Eye Level Pasadena

Yesterday at the local bloggers’ picnic, Gena told me about this new Pasadena City College blog:
Books that get “under our skin”…
“We have all read books that trouble us, irritate us, yet stay with us for a long time after we turn the last page. Sometimes they ‘get under our skin’ and stay for a lifetime… [...]

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William Gibson will be reading from his new novel, Spook Country, at 7:00 p.m. this Friday night at Vroman’s.

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Food Not Lawns
Heather Flores will be discussing and signing her book, Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community, tonight at Vroman’s at 7:00 p.m.
Green LA girl has more information about Food Not Lawns here.

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City Comforts: How to Build an Urban Village by David Sucher
City Comforts blog: Distance sometimes provides objectivity
Sucher’s City Comforts is one of my favorite community building books. It shows how to arrange city space to encourage neighborly community interaction.

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Vroman’s Bookstore, Thursday, May 17, at 7 p.m. Heather Flores discusses and signs Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community. (More information available on the Vroman’s website.)
Vroman’s Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-449-5320

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Pasadena Public Library has a list of Pasadena authors and their books posted online.

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Dabney library reading nook
Dabney library (part of the Caltech library system)

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