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Calendar of Events February – March

Authors • Panels • Films • Art Exhibit • Discussions Activities for children and teens Free events for all ages throughout Santa Clara County

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SiliconValleyReads.org Dear Community, Silicon Valley Reads 2018 Community Advisory Board Each year the Silicon Valley Reads team works very hard to select books and Diana Bautista a theme that will engage our community in a conversation about an issue Arlene Biala relevant to our region. Our criteria are many and our standards are high. Manny Barbara Chris Brown For 2018, we considered more than 60 books in a variety of themes before Mark Coker deciding upon our final selections. Jacquie Davidson Silicon Valley Reads 2018 Kick-Off Event Joseph DiSalvo Thursday, Feb 1, 7:30 p.m. Caregiving is a topic that touches us all at one time or another. It can Rhonda Farber, Ph.D. be challenging . . . joyful . . . stressful . . . and critical to the well-being of Alice Gosak Visual & Performing Arts Center Stacey Greenwell ourselves, our families and our community. There is much to discuss and Margaret Hengel De Anza College, Cupertino we hope that our selected books help you read, think and engage with Kara Iwahashi others. Bob Kieve Mark Lukach, author of My Lovely Doors open at 6:45 p.m. No tickets or Free parking in Lots A and B beginning at Deepka Lalwani Wife in the Psych Ward, and Rachel reservations required. First come, first 5 p.m. See campus map at DeAnza.edu/ Jane Light There are more than 100 events scheduled for all ages throughout Santa Khong, author of Goodbye, Vitamin are seated. The adjacent Euphrat Museum of map. Information: [email protected] Jack Lucas, Ed.D. Clara County in February and March. All are free and we welcome you to Rosanne Macek interviewed on stage by Art will be open from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and participate in as many as you can. Michelle McGurk Mercury News columnist during book signing for free viewing of A video of this program will be posted Mary McLane Sal Pizarro. Co-sponsored the exhibit “Showing Up with Care.” The in the Video Library of the website Thank you for your continued support and involvement with Silicon Valley Diane McNutt by Commonwealth Club campus bookstore will sell books before SiliconValleyReads.org later in February. Reads. We look forward to seeing you at this year’s events. Shannon Miller, Ph.D. Silicon Valley and De Anza and after the program and the authors Judy Mitchell College. Sal Pizarro will sign books after the program. Nancy Howe Mary Ann Dewan, Ph.D. Jill Bourne Alyce Parsons Sal Pizarro County Librarian Interim County Library Director Diane Roche Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools City of San José Josh Russell Library District Santa Clara County Office Marisa Spatafore of Education Geri Weimers “Showing Up with Care” Art Exhibit No Matter What: Feb. 1-March 22 Caring, Coping, Compassion Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino “Showing Up with Care” explores caregiving, healing and the power of FEATURED SELECTIONS expression. The artists draw from personal experience, advocate for caregiver rights, and look at how art can be a vehicle for healing and transformation. Artworks include documentary photography, augmented reality videos, Named a Best International large scale collaborative paintings, narrative quilts, ceramic and mixed media Book of 2017 by bestseller. “An sculpture, an interactive mandala, and more. NPR, O-The Oprah honest and Magazine, Vogue, rewarding memoir Artists include Chris Bunz, Annabel Clark, Brett San Francisco of a couple’s Cook, Marion Coleman, Kate DeCiccio, Marisa Chronicle, Esquire, compassion and Jahn, Pantea Karimi, Kristin Lindseth Rivera, Huffington Post, love for each other.” Diwa Malaya, Mark Messenger, Adan Perez, Entertainment (Kirkus Reviews) George Rivera, Cynthia Siegel and Tony Stroman. Weekly, Buzzfeed, Special project with De Anza College art and Booklist and others. sociology students. On Saturday, March 3, the public is invited to a “Radical Self Care Mandalas” workshop. Make your own self care mandala incorporating personal