tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773078570794000702024-03-13T07:00:54.654-04:00Friends of the Jones Library System NewsServing the Jones, Munson, and North Amherst LibrariesMaryelizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17606041467754950370noreply@blogger.comBlogger1782125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-6661381620377801362021-09-15T11:46:00.002-04:002021-09-15T12:19:08.754-04:00*FREE* internet access<p style="text-align: center;">F<span data-offset-key="dpbpf-0-0"><span data-text="true">rom your home for one month for up to 10 devices! Swing by the Munson or the North Amherst Libraries and pick up your <b>Family Wi-Fi Hotspot</b>.</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="dpbpf-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QP29MCDctEY/YUIVFJehKrI/AAAAAAAATRM/t-dVoEnU6ookfg9Bh7CyOH5V8mb6tUPxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s549/Image%2B9-15-21%2Bat%2B11.41%2BAM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="549" height="268" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QP29MCDctEY/YUIVFJehKrI/AAAAAAAATRM/t-dVoEnU6ookfg9Bh7CyOH5V8mb6tUPxwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h268/Image%2B9-15-21%2Bat%2B11.41%2BAM.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-45369496946247403812021-09-14T09:45:00.002-04:002021-09-14T09:45:00.249-04:00Come strum!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Monday night! <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H1g4YpOtlVY/YTDVjkTXWxI/AAAAAAAATP0/gVRyA-7L9sUnERiiTWwWPMrCCueFP85SQCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/Ukulele%2BPlay%2BAlong%2B-%2BFB.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H1g4YpOtlVY/YTDVjkTXWxI/AAAAAAAATP0/gVRyA-7L9sUnERiiTWwWPMrCCueFP85SQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/Ukulele%2BPlay%2BAlong%2B-%2BFB.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-54417198051961742952021-09-02T09:45:00.000-04:002021-09-02T09:45:03.582-04:00Music for the masses<p style="text-align: center;"> <span data-offset-key="cgj3h-0-0"><span data-text="true">Free outdoor concert at the Jones for everyone! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="cgj3h-0-0"><span data-text="true">Come listen, dance, sing, have fun!</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="cgj3h-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Or1BS5LAJfA/YTDVL0dkrZI/AAAAAAAATPs/QCSK8N90YsAB_88jtqsw1mlUhXIaptZnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/Gaia%2BRoots%2B-%2BFB.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Or1BS5LAJfA/YTDVL0dkrZI/AAAAAAAATPs/QCSK8N90YsAB_88jtqsw1mlUhXIaptZnQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/Gaia%2BRoots%2B-%2BFB.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-50059295653689431352021-07-13T11:59:00.000-04:002021-07-13T11:59:04.315-04:00Public library inspiration<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Check out this Guardian article on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2021/jul/07/a-cultural-masterpiece-the-worlds-best-new-public-libraries-in-pictures" target="_blank">beautiful new public libraries</a> from around the world. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2021/jul/07/a-cultural-masterpiece-the-worlds-best-new-public-libraries-in-pictures" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1364" height="369" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JXRT_fxhWPs/YO24IC4EUII/AAAAAAAATJ0/iyX9Hicw_sgQIFsTsvLRDAMOU0mDzJ3OACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h369/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-07-13%2Bat%2B11.58.01%2BAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-35705598573287161282021-05-10T10:06:00.002-04:002021-05-10T10:06:00.224-04:00Next Monday, May 17<p>Undoubtedly you know it best as Norway's national day, and you wouldn't be wrong there, Friends. BUT? You can also strum to your heart's content on your uke that day, too. </p><p>Maybe you'd even like to pluck out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLJwlEEUTkI" target="_blank">Ja, Vi Elsker Dette Landet</a>?<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RIf0s_zSaLw/YI6x76Sl8ZI/AAAAAAAAS3o/E3-h0bEOxKUZ3Q0X6kEsVSvxDjAHuXgXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/Ukulele%2BPlay%2BAlong%2B-%2BMay%2BFB.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RIf0s_zSaLw/YI6x76Sl8ZI/AAAAAAAAS3o/E3-h0bEOxKUZ3Q0X6kEsVSvxDjAHuXgXQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/Ukulele%2BPlay%2BAlong%2B-%2BMay%2BFB.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-21773424078545891872021-05-09T09:00:00.025-04:002021-05-09T09:00:00.260-04:00Happy Mother's Day!<div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">For all the mothers out there. </div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/17/top-10-matriarchs-in-fiction-ak-blakemore-the-manningtree-witches" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FdDxpPEBjQc/YGM8J-xyiaI/AAAAAAAASyo/4oOZkPU4SgQM7oaG8a0WYw5gd26YRM_QwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/gratisography-260H.