AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CROSSWORD PUZZLE KIT TO GO

Submitted by Myra Wilson on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 10:52am

Test your knowledge of African American history with a collection of crossword puzzles. These fun and educational kits to go can be picked up at the Information Desk. Celebrate Black History Month with us and enjoy the puzzles.

CHINESE EXCHANGE STUDENT VISITS LIBRARY

Submitted by Myra Wilson on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:48pm

Chinese studentWe had a very special visitor to the La Porte Community Library Wednesday. Her name is Dong Yushan and she is one of the students from China who are visiting La Porte for a week. This is part of an exchange program between LPISD and Yushan's school Nankai High School. Yushan is interested in becoming a librarian so she spent the afternoon with us learning what goes on in an American library. She asked many thoughtful questions and was particularly interested that all the library services are free. We truly enjoyed Yushan's visit and wish her well on her career path.

The Commons and the Public Library

Submitted by Betsy A. on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:05pm

This morning I turned on the radio and ‘Engines of Our Ingenuity’ was on National Public Radio (KUHF in Houston). In an episode entitled ‘The Commons Revisited’, the topic was about resources held in common and the very concept of “commons”. The first topic discussed was land held in common, but I listened carefully to hear if public libraries would be discussed. Of course they were…public libraries are built around the idea of sharing resources…of holding things in common.  

Together at Harris County Public Library we share books, movies, music, Internet accessibility, story times, and even places to hold meetings. By holding things “in common” we can do more.

Get Ready for the Grammys

Submitted by Betsy A. on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 5:38pm

Picture of Mary J. Blige from GRAMMY Awards websiteThe 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be Sunday, January 31, at 7 p.m. on CBS. This year’s telecast will feature tributes to Michael Jackson and Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell. In addition, there will be a special segment, A Bridge For Haiti, devoted to Haiti earthquake relief. Nine-time GRAMMY award winner Mary J. Blige and renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform a duet of the Simon & Garfunkel classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. The audio and video recordings of the performance will be available for download after the broadcast to aid the earthquake relief efforts.  The choice of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is particularly significant, because this year marks the 40th anniversary that it received GRAMMY awards for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year.

The library system has CDs with past GRAMMY award winners and nominees: Grammy nominees 2009, Grammy nominees 2008, Grammy nominees 2007, Grammy nominees 2006, etc.

ANTIQUE TOY DISPLAY

Submitted by Myra Wilson on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 11:42am

Antique toys

Come see the antique toy display provided to the Library by collector Paul Schupska. While you are here, check out some of these titles about toys and making your own toys. Let the kid in you come out to play.

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