and cultural symbols for health/well being COMPANION BOOKS FOR CHILDREN & TEENS and healing. Drop-in, free of charge with ongoing activities 10 “A poignant tale of Winner of the Josette A Kirkus Best Teen a.m. - 1 p.m. intergenerational Frank Award. “Effectively Books of 2015 selection, Euphrat Museum of Art on the De Anza College campus is open Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. connection, transition, and portrays the frustrations an Amazon Best Books - 3 p.m. (closed Monday February 19 for Presidents Day), Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. - patience. The language and of aging and memory loss of December 2015 1 p.m., Thursday, March 1, 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. for open mic night. Additional open hours by vivid illustrations … are through a mix of humor, selection, Top 10 Winter appointment. Information: 408-864-5464. There is no admission fee. infused with warmth and sharp-eyed observations, 2015 Indie Next List expression.” (Booklist) and compassion.” selection, a 2016 CCBC PreK-Gr 3 Gr 4-7 (Publishers Weekly) Teens Children’s Choice. 2 3

Event listings in date order at SiliconValleyReads.org Event location addresses on page 11 Events with Mark Lukach Events with Rachel Khong Author of My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward Author of Goodbye, Vitamin Mark and Giulia’s life together began Sat, Feb 3, 11 a.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Freshly disengaged from her fiancé Sat, Feb 17, 11 a.m., Vineland Branch Library as a storybook romance. They fell Co-sponsored by Friends of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library and feeling that life has not turned Sat, Feb 17, 2 p.m., Joyce Ellington Branch Library in love at 18, married at 24, and Sat, Feb 3, 2 p.m., Campbell Library out quite the way she planned, Co-sponsored by Friends of Joyce Ellington Branch Library were living their dream life in San Co-sponsored by Friends of Campbell Library 30-year-old Ruth quits her job, leaves Francisco. When Giulia was 27, she town and arrives at her parents’ Sun, Feb 18, 2 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park Library suffered a terrifying and unexpected Wed, Feb 7, 6 p.m., West Valley Branch Library home to find that situation more Co-sponsored by Santa Clara City Library Foundation & psychotic break that landed her in Sun, Feb 11, 3 p.m., Palo Alto Library – Rinconada complicated than she’d realized. Friends and the Santa Clara City Library the psych ward for nearly a month. Co-sponsored by Friends of Palo Alto Library Her father, a prominent history Sun, Feb 18, 4 p.m., Cupertino Community Hall One day she was vibrant and Join the Brown Bag Lunch Book Group (without Mark Lukach) professor, is losing his memory and is Co-sponsored by Friends of Cupertino Library well-adjusted – the next she was only erratically lucid. Ruth’s mother, to discuss My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward on Tue, Feb 13, Sat, March 24, 11 a.m., Gilroy Library delusional and suicidal, convinced meanwhile, is lucidly erratic. But as 12 noon, Palo Alto Library-Rinconada Co-sponsored by Friends of Gilroy Library that her loved ones were not safe. Ruth’s father’s condition intensifies, Sat, Feb 17, 1 p.m., Almaden Branch Library the comedy in her situation takes Sat, March 24, 3 p.m., Morgan Hill Library A story of the fragility of the mind, Sat, Feb 24, 10:30 a.m., Saratoga Library hold, gently transforming her and Co-sponsored by Friends of Morgan Hill Library and the tenacity of the human spirit, Co-sponsored by Friends of the Saratoga Libraries her grief. Told in captivating glimpses and drawn from a deep well My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward is, above all, a love story that raises Sun, March 25, 2 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library of insight, humor and unexpected tenderness, Goodbye, Vitamin profound questions: How do we care for the people we love? What Co-sponsored by Friends of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pilots through the loss, love, and absurdity of finding one’s footing and who do we live for? Library in this life. Book Group Discussions of Goodbye, Vitamin