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Programs & Lectures

 

Social Security Online Services


Learn what you can do online at www.socialsecurity.gov. A representative from the Social Security Administration will show you how to apply for benefits, how to see if you qualify for benefits and how to estimate future benefits.

Tuesday, July 8, 7:00 pm, Auditorium


 

What Is American Food?


Join food historian Penelope Bingham as she unravels the history of American food and talks about our culinary melting pot. She will discuss how cookbooks and the whole culture of food and cooking have changed over the last 75 years.

Sunday, July 20, 2:00 pm, Auditorium


 

Historic Route 66


Get your kicks with historian David G. Clark as he discusses the history of Route 66 and speaks about his most recent trip.

Sunday, July 27, 2:00 pm, Auditorium


 

Nature in the White City


Architectural consultant Beth Johnson will explore the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, examining the architecture, landscape design and the birth of the forest conservation movement.

Sunday, August 10, 2:00 pm, Auditorium


 

Spoon River Anthology


Join us for a theatrical adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters' classic Spoon River Anthology. Initially adapted and directed by English teachers Paul Swanson and Mark Larson as a faculty production for the Highland Park High School Focus on the Arts Festival, Spoon River now has an expanded cast of actors and musicians.

Sunday, August 17, 2:00 pm, Auditorium


 

Discussion Series

 

First Thursday Senior Group


Please join us on the first Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m. for information of interest to older adults, along with conversation and light refreshments.

NO JULY MEETING

Next Meeting:

August 7


 

Current Events Rountable


Voice your opinion and hear the opinions of friends and neighbors on the important events of the day. The roundtable is moderated by Jerry Ripp and sponsored by the Friends of the Northbrook Public Library.

First & Third Wednesday of the month at 10:00 am,
Pollak Room

June 4 & 18 * July 2 & 16 * August 6 & 20


 

Great Ideas and Thinkers


This series focuses on ideas, thinkers and events from Constantine to World War I.

Second and Fourth Wednesday of the month
at 10:00 am, Civic Room

June 11 & 25 * July 9, 23 & 30 * August 13 & 27


 

Low Vision Group


Discuss the resources available in the community for people with low vision at our monthly support group.

Next Meeting:
July 8 at 10:00 am, Pollak Room

Topic:
Resources for the visually impaired discussed by Beth Sullivan, Certified Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapist from ENH Hospital Group.



Classes

Writing Workshops


Kathleen Anne Fleming will present a series of writing workshops. She has led creative writing workshops at libraries, schools, and art centers throughout the Midwest and is the author of three mystery novels.

Saturdays, at 2:00 pm in the Civic Room

June 21: Dialogue

July 19: Atmosphere

August 16: Characterization


 

 

 

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