Blog Entries

February 2024 - New Movies & TV Releases

February is shaping up to be an exciting month for movie lovers with a host of new releases set to be released on video.  Waitress: The Musical (February 6) Filmed live on Broadway and featuring composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles as Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in ...

February 2024 - New Books

Fall in love with these new books and everything the library has to offer! It’s National Library Lovers’ Month. Did you know the library offers books in print, audio and digital formats, museum passes, homebound delivery services, the sketchbook initiative, Winter Concert series, Adult Winter Readin...

January 2024 - New Movies & TV Releases

Happy New Year 2024! Let us look forward to another entertaining year of movies and television series.   The Holdovers (January 2) Set in 1970, a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the h...

January 2024 - New Books

Happy New Year! Kick off 2024 with some of these great new releases! Whether you’re going to stick to the genres you typically read or try different ones as part of your new year’s resolutions, we’ve got you covered! Did you know our Adult Winter Reading Challenge starts on January 6? Register onlin...

December 2023 - New Movies & TV Releases

Take some time off from preparing for the holidays this month and watch a newly released movie on DVD or Blu-ray. Wishing you a joyous holiday season and a wonderful new year! Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Harrison Ford returns to the role of the legendary hero archaeologist for this h...

December 2023 - New Books

It’s finally December and the year is coming to an end. The winter season is the best time to lay under a blanket and read a book. End your year cozying up with some of these new releases! Happy holidays from all of us at SHPL! Darby Kane. The Engagement Party.  Emily Hunt went missing fr...

November 2023 - New Movies & TV Releases

This month's video releases include one of this year’s most popular and critically acclaimed movies, an independent film that became a sleeper hit, and a slew of sequels.  Oppenheimer Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American th...

November 2023- New Books

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? We’re thankful for our SHPL community, books, family, friends, and more! If you’re also thankful for books, you’ll be excited to put some of these new November upcoming releases on hold now! Happy Thanksgiving from our SHPL family to yours! Rebecca Yar...

2023 General Election on November 7th

For Suffolk County voters, this year's polling features local elections, where numerous county and town offices are up for grabs -- these include county executive and legislative positions, as well as town supervisors, clerks, council members, trustees and tax receivers. There are also a few judicia...

Hispanic Heritage Month Book Recommendations

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by reading Hispanic literary authors in the collection.  Some featured works in the current display are: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez This is the author's epic tale of seven generations of the Buendía family that also spans a hu...