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Wimpy kids, dark hours and dog man: What Los Angeles is reading as the library turns 150
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the Los Angeles Public Library celebrates 150 years, the city's readers are back in force with...
6 things to do in Milwaukee this weekend, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day events
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year ago1. 'Plant-itary Orbits' train show at Mitchell Park Domes The Mitchell Park Domes' spring train show...
Mayor Lightfoot loves libraries and gives the city a trio of new ones on South and West Side as...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMy father and his brother, children of immigrants, grew up near Humboldt Park. When they were young and not playing in the parks, streets or the alleys of their neighborhood, they could be found ...
30 beautiful Japanese gardens in the US that will bring Zen to your day
NextShark· 1 year ago[Source] There's something about Japanese gardens that offer a peaceful escape from life's daily...
The consolidated election is April 4. Here's what you need to know about casting a ballot
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe April 4 consolidated election features a number of local and area races, including Springfield mayor. Early voting starts Thursday. In Springfield, half of the 10 aldermanic races are contested ...
95 Facts That Are As Wildly Random As They Are Extremely Interesting
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years ago1.Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830s. Thirty years before Heinz started bottling and selling...
Here's when, where voters can hear from candidates for District 186 school board
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe public will have a chance to meet and hear from School District 186 board of education...
The 17 works of art you need to see in L.A. County
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTemporary shows that come through Southern California art institutions get a lot of the attention, but permanent collections are every museum's core. Art...
Douglas County Past: Lake Nebagamon man to welcome Italian armada
Superior Telegram, Wis. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 16—July 14, 1933 Beach water not alarming A complete report on the condition of the water at the Billings Park bathing pavilion will not be available until two more samples are analyzed ...
Books about books are catnip for avid readers. This week there's a bumper crop
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBooks about booksellers and librarians are big: New novels by Patrick deWitt, Carsten Henn and Satoshi Yagosawa prompt us to make sense of a burgeoning genre.