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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]