Folk music is a genre characterized by the retelling of stories in song form. Often, only acoustic instruments accompany a folk singer but you might also hear spoons, hand-clapping, knee-slapping, and foot-stomping carrying the tune. If you recognize The Kingston Trio, Woody Guthrie, or Kris Kristofferson then you know a couple of folk singers. Traditional […]
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Libraries and free speech by Krystyl Farmer
In China, around 213 BC, there was a mass burning of historical and philosophical texts which was ordered by Emperor Qin Shi Huang. In Germany, 1933, indoctrinated students burned books to eradicate the “un-German spirit.” In 2015, libraries in Mosul, Iraq were burned under the ISIS regime. These are just a few examples of how […]
Sebring Library December Events
This month at the Sebring Public Library: Toddler storytime Wednesday mornings at 11:30 a.m except for Christmas Day. Baby storytime will be on Wednesday, December 11, at 11 a.m. Adult coloring group every Friday at 10 a.m.. S.T.E.A.M night is Friday, December 13, at 4:00 p.m.. Family movie days are December 7 and 21, at […]
Sebring Library October 2019 Calendar of Events
Sebring Library October 2019 Calendar of Events
Lake Placid Loves These Young Adult Books by Samantha Roll
Here’s what Lake Placid residents are loving so far this year. “Firstlife” by Gena Showalter is the first book in the Showalter’s “Everlife” trilogy. “Tenley ‘Ten’ Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl…who has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. The reason? Not her obsession with numbers, but her refusal to let […]
Shoot for the moon with these books! by Krystyl Farmer
Every year your local public libraries host Summer Reading Programs to provide our communities’ students with resources and enrich their “time off” during summer vacation. Your public libraries are hosting Space-themed events, crafts, and movies throughout the summer months to support this occasion. The libraries also have many wonderful space books for children of all […]
Story Time with a Marine at the Library
On July 3, 2019, the Avon Park and Sebring libraries will be hosting a story time with a former Marine, Kevin Brown. At 11:30 AM, the story time will be held at the Sebring Public Library and at 3:00 PM the story time will be held at the Avon Park Public Library.