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Students pass UC San Diego’s Geisel Library, which will host part of the Holocaust Living History Workshop series. (Nelvin C. Cepeda \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\nFilipino American history gets spotlight at La Jolla Library<\/p>\n
The fourth annual Filipino American History Month Festival last weekend treated guests to Filipino folk dancing, singing, free food and authors Tracy Badua and Bonnie Harris at the La Jolla\/Riford Library.<\/p>\n
Friends of the La Jolla\/Riford Library sponsored the event, with help from branch manager Dana Sanchez and San Diego Public Library area supervisor Kelly Verheyden.<\/p>\n
La Jolla resident honored at Mount Soledad memorial<\/p>\n
The life and military service of La Jolla centenarian Robert Barto were recognized at a veterans honor ceremony and plaque dedication Oct. 4 at the Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial in La Jolla.<\/p>\n
Barto, 100, attended the event with friends and family members.<\/p>\n
Barto\u2019s story began in New Jersey, where he volunteered as a firefighter and mail carrier at age 15. From there, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and was deployed with the 5th Marine Division.<\/p>\n
Over the next two decades, he volunteered as a stretcher bearer on Iwo Jima, enlisted in the Army Air Corps, flew cargo planes during the Korean War and served as a combat crew member in Southeast Asia amid the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n
Barto retired in 1970 and has lived in La Jolla since.<\/p>\n
Pets welcome for church\u2019s Blessing of the Animals<\/p>\n
Congregational Church of La Jolla will welcome pets and their owners to its Blessing of the Animals ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, at 1216 Cave St.<\/p>\n
Pastor Tim Seery will conduct the ceremony on the church\u2019s front lawn as part of the usual Sunday service.<\/p>\n
UC San Diego brings back Holocaust Living History Workshop series<\/p>\n
The UC San Diego Library will present its Holocaust Living History Workshop for the 2025-26 academic year with a series of six events from October to May.<\/p>\n
The theme of this year\u2019s series, the 17th, is \u201cThe Holocaust Between Worlds,\u201d focusing on the lives of people who navigated the boundaries between persecution and refuge, trauma and resilience and destruction and survival.<\/p>\n
Students pass UC San Diego’s Geisel Library, which will host part of the Holocaust Living History Workshop series. (Nelvin C. Cepeda \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n
All lectures will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Some will be held in person at UCSD\u2019s Geisel Library with a virtual option, and some will be online only.<\/p>\n
The schedule:<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cThe Precarity of \u2018Privilege\u2019: Intermarried Families in Prague during the Holocaust,\u201d featuring Tatjana Lichtenstein. Oct. 16. In person and virtual.<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cConversion and Catastrophe: Jews Choosing Christianity in Times of Crisis,\u201d featuring Abraham Rubin. Nov. 13. Virtual only.<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cReligion as Camouflage? Hidden Children During the Holocaust,\u201d\u00a0featuring Lauren Rossi. Jan. 22. In person and virtual.<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cPalaces of Memory: Polish Jewish Post-Holocaust Memorial Books,\u201d featuring Eliyana Adler. March 5. Virtual only.<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cWrite Us Long Letters:\u00a0Trauma and Isolation in Jewish Refugee Letters from Nazi Germany to America, 1937-1941,\u201d featuring Barry Trachtenberg. April 16. In person and virtual.<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cBitter Sweet: Daily Life in Occupied France,\u201d featuring Kitty Morse. May 14. Virtual only.<\/p>\n
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The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library in La Jolla is preparing for its 2025 fall jazz series. (File)<\/p>\n