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The Makerspace is pleased to announce new hours for the Spring 2025 semester.

We will be open on the weekend!

Yes! Sunday's from 3pm to 6pm. Now projects can be completed on weekends when you have time to plan.

Spring 2025 hours:

Monday - 8am - 7pm
Tuesday - 8am - 5pm
Wednesday - 8am - 7pm
Thursday - 8am - 5pm
Friday - 8am - 5pm
Saturday - closed
Sunday - 3pm - 6pm

Recent Posts

Love Poems for February

Valentine's Day is past and we are pretty sure you are over it, but…we just found something interesting and want to share.Did you know that the oldest known love poem is over 4,000 years old? In the late 1800's at a Sumerian archaeological site, a number of terracotta tablets were found. The table with the poem was labeled “Instanbul 2461” and put in a storage bin at the Instanbul Museum in Turkey where it sat until 1951. It was uncovered and translated by scholar Samuel Noah Kramer. It is now known as “The Love Song for Shu-sin”. Read more about it and read the text of the poem here.Before the the Love Song for Shu-sin, the oldest love poem was considered to be the Song of Solomon in the Bible.While we're talking love poems, you might be interested in the 10 Greatest Love Poems Ever Written as selected by The Society of Classical Poets. (In case you were wondering, the number 1 is by Williams Shakespeare (of course) and is Sonnet 116.)...

New Hours for Makerspace - Spring 2025

The Makerspace is pleased to announce new hours for the Spring 2025 semester. We will be open on the weekend! Yes! Sunday's from 3pm to 6pm. Now projects can be completed on weekends when you have time to plan. Spring 2025 hours:Monday - 8am - 7pmTuesday - 8am - 5pmWednesday - 8am - 7pmThursday - 8am - 5pmFriday - 8am - 5pmSaturday - closedSunday - 3pm - 6pm See all Library hours...

National Hobby Month

Got a hobby? According to Statista (our statistics database) - the most popular hobby in the U.S. is cooking and baking. About 41% of survey respondents in 2024 fill their spare time in the kitchen. The second most popular hobby is reading at 36% (we in the library approve of that one). After that comes Pets, Video Gaming, and Outdoor Activities.Hobby is defined as a “favourite occupation or topic, pursued merely for the amusement or interest it affords” (Oxford English Dictionary). The word hobby first appears in English about 1400, meaning a small or middle-sized horse; a pony. By 1778, the phrase hobby-horse came to be, which was a straight stick with a small horse's head made of wood or stuffed fabric. From that came the expression “to ride one's hobby horse” meaning to do something for fun. By 1816, a hobby was associated with recreation and leisure, first appearing in print with the sentence “I quarrel with no man's hobby."If you have a hobby or are looking for one, try out our Hobbies and Crafts Source database. In it are full-text hobby and craft magazines, hobby profiles, recipes and videos to inspire creativity and nurture your interests. You will also turn up some hobby e-books.January is National Hobby Month....

Festive Fragments - quotes for the holidays

How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss Written in 1957 and published as a book by Random House and also an issue of Redbook magazine. Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss's real name) said that the Grinch was based on himself, “I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th last December when I noticed a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror. It was Seuss! So I wrote about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that I obviously lost.” The Grinch is the first adult and the first villain to be a main character in a Dr. Seuss book. Theodore Geisel's car license plate was “GRINCH”.Some facts about the book:As of 2005, it has been translated into nine languages, including Latin.The first adaptation was an animated television special in 1966, with a narration by Boris Karloff, who also was the Grinch's voice.“You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” from the 1966 special was sung by Thurl Ravenscroft in a deep bass voice.In 2000, the book was adapted into a live-action film, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch.In 2018, a 3D animated feature film starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch was released.In 2022, the book was adapted into a horror film, directed by Steven laMorte and starring David Howard Thornton as the Grinch.In 2009, an interactive e-book version was released for the iPhone.In 2023, Wondery released a podcast inspired by the book, hosted by James Austin Johnson.A musical stage version was produced in San Diego in 2007. It was also produced on Broadway and went on tour in 2008.The National Education Association listed is a one of its “Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children”In 2012, it was ranked 61st among the 'Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by School Library Journal. It was one of five by Dr. Seuss on the list.The word "grinch" is in the Merriam Webster dictionary. It means killjoy or spoilsportSource - Wikipedia...

New Hours for Makerspace - Spring 2025

The Makerspace is pleased to announce new hours for the Spring 2025 semester.

We will be open on the weekend!

Yes! Sunday's from 3pm to 6pm. Now projects can be completed on weekends when you have time to plan.

Spring 2025 hours:

Monday - 8am - 7pm
Tuesday - 8am - 5pm
Wednesday - 8am - 7pm
Thursday - 8am - 5pm
Friday - 8am - 5pm
Saturday - closed
Sunday - 3pm - 6pm

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New Hours for Makerspace - Spring 2025

The Makerspace is pleased to announce new hours for the Spring 2025 semester.

We will be open on the weekend! Yes! Sunday's from 3pm to 6pm. Now projects can be completed on weekends when you have time to plan.

Spring 2025 hours:Monday - 8am - 7pmTuesday - 8am - 5pmWednesday - 8am - 7pmThursday - 8am - 5pmFriday - 8am - 5pmSaturday - closedSunday - 3pm - 6pm

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We will be open on the weekend!

Yes! Sunday's from 3pm to 6pm. Now projects can be completed on weekends when you have time to plan.

Spring 2025 hours:

Monday - 8am - 7pm
Tuesday - 8am - 5pm
Wednesday - 8am - 7pm
Thursday - 8am - 5pm
Friday - 8am - 5pm
Saturday - closed
Sunday - 3pm - 6pm

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