Dates to From the Director’s Desk Remember Wishing you a bountiful, glorious holiday season full of great Early Voting: food, family and friends!
October 22- November 5 Winter is fast approaching we will see what it brings us this RY See page 2 for times. year. As always, there are many things happening here at the Quiet Room. library. Concerts will be on the first Friday of the month Enter on Upper Level. November through April. [Details pages 6 & 7]
Thanksgiving Holiday: Our winter concert season kicks off early this year with a special concert celebrating the Beatles’ 50th anniversary of Closing at 5 p.m. the release of the White Album. Sure is hard to believe it was Wed., Nov. 21, 2018. 50 years ago, am I the only one stunned by this? Closed Thursday, The local group CLASSIC will kick off our new season on November 22, 2018. Friday, November 2nd at 6:30 p.m. Since the Beatles are important to so many of us, we decided to make a day of it Closed Friday, Dec. 7 at the library. We will have Beatles trivia and some other for staff training. surprises. Wear your best Beatles shirt or 60s outfit and relive Doors open 6:00 p.m. the excitement of the late 60s. Concert at 6:30 p.m.
Early voting will be taking place so the library will be open Christmas Holidays:
for that until 7:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m. on the stage we will have Closed Monday, LANSING PUBLIC LIBRA 60’s trivia. Join us throughout the day for Beatles fun! Dec. 24 & Tuesday, You may even win a prize. Dec. 25, 2018.
If you have been meaning to learn more about how to use your New Year’s Holidays: computer you may want to join us for a class. Dan Cuthbert Closing at 1:00 p.m.
Limited Limited Edition has been added as an instructor. Hopefully you have met Dan Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. back at the Info Desk and he has been able to assist you with Closed Tuesday, your other library needs. Please check the newsletter for topics January 1, 2019. and times. [Details page 5] Volume Issue Library Hours: We held our first How-To Festival in September and are November 2018- Monday-Thursday already planning our next one for Saturday, February 9, 2019. December 2018 If you have a hobby or a skill you think others might like to 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. learn in a 30-minute session please fill out the How to Festival Friday & Saturday Presenter form https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/howto2019 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
We would love to have you join the fun. The deadline is approaching! Apply no later than Friday, November 23. 2750 Indiana Avenue
Lansing, IL 60438-2226 Lansing Historical Society will hold their Annual Festival of Lights Tree Lighting Ceremony on Monday, November 26 Phone: 708-474-2447 at 6:00 p.m. The TF South Choir will be here to begin the www.lansingpl.org season with song! If you have never visited this exhibit presented by the Society every year you owe it to yourself and your family to stop by. They have over 40 trees decorated by In This Issue country and a few extra surprises. It will be a beautiful Adult Events addition to your family holiday traditions. Concerts [Complete exhibit hours page 3] Computer Classes Please visit the Library or “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all Early Voting our website for updates to the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. Featured Resources program information. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. Festival of Lights www.lansingpl.org I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!” ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Friends & Groups Director: Deborah Albrecht Teen Events Editor: Kelli Staley Debbie Albrecht Winter Reading Graphic Design: Kelli Staley Director Youth Events Adult Events, Friends & Groups
Early Voting: Gubernatorial General Election October 22 through November 5 on the Upper Level
Monday, October 22—Saturday, October 27 from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 28 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday, October 29—Friday, November 2 from 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Saturday, November 3 from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Sunday, November 4 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday, November 5 from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 6: Election Day. Vote at your assigned polling place from6:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Register for Adult Events at the The popular knitting & crochet Make It Class: Information Desk, on our circle “Purls of Wisdom” Fabric Wreath website, or by phone at meets on the upper level Friday, Nov. 9 at 474-2447 of the library. Bring 10:00 a.m. in the your own supplies. Community Room Group Events: Beginners always welcome! Everyone loves a Creative Writers Group wreath for the 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. holidays. We will be using small in the Community November 7 & 21 hoops and strips of material to Room December 5 & 19 make festive wreaths for
Age 18 & up. Fridays: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Thanksgiving or Christmas, New writers are always November 2, 16 & 30 or any day you want to celebrate. welcome. December 14 & 28 To attend this class you need to be Saturdays: November 3 & 17, able to tie a double knot. December 1 & 15 Beatles’ Day! Anyone 18 and over may attend
The Lansing Business Friday, Nov. 2 this class. Limit 12. Women’s Association is [details page 1] Registration is required. cutting and sorting 1960’s trivia at coupons for our military 6:00 p.m. families overseas. Donate your followed by CLASSIC unexpired coupons! Join us on the performing at 6:30 p.m. first Monday of each month upstairs in the Library The Village at 9:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of Lansing Book Sales Any person needing an is hosting a Members Only 9 a.m.-10 a.m. accommodation for a guest speaker from IDHR to General Public disability at any library present an Introduction to 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. sponsored meeting, event the Illinois Department of or activity should contact Friends memberships are Deborah Albrecht, Director, Human Rights on available at the door. Lansing Public Library by phone at Wed., Nov. 7 at 6:00 p.m. at the Saturday, November 10 708-474-2447, or in writing five (5) Library. Everyone is welcome, Saturday, December 8 working days prior to the event. event is open to the public.
