A report by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute states that 71% of people in a random sample failed a 33 question test on American civic literacy. Fewer than half could name the three branches of government. Elected officials did even worse, scoring 5% lower than non-officeholders. The average score among those who ended their formal education [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Palos Verdes Library District is pleased to welcome a Foreign Film presented by Chadwick International Cinema (ChIC). Show time starts at 6:30pm, Thursday, December 18 in the Peninsula Center Library Community Room. The film is free and open to the public. Following the film, there may be a brief discussion facilitated by Chadwick students [...]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Palos Verdes Library District, the Peninsula Friends of the Library, and the PVLD Library Advisory Committees present a musical gift to the community. This year’s Holiday Music is a series of performances on various dates throughout the month of December at Peninsula Center, Miraleste, and Malaga Cove libraries. Holiday Music: Ashlin Yu – [...]
Monday, November 10, 2008
Tomorrow is the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day, when Germany and the Allies signed an agreement to end hostilities on the Western Front of the “war to end all wars.” There is one surviving U.S. veteran of the First World War, 107-year-old Frank Woodruff Buckles of Charles Town, West Virginia. Earlier this year, Buckles took [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Because of rising fuel prices, the Erie Canal, originally completed in 1825, is making a comeback. Commercial shippers have found that the Canal offers the most fuel-efficient means of transport between the East Coast and the upper Midwest. So far this year, 42 shipments have passed along the Canal, up from 15 during last year’s [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The Palos Verdes Library District welcomes local history author Judith Gerber and a talk on her new book, “Farming in Torrance and the South Bay,” at 2pm, Saturday, November 22 in the Peninsula Center Library Community Room. Gerber cultivated a love of local history at an early age that was inspired by her grandfather [...]
Monday, November 3, 2008
Join the Palos Verdes Library District for a Southwest Manuscripters presentation featuring the readings of David Odessa, Poet and guest speaker, Monday, November 17 at 7pm in the Peninsula Center Library Community Room. David Odessa has a literary style that is avant-garde, similar to the poetic verse of Ogden Nash. Odessa reads inventive, original [...]
Monday, November 24, 2008
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