We recently had the opportunity to have a chat with Chris Kretz, the newly appointed head of SBU Libraries’ Southampton Library. We pick his brain a little about his time spent in Germany, his knowledge of local Long Island History,…
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Get to know SBU Libraries’ new head librarian of our Southampton branch, Chris Kretz.
Posted in Southampton
SBU Libraries Southampton Recognizes International Game Day
SBU Southampton Library Displays Women’s Poetry Collection
The Southampton Library recently added a number of chapbooks of women’s poetry to its collection. Titles include The Mask of Medusa (1987) by Sheryl St. Germain, Rising (1980) by Canadian poet Gert Beadle, Returning What We Owed (1980) by Carolyne…
Posted in Southampton, Writing and Literature
Writer’s Spotlight: Lia Purpura
November 16, 2016 Author Lia Purpura will be the fourth guest in the fall Writers Speak Wednesdays series of free talks and readings open to the public at Stony Brook Southampton. Purpura will read from and talk about her work on Wednesday, November 16, at…
Posted in Southampton
Joining SoMAS for a Sunset Cruise of the Shinnecock Bay
Some may claim that library workers aren’t known for their prowess on the open sea, but don’t tell Stony Brook University Libraries’ Daphne Trakis that. Daphne strapped on her sailor shoes Thursday, August 11th, and set off on the SoMAS (School…
Adrienne Harris visits the Robert Sklar Collection at SBU’s Southampton Library.
Adrienne Harris recently visited the Southampton library with Professor and novelist Robert Reeves. Robert Reeves guided her through the multiple displays that SBU’s Southampton Library put together in honor of her late husband, Dr. Robert Sklar. She spoke in great detail…
Posted in Southampton, Stony Brook University
Eastern Seawolves Rejoice! Physical Therapy Class of 2016 Donates Picnic Table to Southampton Campus.
Stony Brook University’s Southampton campus is pristine in its beauty, but some students have taken notice that it could use more outdoor furniture. That’s where the Physical Therapy Class of 2016 comes in. The PT program identified the perfect spot…
Posted in New and Notable, Southampton
Sklar Collection on Display at Southampton
Stony Brook University Libraries has so many wonderful collections within their realm that sometimes a collection or two tend to fly under the radar. One of the collections at SBU that has flown under the radar for a number of…
Alec Baldwin Among Esteemed Faculty for Southampton Theatre Conference
You may have heard about Stony Brook University Libraries official partnership with the world renowned Southampton Writers Conference (if you haven’t read the article!). But what you might not be aware of is that the Southampton Theatre Conference happens…
SBU Libraries Partners with Prestigious Southampton Writers Conference
For over 40 years (41 to be exact), aspiring and prestigious writers have flocked to Southampton to take part in what is now one of the most well-known writers conferences in the world. While over those years the landscape has…
