February 2012
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“Libraries are gateways to opportunities.”
– New York City Mayor, Mike Bloomberg, as quoted in the Village Voice on how New York City libraries, including Queens Library at Flushing, helped connect 35,000 New Yorkers to employment opportunities in 2011.
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They Tell Me of a Home: Book Review
Daniel Black’s They Tell Me of a Home is like watching an episode of The Maury Show or The Jerry Springer Show — without the commercials. Entertained by someone else’s drama, it kept me flipping pages.
Tommy Lee Tyson, the main character in this book, has some important lessons to learn. And his hometown in Arkansas, which he leaves so abruptly at age 18 — when, free from parental control,...
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Vampire Books and Movies We Love
So it’s nowhere near Halloween, but I just finished reading the third book, The Night Eternal, in the vampire series from Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. (It started with The Strain.) It got me thinking about how much I love a good vampire book (or movie), and how I love the way authors and directors play with the enduring myth of vampires. It was kind of cool, for instance, that...
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3DS "Super Mario 3D Land" Review
The 3DS is a fun hand-held and a decent enough upgrade to the DS and DSi, but one of the admitted drawbacks to converting to the system has been a lack of notable launch titles. It’s taken a while, but Nintendo has finally come through with a reason to for people to try out the 3DS, and that is Super Mario 3D Land (I’ll talk up the merits of the 3D re-release of Ocarina of Time another...
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People of Queens: Do you need spell check when... →
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Retrace the Beatles' First Steps in America --...
The month of February is full of events — Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, Mardis Gras, President’s Day, and Groundhog Day. I’d like to add one more celebration, “FABruary!” This would be in commemoration of the Beatles first visit and concerts in America from February 7–22, 1964. Well, regardless of whether the makers of calendars ever take note of my suggestion, you too can...
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Celebrate 500 Episodes and 25 Years of The...
There are many things to celebrate this year — among other things, 2012 will bring us the 500th episode of The Simpsons and the 25th anniversary of the Simpson characters’ introduction on the Tracey Ullman Show. Unless you don’t own a television, chances are good that you can name at least three Simpsons characters and have uttered the exclamation “D’oh!” quite a few times over the past two...
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Queens Library Card Holders Get Free Music...
Free music for you to own legally is now available at Queens Library thanks to our new partnership with Freegal. The name Freegal comes from “free and legal” and they offer three songs a week to Queens Library cardholders from the Sony Music Entertainment catalog. For more information about Freegal, use the FAQ on the site.
Most music shoppers search by artist, so my first Freegal tip is...
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“NYC is the hub of Social Media Week.”
– Mike Lazerow (via nycdigital)
We’re participating, by hosting “Ushering Your Company into the Social Media Age” — a free Social Media Week event in Long Island City. Are you?
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