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
Food insecurity continues to be a concern for many households. In fact, in 2023 the Niles Township Food Pantry served more than 70,000 of our neighbors. Nationwide, one in six Americans seek help with food each year.
If you’ve attended library events, chances are you’ve been in one of our event spaces, such as the Cosmos Room, Radmacher Room, Petty Auditorium, or Carolyn A. Anthony Business and Community Center.
Motion pictures began to emerge in Paris in the final years of the 19th century. This transformative medium revolutionized storytelling.