At the end of this month, Columbia College Chicago Librarian Shirley Bennett will travel to New Orleans to help foster awareness of the continuing challenges faced by Hurricane Katrina survivors. Shirley is one of fifteen mentors from the College...
Trying to find a publisher or a literary agent? Want to target specific consumer magazines or trade journals and don’t know their editorial policies? The Writer’s Market is an excellent reference source for the “where and how to sell...
While this isn’t in any way tied to the Library (or to the “Donut Day” extravaganzas we’ve held in the past), we thought you might like to know that the Dunkin’ Donuts™ on the corner of Wabash and Harrison...
The true history of chocolate Pure imagination : the making of Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory The new taste of chocolate : a cultural and natural history of cacao with recipes The emperors of chocolate : inside the...
Have you been wishing you knew how to cook more than just hot water for tea and ramen noodles? Getting bored with cafeteria and fast food or your usual rotation of recipes? Then check out some cookbooks from the...
The Library has recently acquired the Biography Reference Bank! Did you know… that Martha Graham was born in 1894 and continued to choreograph her dance company until she died a month before her 97th birthday? that Barack means “blessed”...
Today’s New York Times featured an article on fashion in Chicago. It discussed Fashion Focus Chicago, an upcoming event (October, 2007) organized by the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs. Check out that website for lots of links...
The Library would like to welcome our newest staff members, Kristin Lipowski and Cole Robertson. Kristin has been a part-time image cataloger but has accepted the newly created full-time position of Visual Resources Cataloger. She will begin her new...
The library is always receiving new music–here are some highlights from this month’s arrivals: Slavic Soul Party: Teknochek collision Billy Bragg: Talking with the taxman about poetry Crime scene USA: classic film noir themes & jazz tracks MC Solaar:...