The film Amadeus recounts Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s life and success as a classical composer. Immortal Beloved dramatizes the life and true love of Ludwig Beethoven. Sometimes a movie isn’t enough. There have been plenty of novels starring these, and other, classical composers.
Click here for a list of novels featuring famous classical composers.
It’s a new year, so how about thinking of the world around you in a new way? The Earth is the only planet that can sustain life in humanity’s foreseeable future. Take some time to learn more about it, the way we currently use it, and some of the ways that we could use it better.
Click here to see for documentaries focusing on crucial environmental issues.
February 3, 1959 was christened as The Day the Music Died by Don McLean in his iconic song, “American Pie.” It was the day that Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Rock and roll is full of untimely ends, but the music lives on.
Click here for musicians that died unfortunately early.
It is four days before Christmas. Old Saint Nick is practically here. You have officially, almost, survived the holidays without running over any Scrooges in the mall parking lot. But that doesn’t mean that someone else hasn’t.
Click here for cozy mystery Christmas books.
Click here for thriller/suspense holiday novels.
If dead bodies under the mistletoe aren’t your scene, click here for fantasy and sci-fi holiday novels.
Did you know that Zooey Deschanel – the wide-eyed actress from The New Girl – has a holiday album? So does Johnny Cash, Sufjan Stevens, Lady Antebellum, Justin Bieber, and Stevie Wonder. Don’t leave your holiday spirit up to the radio! Find new and traditional music at the Library.
Click here for classic Christmas music.
Click here if you want a more country Christmas.
Try here for pop stars singing holiday tunes.
Finally, If you’re in the mood for the obscure, click here for quirky holiday music.
Santa’s favorite season is in full swing with lights, candy canes, garland, and super sales every which way you look. But who wants to shop all of December? If you need downtime away from the maddening crowds – where it is just you, your couch, and a good book – the Library is ready to hand you the perfect holiday read.
For feel good holiday reads, click here.
For some snow meltingly hot, holiday romances, click here.
For true stories of war during the holidays, click here.
Still haven’t found the book that will break your Scrooge-streak? Stop by the Fiction/AV desk for suggestions!
Appalachia is a region that stretches from the southern tip of New York state to mid-Alabama. It follows the Appalachian Mountains and is known for its fiercely independent, inventive inhabitants of mostly Scots-Irish descent.
To learn about mountaintop removal, moonshining, haints, high places, coal wars and more, click here.
Vincent van Gogh has been credited with saying, “I can’t change the fact that my paintings don’t sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.”
Click here to learn more about art that has stood the test of time.
New Wave is a subgenre of rock that developed in the late 1970s and gained popularity in the 1980s. It’s marked by a highly experimental approach, a reliance on electronics (such as synthesizers), and an eccentric but modern mode of dress.
To meet the women of New Wave music, click here.
