“Talking to the first year students here, a lot of people refer to the school as ‘Claradise,’” says Cesar Tesen, a freshman at Santa Clara University. “So I took a picture of the church because it’s an iconic part of the campus.” Tesen’s photograph “Claradise” shows the university’s Mission Santa Clara de AsÃs during a … Read more
Sometimes those who inspire others may find their own inspiration in the very people that they help. Just ask Karen Masada, student-tutor coordinator of Santa Clara City Library’s Read Santa Clara, an adult literacy program. Masada remembers feeling touched seeing one learner work on her wedding vows and another learner write her mother’s obituary during … Read more
At Northside Library, anyone can pose as a Barbie doll. A photo booth mirroring the classic fluorescent pink Barbie box allowed girls and their parents to take keepsake pictures at the library’s March 5 Barbie Bash. On the rainy Saturday afternoon, over 230 children and parents came to watch the Barbie Spy Squad Movie, meet … Read more
Ladies in flapper dresses and feather headbands and men in bowler hats merrily strolled into Central Park Library on the evening of Feb. 27. Hanging on the library’s walls were large paintings with environmental themes by artist Chen Wanshan. A jazz trio from the Santa Clara Vanguard set the rhythm with jazz and ragtime tunes. … Read more
Imagine a world where snow and ice have not existed for many generations and water has become such a limited resource that wars are fought for it. Such is the setting in author Emmi Itaranta’s “Memory of Water.” The award-winning novel has been translated into about 20 languages. On March 7, Itaranta visited Peterson Middle … Read more
“The Marissa Meyer talk is part of a larger author talk series funded by a grant called the Pacific Library Partnership (PLP),” says Paul Sims, assistant city librarian. “The goal is to bring best-selling authors to small or medium sized libraries that would normally be out of reach because of cost, travel and time challenges. … Read more
Printed on a sign sitting outside the main office at Bowers Elementary School was a quote attributed to Dr. Seuss: “You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book!” At the school on Wednesday, March 2, the school celebrated Read Across America Day, also Dr. Seuss’s birthday. … Read more
Not only do gargoyles spout water from buildings, serve as garden fixtures to scare away yard pests and pose as sculpted art, they also come with an interesting history. The words “gargoyle” and “gargle” are traced to the French word ‘gargouille,’ meaning “throat,” says Preston Metcalf, chief curator of the Triton Museum of Art, during … Read more
Executive Chef Dane Mechlin refers to Italian food as “rich but with a lot of simplicity.” His idea of an Italian Experience fundraiser, hosted by the Washington Open Parent Faculty Group (WOPFG), extended beyond a pot of spaghetti and a plate of garlic bread. Filling the buffet tables at the American Legion Post 419 on … Read more
At Northside Library’s Science Day on Saturday, Feb. 27, children watched a live demonstration of a bar of Ivory soap inflating inside a microwave. According to a video on Youtube’s SpanglerScienceTV, the little pockets of air found in Ivory soap expand when heated in the microwave. Children marveled at the texture of the expanded soap, … Read more