The Time Traveler's Wife: Love, Death and More Love Aug 14, 2009
Henry (Eric Bana), who works in a Chicago public library, is in the reading room when a woman he's never met walks up to him and says dewily, "I've loved you all my life." She's Clare (Rachel McAdams), a young artist, and in her past Henry's future he has visited her and won her undying devotion. Henry, you see, has the gift or curse of time-traveling: disappearing from one temporal and spatial reality to pop up, naked, in another. (Time.com)
Cuban-born author to speak at writing conference Jul 17, 2009
The Chicago Public Library co-hosts the opening and closing public programs. The DePaul writing conference continues through Sunday. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
You Know You're in a Recession When Mar 5, 2009
To see how far reaching is, look no further than the Chicago Public Library ... Chicago Public Library Circulation ... Sources: RealtyTrac, Labor Department, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Chicago Public Library, Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Realtors, Treasury Department, Autodata Corp., FDIC, Bankruptcy Data Project at Harvard, Department of Transportation and the Federal Reserve. (ABC News -- Business)
McLean nominated to appear on quarter Feb 21, 2009
"The architects read like Who's Who. Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, which eventually became the firm of Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott, designed McLean's North Belknap and the Administration buildings. They are the same group responsible for the Chicago Public Library and Harvard Medical School among others. William Peters designed Upham House. He became famous for designing colonial revival houses in the Back Bay area of Boston. These were the leading architects of the time," said... (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Student docents immerse local school children in world of art through smART Kids programs Feb 20, 2009
First offered at the Chicago Public Library Blackstone Branch, the program expanded last year to the Bessie Coleman Branch. Next year, the program will double in size, with workshops at both branches every month. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
