EVERGREEN PARK PUBLIC Limited 9400 South Troy • 708.422.8522 • everEditiongreenparklibrary.org • June/July/Aug 2016 Summer

June 1 – August 20

Summer Reading Opening Ceremony! Saturday, Jun 11, 1 pm. • Games • Ice cream torches • Petting zoo • Face painting • A magic show starring The Great Scott!

Summer reading is for everyone! Sign up information inside. $ Families Multi-Library Geocaching Family Favorites Story Night Competition Wednesday, Aug 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, 6:30 pm All ages Register and obtain your official Families are invited to bring a that scorecard at the Reference desk any your family enjoys each week to time after June 1. Visit up to 21 share. Feel free to wear your pajamas! participating area , using clues and coordinates to find the hidden geocaches. Find the cache at least 11 libraries and be entered in a drawing for a $25 gift card. Find the cache at all 21 libraries for a chance to win a $50 Hidden Harry Potter gift card. Return your scorecard to any Tuesday, Jul 19, 7 pm of the participating libraries by August 6 to be eligible to win. A fun challenge Ages 10 and up for the whole family! Enter the Magical World of Harry Learn everything you need to know at Potter with this thrilling insiders peek our Geocaching 101 class on June 16 at one of the most treasured film series at 6:30 pm! of all time. We’ll hear hilarious inside jokes and uncover fascinating behind Take a Day Trip with a Stories in the Park the scenes tidbits and other fascinating Museum Adventure Pass! Tuesdays, Jun 14, 28, Jul 12, facts sure to delight film buffs and 26, and Aug 9, 11 am Use your library card to get free Potter fans alike as we explore pivotal admission or a special discount at Join us for outdoor stories and group scenes from the first 8 films. This Chicago area museums like Brookfield games at different parks in Evergreen family friendly presentation is Zoo, Legoland Discovery Center, Oak Park. designed to help Harry Potter fans Lawn Children’s Museum, and more! Jun 14 Cowboy Park ( 92nd & Homan) love these stories even more. Visit museumadventure.org for details. Jun 28 Circle Park (97th & Homan) Jul 12 Duffy Park (92nd & Millard) Jul 26 Kennedy Park ( 88th & California) Aug 9 Bejcek Park (90th & Troy) Giant Game Day! Saturday, Jun 18, Fundraiser from 9 am to 5 pm Drop into the library anytime to play giant versions of your favorite games. All Week--Anytime! Play oversized Snakes and Ladders, Memory, Tic-Tac-Toe, dominoes, and June 1 through more! June 7 Unplugged Games Night Tuesday, Jul 5, from 6 to 8 pm Drop in to play board games and discover traditional games from around Please mention Evergreen Park Public Library during the week of June 1 the world! We’ll have games to appeal through 7 when ordering delicious food from Culver's Evergreen Park, to people of all ages. Snacks will be 9515 S Kedzie. The library receives 10% of the cost! served. Children Please register for ALL programs ¤TEAMSS Saturday ¤Ag-Olympics with this ¤ symbol . Saturday, Jun 4, Jul 16, and Wednesday, Jun 15 at 1 pm Call 708.422.8522 or register online Aug 6, 2 pm at evergreenparklibrary.org . Grades 2 to 5 Grades 1 to 5 Enjoy a story, then compete in our Ag- Are you interested in Technology, Olympics, where children will take Engineering, Art, Mathematics, everyday products and sort them to Science, and/or Sports? Join us to determine what comes from soybeans, Story Time design, construct, discover, create, and corn, dairy cows, beef cows, and so much more! pigs! Participants will also make a craft ¤Toddler Time! ¤Yoga for Kids and enjoy a root beer float! This Jun 13 to Jul 26 Tuesdays, Jun 7, 14, 28, and program is brought to you by the Cook Mondays or Tuesdays Jul 5, 3 pm County Farm Bureau. 