STEPHENS DAVIS BRANCH LIBRARY. Award-winning early literacy program for toddlers (ages 2-3) & their grown-ups. It combines music, movement, rhymes & books to help young children develop language skills, social & emotional skills, general knowledge about the world & a love of learning. 11a–11:30a. Free
MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Alemani is the artistic director of the 2022 Venice Biennial. Since 2011, she has been the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art, the public art program presented by the High Line in New York City. During the past 10 years, Alemani has commissioned &d produced ambitious artworks for public spaces by artists Barbara Kruger, Zoe Leonard, Faith Ringgold, Ed Ruscha, Nari Ward & Adrián Villar Rojas, among others. Alemani is the winter quarter spotlight artist-in-residence in The California Studio. 4:30p–6p. Free
MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Reid has written many books of poems, for both adults & children & for most of the 1990s he was poetry editor at the London publishing house of Faber & Faber. Among his works are A Scattering, which addressed the loss of his first wife & was named Costa Book of the Year for 2009 & The Song of Lunch, a narrative poem which became the screenplay for a BBC2 film starring Alan Rickman & Emma Thompson. His new collection Toys/Tricks/Traps will be appear in April this year, and his edition of Seamus Heaney’s correspondence in October. 4:30p. Free
JOHN NATSULAS GALLERY. The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature Robert Thomas and Beverly Burch. 7—9p.
QUAKER MEETING HOUSE. Craig McNamara will discuss his memoir, Because Our Fathers Lied, a heartfelt reflection on his relationship with his controversial father, Robert McNamara, who as Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, was the architect of the Vietnam War. 7—9p.
JOHN NATSOULAS CENTER FOR THE ARTS. First & third Thursdays. Each reading contains two featured poets followed by an open mic. 7p. Free
VANDERHOEF STUDIO. In his newest book, community leader and lawyer Norris lays out a radical way to shift the conversation about public safety away from fear & punishment & toward growth & support systems for our families & communities. Check for available tickets. 7:30p
STEPHENS DAVIS BRANCH LIBRARY. Designers from Carrot House, Inc will talk about the making of their recent historically inspired virtual reality (VR) game Elsa’s Brew—a game that explores the history of medieval women healers who were persecuted as witches, designed for ages 12+. Get insight on unique development challenges of VR games & how to create games using Unreal Engine software. 1p–2:30p
STEPHENS DAVIS BRANCH LIBRARY. Award-winning early literacy program for toddlers (ages 2-3) & their grown-ups. It combines music, movement, rhymes & books to help young children develop language skills, social & emotional skills, general knowledge about the world & a love of learning. 11a–11:30a. Free
STEPHENS DAVIS BRANCH LIBRARY. Free workshop on how to improve your relationships and conflict resolution through self realization. 7—8:30p.
Come for stories and songs every second and fourth Thursday @10:30a. For children ages 3–6. Weather permitting.
MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. The Pacific, California’s neighbor to the west, is largest of the planet’s oceans & home to many societies & cultures. The 2023 Templeton Colloquium in Art History takes as its theme an ocean as an art-historical space. Emphasis will be on Hawaiian and Māori societies, which invite deeper consideration of this fascinating global sector and its visual culture. Speakers: Ngarino Ellis, Stacy Kamehiro & Kailani Polzak. 4p–6p. Free
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