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Writings From The Edge
Writings From The Edge

When I heard of the Edgewater writing group, I joined it hoping to have a chance to share my thoughts and get feedback on stories that were swirling in my head.

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Joanna BroussardEdgewater Branch Librarywriting, Writings on the Edge, Community Writing Project, Edgewater Branch Library, writing workshop, community writers, Katy Linehan, CWP, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, adult writing workshop, Zoom, Sue Cargill, David Fleischman, Edgewater, adult services librarian, Janise Hurtig, Friends of the Edgewater Library, Friends, E. L. Doctorow Comment
Libraries = Strong Communities
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.”

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Joanna BroussardEdgewater 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
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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Joanna BroussardEdgewater Branch Library | Betty A. Barclay Community RoomFriends, Friends of the Edgewater Library, Edgewater Library, Nina Barrett, 101 Books, 101 Books That Shaped The City, Chicago By The Book, Susan Rossen, John Chalmers, Caxton Club, Chicago, Books, Saul Bellow, Studs Terkel, Erik Larson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ida B. Wells, Clarence Darrow, Garry WillsComment
Women of the Irish Revolution
Women of the Irish Revolution

Attendees at “Women of the Irish Revolution” were treated to a walk through history to see how early 20th century Ireland-born women engaged in three main causes: workers' rights of women, suffrage, and Irish freedom. 

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Joanna BroussardEdgewater Branch Librarywomen, Ireland, Irish Women, Irish Revolution, Maureen Smith, Loyola University, Celtic Women, Scotland, Cornwall, Wales, Isle of Mann, Brittany, Galicia, Friends of the Edgewater Library, Edgewater Library, Easter Rising of 1916, Friends, Chicago, Celtic Women International