Join us for an evening celebrating the talents of writers with disabilities. Memoirist Belo Cipriani is joined by slam poets Bridget Brown and Derek Zarda, poets Amber DiPietra and Michelle Puckett, blogger Jennifer Gibbons and U.S. Military Veteran David Fish. Book sale by Readers Bookstore follows the event. This program, along with an exhibit of works by artists with vision impairments in the Koret display case (July 20 - August 31) is presented in honor of the anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reception 5 - 6 pm in the Latino/Hispanic Community Room.
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May.12.2013 - 1:22 pm
My niece has to do a report on a famous Californian. She chose Lucille Ball. That's my girl! Cue I Love Lucy theme!
I emailed Meranda and told her I had a...
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May.08.2013 - 1:39 pm
Last night I wrote an essay about the city council and its decision to deny the appeal on tearing down the Dome. I wanted to polish it then post it today. But I needed to run...
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May.06.2013 - 9:51 pm
Late Friday I found out there was going to be not one but two hearings concerning the Dome. One I wasn't sure I could make at 7:30, one added at the last minute at 4:15. I knew...
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May.03.2013 - 2:24 pm
Summer has hit early, so I was cleaning my kitchen before the heat hit with Young and Restless on in the background. Katherine (Jeanne Cooper) just came home from the...
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31.Jan.2013
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Chris Rodell hasn't had an easy time of it the past couple of years—like many people his family has been affected by the economic downturn. Yet he tries to find joy and...
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- ladies and gentlemen, I Want To Keep My Baby! Thank me later.
I Want to Keep My Baby! 1976 Mariel Hemingway (1 of 3)
PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY MOVIE INQUIRIES OR REQUESTS IN THE COMMENT SECTION. THANKS! This movie was requested. Synopsis: A 15-year-old girl (Mariel Hemingway) ... - Random Retro Riffraff #7: The Jolly Green Giant Doll | J.C. Lillis Random Retro Riffraff #7: The Jol
Actually, the first line of this ad is pretty convincing; I can believe this 4-foot rag doll is “just the fellow you need at your house to get the children going on their vegetables.” If my mother had set an extra place at the table for this deadeyed goblin and suggested he was there to monitor my G... - this is beautiful..
Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia: Religion & Sexuality | J.C. Lillis Hop Against Homophobia an
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and I’m honored to participate in the HAHAT blog hop created by some amazing folks in the LGBTQ writing community (find out more at the official Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia site). Almost 180 writers, reviewers, and blogger...
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Jennifer Gibbons lives in Lafayette, California. She is the grand prize winner of the Red Room Housewarming contest and one of the winners of the Summer Reading Experience Contest. She is working on a young adult novel and a book of essays.
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Gilda's Club, Greenpeace, Rosie's Broadway Kids,Westwind Foster Family Agency, Amber Brown Fund, Linda Duncan Fund for Contra Costa Libraries
Jennifer’s Favorite Books
p>To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
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