Hunting for jobs can be overwhelming. Besides all the other concerns, the sheer number of job listing websites means an awful lot of trial and error in a process that is already fraught with difficulties. Are you spending your time on a site that has enough available openings to meet your qualifications? If you're just getting…
Take Part, Take Action: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Join the celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities by supporting the rights of persons with disabilities and promoting a just and inclusive society. Take part with your family by attending our creative musical play events with ScribbleMonster and checking out these inspiring picture books featuring strong kids with disabilities. A positive, straightforward text with…
Caught Reading: Downtown, November 2016
One thing I love about working downtown is the variety of ways you can get to an errand or a date with a friend. If the sun's shining, it's perfect for a walk. Short on time? There's a bus pulling up now. Rush-hour traffic's a mess? Don't worry, the train's coming down the tunnel. These short hops are a great time…
A Taste of the World: Cookbooks from Ethnic Traditions
We explore the theme “Eat, Think, Grow” this One Book, One Chicago season, with this year’s book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. But if you're looking for a taste of something a little different, travel the world without leaving your kitchen with these cookbooks of flavors from all over the globe. The Enchilada Queen is a must-read…
Cartoonist’s Memoirs Feature Travel, Food, Chicago
Whether you love stories of Chicago, travel, food or everyday life, the Windy City's own Lucy Knisley has a comic book-style memoir sure to appeal to you. And her clean line drawings and conversational tone make her books a great choice for readers new to graphic novels. Raised in New York, the cartoonist graduated from the School…
Books of Redemption in the Workplace
Feeling stunted by your job? Underpaid and overworked? Ever want to tell your boss what you really think? These books of redemption may be just the right medicine. Camille Perri's The Assistants is more fun than you can legally have. Brooklynite Tina Fontana is the woefully underpaid personal assistant to a media mogul not unlike…
National Day of Listening for Kids
Ah, the day after Thanksgiving. It's the perfect time to sprawl out on your couch with a heaping plate of leftovers and catch up with the whole family. That's why StoryCorps and families across America celebrate the Friday after Thanksgiving as National Day of Listening. While you have your loved ones together, why not take turns asking questions like: What was life…
Read Like Rory: Books for Gilmore Girls Fans
Gilmore Girls fans rejoice! The beloved series returns November 25. (Update: Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life - Season 1 is now available on DVD.) The characters' clever literary references charmed the show's devoted fans. Prep school student Rory, a lovably nerdy bookworm, rarely appeared without a hefty tome in her hands. Of the 339 books mentioned during…
Magic, and Snarky With It: British Urban Fantasy
Urban fantasy is a huge subgenre that can be hard to whittle down. However, there does seem to be a sub-subgenre, that of English writers writing English characters with a distinctly humorous touch. Most of the time, these writers focus on London as the center of the universe (and it was, for a few hundred years), but…
Quiz: How Well Do You Know the CTA?
Are you a transit maven? Find out with our quiz from bloggers SarahE and Municipal Reference Guy, who are librarians in the Municipal Reference Collection at Harold Washington Library Center…
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