Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney loves Jane Austen, and books in general. After purchasing the 18th century novel “Evelina” by Frances Burney as part of a lot of old books, Romney starts to realize that many of the female authors and works explicitly referenced in the novels and letters of Jane Austen are unknown, or […]
Let ChiltonLibrary Help with Your Summer Car Care! Summer’s longer days and warmer weather lend themselves to tending to our cars. Car owners can refer to ChiltonLibrary to help keep their vehicles operating properly. Are the air conditioner and ventilation system working properly to temper those hot summer days? Are the brakes making noise? Is […]
Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio was born in Ecuador and was one of the first undocumented students to attend Harvard. With the book set in six main sections–Staten Island, Ground Zero, Miami, Flint, Cleveland, and New Haven—Cornejo Villavicencio traveled throughout the United States to report on the diverse, sometimes lesser-known but nonetheless important and valuable stories […]
July is National Parks & Recreation Month! Time to celebrate parks, the great outdoors, and Leslie Knope.
Let HPL help plan your next cookout with our July display of Summertime Cookbooks! Here you will find books on BBQ, making ice cream, New England recipes, and more! Below you’ll find a sample of books on this display, follow the links to place a title on hold. Also on display are our Staff Picks […]
“DON’T WALK ALONE, OR THE STITCHER WILL FIND YOU. DON’T STAY OUT LATE, OR THE STITCHER WILL TAKE YOU. DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES, OR THE STITCHER WILL REMAKE YOU.” These are the rules that Abby Ward and her sister live by. People in their town have been known to go missing and then reappear later […]
Wednesday, July 9, 6:00-7:30 PM OR Wednesday, July 16 2:00-3:30 PM Join us to learn the basics of using Microsoft Word! This is a great class if you want to learn about a word processing program for typing letters, resumes, papers, and more. Plus, Microsoft Word is available on the library’s public computers! Registration is […]
7/1 | 10 AM-12:15 PM | Classic Matinees: Baseball Greats Join us in watching some of the best films about America’s pastime, baseball. Today is The Sandlot (1993). Rated PG. No registration required. 7/2 | 6:30-8 PM | Fiber Arts Group Calling all fiber artists! Bring your current project(s) of knitting, crocheting, hand stitching, hand quilting, and […]
Eric Bittle, former Junior Figure Skating Champion and amateur baker, is starting college this year. Instead of figure skating, he’s joining up with the Samwell University hockey team, a big group of talented sports jocks led by Jack, the stoic team Captain who isn’t in the NFL solely because he skipped drafts for his mental […]
As a quick recap from the last post, we are discussing preservation measures to counter issues in our home environment, including: We covered the first bullet point in the last post, and today we are continuing on to pollution, dust, and clutter. Yep, we are talking about good, old fashioned housekeeping. Pollution can have surprising […]
