The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) determines the Division I men’s college basketball national champion with a single-elimination tournament. Branded as March Madness, the annual tournament consists of 68 teams. The 86th edition of the tournament will begin on Tuesday, March 18, and end on...
Whether it’s trench coats in the foggy Berlin night, deep cover agents leaving stolen documents in dead drops, or old spymasters reading newspapers on park benches, there’s something that fascinates us about spy stories from Cold War-era Europe. Gather up your James Bond gadgets and...
It may be February, we haven't fully caught up from 2024! The 2025 Adult Reading Challenge may have launched in January, but we wanted to take a look at what the community read for the 2024 Adult Reading Challenge. We gathered some interesting statistics from...
The Grammy Awards are celebrated annually to recognize “outstanding” achievements in the music industry. This year, the 67th Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 2, to honor the best recordings, compositions, and artists from September 16, 2023, to August 30, 2024. Commonly regarded...
The Hallmark Channel is well known for its Christmas movies, but in recent years, the network has released at least one Hanukkah-focused film every holiday season. Hitched for the Holidays and Love, Lights, Hanukkah! can be found in our collection, while selections from other libraries,...
Queens are known as regal, elegant people who smile beautifully and wear gorgeous clothes and jewels. They also have nerves of steel and a take-no-crap attitude. Did you know that Catherine of Aragon commissioned a book about promoting equal education for women? Back in the...