Page 2 LIMITED EDITION Adult Events, Festival of Lights Friends Meeting staff member, along with access to Historical Society Monday, Nov. 12 the subscription databases. Doing research in a group lets us share our Holiday Hours at 6:30 p.m. Festival of Lights in the Community Room. challenges and the thrill of breaking down our brick walls. Come join in Exhibit Hours Visitors are welcome. with the camaraderie of doing Open Nov. 26 through Jan. 5, 2019 family history together. Women of World Mondays: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. War II: On the Be a Presenter!: Tuesdays: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Front Lines: the Wednesdays: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. How-To Festival. Thursdays: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Home Front Details & presenter form Fridays: Museum Closed Wednesday, Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Nov. 14 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ at 6:30 p.m. in howto2019 *Fri., Dec 1 only 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. the Community Deadline: Friday, Nov. 23 This exhibit features more than 30 Room tree representing different countries as well as organizations in our During World War II, American Movie community. Besides the trees, there women took on many new roles, Sponsored by Friends of are exhibits, costumes, crèches, and both in the military and as civilians. Lansing Library explanations of holiday customs from Beyond Rosie the Riveter and the around the world. Atomic Girls, women made Darkest Hour Monday, Nov. 26 at 11:00 a.m. To arrange tours at other times, incredible contributions to the war contact Barb Dust at (708) 474-7497. effort. One of the civilian avenues in the Community Room During the early days of World War was through the American Red II, the fate of Western Europe hangs Cross Club Mobile program, which ages from a neighbor’s tunnel on the newly appointed British Prime was essentially a mobile club, exodus, their response was to Minister, Winston Churchill, who featuring doughnuts, coffee, and build their own tunnel-bigger, must decide whether to negotiate good old American girl-next-door better, and faster. friendliness, all served up at the with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds. 125 min. They were led by an eighty-one- front lines in Europe, Southeast year-old man and pulled off one Rated PG-13. No movie in December. Asia, India, and Australia - of the most daring tunnel escapes wherever the troops were to be to freedom. The Greatest found. Author Barb Warner Deane Author Lou Macaluso will talk Escape will tell the story of one of those, about his latest book The Greatest Tuesday, the American Red Cross Club Escape a chilling thriller based Mobile program. Nov. 27 on the true story of one of the at 6:30 p.m. in most daring escapes from East to Dead Relatives the Community West Berlin during the Cold War. Society Room Saturdays: Nov. 17 & A Berlin trip a few Dec. 15 from years ago rekindled the author’s After Hours Concert: 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. twenty-year fascination with a Sweet Reminders of Meets in Study Room 2. daring, true, tunnel escape from Christmas Come join us to do research. East to West Berlin during the Friday, December 7 This is an informal study/research height of the Cold War. at 6:30 p.m. on the Stage. group that meets at the library. The Doors open at 6:00 p.m. library supplies computers (but you A group of senior citizens were rejected because of their More concerts on page 6-7 can bring your own laptop) and a
LIMITED EDITION Page 3 Adult Events Adult Book Discussions Chicago Holiday Traditions with Book discussions are open to anyone who want to Krista August participate. Books are available at the Circulation Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. Desk one month before each discussion. in the Community Room Krista takes us on a virtual tour of Thursday, November 1 at 6:30 p.m. popular holiday attractions in ‘Avid Reads’ in the Brick Room Millennium Park and the Chicago Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak Loop. Enjoy local history while reveling in this most wonderful time of year! Thursday, November 8 at 6:30 p.m. Topics covered include the municipal Christmas ‘Reality Check’ in the Brick Room tree, the Christmas schooner, caroling at the Cloud A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel Gate, downtown ice skating, wreathing the Art Institute lions, Chicago’s holiday train, State Street Thursday, November 15 at 6:30 p.m. traditions, Marshall Fields memories, and the ‘Murder & Mayhem’ in the Brick Room Christkindlmarket. No Good Deed by Allison Brennan
