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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.
What’s next on your bookshelf?
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!
Join us for Victory Gardening in 2020, Wednesday, May 20, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
The continuing uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about safety and challenges from increasingly hard to predict weather might have you wondering how you can have a productive vegetable, herb and fruit garden. With some planning you can easily grow your own fresh and healthy produce – whether in raised beds, mixed in with the flowers or in containers. You don’t need acres to have an abundant harvest!
This online workshop presented by Elizabeth Alakszay will teach you timesaving and sustainable methods on how to set up and select the fruits, berries, herbs and vegetables best suited for sustaining your family. Soil preparation, transplanting, care, irrigation, pest management, harvesting and preserving your harvest will be covered. Techniques for extending your season in the spring and fall will also be discussed.
Please register for the program: Wednesday, May 20, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.
Join us for a Virtual Book Chat on Wednesday, May 20, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Let’s get together (virtually) for an informal chat about what everyone’s reading or has read during quarantine.
Please register for the program: Wednesday, May 20, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants 2 hours before the program starts. Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link. You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.
Enjoy the 7th Annual Haverford Spring Fest online from 4:00-10:00 pm each day on May 15, 16, and 17! This 3-day live streaming musical event will feature over 50 performers from many musical styles. For music lineup and viewing options, visit the Haverford Spring Fest page. Admission to the festival is free, with donations appreciated.
Haverford Spring Fest is brought to you by Kelly Music For Life. “Formed in 2012 as an all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit organization, Kelly Music for Life, Inc. produces and promotes Music and Arts events to benefit community.” Visit their “About Us” page to learn more.
