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The Asian continent, South Asian subcontinent, and Pacific Islands make up incredibly rich and diverse ethnic, geographic, and culinary areas.

Are you interested in starting or joining a book club? Or are you a long-time member looking for ways to shake things up?

"The Last Council of the Potawatomies, 1833," Lawrence C. Earle, artist; from the Chicago History Museum

History is a funny thing. We are taught to trust the narratives we learn in school. We are taught that the words in our history books contain the whole story. But narratives are controlled by the hands that compose them.

First Black Family Buys Home in Skokie

Women have been making movies since 1896. Do you know how many women have won the Academy Award for Best Director? The answer is three.

When you come to the library, you know that you can always depend on our staff to provide excellent book and movie suggestions.

Lately, I’ve been struggling with the glut of information, news, and media I’m interacting with on a daily basis.

October 21-25 is National Media Literacy Week.

Community input is a core element of how library staff develop and deliver services for all ages. 

Banned Books Week has been uniting book lovers around the country since 1982 in a weeklong event celebrating our freedom to read.

What do librarians and gardeners have in common? They both know the importance of weeding! In the yard, removing weeds helps keep gardens healthy and tidy.

Ah, self-help. Walk through any bookstore or library and chances are you’ve seen a self-help book–maybe one even caused you to pause for a moment. And who can blame you? The allure of self-help is hard to deny. 

Walking through the library, you may have missed Hilda Rubin Pierce’s painting Chicago River. It’s in the hallway next to the Cosmos Room. We’re highlighting this beautiful work now in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.

"In order to accept someone for who they are, you have to be aware of what’s going on." 
-- Ondrea Marisa Robinson