Neighborhood Watch Beat 4, meets Thursday, December 6 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. ‘Avid Reads’ in the Brick Room in the Community Room Wishin’ & Hopin’: A Christmas Story Everyone is welcome. by Wally Lamb Neighborhood Watch consists of neighbors who are committed to maintaining the safety and quality Thursday, December 13 at 6:30 p.m. of life on their residential block. The Neighborhood ‘Reality Check’ in the Brick Room Watch program counts on citizens to organize Mr. Dickens and His Carol themselves, work with the Lansing Police Department by Samantha Silva through a Neighborhood Police Liaison, and keep a trained eye on their neighborhood. It is through that persistent presence that criminals are deterred or not Thursday, December 20 at 6:30 p.m. given the opportunity to commit a crime. Participants ‘Murder & Mayhem’ in the Brick Room also have the opportunity to communicate their safety Read one of the “Dublin Murder Squad” and quality of life concerns to the assigned Liaisons, novels by Tana French: who may be able to help resolve emerging In the Woods neighborhood problems. The Likeness Faithful Place Make It Class: Broken Harbor Little Greeting Card Boxes The Secret Place Friday, Dec. 14 at 10:00 a.m. The Trespasser in the Community Room We will be making little gift Thursday, January 3 at 6:30 p.m. boxes out of Christmas Cards. ‘Avid Reads’ in the Brick Room It’s all in the folding. Come on in The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes and learn how. Anyone 18 and over may attend this class. Limit 12. Registration is required. Adult Winter Reading Program January 2 through February 25 Save the date: How-To Festival Saturday, Feb. 9 from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Page 4 LIMITED EDITION Computer & Technology Classes with Dan Register on our website. Intro to Black Friday PowerPoint 2013 Made Easier Intro to Facebook Thursday, Thursday, December 27 Thursday, November 8 November 15 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. from 6:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m. & from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Study Room 2 Thursday, December 13 in Study Room 2 We will explore the basics of from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. We will explore how to prepare setting up and using a Facebook in Study Room 2 for Black Friday deals utilizing account. We will explore the basics of online websites and resources to Prerequisite: Introductory PowerPoint 2013 to help create help make the day a breeze. knowledge of computers and dynamic presentations or even Limit 5. Registration required. Internet browsing. just a unique way to show off the Limit 5. Registration required. family photos! Christmas Prerequisite: Introductory Cards with Intro to knowledge of computers. Publisher Microsoft Limit 5. Registration required. 2013 Windows 10 Tuesday, November 20 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. & Tuesday, November 6 Intro to Tuesday, December 18 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Publisher 2013 from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. in in Study Room 2 Study Room 2 We will explore how to navigate Tuesday, November 13 We will explore how to create a and use the Windows 10 operating from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. & Christmas card in time for the system. Tuesday, December 11 holidays! Limit 5. Registration required. from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Prerequisite: Introductory in Study Room 2 knowledge of Publisher 2013 We will explore the basics of and a flash drive or email using Publisher 2013 to create address to save your work. unique and creative projects. (*Flash drives are available for Intro to Pinterest Prerequisite: Introductory $7 at the Circulation Desk.) Tuesday, November 1 knowledge of computers. Limit 5. Registration required. from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. & Limit 5. Registration required. Tuesday, December 4 from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. 21st Century Couponing in Study Room 2 Thursday, December 6 Intro to eBay We will explore how to setup and from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 20 use the website Pinterest to make in Study Room 2 from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. those holiday decoration ideas We will learn different couponing in Study Room 2 easy to find or stimulate ideas for techniques to help you save without We will explore the basics of those holiday shopping lists! clipping from the newspaper! setting up and browsing the Prerequisite: Introductory Limit 5. Registration required. eBay website. knowledge of computers and Limit 5. Registration required. Internet browsing. Limit 5. Registration required.
LIMITED EDITION Page 5 Free admission. No reservations needed. All ages. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. Upper level, on the library stage at 2750 Indiana Avenue, Lansing, IL 60438 708-474-2447 http://www.lansingpl.org
Classic. presents a Beatles Tribute Concert to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles’ White Album. The concert will feature many of the Beatles’ most popular and memorable songs – lots of keyboard, guitar, percussion, harmonies!
CLASSIC. is a dynamic rock and pop band from Lansing, IL and has played concerts for the Lansing Public Library, Autumn Fest, and for many other local venues.
