President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, which he proposed in the mid-1980s, was controversial and negatively dubbed “Star Wars” by critics who were inspired by the 1977 epic film by ...

No Jedi tricks here. These are the droids you’re looking for. R2-D2 and C-3PO stand with a landspeeder — the flying car Luke Skywalker drove just above the ground on his home planet, Tatooine. These ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – The Spokane County Library District (SCLD) has announced its May events lineup, including Star Wars academies for kids and gardening workshops for adults. The Deer Park Library will ...

St. Clair County residents ready to fire up their lightsabers on May 4 can celebrate Star Wars Day at the St. Clair County Library System, with everything from movies to Jedi lessons. “It’s such a ...

A longtime librarian leaving his executive position in a St. Louis suburb was announced Monday as the new CEO for the major library system serving Oklahoma County. Jason Kuhl was approved by the ...

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A metro-east public library board embroiled in culture war-like issues for the past two years has a vacancy and an upcoming election that could change its ideological makeup. Currently, the library ...

Just before she watched the first “Star Wars” movie, Carrie Fisher chain-smoked in the 20th Century Fox Studios parking lot in Los Angeles. The actress didn’t know what to expect and feared the sci-fi ...

Cultural wars have transformed politics in the US into identity politics dividing the electorate and calcifying political differences and party loyalties. For the past decades, abortion divided the ...

The late actress Carrie Fisher, best known as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy from 1977 to 1983, enjoyed collecting items from the movies she appeared in. This week, the Ronald Reagan ...

The library system board works to ensure that the county library infrastructure works smoothly. It does not deal in culture wars. The board member role demands pragmatism, not partisanship. So please ...