by envisionmg | Oct 24, 2020 | Staff Picks
Sleepy Hollow: The Complete First Season “Ichabod Crane, a British expatriate who dies in the American Revolution, is revived in upstate New York during the time of the cell phone – as is the evil Headless Horseman, who plans to annihilate mankind! Teaming...
by envisionmg | Oct 22, 2020 | Staff Picks
Autumn – Ali Smith “From the Man Booker-shortlisted and Baileys Prize-winning author of How to be both: a breathtakingly inventive new novel–about aging, time, love, and stories themselves–that launches an extraordinary quartet of books called...
by envisionmg | Oct 19, 2020 | Staff Picks
A Quiet Place Angelina’s Note: I’m excited to see part II which was scheduled to be released in September but has now changed to April 23, 2021. About the movie: “If they hear you, they hunt you. In this terrifyingly suspenseful thriller, a family...
by envisionmg | Oct 15, 2020 | Michelle Recommends, Staff Picks
Washington Irving’s work and autumn in New England go hand in hand. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is perhaps Irving’s best-known work (likely competing only with Rip Van Winkle for that title), most people having either read the story or encountered one of...
by envisionmg | Oct 12, 2020 | Staff Picks
Lisa’s Note: I geared my selections for children under 8 years. 1. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! 2. The Nightmare Before Christmas 3. Halloweentown and Return to Halloweentown 4. Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie 5. Hotel Transylvania (1, 2,...
by envisionmg | Oct 12, 2020 | Jen Recommends, Staff Picks
Jen’s seasonal reading recommendations First Frost – Sarah Addison Allen “Autumn has finally arrived in the small town of Bascom, North Carolina, heralded by a strange old man appearing with a beat-up suitcase. He has stories to tell, stories that...