Please join us!
Sweet Reminders of Christmas Chock full of Christmas cheer, Sweet Reminders of Christmas lets you usher in the most wonderful time of the year with many holiday classics that are near and dear to your heart! This heart-warming performance showcases the fun and delightful as well as the more meaningful memorable Christmas melodies.
The magic of the season unfolds with playful picks such as Suzy Snowflake and Holly Jolly Christmas. And the familiar sounds of such beloved songs as Winter Wonderland, Let it Snow and The Christmas Song are sure to deliver many Sweet Reminders of Christmases past. From silly to touching, the songs in Sweet Reminders of Christmas are sure to get you in the mood to deck your halls and jingle your bells!
The Bourbon Aristocracy Playing 100-proof bottled-in-bond Kentucky bluegrass - authentic traditional music from a simpler time, The Bourbon Aristocracy's repertoire includes bluegrass classics from artists such as Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, Del McCoury, Stanley Brothers, and many more - alongside more recent bluegrass favorites and songs by classic country Page 6 artists like Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. Free admission. No reservations needed. All ages. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. Upper level, on the library stage at 2750 Indiana Avenue, Lansing, IL 60438 708-474-2447 http://www.lansingpl.org
Phil & Amy Best of Broadway. Phil & Amy have been capturing audiences everywhere with their magical repertoire of unique duets and solos. Both are accomplished vocalists, musicians and recording artists with a special love for the finest selections of show tunes, classics and memory lane favorites. They will surely entertain you with an evening of musical Broadway favorites.
Character Fleadh Since its formation in 2008, Character Fleadh has performed at Irish bars, weddings, colleges, and festivals throughout Chicago and the Midwest. Founder Ethan Sellers has guided the band through a number of line-up changes while maintaining a top-quality ensemble comprised of some of the Chicago area's finest Irish and Scottish musicians. The group's two most recent recordings enjoy airplay on Irish music specialty shows on WHPK, WDCB, and WEFT.
Chicago Soul Revue is an authentic tribute to the classic soul of Motown, Memphis, Philly and Chicago. We will take you on a voyage to the late sixties, where Aretha Franklin was Queen and Motown was the “it” on the radio. Lead vocalist Felicia Patton and one of the most serious backing bands in Chicago will give you a taste of soul that will keep you on your feet and make you weak in the knees. If you love Bill Withers, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Clarence Carter and Aretha, you’ll love CSR. Thank you to Friends of Lansing Library for their sponsorship of the concerts! Page 7 Featured Online Resources
The library subscribes to a AtoZdatabases is the Learn about other cultures with our variety of online resources Premier Job Search, travel resources: which can be accessed from Reference & Mailing anywhere, any time of day List Database including AtoZ the USA is here (with the exception of Ancestry 30 million business & for you to explore, enjoy, Library Edition.) Visit the Learn executive profiles & 240 million and use. residents. Ideal for sales leads, section of our website for more! mailing lists, market research, 127 Feature articles for every US employment opportunities, finding state and territory Your Lansing Library Card friends and relatives, and much unlocks free access to the online more! Learn how to use 103 Feature articles for the USA resources, in addition to e-books, AtoZdatabases with the online as a country digital magazines, and tutorial or ask staff for help. Video dictionaries to help you downloadable audiobooks. learn geography We're here to help students prepare This issue, we are highlighting state reports, researchers find detailed information about the these resources of the many we country and individual states, and offer: teachers with study plans.
A to Z World Travel The Careers College features features 202 With Media on Demand from self-paced, online job search World OverDrive, you can borrow and courseware and career transition Cities with enjoy free eBooks, audiobooks, and resources. Learn how to use 88 Topics per City such as: Travel: more from your library's digital The Careers College with the online What are the passport and visa collection. All you need to get tutorial or ask staff for help. requirements? What are started is an internet connection, a immunization requirements? What is library card, and these three steps: Consumer Reports is an the climate like? Culture: What are independent, nonprofit the usual greetings and courtesies? 1. Find Your Library member organization What are the national holidays and that works side by side festivals? Food: What is the national 2. Borrow with consumers for and local cuisine? What are some recipes for local favorites? 3. Enjoy truth, transparency, and fairness in the marketplace. We use our rigorous Security: What is the local security You can also transfer titles from research, consumer insights, assessment? What are the current your computer to compatible journalism, and policy expertise to travel warnings? eReaders or MP3 players. inform purchase decisions, improve the products and services that Global Road Visit the Link section of our businesses deliver, and drive Warrior, which website for more downloadable regulatory and fair competitive subtitles itself as 'the content from Biblioboard, practices. Learn how to use ultimate guide to the Freading and RBdigital! Consumer Reports with the online world' or 'the ultimate business travel Learn how to use Media on tutorial or ask staff for help. guide" provides a broad range of Demand with the online practical information, available in tutorial or ask staff for help. twenty broad subject categories, for over 175 countries. Includes numerous maps and images.
