by kitchensisters | Nov 12, 2018 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay No. 20: The Good Cemeterian Writer and oral historian Janice A. Farringer sent us an email to tell us about the incredible work of Andrew Lumish, aka The Good Cemeterian. “This man is definitely a Keeper,” she wrote. “He restores old...
by kitchensisters | Nov 9, 2018 | The Keepers
Aaron Swartz Day co-founder Lisa Rein talks about about her work with the annual hackathon. Founded in 2013 after the death of activist and programming wunderkind Aaron Swartz, the event draws attention to Aaron’s story in hopes of protecting others from similar...
by kitchensisters | Nov 8, 2018 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay No. 18: Radio Haiti Archive. Laura Wagner from the Radio Haiti Archive at Duke University called The Keeper Hotline to tell us about this “trilingual digital archive of Haiti’s first independent radio station, Radio Haiti Inter.” The...
by kitchensisters | Nov 7, 2018 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay No. 17: First Person: Honoring Native and Indigenous Cultures “November is National American Indian Heritage Month, and the library is excited to honor the voices of indigenous and native peoples with a month long celebration titled First Person:...
by kitchensisters | Nov 6, 2018 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay for #ElectionDay: 97-year-old poll worker, Laura Wooten “Laura Wooten plans to head to the polls [today] to vote in the midterm elections, and to work, as she’s done every Election Day for the past 79 years, consecutively. Wooten said that...
by kitchensisters | Nov 5, 2018 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay No. 15: Our Children’s Trust / #youthvgov Beatrice Bowles called The Keeper Hotline to nominate Our Children’s Trust for Keeper of the Day. “I am so impressed with the young people who have brought a case to court—to the Supreme Court—defending their...
by kitchensisters | Nov 2, 2018 | The Keepers
Horns to Havana (aka The Horns Project) is dedicated to instrument donation, instrument repair, music training and education and cultural exchange. In the improvisational and exploratory spirit of jazz, they strive to fulfill dreams of aspiring young musicians and...
by kitchensisters | Nov 1, 2018 | The Keepers
“I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody’s right to beautiful, radiant things.” -Emma Goldman, 1869-1940 Emma Goldman was a woman ahead of her time, an anarchist, a Jewish immigrant to America. Born in the Russian Empire, her time in the...
by kitchensisters | Oct 31, 2018 | The Keepers
We talk with Nicholas Meriwether, the first curator of the Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz, about the band’s incredible collection of fan art. “I’ve come to realize that the art movement that accompanied the rise of the Dead is as much a part of what we...
by kitchensisters | Oct 30, 2018 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay No. 11 – EveryLibrary and the #VoteLibraries campaign. “Because strong libraries matter.” votelibraries.org
