by Jane Spadaccini | Aug 29, 2024 | Adults
Yesterday kicked off the official start of the 2024 Venice Film Festival. To celebrate the long contributions the festival has had on the film industry, we’re looking at the history of Italian Film! At the end of the post, you can the prior festival winners. The...
by Jane Spadaccini | Aug 22, 2024 | Adults, Booklists, Online Resources
Even though the Olympics are over we are still thinking of Paris. To highlight the host country of the 2024 Olympics, we’ve selected three of the most well known female French authors to check out! Simone de Beauvoir (1908 – 1986) Born into a Bourgeois...
by Jane Spadaccini | Aug 15, 2024 | Adults
This week is the annual celebration of the life and legacy of the king of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley. We’ll examine the life and the music of this famous musician. Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1948, the Presley family...
by Jane Spadaccini | Aug 8, 2024 | Adults, Library Programming, Young Adults
The nineteenth century saw changes from the Industrial Revolution that introduced the middle class to society. The Industrial revolution also saw changes in the musical landscape, altering the Romantic period for the better. Up until the Industrial Revolution,...
by Jane Spadaccini | Aug 1, 2024 | Adults, Booklists
Hercule Poirot was created by British author Agatha Christie in the late 1910s. Poirot made his first official appearance in the book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920. Poirot is Christie’s longest running character, appearing in thirty three books and two...
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