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All of our Children and Teen events encourage children and parents to Come join Mi Casita Bilingual are open to the public. They do not share 1,000 books before kids Playgroup for a fun, enriching require a library card or registration enter kindergarten. Come to the playgroup filled with activities unless otherwise indicated. desk to get your record sheet and designed to enhance your child’s For some programs supplies may language development in both be limited. If you want to secure start reading! Every 100 books your spot, we advise you show up earns you a prize in addition to the English and Spanish. Help your early, and let us know you’re here big prize at the end of all 1,000! child experience the benefits of for this program. We thank you for No sign-up required. bilingual development while they your enthusiasm! learn through play. Morning Storytime Sessions Acompáñenos a nuestro grupo de Outreach Beginning September 5 and juego bilingüe Mi Casita para un Lansing Public Library loves to ending December 20. momento divertido y enriquecedor venture out and be part of our No storytime the week of Thanksgiving. lleno de actividades diseñadas para community. Take a look at some No sign-up required. mejorar el desarrollo de lenguaje of the ways we bring the library Baby Storytime (Birth – 24 mos.): de su hijo en Inglés y Español. to you: Mondays at 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. Deje que su hijo experimente los Toddler Storytime (24-36 mos.): beneficios del desarrollo bilingüe Book Talk at Nathan Hale Wednesdays at 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. mientras aprenden a través del Twice a month the library visits Preschool Storytime (3-5 years): juego. Nathan Hale Elementary School to Thursdays at 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. bring them books and information. We share silly stories, reader’s Silly Songs choice nominated books, and let Tuesdays @ 5:30 p.m. the students and teachers know all November 13 & 27 about library resources and December 11 upcoming events. [Family Event]
Brick Room Family STEAM Nights: Library Lunch at TF South Come sing along to some silly Every Wednesday the library DIY Snow ukulele songs! Make some noise Monday, November 19 invites TF South students to and get silly at your library! come and hang out during their @ 5:30 p.m. Our favorite hits include [Ages 5-10] lunch break. What better way to “Wheels on the Bus,” “Bingo,” spend your lunch than by getting Community Room and “Ants Go Marching.” Do you want to build a snowman? away from the crowds and Come and make DIY snow using instead chatting with great Mi Casita household items! people about great books? Bilingual
Playgroup Family STEAM Nights: Recurring Programs 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Snowball Catapults Tuesdays @ Monday, December 10 [Preschool] 5:30 p.m. Youth Desk @ 5:30 p.m. [Ages 5-10] Reading is incredibly important November 6 & 20 for developing language and Community Room December 4 & 18 Build a catapult using simple vocabulary in young children. [Ages 8 and under] 1,000 Books Before supplies and see how far you can Brick Room launch your “snowball” pom pom. Kindergarten is a campaign to LIMITED EDITION Page 9 Youth Events Bookworm Circle Sensory Exploration Paint a Bookend! [Grades 3-5] Saturdays from 12:00 p.m.- Tuesday, Dec. 4 @ 6:00 p.m. Community Room 3:00 p.m. on November 24 [Grades 1-5] Come join our book & December 8 Community Room club! Stop by anytime in the month [Ages 12 and Under] Come to paint a bookend so we to pick up your Book Club Kit, and Community Room can show it off in the library! come back to chat about the book, Squishy, powdery, flakey, wet, Pick a favorite book and paint your eat snacks, and participate in fun hard, soft, squelchy, and down bookend like it, or just paint activities about this book! Limited right interesting! Our sensory bins whatever you want! When it dries, to the first twelve people. No sign-up required, but will be full of new things to we will put them in the library attendees must have read the touch, squish, and experiment where everyone can see your book. with every month. work! Supplies may be limited.
