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Nov 30, 2018

The Durrells in Corfu (TV Series)

The Durrells in Corfu (TV Series)



Nov 28, 2018

SBPL Coffee Break - Craig Clevenger (Episode 15)




This week we were joined by Craig Clevenger, Page at the Santa Barbara Public Library System.

Mentioned in this episode:

Matt Ritter / California Plants -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17307

Fast & Curious Education Talks -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16284

Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House @ Carpinteria Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17154

BYOBook Club @ Carpinteria Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17150

Community Baby Shower -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16588

Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1099898

How We Got to Now -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=757421

Farsighted -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1063198

March Violets -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1057477

The Real Lolita -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1071032

After Dark, My Sweet -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=720473

The Grim Sleeper: the Lost Women of South Central -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=993371

From Hell -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=494572

Jericho Brown -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=771878

Khadijah Queen -
http://www.khadijahqueen.com/

Slam -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=730488

The WPA Guide to California -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=148574

WPA Enki Link -
https://bgcls.enkilibrary.org/EcontentRecord/11010

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Nov 27, 2018

SBPL Coffee Break - Jody Thomas (Episode 14)



This week we were joined by Jody Thomas, Senior Librarian of Adult Programming and Patron Services at the Santa Barbara Public Library System. 

Mentioned in this episode:

Origami Thanksgiving @ Carp -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17304

Dinosaur Adventures @ Central and Eastside -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17121
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16927

Brontosaurus is real! -
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150407-brontosaurus-back-return-apatosaurus-sauropod-dinosaurs-fossils-paleontology/

Art Hour @ Central -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16925

Armistice Day @ Central -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16923

Nov. 12 - All Library Locations are Closed

Rock Star - Rock Painting @ Buellton -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17365

Words of Peace @ Montecito Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16934

BYOBook Club @ Solvang -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17470

Papillon -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1069552

Glass Castle -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=500108

Owls in the Family -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1088252

Hillbilly Elegy -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=946629

Hey, Kiddo -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1085999

How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1086123

Maisie Dobbs -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=18823

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina -
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11755542

A Separate Peace -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=378573

The Giver -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=981081

Find more SBPL Staff Picks Blog - http://sbplstaffpicks.blogspot.com/

Nov 26, 2018

A Forgotten Place - Charles Todd

book A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd



Kingdoms of the Sky (2018)

film Kingdoms of the Sky (2018)



SBPL Coffee Break - Sandra Vose (Episode 13)



This week we were joined by Sandra Vose, Senior Library Technician at the Santa Barbara Public Library System. 

Mentioned in this episode:

SB Reads Costume Ball -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14020

Frankenstein Double Feature at Solvang Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16847

What is CRISPR?  at the Central Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15757

Hilarious Halloween Haunts Marionettes at Carpinteria Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16940

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=377269

Ghosts of the Haunted Coast -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=306720

Children of Blood and Bone -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1030091

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil -
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11049557

Always Running -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=808356

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=594261

Pride and Prometheus -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1063000

Wuthering Heights -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=727027

Find more SBPL Staff Picks Blog - http://sbplstaffpicks.blogspot.com/

Nov 25, 2018

SBPL Coffee Break - Leon Yen (Episode 12)



This week we were joined by Leon Yen, Library Technician at the Santa Barbara Public Library System. 

Mentioned in this episode:

SB Reads Writing Contest at Central and Solvang (via the SBReads guide) -
http://bit.ly/SBReads

It's Alive!  Frankenstein Science Fair -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14058

Zine Maker Workshop at Central Library -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14030

Carpinteria Zine Making -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15363

Solvang Zine Making -
http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15382

Crazy Rich Asians -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=986712

The Stormlight Archive -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=544841

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=176694

Kitchen Sisters Podcast -
http://www.kitchensisters.org/present/

Here There Be Gerblins -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1077687

Ivy Sole: Overgrown -
https://ivysole.bandcamp.com/album/overgrown

Lil' Wayne: Carter V -
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12220785

Ex Machina -
https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=803038

Find more SBPL Staff Picks Blog - http://sbplstaffpicks.blogspot.com/

Nov 24, 2018

SBPL Coffee Break - Taylor Brasseur (Episode 11)




This week we were joined by Taylor Brasseur, Library Technician at the Santa Barbara Public Library System. 

