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04/14/2020 - 11:49am

On the Light Side

This weekend, Tom Hanks—the celebrated actor, short story author, and iconic nice guy—made light of his recent bout with coronavirus. He’s...

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04/13/2020 - 5:26pm

All eAudiobooks New Titles List for the Week of April 6

eAudioBooks

FICTION
Eric L Harry Contagion
Terry Goodkind Crazy Wanda
Wallace Stegner Crossing to safety
P C Hodgell Dark of the moon
Donna Grant...

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04/09/2020 - 3:29pm

All eBooks New Titles List for the Week of April 6

EBOOKS

FICTION
Sulari Gentill After She Wrote Him
Deb Olin Unferth Barn 8
Charles Finch A Beautiful Blue Death
Lisa Wingate Before we were yours : a novel
Martin Walker...

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04/09/2020 - 11:54am

Celebrate National Poetry Month

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe you agree with T.S. Eliot that April is “the cruelest month.” Or maybe you’re inclined to a more hopeful perspective—April showers bring May flowers, right? Either way, though, here’s an indisputable fact about April: it’s National Poetry Month!

Launch...

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04/08/2020 - 12:49pm

Real Life Will Commence Soon: Be Ready!

This quarantine is killing me. I miss the Institute and the members of our community so much. Even the smallest of interactions, checking out a book, sharing an elevator, raising eyebrows at YOU across the reading room, or just waving at faces I recognize on my way into the building now seem to have a greater meaning in the scheme of life. This separation from you all is a weight on my heart.

Nevertheless, we have to get through the time somehow. I’ve spent a bit of time reading and c...

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04/08/2020 - 10:18am

Beethoven at 250

Beethoven at 250

 

During this 250th anniversary celebrating the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), it would be difficult to overstate the extent of the artist’s contribution to western civilization and society. Through his...

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04/02/2020 - 4:47pm

(Updated April 16) Streaming Opera from the Met -- For Free

The Metropolitan Opera has launched nightly Opera streams. Each night's performance will be available for 23 hours after it starts. To view/listen online 

  1. Go to the Met's webstie:  https://www.metopera.org/ 
  2. Register (free, look in the upper right corner of the window for the "Login/Register" link). 
  3. After you register (or login, if you're returning), click on the words "The Metropolitan Opera"...
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04/02/2020 - 11:08am

eBooks recommended by Library Supervisor, Celeste.

As book lovers, we all appreciate libraries. In these unprecedented times, it has never been more true that libraries continue to play a vit...

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03/31/2020 - 10:31am

Learn a new language with Duolingo


 

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03/27/2020 - 4:36pm

Extended Closure FAQ

 

 

 

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