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Silicon Valley Reads 2019
Finding
identity
in family
history
CALENDAR OF 100+ EVENTS
T H R O U G H O U T S A N TA C L A R A C O U N T Y
PRESENTED BY:
SiliconValleyReads.org
Premiere Weekend Signature Event
Finding identity
with A.J. Jacobs with Paula Madison and
Friday-Sunday, Jan. 25-27
An email from an unknown eighth Bill Griffeth
cousin was the spark for a three-year Wednesday, Feb. 27
in family history
adventure by A.J. Jacobs to find 7:30 p.m., Visual & Performing Arts Center,
more of his relatives and help De Anza College
build the biggest family tree in
history. His entertaining and Paula Williams Madison, author of Finding Samuel Lowe, and
informative book, It’s All Relative, Bill Griffeth, author of The Stranger In My Genes: A Memoir,
talks about genetics and genealogy, grew up in very different households on opposite sides of the
tradition and tribalism, identity and country. Both achieved tremendous professional and personal
connection. Jacobs is the author of success -- and both were shaken to their core when
they discovered secrets about their families, and
Each of us may find a time when we are curious about We are honored that nationally prominent authors four New York Times bestsellers that
combine humor, science, history and self- themselves, they never knew.
our family history – the things that influence us from will be sharing their personal family history stories
help. Each of his talks will be followed by audience Q&A.
our known or unknown past. The surging interest in with our community. These author presentations, plus This special program is a conversation with
genealogy is helping people learn more about their the films, workshops and other special events we have both authors, moderated by Mercury News
Friday, Jan. 25 Saturday, Jan. 26 columnist Sal Pizarro, about their experiences
ancestry and what family heritage means to their lives. planned, will provide a variety of opportunities to read, 7:30 p.m., Los Altos 4:30 p.m., Morgan Hill in self discovery in the context of family
It is a topic relevant to everyone and the basis for the learn, explore new ideas and share diverse perspectives. Library. Presented Library. Presented with history. Presented with Commonwealth Club
Silicon Valley Reads 2019 theme “Finding Identity in We hope you will take advantage of these 100+ free with Los Altos Library Friends of Morgan Hill Silicon Valley and De Anza College.
Family History.” programs throughout Santa Clara County and will Endowment. Library.
Doors open at 6:45 p.m. No tickets or reservations required.
find them informative and entertaining. Saturday, Jan. 26 Sunday, Jan. 27 First come, first seated. The adjacent Euphrat Museum of Art will
10 a.m., Saratoga Library. 1 p.m., Dr. Martin be open 6:30-7:30 p.m. and during book signing for free viewing
Presented with Friends of Luther King, Jr. Library. of the exhibit “Ancestral Journeys.” The campus bookstore will
the Saratoga Libraries. Presented with Friends of sell books before and after the program, and the authors will sign
12 noon, Cambrian Dr. Martin Luther King, books after the program. Free parking in Lot A beginning at
Branch Library. Presented Jr. Library. 5 p.m. See campus map at DeAnza.edu/map.
with Friends of Cambrian 3 p.m., Mountain View
The program will be audio recorded by the Commonwealth
Branch Library. Public Library. Presented
Club Silicon Valley for rebroadcast locally and as a podcast on
2 p.m., Santa Teresa with Friends of Mountain SiliconValleyReads.org. A video of this program will be posted in
Branch Library. Presented View Public Library. the Video Library of the website SiliconValleyReads.org later
with Friends of Santa in March.
Teresa Branch Library.
“Ancestral Journeys” Art Exhibit
Feb. 4-March 21, Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College
“Ancestral Journeys” explores identity and ancestral migration, refreshments on Wednesday, Feb. 13,
immigration, and diasporas. The artists draw from family 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Euphrat Museum
“A powerful story “Funny, thoughtful, original “An extraordinary story of stories, history, and ancestral memory and imagination. of Art. The public is also invited to an
of family secrets” book about family” identities lost and found” Artworks include a wearable glass kimono infused with family Ancestral Trading Cards Workshop on
portraits, a 15-foot kinetic boat sculpture, drawings with Saturday, March 2, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.,
stitchery and tea bags, large scale bronze and where participants can make their
marble sculptures, a Yoruban Olojufoforo own original trading card featuring an
C O M PA N I O N B O O K S F O R C H I L D R E N & T E E N S Headdress and more. ancestor or inspiring person from
Artists: Cheryl Derricotte, Rodney Ewing, the past.
