Events
Events with Warren St. John
February 17, 2010
9:30 a.m.
- KPBS Radio 89.5 FM, or listen online at www.kpbs.org
Live interview on "These Days" with Warren St. John
Maureen Cavanaugh hosts These Days , a two-hour talk show keeping San Diego in the know on everything from politics to the arts.
February 17, 2010
7:00 p.m.
- San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum , 2131 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101-1683
Author reading with Warren St. John
Join us for a special evening featuring Warren St. John, who will read and discuss his book "Outcasts United".
February 18, 2010
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Saville Theatre at San Diego City College , 14th and C Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Morning Event with Warren St. John
Join us for a special morning event featuring Warren St. John, who will read and discuss his book "Outcasts United". Part of San Diego City College International Book Fair’s Spring Literary Series.
Contact: vescalan@sdccd.edu
Thursday, February 18
1:30 – 3:00 p.m
- Point Loma Branch Library, 3701 Voltaire Street, San Diego, CA 92107-1606
An Afternoon with Warren St. John
Point Loma Branch Library hosts a “Meet the Author” with Warren St. John, author of Outcasts United. Book club participants are especially encourage to attend.
Contact: (619) 531-1539
Thursday, February 18
6:30 p.m.
- Isabel’s Cantina , 930 Felspar Street, San Diego 92109
Special One Book One San Diego Event
San Diego’s independent booksellers invite you to attend this very special event with the author of the 2010 One Book One San Diego selection, Warren St. John. Your $25 ticket includes a donation to the One Book One San Diego program, as well as a glass of wine and hors d’oeuvres to enjoy while meeting with refugees who have relocated to San Diego. Learn from them, and representatives from the International Rescue Committee, about life as a refugee and the assimilation process. Warren St. John will then discuss and sign his book which may be ordered with your tickets from any of the 4 bookstores and will also be available at the event.
Contact: Warwick’s (858) 454-0347; Mysterious Galaxy (858) 268-4747
Lectures
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Author talk: What’s Up, America?: A Foreigner’s Guide to Understanding Americans by Diane Asitimbay
This popular guide to American behavior takes a humorous look at American behavior based on real questions international visitors and residents ask. Why do American children leave their family homes at 18? Why are Americans so overweight? Why are Americans so religious? This book investigates the why, uncovers the culture’s hidden rules, and for the first time, reveals the American psyche to foreigners. Books will be available for sale and signing by the author.
- Central Library, 820 E St., San Diego, CA 92101-6416
Contact: (619) 236-5800
Monday, April 12
Mythology Talk: “The Shahnameh – The Persian Book of Kings”
6:30 p.m.
Dr. Babak Rahimi of UCSD’s Literature Department discusses the Shahnameh or Persian Book of Kings is an enormous poetic narrative, longer than the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi around 1000 AD. Considered the national epic of the Farsi-speaking world, it tells the mythical and historical past of (Greater) Iran from the creation of the world up to the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century. Written in almost pure Farsi unmixed with adoptions from Arabic, it was pivotal in reviving the Farsi language in Iran after the massive influence of Arabic.
- Central Library, 820 E St., San Diego, CA 92101-6416
Contact: (619) 236-5800
Monday, April 19, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Author talk: Nomad Diaries by Yasmeen Maxamuud
News about Somalia and Somalis occupy the front page news. Whether it’s about naval piracy, young boys missing from their homes, the Somali civil war or the Islamist groups that control parts of the country, Somalia is a country that attracts headline news. In this novel the quiet lives of Somali refugees in America take center stage, providing a welcome window into the culture, lives and ways of Somalis. Books will be available for sale and signing by the author. Ms. Maxamuud lives in San Diego and parts of the story are based in San Diego.
- Central Library, 820 E St., San Diego, CA 92101-6416
Contact: (619) 236-5800
Book Discussions
Saturday, February 13, 2010
1:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: Outcasts United
- Oak Park Branch Library , 2802 54th St., San Diego, CA 92105-4941
Contact: (619) 527-3406
Friday, February 19, 20100
1:30 p.m.
