?NEIBORS? gives library patrons a new way to enjoy books (Charles City Press)
Let?s be NEIBORS! Library patrons now have anytime, anywhere access to a dynamic collection of digital audio books through the new library service NEIBORS ? the North Eastern Iowa Bridge to Online Resource Sharing (http://neibors.lib.overdrive.com/). NEIBORS is coordinated by East Central, North Central and Northeastern Library Service Areas and is a collaboration of 94 member libraries....more...New materials at the Mason City Public Library (The Globe Gazette)
Fiction Buchanan, Edna. ?Love Kills? Burdett, John. ?Bangkok Haunts? Carlson, Ron. ?River Skies? Chabon, Michael. ?The Yiddish Policemen?s Union?...more... Readings and signings (Portsmouth Herald)
Send readings & signings to features@seacoastonline.com. ...more... From Smut to Adult Diapers (in Tyee Books) (The Tyee)
The only occasionally glamorous life of the young novelist....more... Sci-fi embraced by cultural shift (Deseret Morning News)
Science fiction is dead. Long live science fiction. For those of us who care (and no, we do not live in our parents' basements), the future of futurism is an urgent matter indeed....more... Out and About:July 13-19 (The Morning News)
"Guys and Dolls" Shooting craps is a major occupation in the classic musical "Guys and Dolls," on stage this weekend at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. Rolling here are, from left, Liver Lips Louie (David Godwin), Nicely Nicely Johnson (Michael Weir), Society Max (David Crittenden), Rusty Charly (Terry Yocham) and Nathan Detroit (Bill Rogers)....more... Out and About: July 6-12 (The Morning News)
The Thing to Do Africa in the Ozarks Kouakou Yao, or Angelo, plays an African djembe during a recent class. The Eureka Springs resident shares the music, movement and culture of his native Ivory Coast this weekend during "The Tradition of the Mask," the third annual Africa in the Ozarks festival....more... The Herald's Harry Potter Look-Alike Contest (Bradenton Herald)
? celebration of the fifth movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and the final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," we solicited Muggles to send in photos to our Look-Alike contest....more... There's a wizard in all of us (Palm Springs and Coachella Valley Local News and Guides)
More than anything for her 10th birthday, Amanda Dunlop wanted to visit Hogwarts, the school of witchcraft and wizardry from the Harry Potter series. So her grandmother, Susan Francis, packed up a suitcase full of magical items: robes, wands, journals, glitter that doubled as traveling floo powder....more... |