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'Hamilton' and Beyond: Tony Nominees at Your Library

So the 2016 Tony nominations are out.  You may not be able to get to NYC to see these shows, but you have a library, a computer, and an imagination and sometimes that’s enough. (Trust me, the version of Rent I pictured in my head was way better than the one I eventual saw.)  Here are some of the nominees and some resources to help you out. Best Musical Hamilton

• Classics
• Plays

The Memory Lab Delivers Digitized Content to Family in the UK

From analog to digital, and from filmstrip to .jpegs for our nonagenarian

Read about one satisfying journey from vintage audio cassette and color negative filmstrips to digital formats! Click here to read Michelle's blog!

• Makers & D.I.Y
• Personal Archiving & Digitization

Presidential Picture Books

Fiction and nonfiction books to explore the presidential election

The 2016 Presidential primary season is in full swing and culminates in the parties' national conventions in July.  With the nominees selected, general election campaigning continues right up to the voting in November.  Here are some great resources to discuss the presidency and the American election process with school age children. Fictional Picture Books:

• Children
• Picture Books
• Politics

Chevy Chase Library Book Club

'The Witches: Salem, 1692'

The April selection for the Chevy Chase Library's Book Club is The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff. We will meet on Tuesday, April 5 at 7 p.m., upstairs in the meeting room.

• Adults
• Book Clubs