Reiko Fujii, Hiroyo Kaneko, Marlene Larson, Euphrat Museum of Art on the
“A celebration of “Violet is a winning “Exquisite, heartbreaking, Kija Lucas, Trinh Mai, David Middlebrook, De Anza College campus is open
identity, family and protagonist…”
belonging.”
unforgettable.” Grandfather Tanaka is by Eric Powell, Eugene Rodriguez, Gayle Tanaka, Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Gayle Tanaka
Center for Children’s Books Kirkus Reviews Flo Oy Wong and Cindy Zhou. Special (closed Monday, Feb. 18 for Presidents Ancestral Kimono is by Reiko Fujii
Kirkus Reviews
projects with Lincoln High School, Columbia Middle School Day). Also open Saturday, March 2,
and De Anza College MEChA students. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and Thursdays, Feb. 7 and March 7, 5 - 7 p.m. for
The public is invited to meet the artists of the “Ancestral open mic night. Additional open hours by appointment. Check
Grades Pre-K to 3 Grades 4 to 7 Grades 8 and up
Journeys” exhibition at a reception with live music and deanza.edu/euphrat/inthemuseum for additional events.
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Event listings in date order at SiliconValleyReads.org Event location addresses on page 11AUTHOR APPEARANCES SPECIAL EVENTS
Paula Williams Madison Bill Griffeth Ethical and Spiritual Impacts of The Slave Narrative That Freed Me
Thursday, Jan. 24, 1 p.m., Campbell Library
Author of Finding Samuel Lowe Author of The Stranger In My Genes: A Memoir Learning Family Secrets In 5th grade, Regina Mason was told that her
Nationally-recognized journalist and Bill Griffeth, co-anchor of Nightly Business Report, produced Tuesday, Feb. 26, 12 noon, Wiegand Room, grandfather was a former slave. Years later she
retired NBCUniversal executive by CNBC for U.S. public television (PBS), is also a longtime Santa Clara University dove into exploring her family history and
Paula Williams Madison grew up genealogy buff who took a DNA test that had an unexpected Be careful what you wish for! CNBC business news anchor Bill discovered her third great grandfather was
in Harlem knowing little about outcome – his beloved father was not the Griffeth thought a DNA test would be a fun way to expand his William Grimes, the author of the first
her mother’s family, except that man who fathered him. The Stranger genealogy hobby. But instead of learning interesting, but trivial, book-length autobiography written by a
her grandmother was Jamaican. In My Genes describes Bill’s quest information about his ancestry, he made a shocking discovery that fugitive American slave. He self-published
It wasn’t until she explored her to follow the mystery of his led to ethical and spiritual dilemmas. Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave in
genealogy that she learned her origins and how family history 1825. Regina’s talk will address her journey to find
grandfather was Chinese, leading discoveries shake his sense of Bill’s experience is one of thousands of existential crisis stories
her ancestors and reclaim her heritage, and the importance of the
her to search for his descendants in identity. Each of his talks will as DNA testing becomes more popular and
Grimes memoir.
China. Finding Samuel Lowe follows be followed by audience Q&A. accessible. This program will discuss the ethical
her as she eventually finds 300 long-lost and spiritual aspects of DNA testing and
relatives in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, China.
Monday, Feb 25 the family secrets it can uncover. Panelists DNA Trail: A Staged Reading
Each of her talks will be followed by audience Q&A. 7 p.m., Joyce Ellington Branch include: Bill Griffeth, author of The Stranger Wednesday, March 27, 7:30 p.m., Rose Garden
Library. Presented with Friends In My Genes: A Memoir; Margaret McLean, Branch Library
Saturday, March 16 of Joyce Ellington Branch Library. Ph.D., Director of Bioethics at the Markkula Theatre meets science as a diverse group of playwrights each agree
11 a.m., Palo Alto Library Rinconada Branch. Presented Center for Applied Ethics, and a senior
Tuesday, Feb 26 to take a genealogical DNA test in this identity-defying collection
with Friends of Palo Alto Library. lecturer in religious studies and affiliate faculty in of short plays. For this adventurous project, Chicago’s Silk Road
7 p.m., Pearl Avenue Branch Library bioengineering; and Thomas Plante, Ph.D.
