Today is Halloween 2020 and to help you celebrate I talk to a few of my co-workers about their memories of Halloween and things they like to do. But first I take a few minutes to share my thoughts on Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire due to it celebrating its 25th Anniversary this October!

Today I am sharing my thoughts on some of my favorite movies, books/stories, and musicals I enjoy during the Halloween season. What are some of your Halloween favorites? Do we share a few? Find out!!!

Here is a link to get tickets for the one night only Hocus Pocus reunion special on October  30th 2020: https://nyrpshop.org/

In this episode of The Shoemaker's library I have a debate with Seth Jacobus, director of the George F. Johnson Memorial Library, about the public administrator value of accountability using Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series. There will be spoilers from the book series. 

In honor of the haunting season join me as I read one of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest works, "The Raven"!

This fall we have some great digital offerings for teens and children. As well as some new developments we would like to share with our community about opening Saturdays again and being an early voting site.

That's a wrap for our summer 2020 offerings, but I am teasing some things to look forward to this fall. As well as giving some more library information about our COVID polices and procedures.

Today I share updates about the George F. Johnson Memorial library and our summer reading programs for all ages. Then I share my thoughts on the fairy tale Cinderella and the fairy tale collectors who wrote different versions down.

Click link to read Grimm's Cinderella: https://germanstories.vcu.edu/grimm/cinder.html

Click link to read Perrault's Cinderella: https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault06.html

We have made a lot of changes to the library as we get ready to invite the public back. Listen and get the run down on new services and policies we put in place during this difficult time. As well as hear how you can participate in our summer reading program from home!

The discussion is based on the free presentation of Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, on the YouTube Channel "The Show Must Go On" on April 24th.

This episode was first recorded on Facebook live on April 26th.

We discuss the show and leave you thinking. 

The discussion is based on the free presentation of The Phantom of the Opera on the YouTube Channel "The Show Must Go On" on April 17th.

This episode was first recorded on Facebook live on April 19th.

We discuss the show and leave you thinking.