Chinatown Storefront Library Blog Archive

This page is an archived collection of blog posts from the 2009-2010 Storefront Library. Learn more about the Storefront Library project here.
A Storefront Library for Evanston IL

A Storefront Library for Evanston IL

Creating a community Storefront Library is an odd line of work—exhausting and exhilarating, a thousand mundane details and then moments that move you to tears, all in a day's work. I suppose it's like being a librarian, on a kind of stage. One thing is for certain,...

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Boston Globe editorial, Chinatown library

Boston Globe editorial, Chinatown library

The Boston Globe published an editorial this morning proposing that the city, Boston Public Library and members of the Chinatown community sit down with developers of a lot on Washington St. and renegotiate a public benefits package to re-direct funding towards the...

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Storefront Library plants a seed at Oak Terrace

Storefront Library plants a seed at Oak Terrace

Here's an update on one of the small ripples created by the Storefront Library in Boston's Chinatown following our closing in February. At the conclusion of the project, our volunteers and staff went to great lengths to distribute the components of the Storefront...

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Time to Move on. . .

Time to Move on. . .

Dear Patrons, Supporters and Sponsors, The last day of the Storefront Library at 640 Washington St. will be Sunday, January 17, 2010. If you haven't had a chance to come by, please do! This weekend, in addition to storytime and a special science activity, we'll be...

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We're in this (space) together

We're in this (space) together

At the Storefront Library, whether you're attending a program, reading a newspaper, or working the Drawing Lab, you'll find yourself among people making the most of a formerly vacant storefront—doing things together and doing things "alone." As always, we're open...

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Sunday: go ahead, draw on the walls & talk

Drawing Workshop in the Storefront Library Sunday, January 10, 12PM-3PM. MAKE YOUR MARK and DRAW in the Drawing Lab! Come DRAW and EXPLORE with artist, Deb Putnoi. You will: Draw to music and different sounds; Draw using your sense of TOUCH as your guide; Experiment...

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Saturday in the Storefront

Start off with Storytime at 11:30AM. We'll read the Very Hungry Caterpillar and make our own caterpillars to take home. We'll be bilingual throughout (English and Cantonese). Thanks to Volunteer Staff Laura Jean and Celia for teaming up for this event. Then, from...

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Moose in the Library—Storytime Tonight

Tonight's storytime is all about moose. Join readers Sharon Tomasulo and Annie Wu at 6PM for Moose Tracks by Karma Wilson and If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff. We'll make our own antlers to wear. Bilingual reading (Cantonese). The Library is open...

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