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Happy Bloomsday!
It only happens once a year. Today marks the 106th anniversary of Bloomsday. Pittsburgh has been formally celebrating since 1988, however the first official celebration occured in the form of a five month-long festival in Dublin in 1954. Perhaps you’re wondering to yourself, what is Bloomsday exactly? … Continue reading
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A View from the Moon
I’m guessing that your childhood dream of growing up to be an astronaut never came true–or maybe it did. What do I know? Even if you don’t get the opportunity to launch shuttles into outer space, explore the vastness of the universe or experience … Continue reading
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Natural Language
Natural Language, the sister-project of the library’s popular Sunday Afternoon Poetry and Reading Series, is an anthology including the work of over 30 Pittsburgh poets and writers who have read their work in the series since its formation in 2007. Curators of the series and fellow library … Continue reading
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So Pretty, You’ll Want to Eat It
Have you ever seen something so cute/pretty/fuzzy that you just want to hold it up to your face and take a bite (think kittens and little crocheted animals)? Well, I’ve found myself reacting this way toward vegetation, specifically pretty flowers … Continue reading
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Most Dangerous Women in the Library
Jan Maher, author of Most Dangerous Women (a readers’ theater play), creates a work that is both a book, a play, and a teaching tool that engages audiences by having readers of the work act out roles of important women … Continue reading
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Disturbing Demises
Ever wonder what the last words uttered by Joan Crawford were? Or what River Phoenix took to the grave? Any idea why Judy Garland’s body was kept in cold storage for a year? Local author, journalist and dead celebrity expert, Alan Petrucelli has answers … Continue reading
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Bringing a Little Green into Your Life
Money? Nope. This green will introduce a color other than white into your life. With seemingly no end in sight to the winter wonderland outside your window, March 20, the official start of spring, feels much too far away. Terrariums! They’re an easy and fun way to … Continue reading
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Mind Your Manners, If You Even Have Any in the First Place
Allow me to add the disclaimer that I am mostly writing this post for myself. Okay. I’m entirely writing this post for myself. Table manners. Something I’ve somehow lost, if I ever had any in the first place. I can … Continue reading
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Time for Tea
A little fact you might have not known: January is, in fact, National Hot Tea Month. I must say, I’ve traipsed around, completely oblivious to this national observance, but I’m making up for it now by posting about these dear … Continue reading
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A Year in Review
And what a year it has been! While advocacy was a major theme for the Library this year (and that will continue in 2010!), we also managed to have a great big celebration of summer reading, open a new Allegheny branch, … Continue reading
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