Library News
2019 Pulitzer winners add heft to any bookshelf
The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday. Apparently more is better as the average length of the five winning books (including the 80 page poetry winner) is 341 pages. With a little more effort, Jeffrey C. Stewart’s biography, The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, could have topped 1000 pages, but he rested content at 944. We’ve put a list of all the winners and finalists after “read more” below. If lugging around a huge book is daunting, download it. All the winners are available as ebooks, except poetry and The New Negro of course. Read more…
Take the Larchmont Mamaroneck Community TV Survey
LMCTV requests your help by asking that you take their online survey. The purpose of the survey is to gather information about the local community cable programming and media services provided by LMCTV. The information gathered will help to determine if the existing local programming and media services are adequate and appropriate, and to identify changes that might be made to meet current and future needs in the interests of residents, community groups, educational institutions, businesses and local government. And if you take the survey online, LMCTV will enter your name for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card. The online survey is available now through May 6.
The 7th Annual Larchmont Spelling Bee Was a HUGE Success!
Congratulations to the winning team – THE SPELLBINDERS (Barbara Grae, Dorothy Greene & Rose Silvestro) – returning champions who won this year’s competition by correctly spelling ‘aberrant’. The winners are pictured here with Nancy Seligson (Mamaroneck Town Supervisor), Lorraine Walsh (Mayor, Village of Larchmont), and George Latimer (Westchester County Executive). Thanks to everyone who participated, came as a spectator, and special thanks to the Friends of the Larchmont Public Library for making the BEE possible.
April Museum of the Month
Visit a Museum… ON US! Now through May 12, visit the Hudson River Museum and enjoy The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art. You can visit any one of sixteen different museums using our Museum Passes! Your library card is all you need to take advantage of things like free admission and discounts on admission. Stop by the Information Desk for complete details. And visit our Museum Pass Page online!
Jump ahead of your neighbors! Below are lists of books and dvds we’ve ordered but have not yet received. Click on “check our catalog” to place a hold. If you’d like a weekly email with updated orders go to the signup page, choose the categories you are interested in and enter your email.