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Haiku Poetry:
“ As my delegate/ The spring wind has its fingers/ In a young girl’s hair.” Richard Wright Essential Haiku : Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa American readers have been fascinated since their exposure to Japanese culture late in the … Continue reading
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Nowruz Celebration in Pictures
On March 18 Union City Library celebrated the Nowruz, the festival of the New Year, Which marks the first day of spring and the vernal Equinox . Shahrzad Academy performed dances from the different regions of Iran. In the first … Continue reading
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Fariba Nawa and Opium Nation
Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords and One Woman’s Journey Through Afghanistan, a mix of memoir and reportage about the drug trade in Afghanistan. Fariba Nawa, an award-winning Afghan-American journalist, covers a range of issues and specializes in immigrant and … Continue reading
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Book Club @ the Union City Library
As many of you who were there know; it has been a great experience each month to get together and discuss a selected title. We had total of 15 members that are attending the session. We never had 15 at … Continue reading
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Student Dancers Perform for Art Is Education Month
Students of the Natanjali Dance Academy under the direction of Kalpana Kamalanathan performed Bharatanatyam style dance at Union City Library on Saturday March 3rd for Art Is Education Month. Bharatanatyam is an ancient Indian classical dance form from South India … Continue reading
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Celebrate the Power of Arts
Last Saturday the Art is Education month was started at Union City Library with performance by the Bharatanatyam Classical Indian Dance. Other programs are : Friday, March 9, 3:30 – 5 PM Paper Quilt Collage Workshop School-age kids and … Continue reading
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Late for Tea at the Deer Palace : The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family
For Tamara Chalabi, Iraq is more than a country of war and controversy; it is a place of poignant memory. For much of the twentieth century, the Chalabis were among the most influential families in Iraq. In the 1920s they … Continue reading
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The Divine Cosmos
Cosmology is the discipline that deals with the nature of the Universe as a whole. Cosmologists seek to understand the origin, evolution, structure, and ultimate fate of the Universe at large, as well as the natural laws that keep it … Continue reading
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War of the World Views
Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on “the future of God,” one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist. This remarkable book is the product of that serendipitous encounter and the contentious—but respectful—clash … Continue reading
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Green Festival Reader : Fresh Ideas from Agents of Change
The Green Festivals now draw over 100,000 visitors every year in four U.S. cities. This book collects the most memorable talks from all four festivals on the most urgent social issues of the day. In addition to inspiring addresses by … Continue reading
