Hi everyone, here is our weekly Enjoy The Weekend post, which contains ten songs and two streaming video recommendations, one from a mainstream service and the other from Kanopy, the library’s free to access streaming service (all you need is a library card!), all of which = weekend entertainment – enjoy!
First the songs:
10 songs by musicians born during the month of October.
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Wouldn’t It Be Lovely by Julie Andrews (October 1, 1935)
Found on the Albums: My Fair Lady (1964)
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Fields of Gold by Sting (October 2, 1951)
Found on the Album: Ten Summoner’s Tales (1993)
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The Twist (1961) by Chubby Checker (October 3, 1941)
Found on the Album: Twist with Chubby Checker
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Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughn (October 3, 1954)
Found on the Album: Texas Flood (1983)
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Please, Please Me by The Beatles featuring John Lennon (October 9, 1940)
Found on the Album: Please Please Me (1963;) this version from their third appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 23, 1964
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Be Cool by Nancy Kelly (October 12, 1950)
Found on the Album: Be Cool (2025)
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Lake Charles Boogie by Nellie Lutcher (October 15, 1912)
Found on the Album: The Best Of Nellie Lutcher (1995)
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Maybellene by Chuck Berry (October 18, 1926)
Found on the Album: 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Chuck Berry: The Millennium Collection (1999)
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Wedding Bell Blues by Laura Nyro (October 18, 1947)
Found on the Album: Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best Of Laura Nyro (1997)
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Stormy Weather by Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896)
Found on the Album: 100 Super Best (2018)
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And onto the videos of the week!
A new title available through one of the usual U.S. streaming services, followed by a Kanopy title that you can check out with your library card and stream on-demand.
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General Streaming Recommendation of the Week:
The Lost Bus (2025) (Apple TV+)
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Kanopy Streaming Pick of the Week (A title available to library card holders)
And just in time for Banned Books Week, which is October 5 – 11, 2025, we recommend:
Banned Together (2025)
Banned Together Trailer
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Have a great weekend!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Information on the four library catalogs
The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
And The Digital Catalog/Libby features titles that may be checked out via the one-copy-one-user lending model, just like print books.
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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron checkout limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
Titles in the Hoopla Catalog are available to be checked out on-demand by all library card holders, with the caveat of being able to check out a maximum of ten titles per month, per card.
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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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