In conversation with In conversation In conversation with Tue, Feb 6, 7:30 p.m., Morgan Hill Library Mon, March 5, 7:30 p.m., Saratoga Library Dr. Lucy Kalanithi with Jeff Bell Lissa Kreisler Tue, Feb 27, 7 p.m., Gilroy Library Thur, March 29, 7:30 p.m., Palo Alto Library – Mark discusses Mark discusses adversity Mark discusses his book Fri, March 2, 10:15 a.m., Gilroy Library Mitchell Park caregiving, coping and advocacy with KCBS with Lissa Kreisler, and compassion with broadcaster Jeff Bell, author host of the KCAT Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, of Rewind, Reply, Repeat and series “Community a Clinical Assistant founder of The A2A Alliance. Storytelling” and Bay Professor of Medicine Co-sponsored by Los Altos Area Radio Hall of Fame Programs on Memory at the Stanford School Library Endowment. honoree. Audience Q&A of Medicine and widow of Dr. Paul Fri, Feb 16, 7 p.m., Los Altos Library follows. Co-sponsored by Friends of Healthy Living for The Brain and Maximizing Your Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Los Gatos Library. Times-bestselling memoir When Breath Sat, Feb 24, 1:30 p.m., Los Gatos Library Your Brain and Body Transformation Memory: Tips and Becomes Air. Co-sponsored by Friends of Presented in English and Mandarin, this Professor Nick Fortino, Milpitas Library. Strategies program will describe lifestyle habits Ph.D. of Gavilan College Mon, Feb 12, 7 p.m., Milpitas Library that can help maintain or potentially will discuss the way the Are you concerned about your improve health. These habits may also brain functions and how memory? This informative and Using Technology, Innovations and Data To Create help to keep the brain healthy as we age it can change. He will interactive program will and possibly delay the onset of cognitive describe how people can focus on how to A New Future for Caregiving decline. Lifestyle habits associated with use the principles of brain tell the difference function to transform themselves into between normal Thur, March 8, 6:30 p.m. healthy aging include: cognitive activity, More than 40 million Americans are Panelists include: who they wish to be. Co-sponsored by age-related Tech Museum of Innovation physical health and exercise, diet and caregivers to parents, partners, friends • Rajiv Mehta, CEO and Founder of Atlas Gavilan College. memory loss of Caregiving nutrition, and social engagement. or children with disabilities -- yet many Tue, Feb 6, 7 p.m., Gilroy Library and dementia. feel alone. How can current systems • Dawn Nafus, Anthropologist, Senior Fri, Feb 9, 10:30 a.m., Saratoga Library Participants and the community do a better job to Research Scientist, Intel Corporation will also support unpaid caregivers? This panel will • Gary Wolf, Co-Founder, Quantified learn tips discuss how groundbreaking research, Self, and Contributing Editor, Wired Maximize Your Memory and strategies modern technologies and the personal • Mark Lukach, author, My Lovely Wife in Presented in English and Mandarin, this program covers how memory works, the for improving Rajiv Mehta Dawn Nafus experiences of caregivers and those who the Psych Ward difference between normal and abnormal memory loss, tips for increasing your memory. Co- support them might be combined to Moderated by Barbara Marshman, memory and three keys to maintaining brain health. sponsored by Editorial Page Editor, Mercury News achieve transformative change in our Fri, March 16, 10:30 a.m., Saratoga Library the Alzheimer’s communities. Co-sponsored by the Seniors’ Agenda, Association. Santa Clara County Department of Thur, March 8, Aging and Adult Services and The Tech 3 p.m., Gilroy Gary Wolf Barbara Marshman Museum of Innovation Library 4 5

