Jon Voils of Celebrate Libraries® interviews Ward Miller, The Richard H. Driehaus Executive Director of Preservation Chicago, about land development and preserving Chicago’s historic building stock. Foremost in the conversation is a nomination to add nine significant early skyscrapers representing the Chicago School of architecture to UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list.

Miller coauthored The Complete Architecture of Adler & Sullivan which is available to the public for study in the Art Institute of Chicago’s Ryerson and Burnham Libraries.

Useful Links:

https://www.preservationchicago.org/early-chicago-skyscrapers-for-unesco-world-heritage-site-designation-by-aia-chicago-and-preservation-chicago-2

https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6235

https://www.artic.edu/library/discover-our-collections

https://www.preservationchicago.org/long-format-ward-miller-interview-regarding-chicago-school-skyscraper-unesco-nomination/

Dr. Karr Schmidt talks with Robin and Jon Voils of Celebrate Libraries® about curating Pop-Up Books through the Ages at Newberry Library in Chicago. The interview was recorded remotely on June 22, 2023.

Useful Links:

https://www.newberry.org/blog/pop-up-books-history-that-jumps-off-the-page-literally

https://www.newberry.org/blog/five-self-guided-tours-of-pop-up-books-through-the-ages

Jon and Robin Voils of Celebrate Libraries® talk with 10th Parliamentary Poet Marie-Célie Agnant about the word “home” and her book A Knife in the Sky. This is one of four interviews featuring writers and visual artists associated with the Maison de la littérature in Québec City, Canada. Recorded in February 2023.

Useful Links:

https://guides.loc.gov/quebec/contemporary-cultural-figures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Hakim-Rimpel

https://www.facebook.com/DevoirDeMemoireHT/photos/a.1541593826112397/2005705776367864/?type=3

https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/Poet/English_poems/Agnant/TimeToGoBackInTime_MCAgnant.pdf

https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/Poet/current-poet-laureate-e.html

https://lop.parl.ca/about/parliament/poet/pdfs/Appointment-10th-Parliamentary-Poet.pdf