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Silicon Valley Reads 2013 “Invisible Wounds of War” Calendar of 100+ Events January-April, 2013 Authors • Panels • Films • Art Exhibit • Discussions Free events for all ages throughout Santa Clara County PRESENTED BY: SiliconValleyReads.org Welcome to Silicon Valley Reads 2013 After the Civil War, men returning from combat in Santa Clara County to read and think about 2013 Companion Books suffered from “soldier’s heart.” In World War I, this important topic. Through our selected for Children & Teens some experienced “Shell Shock” and in World books and more than 100 free public events for War II it was labeled “Battle Fatigue.” Since all ages, Silicon Valley Reads hopes to engage Night Catch [PreK-Gr 2] by Brenda Ehrmantraut Vietnam, veterans have been diagnosed the community in apolitical discussions about Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) the after effects of war on soldiers and their Miracle [Gr 2-5] by Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Every war is families. and Mary Nethery different, but all leave indelible psychological, Back Home [Gr 5-8] by Julia Keller emotional and spiritual scars on those who 2013 Featured Books serve and those who wait at home. The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Purple Heart [Teens] by Patricia McCormick Follows by Brian Castner In 2013, Silicon Valley Reads explores the theme of “Invisible Wounds of War” and asks everyone Minefields of the Heart: A Mother’s Stories of a Son at War by Sue Diaz Kick Off of Silicon Valley Reads 2013 Wednesday, Jan. 30 Brian Castner, author of The Long Walk, and Sue Diaz, author of Minefields of the Heart, are interviewed on stage by Mercury News columnist Mike Cassidy. Book signing follows the program. Open seating – no reservations required. First come, first seated. Doors open Mike Cassidy at 6:45 p.m. Welcoming music by Prospect High School students, under the direction of Ryan Goodenough. Co-sponsored by Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley and LiveSV. The event will be recorded for later broadcast on KLIV Radio. 7:30 p.m. at Campbell Heritage Theatre. Information: 408-354-1242. 2012 Kick Off of Silicon Valley Reads drew a large crowd. Moffett Field History Museum Open House War & Healing Art Exhibit Saturday, Feb. 2 Feb. 4 – March 21 Step back in time “War & Healing” will look at war and the healing at the Moffett potential of art. The visual dialogue will include Field Historical veteran, civilian, and activist points of view. Artists Society Museum and groups include the Combat Paper Project with and learn about co-founder Drew Cameron, Joyce McEwen Crawford, the significant Thomas Dang, Mike Dooley, Pantea Karimi, Linden Raku Bomb #18 – role Moffett Field Keiffer, Rolf Kriken, Sanaz Mazinani, Guiseppe Pellicano, Thomas Dang and our region Ehren Tool, Elizabeth Travelslight, Diego Marcial Rios, War is Trauma prints has played in portfolio by the Justseeds Artist Collective with the Iraq Veterans Against the American military War, and Xiaoze Xie. Special projects include a collaborative mural by Eugene history since the Rodriguez’s design students and winning entries from the Sakhaa On-the-Spot Exhibit about Moffett Field as the Navy’s West Coast 1930s. Explore Peace Art contest. A concurrent display at the California History Center will Master Fighter and Attack base after WWII. exhibits and enjoy feature “The Art of Protest,” a collection of 1960s and ‘70s protest posters from USO style coffee and donuts and casual conversation with Silicon the San Jose Peace and Justice Center. Co- Valley Reads authors Brian Castner and Sue Diaz. sponsored by LiveSV. Limited to 200 and reservations required. Email name, number attending and contact information to [email protected]. Photo ID A reception for the artists will be held on will be required at the Moffett Field entrance gate. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 5:30-7:30 p.m. with printmaking demonstrations by Diego Co-sponsored by Moffett Field Historical Society, the Office of Marcial Rios. Congressman Mike Honda, the Office of San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, and the Office of Santa Clara County Supervisor Mike Wasserman. Euphrat Museum of Art at De Anza College is open Monday-Thursday, 10 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Moffett Field, Bldg. 126, Severyns Ave., a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday, March 2, Mountain View. Enter at Main Gate. Event information: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Open to tour groups by [email protected]. Museum information: 650-964-4024 or Goodbye and Goodluck – appointment. Information: 408-864-5464. Guiseppe Pellicano 2 MoffettFieldMuseum.org. Event listings in date order at SiliconValleyReads.org Poetry from War: Speaking of War Panel Discussion A Conversation Sunday, March 10 with Poets How does it feel to leave your