New Stuff Tuesday – November 9
Cinematic Sociology: Social Life in Film edited by Jean-Anne Sutherland & Kathryn Feltey PN1995.9 .S6 C543 2010 New Book Island, 2nd floor When I was living in Spain and would tell my host family...
View ArticleMonty Python & Spamalot
Monty Python‘s Tony award-winning Spamalot will be performed on Mon., Nov. 15, 2010 @ 7:30pm at UWW’s Young Auditorium. Can’t afford the ticket? Can’t attend due to conflicts? Or want to see more of...
View ArticleIsaac Asimov
Jan. 2nd is the anniversary of Isaac Asimov’s birth in 1920. He’s one of my favorite authors of science fiction, but he wrote nonfiction books for adults and youth too before he passed away in 1992. A...
View ArticleNew Stuff Tuesday – April 19
Firestorm: American Film in the Age of Terrorism by Stephen Prince PN1993.5 .U6 P745 2009 New Book Island, 2nd floor There is no doubt that the September 11th terrorist attacks have changed our...
View ArticleYes, we have games, movies, chess, and more
UW-Whitewater’s Andersen Library is mentioned in “Video-Game Rooms Become the Newest Library Space Invaders,” an article in this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education. This article reports on campus...
View ArticleMovies and Scientific Ethics
Movies and scientific ethics may seem an unlikely pairing, and maybe I just think too much when I see movies about scientific research, but when I saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes this weekend I had...
View ArticleNew Stuff Tuesday – May 8
Fat, Drunk, and Stupid: The Inside Story Behind the Making of Animal House by Matty Simmons PN1997 .A4255 S57 2012 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Sitting at the Reference Desk, I have the pleasure of...
View ArticleFriday Fun: Honoring Tom Mix
On Oct. 12 in 1940, Tom Mix died in a one-car automobile accident. He was a famous and highly-paid star (along with his horse Tony) in silent-film era Westerns, as well as a few early “talkie”...
View ArticleHonoring Michael Crichton
Tomorrow, October 23, is the anniversary of Michael Crichton’s birth. He died on November 4, 2008. You can join me in celebrating this popular author’s life and accomplishments by reading some of his...
View ArticleT3 (Thursday Tech Tips): Quick and Easy YouTube Clips
Have you ever needed to show only a short segment of a YouTube video in a class or a presentation? TubeChop, a free website requiring no registration, makes quick work of selecting a portion of a video...
View ArticleMovies
I’ll bet a lot of us will watch some movies over the holidays, either in theatres or in our own homes. Did you know that the first “commercial movie screening” took place in Paris on Dec. 28, 1895? The...
View ArticleRemembering Robin Williams
Robin Williams, an extraordinary comedian as well as an award-winning dramatic actor, may have left us, but we can honor his memory and appreciate his work by watching some of his movies. Andersen...
View ArticleRemembering Lauren Bacall
Actress Lauren Bacall passed away this week. You can read about her in books such as the autobiography Now published in 1994 (3rd-floor Main Collection, PN2287.B115 A3 1994), or watch her in movies...
View ArticleDeck the Wishing Tree! Fa la la…
Are there books, graphic novels, audio books, videos, video games, CDs, etc., that you wish Andersen Library would consider acquiring? Let us know by hanging your wish(es) on the tree! The tree is...
View ArticleScience in television and movies
The UWW Chem Club is sponsoring a free live webinar “Chemistry on the Silver Screen” on Tues., Feb. 24, at 5:45 p.m. in Upham room 140. The webinar will feature science advisors to Breaking Bad and...
View ArticleFriday fun: volcanoes
OK, so we had a little snow pelt us this week (my coworker says that stuff is called graupel), and the Library had to be evacuated because the fire alarms went off for a while on Tuesday. Would you...
View ArticleFriday Fun: Jokes, Humor, Comedy
Feeling a bit stressed? Maybe a little laughter could take the edge off! According to the documentary Laughology (2nd-floor DVDs, Academic, BF575.L3 L28 2010), laughing is a great way to reduce stress....
View ArticleAnimals taking Earth back: summer thrills
There are so many choices if you want to read or view something ridiculous about scary critters this summer! I recently saw the latest Jurassic flick, which did not disappoint because I’m a sucker for...
View ArticleNew Stuff Tuesday – July 6, 2015
Spike Lee:Finding the Story and Forcing the Issue by Jason P. Vest PN1998.3.L44 V47 2014 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Spike Lee built a reputation for himself as a film maker by tackling systemic issues of...
View ArticleUnderwater Dreams
A screening of the documentary Underwater dreams on Tues., Sept. 22, at 3:30pm in UC 275A opens the Latino Heritage Lecture Series for 2015-16! Enjoy the story of Title I high school students, sons of...
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