For this year’s Banned Book Week, I thought it would be fun to look at some of the best books some people don’t want you to read. For a comprehensive list of the banned books — from classics to the top 10 most challenged titles — check out the American Library Association website. And to…
The folks at Nevada Cure are holding a book drive for inmates at the women’s prison in North Las Vegas. The non-profit organization works to better conditions for prisoners and has already held two successful book drives for the Ely State Prison and High Desert State Prison. This would be for Nevada’s only women’s prison.…
Henderson’s Paseo Verde Library turned 10 years oldlast week. In a city barely more than 50, this is significant. In a community where most residents only moved here sometime in the mid- to late-90s, it’s a touchstone of civic progress in what now feels like a long-gone era of massive construction projects that once flourished…
I left this book somewhere in Henderson today. You could say its a special edition. (Why else would I have a Danielle Steel novel on me?) Find the book and discover why it’s so special. (My friends might be able to help explain why.) Better yet, send me a pic of you with the book…
Perhaps you’ve seen graphics from the Rescue My Library campaign around the valley lately. If not, here’s the short-list of why libraries are the backbone of a community — providing so much more than books and media — and why you should vote yes. As if you need another reason to support literacy in our…
As someone who is against censorship and someone who supports the ACLU of Nevada, I wanted to share the details of their (free) event Tuesday, Sept. 27, 7-9 pm at the Clark County Library: Uncensored Voices: Celebrating Literary Freedom. What do “Of Mice and Men”, the American Heritage Dictionary, and the graphic novel “Watchmen” have…
The next SCS Book Club selection is… a tie? With all votes in, we have a tie between Amy Richards’ Opting In and local author Matt O’Brien’s My Week at the Blue Angel. So, let’s have a run-off! Voting ends Wednesday to make the call between the two books! Here’s the short synopsis of each:…
Local author Matt O’Brien is launching his second book, My Week at the Blue Angel, on Saturday at the Vegas Valley Book Festival. (Photos are by brilliant and award-winning local photographer Bill Hughes.) He will be featured with Victoria Patterson during a panel discussion called Storytelling in the Modern Southwest at 1:45 p.m. at the…
Welcome to the annual charitable giving list for 2009! These are just some of the ways you can give back while indulging in the mass-consumer, gift orgy of the December holidays. And as always, I don’t get anything for posting this but a smile. There’s a lot on the list that hasn’t changed from last…
It’s an Easter miracle (early)! In an unanimous ruling Iowa’s highest court upheld a lower-court’s ruling that marriage should not be defined as only between a man and a woman. This makes Iowa the third state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage and the first in the nation’s Midwestern “Heartland” states. Iowa’s same-sex couples…
The Sin City Siren 