Camp Fire Tales Club: The Stepford Wives

Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 6:30 PM.

Escape the ordinary with monthly discussions of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novellas. As part of Eisenhower's 50th Anniversary celebration, this month's book will be The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, released on paperback in 1973, the year the Library was officially founded.


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2023 Bancroft Prize Winners

The Bancroft Prizes are awarded annually by Columbia University in the City of New York. The winners are judged in terms of scope, significance, depth of research, and richness of interpretation that they present in the areas of American history and diplomacy.


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Facebook Movie: The Mask of Dimitrios

Monday, April 17, 2023, 7:00 PM.

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday night at 7:00 PM for an online screening of a classic movie. This week we’re watching Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet in The Mask of Dimitrios.


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For Fans of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Have you been watching Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur? The animated Marvel show follows the adventures of Lunella, a 13-year-old super-genius who accidentally brings a ten-ton T-Rex into present-day New York City via a time vortex. The duo works together to protect the city's Lower East Side from danger.


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What to Read After Watching Daisy Jones & the Six

Last week, the filmed adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid's Daisy Jones & The Six started streaming on Amazon Prime. The ten episode mockumentary follows "a rock band in the 1970s from their rise in the LA music scene to becoming one of the most famous bands in the world and explores the reason behind their split at the height of their success."


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Facebook Movie: Secret Agent

Monday, April 10, 2023, 7:00 PM.

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday night at 7:00 PM for an online screening of a classic movie. This week we’re watching Alfred Hitchcock's early thriller, Secret Agent.


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2023 NAACP Literary Image Award Winners

The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. In the Literary category, prizes are awarded to best fiction, nonfiction, debut author, biography/autobiography, instructional, poetry, children's, and teens.


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Reads for Fans of The Last of Us

The post-apocalyptic drama based on the lauded video game, has been spreading across the world like a fungus-covered zombie plague. If you're not watching the horror TV series on HBO, you're really missing out. If you are watching the show, you'll probably like some of this creepy zombie-ish novels.


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Facebook Movie Blood on the Sun

Monday, April 03, 2023, 7:00 PM.

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday night at 7:00 PM for an online screening of a classic movie. This week we’re watching James Cagney in Blood on the Sun.


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The Spear Cuts Through Water Wins the 2023 Crawford Award

The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, a nonprofit association of scholars, writers, and publishers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in literature, film, and the other arts, has named The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez as winner of the Crawford Award.


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Camp Fire Tales Club: Annihilation

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 6:30 PM.

Escape the ordinary with monthly discussions of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novellas. This month's book will be Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer.


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Facebook Movie Night: Our Town

Monday, March 27, 2023, 7:00 PM.

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday night at 7:00 PM for an online screening of a classic movie. This week we’re watching William Holden and Martha Scott in Our Town.


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2023 Schneider Family Book Award

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor authors or illustrators for books that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.


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2023 Coretta Scott King Book Awards

Designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards annually recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience.


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Facebook Movie Night: Night Tide

Monday, March 20, 2023, 7:00 PM.

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday night at 7:00 PM for an online screening of a classic movie. This week we’re watching a young Dennis Hopper in Night Tide.


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2023 Caldecott Medal Winners

Named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, the Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. In addition to the Caldecott Medal, the committee typically awards Caldecott Honors to other books worthy of attention.


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2023 Newbery Medal Winners

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British children’s book publisher John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Beside the Newbery Medal, the committee usually awards Newbery Honors to other books worthy of attention.


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2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal Winners

The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were established in 2012 by the American Library Association to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year.


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