Staff Picks – Vanessa’s Long Lost Chocolate Treasures
Long Lost Chocolate Treasures 10. Seven Up bar (last produced in the 1970s) – If you loved chocolate but couldn’t decide if you like chocolate & nougat, or chocolate & mint, this was the candy bar for you. It contained seven different flavor combinations. 9. Butter Nut (1960s & 1970s) Very gooey, very good. 8. […]
Staff Picks – Margaret’s Offbeat Christmas Albums
(image: uncubed.com) One Christmas at a Time – Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick From the leader of The Long Winters and cult favorite nerd rocker Jonathan Coulton comes a hilarious reimagination of the Christmas album with the reality of dealing with difficult family members and spending the holiday in unusual places like jail. They […]
Staff Picks – Charles’ top ten must-watch Simpsons episodes
Ten must watch Simpsons episodes (in no particular order): “A Fish Called Selma“ “Colonel Homer“ “Stark Raving Dad“ “When Flanders Failed“ “ Lisa Goes to Washington“ “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge“ “ Plow“ “22 Short Films About Springfield“ “Homer at the Bat“ “A Star Is Burns“ “Simpson and Delilah“
Staff Picks – Ben’s top ten musical covers discovered this year
Top Ten Musical Covers I Discovered This Year Some people collect physical objects, I collect unusual cover songs. A good cover can completely change the way you view a song. Sometimes it highlights aspects of the harmonies that get lost in the original like Obadiah Parker’s cover of Hey Ya by Outkast. Sometimes it […]
Staff Picks – Sarah’s top ten favorite movie soundtracks
10. Moonrise Kingdom – this one is mostly for the French song in that appears in the movie – “Le Temps de L’Amour“ by Francoise Hardy. I have limited myself to two Wes Anderson movies on this list, this is the first one. 9. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – I […]
Winter Break Hours
DECEMBER 14 – JANUARY 15 CUDAHY LIBRARY / KLARCHEK INFORMATION COMMONS MON-FRI (12/14-12/18): 8AM – 5PM SAT-SUN (12/19-12/20): CLOSED MON-WED (12/21-12/23): 8AM – 5PM THU-SUN (12/24-12/27): CLOSED MON-WED (12/28-12/30): 8AM – 5PM THU-SUN (12/31-1/3): CLOSED MON-FRI (1/4-1/8): 8AM – 8PM SUN-SAT (1/9-1/10): 12PM – 8PM MON-FRI (1/11-1/15): 8AM – 8PM LEWIS LIBRARY MON-FRI (12/14-12/18): 8AM […]