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Local Reviewers Share Podcast Recommendations This is Actually Happening Wondery Review by Tiffany Harkleroad Often, podcasts will...

Award Winners in 2021 Butler Library's Youth Services Librarian, Tiffany Harkleroad, shared graphics of this year's winners & honorable...

YALSA announces 2021 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists YALSA PRESS RELEASE CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library...

Local Reviewers Share Podcast Recommendations Rabbit Hole New York Times Reviewed by Anita Bowser As most of us watched in disbelief, a...

Happy New Year from your friends at Kittanning Library! Well, we did it. We made it through an entire year of weekly blog posts. And,...

A Yuletide Walk By Anita Bowser A soft snow began just before Christmas last week and covered the neighborhood in a thick blanket of...

More Recommendations from 2020 Reviewer: Micheal O'Hare formerly of North Buffalo, is retired editor of the Leader Times & lives in...

Recommendations from 2020 Reviewer: Stephen Harkleroad of Butler, formerly of Kittanning Sid Meier’s Memoir: A Life in Computer Games:...

Backyard Astronomy for Beginners By Michael Miller The boxes make such wonderful promises. View Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in your own...

Holiday Game Guide By Stephen Harkleroad At the end of October, the Essen Game Fair in Germany was held (virtually, of course). Essen is,...

Buy Local Authors for Holiday Giving Whether you like mystery or romance, nonfiction or science fiction, poetry or prose, your next...

Local bibliophiles review their recent reads This Book Look is the latest installment of a recurring round-up of book reviews by local...

Autumn Images of Western Pennsylvania This week's post comes from our friend Mary Alvarado who is kind enough to share photos from her...

Featured Artist: Janice Platt By Anita Bowser Throughout October and November, the art of Janice (Simcik) Platt, of Hermitage, will be on...

There's History Buried in those Cemetery Records By Margaret Hewitt When you think about cemeteries, does your mind conjure up creepy...

In Celebration of Demanding Women Images & Post by Tiffany Harkleroad When you hear the phrase “demanding women,” does it conjure up...

Take Time for Creepy Places in October Post & Photos by Tiffany Harkleroad This is the time of year when many of us like the spooky...

A Month-Long Ascent into Literary Abandon By Anita Bowser November is National Novel Writing Month. If you think that's just an excuse to...

Lighten Things Up with Board Game Distractions By Stephen Harkleroad It’s an election year! So it’s time to avoid the news and play games...

Escape to the Outdoors By Kay Owen Are you stressed? Worried about COVID-19? Concerned about your kids going back to school? Frantic...