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/17/top-10-matriarchs-in-fiction-ak-blakemore-the-manningtree-witches" target="_blank">top 10 matriarchs</a> in literature.<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-72869781364667911842021-05-02T10:04:00.002-04:002021-05-02T10:04:11.441-04:00FRIENDS!! They extended it, they extended it! The deadline's tomorrow! <p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6P41O4cRL4/YI6xUlOfCnI/AAAAAAAAS3g/bjkfblkqzLUy485BONKV_wJVUbGQtmBMACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/VIRTUAL%2BPOETRY%2BNEW%2BDEADLINE.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6P41O4cRL4/YI6xUlOfCnI/AAAAAAAAS3g/bjkfblkqzLUy485BONKV_wJVUbGQtmBMACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/VIRTUAL%2BPOETRY%2BNEW%2BDEADLINE.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-37729657761298772062021-04-23T10:00:00.001-04:002021-04-23T10:00:00.228-04:00Virtual Poetry Reading!<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Some folks read poems aloud.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Others don’t dare.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some people write
great stuff,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Others get nowhere.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But Friends, here’s your chance!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Come join in the fun.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Read a poem from your favorite poet</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Or hey! Read an <i>original</i> one.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Everyone is welcome.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In any language you choose.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We guarantee your poems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Will cure those pandemic blues.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-npFdRE3DwWE/YHc1cKzSsLI/AAAAAAAAS1E/w8oUDGp4G84k8syZqpLKdgeL1gAEEpROwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Poetry%2BReading%2B29.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="133" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-npFdRE3DwWE/YHc1cKzSsLI/AAAAAAAAS1E/w8oUDGp4G84k8syZqpLKdgeL1gAEEpROwCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h133/Poetry%2BReading%2B29.png" width="200" /></a></div> (Click on image to enlarge.)<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-63470201227751214312021-04-21T10:00:00.001-04:002021-04-21T10:00:00.389-04:00Politics. Power. Machiavelli.<p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">Bwahahaaaaa.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rSpuk4XysP8/YHc0z9DT7xI/AAAAAAAAS08/ofMy9nWOXEYjWDE8ImPedn5lkq6FCPbVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/RR%2BMachiavelli%2B28%2B-%2BFB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rSpuk4XysP8/YHc0z9DT7xI/AAAAAAAAS08/ofMy9nWOXEYjWDE8ImPedn5lkq6FCPbVwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/RR%2BMachiavelli%2B28%2B-%2BFB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> (Click on image to enlarge.)<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-88799920880020017032021-04-20T10:30:00.010-04:002021-04-20T10:30:00.237-04:00Jill Kauffman and Emily St. John Mandel TOGETHER!<p style="text-align: center;"> Friends, this is pretty cool.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gKzkFoOfHac/YHczJ20w56I/AAAAAAAAS00/Pa6M0yeo_FoFkiqkRsLADS8R6HuK7bJ0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/OSP21%2BAuthor%2BEvent%2B27%2B-%2BFB.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gKzkFoOfHac/YHczJ20w56I/AAAAAAAAS00/Pa6M0yeo_FoFkiqkRsLADS8R6HuK7bJ0wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/OSP21%2BAuthor%2BEvent%2B27%2B-%2BFB.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">(Click on image to enlarge.)<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-19197756460462642102021-04-16T13:49:00.000-04:002021-04-16T13:49:04.572-04:00Inside the World’s Largest Jewish Cookbook Collection<p><br /></p><div data-contents="true"><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9qv0p" data-offset-key="30vcf-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="30vcf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="30vcf-0-0"><span data-text="true">A librarian with a love for eBay built <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/jewish-cookbook-collection" target="_blank">this trove of culinary history</a>. "Saltzman’s beloved community cookbooks, though, may be the collection’s most poignant historical