Hesse, Scott.

Summary: The Stillness of Motion brings together a riveting trio of Chicago's finest for a wide-ranging set of originals by guitarist Scott Hesse. Along with bandmates Clark Sommers on bass and drummer Makaya McCraven, they use this intimate setting to weave their highly individual voices together in a rich tapestry of group improvisation and composition. 'Hesse is terrific: great ears and crazy chops....

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Origin Records 2015

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ HES

Summary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VAL

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)

Summary: The entire gang has a chance to shine in this brand new volume of all-new PEANUTS adventures and classic Charles Schulz strips. Featuring stories starring the Flying Ace, Linus, Lucy, Pig-Pen, Schroeder, Sally, Marcie, Franklin, Peppermint Patty, Rerun, and of course, Good Ol' Charlie Brown.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Boom! 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SCH

Summary: This 1949 movie lavishly takes us on the journey of Jay Gatsby (Alan Ladd) who worked his way from poor fisherman to extravagant millionaire. Travel back in time to the roaring 20s, a time of flappers, bootlegging, art deco architecture, and jazz music, through this classic tale of love and betrayal, deception and mystery. This is the second film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRE

Summary: Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer, Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriter, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CAD

Summary: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. This story reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE IN

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IN

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IN RATED PG-13

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD In

Contents: Disc 1. Volumes 1-7. Lucy Mae blues ; I woke up crying ; Love blues ; I told you not to do that / Cecil Barfield -- In the evening ; Hey lawdy Mama ; Thousand woman blues ; Blue shadow falling ; Cold rainy day ; Amy / Buddy Moss -- Motherless child ; Hush, somebody is calling my name ; What God can do ; He'll understand and say well done / Leon Pinson -- Big road blues ; Cool water blues ; Big...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Fat Possum Records 2008

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MIT

Summary: A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Features, Universal Studios 2023

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CHA

Heine, Helme.

Summary: Three friends who love to be together come to the realization that sometimes it's just not possible.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Books 1986

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION Heine

Summary: The legend of the most infamous bandit in the history of the West. Jesse James is the bold bandit whose name became synonymous with train hold-ups, daylight bank heists and every other daredevil crime associated with the lawless West of the 1800s.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN JES

Summary: I shot Jesse James: After years of crime reporting and writing pulp novels and screenplays, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious Jesse James.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIR

Summary: Set in the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2016

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CAF RATED PG-13

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CAF

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CAF

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Cafe 2016

Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DAR

Summary: Casanova has to begin searching for a wife. He is a womanizer with many conquests and If he cannot show he is living a more respectable life, the Church will throw him out of Venice. He is quickly engaged to Victoria, a woman with a pure reputation. As soon as that is arranged, he meets Francesca, a feminist who hates all he stands for. He pretends to be someone else to get into her good...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE CAS

Summary: A privileged girl and a charismatic boy share an instant desire that sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD END

Dessa

Contents: Ride -- 5 out of 6 -- Fire drills -- Velodrome -- Good grief -- Boy crazy -- Jumprope -- Shrimp -- Half of you -- Say when -- I Hope I'm wrong.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Doomtree Records, LLC 2018

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP DES

Summary: When the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE OFF

Maltby, Richard

Contents: Life is just a bowl of cherries (2:31) -- Fosse's world (3:01) -- Bye bye blackbird (3:40) -- Big spender (4:20) -- Crunchy granola suite (7:26) -- I wanna be a dancin' man (5:46) -- Steam heat (4:03) -- I gotcha (3:58) -- Rich man's frug (3:41) -- Silky thoughts/Cool hand Luke (3:36) -- Dancin' Dan (Me and my shadow) (3:11) -- Nowadays (3:33) -- The hot honey rag (1:42) -- Take off with us :...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Victor 1999

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC FOS

Summary: Their only enemy is the status quo. Their only friend is chaos. Trace the origins of the deadly drug Supercool; see Jesus in strange places; deal with an infestation of Friars; and use way too many ninja throwing stars.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UPR

Alcott, Louisa May

Summary: Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALC