Podcasts about ferguson library

Yelena Klompus came to the U.S. with a purpose. In an effort to keep her family safe and raise her son with better access to healthcare, she has been able to use her academic credentials and professional experience from her native country, Russia, to create impactful library programs in the U.S. As the Manager of Multicultural and English Language Literacy Programs at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, CT, she has been able to connect thousands of immigrants and English language learners to programs and resources that provide a pathway to self-sufficiency. She is empathetic to newcomers but is pragmatic in her approach in pointing people in a direction that helps them build confidence with their English skills and connects them to the community.

 In this episode we bring you a conversation with author Michael Harriot about his book Black AF History: the Un-Whitewashed Story of America. His interlocutor is Alvin Hall, author of Driving the Green Book. This event took place over Zoom on September 27, 2023. If you'd like to see an expanded version of this talk, complete with Q&A, you can find it on the Ferguson Library's YouTube channel.  fergusonlibrary.orgmichaelharriot.comalvinhall.com MUSIC“Speed Energy” by Winnie the MoogDee Yan-Key “He Never Said a Mumbling Word”“St. Louis Blues”  https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-jukebox-jazz/remix/?i=jukebox-41556&s=91138&d=mpc&p=70sH3

In part 2 of this special episode, Chris and Bob were joined by Alice Knapp, Director of the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut, Scott Jarzombek, Director of the Fairfield Library in Fairfield, Connecticut, Kate Byroade Director of the Cragin Colchester Library in Colchester, Connecticut and Scott Brill, Director of the Derby Public Library, in Derby […]

Join us for a conversation with Lori Robbins, author of the On Pointe Mysteries, as we talk about the dance world, aging protagonists, and...feet? https://www.lorirobbins.com/ For information on CrimeConn, see the Ferguson Library's website: https://www.fergusonlibrary.org/event/crimeconn-mystery-lovers-conference-shape-things-come-future-crime-writing

 In this episode we bring you Darryl McDaniels, AKA DMC from the seminal rap group Run-DMC, speaking about his new book for children, Darryl's Dream. Darryl McDaniels spoke at the Ferguson Library on June 8th, 2022.  Thumbnail image by Tristan Tate (from Darryl's Dream) MUSIC"Speed Energy" by Winnie the MoogMade with Library of Congress Citizen DJ:“Dardanella” https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-jukebox-jazz/remix/?i=jukebox-34232&s=61289&d=mpc&p=90hH6“St. Louis Blues”  https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-jukebox-jazz/remix/?i=jukebox-41556&s=91138&d=mpc&p=70sH3Additional music generated by Aiva      

In this episode we bring you a talk by Gregory Zuckerman about his book A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine. Zuckerman writes for the Wall Street Journal and has published two other books on the world of business. This talk was sponsored by The Dilenschneider Group, Hearst Media Group in Connecticut and the Ferguson Library. It took place on November 18, 2021 and was streamed via Zoom. gregoryzuckerman.comfergusonlibrary.org Music: “Speed Energy” by Winnie the MoogMoore and Gardner, “Chinese Blues” (George Gerswhin piano roll), 1916https://freemusicarchive.org/search?adv=1&quicksearch=gershwin&search-genre=Old-Time/Historic&&

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.Generously supported by the Friends of the Ferguson Library and co-sponsored by Stamford Stands Against Racism and UCONN-Stamford.This talk took place on October 7 2021 and was live-streamed over Zoom. Valerie Smith's book: Toni Morrison: Writing the Moral Imagination  MUSIC “Speed Energy” by Winnie the MoogMoore and Gardner, “Chinese Blues” (George Gerswhin piano roll), 1916Dee Yan-Key “He Never Said a Mumbling Word”

