Queens Library's Blog

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Celebrating the History and Recovery of Broad Channel and the Rockaways After Sandy	To mark the six-month anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, Queens Library, Queens Memory Project and Jamaica Bay Lives!, a documentary project about Jamaica Bay, invited the community to Queens Library...	0	03-07-2013	07-03-2013	No	MKearl	1	Read More..	1 Comment Login to comment	History	Library	Broad Channel, history, hurricane sandy, Jamaica, Jamaica Bay, Queens, Superstorm Sandy	Mary Kearl	0	Blog entry
Rockaways Diary: Stepping It Up for Summer Reading	If you like sports, then you know there are periods when teams push their intensity to the max. You know about the Super Bowl in football, which is the most watched program in television. You know...	5	26-06-2013	06-26-2013	No	jwalsh	0	Read More..	Login to comment	Books	Library	baseball, basketball, cat café, championship, e-books, football, history, hurricane sandy, Kerri Strug, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, MLB, NBA, NFL, photographs, re, rockaways, sandy, Summer Reading, super bowl, Superstorm Sandy, world series, wrestling, WWE	Kacper Jarecki	100	Blog entry
Charles Lindbergh’s Extraordinary Life	May 20 marked the 86th anniversary of the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight, made by American pilot Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris. Lindbergh was not a child of New York. Born in...	0	29-05-2013	05-29-2013	No	jwalsh	0	Read More..	Login to comment	History	Library	aviation, Charles Lindbergh, crime of the century, Dwight Eisenhower, James Stewart, Spirit of St. Louis, transatlantic flights, World War II	Jeremy Walsh	0	Blog entry
A History of Earth Day and Environmental Awareness	Each April, we celebrate Earth Day, a time to raise awareness of the various environmental challenges we face if we want to sustain our way of life. But where did Earth Day get its start? Earth...	5	23-04-2013	04-19-2013	No	jwalsh	1	Read More..	1 Comment Login to comment	History	Library	children, children’s activities, crafts, documentaries, earth day, Earth Week Film Festival, environment, global warming, John Muir, naturalist, nature, pollution	Jeremy Walsh	100	Blog entry
Celebrate Women's History with Us	“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” –Maya Angelou This Women's History Month, we're offering plenty of opportunities to...	0	27-02-2013	02-27-2013	No	MKearl	0	Read More..	Login to comment	Events	Library	events, history, women	Mary Kearl	0	Blog entry