This Throwback Thursday, we're exploring the life and career of the Man in Black, Johnny Cash. Born February 26, 1932, Cash would've been 85 this year. He died in 2003, months after his beloved wife, June Carter Cash, passed away. Cash's memory and music live on. Born in Arkansas, Johnny Cash worked in the cotton…
#TBT: Happy Birthday, Betty White!
She did it! Betty White survived 2016 and turns 95 January 17. For this Throwback Thursday, we’ll take a look at the storied career of everyone’s favorite funny lady. From radio to game and variety shows to sitcoms, it seems Betty White has done it all. Born in Oak Park, White moved to Los Angeles with…
Ahhhh!!! Home Alone Is 25!
It’s been 25 years since I sat in the movie theater with my little brother roaring with laughter at the attempts of pint-sized Kevin McAllister, played by Macaulay Culkin, protecting his home from dimwitted burglars Marv and Harry, aka The Wet Bandits. Since then, Home Alone has become a holiday classic. Written by John Hughes and…
Give Back During National Volunteer Week
If you’ve wanted to reach out to your community and lend a helping hand in some way, but haven’t known how, you’re in luck—National Volunteer Week runs from April 12-18. It is the perfect time to engage with and within your community and work to make things brighter for yourself and your neighbors. Volunteering your…
Celebrating Hispanic Fiction
I’ve really enjoyed reading my friends’ lists of 10 books most influential to them, a meme popular right now on Facebook. I’ve crafted mine and several in the top 20 (because a librarian can’t stop at 10) are books by Hispanic authors. Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s lyrical storytelling in One Hundred Years of Solitude, the complicated relationships…
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