Join Gary Soto, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Teresa LeYung Ryan, Kirk Lumpkin, Para La Gente, PBS Between the Lions, and other authors, poets, musicians, belly dancers, storytellers and more in this celebration of libraries and community.
Eat some birthday cake and read to someone you care about in the Chair of Wisdom.
For more information, email plf@redjellyfish.net call 831.776.1514 visit http://salinaspubliclibrary.org, Facebook group Salinas Library Read-in
Read-In sponsored by the Salinas Action League together with the Salinas Public Library. Co-sponsored by Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, The Peace Center, United Farm Workers
Apocalyptic science fiction film depicting the catastrophic effects of both global warming and global cooling—hurricanes, tidal waves, and the start of the next Ice Age. 
Humans have destroyed Earth and left the planet, leaving the cleanup to robots. Hundreds of years later, WALL-E is the only robot left when the monotony is broken by EVE, for whom he falls head over treads!
The tale of an ordinary 11-year-old boy who learns he is a wizard. He soon finds that the wizarding world is far more dangerous than he imagined. This is the first title in the "Harry Potter" series of novels by J.K. Rowling, and another film based on a book in our series exploring The Hero's Journey as shown to us by myth expert Joseph Campbell in his landmark book, "The Hero with A Thousand Faces".
A computer hacker searches for the truth behind the mysterious force known as the Matrix. He becomes a heroic rebel figure, but is he The One?
Join us for another film screening, and discussion in our ongoing exploration of The Hero's Journey.
Paired with the book Neuromancer by William Gibson.
Rated R.
FREE!
Cesar Chavez Library
615 Williams Rd., Salinas 758-7345
Tita is in love with Pedro but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita transfers her emotions into the food she prepares.
TALK ABOUT IT! The first half of the acclaimed artist Gilbert Hernandez' magical-realist tales of "Palomar," the small Central American town, beginning with the groundbreaking story, "Sopa de Gran Pena." Content of this program is suitable for ages 17 and older.
Join us for another great look into the world of "Palomar" and it's inhabitants. This event is brought to you in partnership with CURRENT COMICS, the central coast's newest comic book and game shop. At our request they are sending their graphic novel experts to come out and talk about this classic collection of stories told in the graphic novel style by one of the genre's premiere artists.
This title is available for checkout at all of our branches, so if you like graphic novels, or even if you're just curious, stop by and get yourself some HEARTBREAK SOUP!
Neither smart nor a kid, Jimmy reunites with his long-lost Dad, finds him a great disappointment, and discovers an African-American sister he never knew about.
Join us this Tuesday for another great conversation!
Sunday, June 28, 2:00-3:30 pm
John Steinbeck Library, 350 Lincoln Avenue
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 758-7311
One Salinas: Making a City
Neighborhood Stories
The National Steinbeck Center under construction in 1998
A community conversation that explores the stories of Salinas’ neighborhoods and the challenges of making one city, will take place on Sunday, June 28, from 2:00-3:30 pm at the John Steinbeck Library. “One Salinas” is the latest in a series of community conversations convened as part of the Salinas Stories program, exploring local residents’ experiences during important events in the history of Salinas.
During the first hour of the program, Salinas residents will relate stories about their different neighborhoods, where many people define their community, their identity and their loyalties. This will be followed by a conversation, “Making a City,” led by Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue, exploring what it might take to knit these disparate storylines into a tale of one city.
Join Salinas Californian Senior Editor for Local News Mike Nemeth for a retrospective of front pages and photos from Salinas’ newspaper coverage of major historical events, from the first edition of the Salinas Index in 1871 to the present.
by Victor Villaseñor (En Español)
Three generations of a Mexican-American family’s migration from revolutionary Mexico to 20th century California.
JUEVES, 18 DE JUNIO, 6:30–8:00 pm
Biblioteca César Chávez
615 Williams Rd. en Salinas
de Víctor Villaseñor (En Español)
Tres generaciones de la migración de una familia mexicoamericana desde el México revolucionario hasta la California del siglo 20.
SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2–4:00 pm
El Gabilan Library 1400 N. Main St. Salinas
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Story the Map!
Memory Maps Workshop for Families
¡DECORE EL MAPA
CON SUS HISTORIAS!
Mapas de Memoria Talleres para las Familias
BE CREATIVE @ YOUR LIBRARY! Create living art out of your life in Salinas in this mixed media workshop in which participants will decorate maps with their own stories. Community maps will be shown in libraries. Come and map out YOUR story!
¡SEA CREATIVO @ SU BIBLIOTECA! Cree arte viviente a partir de su vida en Salinas en este taller de medios múltiples en el cual los participantes decorarán mapas con sus propias historias. Los mapas de la comunidad se exhibirán en las bibliotecas.
COMING UP:
Saturday June 13
2:00–3:30 pm
John Steinbeck Library
350 Lincoln Ave. in Salinas
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Tour History
Resources at the Library:
A History Methods Workshop
Join Salinas Public Library’s history librarian for an informal tour of the history resources available at the Salinas Public Library, from microfilm of local newspapers from 1873 to historic artwork, to our local history collection, and a sneak peak at our archive.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 6:30–8PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2–3:00 PMDOMINGO, 7 DE JUNIO, 2–3:00 pm
Biblioteca John Steinbeck 350 Lincoln Ave.
PELÍCULA: “HISTORIAS DE
TRABAJADORES AGRÍCOLAS (BRACEROS)
