Parallel Stories (via Zoom): A Reading and Conversation with Hisham Matar

Join in a reading and conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hisham Matar in the second in a series of Parallel Stories offered via Zoom. A writer of exquisite gentleness and elegant pacing, Matar discusses his second memoir, "A Month in Siena," which speaks eloquently to a sense of loss and of suspended time, solitude, loneliness, love, and the way in which art can both console and consume us. Still grieving for his Libyan father who was kidnapped and had disappeared, Matar turns to Siena and the art of the 13 – 15th century, an art forever changed by the devastation of the Black Plague, for comfort and clarity. Within the gated confines of that city, he explores his own inner landscape, as if walking the outline of an idea, and in his story reveals much that is timely and connected to our own: the limits of grief, how the imagination is altered by events, the indifference of pestilence, and the acknowledgement that both love and art are an expression of faith.

Livestream – Opera SB’s Lucia di Lammermoor (2002)

Livestream of Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor (2002) Tuesday, August 25 at 5pm PT

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Mindfulness in Recovery Meditation

Mindful Heart Programs presents:
Mindfulness in Recovery Meditation with Arno Jaffe, JD and meditation teacher

Forward into Light

“Forward into Light” is a nationwide campaign recognizing the struggles of Women’s Suffrage Movement and the signing of the 19th Amendment. Hundreds of organizations across the nation will participate in this once-in-a-lifetime tribute.

Bend It Like Beckham

In West London, 18-year-old girls Jess (Parminder Nagra) and Jules (Keira Knightley) dream of playing professional soccer like their idol David Beckham. But Jess' Sikh parents have more conventional plans – a law degree and marriage – while Jules' mother wishes for a daughter more interested in boys than soccer. With a cast including Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Archie Panjabi and Juliet Stevenson, Bend it Like Beckham is a hilarious comedy about friendship and family that will have you cheering from the sideline! (Gurinder Chadha, 2002, PG-13, 112 min.)

Invest in Justice

Immigration Legal Defense Center is hosting an "Invest in Justice” a virtual gathering for an Annual Fundraising Event on Thursday August 27.

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