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We're still celebrating Anaheim Reads! Keep exploring culture, storytelling, and Vietnam's history with your Anaheim Public Library through March 18. It's all part of the communitywide reading of the memoir "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui.

The month-long celebration is made possible by California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Explore hands-on science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math activities at Central Library on Saturday, March 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.  

Team members will introduce fun science and art topics, including activities with fossils, 3D printing, tidepools, robotics, bubbleology, and more! Participants will have a chance to learn about these topics from NASA Solar System Ambassadors, California State Parks, OC Animal Care, STEMUP4Youth, Oak Canyon Nature Center, Anaheim Fire & Rescue, and much more.

The first 500 kids at the event will receive a backpack filled with hands-on STEAM activities to take home for more exploration! Thank you to Kaboom!, AbbVie, and the Home Depot in Anaheim for providing backpacks and additional STEAM activities for the event. This is all part of the extension of the library's mission to support lifelong learning and enhance access to free educational resources across Anaheim. 

This project was supported in whole or in part-funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library. Thank you to our community support groups, including the Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim, Friends of the Anaheim Public Library, Anaheim Public Library Foundation, Achim HaNefesh (Brotherhood Social Justice), NASA @ My Library, Space Science Institute, and Nevada Mineral and Book Company.

Stories of Vietnam

• Wed, March 2, 5:30 p.m.
  at Haskett
• Thurs, March 3, 5 p.m.
  at Ponderosa
• Wed, March 9, 11:30 a.m.
  at East Anaheim

3D Dragon Painting Workshop

Learn the cultural symbolism behind dragons at this painting workshop for all ages.

• Wed, March 2, 5 p.m.
  at Central
• Wed, March 9, 2 p.m.
  at Canyon Hills*

Digital Art Workshop: The Lotus

Explore digital painting techniques and learn about Vietnam's national flower!

• Thurs, March 3, 4:30 p.m.
  at Ponderosa*
• Mon, March 7, 5 p.m.
  at Central
• Thurs, March 10, 4 p.m.
  at Haskett*

Crafting Fun

Make a special craft like a lantern or dragon puppet to take home.

• Thurs, March 3, 3 p.m.
  at Euclid
• Wed, March 9, 5:30 p.m.
  at Haskett*
• Thurs, March 10, 5 p.m. 
  at Ponderosa*

Registration is required for programs with an asterisk (*). Click the branch to register. 

Painting Fun

Make Learn how to watercolor a lotus flower!

• Wed, March 2, 3 p.m.
  at Canyon Hills*

Registration is required for programs with an asterisk (*). Click the branch to register. 

Anaheim Reads Book Discussion

Wounds Beneath Wounds: Thi Bui's The Best We Could Do and Telling Stories in Reverse

Maria Bo, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at CSUF, explores how the narrative strategy of reversal is key to not just unlocking the past but healing it. Bo will introduce how Thi Bui's memoir implements this narrative strategy.

Wed, March 9, 5:30 p.m. at Central

Refugee Resilience: Engaging with Vietnamese American Stories through the Arts

Thuy Vo Dang, Curator for the Southeast Asian Archive and Research Librarian for Asian American Studies at UCI, will provide historical context for the resettlement of Vietnamese refugees in Orange County.

Fri, March 25, 5 p.m. at Central

The Library Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing Anaheim Public Library's rich resources
and programs for generations to come. 

You're invited to attend the Anaheim Public Library Foundation's 25th annual Mystery Author's Luncheon & Silent Auction.

The annual fundraiser features best-selling authors Mike Befeler, Paige Shelton, and Wendall Thomas. Fellow mystery author Matt Coyle will moderate the panel discussion and guide the Q&A.  

Proceeds from the fundraiser support books, programming, and essential services for your neighborhood Anaheim Library! You can show your support for the Library Foundation by attending the Luncheon on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Click the button below to purchase your ticket today!

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