The Weekly Newspaper of Manhattan Beach Herald Publications - El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 Vol. 10, No. 6 June 2, 2016 Inside This Issue Certified and Licensed Professionals...................6 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............3 Finance..................................5 Food.......................................7 Looking Up...........................5 Pets................................4 & 9 Real Estate...........................8 Sports....................................6 Weekend Forecast Friday, June 3 Mostly Sunny 75˚/62˚ Saturday, June 4 Sunny 76˚/61˚ Sunday, June 5 Sunny 74˚/60˚ Credit Union for Kids Makes Pledge CHLA received a $5 million pledge from Credit Unions for Kids that will benefit the hospital’s Helping Hands Fund to support critical care services for young patients. Credit Unions for Kids, a nonprofit collaboration of credit unions engaged in fundraising activities to benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, has 250,000 employees and 100 million members and includes regional credit unions such as Kinecta Federal Credit Unionbased in Manhattan Beach and Xceed Financial Credit Union based in El Segundo. (Photo from left to right): Kinecta - Ray Romero, Samanthika DeSilva, Moses Boye, Lisa Longoria, child actor Jax Malcolm, a former patient who had operations on both kidneys at CHLA, Keith Sultemeier, Denise Thomas, Sandra Ramirez. See more on the pledge in our Community Briefs on page 3. Author Fair Gets Expressive in 16th Annual Event at Library By Brian Simon The El Segundo Public Library Author Fair returns on Sunday, June 12 with more than 30 authors and poets slated to be on-hand for the 16th annual installment of the popular event. With the theme “Express Yourself…Through Writing. Art. Music,” the 2016 festivities will include appearances from several notables from the creative realm. Heading the list are songwriter/musician/authors Charles Wright, who appropriately enough penned the early ‘70s hit “Express Yourself” and recently published his autobiography Up From Where We’ve Come; and Bobby Hart, who along with the late Tommy Boyce wrote numerous classics for The Monkees (“Last Train to Clarksville”), Chubby Checker and other musical luminaries. Boyce and Hart were also performers in their own right. For his writing debut, Hart composed a memoir entitled Psychedelic Bubble Gum: Boyce & Hart, The Monkees, and Turning Mayhem into Miracles. Other prominent authors on board include Attica Locke, Julie Claiborne Johnson and Maggie Shipstead (Fiction); Neal Griffin, Diane Vallere, Jeri Westerson and Gwendolyn Womack (Mystery); and Derek Kent (Children’s). “We chose this year’s theme to incorporate all elements of creative expression that the Author Fair promotes, including our authors, the El Segundo Art Association—whose art will be on display during the event—and the live music,” said Senior Librarian Julie Todd. “But since our past fairs have always been eclectic, we’re also adding some Mystery— literally—to the mix with a panel focused on that genre.” Additional event highlights will include book purchases and signings; two author panels; balloon art courtesy of Boom Boom Balloon Man; Children’s Puppet-Making Workshop (in the Children’s Library between 3 and 4 p.m.) led by Sarah Woloski; raffle prizes (handed out at the panels), and a broad mix of live music from the Smoky Hollow Band (American Traditional), Andy and Renee (Folk), Planet Queens (Singer/Songwriter Tribute) as well as original tunes from Paul Zollo, Jill Freeman, Gary Stockdale and Lisa Johnson. “We will also have a photo booth where participants can take selfies with their friends, family or possibly even their favorite author,” Todd said. The first panel, “Expressing Yourself Through Writing,” runs from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and will be a how-to for those interested in writing/publishing. Screenwriter and Library Board member Kevin Smith will serve as moderator with the aforementioned Claiborne Johnson, Hart, Locke and Wright as panelists along with Fiction writers Parnaz Foroutan, and Andrew Roe. Griffin will moderate the second panel, “Confessions of the Best Local Mystery Writers,” from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Vallere, Westerson and Womack will be the panelists, along with Mike Befeler, Joel Fox and Terri Nolan (who writes crime stories based in the Los Angeles area). Other authors appearing at the event will include Larry Bridges (poetry), Elena Karina Byrne (Poetry), Jennifer Caloyeras (Young Adult), Charles Epting (Historic LA), Liz Fenton (Chick/Pop), Jamie Asaye FitzGerald (Poetry), Jake Gerhardt (Children’s), Rachel M. Harper (Fiction), Peggy Hesketh (Fiction), Charlottte Innes (Poetry), Jessi Kirby (Young Adult), Sharael Kolberg (Memoir), Laura Levine (Mystery), Gabriel Meyer (Poetry), Nadine Nettman (Mystery), Tao Nyeu (Children’s), Lisa Occhipinti (Decorating/ Book Art), Nina Sadowsky (Thriller/Fiction), Nancy Webber (Art/Non-Fiction) and Mariano Zaro (Poetry). In addition to checking out the panels, attendees can get books signed on the Library Main Floor between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Children’s author/illustrator signings (Gerhardt, Kent and Nyeu) will take place in the Children’s Library between 2 and 3 p.m. Meanwhile, Meyer—a long-time El Segundo resident—will again host the annual Poetry Corner in the Main Floor Rose Garden Room from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Bridges, Byrne, FitzGerald,Innes and Zaro will handle the readings and sign poems after. Also of note, the Library will debut its first-ever Adult Summer Reading Program this year with sign-ups officially starting up during the Author Fair. The inaugural theme is “A Book is Your Passport… Travel. Explore. Read.” Adults 18 and over can participate in the festivities that will include a Book Buzz Tea kick-off event, with additional programs and prize incentives along the way. Long-time Library Director Debra Brighton devised the concept of the Author Fair in 2001 as a way to bring a community book event to El Segundo. It now attracts more than 600 attendees annually from all over the Southland, as well as many prominent authors and poets. “The Author Fair continues to grow every year and has really become a major draw bringing people to the Library not just from the local community but from all over the Southland,” Todd said. “It has earned a great deal of acclaim and part of the testament to that is the high caliber of talented writers and poets who have committed their time and energy to take part in this event.” The El Segundo Public Library is located at 111 W. Mariposa Avenue. For more information on the Author Fair, go to Elsegundo.org/library or call 310-524-2728. •
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