THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOPPING TRADITION THAT GETS COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE OUT IN SUPPORT OF THEIR FAVORITE SMALL BUSINESSES
Authors, Artists, Live Music, Storytimes, Poetry Reading & Open Mic, & other activities for all ages
Win a bag of Books! Contests! Give-Aways!
AUTHOR APPEARANCES
10:30-Noon
STEPHEN GEE, writer & TV producer, Los Angeles City Hall: An American Icon; Los Angeles Central Library: A History of its Art and Architecture; Iconic Vision: John Parkinson, Architect of Los Angeles
PHILIP MOYNIHAN, retired aerospace engineer, The Ravens of Snover Canyon (nature); Zen in a Mountain Snowstorm (fiction)
Noon-2
SHONDA BUCHANAN, poet and educator, Black Indian (memoir)
PAULA FINN, inspirational writer and daughter of Honeymooners writer Herbert Finn, Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy
KELLY NARDONI, life science executive, The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow: Love & Hope from a Senior Rescue Dog
2-4
ANTONIO GONZALEZ, librarian, Architects Who Built Southern California
ROBERT INMAN, urban walker, An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles
NEDA DISNEY, film, TV & fine artist, Planting Wolves
STORYTIME AUTHORS
10:30-Noon
TOMMY DICKEY, Professor Emeritus, Oceanography, UCSB, The Therapy Dog Adventures of the Great Pyrenees Ted E.Bear and Friends. Meet Dickey and his majestic dogs and learn about dog safety. Author’s profits from sales are donated to therapy dog organizations.
Noon-2
MATT CUBBERLY, screenwriter, Charlotte, Wander On. Guided only by a simple book, a young girl braves a world of monsters to save her brother.
2-4
HEATHER ARTURA, teacher, Grammar Hound’s Mystery in Sentence City. Children learn the first three rules of writing a sentence by following three children as the Grammar Hound leads them from clue to clue.
GUEST ARTISTS
10:30-3:30
Ulla Anobile Hand-stitched and embellished felt ornaments, pins & more
Anthe Wosczyna Little Muse Designs beaded jewelry
Lucia Vigil Francis Tote bags, wallets, aprons
Janet Olenik Mini ornaments & paintings. Olenik’s paintings will remain on view in the coffeehouse through December
Also on view: Bonnie Mishkin Handstitched felt animal ornaments
LIVE MUSIC
1-3
JNJ Band & Friends, vocal ensemble that blending the harmonies of the swinging 60s and mellow 70s into a folk-pop sound all their own. Born in Holland and raised in Hollywood, Nalini Lasiewicz has been singing, playing guitar and writing songs since her teens. Friends since high school, John Sabato and Joyce Lovelace grew up in the music-rich Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, and were founding members of the mythical New York City 80s band The Deejays. Now based in Los Angeles, the trio perform original compositions along with beloved cover tunes from America’s Top 40 golden era.
2-2:30
La Canada High School Choral Music Department Holiday songs
POETRY READING (with open mic - come early to sign up)
3-5
3:00 PM feature:
SHONDA BUCHANAN award-winning poet & educator, Equipoise: Poems from Goddess Country
3:00 PM:
A reading with Altadena Poetry Review contributors, including editors Teresa Mei Chuc and Hazel Clayton Harrison
CONTEST
Throughout the day
Where’s Waldo? Find 10 Waldo’s around the store and get a prize!