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When I was in college for my undergraduate degree, I had an incredibly tough first year. I would go to the park near my dorm, lie on the grass and stare up at the trees and listen Beaucoup Fish by Underworld on repeat, on my discman (remember those??)
I just finished the fifth in the Murderbot Diaries, a fast-paced science-fiction series by Martha Wells about a rogue construct (like a cyborg, but 'born' that way) who just wants to watch its shows and not talk to humans about its feelings, but who keeps ending up in situations where everything seems to want to kill its humans.
Monday, June 29, 2020, 7:00 PM.
The library may be closed but that doesn't mean we can't keep the movie screenings going. Join us on our Facebook page at 7:00 PM for an online screening of the classic of Film Noir, D.O.A.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today we're taking a virtual bus trip to Cantigny Park.
The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People seems to be a legitimate hit for Hulu. The show and the novel track the lives of two people who, despite, changing lives, are always irresistibly drawn back together.
Wednesday, June 24, 2002, 4:00 PM.
Do you love graphic novels? Are you in grades 3-5? Join us via Zoom video chat as we discuss My Video Game Ate My Homework by Dustin Hansen.
Have you ever read a Raymond Chandler book? Well, if you have not I recommend you spend the time to meet the fictional private investigator Phillip Marlowe in The Long Goodbye. You can read the 1953 classic through Libby/Overdrive and follow up with 1973 Robert Altman feature film starring Elliott Gould.
As a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, Linus Baker's reports are impeccable; nothing but clinical observations about the state of the government-run homes where "gifted" children reside. This is why Extremely Upper Management increases his security clearance to Level Four. There is an orphanage set on a remote island populated with children unfit for society, and Linus is well-suited to report back on the fitness of the home.
Monday, June 22, 2020, 7:00 PM.
The library may be closed but that doesn't mean we can't keep the movie screenings going. Join us on our Facebook page at 7:00 PM for an online screening of Plan 9 from Outer Space, Ed Wood's classic low budget cult masterpiece.
When Kate Holland's brother Frank approached Max Brooks with a tale about a volcanic eruption, a hi-tech-back-to-nature planned community, a Bigfoot massacre, and his missing sister's journal, the author of World War Z wondered why Frank thought he would be the best person to tell his sister's story. "I read your Fangoria article," Frank answered.
If you enjoyed reading Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel, these are some other books that you might enjoy, all available from Hoopla and Libby/Overdrive through the library’s website. They are also about friendship and are similar in tone, sweetness or humor. If you like something, let’s read more!
Wednesday, May 20, 2020.
We can't take bus trips right now but, thanks to the internet, we can explore the world from the comfort of our homes. Every Wednesday, we're presenting a series of links to cultural institutions in Chicago and beyond. Today visit the Joffrey Ballet.
The Regular Meeting of the Eisenhower Public Library District Board of Trustees will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 7:30 P.M.
Given Governor Pritzker’s stay-at-home executive order, the Eisenhower Public Library District Library Board of Trustees will hold …
When a young woman wakes up in the hospital with amnesia, she only knows there's a head wound under her very trendy haircut, and that her phone addresses her as both "Mia" and "hello gorgeous."
Monday, June 15, 2020, 7:00 PM.
The library may be closed but that doesn't mean we can't keep the movie screenings going. Join us on our Facebook page at 7:00 PM for an online screening of Royal Wedding starring Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, and Peter Lawford.
Novelist Ruchika Tomar is the winner of the 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, for A Prayer for Travelers.
As it happens, and to everyone's good fortune, Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear is not only good, it's excellent -- part personal memoir, part popular science deep-dive into the methods, mechanisms, and purposes of one of humanity's core emotions,
Friday, June 12, 2:00 PM.
Join us in a video chat to discuss Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, The Secret Garden.
The Regular Meeting of the Eisenhower Public Library District Board of Trustees May 21, 2020
CALL TO ORDER
President Braun called the meeting to order at 7:33 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present Electronically: Magnelli, Braun, Ross, Ringelstein, Magnuson, Parent.Absent: Adams.Also Present …
Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 4:00 PM.
Do you love graphic novels? Are you in grades 3-5? Join us via Zoom video chat as we discuss Lupin Leaps In by Georgia Dunn.
Every year, Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, presents the William E. Colby Award, named for the late ambassador and former CIA director, to a first solo work of fiction or nonfiction that has made a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations, or international affairs.
A novel as rich as it is brief, The Empress of Salt and Fortune is high fantasy at its very best, pulling readers full-tilt into a new world with its opening line ("Something wants to eat you"), each page making the real world more vibrant for having been turned.
Monday, June 08, 2020, 7:00 PM.
The library may be closed but that doesn't mean we can't keep the movie screenings going. Join us on our Facebook page at 7:00 PM for an online screening of My Man Godfrey starring William Powell and Carole Lombard.
