Weekend Fun: New Year’s Noisemakers! Ring out the old year and ring in the new 2022! In many cultures, people use noise to chase that old year out along with any negative energy or bad memories from that year. Make your own noisemaker to join in the fun! What you […]
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Calling all sci-fi fans! The Hugo Award winners for 2021 have been announced! First presented in 1953, this annual award for the year’s best work of science fiction has become one of the most prestigious in the world. As a result, the careers of Hugo winners and nominees are followed […]
Weekend Fun: Happy Reindeer Reindeer are given magical qualities that include flying through the air to land on rooftops in the story poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who lived in New York City in the early 19th century. You can find an 1863 edition […]
Weekend Fun: Winter Trees! As fall slips into winter and leaves flutter to the ground, leaving tree trunks stark against the sky – we appreciate evergreen trees. Some keep their leaves throughout the year, others have needles instead of leaves – and some of these are brought indoors for holiday […]
Weekend Fun: Reindeer Games One of the most popular holiday stories and songs is Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, about a reindeer who is bullied by other reindeer for looking different. The story takes place at Santa’s workshop at the North Pole, and Rudolph is empowered by Santa in the end. […]
The library is hosting online events and programs that you can attend from home! In addition to our regular monthly events, we’ve listed several standout adult programs for December 2021 below. Click here for our full calendar of events. Special Events What to Wear in 2022: How to Create a Capsule Collection […]
Weekend Fun: Let It Snow(man)! Snow man or snow woman or snow child? You decide! Although it’s the fall season until December 21 at 10:59 a.m., people are asking for winter crafts – so let it snow (on paper, anyway)! The Winter Reading Program “Reading Is Snow Much Fun” begins […]
Every industry shares their own unique language. Marketing professionals talk about SEO and ROI; IT professionals discuss bandwidth; user experience experts explain javascript, python, and CSS; and libraries are no different. In your modern library, you may hear staff discussing interlibrary loans (ILL for short), databases, or reciprocal borrowing programs. […]
Genre: History WritingRead-Alikes: 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. MannBrutal Journey: the Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America by Paul SchneiderConquistadores: the Untold History of Spanish Conquest and Empire by Fernando Cervantes “In a riveting and fast-paced history, massing archeological, anthropological, scientific and […]
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we’ve compiled a reading list of fiction and nonfiction books by indigenous authors. The titles in this blog post are also featured in the current gallery display at the main branch, so stop by and check one out today! [bookshelf id=”14457″] “This adaptation […]