CHILDREN'S SPRING PROGRAMS

Tuesday, March 2
Dr. Seuss Party
Stories and craft celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday!
Preschool Story Time - 10:30 a.m. - Children's Area (age 2-5)
Bilingual Story Time - 5:15 p.m. - Children's Area (all ages)

Tuesday, March 16
St. Patrick's Day
Celebrate this holiday with stories and a shamrock craft!
Preschool Story Time - 10:30 a.m. - Children's Area (age 2-5)
Bilingual Story Time - 5:15 p.m. - Children's Area (all ages)

Saturday, March 20
Come Read to the Dogs
Reading Education Assistance Dogs, otherwise known as R.E.A.D., and winners of the Readers’ Choice Literacy Grant, will be visiting the Children’s Area of the Oxnard Public Library to promote reading and communication skills for area youth.
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Oxnard Public Library

Monday, March 22
Movie Matinee
Come and enjoy the Disney animated film "The Princess and the Frog" (rated G)
Refreshments will be served
5:00 p.m. in Meeting Room B

Monday, March 23
Easter Time Get ready for Easter by sharing stories and making an egg-cellent craft
Preschool Story Time - 10:30 a.m. - Children's Area (age 2-5)
Bilingual Story Time - 5:15 p.m. - Children's Area (all ages)

Tuesday, April 13
Chick-fil-A Visit!
The cow is back! The Chick-fil-A Cow will be here to share stories and a craft.
Preschool Story Time - 10:30 a.m. - Children's Area (age 2-5)
Bilingual Story Time - 5:15 p.m. - Children's Area (all ages)

Saturday, April 17
Come Read to the Dogs
Reading Education Assistance Dogs, otherwise known as R.E.A.D., and winners of the Readers’ Choice Literacy Grant, will be visiting the Children’s Area of the Oxnard Public Library to promote reading and communication skills for area youth.
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Oxnard Public Library

Tuesday, April 20
Earth Day
Prepare a craft to celebrate this day.
Preschool Story Time - 10:30 a.m. - Children's Area (age 2-5)

 

 

ADULT SPRING PROGRAMS

March 13, Saturday, 2:30 p.m. – LA Opera Talks "Götterdämmerung" (Twilight of the Gods)
A speaker from the LA Opera Speakers’ Bureau will discuss Wagner’s epic music drama which is the final chapter in The Ring Cycle. This celebration of the human spirit soars to heights of heroism and proclaims the redemptive power of love.

March 27, Saturday, 3:00 p.m. – "Sacred Trilogy" at Forest Lawn
Debbie McIntosh will explain the fascinating stories behind three magnificent works of art -- "The Last Supper," "The Crucifixion," and "The Resurrection" -- and how they came to Forest Lawn.

April 17, Saturday, 2:30 p.m. – LA Opera Talks "The Stigmatized"
With the celebrated Recovered Voices project, LA Opera has been rediscovering works by composers who struggled to make their voices heard under the Third Reich. A speaker from the LA Opera Speakers Bureau will discuss the U.S. premiere of Franz Schreker's "The Stigmatized" (Die Gezeichneten), the first time that any opera by Schreker will be staged in the Western Hemisphere. A central figure in the remarkable flowering of opera in early 20th-century Austria, Schreker succumbed to a stroke in 1934 after being hounded by the Nazis and forced out of his position as director of the Berlin Hochschule für Musik.

May 29, Saturday, 2:30 p.m. – LA Opera Talk "The Perfect Wagnerite: The Ring a la George Bernard Shaw"
Richard Wagner intended his Ring of the Nibelung to be an epic tale of the salvation of the world through redemption by love portrayed through the struggles of gods, heroes and mythical creatures over a magic ring that grants power to rule the world. George Bernard Shaw interpreted the Ring as a metaphor for the Industrial Revolution and its abuses. This presentation will examine, with audio-visual aids, the intersection of the revolutionary German romantic artist and the cynical Irish critic.

 

 

Stay tuned as new programs are added to the list!