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Tuesday, October 1, 7:30 pm
"Hard Travlin"
Folk singers Steve Ewert and Alan Arnopole present and discuss Woody Guthrie's work.
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Sunday, October 6, 2 pm
Film Screening of "The Grapes of Wrath"
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Monday, October 7, 7 pm
"Down an Old Road, The Poetic Life of Wilma E. McDaniel"
Producer/director Chris Simon will screen this documentary film about poet
Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, and discuss her biographical subject in the context of
"The Grapes of Wrath." At the age of 17, McDaniel turned the experiences of the
Okies into literature; unlike Steinbeck, she lived it.
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Wednesday, October 9, 7 pm
Richard Dry, "Leaving"
Local author and professor Richard Dry presents his novel "Leaving." This novel
features the struggles of an African-American family who migrate from South Carolina
to Oakland Calif., in the 1960s.
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Sunday, October 13, 2 pm
Film Screening :"AKA Don Bonus"
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Monday, October 14, 7 pm
Word for Word: Chapter Five of "Pastures in Heaven"
The San Francisco theater company presents this program or teens and adults.
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Tuesday, October 15, 1:30 pm
Film Screening: Biography, John Steinbeck
Film screening to the elderly community
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Wednesday, October 16, 6:30 pm
Panel discussion on California migration experience
This is a family program led by Roberta Gonzales, Channel 5 reporter. Gonzales
and other panelists will share personal experiences on migrating to and living
in California.
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Sunday, October 20, 2 pm
Film Screening: "El Norte"
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Week of October 20
Book discussion group on "The Grapes of Wrath"
Please call the library for program details.
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Wednesday, October 30 (All Day)
Grapes of Wrath Day at the Library
Staff dresses in 30's clothes. Steinbeck trivia questions at reference desk.
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