Love Your Heart
The Carlsbad Senior Center collaborated with the San Diego Live Well campaign on Thursday to promote the Love your Heart Valentine’s Day event by offering free blood pressure screenings at the Senior Center from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Knowing your numbers is key to controlling high blood pressure, preventing stroke and heart disease while optimizing heart health. The event supports the Parks & Recreation Department Mission to promote health and wellness.
Enjoy Arts and Culture at a Discount Museum Month discount passes are now available at all three Carlsbad City Library locations. The passes allow community members of all ages to enjoy half-price admission throughout February at more than 40 museums, cultural attractions and historic sites throughout the county. Libraries throughout San Diego County are partnering with San Diego Museum Council to invite people to explore our local arts and culture destinations (check out a list of destinations). City staff are encouraged to visit the libraries and pick up a pass
British Invasion Revisited
Last Friday, the 1960s and the music of the British Invasion were centerstage in the Schulman Auditorium. Cultural Arts presented to a capacity crowd a concert by the OC British Invaders. Dressed in Nehru suits, this four-member band played the exact vintage instruments while performing music from all the great English groups. From The Animals to The Zombies, their repertoire included The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and many more. As part of a Flashback Weekend, this wave of nostalgia continued Saturday with an author talk by Beatles expert Chuck Gunderson who shared stories and memorabilia from his book Some Fun Tonight! The Backstage Story of How the Beatles Rocked America: The Historic Tours of 1964-1966. Over the past 30 years, Gunderson has amassed what is arguably the most comprehensive collection of American tour-related memorabilia and artifacts in the world.
Local Author Panel On Sunday, the library hosted a panel of eight local authors discussing everything from their National Geographic travel book to a murder mystery set in San Diego. Forty attendees enjoyed meeting and mingling with the authors.
Boot Camp for Business Kicks Off The library’s Boot Camp for Business workshop series kicked off on Tuesday with a presentation to help entrepreneurs and business owners craft their business story. The series continues the next two Tuesdays with a presentation on time management on Feb, 19 and resources for small businesses on Feb. 26.
Library Book Bike Visits the Senior Center The Carlsbad Library book bike went to the Senior Center on Tuesday and delivered 50 free books to the pre-bingo lunch crowd. Collaborating with Nutrition Coordinator Shannon Shepherd, Lead Librarian Darin Williamson spoke to 100 seniors on the top three reasons to get eBooks and eAudiobooks from the library: 1) Five lightweight books can easily be downloaded before traveling on a plane. 2) Keep your significant other happy while reading in bed in the dark. 3) Choose from a selection of 10,000 books!
Book Club Happenings The library’s First Wednesday Book Club recently supported Pat Spencer, one of our own members, whose book, Story of a Stolen Girl, was chosen by the club as its February read. Twenty-two members attended the discussion, sharing input with the author. The novel is a thriller centered around sex trafficking, a subject many members were interested to learn more about.