Legendary playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018. Born on the 4th of July in 1927, some say Simon redefined American comedy. He was a Broadway and theater box office success for three decades. Neil Simon received numerous accolades throughout his career, including three Tony Awards for The Odd Couple (1965), Biloxi Blues (1985)…
Picture Book Spotlight: Grandparents Day
National Grandparents Day is September 9, 2018 in the United States. These are some books that can be read with your grandparents! Nana in the City The city can be a scary place, but Nana makes her visiting grandson a heroic cape to keep him from being worried. Nana shows him all the wonderful things she…
Financial Literature: Investing 101
Finances remains one of the most challenging topics facing many Americans today, and no subset of finances is scarier than investing.... but it does not have to be! Like any topic, investing can be researched. As scary a word as 'investing' seems, it is something that can be taught, and as in a variety of…
Founding of the Smithsonian Institution
James Smithson was the founding donor for the Smithsonian Institution. He was an Englishman born in 1765 illegitimately to Hugh Smithson and Elizabeth Hungerfo
Celebrating the Tricentennial: French Quarter Grid
A previous post in the library's Celebrating the Tricentennial series discussed the founding of New Orleans in 1718, but equally interesting is the establishment of the city's grid. Shortly after the city's founding John Law's Company of the West faced financial disaster. The new company bureaucracy began trying to dig itself out of its financial…
Happy 70th Birthday to Alexander McCall Smith and Happy 20th Anniversary to the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series
Author Alexander McCall Smith will turn 70 years old this year on August 24. Known to family and friends as "Sandy," he was born in the country formerly known as Rhodesia (now the Republic of Zimbabwe). The youngest of four children, he spent his childhood in Southern Rhodesia and attended the Christian Brothers College. He went…
H.P. Lovecraft’s 128th birthday
August 20th marks the 128th birthday of Howard Philips Lovecraft, better known as H.P. Lovecraft, one of the most important horror writers of the 20th century. He was born in 1890, the only child of Winfield Scott Lovecraft and Sarah (Susie) Philips Lovecraft, in Providence, Rhode Island. When he was around 9 years old his…
125th Birthday of Huey P. Long
August 30th is the 125th anniversary of the birth of Huey Pierce Long. Self-nicknamed the Kingfish, Long was the 40th governor of Louisiana (1928-1932) and a U
Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award 2019
The Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award is a reading enrichment program of the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana. The purpose of the program is to foster a love of reading in the children of Louisiana by motivating them to participate in the recognition of outstanding books. Students may read…
History At A Glance: Abita Springs, Land of Healing Waters
Abita Springs was first settled by the Choctaws who found the natural springs possessing an excellent quality and further named the springs, "ibetap" which means fountain. According to legend, a handsome native Orleanian of Spanish descent named Henriquez was visiting the area of Abita Springs, and met and married a beautiful Choctaw princess named Abita.…
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