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Virtual Book Display: Fantasy!
As you know, the theme for Summer Reading 2020 is Imagine Your Story! With fairytales, mythology, and fantasy, we hope you're having a magical summer. Want suggestions about what to read next? Check out this virtual display!
Friday Featured Artist: Modern Day Fitzgerald
Modern Day Fitzgerald are an amazingly talented and hard-working band who describe themselves as "gentlemen who perform music with proper etiquette." If by proper etiquette they mean energetic live performances, an inspiring work ethic, great videos and a sound that encompasses everything from The Beach Boys to The White Stripes, they are spot-on. Led by guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Mica-Elgin Vi, the band are currently plotting various music, video and advocacy projects.
TBT: Johnson County’s Hospitals and Healthcare Systems
Johnson County’s Hospitals and Healthcare Systems have a fascinating history!
Johnson County is fortunate today to be home to many outstanding hospitals, clinics, doctor’s offices, and other medical facilities. But this was not always the case. In thinking about how much health has been in the news with the COVID-19 pandemic, this three-part blog series will explore the history of healthcare in Johnson County. It's the latest jocohistory blog entry!
Garrulousness
We have an exciting Summer Reading-themed show! Our Librarians called in with several recommendations for your little ones. We also asked you on facebook to submit your favorite childhood titles. We mention a number of your suggestions! From those, we created a really great booklist. Before we launch into all that, Melissa Horak-Hern and Dave Carson share memories of their top-five childhood books!
Six Million Reasons to Remember
Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, is a time to learn about the Holocaust, remember survivors and victims and reflect about genocide. Join us for In Memory of Six Million as we welcome survivor Sonia Warshawski. She will share her experiences of a teenager in Poland during WWII, from ghetto to death camp. The generation of survivors is rapidly shrinking. Learn this tragic history from someone who lived it.
Thursday, April 16
7 – 8 p.m.
Corinth Library
Enter to Win Our Writing and Poster Contests
We have two contests that close on July 10, one for kids and one for all ages!
Kids! Enter to win our Fantasy Writing Contest for 3rd-8th Graders. Writers going into 3rd-8th grade are invited to share their fantasy stories with us through July 10 as part of our summer reading activities.
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All ages! Enter our Imagine Your Story Fandom Poster Contest! If you have a fandom, we want to see it! Make a poster and share it with us this summer through July 10!
TBT: J. Robert Oppenheimer
Sometimes history is just one week ago. That's when we released our Author Research in Action series where we take an award-winning author and let them dive-into conversation with a subject matter expert! In this rebroadcast, Los Alamos National Laboratory Program Manager and Senior Historian, Alan Carr is paired with author Robert J. Sawyer who’s written a new SciFi/historical fiction/thriller called The Oppenheimer Alternative.
Happy Throwback Thursday! Some call it the best day of the week.