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4613 N Oketo Ave, Harwood Heights, IL 60706 | 708-867-7828
Mon – Thur: 9AM to 9PM
Fri – Sat: 9AM to 5PM
Sun: 1PM to 5PM
4613 N Oketo Ave
Harwood Heights, IL 60706
708-867-7828

4613 N Oketo Ave, Harwood Heights, IL 60706 708-867-7828

Mon – Thur: 9AM to 9PM | Fri – Sat: 9AM to 5PM | Sun: 1PM to 5PM

Mastodon: Emperor of Sand

At a time when pop singles are ruling the charts, heady metal rockers Mastodon have put all their energy behind a full-length concept album, best listened to in one sitting.


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The Jesus and Mary Chain: Damage and Joy

After almost 20 years since their last studio album, Munki, Scottish brothers Jim and William Reid have put aside their long-standing fraternal differences and reunited for a brand new Jesus and Mary Chain record.


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Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis

This 2017 Caldecott Honor picture book leaves a lot to the imagination. Written entirely in seemingly nonsense words, readers follow a group of bugs discover, celebrate, and eventually abandon a flower throughout its life cycle.


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The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

Loo is growing into a teenager and her dad decides it’s time to settle down. After years of constant moves, Loo finds it difficult to fit in at school, deal with boys, and interact with her estranged grandmother. But most of all, she’s having a hard time understanding how her mother’s mysterious death is connected to the bullet scars that mark her father’s body.


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Milky Chance: Blossom

The first song on the new album from German pop duo Milky Chance sets the stage for everything that follows. A simple, electronic melody and drum beat build until a clean, beachy guitar and singer-songwriter vocals kick in. And that's the formula. The band combines straightforward dance beats with soul-inspired acoustic guitar strumming and lyrics that sound like they could have been written by a folk singer.


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Movie Monday: Storks

Monday, April 17, 2017. 6:00 PM. Ages 12 & under.

Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork must scramble to fix the error by delivering the baby. Rated PG. 1h 27m.


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Modern Times Film: Deepwater Horizon

Tuesdays, April 11th, 2:00 PM & April 25, 6:00 PM.

Twice a month, the Modern Times Film Series showcases new additions to the library's movie collection. This month's movie will be Deepwater Horizon, a dramatization of the April 2010 disaster that caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Rated PG-13. 1h 47m.


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The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir

It's easy to imagine the life of a rock star: Write a song, it becomes a big hit, everyone hears it on the radio, and you make enough money to live the rest of your life in the lap of luxury. That story might be true for a handful of musicians, but there's a much, much bigger group of musicians out there who just spend years writing, recording, and performing, making a lot of fans but never producing a "hit" and never breaking into the mainstream.


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And the final Battle Scores Are…

Congratulations to all the teams for their performance this Battle Season.

In the winner’s circle: Giles took the lead early during Battle 5 and held on, earning them first place overall. Union Ridge is in second place, and St. Eugene …


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Dark Night: A True Batman Story

In the early '90s writer Paul Dini's should have had the perfect life. As a longtime cartoon and comic book fan, he had his dream job, writing for Batman the Animated Series, and he had just won an Emmy for the work he did on Tiny Toon Adventures.


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Banning A People’s History of the United States?

Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States has long been considered a classic. In it, Zinn tells the story of the U.S. from the perspective of "America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers."


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Ed Sheeran: Divide

The new music today on New Music Friday might not seem so new. That's because the first singles from the record have been all over the radio for the last couple of months.


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Lego’s Women of NASA

Last year, Lego announced its Lego Ideas Competition, asking the public to submit proposals for new Lego sets. This week, the winner was revealed and it's a doozy. The Women of NASA Set, proposed by science writer Maia Weinstock will honor five incredible women who have been instrumental to the Space Agency with custom minifigures and space-science play sets.


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Battle Four Recap

The leader board remains very tight. Congratulations to the teams for a fine battle.

Remember, warnings are given for not only how you behave to other teams, but how you behave to your teammates. Name calling and blame dispersal is …


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