LITERATURE

Local Acoustic Night - 1st Wednesdays

Presented by The Old Princeton Landing at Old Princeton Landing

January 4, 2012 - Ongoing

Come find local talent from around the coastside and beyond. This night offers everything from acoustic blues to funk, live poetry to rock, and more. Come out and support local music!

For those interested in performing, sign up is at 6:30pm, and it is first come first serve. Sets are 30 minutes long or about four to five songs.

Zara Raab and Jeanne Wagner - Creative Writers Series

Presented by Notre Dame de Namur University

February 15, 2012

Zara Raab lives in Berkeley, but she grew up on the North Coast, where her ancestors farmed, raised cattle and harvested tan oak. Her poems appear in River Styx, Crab Orchard Review, Evansville Review, and elsewhere. Her most recent book is Swimming the Eel (David Robert Books, 2011).

Jeanne Wagner is the recipient of several national awards, including the MacGuffin Poet Hunt, the Ann Stanford Prize, the Briar Cliff Review Award and the 2011 Inkwell Prize, judged by Mark Doty.

Two Among the Righteous Few - Marty Brounstein, Author

at South San Francisco Main Library

February 16, 2012

Join Marty Brounstein, author of Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust, for a discussion of his book. Based on a true story, it is an inspirational story about a Christian couple in the Netherlands who helped save the lives of at least two dozen people during the Holocaust and World War II.

Paws for Tales, Brisbane

Presented by City of Brisbane at Brisbane Library

February 22, 2012

Children can improve their reading skills by reading to a trained therapy dog. Sign up in advance and join the fun. Pet Assisted Therapy teams and their handlers are from the Peninsula Humane Society & the SPCA’s Paws for Tales program. Please note that the Humane Society requires a signed release form for each time a child reads. A parent or guardian must accompany the child.

Childhood Under Seige - Joel Bakan, Author

Presented by San Mateo County Library at Belmont Library

February 23, 2012

The Belmont Library will feature best-selling author and legal scholar Joel Bakan. Bakan, a professor of law at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, will appear to discuss his latest book, Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children.

This is the follow-up to Bakan's 2004 best-selling title The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, an account of how corporations have risen in the last 150 years to become a dominant economic

Story Time with Alexandra Day, Author

Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books

February 26, 2012

Alexandra Day is a legendary storyteller who has a knack for surprising juxtapositions. She is the creator of the rottweiler named Carl who gently tends to an infant in a series of books that began in 1985. Now comes The Fairy Dogfather.

Hector has trouble differentiating the letters D and G. Thus when he writes a request for a fairy godfather, the Fairy Dogfather arrives instead, wearing a fedora and smoking a cigar. He isn't what Hector had in mind at all. He uses big

Soar with Books - Preschool Reading Program

Presented by Hiller Aviation Museum at Hiller Aviation Museum

March 3, 2012

Hiller Aviation Museum presents Soar with Books, a preschool reading program on select Saturdays. It includes a special tour, aviation book reading time, and a craft project for aviators ages 3-5.

No reservations are necessary. Sign-up in person on the morning of the program.

Story Time with Emily Wagner, Author

Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books

March 4, 2012

Asleep Under the Moon is a charming bedtime story about Gavin and Buddy's adventures at the beach in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Come hear Emily Wagner introduce children to the beauties of nighttime and sleeping under the stars.

Two Among the Righteous Few... - Marty Brounstein, Author

Presented by San Mateo County Library at Belmont Library

March 25, 2012

Marty Brounstein is the author of the recently published book Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage, a true story that takes place during the Holocaust and World War II. The story he tells is about a Christian couple in the Netherlands who helped save the lives at least two dozen people, including the lives of people near and dear to him.

Brounstein has written a heartfelt story that engages the audience. His presentation aids in promoting the interfaith