February Magazines of the Month

Chicago magazine is a publication of the Chicago Tribune Media Group and offers news, reviews, and all things Chicago. Whether you're a transplant who misses home, or you're planning a weekend getaway, it's worth checking out! More information and features are available on their website: www.chicagomag.com

Dwell is a magazine for edgy, contemporary home architecture and interior design. You can check out a print copy from the library or borrow a digital copy through Zinio. More information and features are available on their website: http://www.dwell.com

January Magazines of the Month

It's a new year, a new month, and time for new magazines of the month! Our first feature magazines for 2015 are Trailer Life and Where to Retire.

 Trailer Life magazine is a monthly publication devoted to recreational vehicles providing reviews, tips, and travel information. The magazine began publication in 1941. There is more information, including videos, on their website: www.trailerlife.com

Where to Retire magazine is a monthly publication aimed at older adults preparing for retirement. More information can be found on their website: www.wheretoretire.com

December Magazines of the Month

Our December Magazines of the Month are The Card Player and Fine Cooking.


Fine Cooking has tips, techniques, and recipes for cooking and entertaining. A great resource for anyone who will be hosting a get together or celebration this December. More information is available on their website: www.finecooking.com

The Card Player is the magazine for poker, with news, strategies, and more. The magazine is part of their larger website with even more information and videos related to poker: www.cardplayer.com



You can check these magazines out from our periodical collection on the library's second floor, behind the Reference Desk.

November Magazines of the Month

Our November magazines of the month are Aviation Week and Space Technology and Adoptive Families. November is both Aviation History Month and national Adoption Awareness Month. We've put together a display of materials related to aviation and adoption on the 2nd floor of the library for you to browse. You can check out print copies of both magazines from our collection, or a digital copy of Aviation Week from our Zinio collection.

You can also learn more about each magazine, and explore online exclusives through their websites.

Aviation Week and Space Technology: aviationweek.com/aviation-week-space-technology

Adoptive Families: www.adoptivefamilies.com

October Magazines of the Month: Threads & TV Guide

Our October magazines of the month are Threads and TV Guide. Stop in to check out an issue!

Threads is a publication of Taunton Press, publisher of several craft, home, and garden publications. Threads is focused on sewing and fashion. You can find out more on their website: www.threadsmagazine.com

TV Guide has been in publication since 1953, and offer coverage of television news and trends. You can find otu more on their website: www.tvguide.com

September Magazines of the Month: Wired and Yoga Journal

The start of the school year is a perfect opportunity to explore new things, whether learning the wonders of multiplication or researching the history of scientific investigation. Carnegie-Stout Public Library is, of course, a great starting point for learning something new. Our September Magazines of the Month display the breadth of our collection, with something to appeal to every interest!

Yoga Journal began publication in 1975, and today has expanded beyond the pages of a magazine to DVDs, books, and conferences across the country. Despite their long history, they devote space each month to provide information to people new to the world of yoga, making this a great resource for beginners and experts alike. You can check out a print copy, download an issue from our Zinio downloadable magazine collection, or check out their website to learn more: www.yogajournal.com

Wired magazine is a published by Condé Nast, and focuses on technology and its effects on the world. Offering insight and coverage of the cutting edge, Wired has something for readers interested in culture, economics, science, and more (the term "crowdsourcing" originated in a Wired article). Check out a copy from the library, or check out their website to learn more: www.wired.com

August Magazines of the Month: Vegetarian Journal & Allrecipes

August is likely peak harvest time for those of us with home gardens, or for those of us exploring the abundance of the Farmer's Market. If you're looking for new and tasty ways to use your tomatoes and zucchini, check out our magazines of the month, and the cooking display on the second floor of the library. And make sure to register for Food Preservation 101 with Cindy Baumgartner from ISU Extension on Thursday, August 14th at 6:30 p.m. Call (589-4225) or stop by the Reference Desk for more information or to register.

The Vegetarian Journal is a publication of the Vegetarian Resource Group, a non-profit group dedicated to the cause and promotion of vegetarianism. Their magazine and website provide information on nutrition, locating vegetarian and vegan foods, recipes, and more. You can check out their website here: www.vrg.org

Allrecipes magazine is published by Meredith, a media conglomerate based in Des Moines, and their first issue saw print in August of 2013. Allrecipes began life as Allrecipes.com, a site devoted to all things culinary that allows you to create a profile and join their social network. Because the recipes are posted to the site, voted on, reviewed and refined by the members of the site, readers are presented with recipes for a variety of appetites.

