Join Us for Storytime in Spanish with Maria Ure - April 8th at 10:30 AM

Maria Ure, founder and director of Spanish in Action, is considered the leading School of Language for Children in Manhattan Beach, "a gem in our community" is what her parents call her.

Friday, April 12th - Noon at Shade Hotel

Please join us for a luncheon at The Shade Hotel with chef and food critic Ruth Reichl as she discusses her new book, Save Me the Plum.

Trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the job (and the risk) of a lifetime when she entered the glamorous, high-stakes world of magazine publishing. Now, for the first time, she chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet, during which she spearheaded a revolution in the way we think about food.

Monday, April 15th - Noon at Paul Martin's American Grill

Join us for an intimate lunch at Paul Martin's American Grill as the delightful and talented Whitney Scharer discusses her novel, The Age of Light.

"Sweeping from the glamour of 1930's Paris through the battlefields of World War II and into the war's long shadow, "The Age of Light" is a startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a woman's self-transformation from muse into artist."--Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere