Art in the Park Art in the Park features more than fifty top artists in every genre including oil, acrylic and watercolor painting,etching, photography, wood and metal working, stained glass, ceramics and a variety of other unusual and distinctive art forms.

Coronado Contemporary Art Exhibition Artist Reception Come and join us for at the Artist Reception for the art exhibition Coronado Contemporary Art: It’s Only Natural in the Spreckels Reading Room at the Coronado Library. The artists featured in the exhibit are Tina Christiansen, Uwe Werner, Gerry Werner, Teresa Espaniola, Beate Bermann-Enn, and Greg Kalajian. The exhibition is curated by the Coronado Art Association, a non-profit organization celebrating its 76th year this June. The exhibit will be up from May 16 through July 9. Enjoy beautiful harp music, from harpist Amy Kanner, as you enjoy the art and talk with the artists.

Art in the Park

Art in the Park Art in the Park features more than fifty top artists in every genre including oil, acrylic and watercolor painting,etching, photography, wood and metal working, stained glass, ceramics and a variety of other unusual and distinctive art forms.

An Evening with Pulitzer Prize Finalist & Author Luis Alberto Urrea Coronado Public Library, in partnership with Warwick's bookstore, will host author Luis Alberto Urrea as he discusses and signs his new book, Good Night, Irene. A Pulitzer Prize finalist for his landmark work of nonfiction The Devil's Highway, now in its 30th paperback printing, Urrea is the author of numerous other works of nonfiction, poetry, and fiction, including the national bestsellers The Hummingbird's Daughter and The House of Broken Angels, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. A recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, among many other honors, he lives outside Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois, Chicago. This event is free and open to the public. Free open seating is first-come, first-served, subject to available space. Limited preferred seating is available with purchase of the book through Warwick's bookstore. For a reserved seat with purchase of a signed copy of the book, please click here or call the store at 858-454-0347.

Biography & Memoir Book Club: The Indifferent Stars Above Join the Through Their Eyes Book Club in reading The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of pioneers led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the season closed the pass ahead of them. In early December, starving and desperate, Sarah and fourteen others set out for California on snowshoes, and, over the next thirty-two days, endured almost unfathomable hardships and horrors. (Amazon)

Mystery Book Club: The Maid by Nita Prose The Coronado Public Library's Mystery Book club will meet regularly on the 3rd Monday of each month. Receive reminder emails about our meeting by registering below. Registration is not required. We will be discussing The Maid by Nita Prose. Check out the book in print or ebook format from the Coronado Library Catalog

FILM FORUM CORONADO: "Sita Sings the Blues" Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, presents FILM FORUM CORONADO, taking place the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the library's Winn Room. Film expert Ralph DeLauro provides a brief introduction to each film and leads a discussion afterwards, often including pointers about how lighting or camera angles contribute to a scene’s mood or propel the story. June 7: Sita Sings the Blues (2088, 82 min) Nina Paley’s audacious, original, cranium-bursting jukebox musical. Using an eclectic array of techniques— cutouts, painting, collage, photos, underground comic books and Yellow Submarine— she mingles an autobiographical tale of romantic woe and mythological travails of Sita, the Hindu Goddess from the epic Sanskrit fable “The Ramayana”. Set to the 1920s cool jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw. ster’s fiancé.

FILM FORUM CORONADO: "Nayak the Hero" Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, presents FILM FORUM CORONADO, taking place the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the library's Winn Room. Film expert Ralph DeLauro provides a brief introduction to each film and leads a discussion afterwards, often including pointers about how lighting or camera angles contribute to a scene’s mood or propel the story. June 21: Nayak the Hero (Bengali with English subtitles, 1966, 117 min) Satyajit Ray seamlessly integrates rueful flashbacks with surreal dream sequences in this sly, satiric, psychologically rich meditation on art, fame and regret. A brash matinee idol (Uttam Kumar) on the brink of his first flop is sent reeling down the path of self-examination when interviewed by a journalist ( Sharmila Tagore) while on route to receive an award. Bengali with English subtitles.

Drop-In Monthly Chess for Adults The Library is hosting open chess play on the second Thursday of every month between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. in the Winn Room. Enjoy playing chess with others, or learn to play or improve your game with help from facilitator and local chess coach Chuck McClung. Chess boards and pieces provided. Open to all adults age 18 and older.

An Evening with New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa The Friends of the Coronado Public Library present author Lisa See in-person, in partnership with Warwicks Bookstore, as she discusses and signs her new book, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women. This event is a fund-raiser for the Friends of the Coronado Public Library and a paid ticket is required to enter.

Drop-In Second Saturday Art Class for Kids! The Coronado Public Library offers an art class for kids on the second Saturday of each month. Children of all ages are welcome. Registration is not required. About the instructor: Anna Gorman was born and raised in southeastern Wisconsin. Her love for the arts began in her early adolescent years and was nourished throughout adulthood. The inspiration for her creations comes from a love for the natural world as well as her passion for spirituality and the yogic arts. Her media include acrylics, oils, charcoal, and graphite. When Anna isn’t creating art, she is enriching the minds of the little ones as an early childcare teacher who graduated from San Diego State University. She also loves to teach art to children. Currently, Anna is a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego where she is studying to obtain her teaching credential in Elementary Education. She loves the sun, surfing, and being outdoors.

Second Saturday Art Class for Kids! The Coronado Public Library offers an art class for kids on the second Saturday of each month. Children of all ages are welcome. Registration is not required. About the instructor: Anna Gorman was born and raised in southeastern Wisconsin. Her love for the arts began in her early adolescent years and was nourished throughout adulthood. The inspiration for her creations comes from a love for the natural world as well as her passion for spirituality and the yogic arts. Her media include acrylics, oils, charcoal, and graphite. When Anna isn’t creating art, she is enriching the minds of the little ones as an early childcare teacher who graduated from San Diego State University. She also loves to teach art to children. Currently, Anna is a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego where she is studying to obtain her teaching credential in Elementary Education. She loves the sun, surfing, and being outdoors.