With rotating exhibits, the museum housed in a shipping container lets community members dictate what they want to see and do.
A real-world ‘Sesame Street’: Lawndale Pop-Up Spot puts art, storytelling in the hands of the public
Category: Books
Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun will have memoir out in 2025
The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun, will have a memoir out next year.
Biblioracle: Bad news: Costco will stop stocking books year-round
As one of the relatively few large retailers that made books an attractive impulse purchase, Costco has played a vital niche in the overall bookselling ecosystem.
‘My Favorite Thing is Monsters’ returns after seven years, headaches included
Book two reads like a seamless, touching continuation of the first, going deeper into Karen’s noirish Uptown, her sexuality and political awakening.
Biblioracle: Camille Bordas’ new novel ‘The Material’ brings us into a fine arts program for stand-up comedy
Making the students stand-ups rather than writers turns the volume on these emotions to eleven, as the students see part of their work rise above their peers. There’s a reason why a comedian who has done well is said to have “killed.”
A new ‘Hunger Games’ book — and movie — is coming
Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new “The Hunger Games” novel.
Summer books 2024: It’s summertime and the reading’s easy. Or epic. Choose your own adventure.
From beach reads and sports books to histories and culture war, our 44 titles for the next three month. Get reading.
Biblioracle: It’s summer time. Here are 5 books for ‘hammock reading season’
Memorial Day signals the start of summer, which means we’ve hit summer reading season.
Garry Wills at 90: The influential historian has become his own iconoclast
The Pulitzer winner who has advised presidents is still writing. His influential books include “Lincoln at Gettysburg” and “Why I Am a Catholic,” but he’s decided he no longer is.
Landmarks: Stories from Flossmoor’s past help revive veterans memorial
A new book by Kristine Condon unearths stories from Flossmoor’s past as the village marks 100 years, while giving a boost to a veterans memorial effort.