Eighty years ago, the surprise military strike on Pearl Harbor occurred, officially prompting the United States to enter World War II. Though this event happened nearly a century ago,
Between the shopping and the wrapping and the decorating and the baking and the parties, the holiday concerts and plays at schools, the mad idea you get two days before Christmas to bake
While biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs take different approaches, they have the same goal — sharing the experiences of an individual. Memoirs do this rather intimately: they
Some of my fondest memories as a child are when my parents would take me to the library and I could sift through the picture and chapter books in the children’s section. I’ve often returned
On November 3, Orem will get a taste of New York jazz with a special performance by Svetlana and the New York Collective. Svetlana, “Russian by birth, American by Music,” grew up in the
With the arrival of a high profile film adaptation arriving in October 2021, Dune is sure to have a surge in popularity. Whether you’re new to the world of Dune, or a hardcore fan, here are
If it seems to you like everyone is into quilting, you aren’t mistaken. There are between 7 and 10 million quilters in the United States. Orem is home to one of Utah’s largest quilt guilds,
Each year the librarians at the Orem Library pick one book to read as a community. This fall, we’ve traveled to the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina for The Ballad
As part of Orem Reads this year, we are exploring the setting of Sharyn McCrumb’s novel The Ballad of Frankie Silver. The mountains and people of Appalachia have proven to be a cinematic
Each year the librarians at the Orem Library pick one book to read as a community. This fall, we’ve traveled to the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina for The Ballad