Middle Country Public Library Podcast

This month is both Women's History Month AND Irish-American Heritage Month. Nicole and Sara have some suggestions to celebrate both.
Nicole's Book list:
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ReadingList-Schools
Music of Ella Fitzgerald Take and Make:
https://youtu.be/JKz8FTaeNDY.
Sara's Irish Movie Picks:
In America
http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1400962
Brooklyn
http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1721531
Far and Away
http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1584346
Angela’s Ashes
http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1358733
Top 10 Reasons To Visit Ireland In 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziszt1UZSPI
Plus: Sara thinks that Anakin Skywalker in Attack of the Clones was using his Jedi powers on Padme to make her fall for him. Agree? Send us a comment!

Nicole, Sara, and Sal try to make sense of the 2011 suspense flick, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy starring Gary Oldman.
Here's a well done YouTube video explaining the ending: https://youtu.be/TBo6yJmSwHI
Maybe you have another opinion? Let us know!
Reserve your copy here: http://mcpac.mcpl.lib.ny.us/record=b1573777
 
 

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. BurkeBartlett'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 HarrisThe music of black Americans: a historyJulian 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 IIThe entertainer [sound recording] / Scott JoplinHowlin' Wolf the Definitive Collection [sound recording] / Howlin' Wolf4Ever [sound recording] / PrinceThe Centennial Collection [sound recording] / Robert JohnsonHollywood 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 Homeschoolinghttps://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/