Programs & Exhibits Winter 2015

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Community Showcase
Palm Springs Writers Guild............................................. 4
Poetry Workshops..............................................................4
Book Discussion Group....................................................4
Race to Be ReadyTM.............................................................4
Desert Writers Expo...........................................................5
Sunnylands
Gifts at Sunnylands............................................................6
Visualizing Climate Change............................................6
A Conversation with Norman Lear...............................7
Lectures
The War Between the States...........................................8
The Media and the Middle East.....................................8
Three Historical Lectures.................................................9
Floods, Fires, and Earthquakes......................................9
Historic Preservation Commission............................ 10
An Afternoon with Gloria Greer................................. 10
Film, Discussion, & Theater
Metropolis........................................................................... 11
Best of the Foreign Films.............................................. 11
Give ‘Em Hell Harry........................................................... 12
An Afternoon with IndieFlix........................................ 12
Desperate Dames of the 1950s.................................. 13
AmDocs: Sneak Peek and Best of the Fest.............. 13
Music
Lenore Raphael, Jazz Pianist........................................ 14
Vijay Venkatesh, Pianist and
Priyanka Venkatesh, Violinist....................................... 14
Eduardo Delgado, Pianist............................................. 15
Brian Lin, Pianist............................................................... 15
Hye Sung Choe, Flutist.................................................. 16
International Classical Concerts of the Desert...... 16
Exhibits
Worth A ThousandWords:
Pictures of Writers by Pat York.................................... 17
For Kids and Families
Storytimes.......................................................................... 18
Family Nights.................................................................... 19
Spring Break Movies and Lunch................................. 19
Monday – Tuesday
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Wednesday
9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Thursday – Saturday
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Closed Sundays
PLEASE NOTE:
The Library will be closed to
the public during the Rancho
Mirage Writers Festival on the
following days:
Wednesday, January 21
Thursday, January 22
Friday, January 23
Saturday, January 24
Holiday Closures
New Year’s Day
Thursday, January 1
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, January 19
Presidents’ Day
Monday, February 16
Library
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Fax: (760) 341-5213