THIS WEEK!
Wednesday, August 14 | 3:00 pm | Introduction to Genealogy Research | Members' Class Wednesday, August 14 | 6:00 pm | Discuss The Makioka Sisters with fellow members Thursday, August 15 | 6:00 pm | Page to Stage: Private Lives ty Noel Coward | tickets free to members when registering
FEATURED EVENTS Thursday, August 22 | 6:00 pm | In Conversation: Jenny Odell with Cathy Park Hong | tickets free to members when registering Thursday, September 5 | 6:30 pm | In Conversation: Tommy Orange with Steve Wasserman
As a public service during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Theatre of London places a video of one of its live performances on YouTube for free for a week at a time. This week enjoy a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, with Tamsin Grieg as "Malvolia," until Wednesday, April 30th, 7 p.m. UK time (That is noon Pacific Daylight Time).
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If you are interested in history, have access to a computer, and are going crazy with boredom at home during the pandemic, you are the ideal candidate to volunteer to transcribe MI’s historic handwritten Board of Trustee minutes into a readable document!
In the MI archives, we have nine volumes of the Board of Trustee minutes (1854-1923) that have been digitized and stored on the Internet Archive website....
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(All of the books and stories mentioned here the Mechanics Institute Library provides to members as eBooks).
When we think to ourselves that we do not live in ordinary times we have to wonder whether our experience would look at all unique to those who lived in other places at other times. The Russians lived through times of crisis, with an incompetent and often cruel government. In the 19th century a satirist named Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin wrote...
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On this, the 456th birthday of William Shakespeare, there’s no dearth of ways to celebrate the poet and playwright generally regarded as the greatest English-language writer ever (not to mention one of the most prolific). Following, a few suggestions to get the party started:
Stream a free performance of Shakespeare's Globe production of Rom...
Although our doors are closed during National Library Week, Mechanics’ Institute (MI) staff have been busy connecting in other ways to engage members and expand Library services. Many previously scheduled programs have moved online, more digital content has been added, and all new fines have been waived during the COVID-19 closure. As always, the Library is just a click away from being at your service. In the absence of a more personal touch, we sincerely hope you will find your virtual place...
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Not only is money on many of our minds right now, but also April happens to be National Financial Literacy Month. That makes it the perfect time to investigate the extensive financial databases that Mechanics’ Institute members can access remotely....
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EBOOKS
FICTION
Lisa Wingate Before we were yours
Elizabeth Gilbert City of girls
Kathy Reichs A conspiracy of bones
Ann Patchett The Dutch House
Jojo Moyes...
Book-based TV series are a fabulous way to extend your reading pleasure. Whether you read first and view the adaptation later, or vice versa, the choices are endless. From classics to recent bestsellers and everything in between, books adapted for the sma...
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