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DPPL's Pint & Click Podcast Episode 29 is streaming now! On this episode, Dave, Tony and Joel discuss Alien: Covenant, the latest installment in the Alien series helmed by original director Ridley Scott; the self-help book The Hero Is You: Sharpen Your Focus, Conquer Your Demons, and Become the Writer You Were Born to Be by Kendra Levin; the return of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix; and the pilot of David Lynch's original television show Twin Peaks (now returning to TV on Showtime).

Astronomers, astrophiles and even casual stargazers are preparing for this solar eclipse coming to our area on August 21st.

The sky will darken at 11:54 am as the moon passes between the sun and the earth.

Continue Reading "Countdown to Totality" →

Sports and storytelling can go together to create something that anyone not just sports lovers can appreciate. Caddyshack is not just a great sports movie, it is a movie that regarded as a classic that even those who have never played golf can love.

Within movies there are many titles such as Bull Durham, Million Dollar Baby, Rocky II, and Any Given Sunday, that are not based on real events that give us memorable stories that stand the test of time​.

Continue Reading "5 Sport Fiction Novels You Should Read" →

Summer has arrived.

And with it, DPPL's Summer Reading Club for Adults, Teens and Kids. 

Continue Reading "2017 Summer Reading Clubs at DPPL" →

On the latest episode of the Pint and Click Podcast, Dave, Tony, Kristyn, and Joel discuss and recommend media that is currently available on hoopla. As you may have read here previously, hoopla is a digital service available to all DPPL cardholders that allows you to download or stream up to 10 ebooks, audiobooks, movies, comics, TV shows or albums each month. Topics discussed include the 1995 Abel Ferrara film The Addiction; the soundtrack to last year's Disney motion picture Moana; the DC comic Green Lanterns Vol. 1: Rage Planet, written by Geoff Johns; the 2006 Guillermo del Toro film Pan's Labyrinth; and Ghost In The Shell, the original 1995 anime film directed by Mamoru Oshii. Take a listen below:

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