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February 2023 • ALAMO TODAY & DANVILLE TODAY NEWS • PAGE 1
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“STIR CRAZY QUILTS” COLORFUL COMPOSITIONS TUNING OUT THE QUARANTINE BLUES By Jody Morgan
“Stir Crazy Quilts” opens at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley on February 1 st and continues through May 31st. The show presents 40 brilliant examples of colorful creations produced by stitchers while coping with COVID confinement. Quilts on display range in size from portrait-scale collage designs to full-size traditional coverlets. Each comes with the Arden Dougan with “Atomic Annie” created during stitcher’s story of its creation an online class offered by Wooden Gate Quilts. during the months beginning in March 2020 when the pandemic lockdown cut off ordinary in-person social connections. Free one-hour quilting demonstrations will be offered the fourth Tuesday of each month from 1-2PM beginning in February with instruction in making a pillowcase, back binding, or bowl cozy. Arden Dougan’s “Quinevere the Quarantine Queen” is a humorous reflection of the faces many of us encountered in the mirror or met on Zoom calls. Recalling the time when the crowning achievement of one’s day was scoring a
FRIENDS OF THE DANVILLE LIBRARY BOOK SALE
The Friends of the Danville Library (FODL) will host a pop-up used book sale to raise money for our local library. There will be books of all genres and for all ages. Most hardbacks will be priced at $2 and most paperbacks at $1. Recent publications and some gorgeous coffee table books will be slightly higher. Cash, local checks, and credit cards will be accepted. The sale will be held in the Mt. Diablo Room of the Danville Library located at 400 Front Street, Danville. The next book sale will be held Saturday, February 25th from 10am to 2pm. Proceeds from the sale go towards funding library programs and purchasing library materials.
BOOK DONATIONS
Book donations will be accepted during the sale. Please limit donations to four bags per day, per donor.
OTHER WAYS TO HELP
Have you been traveling and have some extra foreign bills or coins? Bring them in and donate it to the Friends of the Danville Library. Do you have any of those BART paper tickets lying around? Bring them in and the Friends can submit to BART under their Tiny Tickets program
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SRV GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Julia Mcleod is backed by “Cocktail” - a thoroughly modern take on a traditional pattern.
few rolls of toilet tissue, Dougan festoons her lady’s royal pate with the iconic paper product. Describing additional aspects of the composition, Arden notes: “She is wearing fuzzy PJs. Her eyes are bloodshot from too much computer time (she works all the time). It’s raining COVID. And there’s Dr. Fauci on the wall.
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The San Ramon Valley Genealogical Society (SRVGS) was organized in 1985 to provide its members with resources, assistance, and educational opportunities that help them successfully research their ancestry. The group publishes a monthly newsletter and offers monthly meetings of small groups with common interests to discuss their specific areas of research. SRVGS also provides resources ranging from a large selection of reference books to information on local genealogical libraries. You are invited to join the Tuesday, February 21st, 10AM ZOOM meeting with a presentation by Candice Buchanan entitled “Genealogy and Family History Research From Home Using Library of Congress Online Sources.” Candice is a Reference Librarian at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., specializing in local history and genealogy. She has developed guides and presentations that address state-specific research, family photographs, and finding female ancestors. To become a member of SRVGS, visit srvgensoc.org and click on the “Join SRVGS” tab on the left side of the home page. For questions about the group, email president@srvgensoc.org.
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