27 Saturday: From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Grand Caribe Shoreline Park, join the Coronado Library on the hunt for wildlife in the City Nature Challenge.
As part of the 2024 City Nature Challenge, San Diego County will join the world in taking part in a four-day collaboration to get people observing the natural world through photography.
How to participate: Just take a picture of any plant, animal, or other evidence of life you find in your city and share your photo using the iNaturalist app. The library will have a green pop-up tent at the park.
28 Sunday: The Coronado Island Film Festival’s student classics film series presents “The Philadelphia Story” at 1 p.m. in the Winn Room.
This program is open to any upper-middle and high school students attending public, charter, or parochial schools, as well as homeschooled students. Students will be able to attend the screening of the film, which is based on a Broadway play by Philip Barry. This film opened box office records and won critical acclaim, including an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
28 Sunday: Coronado CARES is hosting their Spring Fling at Feast and Fareway at the Coronado Golf Course from 4 to 7 p.m. Fun for all includes a silent auction, casino games, appetizers, cocktails and an introduction to the programs sponsored by Coronado CARES. For tickets, call (619) 402-0402 and visit coronadocares.org for more information.
29 Monday: Children’s movie Mondays presents the movie “Inside Out” at 3:30 in the Winn Room.
About “Inside Out”: Riley is a 11-year-old hockey-loving girl who moves to San Francisco with her parents. Riley’s emotions — led by Joy (Amy Poehler) — try to guide her through this difficult, life-changing event. However, the stress of the move brings Sadness (Phyllis Smith) to the forefront.
Light snacks will be provided.
1 Wednesday: The Coronado Public Library and the Coronado Island Film Festival present Film Forum Coronado, a series of film screenings and discussions that take place the first and third Wednesdays of each month.
Running at 6 p.m. in the library’s Winn Room, the film forum will feature a brief introduction to each film by a film expert, followed by a discussion and pointers on how lighting and camera angles can contribute to a scene’s mood or propel the story.
Wednesday’s film will be “Bad Education (2019)”, a devious, whipsmart morality play headlined by Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney and Ray Romano. An intrepid high school student reporter unearths a massive, true-life embezzlement scandal that rocked Long Island.
4 Saturday: Storybook Inspirations is a unique program that allows grandparents and others to connect with a child in their life through shared stories.
The program takes place in the Ruby Room of the Coronado Public Library from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. One-on-one 30-minute sessions are held with trained volunteers reading a children’s book aloud. The volunteers help prepare the participants by ensuring they feel comfortable and confident in reading the book. Once the video is finalized, it will be sent to the participants on a secure link. Visit the library’s website to register.
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