The library will be hosting a special Women’s History Month event, The Good Body, which are monologues by Eve Ensler on March 19th at 11:30am.

Joe and I were excited to sit down and talk with COM/LIT instructor Shelita Shaw about Spike Lee’s Documentary 4 Little Girls as part of our Check It Out Podcast.

You can download the MP3 from this podcast here: Four Little Girls. If you are interested in checking this documentary out of the library, you can find it here in our library catalog.

The library will be closed on Thursday, Feb. 28th due to staff participation in  Learning College Day activities.

Today is the third day that we have been very honored to host the Tibetan Drepung Loseling monks who have been creating a Mandala sand painting, which is a sacred cosmogram used as an object of contemplation. Hundreds of students and faculty have stopped by each day to watch progress being made on this amazing piece of sacred art. The monks will continue their work until tomorrow. At 1:30 tomorrow afternoon, they will hold their closing ceremony and dismantle the Mandala.

The library was happy to welcome author Amy Krouse Rosenthal who writes “children’s and grown up books.” She did a reading and spoke about her writing process. We had a great crowd of students from several classes attend.

You can listen to Ms. Krouse Rosenthal’s discussion at this links: Amy Krous Rosenthal. You can subscribe to our podcast or find podcasts of past events at our library events podcast page.

Amy Krous Rosenthal reads from her upcoming work It’s Not Fair.

The library was pleased to welcome human rights activist Simon Deng to present his lecture, “The Crisis in the Sudan.” You can listen to the podcast of this event by clicking here.

As part of the One Book, One College program on the Autobiography of Malcolm X, the library hosted a panel discussion on the modern Civil Rights Movement.

You can listen to this program at: The Civil Rights Movement in the Era of Globalization or at the Library Events Podcast Page

Panel moderator, David Johnson, professor at South Suburban College.

Panel member Eddie Read, Chairman of Chicago Black United Communities

Panel member Berve Power, civil rights activist and attorney

A new episode of the library’s Check it out podcast has been released. You can listen to this online here: Say Amen, Somebody. You can listen to past episodes of Check it out at the Check it out Web page.

This episode reviews the library’s new DVD & CD set, Say Amen, Somebody.