Middle Country Public Library Podcast

Sara has exciting news about the upcoming renovations happening in Centereach. Nicole has some podcast recommendations for Black History Month. Stephanie is here to give us an update on what's new with our Library of Things collection.

Take a look at renderings of the renovations here.

Here's where you can listen to and subscribe to the podcasts Nicole discussed:

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/02/black-history-month-podcasts-race-social-justice-history

https://www.forbes.com/sites/courtstroud/2021/02/11/12-podcasts-to-download-during-black-history-month-and-beyond/?sh=701923d43db0

Take a look at our Library of Things collection.

Jim Ward is back to discuss our YouTube series, History Bites. In honor of Black History Month, we present a listen to the History Bites episode celebrating the rise of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., narrated by our very own Sara.

To watch this episode of History Bites on YouTube, visit https://youtu.be/IszM2ig4dgs

Browse other History Bites episodes here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtHm7OODwmnZOdhMYzxTdkMU6Q-BzFIvZ

Happy Valentine's Day...and Happy President's Day!

It's that time of year again... Nicole is soooo happy to talk about romance novels and romantic movies. Plus our own in-house history buff Jim Ward is tested on his knowledge of Presidential trivia by Sara. Will he prevail? Listen to find out.

This week we are kicking off this year's Black History Month with some suggestions of movies, books, and music highlighting African-American authors, actors, musicians, and more.

Here are links to what we discussed in this episode:

Kevin Hart's guide to black history [DVD-videorecording] / directed by Tom Stern

I am not your Negro [DVD-videorecording] / Magnolia Pictures presents ; directed by Raoul Peck.

And still I rise : black America since MLK : an illustrated chronology / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Kevin M. Burke

Bartlett's familiar black quotations : [5,000 years of literature, lyrics, poems, passages, phrases and proverbs from voices around the world] / Retha Powers, general editor ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Black Gotham : a family history of African Americans in nineteenth-century New York City / Carla L. Peterson.

Black roots in Smithtown : a short history of the Black community / by Bradley Harris

The music of black Americans: a history

Julian Bond's time to teach : a history of the southern civil rights movement / Julian Bond ; edited by Pamela Horowitz and Jeanne Theoharis ; foreword by Pamela Horowitz ; introduction by Jeanne Theoharis ; photographs by Danny Lyon ; afterword by Vann R. Newkirk II

The entertainer [sound recording] / Scott Joplin

Howlin' Wolf the Definitive Collection [sound recording] / Howlin' Wolf

4Ever [sound recording] / Prince

The Centennial Collection [sound recording] / Robert Johnson

Hollywood Africans / Jon Batiste

Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners

After our Little Women movie chat, Sal got to thinking what the original was like so he watched... and loved it. Even moreso than the remake. So this week we talk about movies that should not have been remade. (Plus we will throw a book or two that should not have been made into a movie in there for good measure)

With the inauguration of our new president and vice president, Nicole has some great book selections for kids about the White House, Presidents of the United States, and more. Plus Sara has a sneak peak of next month's new DVDs.

Sara spins the Wheel of Movies and lands on 2019's Little Women. Prepare yourself for a lively discussion on this unique version of the classic story.

Little Women stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Louis Garrel, Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper.

Here's the IMDb listing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3281548/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

MCPL cardholders can reserve a copy here: http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2013899

Sara and Nicole have some ideas to support your New Year Resolutions for 2021!

Lose weight like crazy even if you have a crazy life! : life lessons and a breakthrough 30-day nutrition and fitness solution! / Autumn Calabrese

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2029682

Stay positive : encouraging quotes and messages to fuel your life with positive energy / Jon Gordon, Daniel Decker

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1976843

How to say no without feeling guilty : and say yes to more time, more joy, and what matters most to you / Patti Breitman and Connie Hatch

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1343865

Don't panic! : how to manage your finances and Financial anxieties during and after Coronavirus : tips, tricks, and guaranteed ways to secure your future / Christine Ibbotson

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2012834

The 30-day money cleanse : take control of your finances, manage your spending, and de-stress your money for good / Ashley Feinstein Gerstley

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1871898

The art of happiness at work / His holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1393546

The art of happiness : a handbook for living / the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1322286

How to be a conscious eater : making food choices that are good for you, others, and the planet / Sophie Egan ; illustrated by Iris Gottlieb

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2013130

Intuitive eating : a revolutionary anti-diet approach / Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, FAND

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b2025374

Fitness Professional's Manual

https://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1719030

PLUS:

Dance Class Programs

https://www.myplate.gov/life-stages/preschoolers

Keeping Kids Active While Homeschooling

https://www.dhs.gov/employee-resources/blog/2020/09/22/keeping-kids-active-while-homeschooling

Kids Active Indoors

https://discoveries.childrenshospital.org/kids-active-indoors/

Teens can participate in health library programs here: https://bookriot.com/read-harder-2021/?amp_js_v=0.1

Sal also has some wild "holidays" celebrated in January... check them out, along with the rest of the year, here:

https://nationaltoday.com/national-day-calendar/

There's lots to look forward to in 2021 right? Let's see what the podcast team is looking forward to in terms of movies, music and more.

The podcast team picks their "favorite" things of 2020. It's a strange episode. Stick with us.

Here are pictures of Sara's "interesting animal facts":

Wombats

Parrot Fish

Sloth

Okapi

This is not a snake

Venezuelan Poodle Moth

Tenrec

Panda Ants

Nicole's Favorite Things:

Love Island

The Undoing

Megan Thee Stallion

Sal's Favorite Things:

Onward

Over the Moon

Hamilton

Star Trek: Picard

The Mandalorian

The Magic of the Animal Kingdom

Izzy's Koala World

Bluey

Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith

Dear Happy - Gabrielle Alpin

Pacific Blue - Nicholas Gunn

Life on the Flipside - Jimmy Buffett

Weather - Huey Lewis and the News