Cuesta College Library - Book of the Year

Thanks to all of our sponsors and volunteers for a great book of the year 2012. Please like on on Facebook (cuestabook) to keep up with happenings, and send your suggestions for next year's book to clove@cuesta.edu. See you next year!

Watch the Peter Lovenheim Video

Author Peter Lovenheim Lecture
Book Signing & Reception

Tuesday March 27th, 5-7 p.m.
New Cultural and Performing Arts Center
San Luis Obispo campus
Free admission; free parking in lot 2.

ClickJoin us for a week of cultural activities, discussions and workshops around the theme of neighborhoods and community featuring In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time, by Peter Lovenheim. Where are your tribes, spaces and places? How do we create inclusive neighborhoods in the disjointed, fast paced world.

Pocket Media Film Festival
Can you tell the story in two minutes or less? The Cuesta Book of the Year Pocketmedia Film Festival is a phone and lo-res digital video showcase for the Cuesta and San Luis Obispo county community (students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members). It is your chance to show in a creative, artistic, or funny way the stories that make your community what it is. More info. Call for art PDF.
Watch the Watch the winning videos.

for Calendar of Events PDF

2012 Book of the Year Calendar

Reading in Public
Art After Dark Friday, March 2, 7-8 pm
History Center of San Luis Obispo County, 696 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo
Hear locals read stories and histories about their favorite neighborhoods — present and past.

Reader Schedule
6:15    Pete Kelley – Selections from The Diaries of Louis Pascal Dallidet
6:30    Pamela Bleisch – Selections from Two Years Before the Mast
6:45    Guy Crabbe --
7:00    Richard Potts - William Leffingwell?
7:15    Patty Taylor – from her book 75 SLO City Sites
7:30    Ellen Sheffer –In the Neighborhood by Peter Lovenheim
7:45    Steven Boothe – His own poem about neighborhoods
8:00    TBA
8:15    Pamela Ralston --Beloved

Tour
Cohousing as a Lifestyle
Saturday, March 17, 1-2:30 pm
Oak Creek Commons, 635 Nicklaus Drive, Paso Robles
This 36-home North County subdivision offers an alternative take on community for families, couples and singles. Q&A follows tour. Limited parking; carpooling urged. RSVP: 546-3100, ext. 2287.

Discussion
Shades of Green: Local Groups that Grow Our Neighborhood
Saturday, March 24, 1-3 pm
San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, Oak Glen Pavilion
Discover what Small Wilderness Area Preservation (SWAP), GleanSLO, Cuesta Student Grassroots Club, SLO Botanical Garden & Transition Towns do to improve the community. Refreshments & tours of botanical garden located across Highway 1 from Cuesta College. Free parking. Info: 541-1400.

Tour
Portrait of a Neighborhood: Mitchell Park, Now and Then
Sunday, March 25, 3-4:30 pm
Meet at Mitchell Park, Osos & Pismo streets, San Luis Obispo
Join Linnaea Phillips, Dean Miller & Eric Meyer at the park bandstand for a guided walking tour of the neighborhood, exploring its early railroad roots to its current mixed-use character. Reception and Q&A follows at historic Avila House. Limited space. RSVP: 546-3100, ext. 2287.

Book Talk, Sale, Signing &Reception
Book of the Year author Peter Lovenheim
Tuesday, March 27, 5-7 pm
Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center, SLO campus Join Peter Lovenheim for a discussion of his book In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time. Reception, book sale & book signing follow. Free parking for this event only in Lot 2.

Film Festival

“The Gleaners & I” (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse)
Tuesday, March 20, noon-1 pm • Cuesta Library, SLO campus, Room 3219 Monday, March 26, 1-2:15 pm • North County campus, Room N2401
This French documentary (with English subtitles) explores the history of those who gather crops left over from harvest & their modern day counterparts who gather what others have left behind. 2000. 78 minutes.

“Building Community: It’s An Art”
Wednesday, March 21, noon-12:30 pm • Cuesta Library, SLO campus, Room 3219
Wednesday, March 28, 1-1:30 pm • North County campus, Room N2401
This Minnesota League of Cities documentary examines the ways in which public art, galleries, murals, music & poetry provide pleasure and beauty while bringing together local residents. 2010. 27 minutes.

“Green Cities: Leading the Way”
Wednesday, March 21, 12:30-1 pm • Cuesta Library, SLO campus, Room 3219
Wednesday, March 28, 1:30-2 pm • North County campus, Rm N2401
This documentary gives an overview of how large & small Midwestern cities transformed themselves through recycling, banning plastic bags, energy conservation and more. 2008. 30 minutes.

“Father G and the Homeboys”
Wed., March 28, noon-2 pm • Cuesta Library, SLO campus, Room 3219 Wednesday, April 4, 1-3 pm • North County campus, Room N2401Filmmaker John Bohm chronicles the inspiring work of Jesuit priest Father Gregory Boyle, who for two decades has helped L.A. gang members turn their lives around. Actor Martin Sheen narrates. 2007. 101 minutes.

“Young@Heart: You’re Never Too Old to Rock”
Monday, March 26, noon-2 pm • Cuesta Library, SLO campus, Room 3219
Tuesday, April 3, 2-4 pm • North County campus, Rm N2401
Follow Young@ Heart, a chorus made up of seniors (whose average age is 81), as the group rehearses covers of rock songs for a concert and a European tour. Whether singing James Brown or Coldplay, this closely bonded community celebrates the life-affirming power of music. 2008. 108 minutes.