Dec 23, 2020
On January 23, 2020, the Hillsboro Public Library hosted A Book That Changed My Life, an event that saw our community gather together to listen to and share stories about the books that have had a major impact on our lives.
Special guest speakers include: Hillsboro City Manager Robby Hammond, Hillsboro School District...
Aug 11, 2020
Back in January 2020, graphic novelist Paul Tobin came to the Hillsboro Public Library for a Tea with the Author event. While visiting, he agreed to sit down for a few minutes to talk about his work, his creative process, and why Portland is such a great place to create comics. Paul is the author of many great graphic...
May 25, 2020
Welcome back to our Socially Distant Kanopy Watch Party! Jenny, Elizabeth, and Brendan do a deep dive on the 1985 film Explorers, taking you to the far distant reaches of space to see whether this movie holds up with the other kid adventure films of the 80's, or crumbles under the weight of its foam latex alien costumes.
May 18, 2020
Jenny and Brendan return to the pod to explore Kanopy, the steaming video service you have access to with your WCCLS library card. They each pick out a few movie selections, discuss which ones they think would work well for a group watch, and land on a flick you'll (hopefully) love. So go on over to Kanopy, spend a...
Feb 20, 2020
Join Laura from Cedar Mill Library, Brendan from Hillsboro Public Library, and PJ from Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) as they talk about why board games are such a great fit for public libraries, and discuss how our county library system got started circulating board games and ended up with...