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The Merry Month of May Brings Great Things @ JCPL, Including New Fiction!

"I was walking through the park one day; in the merry, merry month of May..." and so the song goes.

The merry month of May brings great things to the outdoors, but it also brings great things to the indoors of the Jasper County Public Library.

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NY Times Movies

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Many Changes to a Blue Suit

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‘Man of Steel,’ Directed by Zack Snyder

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ArtsBeat: ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ Musical Heading to Second Stage Theater

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Movie Review: ‘The Hangover Part III,’ With Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms

Four of the unlikeliest on-the verge-of-middle-...

NY Times Music

Champions League’s Biggest Star May Be Its Anthem

The Champions League anthem, an operatic choral...

Music Review: Emel Mathlouthi at the French Institute’s Tunisia Festival

Emel Mathlouthi made her New York debut at the...

Music Review: Gotham Chamber Opera at Le Poisson Rouge

Gotham Chamber Opera featured works by Missy...

ArtsBeat: Brian Stokes Mitchell to Perform in New Town Hall Concert Series

Starry Summer Nights at Town Hall will open on...

ArtsBeat: Vampire Weekend Tops Album Chart

“Modern Vampires of the City” became the band’s...

Hashtag Nation: Music Awards Worthy of a Tony

The Billboard Music Awards don’t have the...

Music Review: Laura Mvula at the Bowery Ballroom

Everything about the young British singer Laura...

Latest Quincy Jones Hyphenate? Manager

The performer-producer, now 80, has taken on a...

Music Review: Giorgio Moroder in Red Bull Music Academy Series

Giorgio Moroder, who worked with Donna Summer and...

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