A systemwide celebration will honor Parton, the songwriter behind “9 to 5,” while highlighting one of her most enduring legacies: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Kenton Co. Library to honor Dolly Parton’s literacy impact
Category: Literary
American Sign Museum celebrates 25th anniversary with commemorative book
The photography book traces the evolution of U.S. signage and the museum’s own unlikely rise from a local basement collection to a nationally recognized cultural destination.
Scripps Howard Fund
The excitement is hard to miss. Students dash between cases stacked with colorful books, eyes lighting up as they select titles at their free school book fair. For many, these books will become the first volumes in a personal library – 10 books each year, enough to generate a love of reading and boost school testing scores.
OPINION: Libraries and Books: A Fit Inheritance
My mother was the daughter of Italian immigrants. Reading was everything to her. She placed a high priority on not only pronouncing the words, but on understanding their significance and consequence. And losing yourself in them, when possible.
Book shows how HamCo improved infant mortality rates
Co-authored by bi3 Fund CEO Jill Miller and Dr. Meredith Smith, executive director of Cradle Cincinnati, “Infant Mortality and Other Wicked Problems” details actions partners have taken to improve local infant mortality outcomes.
Gifts for Greater Cincinnati book lovers
This year’s holiday book recommendations are courtesy of the staff at Roebling Books with three locations in Northern Kentucky: Covington, Newport and Dayton.
New Mt. Healthy library branch opens
The project involved renovating the 10,000 square-foot space and making a range of accessibility improvements.
Manifest Press releases new drawing and painting annuals
The publications are based on two of Manifest’s regular surveys of contemporary art from around the world, the International Drawing Annual and International Painting Annual.
New Cincinnati-based book argues ‘The Case for Cities’
The book argues that the nation’s legacy cities, such as Cincinnati, are not the cause of America’s social, environmental, economic and health problems but can be the places where solutions to those problems will be found.
New ArtWorks mural to support Queen City Book Bank’s mission
The mural’s designer was celebrated local illustrator Loren Long. The work will feature imagery from his newest book, “The Yellow Bus.”