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March 30, 2006

Economist Portrait of Chicago

The March 18, 2006, issue of Economist featured their “Survey of Chicago.” Within the seven sections of the survey, the author recognizes Chicago’s successful transformation from a rust belt industrial city slowly losing steam to a brainpower- fueled global trader. Chicago’s exploitation of its natural resources for economic benefit and its long history of lionizing the entrepreneur are viewed by the author as its founding tenet and one of its saving graces. The survey also explores Chicago’s unique political climate, which it delicately describes as “benign dictatorship.”

The March 18, 2006, issue is available electronically via our periodicals databases to Hinsdale Public Library card holders. The paper copy of the Economist can be checked out, you may reserve our copy through the library catalog.

Posted by hinsdalereference at 5:20 PM

March 15, 2006

Final Days for Early Voting in Illinois

Thursday, March 16, 2006 is the final day for early voting in the State of Illinois.

Hinsdale’s DuPage County residents have many options and may locate a nearby early voting location here.

Hinsdale’s Cook County residents may vote at the Lyons Township Hall, 6404 Joliet Road, Countryside from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p..m. or at the Cook County Clerk’s downtown Chicago office, 69 W. Washington St., lower level, from 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

If you miss the early voting deadline, you can locate your election day polling place by visiting your county’s Web site.
DuPage County residents and Suburban Cook County residents

Posted by hinsdalereference at 4:07 PM

March 9, 2006

Last Minute, Thursday, March 09, 2006. 8:30 P.M

We were just waiting for the right moment to mention that this week is National Procrastination Week. The week of March 6 – 12, 2006 the Procrastinators’ Club of America invites you to celebrate the benefits of “putting off until tomorrow everything that needn’t be done today”.

Posted by hinsdalereference at 8:45 PM

March 6, 2006

Will Eisner, Comic Artist and Educator

March 6th is the birth anniversary of comic artist and educator Will Eisner (1917-2005). Eisner’s long career, a celebration of sequential art, was filled with accomplishments including creation of the long running Spirit comic book series and a line of educational comic books. He is credited with the creation of the first graphic novel, A Contract with God. His instructional and educational works, Comics and Sequential Art (741.5 EIS) and Graphic Storytelling, are considered the bibles of the trade. He enriched a field that many considered junk culture with a sense of style, clean draftsmanship, and a complexity of storytelling on par with many legitimate short story writers or screenwriters.
In his honor, the comic book industry created the Eisner Awards to annually recognize outstanding creators and their works.

To see more of Mr. Eisner’s work and that of his fellow Masters of American Comics visit the Hinsdale Public Library display Four-Color Art Form (on display until March 13, 2006).

Posted by hinsdalereference at 4:08 PM