Use video, images and audio from Studio 300‘s stock media services to produce your own 15 to 30-second video. Any genre or style will be accepted as long as it meets the file size (1 GB) and time constraints. Here’s…
Have you always wanted to create your own video game or learn how to code your very own website? Well, here’s your chance to learn! We just acquired an amazing new eResource that can teach you how to code! Fiero…
I have been watching Dr. Frasier Crane since his early days on Cheers, where he started as a love interest for Diane and a rival for Sam. He was initially stuffy, snobby and pretentious, but he soon found himself in…
As a highly expressive art form, animation readily reveals the signature of its animator. From Hayao Miyazaki’s depictions of lovingly home-cooked meals in response to wartime and post-war scarcity in Japan to Ralph Bakshi’s heavy use of photographic references for…
Last week, museum curator Steven Wright from the Joliet Area Historical Museum and Old Joliet Prison Historic Site provided an overview of Illinois prison and penitentiary records. The presentation’s recording is available on our YouTube channel until Saturday, July 13. A…
Teens, get ready to show off your artistic talents in our Tiny Art Show. Stop by the Vortex to pick up a mini art kit (while supplies last) and create your masterpiece. Each kit includes: One 3×3″ canvas Acrylic paint…
It’s time for beach reading! While you don’t have to be at the beach to enjoy a great book, we hope you find some time this summer to read or listen. Whether you’re looking for a light romance, twisty family…
Our Board of Trustees will hold their monthly board meeting on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 7 p.m. in the Margaret J. “Peggy” Danhof Board Room. This meeting is open to the public and can be viewed on YouTube. View…
Welcome to our Pride Month recommendation post! As June unfolds, we’re thrilled to highlight our extensive collection of movies and books that embrace and champion the LGBTQIA+ community. From heartwarming tales of acceptance to enlightening explorations of identity, our shelves…
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are paving the way to busting down some serious brick walls. If you watched RootsTech this year, you might have caught a session introducing the way generative AI was used to transcribe digitized court records word…