Today's Diversion is two-fold. Above the jump is a pack of corgis. Awwwwww! After the jump is an example of how much better the world would be if teen mall-pop was all about subversive science fiction writers. Double Diversion! more ›

Michael Morowitz of the Local Beet tipped us to this commercial for Sunsweet prunes featuring Waukegan's native son, Ray Bradbury. more ›

Sometimes you’ve just got to have a parade. But if you’re Columbia College’s Manifest Urban Arts Festival, you have the Spectacle Fortuna Parade of Creativity. Wishing good fortune upon seniors and graduate students before they hit the brick wall that is a 9.4 percent unemployment rate, the Spectacle Fortuna will fill the streets with hundreds of Ray Bradbury-inspired giant puppets, the punk marching band, Mucca Pazza, and ephemera created by the talented students, faculty and staff. more ›

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First off, you guys are awesome. We got so many great recommendations for scary books for this month's Convince Us. more ›

Holy son of a gun, there is a lot going on in Chicago this weekend. And it is going to be HOT. And if you're anything like Chicagoist--lacking A/C in the ay pee tee--you may be thinking: "hmmm, McCormick Place may not be such a bad place to spend my weekend." In that case, lucky you, because the American Library Association will be there, hosting its 2005 Annual Conference. more ›