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Happy Birthday to Pluto, the Planet That Wasn't	February 18 marks the “birthday” of Pluto, a celestial body that has given astronomers great difficulty over the past 83 years. A nameless mystery planet emerged as a theory in...	0	12-02-2013	02-12-2013	No	jwalsh	0	Read More..	Login to comment	General	Library	Astronomy, astrophysics, dwarf planet, Earth, Eris, gravity, history, Mickey Mouse, NASA, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, orbits, planets, Pluto, solar system, space, space exploration, United States, Uranus	Jeremy Walsh	0	Blog entry
2013 Award-Winning Books at Queens Library	Caldecott Winner and Honors Queens Library proudly carries all of the Caldecott Winner and Honor titles: 2013 Caldecott Medal winner: This Is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon...	0	12-02-2013	02-11-2013	No	MKearl	0	Read More..	Login to comment	Books	Library	awards, Books, Caldecott Award, Coretta Scott King Award, Newbery Award, Printz Award	Mary Kearl	0	Blog entry
Black History: All Aboard to Yaphank, the Great War, and Obscurity	They stand looking at the camera, their faces neutral, their armbands reading “LIRR Jamaica.” These five men from Queens are draftees, waiting at the Jamaica Long Island Rail Road...	4	08-02-2013	02-08-2013	No	jwalsh	0	Read More..	Login to comment	History	Library	Black History Month, Buffalo Soldiers, infuenza, Jamaica, LIRR, Long Island Rail Road, racism, World War I, WWI, Yaphank	Jeremy Walsh	80	Blog entry
Happy 100th Birthday, Grand Central Terminal!	Grand Central Terminal will be celebrating its centennial all year long, and though the train station is located in Manhattan, there's a reason Queens buffs can share in the pride and...	0	07-02-2013	02-07-2013	No	MKearl	0	Read More..	Login to comment	History	Library	archives, Grand Central, Grand Central Terminal, history, Long Island City, mythology, photographs, Queens, sculptures, trains	Mary Kearl	0	Blog entry
A Ride Down Country Music’s Backroads	As of last month, New York City has a country music station again. That’s great, but the country genre has a vast and rewarding back catalog that may be more appealing than some of the...	0	07-02-2013	02-07-2013	No	jwalsh	1	Read More..	1 Comment Login to comment	Music	Library	Beatles, Country, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Gram Parsons, Jack White, Jimmie Rodgers, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Nashville, Patsy Cline, Ringo Starr, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson	Jeremy Walsh	0	Blog entry