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Banned Books Week is September 26-October 2, 2021. According to the American Library Association (2012), "Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current...
On Thursday, September 2, at 6:30 p.m., the DeKalb County Health Department joined the library virtually to present on emergency preparedness. September is National Preparedness month, and this year, the theme is “Prepare to Protect.” During this...
The lead up to 2021 Olympics was unlike any other Olympics in history. The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic and was the first Olympics canceled since the 1940 and 1944 Games because of World War II. The...
Women ragtime composers faced challenges – it wasn’t considered very “ladylike” to write this kind of music, and once they got married, they were expected to give up their career and raise a family. Still, a surprising amount of ragtime was written...
The first book of Nancy Springer's excellent Tween/YA book series, The Case of the Missing Marquess, is now an excellent movie on Netflix. (I have read the book series twice in the last 7 years and watched the movie approximately 2.5 times in 4...
2021 has not started off slowly! It has been a turbulent time in the United States. After you finish reading the news, here are some suggestions to continue your reading. All of these books are owned by the DeKalb Public Library, so request one...
On Saturday, August 7, at 2:00 p.m., Amy Alessio joined the library for a final presentation in a series of virtual cooking programs. This final presentation focused on vintage international desserts like kolackies, baklava, German Chocolate Cake...
Easy to make and eat, patrons enjoyed hearing about small dessert trends from past decades in this humorous, nostalgic look back with cookbook collector Amy Alessio! This virtual event was held on Zoom and live streamed the library's Facebook page...
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