Tuesday, November 20 Youth Events Make a Snowflake @ 6:00 p.m. Staff Door Decorating Contest Wednesday, Dec. 5 @ 6:00 p.m. Bridge to Terabithia December 1-31 [Ages 5-12] by Katherine Paterson [All ages] Community Room Lower Level Let’s celebrate the coming winter! Sensitive Sensory The Youth Department staff will Get crafty by cutting and Explorers be decorating doors on the lower decorating your own snowflake Saturdays level of the library! Come in to ornaments. from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. vote for your favorite door! on Nov. 24 & Dec. 8 Holiday Family Event! Community Room Winter Wizard Reading Thursday, Dec. 6 @ 6:00 p.m. [Ages 12 and Under] Tournament [Ages 5-10] For our young patrons with December 1-February 2 Community Room special needs and/or sensory [Family Event] This is a fun family event where issues we are opening Sensory Come to the library and be sorted parents can bring their children Exploration one hour early into one of the four Houses of and sing along to our favorite EXCLUSIVELY for you! Hogwarts for our third annual holiday music, listen to our Come explore our 5 different Harry Potter-themed favorite Christmas stories read sensory tables with your hands, Winter Wizard Reading out-loud, and participate in ears, eyes, and noses. Tournament. Participants will hands-on holiday arts & (No tasting, please.) This time is earn points for their Houses by crafts. Snacks will be provided. set apart by low lighting, a calm reading any book and can earn Supplies may be limited. environment, and you! We hope extra points for reading families will come and make suggestions from their House Painting Pinecones friends and find support while Librarian. Readers of all ages can Monday, Dec. 17 having fun. The doors will open join together to see their House @ 5:00 p.m. to all patrons after the first hour win the coveted Reading Cup! [Ages 18 and Under] and you are welcome to stay as Parents are welcome to get sorted Community Room long as you like. too and compete alongside their What symbolizes the holiday children. Stop by the Youth season more than pinecones? Department desk for more Come and decorate a pinecone to information. hang outside, use as an ornament,
Page 10 LIMITED EDITION For more information about library events and services, visit the Youth Dept., Youth Events Teen Events or call 474-2447 or keepsake. These decorative Teen Events pieces will become a cherished Staff Door Decorating Contest memory for your child and December 1-31 family. Supplies may be limited. [All ages] Lower Level Create Your The Youth Department staff will Own Wand! be decorating doors on the lower Tuesday, Dec. 18 level of the library! Come in to @ 6:00 p.m. vote for your favorite door! [Grades 1-5] Japanese Culture Day Community Room Saturday, November 3 Come create your own wand, @ 2:00 p.m. just like Harry Potter's! This [Grades 6-12] wand will be carefully crafted Teen Zone for you! All you have to do is Limit 15. Registration required. apply a lot of paint and a little Register on our website. bit of magic! Supplies limited to Winter Wizard Reading Culture Day is a national the first 12 people. Tournament holiday held annually in Japan on December 1-February 2 November 3rd for the purpose of Paint and Sip… Juice Boxes [Family Event] promoting culture and the arts. Saturdays @ 11:30 a.m. Come to the library and be sorted Although we are not in Japan, we November 10 & December 22 into one of the four Houses of can celebrate its culture here at [Ages 18 and under] Hogwarts for our third annual Lansing Library! Let’s discuss Why should adults have all the Harry Potter-themed anime/manga, eat traditional fun? Come create a masterpiece Winter Wizard Reading Japanese desserts, listen to all your own when we host our Tournament. Participants will Japanese music, and create very own paint morning! Light earn points for their Houses by traditional Japanese art. refreshments will be served. reading any book and can earn Supplies may be limited. extra points for reading Learn how to speak Japanese suggestions from their House (or many other Science Project Librarian. Readers of all ages can languages) with Season! join together to see their House Mango Languages! Designed to meet win the coveted Reading Cup! every student Parents are welcome to get sorted Access from anywhere, free researcher’s with your Lansing Library needs, Science Reference Center too and compete alongside their contains full text for hundreds of children. Stop by the Youth Card. Click on “Learn” science magazines, journals, Department desk for more on our webpage. encyclopedias, reference books information. and a vast collection of images. Learn how to use SRC with the online tutorial or ask staff for help. Access from anywhere, free with your Lansing Library Card. Click on “Online Resources” on our webpage.
