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Honoring the late James Earl Jones: A Stentorian Actor
Created on:
Sep 09, 2024
12 items
Although he was never known as a singer, few actors have a voice as recognizable as that of James Earl Jones. Best known as the...
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General Recommendations
What to Watch: Irish Heritage Month
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EmmaG_kcmo
EmmaG_kcmo
Created on:
Feb 27, 2024
100 items
Celebrate March's Irish Heritage Month! Take a look at these titles that include Irish and Irish American culture! Want to chec...
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If You Liked...
Little Women
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KathrynA_KCMO
KathrynA_KCMO
Created on:
Nov 01, 2023
17 items
Cozy period pieces, strong female leads, romance
General Recommendations
Remembering Sir Michael Gambon
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KathrynA_KCMO
KathrynA_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 28, 2023
34 items
Michael Gambon passed away on September 28th, 2023. The beloved Irish-British actor is best known for portraying headmaster Alb...
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Dance!
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JeanD_KCMO
JeanD_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 26, 2023
63 items
April 29 is International Dance Day! "There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them." Vicki Baum. (Or...
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Celebrating the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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DevonM_KCMO
DevonM_KCMO
Created on:
May 20, 2023
25 items
Born on May 22nd 1859 in Edinburgh, Arthur Conan Doyle remains to this day a household name for the massive popularity of his w...
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Topic Guide
Happy 100th Birthday Judy Garland!
Created on:
Jun 09, 2022
12 items
In honor of the award-winning actress, singer and American icon Judy Garland, who would have turned 100 on June 10, 2022, the K...
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Top Picks
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Created on:
Mar 18, 2022
30 items
March 20 is the birthday of the world’s very best neighbor, Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In celebration, we ask...
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Recently Lost Hollywood Legends: Betty White, Sidney Poitier, and Peter Bogdanovich
Created on:
Jan 07, 2022
25 items
We lost three legendary artists from Hollywood recently.
Betty White, who was a pioneer for early television and had a career s...
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General Recommendations
Summer Olympics - Dive Into Movies, Vault Into Books
Created on:
Jul 27, 2021
25 items
In a continuation of our odd times, we're watching the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021. One thing that hasn't changed, thoug...
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General Recommendations
The U.S. Military & Hollywood: How Tinseltown Tells the Toughest Tales
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ErikK_KCMO
ErikK_KCMO
Created on:
Jul 13, 2021
20 items
From early propaganda films of World War I, the postwar "obsession" of war film production in the 1950's and 1960's, ...
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General Recommendations
Movie night
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DeborahG_KCMO
DeborahG_KCMO
Created on:
Feb 19, 2021
17 items
Here are a few recommendations for movie night.
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General Recommendations
Chess ... get in the game!
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RondaC_KCMO
RondaC_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 04, 2020
50 items
Crazy about the new chess-centric show “The Queen’s Gambit” on Netflix? Maybe you’d like to learn to play chess or up your game...
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General Recommendations
Welcoming Week Resource List
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RISE_KCMO
RISE_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 01, 2020
22 items
In honor of Welcoming Week 2020, we have compiled a resource list that pertains to Welcoming Week. This list consists of books,...
Genre Guide
Explore the Galaxy of Afrofuturism!
By:
LD_KCMO
LD_KCMO
Created on:
Aug 20, 2020
27 items
Afrofuturism is a genre of literature, art, and culture exploring the intersection between the past and future of the Black exp...
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Topic Guide
Sharks Don't Swim Backwards: Shark Week
Created on:
Aug 14, 2020
25 items
Sharks are one of the ocean's most fascinating creatures. And they make great TV. Dive into these books, movies, documentaries,...
General Recommendations
RISE Recommends Master-List 3
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RISE_KCMO
RISE_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 16, 2020
100 items
This is the third master-list of all of the RISE Recommends.
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Topic Guide
Celebrating Juneteenth: Black Resilience & Joy
Created on:
Jun 12, 2020
60 items
Juneteenth is the celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Two and a half years after the Emancipation Procla...
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Topic Guide
Leap Day Reads and Watches!
Created on:
Feb 28, 2020
11 items
Every four years we get an extra day to check out materials from the Library! Leap into these books, movies and shows that deal...
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General Recommendations
Ring in 2020 by celebrating the 1920s!
By:
JeanD_KCMO
JeanD_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 08, 2020
64 items
The 1920s, often called the "Roaring 20s," were a time of huge changes in fashion, art, politics, economics, media, c...
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General Recommendations
Murder, She Read and Watched: An Angela Lansbury List
Created on:
Oct 16, 2019
15 items
From Murder, She Wrote to a book of wedding speeches and toasts that SHE WROTE, we've compiled books, movies, television series...
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General Recommendations
And Now for Something Completely Different... 50 Years of Monty Python
Created on:
Oct 04, 2019
23 items
On October 5, 1969, British surreal comedy group Monty Python premiered the sketch comedy television show Monty Python's Flying...
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