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Dubock workshop comes to CAC
Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California
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Glenn Dubock will lead a photography workshop at the Carpinteria Arts Center on capturing West Coast winter sunsets on Saturday, Feb. 15, from 4 to 8 p.m. The workshop will start in the classroom with some basic tips culled from Dubock’s 45-year quest for the best blazing sunset in Carpinteria. After, “Late liftoff” by Glenn Dubock the class will head for the wide-open beach with enough time to set up and examine a few nearby options to get unique images. Sunset is at 5:41 p.m., and participants will stay for a few more moments to record the afterglow of twilight before returning to the classroom to share images and discuss editing, optimization and preparation for printing and publication. The cost is $97 for non-members, and $87.50 for CAC members; advanced registration is required online at carpinteriaartscenter.org
Library friends to hold an art drawing and celebration
Three art pieces showcasing Carpinteria’s famously large Wardholme Torrey pine will be claimed by lucky winners on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Art for a Cause drawing and celebration beneath the massive branches of the pine at 5100 Carpinteria Ave. The free event begins at 3 p.m. and will feature refreshments, live music by the Americana Cats, an introduction to participating artists and a brief history of the landmark tree—the largest of its kind in the world. Local artists Lety Garcia, Ted Rhodes and Brian Tepper generously donated their individual interpretations of the great pine to the Art for a Cause event. The full $5 cost of each ticket sold will benefit the Carpinteria Branch Library. Tickets can be purchased at the Friends of the Library Used Book Store, 5103 Carpinteria Ave., or through the Friends website, focl.wildapricot.org. They will also be sold at the Feb. 15 celebration prior to the drawing. Friends of the Carpinteria Library is an all-volunteer nonprofit whose mission is to support the library in meeting the needs of the Carpinteria community.
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Clyde is a cute little bear living in peaceful, but boring Cubville. Desiring a rougher setting, he decides to move to Grizzly City. A self-proclaimed “bad guy,” Clyde is tired of Cubville’s pleasant citizens and seeks people like him, those who are bad to the bone. On his way to Grizzly City he encounters a former juvenile delinquent butterfly named Mellisa Sue, a Grizzly City native. Clyde sees this as an opportunity to assert his toughness and threatens her. However, he learns he has messed with the wrong butterfly, and Mellisa Sue clobbers Clyde. She takes Clyde under her wing and shows him that being bad isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Having once been a menacing caterpillar, Mellisa knows that living life on the edge is not productive and it’s better to treat others with kindness. A recommended read for those 7-8 year olds seeking the bad guy lifestyle as well as an introduction to graphic novels.
—Blanca Ramirez, Librarian, Carpinteria Library
WHAT WE ACCEPT Antifreeze* • Paint*• Used Motor Oil*
limit 5 gallons liquid maximum per visit Batteries • Oil Filters 6 Florescent Lightbulb Tubes 3 Small Household Electronics Mercury Thermostats
Friends of the Library Recommends
“Convenience Store Woman” By Sayaka Murata Much-admired Japanese author Sayaka Murata’s first book translated into English by Ginny Tapley Takemori is a curiously entrancing read. The book gives a short backstory of Keiko Furkura, the title character. As a young person, she has trouble being “normal” in the context of her family and her community. She marginally succeeds. Yet, always, there is a sense of anxiety. At 18, Keiko takes a job at a convenience store where she finds the minutia of the corporation, defined in a manual, rules her path to becoming “normal.” Keiko enjoys the regimentation of the store. She learns to mimic the other workers’ speech and reactions. The anxiety lessens, provides a shadowy presence to her life. All goes well until, again, societal norms in the form of family and co-worker expectations push against her. The expectations bring a tragic-comic event. There is universality in the presumed life patterns and reactions of Keiko and the characters who populate the store resonate. Keiko is a wonderful, lovable character. Takemori has translated a memorable voice beautifully. I laughed out loud, even as I felt for Keiko and her travails. I look forward to reading more of Murata’s work.
—Susan Williams Friends of the Library Bookstore Volunteer
February 8th & 22nd • 9am-1pm Recycle used oil
—Blanca Ramirez, Librarian, Carpinteria Library
“Clyde” By Jim Benton
Disposal program
CARPINTERIA CITY HALL 5775 Carpinteria Avenue
terhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.
“Slaughterhouse-Five” By Kurt Vonnegut Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, Slaugh-