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Teen Zone: Are you in high Teen Volunteer Anime Club school? Then this space in the Board Tuesdays @ library is just for YOU. Come by Tuesdays 4:30 p.m. and check out our PS4 and Wii-U @ 4:30 p.m. November 20 & gaming systems, huge TV, and November 6 & December 18 comfy furniture. Not into games? December 4 Go upstairs and find a movie for [Grades 6-12] [Grades 6-12] us to watch. Sit in the back and Teen Zone Teen Zone chat with friends or do some Are you a teen who loves the Do you love anime? Are you a homework in a quiet corner. library? This is the club for you! true otaku? This is the club for Open 4:00-7:00 p.m. Mondays- We will talk about how teens can you! We will talk about all things Thursdays and 2:00-4:00 p.m. help make the library the best anime, manga, and pop culture on Saturdays as staffing allows. place. Bring your ideas and from Japan. Activities will focus suggestions and we will provide on your favorite fandoms. Chat Room: After school every snacks. This program counts for day we invite teens Grades 6-12 an hour of volunteer service and to hang out in our chat room to will prepare teens for other relax, unwind, and catch up with opportunities in the library. friends after a long day at school. Join us every week for: Teen Movie Club Tuesdays Make It Mondays--DIY and @ 4:00 p.m. crafts, you guys! New time! November 13 & Club Tuesdays--Each Tuesday December 11 we’ll have a different club for you [Grades 9-12] Adulting 101 to participate in. Teen Zone Tuesday @ 4:30 p.m. Join the Teen Movie Club this November 27 Gamer Wednesdays--Uno, Giant school year! It’s the perfect club [Grades 9-12] Connect 4, Just Dance, and much for you if you want to eat snacks Teen Zone more. See what there is to explore and watch and discuss movies I don’t really have to get my car’s each Wednesday. with your friends. Who knows? oil changed, do I? Why can’t I Maybe you’ll find a new favorite just throw all my laundry in at Theater Thursdays--You pick movie or a new favorite person once? Cook? By myself?! Let the movie, we’ll provide the through your mutual love of alone the idea of moving out, snack. Sit back and relax. The great film. We will meet once a paying rent, or whatever this week is almost over! month in the Teen Zone. credit score thing is. If you need
Movies sponsored by Friends of help doing the adulting things, Freedom Fridays--You made it Lansing Library. we’re here for you! to Friday! Congratulations.
Today we’ll just relax and chat.
Remember that the Chat Room
will close at 4:30 p.m. and the
library closes at 5:00 p.m. on
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Make It Monday: Ozobot Bowling Monday, November 19 Are you happy with the service @ 3:30 p.m. you received at the library? [Grades 6-12] Would you like to tell us about it? Community Room Stop by any service desk for a Practice simple coding with Lansing Public Library Ozobots. See if you can Patron Applause form. program a robot to knock down We'd love to hear from you! all the pins. What do you like to read? Is there a particular book Make It Monday: Do you like dystopian fiction? you wish the library had? Tech-friendly Paranormal romance? A movie or video game Gloves Psychological thrillers? Horror? you think we should buy? Monday, Science fiction? Fantasy? Tell us! Log into your December 10 Female protagonists? account at lansingpl.org with your @ 3:30 p.m. Stories set in a specific location? library card number and PIN and [Grades 6-12] NoveList can help you find new make a request! Community Room favorites based on what you like
to read. Did you know that Make gloves that will work library cards are with your smartphone. FREE?! Kids with Supplies may be limited. Are you just waiting and waiting school IDs from for your favorite author to finish Lansing Public Schools just need Candy Kabobs another book? Find new authors who write like to present their ID, fill out a half Wednesday, your favorites! page form and have it signed by a December 19 parent/guardian. When you bring @ 4:00 p.m. the form back, you get a free card! [Grades 6-12] How do you find the next title Don't have an ID? No problem! Community Room in a series? NoveList has them in order! Bring a parent with you with their Come to make candy kabobs to
ID and some mail and you can still take and eat or to wrap as gifts Ask a librarian how to get started, get a free library card! for your family. The candy and wrapping will be provided for or view the NoveList tutorial on Make It Monday: you, just come, make and enjoy! our website. Click on “Discover” Shrinky-Dinks Supplies may be limited. then “Readers Advisory” to get Monday, started. November 12 @ 3:30 p.m. [Grades 6-12] Image Release Community Room All program registrants Come watch your art shrink! and participants must permit the taking and use of their image in You’ll be amazed when your future library publications, drawing comes out of the oven! both printed and electronic. Supplies may be limited.
