Olcott Library's Blog (4)

The Theosophical Society in America in Wheaton, began its third season of open mics held the last Saturday of the month! The next Open Mic is scheduled to take place January 30, 2010. Other dates: Mar 27, Apr 24, May 29 All welcome: if you are in the area please attend! Especially if you would like to perform! Open Mic Soirée (an evening party) (7-10 PM) 1926 N. Main Street, Wheaton IL 60187 The Theosophical Society in America Music Skits/Comedy/ Poetry/ Pantomime The friendliest audience i… Continue

Old-Time Radio Show! Olcott Drama Troupe The Olcott Drama Troupe will rehearse every other Tuesday evening on its next production: An Old-Time Radio Show. Sept. 29, Oct. 6, Oct. 13, Oct. 20, Oct. 27, Nov. 3. Nov. 10. Nov. 17, Dec. 1, Dec. 8, Dec. 15, Dec. 22 Rehearsals are at 5 pm (Tuesday evenings) in the auditorium at The Theosophical Society in America. Our focus will be doing some old time radio plays, probably four or five very short old classic radio shows, each a… Continue

Our librarian, Marina Maestas, interviewed Pablo Sender about how to study Theosophical literature. Below, you can find links to the audio portion of each question and answer (MP3 files). To download the audio file, right click on the link "Listen audio," and select "Save target as...." Then select "My Documents" folder and click on "Save." 1… Continue

You may already be aware of the $25,000 grant awarded to our Library by the Illinois State Library, a Department of the Office of Secretary of State, with funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the federal Library Services and Technology Act. Because of this grant and the matching funds already donated by many of you, the library has expanded its services, but we are still working to further increase accessibility. You can learn more about what we are doing by… Continue