1:30 p.m., Milpitas Library. Presented with Friends Rising theater commissioned the playwrights to revisit their
Thursday, Feb 28 the Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., University assumptions about identity, politics and the perennial “who am I”
of Milpitas Library.
7 p.m., Vineland Branch Library. Presented with Friends Professor and Professor of Psychology at question. Self, family, community, ethnicity, race, history, geography–
3:30 p.m., Edenvale Branch Library SCU, and an adjunct clinical professor of
of Vineland Branch Library. it’s all up for grabs! Come see where the DNA Trail leads.
psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford
Sunday, March 17 Saturday, March 2 University School of Medicine. Presented
1 p.m., Sunnyvale Public Library. Presented with Friends
of Sunnyvale Public Library.
11 a.m., West Valley Branch Library. Presented with with Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley, the The Science and Technology
Friends of West Valley Branch Library. Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Ignatian
3 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park Library. Presented with Center for Jesuit Education’s “Technology and the Human Spirit” Behind DNA Testing
1 p.m., Bascom Branch Library. Presented with Friends Tuesday, April 9, 6:30 p.m., The
Santa Clara City Library and Santa Clara City Library Initiative. Audience Q&A follows the panel’s conversation.
of Bascom Branch Library.
Foundation & Friends. Tech Museum of Innovation
3 p.m., Almaden Branch Library. Presented with Friends of Barry Starr, Ph.D., Director of Scientific
Sunday, March 24 Almaden Branch Library. Book Discussion Groups Communications at Ancestry, will lead a
1:30 p.m., Campbell Library. Presented with Friends Many drop-in book discussion adult groups at public libraries
panel discussion about the scientific and
of Campbell Library. Sunday, March 3 in Santa Clara County will focus on one or more of the
technology aspects of DNA testing and how
2:30 p.m., Los Gatos Library. On-stage interview with three featured Silicon Valley Reads books in early 2019. For
3:30 p.m., Gilroy Library. Presented with Friends that relates to ancestry and identity. Prior to joining
radio/TV personality Lissa Kreisler. Presented with Friends information, check with your local library.
Ancestry in 2018, Dr. Starr served as the Director of Outreach
of Gilroy Library.
of Los Gatos Library and Daughters of the American Activities at Stanford University’s Department of Genetics.
Revolution (DAR) Los Gatos chapter.
Lunar New Year Celebration
Sunday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., History Park
4 p.m., Cupertino Library. Presented with Friends of
Cupertino Library.
DNA Evidence and Law Forensic Genealogy: A
The Chinese Historical & Enforcement New Way to Solve Crimes
Cultural Project and History Monday, March 11, 7 p.m., Sunday, March 24, 2 p.m.,
San José will celebrate the Family History or Mystery? Milpitas Library
Sunnyvale Public Library
Lunar New Year with Lion Sunday, March 3, 1 p.m., India Community Center Thanks to the TV show “CSI,” many people
Dog dancers, traditional You can run, but you cannot hide from the
Indian Business and Professional Women (IBPW) will host a know that DNA from crime scene evidence
children’s crafts and games, and telltale evidence of DNA! Captain Jim
panel discussion on how genetics play a significant part in shaping can be searched in databases in order to solve
a screening of “Finding Samuel Choi, head of the Sunnyvale Public Safety
one’s personality -- irrespective of nationality, culture or habitat. crimes. But what if the perpetrator isn’t in
Lowe,” a documentary about Department Special Operations unit, will
Panelists include Bill Griffeth, author of The Stranger In My Genes: the database? Forensic scientists are recently
an African American family present an overview of DNA science and how it has evolved
A Memoir; Raji Pillai, a molecular biologist; and Marty Riker who teaming up with genealogists to track down killers who have, until
that discovers its Chinese as an important tool in law enforcement. He will discuss how
will discuss indexing and its value in helping genealogy efforts now, evaded identification. This talk by Criminalist Cordelia
ancestry. While at History Park, explore San Jose history while DNA evidence has been used historically and how it is being
globally. Willis of the Santa Clara County Crime Laboratory will explain
riding the trolley and visiting historic buildings and exhibits. See used now in solving cold cases. He will also talk about DNA
the entire crime-solving process, from DNA testing to the new
page 7 for dates, times and locations of other showings of the film. myths perpetuated by Hollywood movies and TV, including
genealogy-based searching methods, so you can understand how
the “CSI effect.”