family, law practice and political career to serve your country? What images are burned into your memory during Brian Turner and David Sullivan five years aboard warships and aircrafts? Do American journalists struggle It should make you shake and sweat, to remain objective post 9-11? How does covering a war for a long period of time affect a reporter’s personal life? Do recent communication nightmare you, strand you in a desert technologies and social media make it emotionally easier – or more of irrevocable desolation, the consequences difficult – for those who are in the field and those who wait at home? seared into the vein, no matter what adrenaline feeds the muscle its courage, no matter These and other questions will be explored by four panelists who will what god shines down on you, no matter describe their time in combat zones and how these experiences affected what crackling pain and anger their lives and perspectives. Speakers are: you carry in your fists, my friend, it should break your heart to kill. Jeff Bush, KRON-TV reporter, who enlisted in the Navy at age 20 and worked as a combat photographer during “Sadiq” by Brian Turner Operation Desert Storm. Tuesday, Feb. 26 Scott Johnson, former Newsweek foreign Brian Turner, author of the award-winning Jeff Bush correspondent and Bureau Chief for 12 collection of poetry, Here, Bullet, and Santa years in the Middle East, Europe and Latin Cruz poet David Sullivan, editor of a multi- America, and the author of the forthcoming memoir The voiced manuscript about the war in Iraq Wolf and the Watchman. Scott Johnson entitled Every Seed of the Pomegranate, are interviewed by Parthenia Hicks, Los Gatos Otto Lee, intellectual property attorney and former Brian Turner Poet Laureate Emeritus. Sunnyvale Mayor, who was deployed to Iraq for a year. Brian Turner served in Iraq and Tim McGirk, former Time Magazine Bureau Chief Bosnia-Herzegovina and writes of his who covered the wars in Iraq and experience with a direct rawness that Afghanistan, the Isaraeli-Palestinian Otto Lee gives us a glimpse into the psyche conflict and the hunt for al-Qaeda. of soldier-as-witness. He tells us, unflinchingly, the hidden stories that Moderator: Barbara Marshman, often remain locked inside the psyche Mercury News Editorial Page Editor of those soldiers fortunate enough to Tim McGirk return to their homeland. Co-sponsored by League of Women Voters, Southwest and San Jose-Santa Clara branches. David Sullivan shows us the Barbara Marshman 2 p.m., Tech Museum of Innovation. [Free public event “back stories” of – you do not need to purchase museum admission] ordinary people trying to survive under the Information: 408-354-1242. extraordinary and unnatural circumstances of war. In his poem, “Unexploded Ordnance”, he writes, “Each is at war with pulse David Sullivan Staged Reading of Back Home rates/and the memory/of those who’ve vanished. /Each wrapped in desert colors, /praying whatever/ comes to them. In home/countries we hold their wires, /wanting not to look.” Kim Vestal Sal Pizarro Shannon Edwards Refreshments and book signing Sunday, March 3 follows. Co-sponsored by LiveSV and The Local celebrities join young actors for this staged reading of Back Home by Harker School Speaker Series. Chicago journalist and author Julia Keller, the story of a family’s reactions when Dad returns from combat with physical and brain injuries. Directed by 7-9 p.m., Nichols Hall Auditorium, Shannon Edwards and featuring radio personality Kim Vestal, Mercury News The Harker School, San Jose. columnist Sal Pizarro, former TV host Brian Adams and community leader/ Information: 408-354-6664. Realtor Elizabeth Monley. Audience discussion with Julia Keller following Parthenia Hicks the performance. Co-sponsored by Cupertino Library and LiveSV. 2 p.m., Cupertino Community Hall, Cupertino. Information: [email protected] or 408-354-1242. 3 Location addresses on page 11 Events with Brian Castner, author of The Long Walk Brian Castner will talk about being in combat Friday, March 1, 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble and the difficulties he experienced when he Stevens Creek returned home, as described in his book Reading and book signing. Information: 408-984-3495. The Long Walk. Saturday, March 2, 11 a.m. at Almaden Thursday, Jan. 31, 5 p.m. at Edenvale Branch Library Branch Library Co-sponsored by Friends of Almaden Branch Library. Co-sponsored by Friends of Edenvale Library. Information: 408-808-2173. Information: 408-808-2173. Saturday, March 2, 2:30 p.m. at Saturday, Feb. 2, 2 p.m. at Gilroy Library Campbell Library Brian will be joined by his wife, Jessica, who will Co-sponsored by Friends of Campbell Library. share his combat experience from her perspective. About Brian Castner Information: 408-866-1991. Co-sponsored by Friends of Gilroy Library. Information: 408-842-8207. Brian Castner served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Saturday, March 2, 4:30 p.m.