Events
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Start: 11:30 am
Join us for this fun round of readings from picture and storybooks ... Go to the castle in the children's section ... and the stories begin!
Start: 2:00 pm
Psychologist and "parent strategist" Shirin Sherkat's presentation today is based on her many years working with families, on her popular parenting workshops, and on her book, Create Happy Kids: Practical Parenting Solutions to Create Motivated, Respectful, and Compliant Kids (Aviva Publishing). Team-parenting, step-parenting, negotiation, clear communication, and helping children feel empowered to make better choices are just some of the topics she discusses in her book. "Dr. Shirin Sherkat has 'created' a valuable and easy to understand resource for parents who want to raise healthy and happy children. I wholeheartedly recommend Create Happy Kids to both parents and professionals who work with families." – Sarah Levoy, Psy.D.
Start: 7:00 pm
Benjamin Cawthra, associate director of the Center for Oral and Public History at California State University, Fullerton, discusses Blue Notes in Black and White: Photography and Jazz (University of Chicago Press), his striking new book on the partnership between jazz and photography, and the role both played in the Civil Rights Movement. "Benjamin Cawthra, writing with grace and a formidable command of jazz history and American culture, makes us see the sounds, the social relations, and the myths of jazz as he ably uncovers the personal and institutional networks of musicians, writers, magazines, and record companies in which jazz photography developed. Even as Blue Notes in Black and White casts a sharp eye on photographic aesthetics ... it also works as a groundbreaking history of jazz criticism ... while reading it, I often felt I was hearing the music more deeply." – John Gennari.
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