For 5th-8th graders
Second Wednesday at 4pm Register in advance
Like reading? Like learning about life in other places and times? We’ve got just the club for you! Join us for our Books Beyond Borders book club in which we’ll travel through time and place to better understand our present world. Each month, read the selected book and then we’ll meet to discuss it and do a fun related craft or writing activity. Occasional special guests will include the book’s author ora visitor from the culture or time we’ve read about. Open to 5th-8th graders.
Paula Nichols has over 12 years of experience helping high school students “Reflect, Focus, and Express” in creating meaningful college essay narratives. She joins us again to offer her popular free information sessions for teens (and parents too)! Attend one or both.
Bonus! Participants may sign up for a complimentary private consultation post workshop at: PaulaNichols07@comcast.net.
Learn how to choose relevant insight questions to showcase your unique life stories: the experiences, interests, achievements and inspirations that reflect your best self on college applications.
Familiarize yourself with the prompts and showcase your unique life stories: the experiences, interests, achievements and inspirations that reflect your best self on college applications.
Registration is full, but tune-in to our Facebook Page to catch the event live.
KEITH KNIGHT is a rapper, social activist, father and educator. As a multi-award-winning artist, he has brought the funny back to the funny pages with a uniquely personal style that’s a cross between Calvin & Hobbes, MAD, and underground comix. Knight is part of a generation of African-American artists who were raised on hip-hop, and infuse their work with urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. The NAACP to recognized him as a 2015 History Maker. Woke, a show based on Keith, debuts on Hulu on September 9th. He’s the creator of three popular comic strips: the Knight Life, (th)ink, and the K Chronicles.
Launched in 2017 with the support of Marin County libraries, the Marin Comics Fest celebrates the diverse narrative power of comics art and the illustrators and authors who help create it.
Join us for a book discussion followed by a talk and Q&A with Ernesto Cisneros, author of Efrén Divided. In this new middle-grade novel, middle school student Efrén Nava must balance school work and friendships while finding a way to bring his mother home after she is deported to Mexico.
The first 10 San Rafael residents to register will be contacted to pick up a free copy of the book! We also have copies available to check-out, or read as an eBook in Hoopla.
Find your writing voice. Share your stories, memories, and inspirations while getting steady positive affirmation for your work and a community to immerse yourself in to deepen your writing.
Dive into your creativity without all the routines, stress, and obligations that keep us distracted from our dreams. It’s an adventurous mix of writing and some art. This class requires no experience.
This is a 3-class series occurring on the 2nd Mondays:
October 12
November 9
December 14
from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, but you can drop in at any point.
All you need is a notebook and a pen. I’ll bring the instruction, inspiration, safe space, and writing and art prompts.
Please register for the class at: bonnie.groshong@cityofsanrafael.org After registering, a Zoom link will be emailed to you.
Led by Dr. Peller Marion, author of Shark Attack and Other Mishaps, 2019 and five other books. She is an exhibiting artist and consulting psychologist.
For more information about Peller go to: www.pellermarion.com
Find your writing voice. Share your stories, memories, and inspirations while getting steady positive affirmation for your work and a community to immerse yourself in to deepen your writing.
Dive into your creativity without all the routines, stress, and obligations that keep us distracted from our dreams. It’s an adventurous mix of writing and some art. This class requires no experience.
This is a 3-class series occurring on the 2nd Mondays:
February 8
March 8
April 12
from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, but you can drop in at any point.
All you need is a notebook and a pen. I’ll bring the instruction, inspiration, safe space, and writing and art prompts.
Please register for the class at: bonnie.groshong@cityofsanrafael.org After registering, a Zoom link will be emailed to you.
Led by Dr. Peller Marion, author of Shark Attack and Other Mishaps, 2019 and five other books. She is an exhibiting artist and consulting psychologist.
For more information about Peller go to: www.pellermarion.com
Find your writing voice. Share your stories, memories, and inspirations while getting steady positive affirmation for your work and a community to immerse yourself in to deepen your writing.
Dive into your creativity without all the routines, stress, and obligations that keep us distracted from our dreams. It’s an adventurous mix of writing and some art. This class requires no experience.
This is a 3-class series occurring on the 2nd Mondays:
May 10
June 14
July 12
from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, but you can drop in on any class.
All you need is a notebook and a pen. I’ll bring the instruction, inspiration, safe space, and writing and art prompts.
Please register for the class at: bonnie.groshong@cityofsanrafael.org After registering, a Zoom link will be emailed to you.
Led by Dr. Peller Marion, author of Shark Attack and Other Mishaps, 2019 and five other books. She is an exhibiting artist and consulting psychologist.
Peller will offer this series again in November, December, and January 2022
For more information about Peller go to: www.pellermarion.com
Find your writing voice. Share your stories, memories, and inspirations getting steady positive affirmation for your work and a community to immerse yourself in to deepen your writing.
Dive into your creativity without all the routines, stress, and obligations that keep us distracted from our dreams.
Dr. Peller Marion is author of the forthcoming book: Reimagining Your Career: Getting Paid for the Work You Love to Do. Author of Shark Attack and Other Mishaps and four other books.
Life is full of surprises, some not so pleasant like the loss of a job or a shark attack, but bouncing back is all one can do, despite it changing you and your outlook on life.
Join Peller Marion in Mindful Writing as we explore our journeys through free writing.
This drop-in and on-going group requires no experience; all you need is a notebook and a pen. Peller will bring the instruction, inspiration, safe space, and writing and art prompts.
Dr. Peller Marion is the author of four books, an exhibiting artist, and consulting psychologist.
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