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Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Beatles Day! 2 3 Early Voting 10-4 Early Voting 9-7 Early Voting 9-7 Early Voting 9-7 Early Voting 9-7 Early Voting 9-7 Early Voting 9-5 Baby Storytime Instagram 101 Toddler 10:30 & 11:30 Preschool Storytime Knit 10:00 Writers Group 10:00-12:30 10:30 & 11:30 2-3:30 10:30 & 11:30 1960’s Trivia 6:00 Japanese Culture 2:00 Make It Monday 3:30 Silly Songs 5:30 Intro to Pinterest 2-3:30 Concert: CLASSIC. Family STEAM 5:30 Bookworm Circle 6:00 Avid Reads Disc. 6:30 (Beatles tribute) 6:30 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Early Voting 10-4 Early Voting 9-5 Election Day 6a-7p Knit 10:00 Preschool Storytime Make It 10:00 Book Sale 9-1 Coupon Cutting 9:30&6 Intro to Windows 10 Toddler 10:30 & 11:30 10:30 & 11:30 members only 9-10 Baby Storytime 2-3:30 Introduction to the Intro to PowerPoint Paint & Sip… 10:30 & 11:30 Teen Volunteer 4:30 Illinois Department of 6-7:30 Juice Boxes 11:30 Mi Casita 5:30 Human Rights 6:00 Reality Check Disc. 6:30 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Baby Storytime Teen Movie Club 4:00 Toddler 10:30 & 11:30 Preschool Storytime Knit 10:00 Dead Relatives 9:30-11 10:30 & 11:30 Silly Songs 5:30 Women of World 10:30 & 11:30 Writers Group 10:00-12:30 Make It Monday: Shrinky Intro to Publisher 6-7:30 War II 6:30 Black Friday Made Easier Dinks 3:30 6-7:30 Friends Meeting 6:30 Murder/Mayhem 6:30 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Make It Monday: Christmas Cards in Library Open Library How-To Festival Sensitive Sensory 11-12 Ozobot Bowling 3:30 Publisher 2-3:30 Presenter Sensory Exploration Family STEAM 5:30 Anime Club 4:30 9-5 Closed 12-3 Mi Casita 5:30 Applications Knit 10:00 Bookworm Circle 6:00 Due 25 26 27 28 29 30 Dec 1 Baby Storytime Adulting 101 4:30 Toddler 10:30 & 11:30 Preschool Storytime Knit 10:00 Winter Wizard 10:30 & 11:30 Silly Songs 5:30 10:30 & 11:30 Reading Tournament Adult Movie: The Greatest Darkest Hour 11:00 Begins Escape 6:30 Writers Group 10:00-12:30 Festival of Lights Opens/ TFS Choir 6:00
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Dec. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Coupon Cutting 9:30&6 Teen Volunteer 4:30 Knit 10:00 Preschool Storytime Library Closed 9-6 Blow-Out Book Sale Baby Storytime Mi Casita 5:30 Toddler 10:30 & 11:30 10:30 & 11:30 Concert: Sweet Items Only 50¢ 9-1 10:30 & 11:30 Paint a Bookend 6:00 Make a Snowflake 6:00 Holiday Family 6:00 Reminders of Christmas Sensitive Sensory 11-12 Intro to Pinterest 6-7:30 Digital Coupons 6-7:30 6:30 Doors open at 6 Sensory Exploration Avid Reads Disc. 6:30 12-3 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Baby Storytime Intro to Publisher 2-3:30 Toddler 10:30 & 11:30 Preschool Storytime Make It 10:00 Dead Relatives 9:30-11 10:30 & 11:30 Teen Movie Club 4:00 Neighborhood Watch 6:30 10:30 & 11:30 Knit 10:00 Writers Group 10:00-12:30 Make It Monday: Tech- Silly Songs 5:30 Intro to PowerPoint Friendly Gloves 3:30 Chicago Holiday 2-3:30 Family STEAM 5:30 Traditions 6:30 Reality Check Disc. 6:30
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Baby Storytime Anime Club 4:30 Knit 10:00 Preschool Storytime Paint & Sip… 10:30 & 11:30 Mi Casita 5:30 Toddler 10:30 & 11:30 10:30 & 11:30 Juice Boxes 11:30 Painting Pinecones 6:00 Create a Wand 6:00 Candy Kabobs 4:00 Intro to eBay 6-7:30 Christmas Cards in Murder/Mayhem 6:30 Publisher 6-7:30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Library Library Intro to Facebook 2-3:30 Knit 10:00 Closed Closed
30 31 Jan 1 Jan 2 Jan 3 Jan 4 Jan 5 Library Open Library Adult Winter Avid Reads Disc. 6:30 Concert: The Reading Begins Bourbon Aristocracy Last day for 9-1 Closed (bluegrass) 6:30 Festival of Lights Doors open at 6 10-1