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National Library Week (April 19-25) highlights the valuable role libraries and library professionals play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. This year’s theme is “Find Your Joy.” My joy is borrowing books, attending programs, and connecting with others. Did you know that you can calculate the value of the resources and services offered from libraries?
Read MoreA dragon is fierce, fearless, and worthy of the most profound respect. Sigrid Schultz personifies this description, and she was justifiably proud of the sobriquet that was bestowed upon her. Read about this remarkable woman ─ who may have been forgotten if not for Pamela Toler’s book, The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany.
Read More“I’m thrilled now that The Way We Were is considered a classic love story, but it’s also about a dark time in our history, the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, when people were informing on each other and subject to loyalty oaths,” said actress Barbra Streisand at the recent Academy Awards.
Read MoreThere just happens to be another Patrick to celebrate on March 17.
Read MoreWe’ve read hundreds of books last year. But, which were the favorites among those who attended meetings of The No Book Club?
Read MoreWhat makes Jane Austen’s novels so timeless and unforgettable that 250 years after her birth, we are still talking about and celebrating her?
Read MoreWhy do people join Friends of the Edgewater Library, and what keeps them coming back? There are many reasons - what’s yours?
Read MoreWhat do 35 years of meeting minutes reveal about Friends of the Edgewater Library?
Read MoreAs we recognize National Friends of Libraries Week (Oct.19-25), one of our members shares her childhood reading experiences and the impact libraries had on her then and now.
Read MoreChildren enjoy being read to, and it can be an enjoyable experience for their readers as well. Besides that, studies have shown that children who are read to regularly are more likely to develop early literacy skills. Read what’s happening at the Edgewater Branch.
Read MoreThe images, cultures, crafts, and lifeways of Indigenous peoples have appeared in the popular cultures of settlers since arriving in the Western Hemisphere—often in inappropriate or disrespectful ways. Read more about an informative exhibit at the Newberry Library.
Read MoreDuring this past year, we found creative ways to engage and bring our neighbors into the library.
Read MoreWhy should you contact your government representatives? What do you say? Does it matter? Find out from our recent program on civic literacy and download our resources.
Read MoreAs British author Cailin Moran so artfully writes, “A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination.”
Read MoreWho’s that behind those Foster Grants? If you’re a Friends member, chances are it’s because of her.
Read MoreShortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States government uprooted 120,000 people of Japanese descent from their homes and banished them to 10 remote internment camps.
Read MoreIt’s truly a labor of love!
Welcome to the third issue of Writings from the Edge, the magazine of stories, poems, and essays by writers from the Edgewater Library writing group.
Read More“Edgewater Stories” made us laugh, cry, ooh, and ah! We hope you’ll find them as entertaining, thought-provoking, and emotional as we did.
Read MoreWho knew? Chicago boasts one of the largest and most vibrant groups of Filipino Americans in the United States. Many of these individuals live in the Uptown, Edgewater, and Rogers Park neighborhoods.
Read MoreThese seemingly unrelated books have something in common: To Kill a Mockingbird, Beloved, 1984, and Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. They’re all on the list of most banned and challenged books.
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