Monthly Archives: December 2015

The Nichols Library will be open on New Year’s Eve (TH 12/31) and Saturday, January 2nd from 10am to 1pm.  We will be closed on New Years Day.

 Winter coming? Winter is here!  The library will be closed today, 12/29/15, due to wintery driving conditions

The Nichols Library will be open its regular hours Monday-Thursday this week, with a pre-school story time on Thursday at 10:30.  The Library will be closed Christmas Day, but will be open its regular hours on Boxing Day (Saturday).

The Salem witchcraft panic began in 1692, during an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a several of the town’s children began to experience screaming fits and convulsions. The panic spread quickly, involving the colony’s  most educated men and prominent politicians.   19 … Continue reading →

   The Shallows by Nichols Carr takes a look (worst case scenario) at what the Internet might be doing to our brains.  Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson takes a more sanguine view. You can read both here at Nichols

  Dig deep with these meaty novels.  In Avenue of  Mysteries by John Irving,  an aging novelist on a pilgrimage to the Philippines and set on fulfilling a promise he made in his childhood to a dying friend. “Irving works his familiar themes—Catholicism, … Continue reading →

  You can cool your heels with these suspenseful tales til the snow comes.  Crimson Shore by Douglas Preston.   A theft from a sculptor’s wine cellar reveals  a hidden chamber and human remains.  The Promise by Robert Crais. A chemical … Continue reading →

 Today is the birthday anniversary of B.K.S. Iyengar (1918-2014), one of the foremost teachers of Hatha Yoga, both through classes and books like Light on Yoga.  Iyengar is credited with popularizing yoga, first in India and then around the world.   Readers interested … Continue reading →

Here are some classics DVDs to get you in the holiday spirit, if you are so inclined. It happened on 5th Avenue.  Homeless New Yorkers seek shelter in an unoccupied mansion. The Lemon Drop Kid.   A race track tout … Continue reading →

    The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom, the author’s latest piece of “spiritually engaged fiction”, is about a guitar man with a magic touch. A Christmas Escape by Anne Perry. A Mediterranean getaway becomes the scene of a crime … Continue reading →