Library Director David Bryant shows us the Children's Storytime Room at the Rancho Mirage Library, featuring a wonderful mural by Bijan. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqOxIjmO8bI
Rhinos are among the most majestic, endangered, and misunderstood of all of Africa's large mammals. The poaching epidemic that continues to threaten them seems intractable, but there are and have been many success stories. Join Dr. James Danoff-Burg, Director of Conservation at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, for a thoughtful and optimistic discussion of the ways that we are making progress in saving the "chubby unicorn."
This program is presented in partnership with The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens.
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This webinar provides participants with current information regarding local resources to assist them as they develop a plan to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a major disaster such as an earthquake. Presenters include speakers from the Earthquake Country Alliance, Home Depot, American Red Cross, and the California Earthquake Authority.
Presented by the City of Rancho Mirage Emergency Preparedness Commission via Zoom on Thursday, March 25, 2021.
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Call them a family band: siblings Anna Lee and Willie Fleming, joined by their dad Bill, take Americana clear off the rails! The band (with Malcolm Jones on sax, Ronnie Valles on percussion, and bassist Oskar Beckmann) leapfrogs through a mix of their own toe-tapping originals and covers from Flogging Molly/Pogues-style electrified folk, bluegrass, Grateful Dead, Sublime, Amy Winehouse, and Stevie Wonder, all hot-wired by Finnegan Blue’s high energy.
But there’s more. Right about the place when most bands would stop, that’s when the trombones come out and Finnegan Blue introduces New Orleans style Second Line. This is what makes them favorites at southwestern festivals including the North Park Festival of the Arts, the Adams Avenue Street Fair, and the Mammoth Lakes 53 Kitchen Run. They also play more traditional venues including Arizona’s Chandler Center, Green Valley Recreation, and the Las Vegas Libraries two years in a row. Finnegan Blue played Steamboat Springs this past summer and heads out on a “Luck of the Irish” tour throughout California and Nevada in 2020.
This concert was performed November 20, 2019 at Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory, and was made possible by a generous gift from the Bartush Family Foundation.
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Reconstruction Reconsidered...
Did slavery or secession cause the Civil War? Was it a needless war? How did our torn nation mend its wounds afterwards? It is with great pleasure that we welcome back Dr. Gudelunas as he answers these questions and expands our knowledge about the Civil War by discussing the causes, its inevitability, and the reconstruction of America in post-war shambles.
This series of lectures is made possible by a generous gift from Roberta Peters Jones
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Dubbed “The Adele of Audiobooks” by The New Yorker, Julia Whelan is a screenwriter, lifelong actor and audiobook narrator of over 500 titles. She has won numerous awards, including Audible’s Narrator of the Year and the Best Female Narrator Audie. She graduated with a degree in English and creative writing from Middlebury College and Oxford University. While she was in England, her flirtation with tea blossomed into a full-blown love affair, culminating in her eventual certification as a tea master.
Thank You for Listening is an uplifting novel that tells the story of a former actress turned successful audiobook narrator—who has lost sight of her dreams after a tragic accident—and her journey of self-discovery, love, and acceptance when she agrees to narrate one last romance novel.
For Sewanee Chester, being an audiobook narrator is a long way from her old dreams, but the days of being a star on film sets are long behind her. She’s found success and satisfaction from the inside of a sound booth and it allows her to care for her beloved, ailing grandmother. When she arrives in Las Vegas last-minute for a book convention, Sewanee unexpectedly spends a whirlwind night with a charming stranger.
On her return home, Sewanee discovers one of the world’s most beloved romance novelists wanted her to perform her last book—with Brock McNight, the industry’s hottest, most secretive voice. Sewanee doesn’t buy what romance novels are selling—not after her own dreams were tragically cut short—and she stopped narrating them years ago. But her admiration of the late author, and the opportunity to get her grandmother more help, makes her decision for her.
As Sewanee begins work on the book, resurrecting her old romance pseudonym, she and Brock forge a real connection, hidden behind the comfort of anonymity. Soon, she is dreaming again, but secrets are revealed, and the realities of life come crashing down around her once more.
If she can learn to risk everything for desires she has long buried, she will discover a world of intimacy and acceptance she never believed would be hers.
This series is made possible by a generous gift from the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival Foundation.
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