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Start Your Weekend at the Library!
Enjoy stories, songs, and hands-on activities.
(All Ages)
Saturdays: 10:30 a.m. at Roy and Helen Hall Library (Hall)
Special Story Themes:
Feb. 10: Black History Month
Mar. 9: Women's History Month
Apr. 13: Arab American Heritage Month
May 18: Asian American / Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Discover the impactful ways that climate and weather changed the very course of human history from the founder and CEO of AccuWeather! Learn about the comet that hit Earth almost 67 million years ago, and how it triggered a massive climate disruption that led to the extinction of the dinosaur; the dramatic climate shift in 1213 BC that created the conditions for the Ten Plagues of Egypt, a foundational moment in three major world religions; how superior...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this program, Tomiko Morimoto shares her inspiring story of survival and triumph in the face of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. As a teenager, she watched the bombing from her schoolyard, losing her mother and grandfather in the attack. She went on to marry an American GI, become a professor at Vassar College, and at age 90 to advocate for world peace.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
He was one of the 19th century's most important revolutionaries, an architect of Italian unity and a popular ladies' man: Giuseppe Garibaldi. A man full of contradictions, Garibaldi nevertheless enjoyed great admiration and respect. Featuring interviews with historians and his descendants, this program visits significant sites of his revolutionary activities to help paint a full picture of this man who went from guerrilla fighter to national hero....
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District, or Black Wall Street, was one of the most prosperous African American communities in the US. This documentary charts that history and explores the lessons from this time period that can be applied today.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The school year is coming to a close and with it, the first year of Advanced Placement African American studies, an interdisciplinary class by the College Board that has attracted praise from professors and also fierce opposition from some Republican politicians. Laura Barrón-López spoke with educators, students and experts to understand the potential and the politics behind the course.
12) Not A Tame Lion
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
John Boswell read and translated fourteen ancient and modern languages, became a Yale Professor by age thirty and was granted full access to the highly classified and restricted Vatican archives from which he researched four award winning books, making him a world renowned expert in Medieval History and Linguistics. Boswell was also openly gay without apology in an era that was neither tolerant nor accepting. "Not a Tame Lion" offers the first-hand...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
As the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its 100th anniversary from July 2021, this landmark special investigates the key characters and eras that have shaped its turbulent history. From the revolutionary 1920s, to the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, the Great Famine, the Cultural Revolution and the reforms by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, we uncover how these extraordinary events still affect China, to this day.
14) True North
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After his father disappears and the rest of his family is sent to a notorious political prison camp in North Korea, a young boy must learn to survive the harsh conditions, find meaning in his perilous existence, and maybe even escape.
15) A New Home
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This film examines the story of Bosnian war refugees fleeing to St. Louis, Missouri. Now home to more displaced Bosnians than any other city in the world, the film charts how these refugees assimilated, built businesses and transformed their neighborhoods.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The story of one of the world's most famous diamonds-stolen from South Asia during colonization and now among the crown jewels in London-is a call to action for readers to decolonize and hold their heads high. The Kohinoor diamond, one of the most famous diamonds in the world, was stolen from India and fought over throughout centuries of colonial conquest, eventually landing in the hands of British royals who tricked a ten-year-old South Asian monarch...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Unlocking the human stories behind millennia of art, the eminent curator, taking us from ancient Babylon to contemporary Pyongyang, explains art’s power to illuminate our lives and reveals how great art resonates powerfully by transcending the boundaries of time.
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