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Perpetual Charlie Chaplin

This year we celebrate the 125-th anniversary of great Charles Spencer Chaplin. April 15 the library’s “Window on America” center meeting with Kherson Nautical School of Fish Industry cadets was devoted to this jubilee. We were speaking about Charlie’s bright personality, life, ...

Honorary Cossack of Ukraine

Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is the governmental organization of extracurricular education units in research and experimental area. It is an integral, multilevel system of recognition and selection of gifted children. Within this organization children work due to 40 scientific directions. Oles ...

International Jazz Day

 International Jazz Day   April 30 International Jazz Day will be celebrated. That day at 1 o'clock p.m. a jazz concert will be broadcast live and four hours later it will be on line if you go to http://jazzday.com/concert/. Here you can find information about famous jazz musicians.

Explain the meaning

February 23 the “Window on America” weekly talk-club meeting was not usual. It entirely was devoted to the game “Taboo”. This game demands to explain the meaning of the word without using some particular words. It was not easy but 22 participants did all their best.

Unknown Customs and Traditions

February 17 and 19 in library’s “Window on America” meetings with cadets of Kherson Maritime Academy and Kherson Fish Industry Nautical School took place. They were devoted to traditions of Groundhog Day and Saint Patrick's Day. Customs and traditions of some little known holidays ...

Be my Valentine

February 16 the “Window on America” weekly talk-club meeting was about St. Valentine celebration. Interesting that some of 26 participants appeared to have St. Valentine’s as a family holiday. Then people were translating and explaining English idioms with animal component. It ...

Language and Blogs

Blogs have caused their specific language. Below given information will be helpful for people studying English. Blog — Short for Weblog. A Web site that contains written material, links, or photos being posted all the time, usually by one individual, on a personal basis. (To) blog — ...

From farming to presidency

The exhibition devoted to Abraham Lincoln was opened in “Window on America” framework of library’s department of foreign languages editions. Abraham Lincoln the 16-th president of the USA was one of the world’s prominent political leaders and liberator of American slaves. February ...

The World's 8 Scariest Viewing Platforms

Rainy Epiphany

January 19 the “Window on America” talk-club meeting began with impressions of people swimming in the river because of Orthodox Epiphany. There were just 11 visitors, but they had better opportunity to speak English to each other. That day club-members had variety of topics.