Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening and Viewing post; featuring 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!).
First off the music and this weekend the focus is on light, upbeat and mellow music suitable for your weekend listening pleasure.
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Java by Al Hirt
Found on the Album: Honey In The Horn (1962)
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Casino Royale by Herb Alpert
Found on the Album: Sounds Like…(1967)
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Soul Coaxing by Raymond Lefèvre
Found on the Album: Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals (1999) by Various Artists
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Classical Gas by Mason Williams
Found on the Album: Phonograph Record (1969)
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A Swinging Safari by Bert Kaempfert
Found on the Album: A Swingin’ Safari (1962)
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Harlem Nocturne by Ray Noble
Found on the Album: Ray Noble Plays Ray Noble and Others (2003)
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Canadian Sunset by Hugo Winterhalter
Found on the Album: Nippers 50’s-Vol.2 (1988) by Various Artists
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Stardust by Artie Shaw
Found on the Album: The Essential Artie Shaw (2005)
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One For My Baby (And One More for the Road) by John Williams & The Boston Pops
Found on the Album: Night & Day: Celebrate Sinatra (1993)
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Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra
Found on the Album: Nothing But The Best (2008)
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And onto the Streaming Videos:
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.
Mainstream Stream of the Week
The Four Seasons, Season 2 (2026) (Netflix)
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Kanopy Stream of the Week
The Librarians (2025)
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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