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Are you tired of paying for yet another streaming service? Have you had a friend recommend a movie but it’s on Prime and you only have Netflix? Remember when times were simpler and all you had to do was slap a DVD into the appropriate slot? Regret giving up that DVD player? Then this post is for you! We now have one available to check out. Located behind the Information Desk, you can reserve our Blu-ray/DVD player for 2 weeks at a time. Read More Read More
We have upgraded our NYT subscription to ALL ACCESS. This means along with the news, you will now also be able to play games, get delicious recipes, read independent product recommendations and reviews via Wirecutter and get personalized sports coverage with The Athletic. The same rules apply as before, you will get a 24 hour code to access the digital subscription of the New York Times. Click on this link to redeem the code.Read More Read More
Have you watched the new Netflix movie, Leave the World Behind, based on the New York Times Best Seller by Rumaan Alam? Are you now wanting to read the book but there are too many holds on it at the library? Did you know that the ebook and the audiobook are available now – and are always available – in Hoopla? Here is the link to the Hoopla editions in the public catalog. Everything on Hoopla is an automatic download which means there is no waiting!Read More Read More
It’s time to start voting for Best of Westchester. We would love it if you took the time to nominate Larchmont Public Library for best Library in Westchester County. All you have to do is click on this link to fill out your ballot. The library category will be under “Fun & Leisure.”
The Readers’ Ballot is live from November 27, 2023 at 9 a.m. to January 10, 2024 at 5 p.m. Read More Read More
Every year, book lovers wait with bated breath to see who the winners are for the National Book Award and the Booker Prize. The National Book Award winners for 2023 have already been announced in the categories of Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and Young People’s Literature. You can find a list of those titles below. As for the Booker Prize winners,Read More Read More
Calling all Swifites! Did you know you can listen to all of Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version) albums on Hoopla for FREE with your library card? 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (Deluxe), 1989 (Taylor’s Version), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Red (Taylor’s Version), and Fearless (Taylor’s Version) are all available to listen to right now! You can listen to all her albums for 7 days when you check them out on Hoopla. Lover, Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights are also available. Each month, library card holders can check out 10 items on Hoopla and each album is only one check out.Read More Read More
The League of Women Voters of Westchester is no longer printing out physical (paper) Voter Guides. As you might recall, these handy booklets contained useful information about upcoming elections such as polling station locations, ballot initiatives, candidates, etc.
Now, voters are encouraged to visit the League of Women Voters’ national website, www.Vote411.org. If you enter your home address, you can view your polling location as well as election deadlines and a full list of current races. You can also print a list of your potential votes/candidates to bring with you on election day.Read More Read More
Starting November 1st, Kanopy will be switching over from “play credits” to a new ticket system. Don’t worry, everything is basically staying the same. Depending on the title, videos will cost between 1 and 5 tickets to watch instead of credits. Each title will also have a corresponding viewing window of 3, 7, or 21 days. All titles will be clearly labeled with the ticket value and viewing window before pressing play. Read More Read More
We recently received an interesting package sent here from Virginia. Inside was a library book that was due on October 11th, 1933, one month shy of 90 years ago. The book, “Youth and Two Other Stories” by Joseph Conrad, was published in 1925. Now, I know what you are all thinking; I wonder how much that would be in overdue fees? At twenty cents a day, it seems like the fine could easily have reached over $6,400. But no, the real answer isRead More Read More
Manor Park Deli’s Manu Singh had no idea that The Lorax by Dr. Seuss has been banned in many schools around America after parents accused the environmentally-conscious protagonist of “brainwashing” their children. This book was Manu’s favorite growing up and he is disappointed that future generations may not be able to read it as a kid the way he did.Read More Read More
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