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Dancing About Architecture

The famous, but unattributable maxim, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture,” is something I’ve heard for years and have considering lately. Because… why wouldn’t someone dance about architecture? Taking someone’s craft and engaging with it through another creative practice that fits better with an individual’s skillset seems like it could only add the self-expression that lives in the world and can then go on to be inspiration for someone else.    

• Adults
• Book Reviews
• Films
• Jen F.
• Movies
• Nonfiction
• Westerns

Blind Date with a Book!

(We promise it will be WAY less awkward than a real blind date.)

Bored with all of your current book-ish prospects? Tired of your Hinge matches never actually living up to their profiles? Ready for some REAL romance this Valentine's day? Add some ~spice~ to your literary life with a Blind Date with a Book! Here's how it works: 1. You swipe right on (ie. choose) one of the eligible matches (ie. books) we have here at Northeast Library. 2. You read your book of choice and enjoy the best kind of date there is- one that won't interrupt you!

• Adults
• Romance - Adults
• Valentine's Day

Monsters and Magic and Mythology - Oh My!

Urban Fantasy Novels to Add Magic to Your Winter Reading

Do you like gritty cities but also want inhuman characters? Do you love reading about magic, but aren't interested in world building that reimagines the medieval? Urban fantasy mixes the magic, monsters, and mythology of high fantasy with the dark and gritty city underworlds of noir. The five books below will get you started.

• Adults
• Fantasy
• Melissa N.

Coffee & Conversation

Coffee & Conversation West End Neighborhood library

A dreary day greeted the group at this afternoon's scheduled gathering of, but the rain spared today's conversation. Sixteen coffee fans started the discussion with ideas for Summer Challenge prizes for teens and some great ideas were added to the list. Helicopter parenting, gun control, crime, and developing young brains were among the topics, along with the topic of social media's lightening-fast route to one's psyche. Life's not more dangerous now, but the news just gets here faster!

• Adults