April 2018
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Bird Week: Mythology and Birds
The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for the first ever Seattle Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary. Throughout human mythology, birds fly with us, inspire us, sing to us, and explain the natural world to us. Consider the ancient Greeks using the idea of a… Continue reading
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Bird Week: Backyard Birds
The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. Birdwatching in your own back yard – what a delightful thought. You can attract birds through wildlife-friendly landscapes, birdhouses, and feeders.The Washington… Continue reading
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Bird Week: Bus Reads for April
The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for the first ever Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary. Commuting to Seattle by bus 5 days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Usually I read whatever catches my eye, but for Bird Week I… Continue reading
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Bird Week: Put a Bird On It!
The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s 10th anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. Long before Portlandia made it a meme, artists and craftspeople have been adorning their work with birds. One of the earliest… Continue reading
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Bird Week: Shakespeare’s Birds
The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. ‘Tis unnatural, Even like the deed that’s done. On Tuesday last, A falcon, tow’ring in her pride of place, Was by a… Continue reading
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Bird Week: Birds Ground Us — The Earth and Environmental Equity
The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Don’t you think our lush planet is worth far more than two… Continue reading
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Bird Week: Tweet Spring! Celebrating Seattle’s Birds
The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. From the oldest of worlds into the new they flew, heralding dawn, signaling coming night, solitary, in flocks they arrived. Seed carriers,… Continue reading
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Seattle Rep’s FAMILIAR: Beyond the Theatre
Seattle Repertory Theatre presents FAMILIAR from April 27- May 27, 2018. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this resource list of books, CDs and DVDs to enhance your experience of the show. We know that a wedding unites more than two people. The couple are not just traveling the distance to complete their vows, their families are… Continue reading
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Money Smart Week: It’s Easy to Get Started Investing for Retirement — Really
Most of us are busy, and it’s easy to put off thinking about something that seems a long way in the future – like retirement. And many of us are also intimidated by investing – it seems so complicated. But saving and investing when you’re young or even in middle-age can give you a much… Continue reading
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Book-It’s THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO: Beyond the Theatre
Book-It Repertory Theatre presents THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Díaz, adapted and directed by Elise Thoron, from April 19 to May 6, 2018. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this resource list of books, music and films to enhance your experience of the show. The history and culture of the Dominican… Continue reading
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Library Reads: May 2018 books
Psychogical suspense, historical fiction, thrillers, fantasy and general fiction — 10 novels that librarians across the U.S. nominated as their top picks for May 2018. We await your holds! Furyborn by Claire Legrand: Fierce, independent women full of rage, determination, and fire. The first novel in the Empirium trilogy holds appeal for both young adult and… Continue reading
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Awards that recognize fiction’s impact on society and culture
This past week two interesting, perhaps lesser-known book awards were given: The 83rd Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and the inaugural Aspen Words Literary Prize. The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize fiction, nonfiction and poetry books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. The 2018 recipients are: Fiction: Sing, Unburied, Sing… Continue reading