Author Events
September 22, 2008
Related Author talk: Ona Russell
- Central LIbrary, 820 E St., San Diego, CA 92101-6416
Sarah sleuths again in The Natural Selection. The murder of a college professor leads Sarah to the Scopes "monkey" trial where Darwin's theory of evolution is under fire. This socially and politically relevant historical mystery includes actual courtroom excerpts and vividly portrays the Scopes trial's central figures: John Scopes, William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow, and especially H.L. Mencken.
October 21, 2008
Pre-Kickoff event with author Diane Ackerman
- Warwicks, 7812 Girard Ave., La Jolla, CA 92037
February 18, 2009
Kickoff event with author Diane Ackerman
Join us for a special evening featuring Dianne Ackerman, who will read and discuss her book Zookeeper's Wife
- Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive,
La Jolla, CA 92037
Contact: 858-457-3030
A reading of excerpts from THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE presented by Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company.
Lectures
Dec. 4th, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Lecture: The Call of Conscience: A Voice from the “The List”
National University’s Center for Cultural and Ethnic Studies will be hosting The Call of Conscience: A Voice from “The List,” an evening with Leon Leyson, the youngest survivor from Schindler’s List during the World War II Jewish Holocaust.
- The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego, CA 92121
Tickets are free and available from National University by mail. Limited seating. Maximum of two tickets per person. To reserve your tickets or for more information, please contact Christina Querido at (858) 642.8095 or cquerido@nu.edu.
Book Discussions
February-date to be announced
Book Discussion
- Starbucks 1011 Market St., San Diego, CA 92101
Sandy Steel, San Diego Public Library Librarian will facilitate.
Contact: 619-696-3750
Monday, February 9, 2009
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Book Discussion
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Discussion led by Librarian, Philip Gunderson, Ph.D. Join us in the Wangenheim Room.
Contact: 619-236-5800
February 26, 2009
Book Discussion
- Rancho Bernardo Branch Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92128
Friends of the Rancho Bernardo Branch Library discuss "The Zookeeper’s Wife" as part of the One Book, One San Diego program. RB Friends representative Jerry Peterson will lead the discussion.
Films
Monday, November 10, 2008
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
The Visitor
The Visitor is a drama that follows Walter Vale, a widowed college professor who unexpectedly crosses paths with two illegal immigrants. Vale, played by Richard Jenkins, travels from his home in Connecticut to New York City for a conference and upon entering his rarely used city apartment, he makes the shocking discovery that a young couple has taken residence there. After leaning that the couple was victimized by a rental scam and has no where to turn, he allows them to stay.
Contact: 619-236-5800
December 7, 2009
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Inheritance
Imagine watching Schindler's List and knowing the sadistic Nazi camp commandant played by Ralph Fiennes was your father. Inheritance is the story of Monika Hertwig, the daughter of mass murderer Amon Goeth. Hertwig has spent her life in the shadow of her father's sins, trying to come to terms with her "inheritance." She seeks out Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig, who was enslaved by Goeth and who is one of the few living eyewitnesses to his unspeakable brutality. The women's raw, emotional meeting unearths terrible truths and lingering questions about how the actions of our parents can continue to ripple through generations.
Contact: 619-236-5800
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
- Hazard Center, 7510 Hazard Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92101
Library Night at the 2009 San Diego Latino Film Festival
Show your San Diego Public Library card and receive a $2 discount on any general admission ticket from 6:00 pm-10:30pm. The film festival is being held at the UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas at Hazard Center, 7510 Hazard Center Drive. "Library Night's" films were chosen by SDLFF to tie in with the themes presented in Zookeeper's Wife and The Campaign for Love and Forgiveness.
Contact: Media Arts Center San Diego at 619-230-1938, Ext. 100
Exhibits
November 7, 2009 - February 28, 2010
- San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
DAVKA: The Survival of a People
A remarkable exhibition developed by the American Museum of Natural History, Darwin celebrates the life and work of the great 19th-century British naturalist. The exhibition's appearance in San Diego coincides with the celebration of the bicentenary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On theOrigin of Species.
Contact: 619-232-3821
May 8- June 8, 2009
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
DAVKA: The Survival of a People
A multimedia exhibit of photographs, video, and audio tapes that illuminates the path from Shoah (Holocaust) to Survival. This is accomplished by oral histories of decendants of survivors along with photographs of them and their loved ones who perished in the Shoah.
Contact: 619-236-5800
|
