April 12, 2011
…the anniversary of many events. Among the many noteworthy happenings on April 12th in history are: The world’s first manned space mission. Russian Yuri Gagarin made a 108-minute orbital flight of the planet in 1961. The space shuttle Columbia made her first flight in 1981. The first shots of the Civil War were fired on […]
April 10, 2011
Under the Chicago Cultural Center a new poetry space has been installed and is ready for visitors. Formerly housed in the School of the Art Institute, the new location will serve as “gallery, reading room, retail space and gathering spot for the poetic type.” The address is 78 E. Washington St. and the hours are […]
April 10, 2011
It’s not often that writers tackle the periodic table. Hugh Aldersey-Williams‘s passion for the elements led him to assemble a book of vignettes on the subject. His goal has been to obtain samples of the complete periodic table. “Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, From Arsenic to Zinc” sounds intriguing as the author […]
April 9, 2011
Rebecca Miller, features editor of Library Journal magazine, shares her 10 favorite library locations around the country with USA Today. ~ Olivia M.
April 8, 2011
The latest marketing ploy for cookbook authors is pop-up stores for their books and food samples offered through portable trucks (like pushcarts). Martha Stewart has recently been touting her tarts this way. Anyone willing to shell out $27.00 for her book receives a free tart and a raffle ticket for tickets to her show. Dorie […]
April 6, 2011
A writer specializing in short verse and aphorisms, James Richardson has snagged the lucrative Jackson Poetry Prize. Some of his books are “By the Numbers” and “Vectors.” The prize was started in 2007. Shira S.
April 5, 2011
First it was dogs, now it’s birds. I seem to tune into NPR’s “All Things Considered” and find myself listening to animal-related stories that somehow have a connection to our own Evanston library. On April 1st, I posted a link to a story about Monty the Yale Library therapy dog which brought to mind our “Tail Waggin’ Tutors” program […]
April 5, 2011
Will the youngsters in this picture enjoying the children’s room at the Evanston Public Library grow up to think of a library as a “temple of books?” If the current trend of the digitization of reading and research continues, they may not even have to visit a library to be regular patrons. This very interesting […]
April 4, 2011
Sixty years after it was first published, the original version of the classic novel, From Here to Eternity, is now available uncensored. The reissued digital edition has restored expletives and explicit homosexual scenes which were removed from James Jones’ original manuscript in 1951 (despite his protestations). Mr. Jones’ daughter, writer Kaylie Jones, revealed the cut passages and her father’s objections […]
April 4, 2011
On Sunday afternoons, volunteers of the Chicago Books to Women in Prison meet and read letters sent by women in prisons throughout the country. Chicago BWP fulfills their requests as best they can, sending paperbacks to prisons in Illinois, as well as Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri. This group “is dedicated to offering women behind bars the opportunity for self-empowerment, education, and entertainment […]