Book Discussion: Outcasts United
- Rancho Bernardo Branch Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92128-2002
Contact: (858) 538-8163
Monday, February 22, 2010
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: Outcasts United
- Central Library, 820 E St., San Diego, CA 92101-6416
Contact: (619) 236-5800
Monday, February 22, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Book Discussion: Outcasts United
- Mission Valley Branch Library, 2123 Fenton Parkway, San Diego, CA 92108-4739
Contact: (858) 573-5007
Monday, March 15, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Book Discussion: Unwilling Immigrants, Exiles and Refugees: An African American Book Discussion
Song Yet Sung by James McBride with Dr. Camille Forbes, Literature Dept, UCSD
Escaped slaves, free blacks, slave-catchers and plantation owners weave a tangled web of intrigue and adventure in bestselling memoirist (The Color of Water) McBride's intricately constructed and impressive second novel, set in pre–Civil War Maryland. Young runaway slave Liz Spocott suffers a nasty head wound just before being nabbed by a posse of slave catchers. She falls into a coma, and, when she awakes, she can see the future—from the near-future to Martin Luther King to hip-hop—in her dreams.
- Central Library, 820 E St., San Diego, CA 92101-6416
Contact: (619) 236-5800
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
1:00 p.m.
Book Discussion: Outcasts United
- Point Loma Branch Library, 3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA 92107-1606
Contact: (619) 531-1539
Films
Sunday, February 7
2:00 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
The Letter: An American Town and the “Somali Invasion”
Directed by Ziad Hamzeh, 76 minutes, Somalia/USA, 2003
This award-winning film explores what American news outlets have dubbed the Somali Invasion of Lewiston, Maine - an insulated, predominantly white former mill town struggling to maintain its equilibrium in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy. A firestorm of controversy erupts when the Mayor of the town sends an open letter to newly-arrived Somali refugees trying to stop the flow of refugees moving to the city.
Contact: 619-236-5800
Monday, February 8
5:30 p.m.
- Mission Valley Branch Library, 2123 Fenton Parkway, San Diego, CA 92108-4739
Goal!: The Dream Begins
Directed by Danny Cannon, 2005, 118 minutes, England
Rags to riches tale of a Latino immigrant youth who is given the chance to go to England to pursue his dream of becoming a professional soccer player and playing big time soccer in Europe. This underdog must prove he has the talent, passion and determintation to triumph against all odds.
Contact: (858) 573-5007
Wednesday, February 24
6:30 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
The Lion’s Journey: The Story of Wadie P. Deddeh
Directed by Bonnie Rooney, 2009, 60 minutes, USA
An intimate portrait of an iconic leader in the Chaldean Iraqi community of San Diego, this film tells the saga of former California Senator Wadie Deddeh, an Iraqi immigrant, as he travels the road from a child of poverty to a seat in the California State Assembly. This film focuses on the essence of Deddeh’s success as a man who worked across the aisle to bring about some of the most far-reaching transportation legislation during his time, while illuminating his grace as a father and dynamic member of his community. Post screening questions and answers with filmmaker and Senator Deddeh.
Contact: 619-236-5800
Thursday, February 25
2:00 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Kicking It
Directed by Susan Koch and Jeff Werner, 2008, 98 minutes, USA
Described as a “filmanthropy” using film and other media platforms to catalize social change, this documentary chronicles the lives of seven players taking a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country at the Cape Town, South Africa 2006 Homeless World Cup. Najib from war torn Afghanistan; Alex from the slums of Nairobi, Kenya; Damien and Simon from the drug rehab clinics of Dublin, Ireland; Craig from the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina; Jesus from the overflowing public shelters of Madrid, Spain, and Slavan from the shadow culture of the illegal rural immigrants to the big city of St. Petersburg, Russia. The Homeless World Cup is an annual international soccer competition for the homeless, first held in 2003 in Austria.
