Black Dove by Ana Castillo: 2019 Book of the Year

Libraries to Host Book of the Year Events

Author: County of SLO Libraries
Date: 1/24/2019 2:33 PM

County of SLO Libraries will host a series of free events as part of the Book of the Year Program. The event will culminate with an author presentation March 5, 5:00 - 7:00 PM at the Cuesta College Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center.


County of San Luis Obispo Libraries will be offering a series of free events as part of this year’s Book of the Year Program, which is presented by the Academic Senate of Cuesta College and the Library’s SLO Reads Program.

This year’s featured author is Mexican-American Chicana scholar, novelist, and poet Ana Castillo. She will be appearing at the Cuesta College Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center on March 5, 5:00 – 7:00pm to discuss and sign copies of her memoir Black Dove: Mama, Mi’jo and Me. Tickets will go on sale on February 1 at cpactickets.cuesta.edu. Admission is $15, with students admitted free.

Leading up to the main event, several branches of the County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries will be hosting book discussions, history presentations, crafting classes and entertainment. The schedule is as follows:

ARROYO GRANDE LIBRARY

Mexican Tin Art Craft, Saturday, February 2, 2:00pm, registration required, ages 13+

Book Discussion, Friday, February 15, 10:00am, adults

Dana Adobe History & Heritage, Saturday February 16, 2:00pm, adults

Book Discussion, Tuesday, February 19, 4:30pm, adults

 

ATASCADERO LIBRARY

Mexican Tin Art Craft, Friday March 1, 3:00pm, registration required, ages 13+

Black Dove Book Discussion, Tuesday, February 5, 11:00am & Thursday February 21, 2:30pm

 

CAMBRIA LIBRARY

Mexican Tin Art Craft, Thursday, March 14, 4:00pm, ages 13+

 

CRESTON LIBRARY

Mexican Tin Art Craft, Thursday , March 7, 4:00pm, ages 13+

 

LOS OSOS LIBRARY

Black Dove Book Discussion, Thursday, February 14, 6:30 – 8:00pm

 

MORRO BAY LIBRARY

Mexican Tin Art Craft, Saturday, February 9, 1:00pm, registration required, ages 13+

Black Dove Book Discussion, Wednesday February 20, 10:00am

Imagen y Espiritu – Ballet Folklorico de Cal Poly, Saturday, March 2, 1:30pm, all ages

 

NIPOMO LIBRARY

Book Discussion, Wednesday, February 6, 1:00pm, adult

Mexican Tin Art Craft, Saturday, March 9, 2:00pm, registration required, ages 13+

 

OCEANO LIBRARY

Book Discussion, Thursday, February 14, 6:15pm, adult

 

SAN MIGUEL LIBRARY

Mexican Tin Art Craft, Wednesday, February 27, 2:00pm, ages 13+

 

SAN LUIS OBISPO LIBRARY

Black Dove Book Discussion, Thursday, February 14, 10:30am – 12:00pm

Ballet Folklorico, Saturday, February 23, 1:00pm, all ages

Film Screening: The Latino List, Tuesday, February 26, 5:00-9:00pm, adult

Mexican Tin Art Craft, Tuesday, March 5, 4:00pm, ages 13+

 

SHELL BEACH

Mexican Tin Art Craft, Wednesday February 6, 4:00pm, registration required, ages 13+

Book Discussion, Wednesday, February 20, 4:00pm, adult

 

About the 2019 Book of the Year:

Black Dove: Mama, Mi’jo and Me is a memoir comprised of essays that offer an intimate look at pivotal experiences in author Ana Castillo’s life across three generations: the relationship between Castillo and her immigrant mother, Castillo’s own challenges as a single mother to her son, and her childhood memories of growing up in the Mexican barrios of Chicago.

Book of the Year is a program of the Academic Senate of Cuesta College and the SLO County Public Library SLO Reads Program. It is sponsored by Cuesta College Friends of the Library, Cuesta Student Equity Fund and the County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries.

For more information about these events and others hosted by County of San Luis Obispo Libraries please visit the events calendar at slolibrary.org.