9:30 am ¤Read to a Teen Grades 1 to 5 Ages 18 to 35 months , with adult Thursdays, Jun 16 to Jun 30 Joan Zigulich teaches you to exercise, and Jul 14 to Jul 28, 3:30 pm caregiver. No Toddler Time! on Jul relax, focus and strengthen your mind 4 and 5 and body through postures and Grades K to 3 ¤Preschool Story Time breathing. Wear comfortable clothes Let our local teens encourage your Jun 15 to Jul 28 and bring a yoga mat or towel. Parents beginning reader to get into the reading Wednesdays or Thursdays must sign a release form before your habit. Your child will be paired with a 9:30 am child can participate. local teen and given the opportunity to read aloud to their teen and play a Ages 3 to 5 . No Preschool Story reading game! Each child who Time on Jul 6 and 7 participates will get to bring home one ¤Baby Bookworms Summer Reading Opening new book each time they come! Fridays, Jun 17 to Jul 29 Ceremony! Book Swap for Kids and 9:30 am Saturday, Jun 11, 1 pm Teens! Ages birth to 17 months with a Monday, Jun 20 1:30 to 3:30 Summer Reading has begun! Join us pm and 6:30 to 7:30 pm caregiver. No Baby Bookworms on for games, ice cream torches, a petting Jul 1 zoo and face painting from 1-2 pm, Start your summer off right by getting ¤Cuentos in espanol followed by a magic show starring The some new-to-you at our book Story Time in Spanish Great Scott at 2 pm! swap! Bring in your gently used Saturday, Jul 9, 10:30 am Magic—For the Win! children’s and YA books (in good Saturday, Jun 11, 2 pm condition) and trade them for the same number of books. Lots to choose from! The Great Scott uses sports to All books should have covers, all pages amaze! Watch him pull a football out intact, and minimal markings. of thin air, fix a shredded golf ¤Paper Airplane Race umbrella, and predict the amount of a Tuesday, Jun 21 at 6:30 pm giant championship check. Grades 2 to 5 ¤The Amazing Dewey Race Tuesday, Jun 14, 6:30 pm Take flight at our paper airplane race! Learn to make paper airplanes, then use Grades 2 to 5 your best one in the final race. The Travel around the library and complete airplane that makes it the farthest wins! tasks from the Dewey Decimal System. Maybe you will be the one to conquer Dewey! Children ¤Cupcake Decorating ¤Tot Art Let the Games Begin! The Workshop with Maria Fridays Jul 8, 15, 22, and 29, Origin of Sports Lambton 11:30 or 2:30 pm Saturday, Jul 23, 2 pm Monday, Jun 27, 10 am Ages 2 to 5. Limit 18 Grade 5 and under Limit 15 students entering grades 2-5 Bring a smock and get ready for some During this fun-filled program Learn the basics of cupcake decorating messy fun! Little fingers will presented by Histories for Kids, ancient with local baker and owner of Maria’s experiment with painting, gluing, athlete “Discus Meter” will lead us Kaketopia, Maria Lambton. sticking, , and creating while through time to discover the beginnings ¤Design a Sports Team developing fine motor, language, and of some of today’s most enjoyable T-Shirt self-help skills. pastimes. Great for any sports Tuesday, Jun 28, 6:30 pm ¤Zumba ® Kids enthusiast. Mondays, Jul 11 to Aug 1, 3 pm Grades 1 to 8 Bring your own plain, white, or light- Ages 7 to 11 colored t-shirt and we’ll provide every - Taught by licensed instructor Jo Moran, thing else you need to turn it into a Zumba® Kids classes are rockin’, cool sports shirt celebrating your high-energy dance parties packed with favorite sports team. kid-friendly routines. All children must The Science Alliance ¤Creative Cartooning with have a release form signed by a parent presents “Get Hip to Mark Anderson to participate. Wear comfy clothes. Health!” Wednesday, Jun 29, 1 pm Wednesday, Jul 27, 11 am Ages 8 to 12 Grades K to 5 Learn to draw expressive cartoon faces, Get pumped up about the many sketch and ink bodies in motion, write wonders of the human body while jokes for cartoons and use symbols to learning about exercise, the Food Plate express