July Magazines of the Month: Smithsonian & The Sun

Our July magazines of the month celebrate the culture and history of this great nation. The Smithsonian is a national collection of museums, archives, and research centers covering everything from history to space exploration. The Sun is a literary and photography magazine that began publication in a North Carolina garage in 1974.

The Smithsonian magazine is available to read through our Zinio collection on your tablet, smart phone, or computer. The magazine began publication in the 1970s, and issues are released monthly. You can learn more about the Smithsonian Institution here: www.si.edu and the Smithsonian magazine here: www.smithsonianmag.com

Sy Safransky is the man behind The Sun, and is in many ways a reflection of his ideals, including its dedication to physical print and keeping its pages ad-free. You can learn more about The Sun on their website: thesunmagazine.org

Boating and NASCAR Illustrated are our June Magazines of the Month

June is a perfect time of year for outdoor activities, which has inspired our selection for the magazines of the month: Boating and NASCAR Illustrated. That Father's Day is June 15th, and many fathers (including mine) enjoy both boats and NASCAR is an additional bonus.

Boating is a magazine for powerboat enthusiasts and publishes ten issues every year, as well as a yearly boat buying guide. Each issue covers industry developments, reviews of boating gear and accessories, boating safety guides, fishing information, and DIY projects.

You can check out a copy from the library, or learn more on their website: www.boatingmag.com

NASCAR Illustrated is, as the title suggests, packed with full color photographs from NASCAR races. In addition to the pictures, there are profiles, interviews, and features to appeal to any NASCAR fan.

There are additional photos and videos available through their website: www.nascar-illustrated.com

Popular Photography and The Artist's Magazine are our May Magazines of the Month

Get inspired and explore your artistic side this spring! Carnegie-Stout has a broad collection of books dedicated to painting, woodworking, and any number of other crafts. To fit with this theme, our May magazines of the month have a creative bent.

 
Popular Photography began publication in 1937, and is today the most popular photography periodical on the market. They cover information for beginners and experts, traditional film photography and modern digital methods. You can check out the latest print issue or borrow a digital issue through Zinio 

More monthly features and tips are available on their website: www.popphoto.com

The Artist’s Magazine is celebrating their 30th anniversary of publication in 2014. Each issue is devoted to the work of visual artists, primarily those interested in painting. In addition to advice and interviews, they offer competitions and contests.

More features, including videos, can be found on their website: www.artistsnetwork.com/the-artists-magazine

April Magazines of the Month: Kiplinger's and Consumer Reports Money Adviser

April is not just tax season, it's also Money Smart Week! An annual opportunity to take a look at your personal finances and budget to see if there's anything you could be doing better.

If you need a tax form, we have some of the federal forms available in the library, and can help you print others from the state and federal websites for 10 cents a page. We're also partnering with other local organizations for Money Smart Week. Don't miss Community Shred Day from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday April 12th or the Money Smart Kids READ event from 4-5 p.m. on Thursday, April 10th.

In honor of fiscal responsibility, we've selected Consumer Reports Money Adviser and Kinglinger's Personal Finance Magazine as our April magazines of the month! Be sure to check them out, along with the other titles on our Money Smart display on the second floor.

You can also check out Kiplinger's Personal Finance on your tablet or computer through our Zinio app.

Garden Gate and Organic Gardening: March Magazines of the Month

Spring is finally on its way, and with the official change of season on March 20th, it's time to start planning your garden. Whether you're looking at grand landscaping or just trying to grow some potted flowers, Carnegie-Stout has the materials to help you get started.

We're highlighting two of our many gardening magazines this month:

Garden Gate began publication in 1995, and has remained a popular source for gardening advice, tips, and information. The magazine's publisher, August Home, is based in Des Moines, Iowa, and the magazine is notable for the lack of advertisements. You can check out an issue from the library, or take a look at the extra features available on their website: www.gardengatemagazine.com 

 Organic Gardening began publication in 1942, and is today part of the Rodale, which publishes several health and wellness magazines. The magazine's decades of focus on the environment provide a wealth of expertise for today's interest in sustainability and the green movement. Organic Gardening is available in both print and digital collections. To check out a digital issue of this or many other magazines through your computer or tablet, check out Zinio. Additional features and content are available through their website: www.organicgardening.com

Previous magazines of the month with a gardening theme have included: Urban Farm and Fine Gardening. Or if you find that you much prefer reading about gardening to actually getting your hands dirty, check out this list of gardening themed mysteries.

