Embroidery looks like fun, and I’ve always thought that one day I’d find the time and learn to make the glittering beetles and dragonflies in Jane Nicholas’s books on stumpwork, or try my hand at bead embroidery with books like Dimensional bead embroidery : a reference guide to techniques. I select the craft books for [...]
This month in the main meeting room at the library is a remarkable exhibit that highlights the wartime experience of a teenage girl during the Holocaust.
“I love good food. If I weren’t a writer and a wanderer, I’d be a chef/restaurant owner” says writer Andrew Pham. Fortunately for us he does indeed love to cook as well as write and travel, and will be in Corvallis soon to share some of these passions with us. Pham, author of the books [...]
There is a lot going on at the Library this month, and we’re glad to bring you a diverse mix of informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining programs across the month of April. This Thursday at 7:00 pm, Karen Spears Zacharias will discuss her new book A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder about the [...]
In 2005, Karly Sheehan died in Corvallis as the result of abuse at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend. Writer Karen Spears Zacharias knew Karly and her family, and with growing horror she began to investigate the details behind Karly’s death.
You may have noticed some new faces at the second floor reference desk. In the last year, four members of the second floor librarians have either retired or moved on to different positions. After many months of vacancies we are happy to welcome three new librarians!
All this crazy, cold weather has me confused. Is it March or is it mid-winter? In any event, I’m ready for a little springtime. Although we usually think of light reads as great for the beach, what I’m thinking about right now are some books that that put me in a sunnier state of mind [...]
We’ve been recording some of the literary and musical events at the library for awhile. Did you know, for example, that the popular Random Review series has been recorded since 2007? Click here for a link to the series along with the podcasts.
February isn’t over but I’m already getting excited about March. The annual model train exhibit is coming at the end of spring break to the Main Meeting Room March 30th and 31st. This event is a popular one with both adults and kids and benefits the Linn-Benton Food Share. Visitors are asked to donate cans of [...]
In honor of February being the Valentine month, I was going to come up with a list of quirky books about love. But that’s not exactly how this short list turned out. Instead, I decided to share with you five titles about passionate engagement in life and fate, or things that happen to you that [...]
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