Alvar memories

01/06/2015

Krewe de Jeanne d'Arc celebrates Joan of Arc as a symbol of New Orleans' French heritage, with an annual January 6 parade and other cultural events.

12/16/2014

Spiritual Literacy Month:

As a point of literacy then your library has ALL the titles you could want. In the Dewey Decimal system you'll find the subject of Christianity from 200 through to 289 and other religions from 290 to 299 http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/about/dewey.html #200

look through NOPLs card catalog find the titles you want AND if you don't find any ones you want talk to us and we'll get it in as a suggested title for purchase or as an inter-library loan.

200 Religion 201 Philosophy of Christianity 202 Miscellany of Christianity 203 Dictionaries of Christianity 204 Special topics 205 Serial publications of Christianity 206 Organizations of Christianity 207 Education, research in Christianity 208 Kinds of persons in Christianity 209 History & geograph…

11/11/2014

'Theory of Memory' by Louise Gluck, and the literary and historical notes for Tuesday, November 11, 2014.

11/04/2014

Gabe Soria reads his latest Batman'66 story -- a spooky tale of crime and trick or treating just in time for Halloween!

11/04/2014

The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Ameri…

10/29/2014

Give a book for Halloween.

10/29/2014

The NOCAZ Hands-on comics and zines workshop was a roaring success! We made tons of comics together, and we’re only just getting started! Anybody who completes their zine can drop it off at the Alvar or main branch libraries by NOVEMBER 8th to receive 10 free copies of their zine on November 15th. Then they’ll be able to use their zines to trade at the fest! See you there!