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…

Star Trek : The Newspaper Comics : Complete Dailies and Sundays 1979-1981

Star Trek : The Newspaper Comics : Complete Dailies and Sundays 1979-1981 June 25, 2017 Star Trek comics have been around almost as long as the TV series. Beginning with Gold Key in…

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Gardening for Kids From 2 to 102

Gardening for Kids From 2 to 102 May 2, 2017 Sun and rain, dust and mud, good and bad bugs, the miracle of sprouting seed, tall sunflowers, morning glory vines, hummingbirds and butterflies...there’s never a bad day in the garden!…

Actor Spotlight: Idris Elba

Actor Spotlight: Idris Elba July 20, 2025 Heads of State premiered recently on Amazon Prime featuring John Cena and Idris Elba. This…

Take a Bite Out of the Slice of Life!

Take a Bite Out of the Slice of Life! May 7, 2017 Are you feeling like taking a manga break in the middle of a busy schedule of work and bustle? Again we take the time to compare an absolute must-read manga with an up-and-coming manga series. In this…