Welcome to the Rancho Mirage Public Library… This “In Season” Calendar of Events Is Full of Concerts, Lectures, Film Screenings and Ideas
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Welcome to the Rancho Mirage Public Library… This “In Season” calendar of events is full of concerts, lectures, film screenings and ideas. There is something for every age and for many interests. Popular presenters will return: • Dr. William Gudelunas will deliver a 3 part series “America Enters Word War I” • Professor Penny Riven will offer a timely talk on terrorism entitled “The New Normal” • Jim Cornett (our favorite naturalist) will give us “The Australian Outback and the Coachella Valley” NOTE: January 26-30, the Library will be accessible by e-mail, phone, and on our website but not for visits, as ticket holders “celebrate the written word” at the Fourth Annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival. Other libraries in the Valley will be ready to serve you in-person. The Rancho Mirage Public Library Foundation has reached out to our wonderful DONORS to help fund this ambitious calendar of free events. The City of Rancho Mirage Community Cultural Commission also brings us four outstanding events, as shown on page 4, with another event scheduled for April 1st! There is much to be enjoyed at the Rancho Mirage Public Library…and YOU are invited! David Bryant, Library Director Note: Any changes to this schedule, including additional programs, will be announced on our website ranchomiragelibrary.org which is always worth a visit to get the latest information about your Rancho Mirage Public Library. People with disabilities are encouraged to attend Library programs. If you have special communication or access needs, please contact the Library at 341-7323 four business days in advance of the event(s) you will attend. If you would like to receive e-mail alerts about upcoming events, changes in our programming schedule, or events not shown here, please send your e-mail address to [email protected]. Cover Image: Salton Sea From Keys View By Douglas Dolde. For more about the artist, please visit: www.douglasdolde.com 2 Rancho Mirage Cultural Commission Kal David, Guitarist and Lauri Bono, Vocalist .............................. 4 Etienne Gara, Violinist ......................................................................... 4 Play Ball, Again ...................................................................................... 4 LIBRARY Fourth Annual Rancho Mirage Artist Studio Tour .................... 4 HOURS Community Showcase Fourth Annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival ......................... 5 Monday – Tuesday Desert Writers Expo ............................................................................. 5 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Palm Springs Writers Guild ............................................................... 6 Poetry Workshops ................................................................................ 6 Wednesday Book Discussion Group ...................................................................... 6 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. Spring Book Sale Bounty ................................................................... 6 Thursday – Saturday Emergency Preparedness Forum ................................................... 7 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Map Your Neighborhood ................................................................... 7 Scams, Schemes and Damn Machines ......................................... 7 Closed Sundays Authors PLEASE NOTE: William J. Mann ..................................................................................... 8 Maureen Gilmer ................................................................................... 8 The Library will be closed to Douglas Smith ...................................................................................... 9 the public during the Rancho Robert S. Bader ..................................................................................... 9 Mirage Writers Festival on the Lectures following days: America Enters World War I ............................................................10 Thursday, January 26 The New Normal ................................................................................10 Friday, January 27 The Australian Outback and the Coachella Valley ..................11 Saturday, January 28 Why Do We Love Fashion? .............................................................11 Monday, January 30 Sunnylands: America’s Midcentury Masterpiece ....................12 Palm Springs Art Museum ..............................................................12 Holiday Closures Film New Year’s Day Foreign Language Film Series........................................................13 Monday, January 2 Femmes Fatales of the 1940s ........................................................13 Music Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lenore Raphael, Pianist ...................................................................14 Monday, January 16 Palm Springs Opera Guild ..............................................................14 Dan Barrett & The Swing All Stars ................................................15 President’s Day Peter Sprague Trio ..............................................................................16 Monday, February 20 Vijah Venkatesh, Pianist & Priyanka Venkatesh, Violinist ......16 Raviv Leibzirer, Pianist ......................................................................17 City of Rancho Mirage Tech Talk Public Library © Tech Tuesdays ......................................................................................18 71-100 Hwy 111 Kids, Teens & Familes Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 Storytimes .............................................................................................19 Tel: (760) 341-7323 Family Nights .......................................................................................19 Fax: (760) 341-5213 Kids Book Discussion Group ...........................................................20 [email protected] LEGO Club.............................................................................................20 www.ranchomiragelibrary.org Teen Tech Night ..................................................................................20 3 RANCHO MIRAGE CULTURAL COMMISSION CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2016 – 2017 Kal David, guitarist & Lauri Bono, vocalist present “Living The Dream” Wednesday, January 18, 7 – 8 p.m. “There is something amazing about two voices that sing as one,” said Sound Waves Magazine. Chicago born and raised, Kal David has been a blues guitarist, singer and songwriter for over 50 years. Today, Kal and his partner Lauri Bono spend their time traveling the world performing to blues audiences, returning most recently from Germany. Kal and Lauri will perform music from their latest album “Living the Dream.” An Evening with Étienne Gara, Violinist Wednesday, February 15, 7 – 8 p.m. Étienne Gara is the 2010 laureate of the prestigious Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation, as well as a laureate of the Fifth International Chamber Music Ensemble competition in Boston. He is a winner of Sir Yehudi Menuhin’s “Music Live Now” competition and of the 2014 and 2016 Beverly Hills Auditions. He earned his Master of Music at New England Conservatory and later joined the violinist Midori at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Play Ball, Again, Wednesday, March 8, 6 – 8:30 p.m. Play Ball, Again is an appreciation of baseball, baseball history, high and low points, and its place in our national psyche. As a tribute to the 2017 Spring Training Season, this program is like a baseball game, divided into nine innings or acts beginning with a food truck offering free hot dogs in the parking lot. Featured guests include: Bill Marx, Pete Donovan, Scott Kiner, and Frank Furino. Fourth Annual Rancho Mirage Artist Studio Tour Saturday, March 18, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Registration 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at City Hall) This event offers participants the opportunity to meet artists in their own environment and see how they create their work. Rancho Mirage City Hall will feature a pop-up gallery where additional artists will have their work on display. The tour begins with registration at Rancho Mirage City Hall where participants will receive a map and a pass, before heading out for a day of discovery. SAVE THE DATE Saturday, April 1, 2017 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tour of three Desert X art installation sites. A FOURTH ANNUAL RANCHO MIRAGE WRITERS FESTIVAL The Palm Springs Writers Guild presents The Fifth Desert Writers Expo Thursday, March 30, 3 – 6 p.m. You are invited to the Fifth Desert Writers Expo, sponsored by the Palm Springs Writers Guild. Don’t miss this The Library will be Closed for the opportunity to meet and network with Fourth Annual Rancho Mirage local authors and keep up to date on Writers Festival all the fine work that is being created right here in the Coachella Valley. Thursday, January 26 Authors of various genres, including Friday, January 27 fiction, nonfiction, cooking, memoirs, Saturday, January 28 travel, business, and how-to books, Monday, January 30 will be represented. On January 26, 27, 28 and 30, Information on how to join the the Library will be accessible by Palm Springs Writers Guild will e-mail, phone and website, but be available. The event is open not for visits. Ticketholders will to the public, with no admission “celebrate the written word” at the charge. For authors who would like Fourth Annual Rancho Mirage to participate in the Expo, visit the Writers Festival. Palm Springs Writers Guild website at www.palmspringswritersguild.org. For remote assistance, For additional information send an please call us at (760) 341-7323, email to [email protected].