2014 February PASO Magazine

PASO PEOPLE
Student Artists Invited
Aspiring North County artists
in grades 6-12 are invited
to submit artwork for the Paso
Robles City Library’s 8th Annual
Brushmarks Juried Art Competition
for Teens. Submissions will
be accepted
on Wednesday,
April
30, in three
categories -
painting, drawing, and, new this
year to commemorate the city’s
125th Anniversary, a special Anniversary
Celebration category.
A small entry fee is charged
to enter the event. Winners in
each category will be selected
by Juror Jack Johnson and
prizes, donated by Johnson,
will be awarded at the Gallery
Reception on Friday, May
2. Rules and entry forms will
be available at the library and
at www.prcity.com/library in
February. For more information,
contact Suzanne, 237-3870.
Pajama Storytime
Bring the whole family for
AT THE LIBRARY
Pajama Storytime at the
library for an evening of
stories with volunteer
storyteller Tony Wallace
on Thursday, Feb. 27
at 6:30 p.m. Children may wear
pajamas and should bring an
adult to snuggle with!
February’s Artists in
the Library
The Library invites the public
to experience the fine art photography
of Juan Gildres and the
ceramic creations of art instructor
Jean Aird’s Flamson Middle
School art students, displayed
during the month of February.
New AWE Computer in
Children’s Library
The Children’s Library has a
new computer! Not connected
to the Internet and designed
specifically for younger children
with a primary-color keyboard
and smaller mouse, the AWE
computer is loaded with many
fun and educational preschool
games in such subjects as math
and problem-solving; science
and nature; social science and
geography; reading and phonics;
writing and computer skills; and
music and art.
Children eight years and
younger are invited to sign in at
the Children’s
Desk
for 30-minute
blocks
of time and
enjoy the
library’s latest in learning fun!
The Namesake discussion
The public is invited to join
the discussion of Jhumpa Lahiri’s
The Namesake, on Thursday,
Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Library
conference room.
The Namesake takes the Ganguli
family from their traditionbound
life in Calcutta through
their fraught transformation into
Americans. Named for a Russian
writer by his Indian parents in
memory of a catastrophe years
before, Gogol Ganguli knows
only that he suffers the burden
of his heritage as well as his odd,
antic name.
Lahiri brings great empathy to
Gogol as he stumbles
along the firstgeneration
path,
strewn with conflicting
loyalties,
comic detours, and
wrenching love affairs.
With penetrating
insight, Lahiri reveals
not only the defining power of
the names and expectations bestowed
upon us by our parents,
but also the means by which
we slowly, sometimes painfully,
come to define ourselves. The
Namesake is a fine-tuned, intimate,
and deeply felt novel of
identity.
The Paso Robles City Library
is located at 1000 Spring Street
and is open Monday – Friday
10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information
on library programs
and events, call 237-3870 or visit
www.prcity.com/library.
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OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY 7AM TO 3:30PM
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Ph: 805.226.BASE(2273) • Fax: 805.226.DIRT(3478)
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28 Paso Robles Magazine, February 2014