 In this episode we bring you Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of the bestselling novel The Other Black Girl. This event was produced by the Friends of the Ferguson Library in collaboration with the Darien Library and Barrett Bookstore in Darien. It took place on September 30th 2021 and was livestreamed on Zoom. If you'd like to see an extended version of this talk, complete with Q&A, you can find it at the Ferguson Library's YouTube page. MUSIC “Speed Energy” by Winnie the MoogMoore and Gardner, “Chinese Blues” (George Gerswhin piano roll), 1916Dee Yan-Key “He Never Said a Mumbling Word”

In this episode we bring you Chris Bohjalian in conversation with his fellow novelist Cristina Alger. Bohjalian is the author of many hot-selling titles, including The Flight Attendant, (recently made into a TV series starring Caley Cuoco) and his latest novel Hour of the Witch. Christina Alger's publications include Girls Like Us and The Banker's Wife.This event was produced by Barrett Bookstore in Darien, Connecticut, in collaboration with the Darien Library and the Friends of the Ferguson Library, and took place on May 20, 2021 via Zoom. An expanded version of this conversation can be found on the Ferguson Library's YouTube channel. MUSIC“Speed Energy” by Winnie the Moog Moore and Gardner, “Chinese Blues” (George Gerswhin piano roll), 1916Dee Yan-Key “He Never Said a Mumbling Word”

In this episode we bring you a talk with author Kristan Higgins, author of many best-selling novels, including Always the Last to Know, a story of the many kinds of love to be found in a single family.  This author talk was produced by Friends of the Ferguson Library and took place via Zoom on June 18, 2020. If you'd like to see an expanded version of this talk, complete with Q&A, you can find it on the Ferguson Library's YouTube channel.      kristanhiggins.com     fergusonlibrary.org      Music:      “Speed Energy” by Winnie the Moog     Moore and Gardner, “Chinese Blues” (George Gerswhin piano roll), 1916     Dee Yan-Key “He Never Said a Mumbling Word”   

     The Secret Keeper of Jaipur is author Alka Joshi's follow-up to The Henna Artist, her hot-selling debut. Both are stories of love, work, class, and struggle in mid-20th-century India. Joshi's work has been touted by Reese Witherspoon and is being adapted for television.      This talk was presented by the Friends of the Ferguson Library via Zoom on June 29, 2021. An expanded version of the talk (complete with Q&A) can be found at the library's YouTube channel.       alkajoshi.com     fergusonlibrary.org     Music: "Speed Energy" by Winnie the Moog, "Chinese Blues (1916 George Gershwin Piano Roll)" by Moore and Gardner              

Before there was JFK and RFK, there was the man who founded an American political dynasty: Joseph P. Kennedy. Susan Ronald's new book The Ambassador  traces his rise to power and riches, focusing on his years as U.S. Ambassador to Britain in the days leading up to the Second World War.  This talk, sponsored by the Friends of the Ferguson Library, took place via Zoom on August 5, 2021. A longer version of the talk (complete with Q&A) can be found here on the library's YouTube channel.fergusonlibrary.orgsusanronald.com    

