Steven Spielberg's movie adaptation of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One comes out on March 29 and it will be totally awesome! The special effects look gnarly and the action scenes move at Warp Speed. It will be rad to see Spielberg depict the many references to 80's pop culture made by Wade, the story's brilliant and…
Caught Reading: Woodson Regional Library, March 2018
Welcome back, Woodson readers! You were missed and now you’ve been caught! I’ve spotted you eyeing displays and combing through shelves of new books. You’ve discovered quiet corners and new spaces for reading and made yourself at home. I couldn’t be happier. And I must say your reading choices are as interesting and unique as…
Mural Honors 20 Iconic Chicago Women
Have you walked by the Chicago Cultural Center and noticed a colorful mural by artist and MacArthur Fellow Kerry James Marshall? The large 132 foot by 100 foot mural can be viewed on the Garland Court facade, between Washington and Randolph streets. Marshall describes the vision behind his mural, "My idea was to make of…
Philip Sang Collection Documents African American Experience
Chicago Public Library recently digitized over 200 items documenting the African American experience. You can see these items in our Philip David Sang Digital Collection. The Sang collection, acquired by CPL in the late 1970s and housed in the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection at Woodson Regional Library, consists of a range of materials and…
Hooray for Cosplay! Teen Fiction Featuring Cosplayers
Quick! You've just been invited to a secret Comic Con and need to bust out your best cosplay. What do you choose? I call dibs on Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles because I still have his incredible mask that I made out of a bike helmet, cardboard, duct tape and silver spray paint. I doubt…
