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Friday 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm

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Events

  • Drop-In Summer Storytime
    Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 10:30am
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Storytime for Toddlers (24-36 months and caregiver)
    and Preschoolers (Ages 3-5)

  • Guided Meditation
    Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 11:00am
    Pollak Room

    Om Johari teaches meditation techniques. Relax, renew, refresh and experience the stress-relieving benefits of meditation during guided sessions.

  • The Maker Lab (Drop-In)
    Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 3:00pm
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Want to take the Summer Reading Club further and get a Create or Play stamp for your passport? Drop-in to write a new book ending or create a book related craft or movie. We'll have the supplies; you bring the ideas. Completed projects can be displayed in our Create/Play Gallery. For Youth Summer Reading Club participants only.

  • Detective Club
    Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Join us for some code cracking, secret messaging and other crime-solving activities. Solve a mystery in the library using your sleuthing skills. Need to attend all three sessions.

  • Great Ideas
    Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 10:00am
    Pollak Room

    Focus on Russian history.

  • Wee Play - Drop In (0-24 months with adult)
    Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 10:00am
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Music, Mother Goose, rhymes, giggles and books for caregiver and baby. Both sessions are for birth to 24 months.

  • Born Digital: Teen ePub (Grades 6-12)
    Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 3:00pm

    Do you have a story to tell?

    Learn the art of electronic book publishing and be ready to experiment with a variety of media (embedded pictures, music, movies, links) to help tell your tale. In this 7-week program (1st meeting is mandatory, the last is your deadline and the rest are open labs) we’ll focus on helping you craft a strong story and turn it into a multidimensional ebook, downloadable from the library’s website. Please come with a written story (even if it’s rough).

    Thursday, June 13, 2-4 p.m. MANDATORY MEETING

    Every Thursday (except July 4th) from June 20 – July 18, 3-4 p.m. OPEN LAB

    Thursday, July 25, 3-4 p.m. DEADLINE

  • Chicago YIVO - Duo Controverso
    Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Auditorium

    “The World’s First and Only Klezmer Harpist.” Beyond merely adapting Jewish tunes to the harp, Annette Bjorling creates a unique voice that fits naturally within the idiom of Yiddish music. Kurt Bjorling is director of the Chicago Klezmer Ensemble and a member of Brave Old World. He has also toured and recorded with the Klezmatics and violinist Itzhak Perlman. In addition to his Yiddish music, he has been active playing jazz, chamber music and various styles of ethnic music, as well as performing music for theater.

  • Northbrook Voices
    Friday, July 12, 2013
    Interactive Classroom

    Northbrook Voices is an oral history project co-sponsored by the Northbrook Historical Society and the Northbrook Public Library. Our mission is to record and preserve the stories of life in Northbrook for the education and enrichment of future generations.

  • Gentle Yoga
    Friday, July 12, 2013 - 10:30am
    Auditorium

    Yoga instructor Olga Rudiak leads a series of yoga sessions for improved physical strength, relaxation and mental clarity. Exercises are done in a chair or standing not on the floor.

Current Art Exhibit:
The Art School in Glenview