Rachel – Teen Services It’s March 11th, a Wednesday night, and I’m sitting at the Teen Underground desk. The Library has been quiet lately and our teen space is unusually empty for a weeknight until Samer walks in. My mood brightens immediately upon seeing him open our door. He comes in smiling like he always […]
I’m not going to lie, sheltering in place was hard. My fiancé, Artie, and I (along with our boisterous cat Bolan), live in a small apartment in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago and we definitely felt the minuscule square footage of our home. I know, sheltering in place is no one’s first choice, but to […]
Some things really are timeless. Even if they aren’t. A contradiction? Not to one of the incredibly lucky persons who have seen Whisper of the Heart, a 1995 Japanese Anime movie adapted from a 1989 Manga comic book. This is an impossibly charming (although somewhat predictable) adolescent love story. The “bibliographic record” (information about each […]
The Library Board of Trustees is considering a budget for the new fiscal year which begins on July 1, 2020. This budget is full of all sorts of numbers which explain how the Library plans to operate over the next twelve months but the most important thing in the budget isn’t even a number; it’s […]
