Calling all K-Pop, K-Drama, or K-Culture fans! Welcome to KClub, our new club for anyone interested in Korean dramas, Korean pop music, or Korean culture! Join us on Saturday, May 30 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. to watch the first episode of a Korean drama – Crash Landing on You. Join us on Zoom beforehand for help getting set up, then pop onto Zoom again afterwards to chat about the show or about anything Korea-related.
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“The Library of Congress National Book Festival is an annual literary event that brings together best-selling authors and thousands of book fans for author talks, panel discussions, book signings and other activities.”
Booklovers currently staying at home can watch videos from past National Book Festivals. Check to see if your favorite author is featured, or discover new authors to explore! You can “browse and view dozens of presentations by authors, poets, storytellers and illustrators” and more from National Book Festivals from 2001 to 2019.
You can also explore videos from National Book Festival Presents, a series of National Book Festival events held throughout the year that feature “high-caliber authors, their books and related Library treasures.” National Book Festival Presents videos include “John M. Barry on ‘The Great Influenza,'” “Rosa Parks: The History and the Heart,” and much more.
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Lincoln Center Announces BROADWAY FRIDAYS, Free Online Streams Featuring CAROUSEL, THE NANCE and More
These archival broadcasts will be made available every Friday, beginning June 5, to June 19, 2020 at 8 p.m. Find out more here.
Meantime, maybe you’d like to read a few plays or stories about making it big on Broadway. These eBooks and eAudiobooks are currently available on OverDrive:
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Henry V by William Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
The Neil Simon Collection by Neil Simon
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
Looking for more drama? Try searching by these selected famous playwrights
Henrik Ibsen
Arthur Miller
William Shakespeare
Neil Simon
Oscar Wilde
Tennessee Williams
Are you (or a musician you know) in search of new music to play while you’re staying at home? Here a few resources to explore:
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)/ Petrucci Music Library
“Sharing the world’s public domain music.” Hover over “Scores” at the top of the page to browse by composer, instrumentation/genre, and more.
MusOpen
Provides “recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions.” You can browse sheet music by composer, instrument, form, or time period.
Mutopia Project
“2124 pieces of music – free to download, modify, print, copy, distribute, perform, and record – all in the Public Domain or under Creative Commons licenses.” Browse by instrument, composer, or style.
Digital Scores: A Guide to Online Notated Music Sources
This very comprehensive guide from Princeton University Library broadly defines “scores” as “all notated music in all formats,” and links to many different types of collections, most of which are freely accessible.
Legal Aid of Southeastern PA (LASP) & Phoenixville Public Library are hosting a virtual workshop on Wednesday, May 27th, at 10am.
LASP Staff Attorney Deborah Steeves will present an update on Unemployment Compensation/Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and will answer your questions.
Register now for this online workshop: https://bit.ly/2SHyRnC.
After you register, you will receive a Zoom link through email.
Did you know that many of the magazines available to you on Flipster include book reviews, excerpts, suggestions and other bookish discussions?
To read magazines on Flipster:
visit https://chescolibraries.org/downloads and scroll to Flipster to sign in with your library card.
Be sure to visit NoveList Plus for reading recommendations including reviews, lists, articles, and more. Use NoveList to find read-alikes in both fiction and non-fiction for readers of all ages. NoveList also has series information, award winners, best-of lists, top ten lists, and much more!
Sign up for our NextReads book suggestions in up to twenty different subject areas delivered to your email.
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Library Journal brings you “8 Blooming Botanical Gardens To Explore Virtually,” connecting you with some of the many gardens that “have created engaging virtual video tours of their flowers, trees, and greenhouses, allowing virtual visitors to enjoy their soothing sights and sounds from the safety of their homes.”
Highlighted gardens include the New York Botanical Garden, The U.S. Botanical Garden, Portland Japanese Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, Chester County’s own Longwood Gardens, and more!
Although this is not a Jackbox Game but why not try something new! A role play game!
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