February Magazines of the Month: Mental Floss & Macworld

Mental Floss is a magazine of entertaining trivia, puzzles, intellectual humor, and general edutainment. The magazine was started by two students at Duke University, and has been publishing eight issues a year since 2001. Regular contributors include A.J. Jacobs, Ken Jennings, and John Green. Their website and blog is packed with even more wacky entertainment:  mentalfloss.com

Mental Floss is one of the titles available through our collection of Zinio downloadable magazines.

Macworld is the oldest continuously published magazine specific to the world of Mac products, with their first issue appearing in 1984. Between their print issues, their website (www.macworld.com), and their weekly podcast, Macworld will keep you up to date on all things Apple.

Macworld is also available through our collection of Zinio downloadable magazines.

January Magazines of the Month

Our January magazines of the month are Essence and Ebony. You can stop in to Carnegie-Stout and read the latest issues, or check out issues from past months to enjoy at home!

 

Essence magazine began publication in the 1970s, and is today owned by Time, Inc.  Essence is a fashion and lifestyle magazine for African-American women. The magazine organizes and sponsors the yearly Essence Festival in New Orleans every July, featuring a line-up of prominent African-American musicians and cultural figures. You can check out more about the magazine on their website: www.essence.com

 

John H. Johnson of Chicago, Illinois began publication of Ebony, which features coverage of African-American celebrities and politicians, in 1945. Mr. Johnson was also the founder of Jet (magazine of the month in January 2012) which has news features, along with features on celebrities and dating, diet, fashion, and other advice. You can read more about Jet and Ebony on their website: www.ebonyjet.com

December Magazine of the Month

It's December, and that means holiday entertaining! Our magazines of the month will help you get the celebrations started.

 

Martha Stewart Living is part of our Zinio collection of digital magazines. Our book collection includes a number of her cookbooks and other helpful titles. We'll assume that you are already familiar with Martha's empire, but if not, check out her website to learn more: www.marthastewart.com 

Bon Appetit is our second magazine of the month. With a focus on food and entertaining, this magazine has been in publication since 1956. Their website includes recipes, tips, tricks, and recommendations: www.bonappetit.com

NaNoWriMo and the Magazines of the Month

It's November once again, which for most people means time to start thinking about holiday gatherings and snow removal, but for some special few of us, November is something more. You might call us crazy, but every number thousands of people band together over the often solitary quest to write an entire novel in one month. That's right, it's time for NaNoWriMo!

In celebration and support of Dubuque's WriMos Carnegie-Stout has arranged a series of speakers, Come Write In sessions, displays of material to help you on your writing journey, and even the magazines of the month fit in the spirit of NaNoWriMo: 

 

Both Writer’s Digest and The Writer provide resources for writers, from the novice to the established, ranging from advice on publication, networking opportunities, writing prompts, advice and interviews, and more. The Writer began publication in 1887, making it one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States. Writer's Digest has been in publication since the 1920s, and is produced by the same publishers as the annual Writer's Market. 

NaNoWriMo Events at Carnegie-Stout

Come Write In!
Tuesdays in November (5th, 12th, 19th, 26th), 6-7 p.m.
Join us in the coffee bar area on the 2nd floor of Carnegie-Stout as we share the fun and frustration of participating in NaNoWriMo. The library will provide a pot of coffee to share, free WiFi, and you can even check out a lap top if you want! Come early, stay late (we're open until 9 p.m. on Tuesdays).

Pathway to Publishing
Sunday, November 17th, 2-3:30 p.m.
Council Bluffs author Marcia Calhoun Forecki will speak about becoming an author.  She has published nonfiction and short stories and contributes to an internet zine and has a blog on Goodreads, a site for readers and book recommendations.  Join Marcia to share your love of stories, books and writing in celebration of NaNoWriMo.

