2018: The Year the Was (TYTW) at the Henry Miller Library!

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Post published:11/28/2018
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The end of the year is upon us and we can’t help but feel a bit, well, reflective.

For example, we often refer to the Henry Miller Library is a “community gathering space.”

It’s not unlike what the Italians call the “third place*”—that is, the Library isn’t work and it isn’t home; rather, it’s a third place where (hopefully!) you feel comfortable, relaxed, and refreshingly stimulated.**

But we think it’s even more than that!***

To see what we mean, we’ve included a sample of some of our events across 2018 below.

And while the events run the gamut, we think some common themes tie them all together—community engagement, a commitment to intelligent and responsible land use, cultural and natural history, and a proclivity towards local and up-and-coming musicians, performers, and artists.

We think it’s pretty cool.

If you agree, and better yet, would like to provide financial support to the Library, we’d humbly encourage you to check out various ways you can donate to the nonprofit Henry Miller Library.

Every little bit helps!

And with that, let’s take a leisurely stroll down memory lane and explore TYTW!!

Community Events

“Lovers of the Place” with New Camaldoli Hermitage Prior Cyprian Consiglio and writer Pico Iyer
May’s staging of “The Fire in the Wood” about Big Sur sculptor Edmund Cara
Benefit for the Big Sur Park School
BiG SuRCuS’ Limelight Cabaret performances
Big Sur farmer’s exchange!
Milky Way Fridays
Big Sur Food and Wine Festival’s “Wine and Swine”
Wandering Reel Travelling Film Festival
Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series
Erotic Eclectic Presents: Eye Imagine
Saint Lucia’s Festival of Light with Michelle, Rosalia, Magnus, Jessica, etc…
The Typewriter Underground
Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe gathering

Live Music

Victoria Williams, Wildlife Freeway, and Erin Durant
Suzanne Vallie, Zeb Zaitz, and Assateague
Deva Munay Rachael Williams, and LEV
Au Natural’s first-ever Big Sur show in December!
Range of Light Wilderness and SIS
Kendra McKinley and Diana Gameros
Pat Hull and Kelly Koval
Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” Under the Redwoods (!)
Levi Thomas, Jay and the Jang Lah Dahs, Byndi, and the Lavendars
Bedrooms, Alex Ramirez, and River Navaille
Red Steppes
Meernaa and Suzanne Vallie

Talks and Readings

Shelly Alden Brooks’ talk on her book “Big Sur: The Making of a Prized Landscape” (and our reading group devoted to this book)
Alan Watts’ daughter Anne spoke at the Library in June
August’s storytelling gathering regarding the road closure
Adonna Rose’s discussion on off-planet intelligence.
Linda Sonrisa Jones reading from “Romancing the Sur”
Obi Kaufman (“California Field Atlas”) book signing and talk
“What is Nature?” talk with Charles Hood
Talk and book signing with Dean Sluyter, author of “Fear Less”
“California’s Coast: Living on the Edge” book signing with Kim Steinhardt