Below you will find an upcoming program paired with related movies, documentaries, books, music, and more to help you gain a wider understanding of the topic before or after the program. Explore further, deepen your discovery, and connect to learning! The Program: Preserving Your Family History Through Photographs, Thurs., Aug. 8, 7 pm, Willoughby Library Description: Taking and editing high-quality digital […]
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Best of 2019…So Far by Dennis Campbell Since it is July, I thought it would be good for us to once again unpack all the movies that have been released in these quick six months. This year has been different compared to most years as we have had a large swath of genres, as opposed […]
WEPL Cardholder Exclusive New items are now available to borrow for Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library patrons. Traffic Cones for Maneuverability Practice Loan Period: 7 days Overdue Fines: $1/day No renewals Non-holdable Bike Lock Loan Period: 3 days Overdue Fines: $1/day No renewals Non-holdable OBD2 Auto Diagnostic Code Reader Loan Period: 7 days Overdue Fines: $5/day No […]
Movie Review US by Dennis Campbell And to think, if it weren’t for you…I never would’ve danced at all.’ Poignant. Captivating. Chilling. These are just three words that I could use to describe Jordan Peele’s sophomore film, Us. After terrifying audiences with his debut picture, Get Out (2017), Peele returned to the silver screen with […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle The Library Tourist Last year on my summer vacation https://we247.org/readers-vacation/ I marveled at the Seattle Public Library. This year, I am again a library tourist. I spent a couple of days in Austin, TX and had 3 goals: Eat some great Texas barbecue […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle This May is a Big Month for New Books As an acquisitions librarian (basically a book buyer for your Willoughby-Eastlake public library) one of the parts of my job that I love is having a box of ARCs land on my desk. ARCs […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle It’s True. A Novel Leads to Facts. Do you ever find reading a novel to lead you to dig deeper into the facts behind the story? I frequently find myself reading nonfiction because, well…SCIENCE. After reading the novel The Overstory (which just won […]
Tumble Math is now available to use with your Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library card. Educators have long known that one of the most effective ways to teach math concepts, especially to reluctant learners, is by using stories and literature. TumbleMath is a comprehensive collection of math picture books complete with animation and narration. The books are […]
We’re All Adults Here Book Recommendations & Other Musings by Carol Tuttle Meet Imbolo Mbue Immigrants reaching for the American dream has been a plotline for stories since our country’s founding. It takes a skilled author to create empathy for a person from another culture struggling to gain membership in our country. In Behold the […]
Movie Review Eastrail 177 Trilogy by Dennis Campbell As James McAvoy delivers the opening narration as Patricia, woven underneath the chilling performance is seemingly a message from Director M. Night Shyamalan, ‘trust me, as you always have.’ As I watched the credits roll on what had been a trilogy nearly two decades in the making. […]
Movie Review Halloween by Dennis Campbell In one of the more chilling lines of the film, Laurie Strode says of Michael, ‘he’s waited for this night…he’s waited for me…I’ve waited for him.’ I feel with how lackluster the sequels have been this quote also applies to the fans of this franchise. We have waited for […]
