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August 2022 - New Books

The dog days of summer are truly here!  If you are vacationing this month, get your name on the reserve lists for these HOT titles so you have something to read.  If you’re staying home but need a cool place to relax for a few hours, visit us anytime!  We’d love to see you hear about ...

Win Prizes with the Adult Summer Reading Challenge!

Join the Adult Summer Reading Challenge for a chance to win prizes all summer long! What can I win? ●     Prizes for logging books - receive a prize for the 4th, 6th, and 8th book you read ●     Weekly Raffle Drawing - every Monday a lucky winner will...

July 2022 - New Movies & TV Releases

Life is normalizing as people return to movie theaters for blockbuster summer movies such as Top Gun : Maverick, Jurassic World : Dominion, and Minions : the Rise of Gru.  While summer has traditionally been a slow time for major video releases, there are some notable movies and TV series be...

July 2022 - New Books

July is full of beach days, pool days, evenings on the porch or deck, and late nights just made for all the summer reads! Below is a list of the best titles being published this month.  Come in to pick them up or place a hold to pick up at a later date. Make sure you sign up for the Adult Summe...

New! Bluebird Language App - Now Available through Livebrary

Bluebird, a language learning app from Pronunciator, is now available for all Suffolk County patrons through Livebrary. The App focuses on learning through audio lessons and features 12 million pre-recorded lessons, personalized courses, quizzes, daily lessons and more for learning 163 languages. Bl...

2022 Primary Elections

This year's primary elections are a little different than previous years. Court challenges over the redrawing of some congressional district lines (i.e. “gerrymandering”) have resulted in the delay and rescheduling of races that run along these disputed district lines. The result is two primary elec...

Join us for Vol. 2 of the SHPL Sketchbook Initiative!

Volume 1 of our Sketchbook Initiative is ending June 30, and a new one will begin on July 1. Each quarter we begin a new volume with different suggested themes. Ideas for Vol. 2 are: Summer Nights / Red, White, and Blue / Map It Out / Catalog of… / Outside Only / Bright & Bold / Take Your Time /...

June 2022 - New Movies & TV Releases

A preview of notable movies and television series being released on video this month.  Taking part in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, Morbius stars Jared Leto as enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, ...

June 2022 - New Books

We begin our Summer Reading Challenge in June and to get your started, we’ve compiled a list of some new reads coming out this month.  Before you dive in though, make sure you sign up for the Adult Summer Reading Challenge, Oceans of Possibilities, starting on June 25 here: Summer Reading Chall...

May 2022 - New Movies & TV Releases

While Hollywood prepares for people returning to movie theaters for summer blockbusters, some of the biggest box office hits so far this year will be released on home video in May. Grossing over $367 million domestically, The Batman stars Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader who ventures into G...