Opera, Nov 7- Book Fair, Nov 10- Cinema, Nov 15

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Houston Public Library Presents

Houston Grand Opera,

History Book Fair & Symposium and Community Cinema

Julia Ideson Building

550 McKinney, Houston 77002

<img align="left" alt="Library Logo" height="155" hspace="10" width="125" />Houston Grand Opera "From My Mother's Mother"

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 6 p.m.

The Houston Public Library (HPL) welcomes the Houston Grand Opera (HGO) for a presentation of its new chamber opera "From My Mother's Mother." The chamber opera is part of HGO's Song of Houston East + West series of new chamber operas celebrating Houston as a crossroads of Eastern and Western cultures. For the music, HGO engaged New York-based, Korean American composer Jeeyoung Kim, and for the libretto Janine Joseph, a doctoral candidate in the creative writing program at the University of Houston. The performance lasts about 30 minutes and is complemented by a brief presentation with the performers and people in Houston's Korean community who inspired it.

Third Annual Houston History Book Fair & Symposium

Saturday, November 10, 2012, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

HPL, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Arts and Media and Story Sloane's Gallery host the Third Annual Houston History Book Fair and Symposium. The event is the only free, comprehensive symposium event dedicated solely to the history of Southeast Texas. Door prizes will be awarded throughout the day.

Community Cinema "Solar Mamas"

Thursday, November 15, 2012, 6 p.m.

HPL in partnership with Houston's Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Community Cinema Series and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), presents a sneak preview screening of "Solar Mamas." The film focuses on women from Burkina Faso, Columbia, Guatemala and Kenya leaving their villages for the first time in their lives to participate in Barefoot College and learn to become solar-energy engineers. Community Cinema is presented locally by CultureMap, Documentary Alliance and Houston PBS/Channel 8, in collaboration with Independent Lens and ITVS.

All of the events will take place at the Julia Ideson Building, 550 McKinney, Houston 77002 and are free and open to the public. For more information visit http://www.houstonlibrary.org/ or call 832.393.1313.