In March this year, the New York Public Library received a generous donation of $20 million from Library Trustee, James S. Tisch and his wife Dr. Merryl Tisch. In receiving this donation, the library must find a suitable figure to act as the Director of Education. In the future, this director will be responsible for implementing and supervising major changes within the educational department across every branch of the NYPL system, albeit in Manhattan, the Bronx, or Staten Island. During her childhood years spent in Manhattan, Dr. Tisch often enjoyed scholastic excursions to the Seward Park Library on the Lower East …
Despite having no access to electricity or running water, the Buffalo Peaks Ranch at the South Park National Heritage Area in Colorado has been home to the Rocky Mountain Land Library (RMLL) since 2012. Enclosed by high mountain peaks that reach above 14,000 feet, this previously abandoned site is gradually coming into shape as the cultural library of the American west. 20 years ago, Jeff Lee and Anne Marie Martin met each other as employees at a Denver bookshop called Tattered Cover. Their shared passion for books led them to visit Gladstone’s, a residential library offering “book and bed” services in Flintshire, North Wales. …
Neil Gaiman, with notable works such as the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book, recently agreed that he will do a dramatic reading of The Cheesecake Factory’s menu on the condition that his fans raise $500,000 for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), also known as the UN Refugee Agency, by World Refugee Day on June 20th. For those who are unfamiliar with the menu, here are a few items Neil may have to read: STEAK DIANE Medallions of Certified Angus Beef Steak Covered with Black Peppercorns and …
According to the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary, the most complicated word in the English language is something we’re all familiar with. Believe it or not, the three-lettered word “run” yields as many as 645 different meanings and this is only for the verb. The most recent edition of the dictionary used 75 columns for this word alone. Behind these columns of description is nine months of relentless research and arduous compilation from one professional lexicographer, Peter Gilliver. Partly because of this word, the letter R section required more than nine months of harnessing so as to create a comprehensive …
George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series is famous for its twists and turns – and those twists have helped make the television version, Game of Thrones, a massive success. But according to Martin, the series’ next big twist will appear only in the novels. That’s because the show has already killed the character that plays a key role in the twist! Martin didn’t spoil the twist itself, but he did drop some hints about the upcoming shocker in an interview with IGN. Martin explained that he debated including the plot twist for a couple of years before making up his …
