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Category Archives: Books
Katie Yamasaki Discusses “Shapes, Lines And Light: My Grandfather’s American Journey”
Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, 2 – 3 p.m. Thanks to Mike C. Where Central Library Room Location Level 1 – Microsoft Auditorium Address Registration required.Click here to register. Audience Kids & Families, Adults Language English Summary Learn more about the life and legacy of Minoru Yamasaki, … Continue reading
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An invitation to Skyline from Town Hall
Ed note: It’s wonderful to have our neighbor, Town Hall, recognize us and offer special discounts for the inaugural Writers Festival. This weekend, we turn the page on a new chapter in our organization’s programming story. Town Hall’s inaugural Writers … Continue reading
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Dolly Parton celebrates her Imagination Library program
Tyler Buchanan From Axios thanks to Pam P. Dolly Parton never imagined her book giveaway program would amount to much more than helping children in her native Sevier County, Tennessee, learn to read. But over the past 27 years, millions … Continue reading
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Ten Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime (maybe)
Not news to some of us, but still a little unsettling. Thanks to Sybil-Ann 1. The Post Office– Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in … Continue reading
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Caregiver Book Club
Thanks to Put B. Note: You don’t have to belog to Kaiser to participate in this book club, or even read the book, to join in the discussion
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New York Public Library makes banned books available for free
Thanks to Pam P. In response to the more than 1,500 books challenged to be removed from libraries in the last year, the New York Public Library launched an effort to make some banned books available for everyone — for free. The initiative is … Continue reading
Meet the 1,300 librarians racing to back up Ukraine’s digital archives
Thanks to Pam P. By Pranshu Verma in the Washington Post A public library damaged by shelling in Chernihiv, Ukraine. (Olga Korotkova/AP) In early March, two weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Carrie Pirmann stumbled upon a website dedicated to Ivan … Continue reading
The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream
The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) by Maria Popova Ed note: This is a rather “heavy” entry but a friend who’s in the midst of a crisis, sent this story. It brought me back to a Russian lit course in college … Continue reading
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Carl Bernstein: Life of A Newsman
Thanks to Ed M. By Jean Godden -February 2, 2022 in Post Alley “The door led me into another universe. People were shouting. Typewriters clattered and chinged. Beneath my feet I could feel the rumble of the presses. In my whole life … Continue reading
Breathe no evil or See no evil – Masks in schools
Thanks to Mary Jane F.