Watch the Birdie!

Friends’ member, Diane Laux shares her birdwatching experiences in this delightful post.

Joanna BroussardJuly 16, 2021Friends of the Edgewater Librarybirds, migration, John Elliott, Audubon, Audubon Society, Chicago Audubon Society, Cornell University, Cornell Ornithology Lab, mockingbirds, bird cams, birdwatchers, feather, John Muir, field guide, birdcast, Chicago Bird Collision MonitorsComment

National Library Week | Libraries Broaden Our World

During National Library Week (April 4-10), take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the resources Chicago Public Library (CPL) offers in addition to books.

A Fresh View of Monet | By Joanna Hazelden

My 12-year-old daughter is a budding artist, so we decided to go down to the newly reopened Art Institute to catch the new exhibit, Monet and Chicago.

Nan RothrockMarch 9, 2021Friends of the Edgewater Library | Edgewater Branch LibraryMonet, Claude Monet, Joanna Hazelden, Edgewater Branch Library, Edgewater Library, Art Institute, Art Institute of Chicago, London, The Petite Creuse River, Norway, Chicago Public Library, Friends of the Edgewater LibraryComment

Harriet, Quilts, and the Underground Railroad | by Joanna Hazelden

To my nine-year-old self, she was everything that I considered smart, tough, and brave.

Joanna BroussardFebruary 22, 2021Friends of the Edgewater Library | Edgewater Branch LibraryQuilts, Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad, Edgewater Branch Library, Joanna Hazelden, African-American History Month, Black History Month, Edgewater Library, Chicago Public LibraryComment

What Are You Reading?

It seems like readers enjoy talking about the book they’re reading – or like to pass along the title of one they’d recommend.

Joanna BroussardJanuary 21, 2021Friends of the Edgewater Library | Edgewater Reads | Edgewater Village ChicagoNo Book Club, Friends of the Edgewater Library, Edgewater Village Chicago, Edgewater Reads, Women and Children First, Bookends and Beginnings, Boswell Books, books, zoom, Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism, Chicago Public Library, The New York Times, Time MagazineComment

My Mama Wore Combat Boots!

Cyndee Schaffer, the co-author of the memoir, Mollie’s War: The Letters of a World War II WAC in Europe, asks, “How many of us remember this childhood taunt: ‘Your mama wore combat boots’ when we were in elementary school?

Hood Feminism Advocates for Women’s Basic Needs

In Hood Feminism, Kendall focuses on experiences faced by most women – particularly families headed by women and by other marginalized people.

Joanna BroussardSeptember 23, 2020Friends of the Edgewater Library Virtual EventMikki Kendall, Michi Trota, feminism, Hood Feminism, equality for women, feminist issues, more equitable public policyComment

What Are You Reading?

The No Book Club gives you the chance to meet new people virtually via Zoom and talk to them informally about what we all have in common: a love of reading.

Tireless Value

Why is the face of Susan B. Anthony on a one-dollar coin? There are lots of reasons, and among the most important, is the role she played in helping women gain the right to vote. On August 18, 2020, we celebrate the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

Celebrate National Limerick Day

What do you call a person who writes limericks? Apparently there’s not a word for it, but if there were, a picture of Bindy Bitterman should be next to the definition of a writer of this clever poetry form.

Joanna BroussardMay 12, 2020National Limerick Day, Bindy Bitterman, Joanna Broussard, Edward Lear, Book of Nonsense, limerick, Mork and MindyComment

Find The Library At Your Place

Each year National Library Week (April 19-25, 2020) is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and library workers and to promote library use and support.

Joanna BroussardMay 4, 2020National Library Week, Edgewater Library, Friends, Friends of the Edgewater Library, FOEL, CPL, Chicago Public Libraries, ebooks, e-audiobooks, virtual, tablets, smartphones, laptops, Kindle, e-readers, LIbby, ecardComment

Living History: Rachel Carson

Earth Day began in 1970, but the credit for its origination likely was Rachel Carson’s best-selling book, Silent Spring, written in 1962. See the living history performance by Leslie Goddard of Rachel Carson and Silent Spring in the full post.

