Live music
GILROY
– Singer Damien Carter will perform at It’s a Grind coffeehouse,
890 Renz Lane, Suite 100, from 7 to 10:30 p.m.
Live music
GILROY – Singer Damien Carter will perform at It’s a Grind coffeehouse, 890 Renz Lane, Suite 100, from 7 to 10:30 p.m.
Live radio broadcast
GILROY – Steven Seaweed of 107.7 The Bone will broadcast live today from The Happy Dog Pizza Co., 55 Fifth St., from noon to 6 p.m.
Enjoy live music from JJ Hawg and The Tangerine Machine and win prizes with a Bon-i-fied Garlic Toss, with all proceeds benefitting the St. Joseph’s Family Center.
Bilingual story time
GILROY – Storyteller Bobbi Salinas will read at Barnes and Noble’s first bilingual story time on Saturday at 2 p.m. Salinas will read from her book “The Three Pigs/Los Tres Cerdos – Nacho, Tito y Miguel. She will read in English and in Spanish. Barnes & Noble is located at 6825 Camino Arroyo. For more information, call 846-5777.
Pinnacles programs
PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT – Pinnacles National Monument is offering a series of nature hikes this summer, every Saturday and Sunday through Aug. 29.
For East District hikes, which begin at 10 a.m., meet at the Bear Gulch Visitor Center, and for West district hikes, which begin at 2 p.m. meet at the Chaparral Ranger Station.
Also in the East District, talks are offered every Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. through Aug. 29. Meet for talks at the Bear Gulch Visitor Center.
All programs are free.
For program details and reservations call (831) 389-4485. For general information visit www.nps.gov/pinn.
Garlic cooking demo
GILROY – The Godfather of Garlic, Val Filice, will give an informative talk and demonstration on cooking with garlic at Barnes & Noble on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Filice, a master chef of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, will share some of his favorite recipes from the newly revised “The Garlic Lover’s Cookbook.” Barnes & Noble is located at 6825 Camino Arroyo.
For more information, call 846-5777.
Book Group
GILROY – Join the Barnes & Noble book group on Thursday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. as it discusses Paul Coelho’s book “The Alchemist: A Fable about Following Your Dream.”
The story follows an Andalusian shepherd boy, who, with the help of several strangers, learns to listen to his heart and follow his dreams. Barnes & Noble is located at 6825 Camino Arroyo.
For more information, call 846-5777.
What will kids read?
Connect for Kids’ will play host to an online chat with the author of “Be More Chill” and the creator of Reading Rainbow to discuss what books teens and ‘tweens like to read.
Research shows this age group is falling behind in reading skills, and a recent survey by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates a dramatic decrease in literary reading over the past 20 years by America’s youngest citizens.
In the latest edition of Connect for Kids’ “TalkTime Live!” series, parents and students will receive insights into what it takes to coax tweens and teens to pick up a book and read this summer.
The online chat will take place Wednesday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Join the chat at www.connectforkids.org.
