Check out a book from one of our displays this September! Our nonfiction book display is dedicated to Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 to October 15. Our fiction display highlights books with sports themes. Check out our Staff Picks board for staff recommendations, too! Nonfiction: Hispanic Heritage Month Fiction: Reading is My […]
Many know Lin-Manuel Miranda as the creator of the hit musical, Hamilton. He has gone on to create several hit musicals and movies. He is beloved by many and has stroke of genius. He was just inducted into the D23 Hall of Fame for Disney. Daniel Pollack- Pelzner dives into Miranda’s early life. Readers get […]
This Labor Day, learn more about the challenges, struggles, and achievements of workers through history. What’s the history of the labor movement? How do we have weekends, and child labor laws? Let’s find out! You can access this and other library-curated booklists on our Booklists page.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I want to shout out my favorite biopic of all time, Selena (1997), which follows the life and tragic murder of Mexican-American Queen of Tejano music and fashion icon Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Jennifer Lopez does an amazing job of bringing Selena’s personality and heart to the screen, not to mention […]
9/1 | 5:30-8:30 | Play Mah Jongg Join us on the first Tuesday of every month! Drop in anytime in the 3-hour block to play Mah Jongg! Limited supplies are provided, but you may bring your own! No registration required. 9/2 | 6:30-8 PM | Fiber Arts Group Calling all fiber artists! Bring your current […]
Excel spreadsheets allow you to easily store, organize and modify data. In this class, you will learn the basics of Excel, including inserting text, basic formulas, AutoFill and more, by creating a personal budget. Two classes will be offered and held in the Milhendler room on the first floor, one on Tuesday September 15th from […]
Long ago there was a party of heroes who went on an epic journey to save the world, and they succeeded. Now, most humans only know the stories passed down to them about this brave group who brought peace to the land. One of that group, an immortal elf named Frieren, has survived most of […]
Do you want to study library and information science? Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA), available through EBSCO, is the database for you! If you’re in an academic program for library and information science, you’ll probably use LISTA in your research. HPL library cardholders have free access to tons of reports, journals, and books […]
Are you a “self-proclaimed” theatre-kid? Do you like rom-coms and drama? Then this is the book for you. Eden is an understudy for the Pride and Prejudice National Tour. She ends up going on as Elizabeth Bennett during Kennedy Center stop when the lead can no longer do the show. Eden plays opposite her well-known […]
August 8th is International Cat Day! Let’s enjoy some frankly purrfect cats in books and movies. Books listed: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote; Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot; The Master & Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami; The Famished Road, Ben Okri; I Am a Cat, Soseki Natsume. Movies […]
