11 Thursday: The library hosts open chess play on the second Thursday of every month between 3 and 5 p.m. in the Winn Room.
Enjoy playing chess with others, or learn to play or improve your game with help from facilitator and local chess coach Chuck McClung. Chess boards and pieces are provided and it is open to all adults age 18 and older.
Chuck McClung is a lifelong chess enthusiast and played in his first chess tournament over 40 years ago. He works as a consultant for the Mountain Lake Chess Camp, the oldest chess-teaching company in San Diego. Chuck is also the current Category C World Champion on the website chessworld.net.
11 Thursday: Local author, Pietro La Greca Jr., will discuss his book “Pesos” in the Winn Room of the library from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Dubbed “Mexico’s real-life Don Corleone,” Pietro La Greca Sr. ran the biggest money- laundering scheme in Mexican history. But his crimes soon caught up with him — and made an enemy of his son, Pietro La Greca Jr.
Set in a world of fast cars, sprawling mansions (including one here on Coronado) and VIP treatment, “Pesos: The Rise and Fall of a Border Family” is an all-American tale of greed, ambition and family betrayal.
Author La Greca Jr. tells the story of how his father built himself from the ground up through lies, scams and sheer belligerence. After sweet-talking his way from Napoli to Tijuana, La Greca Sr. married into one of Mexico’s most powerful families.
During the worst period in Mexico’s economic history, he proceeded to make millions laundering money on behalf of some of the country’s most powerful politicians, businessmen and celebrities. But his greed soon led to his downfall, earning him the enmity of presidents and drug cartels alike and twice forcing his entire family — including the young La Greca Jr. — to go on the run.
“Pesos” is the deeply personal, heartfelt story of how a son came to reject the sins of his violent, domineering father — and how he learned to forgive.
13 Saturday: The Coronado Democratic Club meeting will take place in the Winn Room of the library at 4 p.m. There is a social beforehand at 3:30 p.m.
Marc Meyer, director of operations at the National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC), will present a thought provoking program on civil discussions of political issues. This interactive, informative program is open to all regardless of party registration. How can
we discuss hot-button issues with civility? Marc will use NCRC’s Code of Civil Discourse as a guide to facilitating respectful discussions of opposing views.
Meyer is an experienced mediator and trainer. Since joining NCRC in 2006, he has been a small claims court mediator, hearing officer and has managed NCRC’s Community and Campus training initiatives.
As we enter this election year, it is important to focus on the most productive ways to communicate with those who hold opposing political views. We face serious problems which demand serious discussions for the benefit of our community.
Whether discussions are among family and friends or at public meetings, it is important to recognize that there is a way to discuss even the most hot button topics in a productive, civil way.
Meyer will engage the audience in some exercises to demonstrate the “ART of
Communication” on issues that may tend to divide us.
16 Tuesday: The San Diego Shakespeare society will perform a staged reading in the Winn Room of the Coronado Public Library from 6 to 8 p.m.
17 Wednesday: Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, presents Film Forum Coronado, taking place the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the library’s Winn Room.
Film expert Ralph DeLauro provides a brief introduction to each film and leads a discussion afterwards, often including pointers about how lighting or camera angles contribute to a scene’s mood or propel the story.
On the 17th, the film “Radio Days” will be presented: Woody Allen’s kaleidoscopic homage to his New York boyhood weaves a tapestry of comical memories and zany vignettes set in the golden age of radio— the medium that captured his youthful imagination. The star-studded cast includes Mia Farrow, Wallace Shawn, Diane Weist, Jeff Daniel’s, Danny Aiello and Diane Keaton among others.
All information courtesy of the Coronado Public Library.
