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🌌✨ Exciting News! 📚 Join us for a stellar sci-fi webinar with Cory Doctorow, Martha Wells, and Ken Liu! 🚀 Save the date: Thu Jan 11 | Time: 7 PM Central. Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ssyUYErCTB-rzEz_Vhc7cw#/registration. Let's explore the future together! 🌠 #SciFiWebinar

… I don't think professional writers have much to worry about just yet. 🙄

#AI #IllinoisLibrariesPresent #libraries #library @libraries #scifi #futurism

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Speculating about our AI Future with Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, and Martha Wells. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join us for a panel discussion featuring three best selling science fiction writers, Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, and Martha Wells. They will discuss the promise, perils, and possible impacts that AI will have on our future, as well as AI in contemporary and future science fiction writing. This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email [email protected]

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@andymarfia

The #ChicagoPublicLibrary was built both literally and figuratively on the ashes of the #TheGreatChicagoFire. The ground you're seeing there (☝️☝️☝️), along the lake, is made from the tons of debris and ash remaining after the Great Fire.

https://interactive.wttw.com/playlist/2017/01/09/out-ashes-birth-chicago-public-library

#Library #Libraries #Chicago #PublicLibraries #ChicagoHistory #illinoislibrariespresent

Out of the Ashes: The Birth of the Chicago Public Library

The Chicago Public Library was founded in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire with an inventory of books donated from England and other countries.

WTTW Chicago

✎ nbd, just spending my lunch break doing the BESPOKE crossword puzzle that WILL SHORTZ made for our event…

You can get a copy, too, when you sign up to attend this online event with #IllinoisLibrariesPresent on April 25

🔗 https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D56izr6ASC27_KiVmuKvUg#/registration

@libraries #library #libraries

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Secrets of a Puzzle Master: A Conversation with Will Shortz. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Will Shortz, the editor of The New York Times crossword puzzle, and the world’s only academically accredited puzzle master, discusses crossword puzzles. The author/editor of more than 500 puzzle books, Shortz is also the puzzle master for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held annually for more than 40 years. Through his championing of puzzles Will has earned admiring fans from all over the world. This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email [email protected]

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No big deal, just MACHETE speaking at a #library event, that's all. Online. April 4 @ 7pm CST. All are welcome. Say Vernon Area sent ya. 🔗 https://www.vapld.info/news/danny-trejo-talks-tacos-hollywood-redemption

#webinar @libraries #IllinoisLibrariesPresent #Illinois

Danny Trejo Talks Tacos, Hollywood & Redemption

Vernon Area Public Library joins libraries across Illinois to host an online event with actor, author and restaurateur Danny Trejo, on Tuesday, April 4, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to all;...

Vernon Area Public Library
Hear from ‘America’s funniest science writer’ March 1

Vernon Area Public Library joins libraries across Illinois to host an online event with entertaining and hilarious New York Times best-selling science author Mary Roach on Wednesday, March 1, at 7...

Vernon Area Public Library

Author Kwame Alexander encourages youth to "Say 'Yes' To Your Story" 📅 Weds Feb 8, 7pm CST on Zoom

#free #webinar #IllinoisLibrariesPresent #BlackHistoryMonth @bookstodon #KidLit #YA #MGlit

https://www.vapld.info/news/say-yes-to-your-story

Say 'Yes' to Your Story

Words have power. Ideas have influence. To bring this message to residents, Vernon Area and other public libraries across Illinois are partnering to present “Saying ‘Yes’ to Your Story: A...

Vernon Area Public Library