Event listings in date order at SiliconValleyReads.org Event location addresses on page 11 Programs on Care and Compassion Agnews Museum Tour: History of Caring Creating Moments of Joy: Mental Illness and Mindfulness: and Compassion The Untapped Potential of Family Relationships Learning To Be Wed, March 7, 10 a.m.-12 noon Caregiving Preserving Our Based on Mark Lukach’s memoir My Happy, Healthy and Agnews Historic Cemetery & Museum Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward, Indian The greatest gift you can give In 1885 the Agnews for developmentally Business and Professional Women someone is your time. As scarce Vision Over the Years Stress Free – No Residential Facility disabled. Join (IBPW) will host a panel discussion a commodity as that may be for This program will discuss how aging and was established former Agnews to address the issues around mental Matter What you, it is even more precious eye diseases can threaten vision, and by the California Development illness and its effect on relationships. In this session on mindfulness and for an aging parent or loved what you can do to preserve your most State Legislature as Center staff Psychiatric professionals on the panel meditation, participants will be one. Yet far too many people precious sense. Dr. Martin Fishman, a a neuropsychiatric member and current will discuss how to cope by anchoring introduced to the benefits of yogic embrace their caregiver role too Los Gatos ophthalmologist and Clinical institution for museum volunteer compassion, devotion and love. breathing exercises by experiencing late, seeing it only in its most negative terms and Professor of Ophthalmology at Stanford the care and Kathleen Lee for a guided relaxation through breathing, missing out on what might become some of life’s Medical Center, will discuss common Sun, April 15, 1-3 p.m., India treatment of the mentally ill. It was special walking tour of the Agnews light yoga and stretching, and guided most cherished memories. Start spending quality eye diseases, preventative measures, Community Center considered a leader in adopting Historic Cemetery & Museum in meditation. A discussion will follow on time now to experience the “Aha!” moment of therapies and the latest medical and progressive treatments of mental Santa Clara. Due to limited space, insights into the nature of the mind with what matters in life. Gerontologist Esther Koch surgical approaches to cataracts, illness and later became a resource pre-registration is required at a focus on compassion. will help you tap into your potential to create glaucoma, macular degeneration and Self-Care for http://bit.ly/Agnews18. moments of joy as a caregiver. other eye conditions. Caregivers Mon, Feb 12, 7 p.m., Gilroy Library Wed, Feb 21, 7 p.m., Los Altos Library Wed, March 7, 10:30 a.m., Saratoga Fri, March 9, 5:30 p.m., Los Altos Library Becoming a caregiver Library Cultivating Compassion Fri, Feb 23, 10:30 a.m., Saratoga Library is a life-changing Mon, March 12, 7 p.m., Gilroy Library experience, whether you Simple gestures of care can Hospice 101 are caring for a loved Thur, March 15, 7 p.m., Milpitas Library change a person’s life, and This program one or working in a RESOURCES FOR cultivating compassion can will provide healthcare profession. CAREGIVERS make us healthier and more information Compassion and resilient. Lakiba Pittman, about the mindfulness teacher author of Bread Crumbs From CareMapping Workshop myths and Emily Hine, CEO of HineSight Santa Clara County Library District The Soul: Finding Your Way In this two-hour interactive facts of Consulting, will offer practical has compiled a list of organizations Back Home, will discuss how to workshop, participants will hospice care mindfulness strategies and compassion that provide resources to all types of develop the qualities of compassion, empathy, and learn about and draw their and its impact practices to reduce caregiver stress, caregivers and to individuals who are kindness for oneself and for others. Learn about own “CareMap” – a diagram of on both the depression and burnout. This engaging experiencing aging, health or disability how compassion cultivation can increase self– their care ecosystem. The Atlas patient and presentation will help you develop coping issues. compassion and self-­­care, reduce stress, anxiety, CareMap illustrates the caregiver’s the family. Co-sponsored by Hospice of strategies to help you better care for Download the list from the home and depression, and enhance connection with own support system, highlights the Valley. yourself and others. page of SiliconValleyReads.org. others. what is working well, and can Tue, March 6, 7 p.m., Campbell Library Thur, March 8, 2 p.m., Campbell reveal duplication or gaps in care Tue, Feb 13, 7 p.m., Los Altos Library Library Mon, March 12, 7 p.m., Los Altos and resources. The workshop was Mon, March 5, 7 p.m., Campbell Library Library developed with funding from the Thur, March 8, 7 p.m., Milpitas Library Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Santa Barbara Foundation and AARP Holistic Nutrition Mon, March 19, 7 p.m., Saratoga and has been presented to hundreds of individuals over the past two years. Library Indian Business and Professional Women Co-sponsored by the Seniors’ Agenda, Santa Clara County Department of (IBPW) will host a talk on holistic Aging and Adult Services. nutrition, based on Rachel Khong’s novel Mon, Feb 12, 4:30 p.m., Alum Rock Branch Library Goodbye, Vitamin. Lata Patil will address Tue, Feb 13, 7 p.m., Morgan Hill Library senior citizens on the topic of “Cooking, Care and Compassion.” Thur, Feb 22, 2 p.m., Campbell Library Tue, April 10, 12 noon, India Fri, March 2, 10:30 a.m., Saratoga Library Community Center Mon, March 5, 7 p.m., Gilroy Library Mon, March 19, 7 p.m., Los Altos Library

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Event listings in date order at SiliconValleyReads.org Event location addresses on page 11 Best Boy Nine to Director Ira Wohl documents three Ninety years in the life of his cheerful, A story of a family mentally handicapped 52-year-old at a crossroads, this cousin, Philly Wohl, whose elderly PBS documentary is parents have recently started to an intimate portrait prepare him for the day when they of three generations can no longer be his caretakers. Ira coming together to Alive Inside: The Story of The Alzheimer’s Project: follows Philly as he travels from face the questions his apartment in Queens into and consequences of Music and Memory Caregivers Manhattan, where he takes classes aging. The heart of to learn to care for himself. Slowly, This film is a joyous Five portraits of caregiving for the film is the love Philly begins to learn the ways of the cinematic exploration Alzheimer’s. Created by an award- story of Phyllis and world and becomes more self-reliant and independent. Initially of the capacity of music winning HBO team, this multi- Joe Sabatini, who at released in 1979, this film won an Academy Award for Best to reawaken our souls platform series takes a close look at ages 89 and 90 live Documentary Feature. 110 min. and uncover the deepest groundbreaking discoveries made by in the home of their parts of our humanity. the country’s leading scientists, as well Tue, Feb 13, 7 p.m., Saratoga Library daughter and son-in- Filmmaker Michael as the effects of this debilitating and law, where they relish Rossato-Bennett chronicles fatal disease on those with Alzheimer’s time with their family the astonishing experiences and their families. 48 min. Grandmother to but do not want to be a burden on their children. 29 min. of individuals around Mon, Feb 5, 5:45 p.m., Rose Garden Branch Library Wed, Feb 7, 5:30 p.m., West Valley Branch Library the country who have Grandmother Tue, Feb 13, 4 p.m., Tully Community Branch Library Sat, Feb 17, 10:30 a.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library been revitalized through This film introduces two Sat, Feb 24, 2 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Wed, Feb 21, 1 p.m., Almaden Branch Library the simple experience of outstanding projects – one in Mon, March 5, 5 p.m., Seven Trees Branch Library listening to music. 78 min. Sat, March 3, 1:30 p.m., Evergreen Branch Library the Bronx, one in Tanzania. The Wed, March 7, 1 p.m., Almaden Branch Library Mon, March 12, 5:30 p.m., Alum Rock Branch Library Fri, Feb 9, 2 p.m., founders of these projects are Gilroy Library Mon, March 12, 6 p.m., Alum Rock Branch Library finding simple and effective ways Tue, March 13, 7:20 p.m., Tue, March 13, 7 p.m., Saratoga Library to support grandmothers who are Campbell Library raising grandchildren. Children Here One Day: A Family Copes Alzheimer’s: who were ‘at risk’ are now thriving. Grandmothers who felt hopeless are With Mental Illness Caring for Mom and Dad A Love Story beginning to have hope. 56 min. When filmmaker Kathy Leichtr moved back into her childhood Who will take care of those who can no Those