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Sochi Winter Olympics begin today

Posted in: February 7, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

The 2014 Winter Olympics are being held in Sochi, Russia, February 7 – 23, 2014. Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the north-east coast of the Black Sea near the Georgia/Abkhazia border and Russia. The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games will be held March 7-16, 2014. (Pssst…don’t forget to check out Getting Ready for the Olympics with Feats of Endurance and From Russia With the Library.) This is the 22nd observance of the Winter Olympiad. The first Winter Olympics were held in Continue Reading...

50 Years Ago Today: Beatlemania USA

Posted in: February 7, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

On February 7, 1964, The Beatles arrived in the United States for the first time, at John F. Kennedy International Airport, giving rise to Beatlemania on this side of the Atlantic. The appearance by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, watched by a TV audience of 73 million viewers, marked the beginning of the British Invasion in music. The set list for their February 9, 1964, appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was: All My Loving; Till There Was You; She Continue Reading...

Philip Seymour Hoffman ~ 1967-2014

Posted in: February 2, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

The world lost the distinctive voice of Philip Seymour Hoffman today, one of the screen’s finest actors, equally notable playing lead roles and supporting characters, in both film and on stage. Hoffman grew up in the village of Fairport, in upstate New York, and earned a BFA in Drama from The Tisch School of the Arts at NYU in 1989. His performance as Truman Capote in Capote (2005) is ranked 35th on Premiere Magazine’s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006), a performance for which he Continue Reading...

Pete Seeger: 1919-2014

Posted in: January 28, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

“The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.” ~Pete Seeger, 1919-2014...

WPL Continues to Expand its Database Collection

Posted in: January 10, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Windsor Public Library is pleased to announce it is now offering another online eResource to WPL customers: PressDisplay. WPL joins 13 other Ontario public libraries currently offering this service. PressDisplay is the online version of the resource that produces WPL’s printed NewspaperDirect Print-On-Demand newspapers, which are offered in-branch at Central Library (850 Ouellette Avenue). PressDisplay provides instant online access to today’s newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. The ever-expanding collection currently includes more than 2,000 titles—from 100 countries in 56 languages—and is an Continue Reading...

Nelson Mandela – 1918-2013

Posted in: December 6, 2013 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

The world has lost a leader whose like we will not see again. After spending much of this year in and out of hospital, Nelson Mandela died today, December 5, 2013, at age 95, after a life which hit the nadir and reached the zenith of human experience. While we are all poorer for his loss, we are infinitely richer for his impact on the 20th Century and humankind. Experience Mandela through his own words at Windsor Public Library. View a timeline of Nelson Mandela’s life Continue Reading...

Available beginning today at WPL: access to thousands of legal forms!

Posted in: November 6, 2013 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

LawDepot now available at Windsor Public Library

Windsor Public Library is pleased today to launch a new database for community use: LawDepot! Receive unlimited access to thousands of Canadian legal forms across all categories, including Wills and Powers of Attorney, Rental and Lease, Corporate documents, Landlord and Tenant, Goods & Service related forms, Loans, Debts, IOUs, Marriage and Divorce, Living Arrangements, Partnership and Joint Venture, Human Resources and a variety of other documents such as confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, cease and desist letters, termination agreements, affidavits and so much more with LawDepot. Continue Reading...

Learn Languages Online with Mango

Posted in: November 6, 2013 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Mango is an online language-learning system available free to WPL customers with library cards in good standing. Mango uses real-life situations and actual conversations to more effectively teach a new language. By listening to and repeating after material designed from native conversations, you’ll not only learn the individual words and phrases, you’ll know how they’re used in practical situations and conversations. You’ll learn more than grammar, vocabulary and conjugation, you’ll learn how to communicate. And when you learn the everyday conversation skills and cultural insights you Continue Reading...

Literary Arts Windsor introduces The Jean Foster Award

Posted in: November 3, 2013 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

On November 2, at Bookfest Windsor 2013, Lenore Langs announced The Jean Foster Award, established by members of Literary Arts Windsor to honour the work and friendship of Jean Foster. It will be awarded to a young person (under 24) whom Literary Arts Windsor judges to have written the best 250-word essay about the importance of books and what books and reading mean to an individual. No amount of this annual prize has yet been established but the first prize should be awarded next year. A Continue Reading...

Windsor Public Library Presents Authors Oppel and Sylvester

Posted in: October 31, 2013 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Kevin Sylvester and Kenneth Oppel at WPL

BookFest Windsor 2013 takes place November 2 and welcomes more than 25 celebrated authors presenting readings, panel discussions, book signings, and workshops on a variety of genres including novels, biographies, short stories, poetry, graphic novels, and comics. In addition to the program on November 2 at the Capitol Theatre, there are also special BookFest Windsor events at a number of venues including the Central Branch of Windsor Public Library, 850 Ouellette Avenue. On Friday, November 1, WPL presents Kevin Sylvester who will lead a 10:00 am Continue Reading...