Area libraries are continuing to offer services ranging from curbside pickup and limited in-person browsing to various virtual programs and take-home activities. Here’s a look at what’s planned in the Anchor Bay area. Chesterfield Township Library The Chesterfield Township Library is open at 50% capacity. Face masks are required. Curbside […]
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Borrowing at San Diego’s city libraries is down more than 50 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic as residents transitioned to a world dominated by curbside checkouts, electronic books and branches where browsing is not allowed. Circulation plummeted even farther, about 90 percent, last April and May, but it bounced back […]
Samantha Bonnette Published 8:01 a.m. CT March 13, 2021 CLOSE Spring is almost here, and at Shreve Memorial Library, we are helping you prepare for warmer temperature by learning new things. Now is the time to plant a garden, create a spring wreath to adorn your home, and explore a […]
BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – Bedford Public Library System and Bedford 4-H are teaming up to create hands-on learning opportunities for kids. This month, Bedford 4-H is teaching a STEM science water education series that explores flooding, pollution, irrigation, water conservation and the different ways we use water. The four-part series […]
While a sophomore at what was then Chaminade High School, Kambitsch and some friends quit their paper routes in hopes of “making some real money.” His mother said he needed another job, and told him to head to the library. It was Aug. 9, 1972 that the future DML executive […]
If you want to travel to your friends’ Animal Crossing: New Horizons islands, you’ll need a Switch Online subscription. Érika García / CNET If you want to wring every drop of value of your Nintendo Switch, it’s worth signing up for the company’s Switch Online subscription service. Think of Xbox Live or […]
MENTOR, Ohio — Are you looking for a little fun and adventure? Something to spice up your life in these challenging times? Mentor Public Library is offering you the chance to take a risk on a blind date. Not with a human being. With a book. The new program is […]
EAU CLAIRE — A new addition to the popular Seven Bumps Hill is intended to promote sharing, community and outdoor recreation. The Little Free Sled Library, launched Saturday with six new sleds, is a wintertime spinoff of the popular Little Free Library concept, enabling anyone to borrow a sled at no […]
If you want to travel to your friends’ Animal Crossing: New Horizons islands, you’ll need a Switch Online subscription. Érika García / CNET If you want to get the most out of your Nintendo Switch, it’s worth signing up for the company’s Switch Online subscription service. Think of Xbox Live or […]
If you want to travel to your friends’ Animal Crossing: New Horizons islands, you’ll need a Switch Online subscription. Érika García / CNET If you want to get the most out of your Nintendo Switch, it’s worth signing up for the company’s Switch Online subscription service. Think of Xbox Live or […]
If you want to travel to your friends’ Animal Crossing: New Horizons islands, you’ll need a Switch Online subscription. Érika García / CNET If you want to get the most out of your Nintendo Switch, it’s worth signing up for the company’s Switch Online subscription service. Think of Xbox Live or […]
Krista Lord prepares for her read-aloud virtual session at the Lewiston Public Library on Thursday. Lord adds some visual interest to her scene each week. This week it was a dinosaur, other weeks she decorates the backdrop with polka dots or displays a stuffed animal. The stories are streamed to […]
Award-winning family theatre company Tessa Bide Productions have adapted their successful interactive live show, The Anarchist’s Mobile Library, into an interactive audio and British Sign Language (BSL) adventure for children and their families to play from home. It is available to play from Saturday 21 November by visiting: https://www.library.live/the-library-presents-blog/the-anarchists-mobile-library. Alongside […]
Following limitations on the number of people who can gather at events, the Shawnee County Parks and Recreation Department and Topeka Zoo announced restrictions of their own. Gianfranco Pezzino, Shawnee County health officer, announced in a Nov. 12 press conference the large event limit dropped from 500 people to 100 […]
TribLIVE’s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Here are some of the upcoming programs offered at Northland Public Library. Some of the virtual programs require registration online at northlandlibrary.org or by calling 412-366-8100. The library is located at […]
As the effects of the global pandemic continue, cities across the world are contending with closed attractions, a dearth of things to do, re-imagined culinary offerings and the overall shrinking of tourist-related activities. As a result, it’s clear a different sort of holiday is on the rise – one that […]
Meredith Gadzinski, For USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 7:34 a.m. CT Oct. 21, 2020 CLOSE Mysterious footsteps and flickering lights are not uncommon at the Rahr-West Art Museum in Manitowoc. A few years ago, I traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and while I was there, I went on a Haunted Walking Tour. […]