4 criminals like the Golden State Killer can finally be caught. 5
Event listings in date order at SiliconValleyReads.org Event location addresses on page 11Finding Samuel Lowe Little White Lie
FILMS
An Afro-Chinese-Jamaican Harlem family seeks their Chinese When Lacey Schwartz started college
grandfather. After a 91-year separation, Samuel Lowe’s Black at age 18, she was invited to join the
Chinese grandchildren journey to China where they find Samuel black student association. The problem?
Lowe’s 300 Chinese descendants and the entire clan is reunited. Schwartz had been raised in a white
88 min. Jewish household by a mother who told
Sat, Feb 9, 2 p.m., East San José Carnegie Branch Library her that her darker skin and kinky hair
were due to her dad’s roots in Sicily.
Mon, Feb 11, 7 p.m., Saratoga Library
Schwartz soon learned the truth -- she
Wed, Feb 13, 3 p.m. Alviso Branch Library
Stories We Tell Sat, Feb 16, 2 p.m., Rose Garden Branch Library
was the product of a tryst between her
mother and an African American man.
Oscar-nominated writer/director
Sarah Polley is both filmmaker The film is the inherently dramatic
and detective as she investigates story of an individual discovering that
secrets kept by a family of everything she thought she knew about
storytellers. As each relates their her life was wrong. 65 min.
version of the family mythology, Wed, Feb 6, 3 p.m., Hillview Branch Library
present-day recollections shift Sat, Feb 9, 2 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
into nostalgia-tinged glimpses of Thur, Feb 14, 12 noon, Seven Trees Branch Library
their mother, who departed too soon, leaving a trail Thur, Feb 21, 3:30 p.m., Educational Park Branch Library
of unanswered questions. “Stories We Tell” is a film
Chinese Couplets about how our narratives shape and define us as
Sat, Feb 23, 2 p.m., Bascom Branch Library
Veteran San Francisco filmmaker Felicia Lowe’s documentary is about her Sat, Feb 23, 3 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Sat, Feb 23, 2 p.m., East San José Carnegie Branch Library
individuals and families. 108 min.
mother and the exploration of her family’s secret past in Cuba and China. It Mon, Feb 25, 6:30 p.m., Campbell Library Sat, March 2, 3 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
Mon, March 18, 7 p.m., Cupertino Library
weaves stories that connect the experience of four generations: Lowe’s maternal Wed, March 6, 6:30 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Sat, March 2, 3:30 p.m., Dr. Roberto Cruz Alum Rock
grandmother, her mother, Lowe, and her daughter. 56 min. Sat, March 9, 1 p.m., Calabazas Branch Library Branch Library
Mon, March 4, 7 p.m., Cupertino Library The Human Family Tree Sat, March 9, 3 p.m., Morgan Hill Library Tue, March 5, 5 p.m., Tully Community Branch Library
On the most diverse Sat, March 9, 2 p.m., Rose Garden Branch Library
Sat, March 23, 3 p.m., Milpitas Library Sat, March 9, 4 p.m., Joyce Ellington Branch Library
street in the most Thur, March 14, 5:30 p.m., West Valley Branch Library
Tue, March 12, 7 p.m., Sunnyvale Public Library
diverse city in the Fri, March 15, 4 p.m., Santa Teresa Branch Library (teens only)
Three Identical Strangers most diverse country Sat, March 16, 2 p.m., Bascom Branch Library
Sat, March 16, 1 p.m., Calabazas Branch Library
“Three Identical Strangers” in the world, a Mon, March 18, 6:30 p.m., Gilroy Library
tells the astonishing true story team of National Wed, March 20, 7 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park Library Sat, March 16, 4 p.m., Joyce Ellington Branch Library
of three men who make the Geographic scientists swabs the cheeks of 200 Sat, March 23, 3:30 p.m., Dr. Roberto Cruz Alum Rock
chance discovery, at the age of random New Yorkers – hoping to reveal clues about Branch Library
19, that they are identical triplets, our ancestral footprints and prove we are all cousins
separated at birth and adopted to in the “family of man.” 90 min. In collaboration with the UNAFF in
different parents. The trio’s joyous
reunion in 1980 catapults them
Tue, Jan 29, 6:30 p.m., Campbell Library Libraries Program
to fame but it also sets in motion
a chain of events that unearths an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes Farewell Herr Schwarz: An Daughter from Danang Facing the Dead
