Amanda Graham

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Library launches history tour of K Street for smartphones

May 22, 2013
Library launches history tour of K Street for smartphones

SacQR, a historic tour of Sacramento's K Street mall for mobile devices, launches today. Those eager to see the old K Street alongside the new can now walk the mall on a self-guided history tour using their smartphones or other mobile devices. QR...

Valley to Vietnam interviews local veterans

May 5, 2013
Valley to Vietnam interviews local veterans

This spring, Sacramento Public Library began sitting down with local Vietnam veterans for Valley to Vietnam, a new storytelling project that is capturing, preserving, and sharing the stories of those who grew up in the Sacramento area and served in Vietnam. The project has produced ten...

Central Library to showcase 1940s Sacramento

May 2, 2013
Central Library to showcase 1940s Sacramento

The Capital Decades series returns to Central Library this May with special programs and displays showcasing 1940s Sacramento: City Life (Tuesday, May 14, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.) Amanda Graham, Tom Tolley and James Scott will discuss what everyday life...

Remembering 1963 at the Crocker Art Museum

Apr 19, 2013
Remembering 1963 at the Crocker Art Museum

Readers will share personal stories on the theme of Remembering 1963 & Civil Rights at the Crocker Art Museum on April 25 as part of TrueStory, a new local non-fiction reading series from the literary micro-magazine Under the Gum Tree.  Three featured readers will share their...

Sacramento Chronicles author at Central Library

Apr 3, 2013
Sacramento Chronicles author at Central Library

Local author Cheryl Anne Stapp will be visiting the Central Library on Tuesday, April 9, to discuss her new book, Sacramento Chronicles: A Golden Past (History Press, 2013):  Sacramento boomed when forty-niners flocked to California, but the road from riverfront trading...

April Fools’ Sacramento History returns to Central Library

Mar 27, 2013
April Fools’ Sacramento History returns to Central Library

Pranksters and history enthusiasts alike are invited to celebrate April Fools' Day at Central Library by attending "Incredible Occurrences in Sacramento History," an illustrated lecture featuring a series of increasingly hard-to-believe stories about the capital city. Attendees can invite trusting, unwitting friends in the spirit of the...

Legendary designer Ray Eames subject of new exhibit

Feb 19, 2013
Legendary designer Ray Eames subject of new exhibit

Ray Eames: A Century of Modern Design, a new exhibit opening at the The California Museum on February 23, will explore the life and work of Sacramento-born design icon Ray Eames. The display has been developed in partnership with Eames...

Conservancy leads history walks at Deer Creek Hills

Feb 15, 2013
Conservancy leads history walks at Deer Creek Hills

The Sacramento Valley Conservancy offers monthly guided history tours of Deer Creek Hills, a nature preserve of rolling grasslands and oak woodland located eight miles south of Folsom, and the next featured outing is coming next Saturday, February 23: "Both...

Historical Sanborn maps of California now accessible online

Jan 21, 2013
Historical Sanborn maps of California now accessible online

The Sacramento Public Library has purchased perpetual access to a vast database of California Digital Sanborn Maps, detailed fire insurance maps of California cities and towns dating from the 1880s to the 1960s.  The maps are now accessible to library card holders...

East Sac Appraisal Day to support Clunie Community Center

Dec 31, 2012
East Sac Appraisal Day to support Clunie Community Center

The Clunie Community Center will play host to the first annual East Sacramento Appraisal Day on January 5.  Appraisals will be conducted by Bill Witherell of Witherell's Art and Antiques, who has more than 25 years experience as an auctioneer and...



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