W. 11th & Bluff

I've used this time of working from home and social distancing to discover new fun things on the internet. Not everything out there is d...

Valentine's Day is fast approaching, but you can embrace love and romance all year round by picking up a good romantic read. We've p...

The Syfy channel has long been my go-to stop for quirky television shows. Some are dark, some are just plain crazy, but every once in a whil...

Downton Abbey has become the gold standard of period dramas. For many people, nothing will ever compare and though it ran for 6 series (...

The Office , based upon the BBC series of the same name, brings us the antics of a paper company called Dunder Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsyl...

When I was in high school and college I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation all the time. I think that was when I realized how much I lo...

Take one plucky teenage sleuth, add the murder of a wealthy, high-profile teenage girl, and you have the makings of a fantastic show called ...

Binge on Law & Order: SVU ? Are you crazy? That show is intense and sad*. Well, I had a vacation week and I didn't go anywhere. USA ...

When I saw the previews for The Good Place I figured it would last five or six episodes and then be cancelled. A show about people dying an...

What do I do when it is really cold out and I have some free time? I hang out with my cat, Gizmo, and read cozy mysteries by the fire. Late...

When I choose a book for the library book discussion I try to find something outside of my comfort zone. More often than not, I enjoy the bo...

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins is the latest psychological thriller to make its way from page to screen.  Rachel Watson (Emil...

Sometimes I think the DVR is the best and worst invention ever.  The best because I can record shows when I'm not home and watch them wh...

Let's face it folks, America is obsessed with reality television, especially dating shows. How else would The Bachelor last 20 season...

I have vivid memories of being glued to the television watching the devastation brought on by Hurricane Katrina.  Though the coverage was...

While working on Carnegie-Stout Public Library's project involving archiving digital scans of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald I came across...

Have you ever read a book and thought, "Hey, this might make a great TV show?" Sometimes you get what you ask for, and in my cas...