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Fit to a T
It’s all about your bones. If you want to shop ‘til you drop, golf ‘til your legs ache and line dance ‘til you’re 84 – knowing that your bones won’t… Read more »
The Sweetest Sounds: The Music of Richard Rodgers
Sunday, April 27 2-3:30 p.m. Join OLLI presenter Bruce Collins as he explores this “American Master” from the onset of his career in 1924 with “Manhattan,” written with Lorenz Hart,… Read more »
Until Tuesday
Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 6 p.m. E.P. Foster Library and City of Ventura’s “The Big Read” present Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him New… Read more »
Eastern and Western Perspectives of Health and Well-Being
Wednesday, April 16 6:00 p.m. Topping Room While some cultures seek for happiness through success and materialistic possessions, others define happiness as being content and connected to one’s family and… Read more »
Spring Break Gaming at the Library
Wednesday, April 2 Thursday, April 3 and Friday, April 4 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., Topping Room Play Wii or board games. Bring your own game, but leave rated M games… Read more »
Book Appetit: Baking Demonstration
Saturday, April 5 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Local bakery owner visits the Topping Room to discuss great baking techniques.
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Stories of Tenacity and Courage
Stories of Tenacity and Courage: Craig B. Smith talks about POWs Saturday, April 5 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. E.P. Foster Library, Topping Room In this presentation, Craig B. Smith discusses… Read more »
The Things They Carried: Why Fiction and not Journalism?
Monday, April 7 6:00 p.m. E.P. Foster Library, Topping Room Professor Robert Chianese will explore this question. Robert Chianese got his B. A. from Rutgers (1964) and M. A. and… Read more »
San Buenaventura Friends of the Library Annual Membership Meeting 2014
SBFOL Annual Membership Meeting Coffee House Live! at the Library This year, San Buenaventura Friends of the Library Annual Membership Meeting showcased live entertainment. We enjoyed poetry readings, music, drama… Read more »
Women in the Vietnam Era
Sunday, March 30 2:00-3:30 p.m OLLI presenter Roz McGrath will give a free talk exploring how women were a large part of the antiwar movement, even though they were relegated… Read more »
San Buenaventura Friends of the Library Annual Meeting
SBFOL Annual Membership Meeting Coffee House Live! at the Library This year, San Buenaventura Friends of the Library Annual Membership Meeting showcased live entertainment. We enjoyed poetry readings, music, drama… Read more »
Poet Elijah Imlay reads from “Monsoon Blues”
Friday, March 21, 7:30 p.m. E.P. Foster Library Topping Room Poet Elijah Imlay reads from his collection of poetry inspired by his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam. Sunday, March… Read more »