By Chris Impey, University of Arizona [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system – they’re…
Witches are often a fun, playful theme of Halloween, but they are also the subject of a tragic part of American history: the witch trials that took place in colonial…
Are you an immigrant to the U.S. working on naturalizing as a U.S. Citizen? Starting October 3 the Cobb County Public Library will have kits available that will help you…
By Rebecca Gaunt The race for Cobb County school board is intensifying with early voting set to commence in less than a month. Three seats are up, but it’s the…
September 29 is Silent Movie Day, and Marietta‘s Strand Theatre is celebrating by showing an assortment of silent movies, accompanied in the way they were originally shown in the early…
by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder and in the States Newsroom, republished with permission]September 19, 2022 WASHINGTON — More than 1,600 book titles…
By Greta de Jong, University of Nevada, Reno [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As a historian of racism and white supremacy in the United States,…
From September 26 through December 12 the Cobb Public Library is offering a series of Digital Literacy Workshops, sponsored by ATT&T. The workshops cover a variety of topics, from how…
Would you like to learn about what happens after a traffic ticket is issued, and what your recourse is if you receive one? The Cobb Law LIbrary issued the following…
Many parts of the country seem to be caught up in a book-burning frenzy. The New York Times reported in a recent article that “Attempts to ban books are accelerating…