Learning is fun!

Learning is fun! May 4, 2017 This is my favorite type of nonfiction, where you learn a ton of stuff while laughing. If you think a book about dictionaries sounds boring, prepare to be…

One For Your Watchlist: Noises Off!

One For Your Watchlist: Noises Off! July 14, 2025  It’s always a bummer to watch an older film and realize some talented person is no longer around and passed away while relatively young. In the case of Noises Off!…

Beachy Picture Books

Beachy Picture Books July 15, 2025 Books have this magical quality that they can transport you anywhere in space and time. Children's books, in particular, have a way of captivating readers with their imagery and unique…

Rollll Pridddee Rollll...a lil Irish History

Rollll Pridddee Rollll...a lil Irish History April 22, 2017 Though its expansive campus can be seen from the fast lanes of I-65 S just past Armory Lane, Father Ryan High School hasn't always called their Norwood Drive location home. On top of possessing…

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Let’s Build a Better World This Summer

Let’s Build a Better World This Summer May 23, 2017 It’s that time of year again. The sun is shining brighter, the days are getting longer, the school year is ending, and people everywhere are wondering how to best spend the summer.…

12 Steps to being a Coupon Champion

12 Steps to being a Coupon Champion May 3, 2017 Want to eat healthy, but also keep grocery bills low? Check out this coupon advice guide to get started saving money on groceries! It's…

Privacy is for Everyone

Privacy is for Everyone April 26, 2017 Be informed. Learn about your rights in a digital age during Choose Privacy Week, May 1-7. Freedom from Surveillance Who’s tracking you? What can…

Terms and Conditions: the graphic novel by R. Sikoryak

Terms and Conditions: the graphic novel by R. Sikoryak May 8, 2017 Remember the 1994 Keanu Reeves/Sandra Bullock joint Speed? It was an action film pitched to film executives and the public alike as “Die Hard on a bus.”…

See "Goldilocks" at a School Near You!

See "Goldilocks" at a School Near You! August 5, 2025 Have you heard? Goldilocks, Wishing Chair Productions' newest puppet show, is visiting schools and childcare centers near you! Based on the classic…

Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme April 26, 2017 Jonathan Demme, Academy Award winner for Best Director for Silence of the Lambs, died today at age 73. Demme was best known for his big…

Summer Kids: Road Trip Ready

Summer Kids: Road Trip Ready June 16, 2017 Planning a road trip this summer? Get your kids involved in the planning. If you Google "Road Trips with Kids" you get almost 5 million…

Summer Kids: Build and Create

Summer Kids: Build and Create June 30, 2017 We're Building a Better World at the Library this Summer! Keep your kids busy building and creating with these books.   Our Summer…

Notre Dame vs. The Klan

Notre Dame vs. The Klan May 11, 2017 I knew both of these were a thing - but I never realized they had clashed. Um… What? Really? These three words were my exact response the first…

Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever

Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever June 12, 2017 Harlan Ellison is a writer whose personal infamy matches his professional fame. He’s won heaps of awards, written across all mediums and genres, and left behind a body of work whose size…