Just a reminder that our expanded hours start July 1 – this Sunday! Think of how convenient it will be to drop by to use one of our computers or borrow books and movies. (And if you want to text us a question, we'll be available more frequently to reply!) Our new schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10 am – 9 pm, Thursday, Friday 10 am – 6 pm, and Saturday, Sunday 1 pm – 5 pm. As of September 1, Saturday hours will increase to 10 am – 5 pm.
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Comics have had a tumultuous time here in the United States. What we now know as a comic (comic strips, comic books, and eventually graphic novels) began to appear in the late nineteenth century. They grew in popularity as they evolved from newspaper items to comic books; but in the 1940s many people became shocked at the increasingly gory covers and artwork of horror and crime comics. A psychologist, Frederic Wertham, wrote “Seduction of the Innocent” in 1954 and claimed that comic books were a major cause of juvenile delinquency. A panic followed. Today we know that comics don't cause
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White Plains Public Library is pleased to announce that the official Westchester Poetry Slam Team will compete in the National Poetry Slam Championships scheduled this year in Charlotte, North Carolina, from August 7-11, 2012. The White Plains Library-based team is sanctioned by Poetry Slam, Inc. (PSI), the nonprofit governing body of poetry slams worldwide. From a field of talented participants, poets Holden Contreras, Sr., Bryan Roessel, Eric ZORK Alan, Laura Vookles (LV) and Nina Robins were selected for the team by performing their original works in a series of competitive poetry slams at the White Plains Public Library culminating in
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