It’s not every day I wake up at 6am for an 8:30am call time for a 10am concert on a Thursday morning. But when I do, I’m exhausted by 1pm. 🎶😮💨😴
October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It’s not every day I wake up at 6am for an 8:30am call time for a 10am concert on a Thursday morning. But when I do, I’m exhausted by 1pm. 🎶😮💨😴
I was delighted to hear Fortune Feimster talking about the Libby app on the Handsome podcast this week! And yes! Everyone *should* have a library card! 📚
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I was delighted to hear Fortune Feimster talking about the Libby app on the Handsome podcast this week! And yes! Everyone *should* have a library card! 📚
Concinnity | "and the swallow" by Caroline Shaw
YouTube video by Consonare Choral Community
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September 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Posting Kieko for #WhiskersWednesday. When I brought her home 4 months ago, her whiskers were fully white. Since then they’ve been growing in black. She may be Benjamin Button 🤷♀️
September 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Posting Kieko for #WhiskersWednesday. When I brought her home 4 months ago, her whiskers were fully white. Since then they’ve been growing in black. She may be Benjamin Button 🤷♀️
Every day this sweet lady gets more comfortable confident and it makes me so happy. 💛
September 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Every day this sweet lady gets more comfortable confident and it makes me so happy. 💛
They never wanted to be politicians. They only wanted to control the culture. They want people to laugh with them. They want to be famous. That’s it.
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
They never wanted to be politicians. They only wanted to control the culture. They want people to laugh with them. They want to be famous. That’s it.
I think people should recognize the power of their time and attention. You can engage and feed the beast, or you can choose to not. There could be a lot more power in choosing to turn away.
September 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I think people should recognize the power of their time and attention. You can engage and feed the beast, or you can choose to not. There could be a lot more power in choosing to turn away.
…Maybe making a persona and career of rage-baiting is not the way to go…and maybe the media could stop platform of these people…but what do I know.
September 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
…Maybe making a persona and career of rage-baiting is not the way to go…and maybe the media could stop platform of these people…but what do I know.
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Word of the Day: SCIENTASTER (19th century) - someone who claims to have scientific knowledge but lacks real understanding.
August 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Word of the Day: SCIENTASTER (19th century) - someone who claims to have scientific knowledge but lacks real understanding.
Leave. The moon. Alone.
August 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Leave. The moon. Alone.
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We're pairing up contingent historians with contingent scholars in other fields for a face off! Click through to learn more and let us know if you want to participate.
Face/Off
Lots of scholars from different disciplines study and write about things that happened in the past. So what, if anything, makes history a separate and coherent discipline? While Contingent is a histor...
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July 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We're pairing up contingent historians with contingent scholars in other fields for a face off! Click through to learn more and let us know if you want to participate.
Celebrated the 4th by going to see the American Ballet Theater perform an English ballet. No regrets. Joby Talbot and Christopher Wheeldon are a match made in heaven. #AWintersTale #ABT
July 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Celebrated the 4th by going to see the American Ballet Theater perform an English ballet. No regrets. Joby Talbot and Christopher Wheeldon are a match made in heaven. #AWintersTale #ABT
So…this all boils down to parents wanting their children to never question them. Am I getting that right? #MahmoudvTaylor
June 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So…this all boils down to parents wanting their children to never question them. Am I getting that right? #MahmoudvTaylor
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The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
June 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
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Rehearsing a cool new song in Irish for our upcoming "Celtic Jouney" concert with Consonare Choral Community with a really cool new song in the Irish language, "The Rising of the Sun" by Michael McGlynn with originally performed by the amazing ANÚNA .
This concert is going to be 🔥
This concert is going to be 🔥
May 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Rehearsing a cool new song in Irish for our upcoming "Celtic Jouney" concert with Consonare Choral Community with a really cool new song in the Irish language, "The Rising of the Sun" by Michael McGlynn with originally performed by the amazing ANÚNA .
This concert is going to be 🔥
This concert is going to be 🔥
One week with this beauty.
May 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
One week with this beauty.
These are the only talking points they have against every librarian and we’re hearing it across the country.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
These are the only talking points they have against every librarian and we’re hearing it across the country.
11 day old library chicks.
May 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
11 day old library chicks.
Can someone explain to me why so many people think it’s fine to talk on speakerphone or not use headphones in public places? What is happening.
May 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Can someone explain to me why so many people think it’s fine to talk on speakerphone or not use headphones in public places? What is happening.
I can’t make it to a bookstore for #indiebookshopday, but I did preorder Annie Hartnett’s “The Road to Tender Hearts” from a local bookstore, and that feels pretty good. 🤓📚
April 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I can’t make it to a bookstore for #indiebookshopday, but I did preorder Annie Hartnett’s “The Road to Tender Hearts” from a local bookstore, and that feels pretty good. 🤓📚
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We celebrate the birth of Florence B. Price, who was a prolific composer whose music was never entered into the canon and was almost lost to history even though she was the first composer who was a Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra.
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Concinnity | "Resignation" by Florence Price
YouTube video by Consonare Choral Community
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April 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We celebrate the birth of Florence B. Price, who was a prolific composer whose music was never entered into the canon and was almost lost to history even though she was the first composer who was a Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra.
youtu.be/3qhS07P1tW4?...
youtu.be/3qhS07P1tW4?...
It’s a great day to visit your local library, let your library boards know you value intellectual freedom, and tell your representatives we need the IMLS, especially if you like Libby and BorrowIT services. 📚💪📚
#NationalLibraryWeek
#NationalLibraryWeek
April 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s a great day to visit your local library, let your library boards know you value intellectual freedom, and tell your representatives we need the IMLS, especially if you like Libby and BorrowIT services. 📚💪📚
#NationalLibraryWeek
#NationalLibraryWeek
I may not be able to attend the #handsoff protests today, because I will be doing my job as a public librarian, which absolutely feels like an act of resistance these days. 📚 #handsoffprotest #handsoffourlibraries
April 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I may not be able to attend the #handsoff protests today, because I will be doing my job as a public librarian, which absolutely feels like an act of resistance these days. 📚 #handsoffprotest #handsoffourlibraries