It was a great 2023 Season!

PAULINA BREN

                           

                            GERALDINE BROOKS

                                                        

                   

CJ HAUSER

 

CRAIG JOHNSON

               

RICHARD WHITE

          

March Guest Author CJ Hauser at LSD party for Sponsors, Patrons and Benefactors hosted by Diane Rubin (right) and Lenny Eber. The event was  Co-Chaired by Suz Hunt and Joanne Mintz (center right and center left).  Dr. Hauser is second from left and President Nancy Cunningham far left. 

(Left) Barbara Monaschino and CJ Hauser.  (Right) Judi Cohen and Fran Muir at Donor Appreciation Party

January Guest Author, Paulina Bren, with Student group from Xavier Prep. (Above)  Professor Bren ( Vassar College) also met with students from Shadow Hills. Thank you to our Student Benefactors for giving us the opportunity to host ten student groups each season.

LSD Sponsors Jackie Coakley (left) and Karlene Garber (right) with February 2023 Guest Author Geraldine Brooks                                                                                                             

Executive Vice President Joanne Mintz, Guest Author Geraldine Brooks, President Nancy Cunningham

Ambassador David Lane (left) and Gary Ginsberg with Library Benefactor Loreen Jacobsen whose family member was featured in the book as a "First Friend" of Harry Truman (May 2022)

    Thank you to March 2022 Guest Author Julia Sweig for a wonderful talk to LSD members, guest librarians, and 

Rancho Mirage High School students who are photographed below with the author and their copies of LADY BIRD JOHNSON          

              

                                              

                  Guest Author Michaela Carter at our first luncheon of the 2022 Season                                                          

   

Maggie Shipstead (top center) with LSD Sponsors Jackie Coakley (left), Nancy Cunningham (right) and 

Carlyn Stonehill (bottom right) "as seen in THE DESERT SUN"

     

Board Members Nancy Cunningham (left) and Suz Hunt                                

                                   

Memories of Previous Seasons. . . . . 

Guest Author Alice Hoffman chats with President Nancy Cunningham at Thunderbird Country Club prior to the first luncheon of our 2020 Season

Mitchell James Kaplan, author of RHAPSODY, performing for LSD Sponsors, Patrons and Benefactors 12/15/21

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Douglas Smith, Historian, with his mother and LSD Sponsor, Annette Smith prior to his talk on THE RUSSIAN JOB: HOW AMERICA SAVED THE SOVIET UNION FROM RUIN .

(Rancho Mirage Library, November 12, 2019

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Founding Sponsor Jean Viereck, Patron Fran Muir and Dr. Douglas Smith

                      Library Benefactor Libby Hoffman with Douglas Smith

                      

      LSD President Nancy Cunningham with Dr. Douglas Smith                                       

Memories of LSD Meetings and Members

See Scrapbook for additional member photos

 Guest Author Whitney Scharer (center) with students from Palm Desert High School preceding  her luncheon presentation on THE AGE OF LIGHT.  

Below: Authors table with Whitney Scharer at April, 2019 luncheon at La Quinta C.C.