Events Announced for Harlem's La Casa Azul Bookstore, 11/8-21

Local, independent bookstore La Casa Azul Bookstore releases the program schedule for November 8-21, 2014. For information about La Casa Azul Bookstore you can view our website at www.lacasaazulbookstore.com.

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Storytelling hour featuring Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor, reading a beautiful story about Julia de Burgos!
Saturday, November 8, 2014, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Join us for a special bilingual story hour! Local author, Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor, will read "The Poet Upstairs", by Judith Ortiz Cofer - a story about Julia de Burgos! Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor is the author of "Martina Finds a Shiny Coin" and "Martina and the Wondrous Waterfall". Free event, perfect for children ages 3-7!

This event is in association with the Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. (SEA).

Help Legal Aid Society build a library for the Books for Kids Program
Thursday, November 13, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Books for Kids provides new and gently used books to Legal Aid clients, who often have limited material possessions, toys, and especially books. The Books for Kids program strives to instill an appreciation for the benefits of reading in children ages zero to twenty-one and promote an understanding of the importance of creating a home library.

Legal Aid represents approximately 90% of the children who appear in Bronx Family Court, including children who have been abused and neglected by their caretakers and have been thrust into the foster care system.
Join us to learn about the Legal Aid Society's programs and purchase books at a discounted price that will be given to children this holiday season.

Raising the Dead: An evening of Chican@ Poetry featuring Rigoberto González & Laurie Ann Guerrero
Saturday, November 15, 2014 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Reading together for the first time, critic & author of Unpeopled Eden, Rigoberto Gonzales and San Antonio Poet Laureate & author of A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying, Laurie Ann Guerrero, share their most recent collections.

Named one of 2014's top 10 poets in Poets & Writers and recipient of the 2013 Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award, Guerrero is the poet-in-residence at Palo Alto College in San Antonio. Her latest collection, A Crown for Gumecindo, is forthcoming in 2015.

Rigoberto Gonzalez is the author of several books, including So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water until It Breaks, Other Fugitives and Other Strangers; Black Blossoms. He is contributing editor for Poets & Writers, on the Board of Directors of the National Book Critics Circle, and on the Advisory Circle of Con Tinta, a collective of Chicano/Latino activist writers.

Giselle Blondet visita La Casa Azul Bookstore
Viernes 21 de November, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

"Tengo 50 ¿Y Qué?" es el nuevo libro de Giselle Blondet en el cual la estrella boricua abre su corazón y con humor y honestidad se dirige a sus amigas mujeres, las "tonas" (treintonas hasta noventonas), compartiendo su inspiradora actitud ante la edad. Blondet inicia un movimiento de empoderamiento de la mujer para rescatar su femineidad y aprovechar la experiencia que da la vida para hacer cosas grandes y aprender a ser más felices conforme pasan los años.

Con prólogos de Sofía Vergara, Alejandra Espinoza y Pamela Silva - Conde, "Tengo 50 ¿Y Qué?" nos asegura que cada año cumplido es un nuevo comienzo con infinitas oportunidades.