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Events

  • Book Discussion: Arcadia
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 10:00am
    Civic Room

    Nancy Buehler leads a discussion of "Arcadia" by Lauren Groff.

    A boy who grows up in a back-to-nature commune in 1970s New York State must come to grips with the outside world when the commune eventually fails.

  • Musical Mayhem (Families)
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 10:30am
    Auditorium

    What do you get when you combine music, shakers, scarves, and dancing? A half hour of high energy fun! Come to the library and get ready to boogie.

  • Kindle Fire ebook Class
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 2:00pm
    Interactive Classroom

    Learn how to get a library ebook onto your Kindle Fire! For Kindle Fire tablet users only. Bring you device and your library card.

  • Science Explorers (Grades 1 & 2)
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 4:15pm
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Itching to experiment? Explore basic science concepts with hands on activities. Get ready to get messy and learn something too. Call 847.272.4300 to register.

  • Springtime in Paris
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Auditorium

    Chef Michael Maddox will entertain you while preparing foods that will transport you to a French café. Menu items sure to become family favorites include smoked salmon with potato latkes and citrus crème; a wild mushroom, leek, and bell pepper strudel; and a Parisian citrus tart with caramelized Italian meringue.

    Samples and recipes will be provided.

  • Math and Science Lab (Ages 3-6)
    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:30am
    Youth Services Activity Room

    How can you make a balloon stick to the wall? Can you play a song with a rainbow? Come with an adult lab partner to learn basic science and math concepts through hands-on activities, stories, and music. Call 847.272.4300 to register.

  • Rope
    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 1:00pm
    Auditorium

    Brandon and Philip (John Dall & Farley Granger) are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend David Kentley (Dick Hogan) and as a consequence decide to murder him. Together they strangle David with a rope and placing the body in an old chest, they proceed to hold a small party. The guests include David's father, his fiancée Janet and their old schoolteacher Rupert (James Stewart) from whom they mistakenly took their ideas. As Brandon becomes increasingly more daring, Rupert begins to suspect. This film is notable for being shot in 10 uninterrupted takes with no editing. Hitchcock’s first color film. PRESENTED IN 35MM. 1948, 80 minutes.

  • Books on Tap: The Worst Hard Time
    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 7:00pm

    Books on Tap is the library's book club in a pub. Meet in the private room of the Landmark Inn to relax, talk books, and enjoy a tasty beverage and snacks.

    Leah White leads a discussion of "The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan: An oral history of the dust storms that devastated the Great Plains during the Depression, following several families and their communities in their struggle to persevere despite the devastation.

  • Rope
    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 7:30pm
    Auditorium

    Brandon and Philip (John Dall & Farley Granger) are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend David Kentley (Dick Hogan) and as a consequence decide to murder him. Together they strangle David with a rope and placing the body in an old chest, they proceed to hold a small party. The guests include David's father, his fiancée Janet and their old schoolteacher Rupert (James Stewart) from whom they mistakenly took their ideas. As Brandon becomes increasingly more daring, Rupert begins to suspect. This film is notable for being shot in 10 uninterrupted takes with no editing. Hitchcock’s first color film. PRESENTED IN 35MM. 1948, 80 minutes.

  • Great Ideas
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 10:00am
    Pollak Room

    Focus on Russian history.

Current Art Exhibit:
The Art School in Glenview