records." </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="30vcf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="30vcf-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="30vcf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="30vcf-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/jewish-cookbook-collection" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1476" height="291" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjZC8E-9NE/YHnNq6LhiwI/AAAAAAAAS1Y/KB5Kq2EZfmUKWLgIyVd8I_3zWAFU4fFpQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h291/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-16%2Bat%2B1.47.07%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9qv0p" data-offset-key="30tqi-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="30tqi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="30tqi-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9qv0p" data-offset-key="31kvs-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="31kvs-0-0"><span data-offset-key="31kvs-0-0"><span data-text="true">Hungry for a community cookbook after you read this article? The Jones Library happens to have copies of Amherst's own "The Well-Read Cook" for sale! <a href="https://www.joneslibrary.org/172/Friends-Cookbook" target="_blank">Check it out</a></span></span><span data-offset-key="31kvs-2-0"><span data-text="true">.</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="31kvs-0-0"><span data-offset-key="31kvs-2-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9qv0p" data-offset-key="1d7hu-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1d7hu-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.joneslibrary.org/172/Friends-Cookbook" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="662" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PzwWsmnZbbE/YHnN7cgo6NI/AAAAAAAAS1g/EOlakeWukvcs2paWOgj150iqYAYrzeCOACLcBGAsYHQ/w414-h640/Cookbook%2Bcover.png" width="414" /></a></div><br /><span data-offset-key="1d7hu-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-67030420185765652322021-04-15T10:00:00.001-04:002021-04-15T10:00:00.288-04:00King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream...<p style="text-align: center;">...in <i>Station Eleven</i>. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xXGk1mya6FI/YGtfRBMRY6I/AAAAAAAASz0/Rx0uLyXXxMse9yQEdAvc5LpCUKk0B7WkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/OSP21%2BShakespeare%2B4.22%2B-%2BFB.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xXGk1mya6FI/YGtfRBMRY6I/AAAAAAAASz0/Rx0uLyXXxMse9yQEdAvc5LpCUKk0B7WkwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/OSP21%2BShakespeare%2B4.22%2B-%2BFB.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> (Click on image to enlarge.)<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-75827552403016972612021-04-14T14:17:00.007-04:002021-04-14T14:17:48.400-04:00Monday, April 19<p><br /></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_3o"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Two <b>FABULOUS</b> things are happening this day, Friends.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">First? That's the day Massachusetts opens up vaccines to EVERYONE 16 and older. YEEHAW, Friends!</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And second? Ukelele strum. You can exercise your sore upper arm by playing your uke! Win-win.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jgSIKWzCTLM/YHcxg6llQlI/AAAAAAAAS0s/NqvuZQuIDBYclkxFP9DC4b_IHJmr-QBmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/Ukulele%2Bapril%2B19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jgSIKWzCTLM/YHcxg6llQlI/AAAAAAAAS0s/NqvuZQuIDBYclkxFP9DC4b_IHJmr-QBmgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/Ukulele%2Bapril%2B19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div style="text-align: center;">Brighter days are coming, Friends.</div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-75423743153664530312021-04-08T10:00:00.002-04:002021-04-08T10:00:00.399-04:00Station Eleven book discussion!<p style="text-align: center;"> You get two bites at the apple here. Busy Tuesday? Come by Wednesday! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Who loves you?<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ijCM5Y2-Zr4/YGteUpC32LI/AAAAAAAASzs/GxkU4iRt8IQoMDs8-XXY3E79dJReObcYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/OSP21%2BBook%2BDiscussions%2B4.13%2B-%2BFB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ijCM5Y2-Zr4/YGteUpC32LI/AAAAAAAASzs/GxkU4iRt8IQoMDs8-XXY3E79dJReObcYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/OSP21%2BBook%2BDiscussions%2B4.13%2B-%2BFB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> (Click on image to enlarge.)<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-79673606630603868242021-04-05T14:58:00.002-04:002021-04-05T14:58:13.604-04:00Station Eleven and surviving pandemics -- THURSDAY!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HQHtYeDf6EI/YGtdtxNSxsI/AAAAAAAASzk/4GxLk2O9mTkd_iS6UpBmTGgi8lqQMSjEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/OSP21%2Bplague%2B4.8%2B-%2BFB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HQHtYeDf6EI/YGtdtxNSxsI/AAAAAAAASzk/4GxLk2O9mTkd_iS6UpBmTGgi8lqQMSjEwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/OSP21%2Bplague%2B4.8%2B-%2BFB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-89250913319314093212021-04-05T14:48:00.004-04:002021-04-05T14:48:42.480-04:00Anti-racism webinar for teens<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4g0jl54SWj4/YGtba-ej4BI/AAAAAAAASzc/5_hJzlz_y1snQvaeTDPC7g4BlBsU6Lf5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/tiffany%2Bjewell%2Bapril%2B2021%2B.