diagnosed with Wed, Feb 14, 6:30 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library home after her mother’s suicide, she discovered a hidden box Alzheimer’s live an average longer care for themselves? How will the Thur, Feb 22, 5 p.m., Edenvale Branch Library of audiotapes. Sixteen years passed before she had the courage of eight years after their to delve into this trove, unearthing details that her mother nation adapt to ensure that adequate care Thur, March 1, 11:30 a.m., Gilroy Library symptoms first become had recorded about every aspect of her life, from the joys and can be provided for both the caregivers Thur, March 1, 5:30 p.m., Evergreen Branch Library and for those being cared for? This PBS noticeable. It has been 11 challenges of her marriage, to her son’s estrangement, to the Tue, March 13, 5:30 p.m., Willow Glen Branch Library documentary seeks to answer these years for Greg, who now highs and lows of living with bipolar disorder. This emotionally questions as it explores the emotional, lives in a memory care Sat, March 17, 3 p.m., Alviso Branch Library candid film is about a woman coping with mental illness, her health and financial challenges that many facility. Every day, his relationships with her caregivers face every day, and offers husband Michael visits family and the ripple solutions and tips to help others embarking the love of his life and You’re Looking At Me Like I effects of her suicide on on this new future. 60 min. fights to preserve the those she loved. It is memory of their 40 years Live Here and I Don’t being used in classrooms Thur, Feb 22, 5:30 p.m., Educational Park Branch Library together. This documentary has been screened at more than 50 This is the first documentary filmed in an across the world to teach Wed, Feb 28, 6:30 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library film festivals internationally and won both audience and juried Alzheimer’s unit told from the perspective how mental illness and Mon, March 5, 5:30 p.m., Alum Rock Branch Library awards, including the Best Short Film and Best LGBT Film at of an Alzheimer’s patient. In Danville, Lee suicide impact families, Sat, March 10, 1:30 p.m., Evergreen Branch Library the Cannes American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase. Gorewitz wanders on a personal odyssey reduce stigma, raise Sat, March 10, 2 p.m., Milpitas Library 16 min. through her Alzheimer’s & Dementia care awareness, and educate Thur, March 22, 5 p.m., Edenvale Branch Library Tue, March 13, 7 p.m., Campbell Library unit. From the moment she wakes up, Lee policymakers and mental is on a quest -- for reminders of her past health professionals on At 83, Herbie suffers from dementia and can no longer live and her identity. A total immersion into the future. 76 min. The Sandwich Generation the fragmented day-to-day experience alone. Winokur and Kashi are faced with difficult choices Tue, Feb 13, 7 p.m., Campbell Library In this emotionally charged account of family of Alzheimer’s, “You’re Looking At Me caregiving, filmmaker Julie Winokur and her husband, and overwhelming responsibility as they charge head on Tue, March 6, 7 p.m., Saratoga Library through their “sandwich” years. 28 min. Like I Live Here and I Don’t” is filled with photojournalist Ed Kashi, expose their personal lives with charismatic vitality and penetrating ruminations that challenge Sun, March 18, 2 p.m., Milpitas Library unflinching candor. Winokur and Kashi uprooted their Wed, Feb 7, 5 p.m., West Valley Branch Library our preconceptions of illness and aging. 53 min. Mon, March 19, 6 p.m., Gilroy Library two children and their business in order to move 3,000 Sat, Feb 17, 11 a.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Tue, Feb 20, 7 p.m., Saratoga Library miles cross-country to care for Winokur’s father, Herbie. 