Fantastical Worlds and Beings

{ "name":"Fantastical Worlds and Beings", "description":"Close your eyes and dream without limits… What kind of world does your imagination conjure? For Naseem Jamnia, the result is The Glade, a clearing in the woods of a summer camp, where falling asleep means entering one another’s dreams—and nightmares. Then, step through a rainbow-edged door in the sky with Vinny Robinson (a.k.a. “Ma”) from Zetta Elliott’s The Oracle’s Door, prequel to the bestselling Dragons in a Bag series, as she navigates a world filled with dragons and other amazing creatures to save the ones she loves during Chicago’s Red Summer of 1919. When Rim Wickford’s entire school falls to the ground upon hearing him play a musical pipe, he discovers his Pied Piper identity and embarks on a series of magical musical trials within the colorful hidden world of Pipers in Pied by Avione Lee. Secret powers are also revealed to Kaya in Gloria Huang’s Kaya of the Ocean, a coming-of-age fantasy about a thirteen-year-old descendent of the water goddess Mazu who grapples with anxiety, Chinese American identity, and her unruly fledgling powers. Celebrate the mythical, the mystical, and the magical in this wildly imaginative panel, which will be moderated by Isis Asare, CEO and Founder of Sistah SciFi.", "startDate":"2025-05-31", "endDate":"2025-05-31", "startTime":"11:00", "endTime":"11:45", "location":"Berkeley Public Library", "options":[ "Apple", "Google", "iCal", "Microsoft365", "MicrosoftTeams", "Outlook.com", "Yahoo" ], "timeZone":"America/Los_Angeles", "iCalFileName":"Reminder-Event" }