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Tag: Tacoma Public Library

Dec
15

Tacoma Reads: Script Your Story

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Join us for this this self-scripting class, participants will explore and theatricalize a story from their own life. Exercises will invite self-reflection, and provide an artistic framework for sharing stories > Continue Reading

Dec
15

Books on Tap and Tacoma Reads 2020

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Join library staff to discuss this true story about the immigration experience in the United States. This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the United > Continue Reading

Dec
15

Tacoma Reads: Children of the Land Discussion

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Join us for a librarian led discussion of Marcelo Hernandez Castillo’s, Children of the Land. About the book: This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in > Continue Reading

Dec
15

Tacoma Reads: Dreamers Craft and Community Roundtable with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

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Description Join author Marcelo Hernandez Castillo for a reading of Yuyi Morales’ picture book Dreamers. The reading will be followed by an opportunity for community members to share their own > Continue Reading

Dec
15

Tacoma Reads: A Conversation with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo Hosted by Mayor Woodards

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Join Tacoma Public Library and the City of Tacoma for our keynote Tacoma Reads event, a conversation with author of Children of the Land Marcelo Hernandez Castillo and Mayor Victoria > Continue Reading

Dec
15

Tacoma Reads: Conversation and Reading with Poet Yosimar Reyes

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Join us for a conversation and reading with acclaimed poet and public speaker Yosimar Reyes. The Advocate named Reyes one of “13 LGBT Latinos Changing the World” and Remezcla included > Continue Reading

Dec
15

Tacoma Reads: Dreamers Craft Time

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Connect with youth services librarians and community members while learning to make tissue paper flowers, inspired by Dreamers by Yuyi Morales. Suitable for: Baby & Preschool Grades K-5 Online registration > Continue Reading

Dec
15

Tacoma Reads: Book Discussion of Dear America – The Story of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

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Join us for a virtual book discussion of the Tacoma Reads 2020 selection for young readers, Dear America: The Story of An Undocumented Citizen ; Young Readers Edition. Get your > Continue Reading

Dec
15

Tacoma Reads: From Mexican to Mexican American: a Family Immigration Story

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As immigration becomes more hotly debated in the United States, the arguments have become cartoonish, with one side often painted as naïve and another as xenophobic. What has become lost > Continue Reading