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4g0jl54SWj4/YGtba-ej4BI/AAAAAAAASzc/5_hJzlz_y1snQvaeTDPC7g4BlBsU6Lf5ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/tiffany%2Bjewell%2Bapril%2B2021%2B.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-54213911125528664542021-04-02T10:43:00.015-04:002021-04-02T10:43:03.141-04:00Opponents of Oliver Cromwell published his family recipes, with a side of fake news<p>Check out how Oliver Cromwell ate with this <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cromwell-cookbook" target="_blank">17th century cookbook</a>. Not only that but the Cromwell Museum has decided to print 500 copies for distribution. You could own your very own!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cromwell-cookbook" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="884" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-36w0rz6-tT4/YGM5iEGTYcI/AAAAAAAASyg/Nrnr5dj4CPgZxHuX7v7g_O3MFvp3-UQNQCLcBGAsYHQ/w331-h400/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-30%2Bat%2B10.45.13%2BAM.png" width="331" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-32147586188131744082021-03-30T10:42:00.004-04:002021-03-30T10:42:46.184-04:00Brutal Early Reviews of 20 Classic 20th-Century Novels<p><span data-offset-key="c0blv-0-0"><span data-text="true">In her review for the </span></span><span><span data-offset-key="c0blv-1-0"><span data-text="true">New</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="c0blv-2-0"><span data-text="true"> York Evening World, critic Ruth Snyder said, “We are quite convinced after reading The Great Gatsby that Mr. Fitzgerald is not one of the great American writers of to-day.”</span></span></p><div data-contents="true"><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9p4if" data-offset-key="16it9-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="16it9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="16it9-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="9p4if" data-offset-key="66jpt-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="66jpt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="66jpt-0-0"><span data-text="true">That review aged well.</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="66jpt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="66jpt-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55592/really-harsh-early-reviews-20-classic-20th-century-novels" target="_blank">Read more reviews here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55592/really-harsh-early-reviews-20-classic-20th-century-novels" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="2048" height="378" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QgZF6FXsL1M/YGM4mXHY7ZI/AAAAAAAASyY/jFI9zk-cH4wzMSi6TV3mZ8DrAgU0KGcdgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h378/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-30%2Bat%2B10.41.07%2BAM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-25999520726098539172021-03-27T14:35:00.002-04:002021-03-27T14:35:20.913-04:00On the Same Page<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Friends, learn more about this fabulous community read at: </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.joneslibrary.org/onthesamepage&source=gmail&ust=1616853536567000&usg=AFQjCNFWIRyQE2X10DbZKIBSxGo4R76rtA" href="http://www.joneslibrary.org/onthesamepage" target="_blank">www.joneslibrary.org/<wbr></wbr>onthesamepage</a>! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oS_bBmS2dxI/YF96lHBFgwI/AAAAAAAASxw/SJSN7ro66Hgec_tHm28SLlKI6h6SY4KUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/OSP%2B21%2Bothers.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oS_bBmS2dxI/YF96lHBFgwI/AAAAAAAASxw/SJSN7ro66Hgec_tHm28SLlKI6h6SY4KUgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/OSP%2B21%2Bothers.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">(Click on image to enlarge.)<br /></p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-48534986364077023212021-03-24T10:00:00.001-04:002021-03-24T10:00:01.186-04:00Crime & Punishment, Session 2<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iOgnree-bB4/YDVQxGReHpI/AAAAAAAASto/5keADMzvbegG70IFDt2PmbujUFD2RHN4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/RR_%2BCrime%2B%2526%2BPunishment%2BMarch%2B-%2BFB5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iOgnree-bB4/YDVQxGReHpI/AAAAAAAASto/5keADMzvbegG70IFDt2PmbujUFD2RHN4QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/RR_%2BCrime%2B%2526%2BPunishment%2BMarch%2B-%2BFB5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> (Click on image to enlarge.)<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-21160966604901139622021-03-19T10:00:00.015-04:002021-03-19T10:00:07.147-04:00How Soviet poets performed in football stadiums in front of thousands<p> </p><p>“A poet in Russia is more than a poet,” Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a leading
author of his time, famously stated. He knew what he was talking about.
