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… In celebration of SKIN: the Arts and Ideas Festival in Pasadena, join Pasadena City College in recording these memorable books. The page is open…literature, art, the sciences, music, history or social perspectives. Share your experiences with the books that got ‘under your skin.’”

Head on over to Books that get “under our skin”… and write about a book that stuck with you.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Dabney library reading nook

Dabney library (part of the Caltech library system)