KOH Library and Cultural Center

2300 Sierra Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95825

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

NOVEMBER EVENTS

KOH Film Club - November 13, 2011 at 2 p.m. We will be presenting the comedy "Keeping Up With The Steins". This film is recommended for ages 12 and up. Suggested donation of $5.

All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations collide in a crazy family reunion . . . and then begin to see that they are much more alike than they'd originally thought! Providing nonstop laughs In the tradition of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS stars Jeremy Piven (TV’s ENTOURAGE), Jami Gertz (ALLY MCBEAL), Daryl Hannah (KILL BILL) and Garry Marshall (A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN). Also starring Doris Roberts (TV's EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND), Cheryl Hines (TV's CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM), and Larry Miller (THE PRINCESS DIARIES).

KOH Fiction Book Club - November 15th at 7 p.m. Valla Hoffman will be leading a discussion of the book "Siegfried Follies" by Richard Alther:

SIEGFRIED FOLLIES is the 30-year story of an unlikely pairing of two orphan boys, a German and a Jew, who together survive the loss of family, witness atrocities, and struggle for identity as adults. Blond, blue-eyed Franz, a Hitler youth, in fleeing his Nazi home as bombs destroy Munich, saves a filthy, speechless boy thrown from a train. At first squatting in an opera house cellar, they soon make a proper home for themselves. Despite Franz pursuing the American dream while J ventures from an Israeli kibbutz to New York City as a Hebrew storyteller and puppeteer, they forge a remarkable brotherhood. Both defying and affirming their past, their story is also of bonds broken, the worst kind of betrayal, tragedy, forgiveness, and redemption.

KOH Art Gallery - Don't forget to come and check out Roni Galon's art exhibit before it leaves at the end of November.

SAVE THE DATE: December 18th - KOH Arts and Crafts Faire! Perfect for Hannukah/holiday gifts. Featuring the art of Jewish artists in a variety of mediums. From 10 .m. - 5 p.m. More details to follow.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

KOH NOVEMBER CLOSURES

The KOH Library will closed on the following dates in November:

November 11 - Veterans Day

November 24 - 25 - Thanksgiving break

KOH NEW ARRIVALS - NOVEMBER

Come and check out/reserve our great collection of new books!

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman

Next to Love by Ellen Feldman

Children and Fire by Ursula Hegi

The List by Martin Fletcher

By Fire Possessed: Dona Gracia Nasi by Sandra Toro

The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas

Stations West by Allison Amend

The Emperor of Lies by Steve Sem-Sandberg

Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life by Vivian Gornick

Sweet Like Sugar by Wayne Hoffman

The Little Bride by Anna Solomon

Jerusalem Maiden by Talia Garner

When We Danced on Water by Even Fallenberg

The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff

Girl Unwrapped by Gabriella Goliger

Black Elephants: a memoir by Karol Nielsen

In the Knight's Arms by Sonia Taitz

The Torah Codes by Ezra Barany

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

KOH BOOK CLUB - NOVEMBER

KOH Fiction Book Club - November 15th at 7 p.m. Valla Hoffman will be leading a discussion of the book "Siegfried Follies" by Richard Alther:

SIEGFRIED FOLLIES is the 30-year story of an unlikely pairing of two orphan boys, a German and a Jew, who together survive the loss of family, witness atrocities, and struggle for identity as adults. Blond, blue-eyed Franz, a Hitler youth, in fleeing his Nazi home as bombs destroy Munich, saves a filthy, speechless boy thrown from a train. At first squatting in an opera house cellar, they soon make a proper home for themselves. Despite Franz pursuing the American dream while J ventures from an Israeli kibbutz to New York City as a Hebrew storyteller and puppeteer, they forge a remarkable brotherhood. Both defying and affirming their past, their story is also of bonds broken, the worst kind of betrayal, tragedy, forgiveness, and redemption.

Newcomers always welcome!