Library News & Updates
Happy May Day everyone! This day has so many meanings. For me I’m usually excited to go to the annual May Day Parade in Minneapolis. It’s also Beltane, spring festival. I also remember in 2006 one of the largest demonstrations in U.S. History, a march for immigrant rights. Similar events happened this year as well. As part…
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by Tim Shenk Coordinator, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations Faulkner once said that the past is not dead — and it’s not even past. The civil war that broke out in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on April 25, 1965 has had lasting effects for the island nation and continues to be an instructive example of…
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Happy Spring! To celebrate the new growing season we’re featuring a set of new materials from New Society Publishers (did I say new enough? I admit, I’m excited it’s Spring!) “New Society Publishers has been publishing books to build a new society for over 30 years. We are an activist, solutions-oriented publisher focused on bringing you…
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Join us April 11th for a dynamic and insightful art show highlighting the work of people incarcerated in U.S. prisons. For some, art is their only way of telling the world who they are and may go unnoticed within the confines of life incarcerated. On April 11th at the Big Red Barn, come out to an…
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If you are browsing the Durland Alternatives Library, you’ll see books here and there published by The Feminist Press. The Feminist Press was initially founded by Florence Howe and her husband, Paul Lauter, in 1970 as an attempt to recover a series of “lost” feminist literary classics. As a teacher, Howe was particularly interested in…
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We celebrate the publication of Poetry Anthology #15, with a live reading of some of our favorite poems from this edition. Come learn about Prisoner Express, and experience the power and the humor of poetry from behind the bars. Refreshments will be served. Join the Event on Facebook! Many prisoners have nothing more than pencil,…
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by Laurence Clarkberg, Volunteer Curator and owner of Boxy Bikes in Ithaca. Audio post: A series of unfortunate events this morning led me to a parable.
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