When I am out and about in the community, I’m occasionally stunned (maybe depressed is a better word) by what people don’t
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The Barrington Area Library is “taking over” 365 Barrington this week, (with permission from Liz Luby!) and I thought it would be
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I’ll never forget the night before our new Youth Services department opened. Everybody on the staff wanted to play with the giant
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Excited guests filled the Barrington Area Library for “The Remix” grand reopening event on Sunday celebrating the completion of 14-months of library
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We know there was a time when you thought the Barrington Area Library’s renovation project was never going to end. I even
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Summer reading clubs at public libraries are nothing new. Children, teens, and even adults register for the programs, log in the books
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My father passed away about a year and a half ago. Losing a parent really leaves an emptiness in part of your
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I started re-reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry this week to prepare for our upcoming interview with the book’s author, Rachel
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Barrington’s annual community reading campaign, Barrington Reads, is coming up this February featuring two books – one fiction and one non-fiction. Both
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One week after the Barrington Area Library unveiled its new Youth Services Department, parents and nannies continue to rave about the new
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It’s that time of the year. The holidays are over, the winter drags on forever, and we’re starting to get a little
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It’s been 8 months since the Barrington Area Library began its renovation project – wow! Time doesn’t so much fly as SOAR
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The temperature is dropping and the fall season is in full swing. If you love to cozy up by the fire with
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When you’re out socializing, a sure-fire conversation starter is a book with lots of buzz. It’s one reason librarians love our job,
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When I was 11 years old, my parents finally broke down and bought me the guitar I’d pestered them about for ages.
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