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- Mar 4, 2021
- 5 min
Oh My Pod!
Local Reviewers Share Podcast Recommendations This is Actually Happening Wondery Review by Tiffany Harkleroad Often, podcasts will...
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armstronglibraries
- Feb 18, 2021
- 1 min
Honored & Recommended for Kids
Award Winners in 2021 Butler Library's Youth Services Librarian, Tiffany Harkleroad, shared graphics of this year's winners & honorable...
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armstronglibraries
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
Nonfiction YA for Your Reading List
YALSA announces 2021 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists YALSA PRESS RELEASE CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library...
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armstronglibraries
- Jan 21, 2021
- 6 min
Oh My Pod!
Local Reviewers Share Podcast Recommendations Rabbit Hole New York Times Reviewed by Anita Bowser As most of us watched in disbelief, a...
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armstronglibraries
- Jan 7, 2021
- 1 min
It's 2021. Finally!
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,...
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armstronglibraries
- Dec 31, 2020
- 1 min
Season's Greetings
A Yuletide Walk By Anita Bowser A soft snow began just before Christmas last week and covered the neighborhood in a thick blanket of...
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armstronglibraries
- Dec 24, 2020
- 7 min
A Year in Books
More Recommendations from 2020 Reviewer: Micheal O'Hare formerly of North Buffalo, is retired editor of the Leader Times & lives in...
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armstronglibraries
- Dec 17, 2020
- 7 min
A Year in Books
Recommendations from 2020 Reviewer: Stephen Harkleroad of Butler, formerly of Kittanning Sid Meier’s Memoir: A Life in Computer Games:...
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armstronglibraries
- Dec 10, 2020
- 3 min
Gift Advice for Novice Stargazers
Backyard Astronomy for Beginners By Michael Miller The boxes make such wonderful promises. View Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in your own...
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armstronglibraries
- Dec 3, 2020
- 4 min
2020's Best Tabletop Games
Holiday Game Guide By Stephen Harkleroad At the end of October, the Essen Game Fair in Germany was held (virtually, of course). Essen is,...
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armstronglibraries
- Nov 26, 2020
- 6 min
The Writers Next Door
Buy Local Authors for Holiday Giving Whether you like mystery or romance, nonfiction or science fiction, poetry or prose, your next...
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armstronglibraries
- Nov 19, 2020
- 5 min
November Book Look
Local bibliophiles review their recent reads This Book Look is the latest installment of a recurring round-up of book reviews by local...
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armstronglibraries
- Nov 12, 2020
- 1 min
Fall's Warm Glow
Autumn Images of Western Pennsylvania This week's post comes from our friend Mary Alvarado who is kind enough to share photos from her...
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armstronglibraries
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
Visitors Find Joy in Fall Exhibit
Featured Artist: Janice Platt By Anita Bowser Throughout October and November, the art of Janice (Simcik) Platt, of Hermitage, will be on...
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armstronglibraries
- Oct 29, 2020
- 4 min
Don't Whistle Past that Graveyard!
There's History Buried in those Cemetery Records By Margaret Hewitt When you think about cemeteries, does your mind conjure up creepy...
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armstronglibraries
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
Stay Informed & Vote
In Celebration of Demanding Women Images & Post by Tiffany Harkleroad When you hear the phrase “demanding women,” does it conjure up...
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armstronglibraries
- Oct 15, 2020
- 3 min
Moody Meanderings
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...
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armstronglibraries
- Oct 8, 2020
- 4 min
Get Ready for NaNoWriMo
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...
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armstronglibraries
- Oct 1, 2020
- 4 min
Gaming the Election
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...
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