During Nikita Khrushchev’s cultural years of Thaw, Soviet poets were
public figures like rock stars. They <a href="https://www.rbth.com/arts/333495-soviet-poets-stadiums" target="_blank">performed to sell-out crowds</a>,
predicted the future and helped get over the past. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.rbth.com/arts/333495-soviet-poets-stadiums" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1390" height="301" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C9FEnyMXEns/YFD6LqR3csI/AAAAAAAASwY/xDOnLpQn_x0uYkTAKA-LuNAuNz-55kpLACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h301/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-16%2Bat%2B2.34.05%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Pretty much how it used to be in the Trustees' Room at the Jones during jubilat/Jones readings.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-41903381526164804452021-03-16T14:30:00.005-04:002021-03-16T14:30:42.197-04:00Rare Andy Warhol cookbook Wild Raspberries goes to auction<p> <span data-offset-key="o3l8-0-0"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/08/rare-andy-warhol-cookbook-wild-raspberries-goes-to-auction" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1258" height="311" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ldvXxWM6Bo8/YFD5KHPi6pI/AAAAAAAASwQ/l6Fn2IU-N3AKxVUU78lOEyZwY5IIAKSdACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h311/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-16%2Bat%2B2.25.32%2BPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span data-text="true"></span><span data-text="true"><i>Wild Raspberries</i>, "a funny cookbook for people who don’t cook," might not be showing up in the Jones any time soon, Friends. But you can <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/08/rare-andy-warhol-cookbook-wild-raspberries-goes-to-auction" target="_blank">read more about it here</a>.</span><p></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-68856977113951405982021-03-15T10:04:00.005-04:002021-03-15T10:04:45.603-04:00Happy Monday, Friends.<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RoztWaO9GpI/YE9pY3ezZHI/AAAAAAAASwE/JAupIMbi2q8uqWGsupw4Y3swkRiPdRAlQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1046/Chris%2BRiddell.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RoztWaO9GpI/YE9pY3ezZHI/AAAAAAAASwE/JAupIMbi2q8uqWGsupw4Y3swkRiPdRAlQCLcBGAsYHQ/w450-h640/Chris%2BRiddell.png" width="450" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-45881982403642529642021-03-12T10:00:00.019-05:002021-03-12T10:00:00.120-05:00Lizzie Borden<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The story begins on that fateful day in
August 1892 with a striking description of the days events and the
murders that took place. What happens from there? Join us to learn the Lizzie Borden story.<br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YaodNTydp1Y/YD6McNP7RuI/AAAAAAAASuk/3b3W5Bn5mnAASfZP0qsPDmBu9v1J2pBhACLcBGAsYHQ/s940/Lizzie%2BBorden%2B-%2BFB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YaodNTydp1Y/YD6McNP7RuI/AAAAAAAASuk/3b3W5Bn5mnAASfZP0qsPDmBu9v1J2pBhACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/Lizzie%2BBorden%2B-%2BFB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">(Click on image to enlarge.)<br /></p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277307857079400070.post-45585377856234047552021-03-11T10:00:00.001-05:002021-03-11T10:00:05.271-05:00Three Minute Thesis Competition, Friends!<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D5FaXQkBbJU/YDVP343OwYI/AAAAAAAAStc/VH4JvTSR2GgLHQcqZE-iSdPGbs_PZ9v8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s940/3%2BMinute%2BThesis%2B-%2BFB4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D5FaXQkBbJU/YDVP343OwYI/AAAAAAAAStc/VH4JvTSR2GgLHQcqZE-iSdPGbs_PZ9v8QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/3%2BMinute%2BThesis%2B-%2BFB4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> (Click on image to enlarge.)<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com