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Music in the Library: Solo Viola on Friday, October 28th, 2:30 p.m.

Please join us! Solo Viola Performance by Forrest Walker Friday, October 28th 2:30-3 p.m. Reading Room, Collins Library For more information contact: libref@pugetsound.edu

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Puget Sound Students Share Research on Tacoma History

In Spring 2016, students in Professor Alison Tracy Hale’s Honors 401 class at the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA) created the “Now, Mr. Lincoln?” site based on their work with material from the university’s archives. Working with Archivist and … Continue reading

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Rocking Chair Room Story Hour, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, 10am, Pacific NW Room

Family Story Hour Saturday, October 29 10:00am—11:00am Pacific NW Room Reading and crafts with Lindsey Hunt, Puget Sound student

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If you had to die tomorrow, would you be satisfied with the life you’ve lived?

Walter Mosley invites his readers to join him in uncovering the mysterious ways the mind works through memory and witness. Mosely, recipient of an O. Henry Award, a Grammy, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award, is one of America’s most … Continue reading

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Halloween Hijinks

Sometimes even the Faculty needs a bit of fun. In this photo some staff members from the 1926 faculty basketball team decided to dress up and take this treasure of a photo. As it is October and we are all … Continue reading

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Rocking Chair Room Story Hour, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, 10am, Pacific NW Room

Family Story Hour Saturday, October 22 10:00am—11:00am Pacific NW Room Fall Fun! Come join Puget Sound student, Chase Hutchinson, in celebrating the changing season with fall themed reading and crafts! *Children are encouraged to bring their stuffed animals from home!

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A Bounty at Collins Memorial Library

“Salish Bounty: Native American Foods of Puget Sound,” reads a sign in the open space to the right of the circulation desk in Collin’s Memorial Library. In the glass display cases in the center of the room are carefully pressed … Continue reading

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Amanda Clark, “Words in Dust and Literary Fireworks: Contemporary Chinese Book Arts.” October 24, 3pm, Collins Library

Amanda Clark, art historian and scholar will showcase her research on this unique art form. She will cover several works of Chinese book art, broadly defined, including Xu Bing’s Where does the dust itself collect?, Wang Qingsong’s Crazy readers, and … Continue reading

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Diversity and Inclusion Resources: The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is an online resource devoted to music research of all the world’s peoples. It includes thousands of pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the … Continue reading

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From a bestselling author: Whipping Boy

Allen Kurzwell invites on his personal conquest to find his childhood nemesis, Cesar Augustus, over a span of forty years. This tale travels across the country, from a Swiss boarding school to the world’s largest law firm to federal prison … Continue reading

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