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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.

The Coronado Historical Association invites you to the next lecture in the Wine and Lecture series, a talk about Naval Base Coronado's (NBC) plan to erect a monument in honor of CDR Clyde E. Lassen, USN (Ret.) and his crew at the VADM James B. Stockdale, USN (Ret.) front gate. The SH-60F helicopter is painted with Clyde’s Medal of Honor scheme and is a joint venture between the USS Midway Museum and the Naval Helicopter Association Historical Society, Inc. (NHAHS). This memorial, to be situated directly across from VADM Stockdale’s memorial A-4, Skyhawk, will pay tribute to a Vietnam war hero, a Navy helicopter crew, and all the hard-working people that pass through the gate at the NBC Master Helicopter Base. Captain Bill Personius, USN (Ret.), NHAHS President, will speak about CDR Lassen and his heroic rescue along with the plans for, and challenges with mounting the aircraft – “Helicopter on a Stick” – at the NBC Front Gate.

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.

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)

The character of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice has long been a source of debate. Some have argued that his is an antisemitic portrait with long-lasting effects on the perception of Jews in our world, while others have stated that the character is a nuanced portrayal that, especially given the time and place of his creation, is empathetic to his plight. Often, at the center of this debate is found a speech in which Shylock proclaims his humanity while defending his vengeful desires. In The Villainy You Teach, Theatre Dybbuk explodes this famous speech and, through the use of heightened theatricality and repetition, investigates the ways in which language can both take on a wide variety of meanings and lose all meaning through persistent examination and exposure.

Join the Library for the 2023 Summer Festival Concerts. Sponsored by the Friends of the Coronado Library and Hotel Del Coronado, concerts will take place every other Friday from June 16-August 25. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to each performance. Gold Line Quartet (GLQ) is based in Los Angeles. We're professional musicians with saxophone degrees from the University of Southern California, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, The Hartt School (Connecticut), and the Jacques Thibaud Conservatory of Bordeaux.

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

Children's Summer Reading Events happen every Tuesday and Thursday at 2pm during the Summer Reading Program, June 19th to August 11th! Today's activity: Make the 90's version of slime, Floam!

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.