Libraries to Host Book of the Year Events
Author: County of SLO Libraries
Date: 1/24/2019 2:33 PM
County of SLO Libraries will host a series of free events as part of the Book of the Year Program. The event will culminate with an author presentation March 5, 5:00 - 7:00 PM at the Cuesta College Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center.
County of San Luis Obispo Libraries will be offering a series of free events as part of this year’s Book of the Year Program, which is presented by the Academic Senate of Cuesta College and the Library’s SLO Reads Program.
This year’s featured author is Mexican-American Chicana scholar, novelist, and poet Ana Castillo. She will be appearing at the Cuesta College Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center on March 5, 5:00 – 7:00pm to discuss and sign copies of her memoir Black Dove: Mama, Mi’jo and Me. Tickets will go on sale on February 1 at cpactickets.cuesta.edu. Admission is $15, with students admitted free.
Leading up to the main event, several branches of the County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries will be hosting book discussions, history presentations, crafting classes and entertainment. The schedule is as follows:
ARROYO GRANDE LIBRARY
Mexican Tin Art Craft, Saturday, February 2, 2:00pm, registration required, ages 13+
Book Discussion, Friday, February 15, 10:00am, adults
Dana Adobe History & Heritage, Saturday February 16, 2:00pm, adults
Book Discussion, Tuesday, February 19, 4:30pm, adults
ATASCADERO LIBRARY
Mexican Tin Art Craft, Friday March 1, 3:00pm, registration required, ages 13+
Black Dove Book Discussion, Tuesday, February 5, 11:00am & Thursday February 21, 2:30pm
CAMBRIA LIBRARY
Mexican Tin Art Craft, Thursday, March 14, 4:00pm, ages 13+
CRESTON LIBRARY
Mexican Tin Art Craft, Thursday , March 7, 4:00pm, ages 13+
LOS OSOS LIBRARY
Black Dove Book Discussion, Thursday, February 14, 6:30 – 8:00pm
MORRO BAY LIBRARY
Mexican Tin Art Craft, Saturday, February 9, 1:00pm, registration required, ages 13+
Black Dove Book Discussion, Wednesday February 20, 10:00am
Imagen y Espiritu – Ballet Folklorico de Cal Poly, Saturday, March 2, 1:30pm, all ages
NIPOMO LIBRARY
Book Discussion, Wednesday, February 6, 1:00pm, adult
Mexican Tin Art Craft, Saturday, March 9, 2:00pm, registration required, ages 13+
OCEANO LIBRARY
Book Discussion, Thursday, February 14, 6:15pm, adult
SAN MIGUEL LIBRARY
Mexican Tin Art Craft, Wednesday, February 27, 2:00pm, ages 13+
SAN LUIS OBISPO LIBRARY
Black Dove Book Discussion, Thursday, February 14, 10:30am – 12:00pm
Ballet Folklorico, Saturday, February 23, 1:00pm, all ages
Film Screening: The Latino List, Tuesday, February 26, 5:00-9:00pm, adult
Mexican Tin Art Craft, Tuesday, March 5, 4:00pm, ages 13+
SHELL BEACH
Mexican Tin Art Craft, Wednesday February 6, 4:00pm, registration required, ages 13+
Book Discussion, Wednesday, February 20, 4:00pm, adult
About the 2019 Book of the Year:
Black Dove: Mama, Mi’jo and Me is a memoir comprised of essays that offer an intimate look at pivotal experiences in author Ana Castillo’s life across three generations: the relationship between Castillo and her immigrant mother, Castillo’s own challenges as a single mother to her son, and her childhood memories of growing up in the Mexican barrios of Chicago.
Book of the Year is a program of the Academic Senate of Cuesta College and the SLO County Public Library SLO Reads Program. It is sponsored by Cuesta College Friends of the Library, Cuesta Student Equity Fund and the County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries.
For more information about these events and others hosted by County of San Luis Obispo Libraries please visit the events calendar at slolibrary.org.
