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A long-discussed lecture hall addition to the Newport Beach Public Library on Avocado Avenue is another step closer to reality after receiving support from the City Council during last week’s study session. Board of Library Trustees member Jill Johnson-Tucker walked council...

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation has hired Newport Beach native Meg Linton as its new Chief Executive Officer.  Ms. Linton brings a vibrant new energy to the Foundation, backed by over 20 years of leading and stewarding cultural institutions, non-profits, and academic...

Many people seem to view working in the restaurant industry as some sort of failure – a melting pot of people who either can’t or won’t get a “real job,” or who are still working their way towards the opportunity to find one. The reality is, while there are those types of...

If you’ve paid attention to the news lately, you surely will have noticed that scarcely a day goes by that we don’t have immigration featured prominently in our dialogue. As we adjust to a new administration, the topic has become even more widely considered. What do we do with...

“The world is not dying. It is not falling apart. It’s changing…What young generation has ever come into its own in a world free of peril?” So says Dr. Wade Davis, renowned anthropologist, National Geographic explorer, and professor, when asked his opinion on the state of our...

The Newport Beach Public Library’s board of trustees is moving forward with improvements to the Corona del Mar branch, despite a recent setback to a full remodel and adjoining fire station. After the anticipated $8 million plan was approved by the city in 2015, the current...

By Will O’Neill Before passing from this Earth as one the richest people in history, Andrew Carnegie funded approximately 3,000 public libraries across the world. He once stated that there “is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this...

Newport Beach Public Library is launching a series of free Genealogy Workshops beginning March 1 at the Central Library. The series, which includes eight classes progressing from an introduction to the library’s genealogy databases, Ancestry and HeritageQuest, to more advanced...

With Valentine’s Day having just passed, I’m sure there are more than a few of us who have been hit with a case of the “inequivalent gift blues.” Perhaps your loving husband brought you a little blue box, and you gave him some store-bought sugar cookies? A night at Nobu met with...

It is an interesting time in America’s history. In what has become easily one of the most contentious political landscapes our nation has seen, many are feeling apprehensive and unsure of the direction we will be moving under the leadership of our newly elected...

The Newport Beach Public Library has a long history of both recognizing, and sharing excellence through their myriad community lecture series. This month, the tradition lives on, as the library continues its nod to the Pulitzer Prize, with the upcoming Library Live appearance of...

The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation is preparing to kick-off their annual Library Live series, and while always providing patrons with the opportunity to hear from world-class speakers right in their own backyard, this year, the foundation has something extra special up...

I have long contended that you can learn something by reading anything. Whether enjoying People magazine or Nietzche, comic books or novels, there is always something to be discovered. Add in the opportunity to talk about what you’ve read, comparing your opinion with those of...

Summer may have just started, but I’m sure that in nearly every household, the dreaded refrain of “I’m bored,” has already rung out, and probably more than once. Likewise, we mothers, while loving the freedom of the summer schedule, are finding that having our cherubs home all...

With our world becoming increasingly reliant upon technology, it can sometimes be hard to keep up. It’s funny to recall that 20 years ago, we frequently made the 500 mile drive from our home in Northern California to visit family here in the south without the benefit of any...

Most book to film adaptations start the journey towards their immortalization on film after becoming wildly successful in print form. Every so often, however, there is a story so powerful that the movie houses jump on it, even before having the chance to gauge the public’s...

Literature: black letters on a white page that come together to create words, representing thoughts, fully formed in their author’s mind, and sharing them with all who would read the page. These words find their way into a collection of new minds, which welcome them, deciphering...

While the Newport Beach Public Library and the Witte Lecture Series have brought us countless entertaining, enlightening, and thought-provoking speakers, few will have had as powerful a message as Maziar Bahari, the next guest set to appear. Coming to Newport later this month,...

Death, at one time or another, will come for all of us. Known as “The Great Equalizer,” there is no amount of money, fame, hoping, or pleading that can keep it at bay. The fact of the matter is that, sooner or later, each of us must meet our maker. So, the question becomes, do we...

This past Sunday, I was in a restaurant when a nearby patron asked me for assistance. Apparently, she and her companion were travelling, and she wondered if she might ask me a question. Expecting a query about the menu, or local attractions, I was surprised when instead, she...