All locations are closed on the Fourth of July. The Main Library now has Internet access and is fully operational.
June 18, 2011
The great writer/traveler and WW II hero Patrick Leigh Fermor died on June 10 in England. Fermor’s best known books, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water, recounted his travels by foot from England to the Balkans just before World War II. During World War II, he and a friend hatched […]
June 17, 2011
An international lecturer, historian, and writer, Carolyn Armenta Davis brings her illustrated presentation The Art of Architecture: 21st Century African/Black Diaspora to EPL’s 1st Floor Community Room tomorrow at 4 p.m. Updating her landmark exhibition project Design Diaspora: Black Architects and International Architecture 1970-1990, the Art of Architecture showcases the work of over 20 Black […]
June 16, 2011
A recent study is out examining the direct relationship between the literacy of young children and their future behavior and success. The authors at Purdue University stress the benefits of adults reading to young children between the ages of 3 to 5. As a parent, I’ve seen the positive impact in so many ways on […]
June 15, 2011
A terza rima review of a great translation of The Divine Comedy Midway in life’s journey, my path unclear, I got ’round to Dante in fine translation by John Ciardi, translator senza peer. Ciardi had a songsmith’s ear and keen appreciation for the lilting Italian that served Alighieri so well in […]
June 15, 2011
The number of Borders stores slated for closure has dropped from 51 to 40 recently. This was the result of an inability to arrange the leases. (In the meanwhile, the public may benefit from the legal fallout!) Shira S.
June 14, 2011
This was an unexpectedly interesting discussion about the value and purpose of collecting physical books from a person who’s dedicated many years to preserving and tracking digital information. Brewster Kahle has begun to collect books in the process of building the Internet Archive. As heard on On the Media. Shira S.
June 14, 2011
Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey announced that books that utilize the Kindle e-reader will be available at the end of the year. Currently, CPL users can employ the Sony e-reader, the Nook, and the iPad. In addition she mentioned that 2 more branches will be opening this year, a very encouraging sign during these […]
June 11, 2011
Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is for Dash Shaw’s darkly fantastical graphic novel BodyWorld. The year is 2060 and America is reeling from a devastating civil war when Professor Paulie Panther rambles into the small town of Boney Borough. An experimental botanist by trade, he soon stumbles upon a mysterious two-lobed plant of possible alien […]
June 10, 2011
Eva Gabrielsson, Stieg’s longtime companion, is attempting to fill the knowledge gap about Larsson’s life. On June 21, her memoir, There Are Things I Want You to Know About Stieg Larsson and Me, will be available as an audiobook. The work will touch on his personal relationships and his efforts to expose Swedish neo-Nazis, among […]
June 9, 2011
Lilian Jackson Braun, a prolific and popular author of over 25 novels and three short story collections, died last Saturday in South Carolina. As a teenager, Braun contributed sports poetry to the Detroit News, and then wrote advertising copy for many of Detroit’s department stores. From 1966 through 1968, she released the first three “Cat Who” mysteries to […]