Joanna BroussardApril 23, 2020Friends of the Edgewater LibraryRachel Carson, Silent Spring, Leslie Goddard, Friends of the Edgewater Library, Friends, Zoom, Environmentalist, environment, live performance, living historyComment

Something For Art History Buffs

As we figure out how to spend our free time during this “new normal” we’re experiencing, Friends members are passing on information about online resources to help everyone while away their hours.

Stories of Freedom

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

Joanna BroussardFebruary 26, 2020Edgewater Branch Library | Betty A. Barclay Community Room | 2nd FloorHarriet Tubman, Stories of Freedom, Middle Passage, Cynthia Maddox, Friends, Friends of the Edgewater Library, Lifeline Theatre, Edgewater Library, Black History Month, Women's History Month, Betty A. Barclay Community Room Comment

On Guard!

It wasn’t swordplay or rivalry – but wordplay and revelry -- as two sisters engaged the audience and advanced the art of poetry performance …

Joanna BroussardFebruary 5, 2020Edgewater Branch LibrarySibling Revelry, Anara Guard, Gay Guard-Chamberlin, Edgewater Library, Friends of the Edgewater Library, poetry, wordplay, swordplay, Budlong Library, Coffee Speaks, Highland Park Poets, St. Paul's Church, Red Thread Through a Rusty Needle, Hand on My Heart, rivalry, sistersComment

No Fines At Chicago Libraries

We are so excited here at Friends of the Edgewater Library by the news that Chicago has joined a host of other cities in eliminating fines for overdue books throughout its library system. In case you didn’t see the Sun Times article, you can view it here.

Joanna BroussardSeptember 30, 2019Comment

Celebrate Jane Austen at Emma Fest

Are you a Jane Austen fan? Do you find yourself matchmaking all your single friends? Then June is for you, as we celebrate Jane Austen’s heroine, Emma at Emma Fest all month long.

Joanna BroussardMay 31, 2019Edgewater Branch LibraryJane Austen, Emma, Emma Fest, Alex Woloch, Stanford, Lifeline Theatre, Edgewater Library, Friends of the Edgewater Library, Edgewater Village Chicago, Gwyneth Paltrow Comment

Florence Nightingale Visits Edgewater For National Nurses Week

We all know that Florence Nightingale is the person who gave us our modern day nursing profession but yet if asked what else we know about her, most of us would be hard pressed to offer thoughts about how she came to be this heroine of nurses.

Joanna BroussardMay 14, 2019Edgewater Branch LibraryFlorence Nightingale, Megan Wells, Florence, Aunt Patty, William Edward Nightingale, Friends of the Edgewater Library, Edgewater Library, Betty A. Barclay Community Room, National Nurses Week, Istanbul, Scutari, Turkey, Sidney Herbert, England, EuropeComment

Libraries = Strong Communities

Leadership from Friends of the Edgewater Library and the Edgewater Branch Library shared the stage on Saturday, April 13 at an open house to celebrate National Library Week and its theme of “Libraries =Strong Communities.”

Joanna BroussardApril 19, 2019Edgewater Branch Library | Betty A. Barclay Community RoomNational Library Week, Be, Joanna Hazelden, Joanna Broussard, Joanne Kitsos, Harry Osterman, Friends of the Edgewater Library, Edgewater Library, Carl Sandburg, Chicago, Michael Meyers, Teresa Neumann, Loyola University, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Libraries=Strong Communities, EdgewaterComment

101 Books That Shaped Chicago

If you’ve ever wondered how Chicago got to be called “the Second City” or want to know who influenced this or that about the city then Chicago By The Book: 101 Stories That Shaped The CIty is for you.

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