This year, I was the juror for the 2018 Bluegrass Biennial which was held at the Golding-Yang Gallery at Morehead State University. The Biennial serves an important need that allows artists from across Kentucky an opportunity to share their work alongside their peers from across the state. It also provides a great opportunity for audiences [...]
It's after Labor Day! That means it's officially PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE SEASON. I asked some of my librarian pals: If a Pumpkin Spice Latte were a book, what book would it be? Here's what they said: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (2014; 337 pages). This is a book that will warm you up [...]
September is National Library Card Sign Up Month! Did you know your library card can be used for some INCREDIBLE things? Tune in to our Facebook page during the month of September to see what superpowers your library card has! What do you love to use YOUR library card for? -- Abby Johnson, Collection [...]
A Gathering of Secrets by Linda Castillo (2018; 308 pages). Also available on audiobook CD. Series: Kate Burkholder #10 I read this series and have loved it from the beginning. The setting is in a fictional town called Painters Mill, which is in Ohio, but it is definitely based on real towns in this area. [...]
One of my favorite books, Patrick Ness's The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008, 479 pages), is ten years old this year! It tells the story of Todd, the youngest boy in a town of only men. Because of something that happened long ago, shortly after colonists arrived on this new planet, there are no women [...]
If you like a multigenerational story about love and loyalty and family, look no further than If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim (2018; 432 pages). In war-torn Korea, the country is splitting in half and Haemi feels like she's splitting in half, too. Her family has fled their village due to the fighting [...]
Did you know these Pooh facts? Pooh's First Appearance: Winnie the Pooh’s first appearance was not in A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh (1926; 161 pages), he actually appeared in a poem collection by Milne two years earlier entitled When We Were Very Young (1924; 100 pages), which featured many poems about Milne’s son Christopher Robin [...]
Join us in September for Beginning Genealogy! We will have classes every Wednesday in September from 4:30-6:30 pm in the Indiana History Room. Due to limited seating, registration is required. Click here to register! Courses will cover the following: Wednesday, September 5th - Getting Started – You will learn what forms are used for genealogy [...]
You probably don't need me to tell you about this book, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton - it's Oprah's latest Book Club pick and hopefully it's everywhere you look. What you might need me to tell you is that it is a compelling, [...]
Quilting has come a long way from its origin culcita, Latin for “a stuffed sack.” In early American colonization, the use of fabric was strictly functional and efficient – the female heads-of-houses stitched a variety of materials due to money problems or limited textile options. Fabrics became more accessible and feasible during the late 1700S [...]
