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Adult Programs

  • Search Engines
    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 9:30am
    Interactive Classroom

    Learn strategies for using Google and Bing more effectively.

  • Essentials of Google Docs
    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 2:00pm
    Interactive Classroom

    Learn tips on how to create and share your work using a free web-based word processing program. A Google account is required. If you do not have a Google account, please come to the class 15 minutes before the class to create one.

  • Food Patriots
    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Auditorium

    Northbrook filmmaker Jeff Spitz discusses food, health, and the environment. Sparked by his son's struggle with foodborne illness, Spitz created Food Patriots, a humorous documentary on nutrition and the people who are leading the good food revolution. Last year Spitz sparked discussion of raising backyard chickens, a topic which is featured in the film.

    This will be the first viewing in Northbrook. A question and answer session will follow the screening.

  • Kindle Reader ebook Class
    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 10:00am
    Interactive Classroom

    Learn how to get a library ebook onto your Kindle reader! Bring you device and your library card and USB cable, if your Kindle is not Wi-Fi compatible. This class is NOT designed for Kindle Fire user...

  • The Gang's All Here
    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 1:00pm
    Auditorium

    A soldier (Eugene Pallette) falls for a chorus girl (Alice Faye) and then has to leave on active duty in the Pacific. But the real reason to watch this film is the fantastic musical numbers featuring great swing music with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, Alice Faye, and the incomparable Carmen Miranda in one of the wildest production numbers featuring chorus girls wielding gigantic bananas and other fruits..it has to be seen to be believed!
    PRESENTED IN 35MM
    1943
    103 minutes

  • The Gang's All Here
    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 7:30pm
    Auditorium

    A Soldier (Eugene Pallette) falls for a chorus girl (Alice Faye) and then has to leave on active duty in the Pacific. But the real reason to watch this film is the fantastic musical numbers featuring great swing music with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, Alice Faye, and the incomparable Carmen Miranda in one of the wildest production numbers featuring chorus girls wielding gigantic bananas and other fruits...it has to be seen to be believed!
    PRESENTED IN 35MM
    1943
    103 minutes

  • Current Events
    Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 10:00am
    Auditorium

    Voice your opinion and hear the opinions of others on the important events of the day. For today's topics see northshoreflashpoints.blogspot.com.

  • **CANCELLED* HeritageQuest Online
    Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 10:00am

    Find your ancestors and discover the past using HeritageQuest Online. Learn how to search the six core areas,  including U.S.
    Federal Censuses, indexes to genealogy and local history periodicals;  Revolutionary War records; and local and family histories.  There will be hands-on practice for the last part of the class.

  • Tablet/Smartphone ebook Class
    Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 2:00pm
    Interactive Classroom

    Learn how to get a library ebook onto your tablet or smartphone! For Apple, Android, and NOOK Color and NOOK Tablet users. Bring you device and your library card.

  • Suspicious Minds: Gone Girl
    Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Pollak Room

    Leah White leads a discussion of the hugely popular thriller "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn as part of the Suspicious Minds mystery discussion group.

    A man is suspected of murdering his wife after she disappears on their fifth wedding anniversary.