THIS WEEK! 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
SEMINAR SERIES Tuesday, August 27 | Tuesday, September 3 | Tuesday, September 10 5:30pm - 7:00 pm: | First in a Series of Four Seminars on James Baldwin's Books
A new display of artistic Arion Press books
Arion Press Fine Print books are not only literary masterpieces but also artistic treasures. Many of the volumes in MI’s Arion Press special collection are both beautifully illustrated and bound in unique and imaginative covers and slipcases.
On exhibit, in the 2nd floor archival d...
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BOOKS
FICTION
Jenny Erpenbeck Go, went, gone
Ruth Hogan The keeper of lost things
Christopher Meades Hanna who fell from the sky
Historical Fiction
James L. Haley The shores of T...
Films with an intergenerational appeal are what you’ll find on display on the Second Floor in October. Whether you are curious about animated movies that are popular with adults, documentaries that can be watched by children, or feature films that seem to work for everyone, you’ll find them, and be able to check them out, from our Family-Friendly Films DVD and Blu-ray display. Below are our staff’s recommendations.
A favorite of Mechanics’ Library staff,...
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Have you ever considered writing your memoirs but don’t how to do so? If so, you must check out the Staff Picks Display in the second floor library. There you will find many books on where to begin and how to craft your memoir. Keep in mind that memoir writing will stir up a lot of emotions and one minute you’ll be laughing and the next you’ll be crying as you relive certain memories. In a way, writing a memoir is like having a second chance at life. It’s a way o...
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You don’t have to like Halloween to enjoy this selection of audiobooks with a supernatural twist. There were no scarcity of spooky stories to choose from this time around as Mechanics’ Institute members are avid readers of mysteries, thrillers and the like.
Wicked by Gregory Maguire (CD Fic Maguire)
Whatever happened to Dorothy’s arch nemesis, the Wicked Witch of the West? Wicked is about a land where anima...
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BOOKS
FICTION
Victor Bridges Trouble on the Thames
Frédéric Dard The wicked go to hell
Alice McDermott The ninth hour
Rudi Raab Stumbling stone
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton...
BOOKS
FICTION
Rodrigo Hasbún Affections
Gabriel Tallent My absolute darling
Jesmyn Ward Sing, unburied, sing
Nicole Krauss Forest dark
Mike McCormack...
BOOKS
FICTION
M. Dressler The last to see me
Roxane Gay An untamed state
Daniel Handler All the dirty parts
Shirley Jackson We have always lived in the castle
Devin Murphy...
Every year in September, the American Library Association (ALA) celebrates our right to read with Banned Books Week. While the freedom to read what we want is covered by the First Amendment (and upheld in state supreme courts and US courts of appeals), many books are regularly challenged or banned on a local level, in public schools and libraries. Here at the Mechanics' Institute we support the ALA and uphold our...
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BOOKS
FICTION
A.S. King Every-body sees the ants
Short Stories
Kelly Link Pretty monsters Fic Link
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NONFICTION
Applied Sciences
Peter J.T. Morris (editor) Illuminating instruments...