ideas! Mark Anderson is a and, “eating the rainbow”! professional cartoonist whose work Reader’s Digest, The Wall Drop-In Sports Craft appears in Street Journal Good Monday Aug 1 to Thursday, , and Housekeeping Aug 4 from 2 to 4 pm . Pajama Party Kiddie Drop in to make different sports crafts Concert with Sarah Jayne out of the materials provided. Aug 1 Megaphones Lane Staley Da Bear: First and Aug 2 Pennants Thursday, Jul 7, 10 am Goal! Aug 3 Pom Poms Wednesday, Jul 20, 6 pm Aug 4 Frisbees Birth to 6 years, with a caregiver Wear your pajamas and come ready to Grade 5 and under sing and dance with Sarah Jayne! We’ll Meet Staley Da Bear, the mascot of the have snacks, coffee for the grownups, Chicago Bears, and learn about the and fun for all. benefits of living a healthy life. Staley ¤Healthy Snacks for the Win! will jumpstart your desire to begin Thursdays, Jun 23, 30, and living a smarter and healthier life! Jul 7, 6:30 pm “You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back Grades 2 to 5 Learn to create delicious and healthy and relax all you need is a book!” snacks! Sign up for one, two or all — three weeks! Dr. Seuss Teens ¤Yoga for Teens Community Gardening: Tuesdays, Jun 7, 14, 28, and Paint a Baseball Planter for Aug 5, 4 pm the Library Tuesday, Jun 14, 5:30 pm Joan Zigulich teaches you to exercise, relax, focus, and strengthen your mind Help us beautify the library by working and body through postures and with others to paint a baseball planter breathing. Wear comfortable clothes for the library! We’ll plant cherry Boggle Night! and bring a yoga mat or towel. Parents tomatoes that can be enjoyed by anyone. Tuesday, Jun 28, 5:30 pm must sign a release form before your ¤Anime Club child can participate. We’ll build a Boggle wall for the Teen Saturday, Jun 18, Jul 16, and Space, and then challenge each other to Aug 20, 1 pm a game of Boggle and have a snack. Watch, read, and discuss anime and Bridge Building Bonanza manga. Wednesday, Jul 6, 3 pm Book Swap for Kids and Teens! We’ll be building bridges and will test Monday, Jun 20, 1:30-3:30 pm them to see who can build the bridge and 6:30-7:30 pm that can hold the most weight when spanning a gap between two tables. Start your summer off right by getting Repurposed Trophy Art some new-to-you books at our book Tuesday, Jul 12, 5:30 pm Teen Summer Reading swap! Bring in your gently used Opening Ceremony! children’s and YA books (in good Turn an old trophy into a beautiful Saturday, Jun 11, 1 pm condition) and trade them for the same piece of art! If you have an old trophy Summer Reading has begun! Join us number of books. Lots to choose from! that you’d like to repurpose, bring it for games, ice cream torches, a petting All books should have covers, all pages with you. We will also have some old zoo, and face painting from 1-2 pm, intact, and minimal markings. trophies available for those that can’t followed by a magic show starring The Make a Book Journal bring their own. Great Scott at 2 pm! Wednesday, Jun 22, 3- 5 pm Chocolate Olympics Book Bee Read, record, and remember every Tuesday, Aug 2, 6:30 pm Monday, Jun 13, 6:30 pm book you read. We’ll provide the Join us for an evening of chocolate fun! supplies to help you create the book We’ll have chocolate relay races, Join us for a spelling bee with a twist. journal of your dreams. The challenge is to spell the names of contests, and more. Bring your appetite Fandom Friday authors and characters of great books. and a friend! Friday, Jun 24, 3 pm Feel free to come dressed as your Summer Reading Closing favorite book character or author. Fun Are you a Whovian, Potterheard, or Ceremony prizes will be awarded to the best super fan? Come celebrate your favorite Saturday, Aug 20, 1 pm spellers, and refreshments will be served. fandom and discover new interests dur - ing an afternoon