Mark your TV watching and recording calendar! Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story is premiering on Lifetime on Saturday night (Jan 19, 2019) with repeat showings over the next two days. Curious? Check out Lifetime’s short trailer: Link to YouTube Actress Christina Ricci plays the true-life role of Nellie Bly, one of the first women … More Lifetime’s Nellie Bly: A Brave & Admirable 19th-Century Woman
Peafowl, including peacocks and peahens, roam the historic Sahuaro ranch park and the grounds of the main public library in Glendale, AZ. … More Libraries Round the World: Where Peafowl Roam
Christmas Holidays in Historic Prescott, Arizona … More Libraries Round the World: Arizona’s Christmas City
Check out a private library in the almost 100-year-old Plaza Hotel building, now the Granada Homes for seniors. … More Libraries Round the World: San Antonio’s Plaza Hotel
Need some holiday shopping ideas? The Viking exhibit at the Franklin has some with guaranteed lasting power. … More Holiday Shopping Ideas from the Vikings
Technically I wasn’t here to see Dr. Mütter or his library but for a jazz concert by a talented local band, The Hot Club of Philadelphia. The concert took place upstairs in the historic Mitchell Hall. After seeing an unusual bloodletting display, I couldn’t resist sharing a post-Halloween update. The Mütter is a medical … More Libraries Round the World: At the Mütter
Be brave and experience your scariest Halloween with TERROR BEHIND THE WALLS at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA.
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Check out a viking ship that made it all the way from Norway to Philadelphia! Invading other cities on the East Coast. … More Viking Ships Invade North America
Get an insider’s view of some of the authors and books featured in the 2018 Library of Congress’s mega-book festival. The largest library in the world, the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., appropriately hosts one of largest annual book festivals open to the public and free. … More Washington D.C.’s 18th National Book Festival
Cruising along rivers, canals and lakes from New York City to Chicago is a fantastic vacation trip. Great for families! … More Traveling Along America’s Great Waterways
