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Poetry for the People

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

This course will feature poems, both historic and contemporary, which enjoy iconic status. These poems, as well as their authors, are acknowledged as widely recognized and admired as having exceptional influence. All class members are encouraged to contribute their ideas and perceptions of the poems, enriching the discussions for everyone in attendance. Chuck Kamar received […]

Biography & Memoir Book Club: “Between Two Kingdoms”

Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

Join the Through Their Eyes Book Club in reading "Between Two Kingdoms" by Suleika Jaouard. Just a few weeks shy of her twenty-third birthday, a diagnosis: leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of survival. Just like that, the life she had imagined for herself had gone up in flames. After four years, in a hospital […]

Poetry for the People

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

This course will feature poems, both historic and contemporary, which enjoy iconic status. These poems, as well as their authors, are acknowledged as widely recognized and admired as having exceptional influence. All class members are encouraged to contribute their ideas and perceptions of the poems, enriching the discussions for everyone in attendance. Chuck Kamar received […]

Poetry for the People

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

This course will feature poems, both historic and contemporary, which enjoy iconic status. These poems, as well as their authors, are acknowledged as widely recognized and admired as having exceptional influence. All class members are encouraged to contribute their ideas and perceptions of the poems, enriching the discussions for everyone in attendance. Chuck Kamar received […]

Spoilers Book Club: “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

The Spoilers Book Club reads books that are turned into movies. We read the book and get together to watch the film. We compare the two and discuss what we did and didn't like. Event Details Three female African-American mathematicians provide crucial calculations for NASA's space race against the Soviets, all while dealing with the […]

Poetry for the People

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

This course will feature poems, both historic and contemporary, which enjoy iconic status. These poems, as well as their authors, are acknowledged as widely recognized and admired as having exceptional influence. All class members are encouraged to contribute their ideas and perceptions of the poems, enriching the discussions for everyone in attendance. Chuck Kamar received […]

Poetry for the People

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

This course will feature poems, both historic and contemporary, which enjoy iconic status. These poems, as well as their authors, are acknowledged as widely recognized and admired as having exceptional influence. All class members are encouraged to contribute their ideas and perceptions of the poems, enriching the discussions for everyone in attendance. Chuck Kamar received […]

T. Jefferson Parker: In-Person Luncheon with the Author

Coronado Library Winn Room 640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA, United States

The Friends of the Coronado Public Library will host T. Jefferson Parker for an intimate luncheon with the author as well as a signing of his new book, Desperation Reef, on July 17 at 11:30 am in the Winn Room at the Coronado Public Library. The $40 ticket includes lunch and a hardcover copy of the book. Proceeds […]

$40

Author Sandra Bonura Discusses Her Newest Book on the Spreckels Family

Coronado Library Winn Room 640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA, United States

After immigrating to America and becoming involved in the development of America's sugar industry, Claus Spreckels became one of the richest Americans in history. He triumphed in an era rife with cronyism and corruption and ultimately transformed California’s agriculture, industry and transportation. But there’s always a cost for single-minded determination; the legendary family quarrels even included […]

George Galdorisi and the Algorithms of Armageddon

Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, United States

It is unclear if U.S. policy makers and military leaders fully realize that we have already been thrust into an artificial intelligence (AI) race with authoritarian powers. Join George Galdorisi as he discusses how his new book Algorithms of Armageddon examines this most pressing security issue. Register to receive reminder emails only; registration does not guarantee seating for this event. […]