Chicago Blues Festival

Is the weather keeping you from the Chicago Blues Festival today? If you plan to stay dry and at home check out one of the library's online databases: American Song.

American Song is a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past. The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys, as well as a collection of the Blues.

Check out Pushing That Thing, in Piano Red: Atlanta Bounce performed by William Lee Perryman ("Piano Red")



American Song and other databases are available online with your Gail Borden Library card.

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library: High School Musical 3

High School Musical 3
June 17, 2008, 10:00 am

Tony and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated when they leave for college. The Wildcats stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about the future. Rated G, 100 minutes.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 6/9/09

Do you want to know the newest DVD titles available at your library? Check here to find the newest Quick Flicks released at the Gail Borden Library. This fast turnover, no reserves collection is where you will find multiple copies of the most popular DVDs.

Crossing Over By Kramer, Wayne 2009/06 - Genius Products 0796019820264 Check Our Catalog Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find and create -- in 21st century L.A. Kramer's intersecting stories, both cathartic and tragic, are brought to life by an international ensemble. ...More

Fired Up By Gluck, Will 2009/06 - Sony Pictures BL08860DVD Check Our Catalog After maxing out their starring roles on the high school football team, Shawn and Nick ditch summer training camp and head into brave new territory: volunteering to help the cheerleading squad reach new heights. The team's pretty captain doesn't buy the guys' act for a second. But even she has to admit her sorry squad could use two extra sets of hands. ...More

Gran Torino By Eastwood, Clint 2009/06 - Warner Home Video 1419872575 Check Our Catalog Crusty, inflexible Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski must confront his Hmong immigrant neighbors – and his own long-held prejudices – when the family's teen son, Thao, tries to steal Walt's beloved 1972 Gran Torino. Walt soon assumes the unlikely role of guardian angel to young Tao and his sister, who are vulnerable to disturbing gang influences in this intimate drama from 78-year-old director Eastwood. ...More

The International By Tykwer, Tom 2009/06 - Sony Pictures BL06097DVD Check Our Catalog Interpol agent Louis Salinger and New York Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman team up to expose a global financial institution's money laundering, arms dealing and other illegal rackets. But as the pair race from New York to Milan and beyond to pursue their case, they soon discover that the ruthless bank will stop at nothing to continue its profitable activities. ...More

8 x 10 tasveer
Jai has psychic abilities, of which his father is skeptical. This puts a strain on their relationship. But when his father is killed in a boating accident, Jai can see that it wasn't an accident afterall.

Siddham
Daya is a fair cop dealing with pressure to handle his job corruptly.

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 6/2/09

Do you want to know the newest DVD titles available at your library? Check here to find the newest Quick Flicks released at the Gail Borden Library. This fast turnover, no reserves collection is where you will find multiple copies of the most popular DVDs.

Battle in Seattle By Townsend, Stuart 2009/03 - Universal Home Video 0025192019814 Check Our Catalog With the World Trade Organization about to convene in his city, Seattle's Mayor Jim Tobin tries to make sure all events go smoothly. As tensions between protesters and authorities rise out of control, activists and bystanders get caught in the crossfire. ...More

Defiance By Zwick, Edward 2009/06 - Paramount Home Video 0097363527244 Check Our Catalog Daniel Craig stars as Tuvia Bielski, one of four Jewish brothers who escape from Poland into the forests of Belarus during World War II to lead a band of resistance fighters and create a safe haven for Jewish refugees. The real-life sanctuary established by the Bielski brothers saved more than 1,000 Jews from persecution and death. ...More

He's Just Not That Into You By Kwapis, Ken 2009/06 - New Line Cinema Corporation 1419871447 Check Our Catalog Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore and Scarlett Johansson lead an all-star cast in this adaptation of the bestseller that follows an ensemble of characters dealing with the pitfalls of love and human interaction. ...More

New in Town By Elmer, Jonas 2009/05 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment 0031398109839 Check Our Catalog The weather isn't the only drastic change for high-paid consultant Lucy Hill when she's sent from her home base in South Beach, Fla., to a small Minnesota town to improve the productivity of a local manufacturing plant. The town's residents also take some getting used to, especially the ruggedly handsome union boss who's doing his darnedest to make sure that Lucy doesn't cut any jobs. ...More

Revolutionary Road By Mendes, Sam 2009/04 - Paramount BL04870DVD Check Our Catalog Based on the novel by Richard Yates and set in the mid-1950s, this story follows the Wheelers, a young couple in suburban Connecticut who tries desperately to confront the problems in their relationship while raising two children. Despite their best intentions, the couple's intense arguments send them into a downward spiral. ...More

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library: Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco
June 8, 2009, 11:00am

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby take their act on the road again! While Bing is pursuing a beautiful princess (Dorothy Lamour), he sells Bob off to a slave-trader and they both end up rescuing her from a fierce sheik (Anthony Quinn). The Road pictures always featured excellent music as well as comedy and this one features the song, "Moonlight Becomes You."