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Chappaqua LENS - February 2008
Welcome!
For complete information please see our web site (www.chappaqualibrary.org), our calendar, or call the library at 238-4779
FEBRUARY 2008
BACK TO ....LIFE
One of our most difficult tasks here at the library is to make room for the new materials we are always adding. This means constantly evaluating older materials and deciding what to keep. Sometimes, in the course of that evaluation, we decide that material is way too good to keep in storage. So, we’re bringing back, to our reference shelves, our collection of bound Life Magazines from 1937 to 1970.
These primary resources offer a peek into the prevailing concerns, interests and prejudices of the time. Considered the first photographic U.S. news magazine, it nurtured the major photojournalistic talents of Robert Capa, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, W. Eugene Smith and Gordon Parks. It published Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea, and contracted with him for a 4,000 word piece on bullfighting. Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill and Douglas MacArthur all serialized their memoirs in the pages of this magazine. And it’s all here, on the shelves of your library!
BACK TO ....LIFE
One of our most difficult tasks here at the library is to make room for the new materials we are always adding. This means constantly evaluating older materials and deciding what to keep. Sometimes, in the course of that evaluation, we decide that material is way too good to keep in storage. So, we’re bringing back, to our reference shelves, our collection of bound Life Magazines from 1937 to 1970. These primary resources offer a peek into the prevailing concerns, interests and prejudices of the time. Considered the first photographic U.S. news magazine, it nurtured the major photojournalistic talents of Robert Capa, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, W. Eugene Smith and Gordon Parks. It published Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea, and contracted with him for a 4,000 word piece on bullfighting. Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill and Douglas MacArthur all serialized their memoirs in the pages of this magazine. And it’s all here, on the shelves of your library! |
BLACK HISTORY MONTH  For the month of February, Gale Cengage is providing free access to its Black History database. Information can be found on civil rights and social reform, African American biography and black literary criticism, as well as activities, timelines and bookmarks. Link to this resource here or from the WLS or Chappaqua Library homepages. Look for our display of jazz and blues music in our recordings area. Among our many great resources here at the library is a book and cd set entitled Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919. This in-depth history of the involvement of African Americans in the earliest years of recording examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States. |
BOOK OF THE MONTH
 Gotcha Capitalism by Bob Sullivan
Are you fed up with hidden fees charged by banks, phone companies, health clubs and more? Learn how to fight back with this useful resource. It can be found at the Financial and Consumer Resources table in the reference area, and we have a circulating copy, too. |
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
For upcoming library and community programs, please visit our online community calendar
Informal Writing Workshop, Feb. 4, Mar. 3, 17 Author Talk: Pope Brock – CHARLATAN: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him and the Age of Flimflam, Feb. 7 AARP Tax Preparation, Feb. 7 – Apr. 10 Menus in the Movies: Award-Winning Independent Films, Feb. 8, Mar. 14, Apr. 11 Chappaqua Library Bridge Club, Feb. 9, 23, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 29 The Chappaqua Orchestra Winds, Feb. 10 Open Book Discussion, Feb. 12, Mar. 11, Apr. 15 Memoir Writing Workshop, Feb. 14, Mar. 13, Apr. 10 Alan Sklar Reading H.H. Munro (pen name Saki), Feb. 22 Creative Publicity: Have You Read Anything Good About Yourself Recently?, Feb. 28 Chappaqua Scrabble Club, Mar. 4, 11, 18 WEBS Career and Educational Counseling begins Mar. 4 Films: All Talking, All Singing, All Dancing, Mar. 7, Apr. 4 Spring Cookie Decorating, Mar. 11 ILLNESS & GRACE, TERROR & TRANSFORMATION: Heather Tosteson and Charles D. Brockett, Editors, Mar. 18 Duo Firenze, Mar. 30 METS FAN, Apr. 2 Paul Bonnel and Friend, Apr. 6 Literature Workshop, Apr. 10, 24 Second Annual Memoir Gathering, Apr. 26 TRAVEL ITALIA: The Golden Age of Italian Travel Posters, Apr. 29 | Colorful Tuesdays, Feb. 5 Book Tails, Feb. 5, 12, 26 Multilingual Mother Goose, Feb. 7, 14, 21 Victorian Valentine Tea, Feb. 8 Valentine’s Day Card Crafts, Feb. 9 Tales Heard ‘Round the World, Feb. 10 Flower Arranging, Feb. 13 Sundays for Art, Feb. 17 Make a Chess Move, Feb. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 Art ‘Til Three, Feb. 19 Lights, Camera, Action: Short Films for Children, Feb. 19 Movies and More with Zahra, Feb. 21 Family-Feature-Film-Fun, Feb. 22 Reel Books, Feb. 27 Young Critics Book Discussion Group
Parent/Child Book Discussion Group
| Teen Movie and Pizza, Feb. 15
Read the Book/See the Movie, Feb. 10, Mar. 9
Young Writers Contest, Jan. 28 - Mar. 3
Mother/Daughter Book Discussion Group Parent/Child Book Discussion Group
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