On the first day of this year, Patti Hoffman, a mother of eight, told a story of a bell tower. In her Gazette guest column, she told how a once-cherished civic landmark languished for want of focus ...

When was the last time you stepped into a library? Or are you more of an “is there a PDF version?” kind of person? It’s not really your fault, we live in a digital age built on convenience. But it ...

Sundance: Directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King commit to capturing the years-long effort to revive three libraries in Kenya after decades of neglect. Built in 1931 by white settlers, McMillan was ...

Maia Lekow and Christopher King’s “How to Build a Library” may be more aptly titled, “How to Game the System.” This is not meant as derisive, but simply the reality faced as the documentary’s central ...

How can one tackle the effects of colonialism on indigenous African people more than half a century after most nations on the continent got their independence? In “How to Build a Library,” directors ...

Shiro and Wachuka are two Nairobi women who attempt to transform the McMillan Memorial Library, a whites-only library until 1958, into a modern and vibrant cultural hub. Their attempts to navigate ...

Seven years ago, Kenyan book enthusiasts Angela Wachuka and Shiro Koinange moved to revive a former whites-only library in Nairobi, Kenya. The two women have transformed the dilapidated McMillan ...

APPLETON — How long does it take to build a library in Appleton? Turns out, it's nearly 17 years. No one could have envisioned that 6,059 days would pass from July 15, 2008, when the Library Board ...