online Film Fanatics for adults. Check our website or visit us at the Library for more information.
That’s all for this month.
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