Genre of the Month: Horror

For all of you looking for a good scare, the genre of the month is Horror! The list contains titles of many of the YA section’s horror offerings.

Horror Booklist.

Free Museum Passes!

Starting in September, the Library will be participating in the Macy’s Museum Adventure Pass Program. As long as you have a library card, you’ll be able to check out a pass to participating museums, including the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evanston and the Oriental Institute in Chicago, as well as other locations such as the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Botanic Garden, and Morton Arboretum. Don’t miss out — check out a museum!

Video Games @ Eisenhower (Norridge and Harwood Heights Residents ONLY)

We now have the newest and most popular video games for adults and kids for Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Playstation 2 and 3, and Xbox 360. Keep checking to see what’s on the shelf—at this time we are not allowing holds or renewals on our video games.

New Comic Books at the Library

Looking for some new comic books? Want to find some classics? The Eisenhower Library YA section just received a huge donation of comic books. We now have many classic comics from the ’90s, new superhero comics like Green Arrow, the final issues of Ultimate Spider-Man, and many others! Come check out the comic book rack in the YA section for all your comic book needs.

Magnetic Poetry

For those of you looking for something to do, Magnetic Poetry is here to save the day. You can choose several different magnetic kits with different words (each one is themed). Like a real magnetic poetry kit, you can make random things or regular poetry. The Internet Magnetic Poetry kit has hours of fun packed inside.

Dungeons and Dragons

If there were Dungeons and Dragons at the Library, would you be interested in playing?

‘No Flakes

Looking to brighten up your Holiday season? Print youself out a ‘No Flake. ‘No Flakes are decorative snowflakes made by Flickr user ViciousBits. With ‘No Flakes of animals ranging from Manta Rays to Polar Bears, and even a couple of other things, like the Chicken from the popular Adult Swim show Robot Chicken, ‘No Flakes will certainly provide you with hours of enjoyment.

Pandora Online Music

Looking for some free music? Look no further than Pandora for free and legal music. All you do is create an account, put in your favorite band, and Pandora generates a custom radio station that plays your favorite band and music with a similar style.

Ferryhalim Orisinal Games

Looking for some fun games to play? Ferryhelim Orisinal games contains several fun and innovative games like Sunny Day Sky, where you fly on an umbrella across a busy street, or Cats where you score points by making every cat follow the leader cat.

Things to Do (Fall 2008 Edition)

To be updated over the next few days…

Looking for something fun and cheap to do this fall? Grab a coat and your bike, because here’s a list of cool stuff to do.

Haunted Houses

Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags
Gurnee, IL

The Haunting at Navy Pier
Navy Pier
600 E. Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL

Fright-Mare
Haunted Trails
7759 S. Harlem Ave.
Burbank, Illinois 60459

Haunted Sanitarium
Theater on the Lake (10/31/08)
2401 N. Lake Shore Drive (Map it)
Chicago, IL 60614

Pumpkin Patches & Halloween Fun

Pumpkin Patch Kenwood Community Park (10/25/08) 1330 E. 50th St Chicago, IL 60615

Pumpkin Patch Rainey Park (10/25/08) 4350 W. 79th St Chicago, IL 60652

Corn Mazes

Crazy Corn Maizey
Bengston’s Pumpkin Farm
13341 W. 151st St.
Homer Glen, IL 60491

Konow’s Corn Maze
Konow’s Corn Maze
16849 S. Cedar Rd.
Homer Glen, IL 60491

Credit to Chicago Fun and Chicago Park District.