far beyond their own lives – a secret that goes to the very heart of all human As the Vietnam War If your parents and all photographs of them disappeared, would you still
behavior. 96 min. Intimate Family History drew to a close in 1975, remember their faces after 50 years? In the years that Stalin ruled the
Winner of the Best Documentary
Mon, Feb 25, 7 p.m., Saratoga Library thousands of Vietnamese Soviet Union, some 20 million people, so-called enemies of the state,
Prize at the Haifa International
Mon, March 25, 6:30 p.m., Gilroy Library and Amerasian children were killed or perished in labor camps. To own
Film Festival, this film is a
Mon, March 25, 7 p.m., Campbell Library were given up for a photograph of any of these people was itself
cinematic journey about two
adoption to the U.S. punishable by death. Families cut loved ones
siblings who survived the
as part of “Operation out of group portraits, school children blacked
Holocaust but never reunited after
Twinsters the war. One lived in Israel and
Babylift.” Mai Thi revolutionary heroes out of their history books,
Imagine seeing someone on YouTube who Hiep, a 7-year-old, was and the secret police destroyed whatever was left.
one in Germany, unaware of each
looks just like you. That’s how French adopted by a single woman in Pulaski, Tennessee and Filmmaker Gabrielle Pfeiffer travels through
other for half a century until first time filmmaker
adoptee Anaïs Bordier met American renamed Heidi. This film tells the poignant story of today’s Russia on a quest for the lost faces of a
Yael Reuveny probed exactly what happened to her
adoptee Samantha Futerman and a Vietnamese mother and her Amerasian daughter generation. 52 min.
family in 1945. 101 min.
discovered they were identical twin sisters separated by the war and reunited 22 years later. Mon, March 11, 7 p.m., Saratoga Library
separated at birth. Captured on camera as Tue, March 12, 7 p.m., Los Altos Library Overwhelmed at meeting each other, mother and
it happened, this award-winning documentary tells a remarkable true story of daughter grapple with the reality of cultural differences
identity and journey by two sisters raised on different continents who connected and years of separation. 83 min.
at age 25 years through social media. 89 min. Mon, March 18, 7 p.m., Cupertino Library
Tue, Feb 12, 7 p.m., Los Altos Library
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Event listings in date order at SiliconValleyReads.org Event location addresses on page 11FAMILY HISTORY PROGRAMS Family Roots: Unlock
Your History!
Census 101: An
Introduction to
Genealogy Research: Where To Begin
Adults and teens will learn how to
conduct basic genealogical research.
Searching the U.S.
This program will help you define and locate the records you need DNA Basics for Genealogists: Provided resources include a blank Federal and State
to learn more about your family history and provide tips on the How Four Testing Companies Can tree page (to lay out general family Censuses
best way to record what you find. Presented with Santa Clara connections), a blank leaf page (to
County Family History Centers. Change Your Family Tree record specifics about individual
Census records are among the most rich
and rewarding family history records
Mon, Feb 4, 1:30 p.m., Gilroy Library people), and copies of a PowerPoint presentation describing how to locate and available. Learn where your ancestors
Have you thought about testing your DNA but did not know utilize genealogical resources such as directories, census records, voter registries, lived at a particular time, their place of
Mon, March 18, 7 p.m., Morgan Hill Library which test to take? Or have you tested your DNA, but don’t online newspaper collections and more. birth, occupation, number of times married
know how to use the information in your family history quest? and other information. Pre-registration
Wed, March 6, 4 p.m., Educational Park Library
Searching the Internet for This program features required at SCCHGS.org. Presented
Thur, March 14, 1 p.m., Seven Trees Branch Library
Family History two speakers from Santa
Clara County Historical
with Santa Clara County Historical &
This program will discuss how to navigate genealogy websites Sat, March 16, 3 p.m., Willow Glen Branch Library Genealogical Society.
