May 14, 2010
If you’re looking for Colorido, you won’t find it on any map. The only way to get there is to visit the Main Branch of the Evanston Public Library and make your way up to the second floor. Here you’ll find the town of Colorido with all its beguiling residents laid out before you. Colorido […]
May 14, 2010
If you’re feeling bored, seeking out a good book to read, or looking to do a little literary heavy lifting, have we got a challenge for you. On June 16, EPL is starting up a brand new book club called Mission Impossible. The goal is to tackle some of the world’s most difficult novels in […]
May 11, 2010
A fairly recent article in the Daily Northwestern about the branches‘ struggle for survival. Includes an interactive timeline and a photo of Connie! Note that there is another article from Mar. 31, 2010 on the branches, too. Shira S., (Reader’s Services)
May 11, 2010
She was a goddess of style and sexiness, filtered through that cool Philadelphia aura. She defied categorization; “too white” for black movie roles, but “too colored” for acceptance in the Jim Crow South, “too red” in her political beliefs for the McCarthy era. Looking back at the age of 80, Ms. Horne said: “My identity […]
May 7, 2010
In case you haven’t heard, Evanston’s libraries are in a tight spot. Due to lack of funding, the Evanston Public Library is set to close its North and South branch locations at the end of the summer. But we’re not going without a fight! The Evanston Public Library Friends have been valiantly hitting the streets, raising […]
May 7, 2010
Following up on Monday’s post about Cape Wind, this just in from this week’s Chicago Reader: a strange confluence of wind-powered happenings right here in Evanston. The Evanston City Council has begun looking into erecting a 40 turbine wind farm in Lake Michigan. In mid-April the Council issued a request for information on the project […]
May 6, 2010
The 2010 annual Printers Row Lit Fest will swing into town on June 12-13. Check out which of your favorite authors will be reading on the stages in the south loop setting via the Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest page. Susan M./RA http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/printers-row-lit-fest-authors.html
May 6, 2010
Before you grab your pitchfork, please, understand the title is not meant as a slur towards those who consume Diet Coke. That would amount to me chucking cans of soda at my glass house. No, no, the title is to bring you back to the 90’s. Let us travel back to those, well not kinder and gentler […]
May 4, 2010
The popularity of mother-daughter book clubs is reported in this Tribune article from last week. One group that meets in Highland Park has had to say no to taking in new members. For more good ideas on creating a mother-daughter book club and suggested reading lists arranged by age group, take a look at Cindy Hudson’s newsletter website […]
May 3, 2010
One of the more interesting (and important) stories to come out of the news in the past week was the federal government’s approval of the nation’s first offshore wind farm to be built off the coast of Cape Cod in Nantucket Sound. The wind farm has been a source of bitter conflict and heated debate for the […]
