![]() ![]() Orinda's Mystery Book Club discusses "Carter Beats the Devil" The Royal Society Jazz Orchestra ~ Playing the tunes that made 1920s San Francisco roar!īook Discussion led by Moraga Mayor, Karen Mendonca Vaudeville Follies ~ a puppet production by The Fratello Marionettes ~ fun for all ages! Tea Time & Book Discussion with Barbara Flynn, Contra Costa County Librarian ![]() ![]() Kickoff the Magic with Ray Andrews ~ Magic & fun for the whole family!Ĭircus Finelli ~ 1920's vaudeville music, slapstick and juggling ~ for the whole family! They didn't know at the time that Warner Brothers Studio is laying plans for a movie and hoping to attract Johnny Depp to the title role. The three librarians who selected the book, Lafayette's Susan Weaver, Orinda's Caroline Gick, and Girshman, wanted a great book that was not too well known, by a local author, that would allow them to spin a lot of interesting activities for the community. It is a preposterous story, in a crazy and dazzling way." "When I started it I was immediately sucked into it," said Moraga Librarian Beth Girshman, "I liked the mix of history and fiction. ![]() "Carter Beats the Devil," by Glen David Gold, is a critically acclaimed historical mystery set in Oakland in the 1920's. Lamorinda Reads, the annual community-wide book club, will begin on September 19 with a book that has just begun to attract a lot of attention. Lamorinda Reads 2011: Carter Beats the Devil ![]()
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