Literature
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Remembering the original Addison Public Library with one of the first lifelong patronsMar 14, 2021 11:00 pm - One of the hardest parts of operating a library during a pandemic is the missed human connections. But Addison Public Library staff are finding new ways to connect with ...
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Book review: Take a ride into the greatest frontier in science
Mar 13, 2021 10:00 pm - “The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race” by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) Walter Isaacson did a masterful ...
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Murder, but gentler: 'Cozy' mysteries a pandemic-era balm
Mar 13, 2021 6:26 am - "A book," author Neil Gaiman may or may not have said, "is a dream you hold in your hand." And right now, in an era of pandemic and polarization, Americans have - and ne...
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Constable: Libertyville siblings' chalk art illusions to escape pandemic now fill a bookMar 13, 2021 12:00 am - The year of the pandemic scrapped exotic vacations and fun travel plans. But not for 10-year-old Cam Everett of Libertyville. The boy appeared to hang-glide in Rio de Ja...
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Book review: An Ohio hospital reveals all the ills of health care
Mar 12, 2021 10:00 pm - “The Hospital: Life, Death and Dollars in a Small American Town” by Brian Alexander (St. Martin's Press) For the reader, it's hard to avoid an abiding se...
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Explore the universe with graphic novelist/astrophysicist at Fermilab lecture March 26Mar 11, 2021 10:00 pm - Fermilab Art & Lecture At Home series, "When Art & Science Collide" continues with a "Graphic Talk About the Universe" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 26 (CST), with Dr. Clif...
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ECC Writers Center Reading Series continues March 18Mar 10, 2021 10:00 pm - The Writers Center at Elgin Community College continues the Spring 2021 Reading Series. Due to ongoing social distancing practices, the events will take place virtually...
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Review: Take a ride into the greatest frontier in science
Mar 10, 2021 6:00 am - 'œThe Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race,'ť by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) Walter Isaacson did a masterful job on his bi...
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Review: An Ohio hospital reveals all the ills of health care
Mar 09, 2021 6:00 am - 'œThe Hospital: Life, Death and Dollars in a Small American Town,'ť by Brian Alexander (St. Martin's Press) For the reader, it's hard to avoid an abiding sense of sadne...
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Book review: 100 women use their cameras to capture public life
Mar 09, 2021 5:00 am - "Women Street Photographers" edited by Gulnara Samoilova (Prestel) When Parisian authorities issued a decree in 1800 requiring women to obtain a permit t...