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Books in Motion is a free summer program that brings stories to life through dance, encouraging literacy and movement for kids across Kern County.
The Kern Dance Alliance is back and partnering with several Kern County Library branches for the 9th annual “Books in Motion, ...
School's out for summer and kids will play but does learning have to fall by the wayside? Not if Kern Dance Alliance and its community partners have anything to say about it. Books in Motion, a summer ...
Books in Motion had 42 performances in 20 library locations across the county, and Andrea Hansen, executive director of Kern Dance Alliance says their attendance rates nearly doubled compared to 2023.
Returning home late at night, I unlocked my apartment door and was shocked to find books scattered on the living room floor. Had the apartment been ...
Dear Readers: Every year at Christmastime, I ask readers to put “A Book on Every Bed.” I do so in memory of my mother, Jane, whose weekly trips to our town’s library always yielded armloads ...
We have 44 picks to add to your To-Be-Read pile of books. Why the autumn overload every year? ... It’s not the only reason, but it’s the reason that set this cultural cycle in motion.
The book that had the most impact on me this year is even older: Mary Shelley’s “The Last Man,” a piece of post-apocalyptic literature from 1826. (I bought it in 2009 at Moe’s in Berkeley.) ...