by kitchensisters | Mar 15, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay: Lost Children Archive, a novel by Valeria Luiselli Read a review of this book, longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Guardian Books.
by kitchensisters | Mar 14, 2019 | The Keepers
“A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants.” -Doris Lessing #KeeperoftheDay
by kitchensisters | Mar 13, 2019 | The Keepers
“There is a guy who wanders the Bay Area in a tricked-out truck handing out musical instruments like some kind of Pied Piper in a pinstripe vest. His name is Jason Cool. (Yes, it is.) His project is called the Musical Instrument Library.” Read all about this...
by kitchensisters | Mar 12, 2019 | Podcast, The Keepers
The latest episode of The Kitchen Sisters Present… is a re-broadcast from the New York Public Library’s podcast, The Librarian Is In, featuring Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization,...
by kitchensisters | Mar 11, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Mark Mothersbaugh’s Instrument Archive Take a behind-the-scenes look inside the Devo frontman’s studio as he shares some of the weird and wonderful instruments and “noisemakers of all kinds” he’s collected over the years. Via...
by kitchensisters | Mar 8, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay for #InternationalWomensDay: Images of Empowerment The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation joined forces with Getty Images for this international photography resource. Photos from the collection “show the connections between women’s work, their...
by kitchensisters | Mar 7, 2019 | The Keepers
“Like quilting, archiving employs the obsessive stitching together of many small found pieces into a larger vision, a personal attempt at ordering a chaotic world. It’s not such a far leap from the quiltmaker to the stamp collector or book...
by kitchensisters | Mar 6, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Janis Joplin, who worked at her local library when she was a teen. In this clipping from the Port Arthur News, she stands in front of a poster on display at the Gates Memorial Library, one of several she designed for the library. (As the paper...
by kitchensisters | Mar 5, 2019 | The Keepers
Daniel Lofredo Rota wrote to tell us about a project he is undertaking to revive his grandfather’s Ecuadorian music record label from the 1950s… Hello Kitchen Sisters, I am very pleased to have heard of your podcast. as a keeper myself, i feel that maintaining...
by kitchensisters | Feb 28, 2019 | The Keepers
Listener RJ Ramey called The Keepers Hotline to tell us about Monroe Work (1866-1945), who was hired by Book Washington as Director of Research and Records at Tuskegee Institute and worked to document every known lynching in the United States. Ramey created a website,...
