A couple of creative, perceptive and witty misfits star in this novel. Mother, wife and lapsed architect Bernadette lives in Seattle with her high-tech superstar husband and too-smart-for-social-success teenage daughter….nadette lives in Seattle with her high-tech superstar husband and too-smart-for-social-success teenage daughter. They live in a beyond weird old house and can’t cope with their perfectly privileged and PC neighbors or private school. The format is as original as the characters: the story unfolds through letters, emails, diary entries and school documents. Maria Semple wrote for TV’s Arrested Development, so you’d expect the dialogue and plot twist…
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In One Person
I’m glad I read John Irving’s In One Person, though I almost gave up on it in the first few pages. The rambling conversational tone took some getting used to, and…strangely narrated story of a quirky child soon becomes an engaging coming-of-age story, then a touching examination of the life of a bisexual man in a world that is deeply uncomfortable with his bisexuality and the gender bending behavior of those he loves, and eventually a stark look at the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Over the course of the novel John Irving illustrates the changing attitudes towards cross-dressers and transwoman in American so…
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Marina Zenovich’s film is an excellent portrait of comedian and actor Richard Pryor. We see all the brilliance, unflinching confidence, missteps, self-destruction, triumphs and pain. Omit the Logic hits the…mit the Logic hits the ground running with Pryor’s earliest televised stand-up appearances with a routine resembling what Bill Cobsy was up to in the early 1960’s. However, after a disastrous set in Las Vegas, Pryor disappears and later resurfaces in San Francisco as a completely unique, uncensored entertainer. The film highlights much of Pryor’s autobiographical material. After a fair share of belly laughing at these classic, personal routines ab…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Johnny Heller narrates exactly the way you imaged Charlie’s voice while reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Charlie’s matter-of-fact tone and use of direct language juxtaposes with the intensity…’s voice while reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Charlie’s matter-of-fact tone and use of direct language juxtaposes with the intensity of his experiences and the sometimes stunning depth of his observations. Anyone who has been 15 knows that navigating friends, family, and high school can run the gambit from terrifying to exhilarating. Charlie is figuring out how to be a person in the world. He is called a freak, he experiences pain and lo…
Elevator construction update
December 21, 2015 — The elevator is now completed. The last step required is a state inspection before the elevator can be used. We hope to have the inspection completed by January 1. Update posted on December…The elevator is now completed. The last step required is a state inspection before the elevator can be used. We hope to have the inspection completed by January 1. Update posted on December 21, 2015….
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Renew my library card
Library cards expire periodically to allow us to verify current information. When your library card has expired or is about to expire, Circulation staff will ask you for updated address, phone…y cards expire periodically to allow us to verify current information. When your library card has expired or is about to expire, Circulation staff will ask you for updated address, phone and email contacts. Once it is renewed, you can still use the same card. Using this form does not automatically renew your card—please allow a few days for staff to process your request. Library Card Number(required) Name(required) Email(valid email required) Mail…
Director Interviews
September 29, 2016 — Update October 25, 2016: The Trustees have now finished all 4 director interviews. They will meet on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 3:15, in the Coolidge Museum to select their choice…e: “Four to interview for Forbes Library director post” by Chris Lindahl. Friday, September 30, 2016.] Four candidates have been invited to interview for the position of Forbes Library Director. They are: Lynn Piotrowicz, Director of the Tucker Free Library in Henniker, New Hampshire, who will interview on Oct. 7 Matthew DeLaney, Administrative Director of the Onondaga County Public Library in Syracuse, New York, who will interview on Oct. 13. Ada…
Lives Worth Living
When I went to the Northampton Senior Center for a special Northampton Commission on Disability screening of Lives Worth Living I didn’t know anything about the film or its subject the disability…ge of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990), but it makes excellent use of the time it has. We briefly learn about the discrimination and negative attitudes faced by the people with disabilities who were too often assumed to be without potential or worth. We briefly learn about the shocking maltreatment of people with mental disorders and about the Willowbrook State School and the abuses that occurred there and at similar institutions throu…
CANCELED: Friends of Forbes bus trip to Hyde Park, NY, National Historic Sites
February 1, 2017 — [Update: The Friends of Forbes Bus Tript to Hyde Park has been canceled due to low enrollment. 3/28/2017] The Friends of Forbes are presenting a 1-day bus trip on Saturday,…rson, which includes a donation to the Friends of Forbes and is based on 42-50 participants. Motor coach departs at 7:00 a.m. from Forbes Library, 20 West St., Northampton. Estimated return is 7:00 p.m. If you have not reserved a seat yet, you may use PayPal (below) or mail a check to Friends of Forbes Library, P.O. Box 1363, Northampton, 01061. For questions call 413.584.8334. You may park for the day on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Smith Colleg…
Urn Burial
An English country house mystery, but set in the Australian countryside in the 1920s. Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher, a woman of independent means and modern attitudes, detects the solution to a…An English country house mystery, but set in the Australian countryside in the 1920s. Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher, a woman of independent means and modern attitudes, detects the solution to a number of mysteries involving her hosts and fellow guests including a servant’s murder. Fans of Dorothy Sayers’ Lord Peter should give this series a try….
Nimona
Ballister Blackheart, a kind-hearted supervillain, gains a new sidekick when Nimona, a shapeshifter in the (sometimes) shape of a young girl, simply insists. Nimona seems to be interested only in…fun. Blackheart has little patience for her antics but they learn to get along and become a family of sorts, and a team that may just be capable of bringing down The Institution. Blackheart and Nimona each have their own rules, though, and their own complicated pasts. Noelle Stevenson’s graphic novel, first released as a webcomic, is a delightful read. The artwork is inviting with simple expressive lines, and beautiful colorwork in a subdued pala…
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