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GCPL's 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions
New Podcast Ep!
Andrew's back for another episode of Andrew Really, Really Likes Award Shows! He's sharing his predictions for the 95th Academy Awards nominations.
Use the player above to listen or search for Gaston Speaks on your preferred podcast app. And be on the lookout for the rest of Andrew's nomination predictions coming soon to this blog!
We're Booked Up - Let It Snow
It's time for the holiday episode of We're Booked Up! For this episode we discussed a fun holiday read, Let It Snow by Beth Moran.
"To All Who Pass This Way"
Tired of mailing holiday cards? In 1991, Mrs. Annie Robinson of Bessemer City had the idea to post her greeting card as a large sign in her front yard. "I don't send greeting cards but I do want everyone to know I am thinking of them and wish them a Merry Christmas," she said.
Publication in the Bessemer City Record newspaper definitely helped deliver her holiday greeting to those who might not pass that way.
Brian Brown, Librarian, Local History & Genealogy
We're Booked Up - November 9
Time for another episode of We're Booked Up! For this episode, Kendal, Andrew, and Angelique decided to check out the hype over Colleen Hoover and read November 9, a New Adult romance.
We're Booked Up - In the Dream House
We’re back for another episode of We’re Booked Up, the Gaston Speaks podcast segment wherein Kendall, Andrew, and Angelique discuss books. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Hispanic Heritage Month, we read In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, a memoir recounting Machado’s terrifying experience in a psychologically abusive relationship. This book covers serious topics, that we are in no way experts on, so please take care with yourself before continuing.
Engaging with Art Post-Pandemic Program
Join us at the library for an afternoon of art and history exploration through Biblioboard, our digital collections platform. This program will be presented by Maddie Moore in the Carol K. Reinhardt Auditorium at the Main Library on 1555 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:00 pm.
Maddie will talk about the library's D. E. McConnell Art Collection, art by Gastonia illustrator Ralph Ray, Jr., and the James Arthur Adams scrapbook. Adams was an African-American Boy Scouts of America leader.
Maddie attended UNC-Chapel Hill where she double majored in History and Communication Studies. She graduated and received her Bachelor's in 2019. Currently she is a Library Assistant at the Gaston County Public Library and just received her Master of Library Science degree from Appalachian State University this summer. She has also been working at the library and the Gaston County Museum as an intern for the "Engaging with Art Post-Pandemic" project.
The Gaston County Public Library received an American Rescue Plan Humanities Support Grant from North Carolina Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), for a yearlong project called “Engaging with Art Post-Pandemic”. This collaborative project between the library and the Gaston County Museum enabled the two departments to bring art and culturally important works found in department collections to a digital platform, increasing discoverability and accessibility to Gaston County resources.
This grant funding was made possible via the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the coronavirus.
UPDATE: This Program was recorded and can be watched at the following link https://youtu.be/NTkXYWAuAgM
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