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July 2023 - New Books

July is a great month for reading outdoors! Relax by the pool, on the beach, at the park, or in your backyard with a good book. Going on vacation and need a book for the plane or car ride? Here are some of the popular books coming out this month that you can put on hold now! The Adult Summer Reading...

Start Birding with the Times

The New York Times, along with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is inviting people to explore birds in their area to help scientists fill in data gaps and give researchers a clearer picture of biodiversity in places that birders generally don’t frequent. The population of nearly half of all bird s...

Honoring Juneteenth Through Children’s Books

Do you know what Juneteenth is?  It is a day that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.  You might know that on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln shared the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared “that all persons held as slaves…are, and henceforth shall be free.”...

June 2023 - New Movies & TV Releases

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...

June 2023 - New Books

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...

What is Folk Horror?

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 ...

Young Adult Books in Honor of Jewish American Heritage Month

Since 2006, May has been designated as Jewish American Heritage Month.  During this month, we celebrate the contributions that people from this culture have made to American society in a variety of ways.  Here at the South Huntington Library we show our appreciation through books, of cours...

Hurricane Preparedness Week 2023: April 30-May 6

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...

May 2023 - New Movies & TV Releases

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...