We hope you all had a great summer and are having a good first week. Please help us welcome Mr. Coronel, our new library technology coordinator. Mr. Herbert retired this summer and we wish him well.
We are looking forward to helping and seeing you in the library this year!
Posted on September 9th, 2010 by Shirley Volk
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Are you a writer seeking a community? Just in need of some fresh eyes for your writing? This summer, two courses are being offered on creative writing. One is for short stories. In the other, we’ll look at the various options available to you now (blogs, graphic narratives, novels, etc.).
Check out the options through the summer lab webpage.
Posted on May 4th, 2010 by pfuller
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Book club members had a special visit with James Kennedy, Chicago resident and author of THE ORDER OF ODD-FISH, this week.
Things we learned:
1. The book started out as a college short story 10 years ago.
2. Mr. Kennedy has had some fun adventures in Japan.
3. He loves to see visual and edible intepretations of his book.
4. He loves to throw Dome of Doom parties-Saturday, April 17 from 7-9pm.
5. He was interviewed for WBEZ’s Wednesday, April 14 edition of Eight Forty-Eight.
6. There’s an ORDER OF ODD-FISH mixtape!
Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Shirley Volk
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Visit The Academy of American Poets website to view the poem of the day or sign up for poem-a-day emails!
Posted on April 12th, 2010 by Shirley Volk
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Students across Illinois have spoken. The most votes went to Cassandra Clare’s first book in the urban fantasy series, The Mortal Instruments. Thanks to all the U-Highers who participated this year! Pizza lunch coming in April, look for your invite soon.
Posted on March 12th, 2010 by Shirley Volk
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Curious how recent Newberry Award Winner, Rebecca Stead, spends her Sundays? Read on.
Posted on March 7th, 2010 by pfuller
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Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by pfuller
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James Patterson, prolific writer that he is, has decided to dabble in the world of comics. Read about it here.
Posted on February 17th, 2010 by pfuller
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The author William Faulkner appears to have drawn the names of characters and other inspiration from a plantation diary just discovered by scholars. Read the story here.
Posted on February 16th, 2010 by pfuller
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February 1st marks the 50th anniversary of the first sit-in that proved instrumental in launching a movement of protests in Civil Rights history that extended across cities throughout the South.
The very Woolworth’s store where students from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College, Woman’s College and Bennett College peacefully protested at the segregated lunch counter is also being dedicated today as the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. Check out local news coverage of the Musuem dedication.
Check out this website for information about the Greensboro Sit-ins and the Greensboro Four. One of the key players is former Lower School counselor Jean Herbert.
Ms. Herbert spoke about her experience a few years ago at a talk in the library. Hopefully, we will get the audio up on our site very soon.
Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Shirley Volk
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