Episode Seventy Six Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Upcoming Readalongs –We are hosting co-reads in June 2019 with Jenny Colvin of the Reading Envy Podcast.:Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (record date 6/5/19)The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERESapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather (record date 6/27/19)The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE– Currently Reading –Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (EF)(CW)Miracle Creek – Angie Kim (EF)– Just Read –Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (CW)The Lost Family – Jenna Blum (EF)Lost Laysen: The Newly Discovered Story – Margaret Mitchell edited by Debra Freer (CW)The 4-Hour Workweek – Timothy Ferriss (CW)– Biblio Adventures –Emily attended the Newburyport Literary Festival April 26-27, 2019:Elaine Weiss: The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the VoteLinda Hirschman: Sister’s in Law: How Sandra Day O’ Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the WorldRachel Slade: Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El FaroRussell Banks and Steve YarbroughA Readable Feast: Jenna Blum, Louise Miller, Miriam ParkerChris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The event featured Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, in conversation with US Poet Laureate Tracy K Smith moderated by Kevin Young, the Director of the Center. Kevin Young is also the New Yorker Poetry Editor.Check out the Schomburg Shop.Chris watched The Try Guys Test Old Age Body Simulators– Upcoming Jaunts –Emily is traveling to Minnesota and is hoping to visit Birch Bark Books & Native Arts, Milkweed Editions bookstore Open Books, Magers & Quinn Booksellers, and Wild Rumpus.Chris will be going to the The Flock Theater to see their adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.Chris is heading to an event for The White Mountain: Rediscovering Mount Washington’s Hidden Culture by Dan Szczeny. Check out his website for upcoming events.Crime Conn is at Ferguson Library on Saturday, May 18, 2019Chris and Emily will be attending Book Expo America May 29-31, 2019– Upcoming Reads –Coming, Aphrodite! – Willa Cather (CW) which is part of the Willa Cather Short Story ProjectThe Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison (CW)The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things – Paula Byrne (CW)A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport – Kate Stewart (CW)The Missing of Claire Delune – Christelle Dabos, translated by Hidegarde Serle (EF)Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors (The Rajes #1) – Sonali Dev (EF)Around Harvard Square – cj farley (EF)Mrs. Everything – Jennifer Weiner (EF)– Also Mentioned –Russell of Ink and Paper Booktube ChannelBookPageAuthor Angie Kim’s WebsiteThose Who Save Us – Jenna Blum The Tim Ferriss Show interview with Neil Gaiman can be found hereJabberwocky BooksBook RackSafe from the Neighbors – Steve YarbroughAuthor Jill McCorkle’s websiteRed Rooster Restaurant Yes, Chef – Marcus SamuelssonWade in the Water: Poems – Tracy K. SmithSister Outsider: Essays and Speeches – Audre LordInto Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster – Jon KrakaurAnne Boyd RiouxLittle A Publishing

We talk with Rachelle Brandel, Adult Services Librarian at the Ferguson (MO) Public Library about PLA's 'Libraries Connecting You to Coverage' initiative and the Ferguson Library's efforts to help their community members enroll in health insurance during the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period.

Lynne Spigelmire Viti was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She is a lecturer emerita in the Writing Program at Wellesley College. A graduate of Mercy High School in Baltimore, she attended the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, and received her B.A.cum laude in English Literature from Barnard College. After teaching high school English for several years in Stamford, Connecticut and Brookline, Massachusetts, she earned her Ph.D. and J.D. from Boston College.Viti has authored numerous academic articles on legal topics, composition theory and, literature and media. Her first chapbook, Baltimore Girls, was published in March, 2017, and her second collection, The Glamorganshire Bible, in 2018 (both from Finishing Line Press). She is also the author of a poetry microchapbook, (Origami Poems Project 2017). Her poetry, nonfiction and fiction has appeared in over a hundred online and print journals and anthologies, including The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television (2009),The Baltimore Sun,Amuse-Bouche, The Paterson Review, The Little Patuxent Review, Drunk Monkeys, Cultured Vultures, Incandescent Mind and Right Hand Pointing. She won Honorable Mentions in the 2015 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest, the 2017 Joe Gouveia Poetry Contest,and the 2015 Glimmer Train Short Fiction Contest. She has read her work at Gallery 55 (Natick), MA; Mass. Poetry Festival; Bird-in-Hand /Ivy Bookshop Baltimore, MD; Little Patuxent Review; Book Culture Bookstore, NY, NY; Boston Public Library; Westwood, MA Public Library; Wellfleet, MA Public Library; Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT; Mercy High School, Baltimore, MD; Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, MD; Dover, MA Public Library; New England Mobile Book Fair, Newton, MA; Wellesley College; Old Frog Pond Farm Plein Air Poetry, Harvard, MA; Charlestown Retirement Community (Catonsville, MD); Louisburg Cottages, CountyMayo, Ireland. She blogs at stillinschool.wordpress.com .

