Adoption Reads for Middle Graders

Celebrate one of the unique ways that families are created with these great reads for National Adoption Awareness Month. Cleo Edison Oliver, Playground Millionaire is a spunky African-American girl with a white mother who learns to accept her nontraditional family while working on her fifth-grade Passions Project. Twelve-year-old Jaden's new sibling is Half A World Away in…
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Top Picks for Zine Fest

Maybe you thought that zines, those self-published missives that pop up at independent media stores and events, were facing extinction because of computers and blogs. A trip to Chicago Zine Fest, April 29-30, would prove to you that the community is as vibrant and strong as ever. Many authors, and especially comic artists, started out in…
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The Legacy of Ebertfest

Roger Ebert's passing left a hole in the world of film criticism, but his legacy will never die. "Roger, you would love Ebertfest 2016," his widow, Chaz Ebert, wrote in her blog. The festival's programmers have stayed true to his vision, curating a diverse and interesting lineup in his honor. If you can't attend Ebertfest…
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B-Fest Is the Best

It's that time of the year: Time to partake in B-Fest, the annual 24-hour festival of bad movies at Northwestern University. If you don't feel like spending the night in an auditorium, you may want to check out these films at home. What exactly is Skidoo? It is the only satire of the 1960s that brings…
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Alice in the Movies

Lewis Carroll's mysterious tale of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been passed down for generations, and the girl who falls down the rabbit hole has been captured on film many times. If you'd like to view some of the movie adaptations of this favorite childhood story, check out the selections below. The classic Disney version, Alice in…
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Using Humor to Cope with Tragedy

When fire spread at Second City Theater, Chicago's premier comedy training school, in late August, the theater sent out a characteristic tweet: "Yes, we know there's a fire. And we're working on it." The following books show how comedy works in all kinds of situations, including tragic ones. In Yes, and, Second City training executives Kelly Leonard…
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