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Hispanic Heritage Month @ Your Library

Submitted by David Cherry on Fri, 09/16/2011 - 2:27pm

Hispanic Heritage MonthIn honor of the diverse cultures that comprise Harris County, the Harris County Public Library and its branches will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month starting September 15 and running through October 15. Programs, activities and displays will be offered at branches throughout Harris County.

Harris County continues to be shaped by, and to benefit from, its vibrant Hispanic community. Harris County Public Library hopes to educate, inform and entertain the citizens of Harris County during this month celebrating the contributions of Hispanics to the cultural and economic life of our nation.

HCPL's Summer in Review

Submitted by David Cherry on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 3:09pm

Midnight Notes on the Poet H. D.

Submitted by David Cherry on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 8:40am

Portrait of H. D., courtesy the Poetry Foundation (poetryfoundation.org)When we think of the poet H. D. (born Hilda Doolittle) we see her as through a prism, or perhaps more fittingly as the subject of a cubist portrait. She is fragmentary--a series of planes that don't quite make a whole but which carry undeniable significance.

2011 Adult SRP Drawing Winners

Submitted by David Cherry on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 8:55am

The Most Famous Top-Secret Place on Earth

Submitted by David Cherry on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 3:02pm

Cover: Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base by Annie JacobsenArea 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base / Annie Jacobsen

I don’t believe in those big-headed, squat-bodied extra-terrestrials with the unhealthy interest in the lower reaches of the human intestinal tract. Yes, I do suppose someone is out there, if only because the place is so big the laws of probability demand it. I just figure they are not in the habit of venturing into the vast vacuum of space for a cocktail or two with the boys, then, after a few too many, ending up in Iowa making crop circles in some hapless farmer’s field of sorghum.

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