Lindsay recommends a comics artist and author for anyone who prefers a funny cartoon strip take on history and classic literature. And for fans of Garfield books.

Check out Beaton's website Hark! A Vagrant to see examples of her comics work.

Adult Services staff members Jocelyn, Becky, and Cyndi discuss the books that they are thankful for this year. Happy Thanksgiving!

Becky and Nate recommend two movies from this year that might have flown under your radar, but that you don't want to miss. 

Just in time for Halloween, local history librarian Jenny Barry uncovers some of the mysteries behind The Gate - a homegrown urban legend 30 years in the making.

Read Behind The Gate, where Jenny dives even deeper into her research and includes the presentation she gave to the Libertyville/Mundelein Historical Society.

Jenny, our local history librarian, walks us through what it's like preserving a history as rich as Libertyville's and tells a few good stories along the way. 

For more local history goodies check out our Past Is Present blog posts and the local history page on our website.

For the latest installment in our Locally Sourced series Ana Santos Gitzinger, founder of Orinoco Fitness in Libertyville, talks about her favorite book of all time - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.