Return to Pandora this month as the blockbuster sequel to Avatar is the highlight among this month’s home video releases. Grossing over $2.3 billion worldwide, Avatar : The Way of Water is set more than a decade after the events of the first film. The sequel tells the story of the Sully fam...
It’s June and summer is right around the corner! That means our Adult Summer Reading Challenge, All Together Now, will begin soon! Sign up starting on June 24 here: Summer Reading Challenge or in person. This month, there are new beach reads and books from some of our favorite authors. Start putting...
Broadly speaking, folk horror is a genre of horror that taps into folk beliefs and practices. Beyond that basic element, it also has some more specific thematic characteristics. In We Don’t Go Back: A Watcher’s Guide to Folk Horror, Howard David Ingham identifies a “juxtaposition of the prosaic and ...
Did you know that hurricane season officially starts in June? Although we usually associate late summer and autumn with peak periods of hurricane activity, now is the time to be aware of and understand how these potentially dangerous storms can impact us. The National Weather Service, as part of its...
As Hollywood has big hopes for box-office success this summer, some of the biggest hits of 2023 so far will be released on home video this month. A childhood friend of Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison in Creed III. The face off between former fri...
It’s almost summertime so that means beach reads are hitting the shelves of the library. We’ve picked some of the best May releases that you should definitely put on your TBR (To Be Read) list! Nancy Thayer. All the Days of Summer A divorced empty-nester moves into a cottage on Nantucket and i...
April is National Poetry Month! Celebrate all month long at the library by participating in our interactive Blackout Poetry Station. What is Blackout Poetry all about? Blackout poetry is a mixture of poetry and art made by taking a page of printed text and blacking out the unwanted...
An Academy Award nominee for Best Picture and one of this year’s biggest box office hits are among this month’s video releases. Winner of the Palme D’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, Tr...
April showers bring….great new books to enjoy! Use this list of new releases to plan your spring reading! Jennifer Robson. Coronation Year As we await the coronation of King Charles III in May, you may be interested in reading this fictional account which follows the owner and three very...
The Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 12. A few Oscar-nominated movies highlight the video releases this month. Nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay and based on the novel of the same name, Women Talking takes place at an isolated religious community where ...
