No Talking in the Library

08 20, 2020

No Talking in the Library: Taylor Swift & The Chicks

By admin|2020-08-20T08:00:14-04:00August 20, 2020|

Our reference librarians Meredith and John give their enthusiastic reviews of Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” and “Gaslighter” by The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks.)

They also discuss the joy of women telling their own stories in song, and John shares a great anecdote about his days as a high school volleyball coach.

By the way, you can stream Folklore for free with Hoopla and Gaslighter for free on Freegal.

Join us for a new episode of No Talking in the Library every Thursday. And, for more pop culture with Meredith and John, you can check out the No Talking in the Library archives.

07 9, 2020

No Talking in the Library: Baseball, Jackie Robinson & Cultural Change

By admin|2020-07-09T08:00:28-04:00July 9, 2020|

John and Meredith are missing baseball, so they discuss a pair of hardball documentaries:

A Long Way From Home: The Untold Story of Baseball’s Desegregation, which shares the experiences of Black and Latino players who played in small town minor-league teams after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line. You can watch the documentary for free with Kanopy and your MPL card.
A Secret Love, which discusses the LGBT influence on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, (the league that inspired “A League of their Own.”

Along the way, they discuss the role sports can play in improving and uniting cultures.

Join us for a new episode of No Talking in the Library every Thursday. And, for more pop culture with Meredith and John, you can check out the No Talking in the Library archives.

05 28, 2020

No Talking in the Library: Shame Movies

By admin|2020-05-28T08:00:33-04:00May 28, 2020|

Curious what film John hides from his family? Want to know what Nicholas Sparks adaption gets Meredith every time? Our librarians John and Meredith share the movies that they’re ashamed to admit that they love.

And, as with so many of their discussions, they conclude by sharing their admiration for “Winter’s Bone,” which coincidentally you can stream for free right now with your library card.

Join us for a new episode of No Talking in the Library every Thursday. And, for more pop culture with Meredith and John, you can check out the No Talking in the Library archives.

05 21, 2020

No Talking in the Library: Chernobyl Blows our Minds

By admin|2020-05-21T08:00:35-04:00May 21, 2020|

Our Reference Librarians Meredith Tomeo and John Foster love HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries, and they break down every aspect of it — the plotting, casting, music, and (of course) the real history and book on which it’s based.

By the way, you can borrow that ebook Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich on OverDrive and Libby.

You can also put Chernobyl on hold and pick it up from our drive-thru at Main or curbside at our Lake and Headlands Branches.

Join us for a new episode of No Talking in the Library every Thursday. And, for more pop culture with Meredith and John, you can check out the No Talking in the Library archives.

05 14, 2020

No Talking in the Library: Talking ’89 & favorite sports documentaries

By admin|2020-05-14T08:00:14-04:00May 14, 2020|

Reference Librarians Meredith Tomeo and John Foster discuss ’89, the documentary about Arsenal’s improbable victory against powerhouse Liverpool. They also share their favorite sports documentaries that they’ve been binging during the stay-at-home order.

Join us for a new episode of No Talking in the Library every Thursday. And, for more pop culture with Meredith and John, you can check out the No Talking in the Library archives.

By the way, your library card gives you access to thousands of movies, TV shows, and documentaries that you can be binge-watching right now FOR FREE with your library card. Check out the collections in Hoopla, Kanopy or RBDigital. All of which you can start watching right now.

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