LIBRARY STAFF IN ACTION
Long Beach Public Library staff are helping those in health care during the coronavirus pandemic by using library 3D printers to make components for face shields. Staff from the Studios at Michelle Obama and Billie Jean King Main Libraries are busy printing 3D components now. Check out
our video
to see our production in action.
Other crafty library staff are diligently sewing face masks for City Hall staff who must report to work each day to keep the City of Long Beach functioning. It’s gratifying to be able to help where needed while our doors are closed to the public.
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SIGN & SING ALONG
This week Miss Shaina shares a favorite song from Raffi,
Thanks a Lot
, with a special twist.
Watch this week’s
storytime video
to sing and sign along, learning simple hand signs from American Sign Language (ASL).
More music for kids can be found on
Freegal
, the library’s free downloadable/streaming music platform. Find top children’s music albums and playlists like
Libraries Rock Kid-Friendly Songs
and
Lullaby Songs for Baby Rockers
.
For those looking to learn even more,
Udemy
offers the course
Learn & Master Sign Language
. This course offers over 40 hours of on-demand video learning, beginning with the basics of ASL and progressing to advanced techniques, including storytelling. Udemy is a free learning platform available to LBPL cardholders.
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WE RECOMMEND
This summer heat wave is the perfect time for family barbecue nights. Before firing up the grill, though, check out these titles from
OverDrive
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- Mastering the Grill: the Owner’s Manual for Outdoor Cooking by Andrew Schloss
- Bobby Flay’s Grill It by Bobby Flay
- Smokin’ with Myron Mixon by Myron Mixon
We also recommend watching
The Everyday Gourmet: How to Master Outdoor Cooking
, a 12-episode series that covers: the Art of Grilling, Grilled Vegetables, Flatbreads and Pizza on the Grill, Grilling Seafood, Poultry, Lamb and Beef, Mediterranean, Latin American, and Asian-Style Grilling, and the American Tradition of Barbecue. Available on
Kanopy
. And to accompany your meal, we recommend streaming “What’s Cooking: a Culinary Playlist” on
Freegal
.
Bon Appetit!
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LBFD Engine Company No. 1
Central Station at 210 W. 3rd St., Circa 1920
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FROM THE LBPL ARCHIVES
Amidst these unprecedented times, we’d like to take a moment to salute our City’s first responders who continue to work 24/7 to care for the health, safety, and security of our citizens.
Celebrating
123 years of service
this past March, the Long Beach Fire Department ranks among the city’s oldest and most venerable institutions. Like many fire departments, LBFD began as a volunteer-based organization in March 1897 with just 28 charter members. A hand-drawn ladder truck, leather buckets, axes, helmets, and other gear was purchased for the volunteer firemen, and equipment was initially housed in a building located between Ocean Blvd & First Street and Pine & Pacific Avenues; later it was moved to another building behind City Hall. In the next few years, plans and funding were pulled together to officially establish a municipal fire department. The city’s
first central fire station, Station No. 1,
was built in 1906 at 210 W. 3rd Street, on the corner of 3rd and Pacific Avenue – behind the first City Hall and one block from where our new Billie Jean King Main Library now stands. Among other things, it housed a steam-powered fire engine, a hose engine, a hook and ladder truck, and 7 horses to pull them. Motorized fire engines came to the city soon thereafter and eventually replaced the horse-drawn apparatus.
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