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“When a Teen Writing Workshop Solidifying Your Mindfulness Practice through community Learning To Help Children’s Activity Eric Lindstrom, reads together, Following a reading aloud of Mango, Abuela and Me, children will create a chart author of Not If I See Bullet Journaling: A Workshop for Teens it becomes a showing how they can support and help their families. The activity will guide children In this special workshop for teens, creativity coach and author Kanesha You First, will share place where more to identify teachable skills for themselves and family members. This program will be Baynard will show participants how to expand their mindfulness practices understanding creative writing offered at many San Jose Public Library branches in February and March. For dates and through bullet journaling. Bullet journals can be simple and streamlined and empathy tips with teens on are possible. It times, visit SiliconValleyReads.org. or elaborate works of art. People use bullet journals to spark creativity, Wednesday, Feb. 7, becomes a kinder decrease their screen time, increase their mindfulness, improve memory, place for people to 7-8 p.m. at Cupertino live.” Happy Birds Library. – Meg Medina In this year’s selected picture book Mango, Abuela and Me, a parrot named Mango helps Mia and her grandmother get better acquainted. Meet smart and beautiful real parrots Author Eric Lindstrom will visit local public high schools in Storytimes in a special program with Happy Birds. February and March to talk about his book and writing. Storytimes at many libraries in February Sat, Feb 17, 3 p.m., Saratoga Library and March will feature a reading of Wed, Feb 21, 3 p.m., Morgan Hill Library Mango, Abuela and Me. Some storytimes Mindfulness for Teens will be bilingual. For dates, locations and Thur, Feb 22, 3 p.m., Milpitas Library This one-hour fun, interactive session is times, visit SiliconValleyReads.org. Wed, Feb 28, 5 p.m., Almaden Branch Library conducted by instructors from the YES! For Thur, March 15, 4:30 p.m., West Valley Branch Library Schools program that has been taught to more Family Reading Program Wed, March 28, 4:30 p.m., Campbell Library than 13,000 students in the Bay Area. The session FIRST 5 Santa Clara County will host includes: tension releasing exercises, targeted readings of Mango, Abuela and Me for breathing techniques to help reduce stress, full children under the age of 6 and their Wendelin Van Draanen body relaxation and short guided meditation. families at local Family Resource Centers Participants are requested to bring a yoga mat or a in February and March, open to the Tue, March 13, Cupertino Library large towel. public. The first 50 families in attendance 4 p.m. – Students in grades 4-7 are invited to meet Mon, Feb 5, 4 p.m., Milpitas Library at each event will receive a free copy of Wendelin Van Draanen and discuss her book, The Secret the book, in English or Spanish, to take Life of Lincoln Jones. Tue, Feb 6, 4 p.m., Morgan Hill Library home. For dates, times and locations, Mon, March 5, 4 p.m., Gilroy Library extend and improve family communication, take better care of themselves visit SiliconValleyReads.org. 7 p.m. – Adults with an interest in children’s literature are and get their “to do” lists under control. Participants will be able to apply the invited to meet Wendelin Van Draanen and discuss her Tue, March 20, 5 p.m., Campbell Library layouts, spreads, journaling tools and customizable bullet journal structure to Cool Kids Read Book Club books. Registration required at either the Cupertino Adult Fri, March 23, 5:30 p.m., Los Altos Library their daily lives, creative endeavors and wellness practices. Author Wendelin Van Students in grades 4-6 are welcome to join or Children’s Reference Desk beginning Feb. 1. Draanen will visit local public Mon, Feb 26, 4 p.m., Milpitas Library a discussion of The Secret Life of Lincoln schools in March to talk to Jones by Wendelin Van Draanen. students in grades 4-7 about Sat, March 3, 10:30 a.m., Gilroy Library her book and writing. Family Histories Teen Program Thur, Feb 15, 4 p.m., Los Altos Library Teens will learn about family connections and Sat, March 10, 3 p.m., Morgan Hill Library basic family research in this introduction to Tue, March 27, 4 p.m., Los Altos Library unlocking family histories. Provided resources Silicon Valley Reads 2018 Event Locations Self-Compassion for Teens Agnews Historic Cemetery & Museum De Anza College Joyce Ellington Branch Library Santa Teresa Branch Library Teens, discover a place to unwind 1250 Hope Dr., Santa Clara 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino 491 E. Empire St., San Jose 290 International Circle, San Jose and be yourself. As a teen in Almaden Branch Library Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Los Altos Library Saratoga Library today’s fast-paced, technically 6445 Camden Ave., San Jose 150 E. San Fernando St., San Jose 13 S. