Off the Shelf: Straight to the Source (material)
The war for your digital programming attention is heating up, and while you may have a favorite video streaming provider- Netflix, Hulu plus, Amazon Prime, here at the library you don’t have to pay...
View ArticleChecking In: Favorite Stuff In Five Words (part one)
Here at Checking In HQ, we love words. Mashing ’em up, combining them, making them fit into places they probably oughtn’t and above all, letting them roam wild and free in the adjective seas and verb...
View ArticleChecking In: Favorite Stuff In Five Words (part two)
Last week on Checking In, we posted some book, movie and TV recommendations that were limited to no more than five words. This week we have another batch, so… have just a few more! Rendezvous with...
View ArticleOff the Shelf: Flashback Favorites of 1974
Forty years ago Cedar Mill Library was founded. Plenty has changed since then, but what’s surprising is how many of 1974’s hit books, movies, TV shows, and songs are still widely enjoyed today- and...
View ArticleOff the Shelf: All the Whovians in Whoville
It’s a good time to be a Doctor Who fan. (Honestly, when ISN’T it a good time?) But this week is especially excellent. The 12th Doctor’s 1st full season (the reboot’s 8th season) recently came out on...
View ArticleChecking In: Rainy Day Movies (Part One)
Occasionally, a little rain must fall into everyone’s lives (metaphorically, I mean. Living in Oregon means seeing quite a bit of rain falling into everyone’s lives). We here at Checking In HQ have...
View ArticleChecking In: A Show About Nothing
Today is a special anniversary: on this day in 1991, the second season of Seinfeld began to air on television! Far from being a “show about nothing,” as popularly described, Seinfeld started as the...
View ArticleChecking In: Welcome the ROKU to Cedar Mill Library!
Over the past few years, we’ve tried to stretch the boundaries of what sort of stuff can be checked out from a library beyond the norms of books and movies. Between our Engraver, Media Kits, our...
View ArticleChecking In: From the Whedonverse to Graphic Novels
Here at Cedar Mill Library, we pride ourselves on our extensive graphic novel collection. We have nonfiction, horror, literary fiction, humor and more. Today we’d like to highlight continuations of...
View ArticleOff the Shelf: Movie Monday & The Auction
Filmed on location on a sheep farm in rural Quebec, The Auction is an atmospheric film that echoes the stories of King Lear and Balzac’s classic novel, Le Père Goriot, where a doting father sacrifices...
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