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Windsor Music Tangle Micro Doc

Posted in: February 10, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

The Windsor Music Tangle is an interactive web site that documents Windsor’s live music scene and its connections. Have you tried it out? It’s awesome! After launching in September 2013 at Phog Phest, the site continues to grow with every new submission. We’d like to extend a huge THANK-YOU to those of you have have contacted us to add Bands and Musicians. We’re still accepting new entries, so if you can’t find...

Sochi Winter Olympics begin today

Posted in: February 7, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

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.)...

50 Years Ago Today: Beatlemania USA

Posted in: February 7, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

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,...

Philip Seymour Hoffman ~ 1967-2014

Posted in: February 2, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | No comments

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...