Summary: Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey's own words and featuring evocative archival footage and interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AILPalm Court Theatre Orchestra
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1985
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING PICAmerica's Test Kitchen (Firm)
Summary: A giftable and gorgeous book featuring the very best recipes from the America's Test Kitchen TV show in celebration of its 20th anniversary and its renowned celebrity cast. More than 500 recipes from the show's 500-plus episodes are included here along with all the recipes from the 20th season--a stunning array of must-have recipes aimed at how we want to cook today. As the longest-running and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: America's Test Kitchen 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 AMEAmerica's Test Kitchen (Firm)
Summary: "For the first time ever, America's Test Kitchen is bringing [its] scientific know-how, rigorous testing, and hands-on learning to kids in the kitchen"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5 COMAmerica's Test Kitchen (Firm)
Summary: "When it comes to entertaining there's nothing as crowd pleasing and visually impressive as a well thought out grazing board. So much more than just cheese and cured meat--these edible displays are an approachable and elegant way of presenting food. Show off your effortless entertaining style with showstopping conversation-starting spreads that are sure to impress your guests but give you the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: America's Test Kitchen 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.812 BOAAmerica's Test Kitchen (Firm)
Summary: "A Fresh Guide with 200+ Vibrant Dishes Using Greens, Vegetables, Grains, Proteins, and More"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: America's Test Kitchen 2021
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Summary: We're all looking for interesting, achievable ways to enjoy vegetables more often. This must-have addition to your cookbook shelf has more than 700 kitchen-tested recipes that hit that mark. Sure, you'll learn nearly 40 ways to cook potatoes and 30 ways with broccoli, America's favorite veggies. But you'll also learn how to make a salad with roasted radishes and their peppery leaves; how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: America's Test Kitchen 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6 VEGSummary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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Contents: Essays. Collecting the image of America : Charles Willson Peale's The artist in his museum and Samuel F.B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre / Judith Russi Kirshner -- Painting the image of America : portraiture and genre in the 19th century / Elizabeth Milroy -- Americans in the landscape / D. Scott Atkinson -- American impressionism / Elizabeth Milroy -- America and the modernist spirit / D....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Terra Museum of American Art 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.73 PROSummary: Documents the largest consumer hoax the Czech Republic has ever seen. Filip Remunda and Vit Klusack, two of Eastern Europe's most promising young documentary filmmakers, set out to explore the psychological and manipulative powers of consumerism by creating an ad campaign for a super store that didn't exist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arts Alliance America 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CZESummary: Looks at the legacy of the case of Vincent Chin, a young Chinese American man who was attacked and killed at his bachelor's party at a suburban Detroit bar by current and former autoworkers who were unhappy with competition from Japanese auto manufacturers. The case attracted wide attention after Chin's attackers struck a plea bargain and were sentenced to three thousand dollars in fines and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Asian Pacific Americans for Progress 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VINSummary: Presents all 26 episodes of Season 13 of America's test kitchen, the public television cooking show filmed in the test kitchens of Cook's illustrated magazine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.84 FRASummary: Six celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays, revealing not just the elements in the play, but the history of the play itself. What sparked the creation of each of these works? Where did Shakespeare get his plots, and what cultural, political and religious factors influenced his writing? Why has this body of work endured so thoroughly? What, in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SHASummary: Investigate the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV KLASummary: Join the cast as they reveal the test kitchen's secrets to foolproof cooking at home. From simple combinations to more complicated ones, these recipes will work the first time you try them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: It features the best regional home cooking in the country and relies on a practical, no-nonsense food approach where family-friendly recipes are scientifically re-imagined for the modern home cook. Join hosts Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison as they uncover blue-ribbon specialties from across the country and classic fare in need of a makeover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 COOSummary: Welcome again to the home of Cook's Country, a renovated 1806 farmhouse with a full working test kitchen, a live audience, and the odd neighbor who stops by with cooking problems that need immediate attention. Join host Christopher Kimball and the chefs from America's Test Kitchen as they turn their no-nonsense approach to cooking to the American repertoire, turning bad food into great food...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and '40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and Bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2018
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Summary: Combines elements of analysis, history, biography, performance, and the personal passions of six presenters to tell the stories behind the stories of six Shakespeare plays. Includes interviews with actors, directors, and scholars; visits to key locations; clips from celebrated film and television adaptations; and illustrative excerpts from performances staged at Shakespeare's Globe in London...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SHAAllman, John Robert
Summary: "An alphabetic celebration of the world of ballet"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE ALLSummary: Join Christopher Kimball and the cast of America's Test Kitchen to learn the basics of great home cooking. Learn recipes that will work the first time you try them, thanks to the dozens of test cooks who develop, refine, and test recipes again and again until they arrive at the very best versions. Learning to become a better cook has never been this foolproof or fun!
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 AMESummary: Join Christopher Kimball and the cast of America's Test Kitchen to learn the basics of great home cooking. Learn recipes that will work the first time you try them, thanks to the dozens of test cooks who develop, refine, and test recipes again and again until they arrive at the very best versions. Learning to become a better cook has never been this foolproof or fun!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Welcome to the home of Cook's Country, a renovated 1806 farmhouse with a full working test kitchen, a live audience, two barns, and the odd neighbor who stops by with cooking problems that need immediate attention. Join host Christopher Kimball and your favorite chefs from America's Test Kitchen. This set contains all 13 episodes from Season 2 of Cook's Country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2009