Contact: 619-236-5800
Sunday, March 7
2:00 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Goal Dreams
Directed by Maya Sanbar and Jeffrey Saunders, 2006, 84 minutes, USA
Goal Dreams is a feature length documentary about personal and national identity as seen through a football team like no other. Comprised of multiple nationalities, speaking different languages and having no home field, the Palestinian National Football team and its players must overcome obstacles of physical, emotional, cultural and geographic nature just to exist. The film chronicles the lives of four Palestinian players hailing from different parts of the world during the team's preparation for their most important World Cup qualification match.
Contact: 619-236-5800
Wednesday, March 17
6:30 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Belonging
2004, South Africa
Born into exile as the daughter of political émigrés, Kethiwe Ngcobo and her family returned to their longed-for homeland, South Africa in 1994. Now ten years later, Kethiwe, a hip, young woman with a British accent finds herself struggling to find her place in the new South Africa.
Contact: 619-236-5800
Wednesday, March 24
6:30 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Football Under Cover
Directed by David Assmann and Ayat Najaf, 2008, 82 minutes, Germany
This film is about women finding empowerment in a society with limited rights. An amateur female soccer team from Berlin visits Iran to play against the Iranian female national soccer team that until now has never had the chance to play against another team. For Iranian women, soccer means freedom and power. They are not allowed at stadiums to watch games and are not allowed to play with uncovered arms or legs -- or without headscarves.
Contact: 619-236-5800
Wednesday, April 19, April 26, May 3
7:00 p.m.
- La Jolla Village Cinemas, 8879 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037
International Documentary Film Series 2010
Hosted by the International Rescue Committee of San Diego
The International Documentary Film Series is sponsored annually by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) which resettles newly arrived refugees in San Diego. Three documentary films will be featured, screening on 3 consecutive Mondays. Each film will be followed by a speaker and discussion. Descriptions of the 3 films, (Killing Time, My Neighbor My Killer, and Burma VJ) may be viewed online at www.ircfilmseries.com. Tickets may be purchased online as well at or at the door. 100% of ticket sales will go to support the IRC’s work in San Diego.
Contact: 619 641 7510 x 249
Wednesday, April 28
6:30 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Refugee Experiences at Crawford High
Directed by Students from Crawford High School’s Multimedia & Visual Arts School, 2010, 60 minutes, USA
Students use digital media to share their experiences of being refugees in the United States. The Multimedia and Visual Arts School at Crawford High is a unique learning environment that provides a climate of collaboration and mutual respect focusing on web design, video production and graphic arts.
Contact: 619-236-5800
Wednesday, May 5
6:30 p.m.
- Central Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101
A Village Called Versailles
Directed by S. Leo Chiang, 2008, 68 minutes, USA
Welcome to Versailles, home to the most ethnically dense Vietnamese population outside Vietnam. In a New Orleans neighborhood called Versailles, a tight-knit group of Vietnamese Americans overcame obstacles to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, only to have their homes threatened by a new government-imposed toxic landfill. In this inspiring story the people fight back, turning a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change and a chance to build a better future.
Contact: 619-236-5800
Related Events
Wednesday, February 24 to Sunday, March 21
- Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company, 930, 10th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
self (the remix)Written and performed by Robert Farid Karimi
A spoken word, hip-hop play that mixes together stories, movement and music to tell the tale of an American child of Iranian and Guatemalan immigrants growing up in California in the 1970s and 1980s in the shadow of the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Acclaimed playwright and performer Robert Farid Karimi, accompanied with a soundscape created by DJ D Double, tells a "remixed" autobiographical tale of a boy struggling to learn about manhood, nationhood, and neighborhood with the voices and music of his environment helping him along.
Visit http://electrictemple.net/ for performance and ticketing information.
$5 online purchase discount for San Diego Public Library cardholders--be sure to use coupon code SDPL2233 for this special offer!
Tuesday, March 16
- Hazard Center, 7510 Hazard Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92101
Library Night at the 2010 San Diego Latino Film Festival
Show your San Diego Public Library card and receive a $2 discount on any general admission ticket from 6:00 p.m. - 10:30pm. Library Night's films were chosen by SDLFF to tie in with the themes presented in Outcasts United.
Visit http://electrictemple.net/ for performance and ticketing information.
Contact: Media Arts Center San Diego at 619-230-1938, Ext. 100
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