& Genealogical Society.
and identify some of the best online resources, including censuses. Tue, March 19, 11:30 a.m., Evergreen Branch Library Fri, Feb 22, 1-4:30 p.m., Santa Clara
Patricia Burrow will give
Presented with Santa Clara County Family History Centers. Central Park Library
a basic introduction into Wed, March 20, 4:30 p.m., East San José Carnegie Branch Library
Mon, Feb 11, 1:30 p.m., Gilroy Library DNA testing, including Wed, March 20, 5:30 p.m., West Valley Branch Library
Mon, March 25, 7 p.m., Morgan Hill Library the four different types -
Y-DNA, mtDNA,
Genealogy for Families New Autosomal and X DNA.
She will also provide an overview comparison of the top four Finding Your Family Family Stories from
To America companies, describing what is available from each company Using DNA Testing Santa Clara County
How do you trace your family history when family records won’t and their strong points and weaknesses. Pam Fujii will Teri Mortola from the Santa Clara County Step back in time over a century ago
be in the U.S.? This class will discuss how to capture the stories of complete the program with a case study on how she used all Historical & Genealogical Society tells and meet an early pioneer woman whose
older relatives and how to find records in countries like India. four companies. Pre-registration required at SCCHGS.org. how, through DNA testing, she uncovered descendants still reside in Santa Clara
Sun, Feb 10, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park Library Presented with Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical a 90-year-old family secret which helped County today in this dramatic soliloquy
Society. her finally reunite with long-lost family. by historian/actress Shay Azevedo. The
Getting Started Wed, Jan 23, 1-3:30 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park Library Tue, Feb 5, 7 p.m., Campbell Library special program is a tribute to the stories of
the early San Ysidro area and is dedicated
with Genealogy Thur, March 28, 1-3:30 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park Tue, Feb 12, 7 p.m., Saratoga Library to the individuals who continue to search
Learn the basics of Library in the present so that future generations
Census 102: Digging
what genealogy research Fri, March 29, 1-3:30 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park
Additional Family may remember the past. Deeper Into Little
documents you need and
where to find them. The
Library
History Programs Sat, March 2, 11 a.m., Gilroy Library Known State and Federal
workshop will also discuss how to use family group sheets and Censuses
pedigree charts, and introduce how to source information. Pre- DNA Special Interest Group Some libraries may add additional Preserving Family Learn more about how to find information
registration required at SCCHGS.org. Presented with Santa Clara Learn about how others are using DNA testing as a tool to enhance
County Historical & Genealogical Society. their family tree and share your own experiences. Presented with
programs related to family history Photos, Photo Stories in various census records, including
state censuses and federal censuses that
during February or March. Check
Fri, Jan 18, 1-4 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park Library
Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society. the Silicon Valley Reads website and Documents supplement the decennial U.S. Census.
Tue, Feb 5, 2:30-4 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park Library SiliconValleyReads.org or your local Thur, Feb 28, 10:15-11:45 a.m., Santa
Creative Hypothesis Development for Tue, March 5, 2:30-4 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park Library public library. Clara Central Park Library
Complex Genealogy Problems
This talk by genealogy researcher Jan Joyce, DBA, focuses on how Genealogy Research Organization Genealogy Is Not Just for
to develop multiple scenarios, or hypotheses, that logically explain Learn different organizational methods for both hard copy and
Free Genealogy Genealogists
a situation and open family research to exploring additional digital information, including a review of computer genealogy Databases at Santa Clara Regardless of your level of interest in
possibilities. programs. Pre-registration required at SCCHGS.org. Presented City Library researching your family history, you have
Tue, March 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Santa Clara Central with Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society. Learn about the subscription genealogy stories, family mementos and photographs,
This class provides organizational tips
Park Library Thur, March 21, 1-4:30 p.m., Santa Clara Central Park Library databases that are available free at Santa some that have been passed down,
and procedures for capturing the story
Clara City Library, including Ancestry, generation to generation. This talk by Jane
behind a photo, scanning the photo, and
Gayle Greene American Ancestors, Findmypast, Heritage then preserving the physical photo and
Lindsey from the California Genealogical
Gayle Greene, Ph.D., discusses her book Missing Persons, a Quest Online, ReferenceUSA and Historic Society will describe what you can do to
digital versions for the next generation.
San Jose Mercury Newspapers. ensure your family treasures are available
memoir of how she learned more about herself after she suddenly
becomes the last living member of her family and tries to untangle March 9, 2019 Fri, Feb 1, 1-2 p.m., Santa Clara Central
Fri, March 15, 10:30 a.m., Saratoga for your descendants.
Library
her knotty family history. is Genealogy Day Park Library
Wed, March 20, 7 p.m., Los Altos
Mon, March 18, 7 p.m., Los Altos
Wed, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m., Los Altos Library Library
Library
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Event listings in date order at SiliconValleyReads.org Event location addresses on page 11ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, FAMILIES Almaden Branch Library
6445 Camden Ave., San Jose
Silicon Valley Reads 2019 Event Locations
Dr. Roberto Cruz Alum Rock
Branch Library
Joyce Ellington Branch Library
491 E. Empire St., San Jose
Santa Teresa Branch Library
290 International Circle, San Jose
Tell Your Family Story Family Reading Silicon Valley Reads 3090 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose
Hear nationally Program Storytimes Bascom Branch Library
1000 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose East San José Carnegie Branch
Los Altos Library
13 S. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos
Saratoga Library
13650 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga
known bilingual FIRST 5 Santa Clara County will host Storytimes at many libraries in February
storyteller Olga Library
readings of Alma and How She Got Her and March throughout Santa Clara Berryessa Branch Library 1102 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose Los Gatos Library Seven Trees Branch Library
Loya tell her Name for children under the age of 6 and County will feature a reading of Alma and 3355 Noble Ave., San Jose 100 Villa Ave., Los Gatos 3590 Cas Dr., San Jose
family stories their families at local Family Resource How She Got Her Name. Many storytimes Edenvale Branch Library
and be inspired Biblioteca Latinoamericana 101 Branham Lane East, San Jose Milpitas Library Sunnyvale Public Library
Centers in February and March, will also have a craft activity,
to tell your Branch Library 160 N. Main St., Milpitas 665 W. Olive St., Sunnyvale
open to the public. The first and some will have celebrity 921 S. First St., San Jose Educational Park Branch Library
own. Olga will 50 families in attendance at guest readers. Bilingual Morgan Hill Library Tech Museum of Innovation
1771 Educational Park Dr.,
tell a story about each event will receive a free storytimes in Spanish, Calabazas Branch Library 660 W. Main Ave., Morgan Hill 201 S. Market St., San Jose
San Jose
a family party called copy of the book, in English Vietnamese or Mandarin 1230 S. Blaney Ave., San Jose
““Piñones, Pinenuts” and or Spanish, to take home. For are also available. For more Euphrat Museum of Art, Mountain View Public Library Tully Community Branch Library
then she will invite the audience to share Cambrian Branch Library De Anza College 585 Franklin St., Mountain View 880 Tully Rd., San Jose
dates, times and locations, visit information, contact your 1780 Hillsdale Ave., San Jose
their own stories. Program is for families. 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd.,
SiliconValleyReads.org. local library. Palo Alto Library, Village Square Branch Library
Cupertino
Sat, Feb 9, 2:30 p.m., Cupertino Library Campbell Library Rinconada Branch 4001 Evergreen Village Square,
Tue, Feb 26, 7 p.m., Milpitas Library Heredity Traits Bingo Finding Identity in 77 Harrison Ave., Campbell Evergreen Branch Library 1213 Newell Rd., Palo Alto San Jose
Sat, March 2, 11 a.m., Los Altos Library for Teens Family History Journals Cupertino Library
2635 Aborn Rd., San Jose
Pearl Avenue Branch Library Vineland Branch Library
Wed, March 6, 3:30 p.m., Morgan Hill
Participants will cross off bingo squares for Teens 10800 Torre Ave., Cupertino Gilroy Library 4270 Pearl Ave., San Jose 1450 Blossom Hill Rd., San Jose
in response to questions about their This fun, interactive and creative 350 W. Sixth St., Gilroy
Library De Anza College Visual & Rose Garden Branch Library West Valley Branch Library
traits and will be able to understand workshop for teens Performing Arts Center Hillview Branch Library 1580 Naglee Ave., San Jose 1243 San Tomas Aquino Rd.,
