Cat’s Picks! Disability Representation in Media
Two years ago, I wrote about how mental health and different diagnosis are represented in visual media, like movies and television shows. This year for our annual Health Fair I…
Nostalgic Showcase Presents: Movie Anniversaries
Nostalgic Showcase Presents is joining in on the 250th birthday celebration of the United States of America with our own yearlong landmark celebrations of our favorite toys, movies, characters, and…
Nostalgic Showcase Presents: Three Years of Research Fun!
Today, October 6th marks the third anniversary of this blog series, and where has the time gone? Over the past three years, I have researched and posted twenty-nine (this post…
Nostalgic Showcase Presents: Television Show Anniversaries
Nostalgic Showcase Presents is joining in on the 250th birthday celebration of the United States of America with our own yearlong landmark celebrations of our favorite toys, movies, characters, and…
Teen Foodies: Let’s Try Corn Dogs
Every year I try to attend one of the many local fairs or festivals in the area in the summer months, an annual tradition I always look forward to. There's…
Nostalgic Showcase Presents: Animated Anniversaries
Nostalgic Showcase Presents is joining in on the 250th birthday celebration of the United States of America with our own yearlong landmark celebrations of our favorite toys, movies, characters, and…
Teen Foodies: Let’s Try Waffle Cones
Close your eyes and step back in time. It's 1904, during the St. Louis World's Fair; a seven month spectacular expedition of the world's biggest, newest, and impactful innovations, inventions,…
Teen Foodies: Let’s Try Key Lime Pie
Nothing is better in the hot summer heat than a cold, sweet treat to cool down. You might immediately run to the freezer for an ice pop, popsicle, or a…
Cat’s Picks! Attend a Parade or Picnic
Friendly reminder: If you read this article or attend the Polka Picnic at the Pavilion it counts towards an activity badge for Summer Library Challenge. Make sure you go back to Beanstack or talk to a staff member to…
Cat’s Picks! Look for Constellations
Friendly reminder: If you read this blog post or look for constellations in the night sky, it counts towards an activity badge for Summer Library Challenge. Make sure you go back to Beanstack or talk to a staff…
Cat’s Picks! Find Your Joy in Community
In one of my presentations earlier this year, I touched briefly on the importance and the significance of a third space to the growth of theaters in the mid-century. But…
Cat’s Picks! Reminiscing about Food
Researchers believe that connecting multiple sensory associations can strengthen our working memory, and exposure to particular sensory stimuli can evoke recall of memories, no matter how long ago the memory…
Nostalgic Showcase Presents: Comic Book Anniversaries
Nostalgic Showcase Presents is joining in on the 250th birthday celebration of the United States of America with our own yearlong landmark celebrations of our favorite toys, movies, characters, and…
Nostalgic Showcase Presents: A Year Worth Celebrating!
Nostalgic Showcase Presents is joining in on the 250th birthday celebration of the United States of America with our own yearlong landmark celebrations of our favorite toys, movies, characters, and…
Cat’s Picks! World Braille Day
Today is the "World Braille Day"! According to the United Nations website, braille is "a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and…
Cat’s Picks! Winter International Celebrations
Powdery snow, hot cocoa, cozy sweaters and warm scarves, and joyful tunes. Decorated pine trees, spinning dreidels, lighting candles, feasts and frosted cakes! The winter season brings some of the…
Nostalgic Showcase Presents: Richard Williams Animation
Every single animation student, perhaps around the globe, has to purchase a copy of Richard Williams' guidebook, The Animator's Survival Guide. Half full of handwritten notes and drawings, a quarter…
Nostalgia Showcase Presents: Nelvana
When I was a kid in the early 2000s, nothing was more exciting during a rainy day than indoor recess. Teachers came prepared to entertain their students for the following…
Cat’s Picks! Native American Heritage Month
November is "Native American Heritage Month"! This month is a celebration and acknowledgement of Native American heritage, history and culture throughout time and across North America. For this article, I've…
Cat’s Picks! Cookbooks for Young Chefs
I don't know about you, but reading these Health Fair blogs makes me hungry! What's a better time than now to try some new recipes out? Thankfully, WPPL has a…
Cat’s Picks! Polish American Heritage Month
October is "Polish American Heritage Month"! This month is a celebration and acknowledgement of Polish American heritage, history and culture throughout time and across the nation. For this article, I've…
Nostalgic Showcase Presents: Steven Spielberg’s Amblimation
I was maybe eleven or twelve when I stumbled across my grandmother's VHS copy of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. I had certainly passed by the cover a hundred…
Cat’s Picks! Italian American Heritage Month
October is also "Italian American Heritage Month"! This month is a celebration and acknowledgement of Italian American heritage, history and culture throughout time and across the nation. For this article,…
Cat’s Picks! German American Heritage Month
October is "German American Heritage Month"! This month is a celebration and acknowledgement of German American heritage, history and culture throughout time and across the nation. For this article, I've…