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Date and time
Sunday, June 2 · 9:00-11:00 a.m. PST
Location
Start: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (700 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037) Google Map
End: La Jolla Historical Society (780 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037) Google Map (500 feet from starting location)
Refund Policy
No refunds
Agenda
9:00-10:00 a.m. Run a route inspired by Ellen Browning Scripps
10:00-11:00 a.m. Post-run discussion
About this event
On this 3 mile, easy-paced book club run, we explore several of the institutions and public places funded by Ellen Browning Scripps’ philanthropy. Scripps was born in England 1836 and emigrated with her family to Illinois in 1844. It wasn’t until she was 61 years old that she moved to La Jolla and would begin her philanthropic endeavors, after her brother’s death in 1900. The New York Times estimates she gave over $44 million in 2023 dollars before she died in 1932. A champion of many causes, Scripps funded institutions to support women’s education, the labor movement, and public access to science, the arts, and education.
During the route for this Read & Run on the Road event, created and led by Chelsey Stone, we’ll stop at several different locations Ellen Browning Scripps funded and finish for a post-run discussion with author Molly McClain at the La Jolla Historical Society.
TICKETS: Tickets are $30 on or before May 13. Tickets increase to $35 on or after May 14.
We are requesting you pay via Venmo or Zelle, in an effort to eliminate fees to you and to us (Eventbrite charges $3.44 per ticket). If neither of these are an option for you, email us and we’ll work something out.
Venmo: @Chelsey-L-Stone (last four digits of phone number: 2729)
Zelle: chelseygrassfield@gmail.com
MEET: Meet at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (700 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037) between 8:45-9:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 2. The program will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. You will check in with Chelsey Stone.
ROUTE: We’ll run an easy-paced (~11:00 minute/mile), 3-mile route with several stops throughout La Jolla.
PREPARE: As this event is a running tour informed by Molly McClain’s book, it is encouraged but not required to read Ellen Browning Scripps prior to joining the run. You can borrow a copy from your local branch of the public library or purchase from a local bookstore.
Optional: Join us for an online discussion of the book on Italic Type as we read the story in preparation for the run.
POST-RUN: After the route, we’ll finish at La Jolla Historical Society 10:00-11:00 a.m. with lite bites and a chance to discuss the book with author Molly McClain.
INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN: If weather creates unsafe conditions, we will hold the discussion at the La Jolla Historical Society at 10:00 a.m. We will inform you no later than Sunday, June 2 by 7:00 a.m. if an alternate event will take place.
All registered runners will receive reminder details two days prior to the event.
Chelsey Stone moved last summer to San Diego from Chicago, where she was a guide with Read & Run Chicago. Chelsey is an avid reader, she even blogs about it. She loved creating routes based on her favorite books set in Chicago. Fortunately for her, founder Allison Yates has expanded her business to include Read & Run Tours.
Chelsey’s CPR Certified and the Chicago and San Diego running tour manager for City Fit Tours, where she regularly creates routes and leads tours that connect people to our cities’ histories through their most iconic sites.
Read & Run on the Road is an independently organized event with a license from Read & Run Tours, LLC, the country’s first and only organization that hosts running events inspired by books. Founded in 2021 by queer educator, freelance writer, and runner Allison Yates, the mission of Read & Run Tours, LLC and the city chapters is to use movement and stories to explore locations. Our community-focused run programming includes running tours, book club runs, author talks, and other literary-themed fun runs all inspired by books set in the cities where chapters are located, written by local authors. While connecting runners to the city’s stories, we also actively support literacy programs, public libraries, independent bookstores, and local authors.
Questions, comments, or concerns? Email Chelsey Stone at chelseygrassfield@gmail.com
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