Reconnect with the art community in Lawrence, discover their newest artworks and related happenings while keeping it bookish with their recent favorite reads!
055: The (Reading) Struggle is Real
We're back, we're back! The Book Squad Podcast is back! Kate Gramlich, our longtime cohost, has brazenly left the library for another job. (Everyone wave to Kate at her new job!) So along with starting back recording, Book Squad member Kimberly Lopez has taken up the mantle of shenaniganizing about books with Polli Kenn and…
DouglasCountyErth
If you haven’t seen it yet, our current exhibit of WPA-style posters depicting green spaces in Douglas County is a great reason to visit the library in person. Of course, you can always view them online, along with last year’s set, and purchase copies for your own walls. They were made by local artists, and…
Thriller Thursday Book Club
A book club for readers who love chills, thrills, and bloody spills! Come join this fun group as we take deep dives into the macabre.
Journey Into Interior Decorating
Moving. The word itself evokes stress, annoyance, and images of boxes. Maybe there was a falling out with a roommate, a breakup, or you are out of the dorms. Either reason, you have your own space. However, it is pretty small and more than likely a rental. After moving to my apartment this summer, I…
Small but Mighty
With the announcement late last year that Penguin Random House had made a deal to buy Simon and Schuster, the Big Five publishers will now likely narrow to just four. At this rate, it is entirely plausible that within the next few years we will have one amalgamated behemoth, Penguin-Random-Simon-Macmillan-Hachette-Harper-House, deciding which handful of authors…
A City Pop Summer
More so than any other season, summer finds me relistening to my favorite oldies—Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and more start showing up in the late spring and a month later, they’re dominating the airwaves. What can I say? The sixties and summer are perfect complements. This year though, I’ve been bopping my head…
Still Magic
"It's still magic even if you know how it's done." -Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky I wasn’t a fan of “technology" for my twenties and most of my thirties. It struck me as annoying and more frequently interfered with my relaxation response (it’s a thing!). In the mid-2000s, it wasn’t required or even…
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