Karen Beach

Public Servant, Mom & Wife, Charlotte Native, Shell Seeker

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

Come one, come all, to our last stop on the Around the World in 21 Branches tour! We're landing at 🌲 Pineville Library 🌲 this Saturday and we are being joined by none other than MEGAN MIRANDA! 💥

https://t.co/BCSKzwy8It to RSVP and let us know you're coming!

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

Mecklenburg Master Gardeners will be at South County Regional this Saturday sharing their wealth of horticultural knowledge and skills 👩‍��� — helping you on a wide range of gardening topics (plus plant🌿 and seed 🌱 giveaways!)

[Karen Beach @KB2509]

@katiebenston Cheese straws and deviled eggs

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

It was another electrifying season of Book Club Madness and reigning champions Eat Drink & Be Literary took home the top prize. They're our guests at the event for author Tommy Tomlinson on April 23 & will receive his book Dogland. For full leaderboard, https://t.co/mFj1EsGvTL

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

April THIRD is Library Giving Day – and we are making the case for the THIRD place at the Library.

Make your gift online at https://t.co/ebE4YTGkdO.

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

Will you be our Valentine?

// presenting our mock historical romance book cover postcard to Library Foundation 2023 supporters

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

It was a dark and stormy night.... on a Friday in Plaza Midwood and the best place to be is the Library! Join us on Feb 9 6 - 8 pm for wine, beer, appetizers and friends. We're presenting a Wellness program you don't want to miss. For info + tix, visit https://t.co/Q0ujdjnAQ4

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

Be a part of another remarkable year at the Library with your gift in 2023. Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's impact can be felt throughout the community each and every day. Choose this day to join us as a Library supporter. https://t.co/VI18MZO3IF

[Karen Beach @KB2509]

@belVita Did you discontinue the dark chocolate and/or peanut butter sandwich type? Haven’t been able to find for months. 😞

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

New Main Library was voted best new construction project 2023 by Queen City Nerve Readers. Thank you @queencitynerve !!! https://t.co/hHHhoeWXx0

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

It's not too late to make your #givingtuesday gift. Have your donation counted in our generous match by the Alpha & Omega Foundation! Give securely online here: https://t.co/VI18MZO3IF

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

DOUBLE YOUR DOLLARS! The Alpha & Omega Foundation is matching every #givingtuesday gift dollar for dollar, up to $10,000. Help us meet the match here --> https://t.co/VI18MZO3IF

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

Kendra Scott Gives Back Event is today from 3 - 5 pm at Birkdale Village. 20% of sales will benefit the Library Foundation. Can't make the event? Shop online at https://t.co/cV9Z8cmDD2 and use code GIVEBACK-FNBXZ at checkout to support us virtually (valid 11/28-11/29/23)

[Karen Beach @KB2509]

Check out a great new podcast by @adrianatrigiani! “You Are What You Read”

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

"My favorite event in the United States of America" —Adriana Trigiani, 2022 Verse & Vino author alumna & all-around amazing person! Her new podcast premiers with Sarah Jessica Parker --> https://t.co/1U92rAvs9i GET YOUR VERSE & VINO TICKETS TODAY --> https://t.co/l0tHUgFfkR

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

This is Marion Stokes, a Philadelphia librarian who began taping whatever was on television from 1975 until her death in 2012. She made a total of 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes, which is the most comprehensive collection of television during this era.

She was able to pay for her recordings and storage space by investing early in Apple stock. Although she had never sent a single email, she managed to convince her friends and family to purchase Apple stock. Towards the end of her life, she had made so much money that she was able to store her tapes in nine apartments she had purchased over the years.

According to film director Matt Wolf, Marion Stokes "was interested in access to information, documenting media, making sure people had the information they needed to make good decisions."

Due to her political activism in her early years, Stokes was convinced that the government was keeping surveillance on her every move, and she became extremely cautious about her recordings.

She had every right to be paranoid as she lived through the Philadelphia MOVE bombing in 1985, in which the FBI and Philadelphia police used a helicopter to drop bombs during an armed standoff with MOVE members. The bombs started a fire that eventually destroyed 61 houses and killed 11 people.

Her work is currently being digitized by the Internet Archive, a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

[Karen Beach @KB2509]

@helenhk4 @WestPoint_USMA @Kimbrough @MKimbrough80 @dj_mavak41 Congrats to your son!!

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library @cmlibrary]

📚 Unlock a world of knowledge with ease! Sign up for a Library card using our new online system at https://t.co/w52gDdWAmG.

[Urban Libraries Council @UrbanLibCouncil]

This summer, 4 libraries — @cmlibrary, @shrevememorial, @columbuslibrary & @cleveland_PL — launched new initiatives with ULC & @BarbershopBooks to expand reading opportunities for children w/ the help of a vital community hub: the barbershop.

Read more: https://t.co/3QZ6uMxsvW

[Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation @CMLibFoundation]

"We all know that there are a million and one reasons why the library is one of the best places to be. Here’s an insider secret: that librarians and library staff feel the same way. There are few roles as unique as that of a library worker."

https://t.co/rX7S9wZsxU

[Karen Beach @KB2509]

@Ask_Spectrum No internet in CLT zip since this afternoon and no estimate on repair per on-line outage check. Ballpark on service fix??