We here at the Library are always looking for new and shiny resources for you, beloved patrons, and trying our darnest to put the world at your fingertips. Today, we got a little closer to that goal by making Hoopla available to you! Hoopla is an online service that allows you to download & stream free … Continue reading Now available for you: Hoopla!
Pray to whomever you kneel down to: Jesus nailed to his wooden or plastic cross, his suffering face bent to kiss you, Buddha still under the bo tree in scorching heat, Adonai, Allah. Raise your arms to Mary that she may lay her palm on our brows, to Shekhina, Queen of Heaven and Earth, to … Continue reading “Pray for Peace” by Ellen Bast
Allow me to start with sincerest apologies for the lack of Saturdays @ the South last week. It is the first time since this column’s beginning over a year ago that it hasn’t appeared and I certainly hope it will be the last. In the meantime, let’s move forward with this week’s content (and, hopefully, your forgiveness…). … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: Getting Cozy
Spoiler alert!! I pre-read the endings of books. Yup, that’s right, with many of the books I read, I flip to the back of the book to get a sense of the ending, often before I’ve finished the first 50 pages. Sometimes it’s the last chapter, sometimes only the last page or two, but book … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: A Bibliophile Confession on Book Anxiety
Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz on this day in 1874 in Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, to Rabbi Mayer Sámuel Weisz and Cecília Weisz (née Steiner). He was one of seven children, and in 1878, he, four of his brothers, and his pregnant mother sailed to the United States (the rest of the family would follow within … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Houdini!
Books make terrific fodder for movies and television, as we’ve often noted here. But when it was announced that Fox was adapting DC Comics’ Lucifer into a television show, there was both great rejoicing, and enormous trepidation. This Lucifer is based on the character first established in Free-For-All Favorite Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series. He later got his very own spin-off series, … Continue reading On the Screen: Lucifer
Psst…Are you alone? I have a secret to tell you. Come closer… Closer… I need to whisper this one. Are you ready for this? Here goes: I’ve never read Harry Potter. Seriously, any of them. I know, I know. It’s become a beloved classic not just for children, but for adults, too. This is one … Continue reading A(nother) Saturdays @ the South Bibliophile Confession: Unread Books