The San Carlos Branch Library welcomes Huda Al-Marashi to discuss her book, First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story, an Iraqi-American memoir about immigration, marriage and love. The Washington Post calls First Comes Marriage ""a charming, funny, heartbreaking memoir of faith, family, and the journey to love."" Al-Marashi
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10:00 am
Día de los Muertos Storytime
10:30 am
Celebrate Halloween & Diwali
* Upcoming Events *
| 4:00 PM | Author Talk: Yvette Manessis Corporon Online Streaming Event |
| 5:30 PM | San Diego International Film Festival AMC UTC 14 |
| 6:00 PM | Film: In The Palm Of Your Hand Coronado Public Library |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
| 12:30 PM | San Diego International Film Festival AMC UTC 14 |
| 4:00 PM | Author Talk: Louis Bayard Online Streaming Event |
| 6:00 PM | Taste of the IRC Fundraiser The Brick, Liberty Station |
| 6:30 PM | Talk: Tanya Aguiñiga UCSD |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
" | Stage: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street San Diego Musical Theatre |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Masa OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista |
| 10:45 AM | San Diego International Film Festival AMC UTC 14 |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street San Diego Musical Theatre |
" | Film: The Universal Theory Digital Gym |
" | Comedy: Atsuko Okatsuka Balboa Theatre |
| 7:30 PM | Music: Red Luck Templar's Hall, Poway |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
" | Stage: Masa OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista |
| 9:00 PM | Music: Majid Almohandisv Pechanga Resort & Casino |
| 10:00 AM | Arch in the Park Los Penasquitos Ranch House |
" | Author Talk: Jean Pfaelzer Online Streaming Event |
" | Paper Mache Calacas Workshop Bonita Museum & Cultural Center |
" | Solana Beach Día De Los Muertos La Colonia Park |
" | Otaku Smash Fest Japanese Friendship Garden |
| 10:15 AM | San Diego International Film Festival AMC UTC 14 |
| 10:30 AM | Talk: Adrian Miller: Does Soul Food Need A Warning Label Adrian San Diego Central Library |
| 11:00 AM | House of Czech and Slovak Republics Lawn Program International Cottages |
| NOON | Author Talk: Jessica Cortez The Front Arte Cultura |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street San Diego Musical Theatre |
" | Music: Willowood Trio Poway Library |
" | House of Hungary Picnic De Anza Cove Park |
| 2:30 PM | Travel Talk: Journey Through the Middle East Mission Hills Library |
| 5:30 PM | American Italian Heritage Day Celebration Hilton Doubletree |
| 6:30 PM | Art Exhibition Reception: Carlos Castro Arias Athenaeum Music & Arts Library |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street San Diego Musical Theatre |
" | Mexicana Concert Centro Cultural de la Raza |
" | Opera: Pagliacci/Aleko Joan B. Kroc Theatre |
| 7:30 PM | A San Diego Symphony Romeo and Juliet Jacobs Music Center |
" | Music: Kany García The Magnolia Performing Arts Center |
" | Comedy: Laura Ramos Balboa Theatre |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
" | Stage: Masa OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista |
| 10:00 AM | Flamenco Guitar Workshop With Jose Antonio Rodriguez Paper Moon Event Hall |
| 10:15 AM | San Diego International Film Festival AMC UTC 14 |
| 11:00 AM | Little Italy Bella Vita Fest Date Street |
| NOON | Drum Workshops with Issam Houshan Worldbeat Center |
| 2:00 PM | Stage: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street San Diego Musical Theatre |
" | House of Czech and Slovak Republics Lawn Program International Cottages |
" | A San Diego Symphony Romeo and Juliet Jacobs Music Center |
| 3:00 PM | Film: The Universal Theory Digital Gym |
" | Opera: Pagliacci/Aleko Joan B. Kroc Theatre |
| 5:00 PM | Stage: Masa OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista |
" | Music: Thillayum Sivanum Seaside Center for Spiritual Living |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
| 8:00 PM | Music: Arab Music Night Crystal Ballroom |
| 8:30 PM | Music: La Dona Casbah |
| NOON | Music: Chiara Capobianco Athenaeum Music & Arts Library |
| 7:00 PM | Film: Running on Sand Lawrence Family JCC |
" | Stage: Cinballera Salon - The Medium & Songs of Spain Villa Montezuma Museum |
