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"The Wisconsin Gardener" videos
With lots of sun and rain in Door County this summer, local gardens are magnificent! Now is a good time to brush up on gardening skills and plans with the Wisconsin Public Television program, The Wisconsin Gardener. The library's old VHS tapes of this series have been replaced by a full set of DVDs. There is even one program about Bailey's Harbor. Go ahead, reserve your copies right now, then pick them up at the circulation desk:
- The Wisconsin Gardener. Bailey's Harbor
- More Places to Visit
- Asparagus, Grass & Daffodils
- Ideas for Spring
- Places to Visit
- Horsetails, Tropicals & Tree Peonies
- Raising the Roof
- Think Green
- The Magic of Gardening
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Winter Landscapes
- Garden Design
- Celebrate Fall
- Healthy Weeds
- Focus on Foliage
- Container Gardening
- Harvest Traditions
- Hot Plants
Everybody's talking about Food, Inc.
At the recent Sustainability Fair at Crossroads in Sturgeon Bay, a number of people who stopped by the Door County Library table asked about the award-winning film, Food, Inc. This film seems to have really caught the public's eye. Both the book and the DVD are available from the library through the InfoSoup.org catalog, but for those who can't wait (there are over 150 reserves for the DVD!), watch the film streaming online at the PBS website right now:
International Film Series : Lebanon
The Internation Film Series continues with an award winning, critcally acclaimed film from Lebanon Wednesday, April 21 at 6:30 pm in the Sturgeon Bay Library. Caramel tells the story of 5 modern day Lenanese women who meet daily in a beauty salon in Beirut. The women come from various walks of life, to talk, seek advice and confide in one another. Each has her own quirks and problems to deal with. 93 min. PG
March Film Series
March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, the Door County Library brings a little bit o’ Ireland to Sturgeon Bay. Join us in viewing the film Darby O’Gill and the Little People, the Disney classic about a storyteller and a group of leprechauns, at 3:00 pm. Then at 6:30 pm, cross the Irish Sea to Scotland for Local Hero, a comedy about American executives negotiating for oil rights with the people of a small, rural Scottish village.
Willa Cather on Film
The Big Read in Door County this year will focus on Willa Cather's My Ántonia. A film of the novel will be shown at the Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay on January 23 at 7:00 pm. This film and other films of Willa Cather's works are available through InfoSoup.org, the library catalog.
My Antonia (VHS) Starring Neil Patrick Harris and Elina Löwensohn
O Pioneers! (VHS and DVD) 1992 Hallmark Hall of Fame production starring Jessica Lange
Song of the Lark (VHS) 2001 PBS Masterpiece Theatre production starring Thea Kronborg
Paul's Case (VHS) 1980 PBS American Short Stories film starring Eric Roberts
More background information about the life of Willa Cather is also available on film.
Willa Cather: the Road is All (DVD) PBS American Master's biography of Willa Cather, avialable through the library catalog, this film will also be shown in the Sturgeon Bay Library on Thursday, January 14 at 3:00 pm and in Sister Bay Library on Tuesday, January 19 at 3:00 pm.
- Laura, Sturgeon Bay Library
Willa Cather's Home (DVD) Short film about Willa Cather's life and childhood home in Red Cloud, Nebraska, produced by Nebraska Educational Television.
