Every Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
Writers in grades 7 - 12 are invited to join in on a Zoom video chat for some socializing, discussion, and, of course, writing! Share your poems and stories in a supportive space or listen to others read.
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Virtual Anonymous Teen Writers Group
Every Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
Writers in grades 7 - 12 are invited to join in on a Zoom video chat for some socializing, discussion, and, of course, writing! Share your poems and stories in a supportive space or listen to others read.
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Virtual Anonymous Teen Writers Group
Every Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
Writers in grades 7 - 12 are invited to join in on a Zoom video chat for some socializing, discussion, and, of course, writing! Share your poems and stories in a supportive space or listen to others read.
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Virtual Anonymous Teen Writers Group
Every Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
Writers in grades 7 - 12 are invited to join in on a Zoom video chat for some socializing, discussion, and, of course, writing! Share your poems and stories in a supportive space or listen to others read.
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Classics Book Discussion: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Friday, May 28, 4:00 PM.
Join us in a video chat to discuss William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
One night two young couples run into an enchanted forest in an attempt to escape their problems. But these four humans do not realize that the forest is filled with fairies and hobgoblins who love making mischief.
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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
The Brain Injury Association of America leads the nation in observing Brain Injury Awareness Month in March each year. The theme for the 2021 to 2023 campaign is More Than My Brain Injury.
If you know someone who is …
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Actors and Acting
If you’re interested in the art of acting you’ll find something exciting in these suggestions of books on actors and acting. Elizabeth Streb will make you want to become your own film action hero. Uta Hagen offers a bible for …
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Classics Book Discussion: Fahrenheit 451
Friday, March 19, 4:00 PM.
Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. But when he meets Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn't live in fear of the ideas in books, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.
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Five Books Featuring Costumes
Hooray for Cosplay! Dressing up allows us to wear our fandom with pride and to express ourselves however we wish. These books all focus on costuming and feature characters who know how important cosplayers are.
Don’t Cosplay with My Heart …
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Classics Book Discussion: The Pillow Book
Friday, January 22, 4:00 PM.
The Pillow Book is a fascinating account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court, this book is an intimate look at the experiences of the Heian upper class, featuring reflections on royal ceremonies, nature, conversation, poetry, and of course, gossip.
Join our Zoom meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89724219439 or phone in at 312-626-6799. Meeting ID: 897 2421 9439.
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Bling up Your Holidays
Need to brighten things up for the holidays? Check out these crafting books to get some ideas for handmade fashions, jewelry, and other gifts for yourself or your loved ones.
Sewing Green: 25 Projects Made with Repurposed & Organic Materials…
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Post NaNoWriMo
We’re just out of November which is National Novel Writing Month, an annual initiative encouraging budding authors to buckle down and work out a first of a novel in just 30 days. If you participated in NaNoWriMo now’s the time …
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The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
In a Tennessee town named after the founder of the Ku Klux Klan, Dill, Lydia, and Travis are the high school misfits. All they need to do is graduate to escape, but there are so many things in their way. …
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Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
This tale of a diabolical circus coming to take over a town will have shivers running down your spine even if it’s not Halloween. Ray Bradbury uses words like no one else, so even if you don’t like the story …
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Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Join Anna in her French year abroad where she goes to every movie she can find in her quest to become a film critic and falls hard for Etienne St. Clair, a British student who speaks perfect.
First in a …
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War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
A war is brewing in the middle of Minneapolis between the light and dark courts of Faerie.
Rock musician Edie McCandry has just been chosen to be the human on the battlefield for the Sidhe and the half-guard-dog-half-man assigned to …
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Virtual Bus Trip: The International Space Station
Wednesday, August 19, 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.
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Virtual Bus Trip: Rockefeller Chapel
Wednesday, August 12, 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.
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Jazz Books for Jazz Fans
Hopefully, you’ve been enjoying our virtual bus trips, exploring the world every Wednesday during the pandemic from the safety of our homes. A few weeks ago we “visited” the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City to gain a better …
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For Fans of Shirley Jackson
If you’re fascinated with the strange and creepy underpinnings of life you can’t do better than Shirley Jackson. Her short story “The Lottery” is a classic, and her novels, including We Have Always Lived in the Castle and…
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Virtual Bus Trip: American Writers Museum
Wednesday, August 05, 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.
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Looking for the Light: the Hidden Art and Life of Marion Post Wolcott by Paul Hendrickson
If your only reference to Farm Security Administration photographs during the depression is Dorothea Lange, take a look at the outstanding work of Wolcott who traveled the country with her Rolliflex and Speed Graphic cameras, highlighting the conditions of the …
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Virtual Bus Trip: Chicago’s Fine Arts Building
Wednesday, June 24, 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.
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Virtual Bus Trip: Frida Kahlo’s Blue House
Wednesday, July 22, 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.
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