Spring 2024

Librar y Foundation Hosts Acclaimed Authors at Sunset Center B Y M I CHA E L CHAT F I E LD T he HUMAN Edition: Essential Obser- vations in the Accelerated Age of Everything” is the topic of the Carmel Public Library Foundation’s (CPLF) 12th annual fund- raising event. Featuring authors Douglas Brinkley and Dave Eggars, the event will be held at Sunset Center on Tuesday, April 23 with both an early VIP reception and a general admission wine tasting preceding the event. “These two dynamic individuals are broad- Fased thinkers and prolific writers whose deep knowledge and personal interests include histo- ry, music and advocacy for education and the environment,” says CPLF Executive Director Alexandra Fallon. Brinkley, an award-winning author and highly esteemed historian, also gar- nered a 2023 Grammy Award for “Fandango At The Wall In New York” by Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Number one best-seller “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” was penned by Eggars and he is also the founder of McSweeney’s, a non- profit independent puFlishinK house and the co-founder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing and tutoring center in San Francisco. 4roceeds JroQ the eZent Fenefit '40* whose stated mission is, “to keep the library open, relevant and thriving and to ensure free library service in perpetuity.” For more information, call 831/624-2811 or visit www.carmelpubliclibraryfoundation.org. SHORT CUTS EVENT Prolific writers (ave )ggars leJt and (ouglas &rinkley will grace the 7unset Center stage this %pril Jor the CarQel Public 0ibrary *oundation´s 1 th %nnual *undraiser. 70 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 2 4 Photo: Courtesy of LBJ Museum of San Marcos “ Photo: Brecht Van Maele