Episode Fifty Three Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. Upcoming Readalongs March – Geraldine Brooks – have comments to us by July 19th Upcoming Book Release and Event Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women – Anne Boyd Rioux (release date August 21st) Check out upcoming events for the 150th anniversary of Little Women at Orchard House. Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! – Currently Reading/Listening – Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment – Robert Wright (CW) Providence – Caroline Kepnes The American Byron: Homosexuality The Fall of Fitz-Green Halleck – John Hallock (CW) – Just Read – Unsheltered – Barbara Kingsolver (EF) release date October 16, 2018 Chris DNF’d Fatal Crossing (Nora Sand #1) – Lone Theils, Translated by Charlotte Barslund (CW) and she attempted to watch an adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock It Happened at Two in the Morning – Alan Hruska (EF) Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II – Liza Mundy (CW)(audio) A Place for Us – Fatima Farheen Mirza (EF) – Biblio Adventures – Chris met John Valeri, Our Mystery Man, at Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore. Chris attended Crime Conn at Ferguson Library on Saturday, June 23, 2018 Author panelists included: China Trade – S.J. Rozan Katie Torpey Tom Straw David Rich David Handler James Benn Jane Cleland Sacred Cows – Karen E. Olson Charles Salzberg Dr. Kristen Hartnett-McCann Bill Curatolo Jill Fletcher Jeff Markowitz Chris Knopf Neil Nyren Gina Panettieri Sheryl Kayne June 19, 2018 Emily saw Jennifer Egan, author of Manhattan Beach, sponsored by Bank Square Books at Wheeler Library in North Stonington, CT. June 20, 2018 Emily and Chris went to see Claire Messud, author of The Burning Girl, sponsored by Bank Square Books. Sadly, the event was postponed. NYPL event archive of Roxane Gay in conversation with Aja Monet: https://www.nypl.org/audiovideo/live-nypl-roxane-gay-aja-monet-not-bad – Upcoming Jaunts – Matthew Dicks will be at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison with his new book Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling. Chris and Emily will be heading to Orchard House – the home of Louisa May Alcott. – Upcoming Reads – March – Geraldine Brooks (EF) They May Not Mean To, But They Do – Cathleen Schine (EF) Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938 – R.A. Scotti (CW) Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear – Kim Brooks (EF) release date August 21, 2018 – 5th Read Along – Little Women – Louisa May Alcott (EF) (CW) The Goodreads Discussion can be found here. – Also Mentioned – Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life – Barbara Kingsolver Also by Robert Wright: The Evolution of God Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology The Overstory – Richard Powers Also by Barbara Kingsolver Bean Trees Prodigal Summer The Poisonwood Bible The President Is Missing – Bill Clinton, James Patterson The Pilgrims Progress – John Bunyan Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen Henry David Thoreau Margaret Fuller Hospital Sketches – Louisa May Alcott

School-to-Community Partnership...What’s the process?...How do we star? What are the six types of connections need for a successful partnership between family, school and community? WHEN: June 11th @ The Ferguson Library 5pm to 8pm register today https://y-l-c-Wraparound-seminar-part2-6-11-18.eventbrite.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/barry-woods/support

Guest host Amanda L. Goodman chats with Frank Skornia, Digital Librarian for Adult & Information Services at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut, about virtual reality in libraries. Frank Skornia is a geek, a reader, and a librarian – not necessarily in that order. He has been the Digital Librarian for Adult & Information Services … Continue reading 125: Frank Skornia

Laura Rooney Ferris talks to Scott Bonner, Director of Ferguson Municipal Public Library, Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson library was named the 2015 Gale/Library Journal Library of the Year for its response to the turmoil in the aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown in August 2014. Scott talks about what he and the staff at Ferguson Municipal Public Library did to respond to the community in time of crisis and how libraries can be responsive to support their communities. Social Media - @scottybonner @fergusonlibrary Ferguson Library - http://ferguson.lib.mo.us/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fergusonlibrary/ Watch Scott Bonner's ASL2017 keynote - https://youtu.be/sT7MK1NvNH0 ​