Mapping the Story You Want to Tell
Wednesday, December 4th, 7-8:30 p.m. 
This is the second of two lectures. If you missed the first (on October 30th), you are still more than welcome to join us, as we can also celebrate surviving NaNoWriMo! Dr. Marianne Choquet, a humanities lecturer at UW-Platteville, will direct this two-part workshop for writers with a story to tell and who wonder how best to tell it, where to begin, and how to discipline themselves while writing. The idea of mapping a story is to give structure to the process of writing. The goal of the workshop is to encourage and focus writers and to create a map from which to write a first draft.
 
And if you're registered on the NaNoWriMo website, feel free to add me as a writing buddy: nanowrimo.org/participants/ssmithdbq

~Sarah, Adult Services

Jennifer Chiaverini! & our October Magazines of the Month

Jennifer Chiaverini author of the popular Elm Creek Quilt series, as well as the stand alone historical novels Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker and The Spymistress will be speaking at Carnegie-Stout Public Library on October 14th. Due to limitations of space, tickets are required to attend this event. Unfortunately, all of the available tickets for this event have been claimed. In fact, all of the tickets were gone within 24 hours!

 

To learn more about Ms. Chiaverini, or to find some reading suggestions, check out our Jennifer Chiaverini Read Alikes blog post. And because our read alike post was written before she turned her pen to the Civil War, you might also enjoy this blog post of Historical Fiction of the American Civil War.

In anticipation of this exciting author visit, we've selected two magazines of the month for October: The Quilt Life and Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting

The Quilt Life magazine is a collaboration between the American Quilter's Society and the stars of the television program The Quilt Show. The magazine, which offers six issues a year, began publication in 2010. Their website provides more information, including patterns:
www.americanquilter.com/quilt_life

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting is created by the team behind the Public Television program of the same name. There are six issues of the magazine every year that include patterns, tips and tricks, and more. There are some fun extras on their website as well, including recipes: www.fonsandporter.com/index.html

September Magazines of the Month

It's another sports themed month for September's Magazines of the Month. The U.S. Open is in full swing, until the final matches on September 9th, and the first game of the NFL season will be on September 5th, and you can get the inside scoop on the worlds of tennis and football in the pages of Tennis and ESPN respectively.

Tennis is the official publication of the United States Professional Tennis Association, and produces eight issues every year. Their website has all the latest information on U.S. Open, up to date player rankings, information to help you improve your game, and more: www.tennis.com

ESPN is, unsurprisingly, the official magazine of the sports network ESPN. There's a new issue every two weeks, and they're probably most famous for their annual Body Issue, which features nude pictures of a variety of athletes from Olympians to linebackers. You can check out their website to learn more about all their features: insider.espn.go.com/insider/espn-the-magazine

Stop into the library to check out our display of football and tennis books and movies on the second floor!

August Magazines of the Month

Our magazines of the month for August are Adventure Cyclist and Runner's World. Two titles to inspire you to get out there and explore the many running and biking trails in the tri-states region! Or to keep you inspired on those days when the weather inhibits outdoor activity.

Adventure Cyclist is a publication of the Adventure Cycling Association, which was formed in 1973. The organization's focus is on bicycle touring in the United States, from local weekend trips to cross country expeditions. Over the years they've expanded coverage to international bicycle adventures, and they provide information, reviews, maps, and more on their website: www.adventurecycling.org

Runner's World began publication in 1966. The magazine started as a publication run from the Kansas home of Bob Anderson, but todayis published in 14 international editions (source). The magazine provides information, tips, and training plans to runners at all levels, and is available as part of our downloadable Zinio collection. You may also enjoy their website: www.runnersworld.com

July's Magazines of the Month: Cooking Light & Everyday with Rachael Ray

We've once again selected two magazines of the month for July. This month we're featuring Cooking Light and Everyday with Rachael Ray. These are both great titles to turn to as you plan summer cookouts, BBQs, picnics, family reunions and other festive gatherings!

Cooking Light shares a publisher with Southern Living magazine, which is also available at Carnegie-Stout. Cooking Light is a monthly magazine that features recipes along with fitness and health tips and information. You can them out from our collection the next time  you visit, or take a sneak peak at their website right now: www.cookinglight.com

Everyday with Rachael Ray is available through Carnegie-Stout in both print and digital editions. You can download the latest issue through our Zinio collection. Rachael Ray's magazine began publication in 2005, and was recently acquired by the publishing company responsible for Midwest Living. Be sure to check out the website, which is packed with tips, recipes, videos, and more: www.rachaelraymag.com