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The next book club book is The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman. It posits the provocative question, “If a virulent virus—or even the Rapture—depopulated Earth overnight, how long before all trace of humankind vanished?”
We’ll address these and other issues raised by the book on May 6, Noon-1, Library Taylor Room. Please RSVP to Sally DeLorenzo (sdelorenzo@pacific.edu) if you are attending!
The next Literary Cuisine is April 30, Library Community Room, Noon-1. Serjio Acevedo, Director of Multicultural Affairs, will share his passion for the Salsa with a history of the dance and then a lesson all accompanied by this tasty menu!
• Nogales salad
• Grilled chicken with habanero jam
• Green chili rice with black beans
• Flan
• Agua fresca
Registration is open at the Bon Appetit dining services web site (http://www.cafebonappetit.
Find out what you’ve been missing by attending the next two Literary Cuisine events coming up this month!
On Tuesday, April 15 in the Regents Room from noon to 1 pm, the menu will be based on recipes from the book Last Dinner on the Titanic. Our guest speaker is Don Lynch, internationally recognized expert on the Titanic.
On Wednesday, April 15 from noon to 1 pm, enjoy Latin cuisine as Serjio Acevedo, director of Multicultural Affairs, shares his passion for the Salsa with history of the dance and even a lesson!
The cost for lunch is $10, charged to your Pacificcard. You can register at the Bon Appetit dining services web site under the “Literary Cuisine” tab.
Registration for the Maltese Falcon Literary Cuisine - scheduled for March 20, from Noon-1, in the Regents Dining Room - is now open. You can register at the Bon Appetit dining services web site (http://www.cafebonappetit.com/pacific/) and then click on the “Literary Cuisine” tab.
The cost will be $10.00.
Payment is through PacificCash - if you don’t already have some money on your account, it is easy to add some at the PacificCard web site.
In addition, there will be two free showings of the movie of The Maltese Falcon; one is the 1931 version; the other, the more famous and well-known 1941 version. These are both FREE!
Hope to see you on the 20th for what should be a very fun event!
The next book discussion of the Faculty-Staff Book Club is Thursday, February 14 in the Library Community Room, from Noon - 1 pm. The book will be Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
There will be a light lunch served, so please RSVP to Sally DeLorenzo, 209-946-2434, by February 8 if you plan to attend.
The November book club meeting has been changed to November 15 in the Library Community Room, from Noon-1. The book will be A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah.
Please RSVP to Sally DeLorenzo by November 9 if you will be attending.
When the Emperor Was Divine
The University Library invites you to participate in our first “One Book, One Community” program. Our goal is to have as many people on campus to read one book, in this case, When the Emperor was Divine, by Julie Otsuka., and then talk about it.
Ms Otsuka will be on campus on Friday, November 2. She will read from the book and answer questions in an open forum in the Pacific Theater, from 2-3:30pm.
When the Emperor was Divine is an eloquent and heartbreaking novel of a Japanese-American family relocated to an internment camp during World War II. We encourage you to read descriptions and reviews of the book at Amazon.com.
Everyone is invited to the Manga/Anime Contest Awards Ceremony Saturday, October 20 at 1:30 pm in the Library’s Community Room.
Food, drink and lots of fun for children and those young at heart: artwork display, a drawing demo, Cosplay (dress up like Anime Characters), and speech by Tomoko Shintani, FamineCon Executive Director, on Manga/Anime pop culture. Winners will be announced at the conclusion of the event.
In concert with the Conservatory of Music, the library is sponsoring an afternoon series of presentations and a panel discussion on topics related to copyright and intellectual property.
Join us Thursday, Oct. 18 in the Regents Dining Room from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM. Speakers include:
We are having our first faculty/staff book discussion today. The book is Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, his first novel since The Kite Runner. I hope that after we talk about the book at lunch that people will continue the conversation by posting comments, ideas, observations, etc. on this Blog.
In any event, we have already scheduled the next discussion; it will be August 15 and we will talk about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
