A Feed Called schlow-podcast

In celebration of October being TeenTober in libraries across the country, we chat with three State College Area High School seniors — Maggie Campbell, Madeline Lawrence, and Sydnee Rockey — about life as a teen in State College. 

Schlow's Author Spotlight series continues on Thursday, October 17 with a visit from Madeline Miller, author of the bestsellers The Song of Achilles and Circe.

We chat with Madeline about her love of the Greek classics and her new TV deal for Circe!

Madeline Miller: http://madelinemiller.com/

The Nittany Valley Chapter of the Embroiders' Guild of America (EGA) is celebrating its 40th year this year, and in October the chapter will have an exhibition in Schlow's Betsy Rodgers Allen Gallery.

We chat with two chapter members — Tina Aumiller and Joanne Loebig — about the guild and the community feeling around embroidery.

Nittany Valley Chapter of EGA: https://www.facebook.com/NittanyValleyChapterEGA/

Schlow Stitchers: https://www.schlowlibrary.org/events/schlow-stitchers?_ga=2.14227710.839218999.1569934441-510261925.1540396447

Elaine Bayly has been a children's services technician at Schlow since 2017, when she moved to State College with her husband and two daughters. She was born in the Philippines and came to America when she was 9. Elaine helps out in Schlow's Toddler Learning Centre and is working on a diversity audit for the library in an effort to continue to bring different cultures and voices into Schlow's collection of children's books.

Elaine was featured in a story our website during Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: https://www.schlowlibrary.org/news/2019-05-07/celebrating-asianpacific-american-heritage-month?_ga=2.28154876.1394258792.1568981590-694232853.1551924016

The Centre Region is opening its first StoryWalk on Saturday, September 28 in Autumnwood Park. StoryWalks are in all 50 states and in more than a dozen countries around the world.

Anne Ferguson from Vermont came up with the idea for the StoryWalk in 2007, and we had a chance to chat with her for this week's episode. Anne is retired after working 35 years in human services. The idea for StoryWalk "combines the joy of reading, spending time in nature, going for a walk, and sharing a great story as a family."

Schlow's Author Spotlight series kicks off on Saturday, September 21 with a visit from author Jamie Ford, whose books include the New York Times bestsellers Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Willow Frost. His latest novel is Love and Other Consolation Prizes.

We chat with Jamie about his career and inspiration of writing novels based on actual events.

Jamie will be at Schlow from 2 to 3:30pm on September 21. The event is free. Reserve your seat at: https://www.schlowlibrary.org/events/author-spotlight-jamie-ford?_ga=2.89722459.1941186202.1568499953-694232853.1551924016

Jamie Ford: http://www.jamieford.com/

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, and this year Schlow is taking on Northland Public Library near Pittsburgh to see who can sign up the most patrons for library cards this month! It's in conjunction with this year being the final schedule meeting between Penn State and Pitt in football.

Schlow director Cathi Alloway and Northland director Amy Steele join the podcast to talk about libraries, and maybe do a little trash talking too!

Schlow Library Card Sign Up: https://www.schlowlibrary.org/contact/help/get-library-card

Northland Public Library: https://www.northlandlibrary.org/

Artist Michele Randall from State College is exhibiting some of her work in our gallery in September. Her works include encaustic painting and cyanotype. 

We have a conversation with her about the type of art she does and her path to becoming an artist.

Michele Randall: http://www.michelerandallart.com

In this latest edition of Meet the Staff, we chat with Charlotte Getson, who grew up in State College and volunteered at Schlow for about three years. A student at Penn State, she has been a page at the library for the last five years.

In honor of back to school week, we chat with the two co-coordinators of the library department in the State College Area School District. Paije Davis has been at Corl Street Elementary for the past 16 years, and Dotty Delafield is the librarian at Mount Nittany Middle School and has worked for the school district since 2000.

State College Area School District: https://www.scasd.org/