Kirkwood Public Library Presents the Oscars

While you finalize your Oscar ballots and set the DVRs to record, your Kirkwood Public Library can help you get started on your Academy Award celebrations.

For those of you who haven’t seen the current Best Picture nominees request them now:  American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyer’s Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, 12 Years a Slave, and The Wolf of Wall Street.  Also check for these and other nominees in our Hot Copy section.

We have you covered with all things Oscar including the first film to win Outstanding Picture of the year Wings to last year’s Best Picture Winner Argo.

If you prefer the music listen to Academy Award Winners: 16 Most Requested Songs, Academy Award Themes, or Academy Award Winning Music from M-G-M Classics 1939-1965

Also check out our newest book on the subject 85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards by Robert Osborne. Also available are Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women who Founded the Academy by Debra Ann Pawlak and Behind the Oscars: The Secret History of the Academy Awards by Anthony Holden. Don’t forget to tune in to the 86th Annual Academy Awards hosted by Ellen Degeneres on Sunday March 2nd.

Courtney Flesch is the Stack Maintenance and Teen/IT Manager currently reading Jewtopia: The Chosen Book for the Chosen People by Brian Fogel and Sam Wolfson and watching the Academy Award Winner Gigi. Visit your Kirkwood Public Library at 140 E. Jefferson Avenue, or call us at 821-5770. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.