TAG: adults
Friends: Who needs them?
Posted in Explore and Discover on November 20, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole Friends. We all have them, but do we need them? The topic came up when my 3-year-old and I were reading Ryan T. Higgins’ book We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! recently. We got to talking about his friends at daycare. Of course, it’s the norm to refer to his entire classroom as […]
Tags: activities, adults, alone, classes, depression, desolation, friends, friendship, health, health concerns, interests, loneliness, lonely, lonesome, making friends, outdoors, solitary, volunteering, workshops
When murder smells like honeysuckle: The allure of film noir
Posted in Explore and Discover on October 30, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Melissa Rhoades In adolescence, my impulse towards mysteries and thrillers was satisfied by Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Mystery! on PBS. But these days when I get the urge, I’m more likely to pick up a film noir or some of the hardboiled fiction that inspired it. Less cozy and more convoluted, film […]
Tags: adults, American, cinema, dark, detective, DVDs, femme fatale, film, film noir, French, hard boiled, movies, murder, mystery, neo-noir, night, plot
Favorite reads reimagined for the screen: Upcoming film and TV adaptations
Posted in Explore and Discover on October 9, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Rachel Underwood Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Netflix (even Facebook Watch) are churning out as many originals and adaptations as they can buy, produce, and film—all to try to win the fierce video streaming competition. This is fantastic for book nerds because these streaming giants are looking to novels and nonfiction for good source material! […]
Tags: adaptations, adults, Amazon Prime Video, books, fiction, film, HBO, Hollywood, Hulu, movies, Netflix, nonfiction, novels, streaming, teens, TV series, video
New community topics at Civic Lab pose questions and invite discussion
Posted in News on October 3, 2019 at 6:00 am
Each month, you can find information, activities, and discussion on an issue facing our community at the Civic Lab. Take a look at thought-provoking materials and activities for teens and adults that allow us to engage in open conversation and grow together as a community. CIVIC LAB NORTH SPOKANEOctober 2019–January 2020 October: Voting Rights Wh […]
Tags: activities, adults, civic, civics, community, depression, Discussion, elections, electoral college, information, issues, mental health, nuclear, power, rights, stress, suicide, teens, topics, voter, voting, waste
Business Matters: Build a sustainable nonprofit, gain new customers, and learn about invaluable business topics
Posted in News on September 25, 2019 at 6:00 am
BRING NEW CUSTOMERS TO YOUR BUSINESS Participate in Small Business Saturday with the library! If your business meets the criteria and is located in Cheney, Deer Park, Medical Lake, or Millwood (Argonne Library), then sign up to be a stop for our Shop Small Bingo Challenge to bring in new customers and make new connections […]
Tags: adults, business, business plan, businesses, customers, entrepreneur, Gale, gale courses, local businesses, neighborhood, Neighborhood Champion, new business, nonprofit, organizations, Shop Small, shoppers, shopping, small business, Small Business Saturday, social media, startup, sustainable, workshops
The Sandwich
Posted in Explore and Discover on September 11, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole Earlier this month as my family prepared for a day-long excursion into Glacier National Park from our campsite, we discussed easy travel options for lunch. We had pasta salad and salami and cream cheese rolls, along with other not-so-typical camping fare. Ultimately most of us opted for a good old fashioned sandwich—simple, […]
Tags: adults, book list, books, food, kids, reading, recipes, sandwich, teens, tweens
On the road to financial literacy: Stop at the library for valuable no-cost resources
Posted in Explore and Discover on August 28, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Stacey Goddard In my last blog, I talked about my first real job (delivering newspapers with my brother). What I didn’t mention is the very different approaches my brother and I took with our hard-earned wages. He had a budget, including a formula for how much money would go into savings each month, how […]
Tags: adults, budgeting, consumer, consumer reports, credit, credit score, debt, dollars, education, finances, financial literacy, home buying, identity theft, investing, Medicare, organizing, planning, retirement, sense, SNAP, spending, STCU, teens
Incredible reads to finish out your summer
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 31, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Rachel Underwood I am not a picky reader. I love recommendations from other readers, especially those that lead to finding an amazing and unexpected read. It’s one of my most favorite things! If you are on the lookout for a great read, here are just some of my all-time favorite novels, biographies, poetry/short story […]
Tags: adults, artists, authors, booklist, books, epistolary, escape, fiction, imagination, letters, nonfiction, novels, poetry, reading, recommendations, short stories
Things to do during a sedentary summer
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 24, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Dana Mannino The way I see it, there are two phases of summer: active summer and sedentary summer. For me, active summer occurs when temperatures reach 70–85 degrees. At those temps, I try to spend most of my time outside, preferably in the mountains or at a lake, in the garden will do as […]
Tags: active, activities, adults, bingeing, books, crafts, Discover Pass, events, hobbies, hoopla, indoors, kids, library programs, LinkedIn Learning, minecraft, Novelist, outdoors, parents, pronunciator, reading, recommendations, sedentary, SelectReads, streaming, summer, teens, tweens, watching
Saving seeds from the garden: Lovage, snap peas, and coriander
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 3, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole Ah, summer. Here you are again, bringing all that sunshine and heat and gardening goodness with you. For most of us gardeners, our seasonal plants have not only been selected by now, but they’re planted and fairly well established in our gardens. Many perennials are blooming, or nearly so. The time has […]
Tags: adults, cilantro, coriander, do-it-yourself, gardening, gardens, herbs, how-to, kids, lovage, parsely, planting, plants, saving seeds, seed, seed library, seeds, snap peas, teens, vegetables
