June events calendar

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Film for June: The Painted Veil

2007 Teen Poetry and Art Contest Winners

A special thanks goes out to the approximately 1000 very creative teens who participated in OCPL's 2007 Teen Poetry Contest and Teen Art Contest! And congratulations to the San Juan Capistrano Regional Library poetry winners:

"Worlds Uncharted" by Lily Grimes, age 14 -- 1st place

"The Trickery" by Corryn Newlan, age 14 -- 2nd place

"Looking for love in all the wrong places!" by Mark Edmondson, age 12 -- 3rd place

The creative talent of Lily, Corryn, and Mark will be recognized at the next meeting of the Friends of the San Juan Capistrano Library when the young poets are to be awarded a cash prize.

The poems will be printed in the upcoming 2007 edition of Voices in Verse along with the winning poems from all participating OCPL branches.

The front and back cover of the book will display the following artwork by the 2007 OCPL Teen Art Contest winners Ariel Lee, age 15, who entered at the La Habra branch, and Kim Pascual, age 15, who entered at the La Palma branch.

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by Ariel Lee

Crying Out Loud
by Kim Pascual

Congratulations again to all who participated in the 2007 Teen Poetry and Art Contests and thank you for expressing your creativity in a way that our entire community can share in!

Tour historic buildings in San Juan Capistrano next week:

Celebrate San Juan Capistrano’s weeklong observance of National Historic Preservation Month!

San Juan Capistrano, with its rich agrarian past will embrace this year’s theme of “Views from the Front Porch: Exploring San Juan’s agrarian roots.” The celebration takes place from May 6th through the 12th and is co-sponsored by the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society, Friends of the Library, the Mission San Juan Capistrano, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The week includes a special panel presentation featuring a host of deep-rooted ranching and farming folks for an evening of "Exploring San Juan’s Agrarian Roots." The free presentation is on Monday, May 7th at 7 p.m. at the Mission San Juan Capistrano Soldier’s Barracks. Refreshments are included.

Then, on Saturday, May 12th, the historic building tour will take place between 10 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The tour will be a first of its kind in San Juan Capistrano offering an intimate glimpse inside historic buildings-- some never before opened to the public-- throughout the city via shuttle buses.

The Historic Building Tour will feature a host of structures, several of which are on the National Register of Historic Places. Some of the showcased buildings include the Joel Congdon House (Victorian style built 1876); the Harrison House (Craftsman style built 1909); the Rios Adobe (built 1794 and continuously occupied by 10 generations of the Rios family); the Roger Y. Williams/Swanner property (Craftsman style built 1923); and the Arley Leck House (Craftsman style built 1917).

Advance tickets are now available here at the San Juan Capistrano Regional Library. Cost for tickets is $10 per person with proceeds going toward establishing an agricultural museum at the Joel Congdon House.

For more information, visit the city’s webpage.

May events calendar

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