October is National Archives Month. Let's look at one archival collection—the People for Community Recovery Archives and the inspiring story of Hazel M. Johnson—in the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature. Affectionately known as the “mother of the environmental justice movement,” Hazel Johnson was one of Chicago’s own environmental justice warriors from…
Celebrate American Archives Month
October is American Archives Month! Have you ever visited one of Chicago Public Library's special collections to see our archives? Researched black history at the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature at Woodson Regional Library? Gotten chills from discovering a historical document in Special Collections at Harold Washington Library Center? Or…
#TBT: Back to the 80’s with Ready Player One
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…