Sat, March 30, 10:30 a.m., Saratoga and inventory their own inherited traits. will encourage 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose
1600 Hopkins Dr., San Jose
Library Participants can then compare their bingo them to explore Cupertino Santa Clara Central Park Library
Sat, March 30, 2 p.m., Campbell Library cards with others to determine the most their identity History Park 2635 Homestead Rd., Santa Clara Willow Glen Branch Library
and least common traits. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 635 Phelan Ave., San Jose 1157 Minnesota Ave., San Jose
and family Library Santa Clara University
Fri, Feb 15, 4 p.m., Santa Teresa Branch connections. 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara
Writing Contest for Library Participants
150 E. San Fernando St., San Jose India Community Center
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas
Students in Gr. 6-8 should bring
Students in 6th-8th grade in Santa
Kelly Loy pictures and/or
P A S T S I L I C O N V A L L E Y R E A D S S E L E C T I O N S
mementos to display
Clara County are invited to enter in the Gilbert in the journals that will capture ancestry,
“Finding Identity in Family History” Kelly Loy 2018 2017 2016 2015
special milestones, family interactions and
essay contest. Essayists will choose one Gilbert, author traditions. The workshop will be taught
of three writing prompts about family. A of Picture Us In by Kanesha Baynard, author and creativity
panel will select winners for first, second, The Light, will talk coach.
and third place. The essay contest will to teens and adults Wed, Feb 27, 4 p.m., Cupertino Library
begin on Feb. 11 and the deadline for about her book on
essay submission is March 11 at Monday, March 4, 7:30 p.m. at Saratoga Sat, March 2, 2 p.m., Saratoga Library
Goodbye,Vitamin My Lovely Wife Unfair Writing My Wrongs Memory of Water Sherwood Nation We Need New Names Stealing Buddha’s Dinner The Book of
5 p.m. For more contest details, go to Library. She will also share creative Sat, March 9, 10:30 a.m., Gilroy Library by Rachel Khong in the Psych Ward Adam Benforado Shaka Senghor Emmi Itäranta Benjamin Parzybok NoViolet Bulawayo Bich Minh Nguyen Unknown Americans
by Mark Lukach Cristina Henriquez
the SiliconValleyReads.org website. writing tips with teens at a Writing
Sat, March 16, 10 a.m., Milpitas Library 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Workshop on Wednesday, March 13,
Sat, March 23, 4 p.m., Campbell Library
Brenda Woods 7-9 p.m., at Cupertino Library.
Brenda Woods, author
of The Blossoming School Presentations Learning About DNA
Universe of Author Kelly Loy Gilbert will visit local School age youth will learn how DNA –
Violet Diamond, public high schools in February and the material that contains information The Shallows: What The Mr. Penumbra’s Minefields of the Heart The Long Walk The Muslim Next Door The Butterfly Mosque The Year of the Fog In Defense of Food Not a Genuine Black Man
will visit with March to talk about her book, Picture Us about how a living thing will look and Internet Is Doing To Our Brains 24 Hour Bookstore Sue Diaz Brian Castner Sumbul Ali-Karamali Willow Wilson Michelle Richmond Michael Pollan Brian Copeland
Nicholas Carr Robin Sloan
children in In The Light, and writing. Author Brenda function – is relevant to their
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
grades 4-6 at Woods will visit students in grades 4-7 in family’s history.
Milpitas Library local public schools to talk about her book, Tue, Jan 29, 4 p.m.,
on Wednesday, The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond, Los Altos Library
March 6, at 4 p.m. and writing. School visits are coordinated
She will also discuss her book with Tue, Feb 26, 3 p.m.,
by the Santa Clara County Office of
children in grades 3 and up and their Morgan Hill Library
Education.
parents/caregivers at Los Altos Library on Fri, March 8, 4 p.m., The Distant Land of My Father Tortilla Curtain When The Emperor Was Divine The Souvenir Epitaph for a Peach Fahrenheit 451 Breaking Through
Bo Caldwell T.C. Boyle Julie Otsuka Louise Steinman David Mas Masumoto Ray Bradbury Francisco Jimenez
Thursday, March 7, at 4 p.m. Milpitas Library
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