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos 13650 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga Alum Rock Branch Library East Carnegie Branch Library Los Gatos Library Seven Trees Branch Library saturated world, you probably 3090 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose 1102 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose 100 Villa, Los Gatos 3590 Cas Dr., San Jose experience stress, at least Bascom Branch Library Edenvale Branch Library Milpitas Library Sunnyvale Public Library occasionally. And 1000 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose 101 Branham Lane East, San Jose 160 N. Main St., Milpitas 665 W. Olive St., Sunnyvale is it any wonder? Berryessa Branch Library Educational Park Branch Library Morgan Hill Library Tech Museum of Innovation You’re juggling 3355 Noble Ave., San Jose 1771 Educational Park Dr., San Jose 660 W. Main Ave., Morgan Hill 201 S. Market St., San Jose schoolwork, Biblioteca Latinoamericana Euphrat Museum of Art, Mountain View Public Library Tully Community Branch Library Branch Library De Anza College 585 Franklin St., Mountain View 880 Tully Rd., San Jose friendships 921 S. First St., San Jose 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino Palo Alto City Library, Mitchell Park Village Square Branch Library and other Calabazas Branch Library Evergreen Branch Library Branch 4001 Evergreen Village Square, San Jose responsibilities. Sometimes you 1230 S. Blaney Ave., San Jose 2635 Aborn Rd., San Jose 3700 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto will include a blank family tree page, a blank Vineland Branch Library need a place to chill and be yourself. Dr. Amy Saltzman author of A Still Quiet Cambrian Branch Library Evergreen Valley College Palo Alto City Library, Rinconada Branch 1450 Blossom Hill Rd., San Jose leaf page and an introduction to sources such 1780 Hillsdale Ave., San Jose 3095 Yerba Buena Rd., San Jose 1213 Newell Rd., Palo Alto Place, will help you find that place – a place of power and peace inside you. West Valley Branch Library as directories, census records, online newspaper Campbell Library Gilroy Library Pearl Avenue Branch Library 1243 San Tomas Aquino Rd., San Jose This short workshop will offer a way to deal with stress, and provide tips for collections, and obituaries. This program will 77 Harrison Ave., Campbell 350 W. Sixth St., Gilroy 4270 Pearl Ave., San Jose Willow Glen Branch Library being kind to yourself and others. be offered at many libraries in February and Cupertino Community Hall Hillview Branch Library Rose Garden Branch Library 1157 Minnesota Ave., San Jose 10350 Torre Ave., Cupertino 1600 Hopkins Dr., San Jose 1580 Naglee Ave., San Jose March. For dates, times and locations, visit Tue, March 6, 7 p.m., Los Altos Library Cupertino Library India Community Center Santa Clara Central Park Library SiliconValleyReads.org. Wed, March 14, 7 p.m., Cupertino Library 10800 Torre Ave., Cupertino 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas 2635 Homestead Rd., Santa Clara 10 11

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Unfair Writing My Wrongs Memory of Water Sherwood Nation We Need New Names Stealing Buddha’s Dinner The Book of The Shallows: What The Mr. Penumbra’s Internet Is Doing To Our Brains 24 Hour Bookstore Adam Benforado Shaka Senghor Emmi Itäranta Benjamin Parzybok NoViolet Bulawayo Bich Minh Nguyen Unknown Americans Cristina Henriquez Nicholas Carr Robin Sloan 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

Minefields of the Heart The Long Walk The Muslim Next Door The Butterfly Mosque The Year of the Fog In Defense of Food Not a Genuine Black Man Sue Diaz Brian Castner Sumbul Ali-Karamali Willow Wilson Michelle Richmond Michael Pollan Brian Copeland 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003

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