| 4:00 PM | Talk: Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema Online Streaming Event |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
" | DGC Video: Tetsuo - The Iron Man Digital Gym Cinema |
| 4:30 PM | Music: Ali Paris The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
" | Music: Cumbia Machin and Las Sucias Corazon Del Barrio |
" | Music: Kaytranada Petco Park |
" | Music: Los Darth Vatos |
" | Film: There Once Was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho California Center for the Arts |
" | Book: The Serpent & the Fire D.G. Wills Books |
| 7:30 PM | Music: Abel Selaocoe & Bantu Ensemble Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Masa OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista |
" | Music: La Castañeda Corazon del Barrio |
" | Comedy: Ray Lau The World Famous Mad House Comedy Club |
| 9:00 PM | Music: El Cachivache La Vie Dance Studios |
| 5:30 PM | UN Day Commemoration Mingei International Museum |
| 7:00 PM | Opera: Pagliacci/Aleko Joan B. Kroc Theatre |
| 7:30 PM | Music: María Becerra The Sound |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
" | Stage: Masa OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista |
" | Music: Marc Anthony Pechanga Arena |
| 10:00 AM | One Book One San Diego with with María Dolores Águila North Park |
| 11:00 AM | House of Scotland Lawn Program |
| 1:00 PM | Stage: Spooky Shakespeare San Diego Museum of Art |
| 6:00 PM | Music: Mariachi Los Camperos Rady Shell |
| 7:00 PM | Opera: Pagliacci/Aleko Joan B. Kroc Theatre |
" | Music: R.O.M.A UC San Diego Park & Market |
| 8:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
" | Stage: Masa OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista |
| 10:00 AM | Oceanside Dia de los Muertos Festival Oceanside Civic Center |
| 11:00 AM | House of Türkiye Lawn Program International Cottages |
" | Talk: Rembrandt and the Jews Online Streaming Event |
| NOON | Encinitas Dia de los Muertos Celebration Mira Costa College, San Elijo |
" | Barrio Logan Dia de los Muertos Barrio Logan |
| 2:00 PM | Filipino Heritage Festival Poway Library |
" | Diwali Celebration North University Community Library |
| 5:00 PM | Stage: Masa OnStage Playhouse, Chula Vista |
" | Music: Naari Sakthi – Abhang Mela Seaside Center for Spiritual Living |
| 7:00 PM | Stage: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors Old Globe |
| 6:00 PM | Lecture: Cities & Cultural Production in the Developing World CSU San Marcos |
| 7:00 PM | Music: Aleks Syntek The Observatory |
" | Film: The Phantom of the Opera Balboa Theatre |
| 7:00 PM | DGC Video: One Missed Call Digital Gym |
" | DGC Video: One Missed Call Digital Gym |
| 7:30 PM | Film: The Witch Revenge Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas |
| 8:00 PM | Music: Y La Bamba & Kiltro Belly Up Tavern |
| 10:00 AM | Día de los Muertos Storytime Balboa Library |
| 10:30 AM | Celebrate Halloween & Diwali Rancho Peñasquitos Library |
| 12:00 AM | Kumeyaay Flag Raising Education Center, Normal St. |
| 4:00 PM | 29th Annual Dia de los Muertos Festival California Center for the Arts |
" | Casa Familiar Dia de los Muertos Casa Familiar, San Ysidro |
| 7:00 PM | Film: The Book of Life Old Town San Diego |
| 7:30 PM | Opera: La Bohème San Diego Civic Theatre |
| 8:00 PM | Music: Las Cafeteras Epstein Family Amphitheater |
" | Music: Alma Sangre Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel |
| All Day | Old Town Día de Los Muertos |
| 10:00 AM | Dia de los Muertos San Diego Gaslamp Quarter |
| 11:00 AM | City Heights Dia de los Muertos City Heights Performance Annex |
| 11:30 AM | Dia de los Muertos Celebration The Elizabeth Hospice |
| 4:00 PM | Music: Lupita Infante |
| 4:30 PM | Diwali Dhamaka Show Design 39 |
| 6:00 PM | Music: One Hundred Strings Seaside Center for Spiritual Living |
| 7:00 PM | Dia De Los Muertos Candlelight Concert Hacienda On The Hill |
" | Music: Ana Barbara The Magnolia, El Cajon |
" | Music: The Latin Dead The Soap Factory |
" | Stage: FarYad Westview High School |
| 7:30 PM | Opera: La Bohème San Diego Civic Theatre |
" | Music: Ryan Castro & Blessd SDSU |
| 8:00 PM | Music: Grupo Duelo Balboa Theatre |
" | Music: Gigi De Lana |
| 9:00 PM | Music: La Santa Cecilia Music Box |
| All Day | Old Town Día de Los Muertos |
| 2:00 PM | Opera: La Bohème San Diego Civic Theatre |
" | Music: Andrés Martín UCSD |
| 8:00 PM | Music: La Santa Cecilia Music Box |
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