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Author Talk: Nature, Art, and Service as Medicine

with Julia Hotz
2026-01-20 11:00:00 2026-01-20 12:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Author Talk: Nature, Art, and Service as Medicine Jump start your new year with us as we chat virtually with journalist and author Julia Hotz about her book The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging. Virtual Library -

Tuesday, January 20
11:00am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-01-20 11:00:00 2026-01-20 12:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Author Talk: Nature, Art, and Service as Medicine Jump start your new year with us as we chat virtually with journalist and author Julia Hotz about her book The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging. Virtual Library -

Jump start your new year with us as we chat virtually with journalist and author Julia Hotz about her book The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging.

The Connection Cure combines diligent science reporting, moving patient success stories, and surprising self-discovery to help us discover the lasting and life-changing power of social prescribing. Traditionally, when we get sick, health care professionals ask, “What’s the matter with you?” But around the world, teams of doctors, nurses, therapists, and social workers have started to flip the script, asking “What matters to you?”

To register: https://libraryc.org/napalibrary/105558 

If you cannot attend the event live, you can view this and other past online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/napalibrary/archive

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Author Talks |

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Mon, Dec 22, 10:30am - 12:00pm
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Mon, Dec 22, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Tue, Dec 23, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
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Family Movie Night: A Minecraft Movie
Mon, Jan 05, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
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Join us for a screening of A Minecraft Movie (2025)! In this exciting movie, four misfits are pulled through a mysterious portal and embark on an unexpected quest.
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Tue, Jan 06, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Wed, Jan 07, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Virtual Library
Jump start your new year with us as we chat virtually with journalist and author Julia Hotz about her book The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging.
Register
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Join us for an afternoon of American mah-jongg!
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American Canyon Library - Community Meeting Room
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Compartiremos cuentos, cantaremos canciones, aprenderemos rimas, y nos reiremos con los títeres. ¡Siempre es divertido! Los niños pueden descubrir el amor por los libros y la biblioteca.
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