Gramophone19h
Shostakovich From Every Angle
In May, the world’s most comprehensive Shostakovich event will take over Leipzig - a city that has always treated the ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette18h
Around Amherst: Town sticking to its sanctuary community commitment
Town leaders continue to reaffirm its status as a sanctuary community, even as the Trump administration is threatening to cut ...
Smithsonian Magazine17h
The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
'It’s a little overdue': Book returned to Ocean County Library after 99 years
The book, it turns out, was borrowed in 1926 by Mary Cooper's grandfather Charles Tilton, a prominent Jersey Shore captain.
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene ...
Gothamist17h
Early Addition: It's never too late to return a library book
Because better late than never, here are your early links: an escaped bull, a rare Italian duck, the case for pimple patches ...
Texas Wesleyan Rambler13h
‘Letters from the Library’ world premiere explores heartbreak, grief, the hope that lies beyond
Written by senior theatre major Mercedes Kuhn, the production of “Letters from the Library” made its world premiere on Feb.
The Sacramento Observer22h
The Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Passing
In the early 20th century — a time when men held most positions of authority — Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 a ...