Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ATWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLESummary: Hotel Transylvania: "Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula invites all his best friends--Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf family and more--to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Dracula, catering to all...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures 2015
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY FAMHooker, John Lee
Contents: Chill out (things gonna change) / John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson (4:45) -- Deep blue sea / Brook Benton, Clyde Otis (4:05) -- Kiddio (3:08) -- Medley: Serves me right to suffer ; Syndicator (6:23) -- One bourbon, one scotch, one beer (3:21) -- Tupelo (3:54) -- Woman on my mind (5:26) -- Annie Mae (5:16) -- Too young (4:42) -- Talkin' the blues (3:40) -- If you've never been...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HOOSummary: Flint Lockwood is a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone's life. Sam Sparks is a weathergirl covering the town's weather phenomenon, but chooses to hide her intelligence behind a perky exterior. Tim Lockwood is Flint's technophobic father. Brent is the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. Mayor Shelbourne exploits Flint's newest invention so he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CLOCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CLOSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATBruer, John T.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.413 BRUSummary: A drama series inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales. Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as 'Grimms', charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Lutes, Della T. (Della Thompson)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 1941
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 LUTFord, Richard T. (Richard Thompson)
Summary: A law professor and cultural critic offers an eye-opening exploration of the laws of fashion throughout history, from the middle ages to the present day, examining the canons, mores and customs of clothing rules that we often take for granted.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.009 FORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult FordLutes, Della T. (Della Thompson)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.973 LUTSummary: Now that the nefarious forces of Black Claw have been silenced, Nick faces an all too familiar foe in Captain Sean Renard. Having gained a seat of power as the mayor elect of Portland, Renard is poised to bring rise to his own brand of law and order. Nick must take a stand to protect his city and those closest to him, especially his child with Adalind. It will take the full force of Nick and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRISummary: At the heels of his mother's beheading and Juliette's "death", Nick's life has taken a turn he never expected. Having lost so much, Nick must now come to grips with fathering a child with his once sworn enemy, Adalind. With even more dangerous Wesen coming out of the shadows, the Black claw uprising Team Grimm has been dreading is approaching in full force.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GRISummary: Follows four grown siblings of the far-from-perfect Braverman clan as they try to balance kids and careers, dreams and commitments, and romance or a total lack thereof. Join some of the best actors on television for a genuinely funny and heartwarming journey through the most challenging and rewarding role of a lifetime: being a parent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD PARContents: Wayfaring pilgrim / Ola Belle Reed (4:29) -- Free a little bird / Bascom Lamar Lunsford (2:42) -- Cripple creek / Mike Seeger with Etta Baker (1:54) -- Cindy / George Pegram and Red Parham (1:55) -- And am I born to die / Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton (3:30) -- Poor soldier / Ginny Hawker (2:45) -- Wild rose of the mountain / J.P. Fraley (2:11) -- Times are not what they used to be / Ginny...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rounder Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY MOUContents: Blues in the blue of the night (Billy Barton) (2:30) -- Untied (Tommy Collins) (2:12) -- We're gonna bop (Alvadean Coker) (2:15) -- Go crazy man (Bill Woods) (1:57) -- Daddy loves mommyo (Tommy Duncan) (2:00) -- There ain't nothin' happenin' to me (Cliff Crofford) (2:18) -- Hot dog (Buck Owens as Corky Jones) (2:17) -- Don't go baby (Don't go) (Al Coker) (2:05) -- Let's go (Bonnie Blue Bell)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY OTHGruen, Bob
Summary: The veteran rock-and-roll photographer shares memories from nearly half a century in the industry, from his cross-country trip with the Ike and Tina Turner band to his backstage encounters with KISS.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRUEN, BOB GRUContents: The baddest man alive (The Black Keys, RZA) -- Black out (Ghostface Killah, M.O.P., Pharoahe Monch) -- White dress (Kanye West) -- I forgot to be your lover (The Revelations feat. Tre Williams) -- Get your way (sex is a weapon) (Idol Warship [Talib Kweli/Res]) -- Rivers of blood (The Wu-Tang Clan, Kool G. Rap) -- Built for this (Method Man, Freddie Gibbs, Streetlife) -- The archer (Killa Sin)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Temple Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This is the story of a sustained and well-funded effort to discredit and defeat Bill Clinton, dating from his gubernatorial days in Arkansas and eventually leading to his impeachment trial.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HUNSummary: Now fully embracing his identity as a Grimm, Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt tackles even more gruesome and bizarre crimes linked to creatures of lore. With the help of his partner Hank and Wesen confidants Monroe and Rosalee, Nick must face an ancient royal bloodline linked to the mysterious Captain Renard, all while fighting to keep from losing the love of his life forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as 'Grimms', charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Parker, Charlie
Contents: Disc one: 52nd street theme (5:23) -- Koko (2:32) -- Groovin' high (5:02) -- Big foot (4:44) -- Ornithology (5:44) -- Slow boat to China (5:20) -- Hot house (4:25) -- Salt peanuts (3:52) -- Chasin' the Bird (4:26) -- Out of nowhere (3:19) -- How high the moon (2:58) -- Half Nelson (4:45) -- White Christmas (5:10) -- Little Willie leaps (3:54) -- Jumpin' with Symphony Sid ; Be-bop (5:04) -- Slow...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Savoy Jazz 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ PARSnider, Brandon T.
Summary: On the first day of middle school, Principal Kim announces that the school is going to throw a Contraption Convention--the perfect opportunity for young inventor Rube Goldberg to show off his inventions and get out of his summer-long funk. But after a fight with his friends Pearl and Boob about where his priorities really lie, Rube's Con Con entry gets off to a rocky start, and then strange...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021