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Native American Heritage Month: Recommended Reading
Native American Heritage Month is celebrated every November. This is the perfect time to observe and appreciate the traditions, languages and stories of Native Americans and First Nation individuals and ensure their rich histories and cultures continue to be preserved and celebrated well into the future. This November, educate yourself on the many different indigenous…
Happy Noirvember
Every November, movie fans celebrate “Noirvember,” a month-long commemoration of film noir. A moody, pessimistic type of crime film that originated in 1940s Hollywood, film noir has enjoyed a long shelf life beyond its original postwar milieu. Defining “film noir” (a French term that means “black film”) is surprisingly difficult. Some see it as a…
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October 30, 1735 – Birthday of John Adams, second president of the United States
This October 30th marks the 288th birthday of John Adams, the second president of the United States. While often overshadowed by the other major players of the American Revolution, Adams' role should not be overshadowed. Few would deny he was a strong political philosopher with a keen intellect and fierce sense of integrity. Adams was…
Talking Books and Braille Library
The Talking Books and Braille Library, or TBBL for short was created by an Act of Congress in 1932, intended to help recovering World War I veterans who had become blind. By 1934, they had recordings of books on phonographs and in 1971, made the switch to audiobooks on cassettes. Today, it operates as a…
Halloween Spotlight: Disney’s The Haunted Mansion
Happy Spooky Season everybody! The Haunted Mansion is one of the most iconic attractions at Disney's theme-parks. Conception of the attraction dates back all the way to 1951 with a vacant mansion included on a sketch of Disneyland. Disney announced construction of the new project in 1961, several years after Disneyland opened, originally for a…
Natchez
In early autumn throngs of travelers descend upon a small town up on the bluffs of the east bank of the Mississippi River about an hour’s drive north of Baton Rouge. This is Natchez, a picturesque town rich in history. Its name came from a local tribe based in the area who were among the…
Picturing Old Saint Tammany
A picture says a thousand words or so the old adage goes. Photographs, postcards, and other pictures offer a fascinating window into the past and serve as a rich source for investigating how our physical and cultural environments have changed over time. The following books all feature local pictures from the late 19th and early…
Hobbit Day 2023: The Silmarillion
The Two Trees of Valinor, as depicted on Amazon Studios' Rings of Power Once upon a time, J. R. R. Tolkien simply wanted to write stories. Over time, these stories seemed to fit in their own world, the kind of fantasy one told of the elder days when the world was young and the…
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