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Ever wonder what your fellow Mechanics’ Institute members are exploring? This year, members checked out nearly 16,000 items – with many of those circulating multiple times for a total circulation of more than 25,000. That works out to 71 checkouts every day the Library was open over the last twelve months!  I’m going to give you the skinny on your favorite subjects, based on what members borrowed from the Library this year. We’ll start with the highest circulating items in our collection...

Sometimes I start my day by getting lost. What I mean is, I go into the stacks in the Mechanics’ Institute Library, not looking for anything in particular, but letting myself become lost among the books. It can be wonderfully overwhelming in the stacks; turn one corner and you’re diving into the beautiful short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, the next floor you’re looking at Rita Moreno’s memoir, and just downstairs you’re reading the poetry of Adrienne Rich.

This morning I happened...

Summer is here! Days are longer and family and friends come together to beat-the-heat in the movie theaters. A Summer film becomes a blockbuster when it reaches such wide appeal that it becomes a must-watch cultural event. Below are a few Summer Blockbuster staff picks. Stop by the second floor display to revisit Summer memories, or catch up on big Hollywood films.

Taryn says "I’m a sucker for all things Marvel, from the Agents of SHIELD and Daredevil TV shows, to ba...