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In today’s episode of Brentwood bios, we sit down with Rafael Rodriguez. Rafael lived in Brentwood in his youth, and worked as a page for the Brentwood public library. Later on Rafael would move on to the accounting profession, which ultimately led him to return to the library as a volunteer tax preparer.

Our next guest for our Brentwood BIOS series is home grown artist Diego Garcia. Diego’s art had been featured in exhibitions across long island, New York City and more, and in today’s episode I was blessed with the privilege of learning more about Diego’s art, his roots in Brentwood and his early influences and inspirations.

Today is the first episode of the new Brentwood bios miniseries where we feature a memorable member of the Brentwood community. Some individuals have grown up here and even more have found themselves an inseparable part of the Brentwood community through their lives and actions 

Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" is the best movie of 2021. This is one remake that is better than the original. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' 1961 version is a classic, but there have always been problems with it. The main one is that other than Rita Moreno, there were no Latino actors in the cast.

NaNoWriMo is a month dedicated to creativity, and getting people into the practice of writing their own novels, or creative ideas down. In their words:

In today’s episode of Brentwood stories, I sit down with Joshua Castellanos and Juan Delgado. If you have ever listened to the Brentwood library’s other podcast, Average Brentwood Teens, then Joshua and Juan may already familiar to you thanks to their regular appearances.

During the COVID-19 Pandemic the library has unfortunately been unable to provide the 5 hour driving video class or Defensive driving classes for patrons. Below we have included some different options for locations where you can schedule a 5 hour class.  All Prices listed are directly from the Driving School websites.