Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Nichols Library will be closed from April 4-9 for renovation  of the library’s washroom.    While the library building will be closed to patrons during the week,  materials can be requested by phone or email (pick-up at Town Hall) and … Continue reading →

On  March 25, 1911, a fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory killed 146 workers, mostly young Jewish and Italian immigrant women. Fire escapes fell apart, exit doors were locked, and fire hoses had no water.   Horrified New Yorkers watched as … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Taylor,  “whose name was synonymous with Hollywood glamour” passed away on March 23.   She grew from the vulnerable child actress of National Velvet) the tough beauty of Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and   Butterfield 8. Link … Continue reading →

Contemporary Irish fiction does not get better than Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy.  His comic novels The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van depict the  life and times of the Rabbitte family in working class Dublin.   Down on their luck but … Continue reading →

Catch up on films that won the Oscars.  Titles  on hand  include The Fighter (brothers fight for a purse and family honor), Inception (a sci-fi thriller),  The Kids are Alright (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as a couple on the … Continue reading →

Two consequential presidents now have biographies at the Nichols Library.   American Lion by Jon Meacham covers the contentious    Andrew Jackson, who dealt  with many issues  (national banking, state vetoes of federal laws) that  resonate today.  William McFeely’s  Pulitzer winning biography … Continue reading →