This spring, we are celebrating our URBAN LEGENDS: FROM PLAYGROUND LORE TO CULTURAL NORMS programming, which includes exhibits, panel discussions, campfire zoom events, scavenger hunts, and more! Check out some titles available at the library that Chicago’s own legends...

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Library gives you access to many books, e-books, and articles on various aspects of Sexual Assault Awareness. Sexual Assault on Campus: The Problem and the Solution Sexual Assault on Campus: The Role...

Urban legends and other types of contemporary folklore develop from the morass of the cultures they inhabit–the stories any society tells often a indicator of their obsessions, fears, and social mores. Whether it’s the stories we learned as children,...

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Library gives you access to many books, e-books, and articles on various aspects of Sexual Assault Awareness. One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery I Have the Right...

We are days away from the launch of the URBAN LEGENDS:  FROM PLAYGROUND LORE TO CULTURAL NORMS EXHIBIT. Watch this space for details on the virtual exhibit, as well as some  highlights of the physical installation on the 1st...

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Library gives you access to many books, e-books, and articles on various aspects of Sexual Assault Awareness. Disrupting Rape Culture: Public Space, Sexuality and Revolt Violence and the cultural politics of...

At the end of this month, we’ll be launching our URBAN LEGENDS: FROM PLAYGROUND LORE TO CULTURAL NORMS programming, which includes exhibits, panel discussions, campfire zoom events, scavenger hunts, and more! Check out some titles available at the library...

At the end of this month, we’ll be launching our URBAN LEGENDS: FROM PLAYGROUND LORE TO CULTURAL NORMS programming, which includes exhibits, panel discussions, campfire zoom events, scavenger hunts, and more! Check out some titles available at the library...

Urban legends and other types of contemporary folklore develop from the morass of the cultures they inhabit–the stories any society tells often a indicator of their obsessions, fears, and social mores. Whether it’s the stories we learned as children,...

Race-ing Art History The Last Folk Hero: A True Story of Race and Art, Power and Profit Using Art Techniques Across Cultural and Race Boundaries: Working With Identity Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left: A History of...