Mentioned in this episode:


History Book Club -

https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/lib/events/library_book_clubs.asp

Enlightenment Now -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=1024726

Author Donna Hylton at Eastside -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16652

Samuel Sweet at Solvang -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14515

SB Reads Kickoff -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=15946

Zine Workshop -

http://santabarbaraca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=14030

Dr. Strangelove -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=236177

Salt Fat Acid Heat -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=993801

The Food Lab -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=835113

Down and Out in Paris and London -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=240982

Tropic of Cancer (mentioned in episode, but did not remember the title) -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=56831

Big Night -

https://www.blackgold.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&cn=121095

Find more SBPL Staff Picks Blog - http://sbplstaffpicks.blogspot.com/

Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury - Lesley-Ann Jones

book Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury by Lesley-Ann Jones



Nov 22, 2018

Thanksgiving Day


'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding."  

         - Alice Walker 

Nov 21, 2018

My Dog Laughs - Rachel Isadora

book My Dog Laughs by Rachel Isadora



The Happy Prince and Other Stories - Oscar Wilde

book The Happy Prince and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde



A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

book A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara



Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2017)



Nov 20, 2018

Renegades - Marissa Meyer

book Renegades - Marissa Meyer



Atomic Frenchie - Tom Sniegoski

book Atomic Frenchie by Tom Sniegoski



The Disaster Artist (2018)

movie The Disaster Artist (2018)



Landline (2017)

movie Landline (2017)



Cien años de soledad - Gabriel García Márquez

book Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez



Amor en los tiempos de cólera - Gabriel García Márquez

book Amor en los tiempos de cólera by Gabriel Garcia Márquez



The Poet X - Elizabeth Acevedo

book



Nov 19, 2018

Finding Gobi - Dion Leonard

book



Vagabon on Audiotree Live (2017)

music cd Vagabon on Audiotree Live (2017)



Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers: the Ms. Marvel years - Brian Reed

book Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers: the Ms. Marvel years by Brian Reed



I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter - Erika L. Sánchez

book I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L.  Sánchez



Esperanza Rising - Pam Muñoz Ryan

book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan



The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros

book



La casa de los espíritus - Isabel Allende

book La casa de los espíritus by Isabel Allende



Nov 18, 2018

Be the Cowboy - Mitski (2018)

musical CD Be the Cowboy - Mitski (2018)



Más allá del invierno - Isabel Allende

book Más allá del invierno by Isabel Allende



The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery



Como agua para chocolate - Laura Esquivel

book Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel



She felt like feeling nothing - r.h. Sin

book



The dark between stars: Poems - Atticus

book The dark between stars: Poems by Atticus



Nov 17, 2018

Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear

book Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear



Rah, Rah, Radishes!: A Vegetable Chant - April Pulley Sayre

book Rah, Rah, Radishes!: A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre



Good and Mad: the Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger - Rebecca Traister

book Good and Mad: the Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister



Wildlife - Richard Ford

book Wildlife by Richard Ford



The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho



book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho



Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur

book Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur



the sun and her flowers - Rupi Kaur

book The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur



The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom - Don Miguel Ruiz



book The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz



Nov 16, 2018

Dracula (1992)


film Dracula (1992)



Lethal White - Robert Galbraith

book Lethal White by Robert Galbraith



The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

book The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson



The Day We Lost Pet - Chuck Young

book The Day We Lost Pet by Chuck Young



Fence - C.S. Pacat

book Fence by C.S. Pacat



Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life - Michael Caine

book Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life by Michael Caine



France is a Feast: the Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child - Alex Prud'Homme and Katie Pratt

book France is a Feast: the Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child by Alex Prud'Homme and Katie Pratt



Nov 15, 2018

What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night: A Very Messy Adventure - Refe Tuma

book What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night: A Very Messy Adventure by Refe Tuma



Here I Am - Patti Kim

book Here I Am by Patti Kim



Redwall - Brian Jacques

book Redwall by Brian Jacques



George - Alex Gino

book George by Alex Gino



Out of the Woods: a True Story of an Unforgettable Event - Rebecca Bond

book Out of the Woods: a True Story of an Unforgettable Event - Rebecca Bond



You're on an Airplane: a Self-Mythologizing Memoir - Parker Posey

book You're on an Airplane: a Self-Mythologizing Memoir - Parker Posey



Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews

book Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews