Celebrate National Poetry Month as part of the Year of Reading Challenge! This month, you have a chance to win a gift card if your read a book of poetry. Below are some suggested titles put together by staff. Your selection for the drawing doesn’t need to come from this list—it’s just some suggestions if […]
After two months of #LibraryMadness, the end is here. We started with nominations in February, when it looked as if the comedy Schitt’s Creek would be the show to beat, and now here we are at the end of March with only two shows remaining. It’s been wild and fun and full of surprises, and […]
After 4 rounds, there are only 4 shows left standing, and I have say, they are not necessarily the shows I would have guessed when all this started. The shows are—Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Jeopardy!, The Wonder Years, and Friends. It’s been an interesting ride to get here, with some truly crazy matchups. (I still think […]
This year’s #LibraryMadness has been defined by upsets, most notably those Round 1 victories of CSI and Happy Days over top seeds Downton Abbey and Seinfeld. It took until Round 3 and Friends to finally knockout the Fonz. CSI, however, hasn’t even broken a sweat yet, dispatching Parks and Recreation with ease. If any show […]
After Round 1, I was surprised to see that 2 of the 4 top seeds (Downton Abbey and Seinfeld) had been knocked out of the #LibraryMadness tournament. Well, if I was surprised then, I’m really surprised now as the two remaining top seeds, Schitt’s Creek and This Is Us, have also been eliminated. So, […]
Did Happy Days ever Jump the Shark? Well, Fonzie literally did in one of TV’s most infamous episodes, but if the show ever Jumped the Shark in the sense that after that episode it was never as good again, our #LibraryMadness voters aren’t interested in hearing about it. In #LibraryMadness history, our top seeds tend […]
So, spring is surely on its way (Right?) so it’s time to celebrate what’s new. Below is a list of some of the new items we’re getting this month, including new fiction, nonfiction, DVDs, and music. Some of these items have already arrived and all of them are available in the catalog if you’d like […]
The votes have been tallied, and the 3rd Annual #LibraryMadness tournament is about to begin. I couldn’t be more excited to find out what’s the best TV show ever according to all of you! So, what do the matchups look like? Let’s take a peek! The show with the most nominations is the delightful comedy […]
Celebrate Women’s History as part of The Year of Reading Challenge! In March, you have a chance to win a gift card if your read a book written by a woman or about women’s history. Below are some suggested titles put together by staff and using the NoveList database, which you can use as well […]
Next week on Thursday the 25th at 6:30 pm, I am going to be hosting our first Kanopy Klub program, and I’m really excited about this. Kanopy is one of our streaming video services, and they have a fantastic selection of foreign films, art house movies, documentaries, and so much more. The idea of Kanopy […]