of fandom fun! Celebrate your reading Book Bingo! accomplishments at our Closing Wednesday, Jun 15, 3 pm ¤Cupcake Decorating Ceremony. Workshop with Maria Enjoy snacks and play bingo for books! Lambton Monday, Jun 27, 11:30 am Limit 15 students, grades 6-12. Learn the basics of cupcake decorating with local baker and owner of Maria’s Kaketopia, Maria Lambton. Adults enngaogevmeenlts ¤Novel Engagement: Kimberla Lawson Roby for A Sinful Calling Tuesday, Jun 28, 7 pm The New York Times USA Today and Annual Gigantic Book Sale! bestselling author, Kimberla Lawson Aug 8 through 13 Roby promotes her newest novel in the Pre-sale Saturday Aug 6 acclaimed Reverend Curtis Black A Sinful Buck-a-Bag Aug 12 and 13 series, Calling . Roby’s Discover a treasure trove of and books characters deal for all ages, magazines, DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs, audio with very real books and more at bargain prices! Do you want the best and selection? For a $5 per person donation to the Evergreen contemporary family issues. Park Public Library Foundation, you can beat the crowds on Copies of her book will be our pre-sale day, Saturday, Aug 7. available for purchase and It’s never too late for spring cleaning! Donate your items (in signing. good condition) for our sale. Please note: We cannot accept magazines, encyclopedias, or , nor can we pick up your donation. ¤Printers Row Book Crawl Saturday, Jun 11, from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm $10/person, Limit 40 participants The Printers Row Lit Fest draws more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used, and antiquarian books. The festival hosts more than 100 literary programs, including poetry , cooking demos, kids’ activities, exhibitors, wine tasting, and much more! The school bus departs EP Library at 9:30 am. Explore Printers Row Lit Fest and lunch on your own. The bus will depart for Carry your books home in this stylish bag, $5! the return trip to the library at 2:30 pm. For a full description of activities, visit printersrowlitfest.org. ¤Eli’s Cheesecake The Eli’s Cheesecake Cookbook: Remarkable Recipes from a Chicago Legend Thursday, Jun 23, 6:30 pm Learn the secrets in baking the same cakes from home that made Eli’s Cheesecake a national institution. Maureen Schulman from Eli’s Cheesecake presents their new cookbook which includes 40 distinct cheesecake recipes. And Yes! There will be cheesecake tasting! Copies of the Sign up for Book Sizzle! Go to evergreenparklibrary.org , book will be available for purchase. Adults Please register for ALL programs ¤Color Your Stress Away ¤Fall Prevention for with this ¤ symbol . Thursday, Jun 9, 6:30 pm Seniors Call 708.422.8522 or register online Thursday, Jun 16, 1 pm Ages 16 and over at evergreenparklibrary.org . We provide the coloring pages, pencils, Facts about falls for seniors and what Garden Club of Evergreen and light refreshments. can be done to prevent them. This Park ¤Chef Maddox: includes a fall risk assessment for each Thursdays, Jun 2 and Jul 7, Summertime Entertaining attendee by a physical therapist. 6:30 pm at its Best ¤Writers Group Monday, Jun 13, 6:30 pm Saturdays, Jun 18, Jul 16, and Jun 2 Plant Sale Preparation Aug 20, 1 pm Jul 7 Summer Garden Party $3 tasting fee ¤Stampin’ Up Cards The EPPL Writers group welcomes Tuesdays, Jun 7, Jul 5, and adult writers 18 years and older to Aug 2, 6:30 pm share and discuss their work. ¤Plant a Summer Herb Register for each class separately. Pay Bowl instructor directly. Tuesday, Jun 21, 6:30 pm Use decorative rubber stamps and accessories to make personal greeting $5 materials fee upon registration. cards. Bring your own scissors and Master Gardeners from Master adhesive. Gardeners from the University of Yak and Yarn Illinois Extension South Cook Unit will Tuesdays, Jun 7 to Aug 30, help you to plant a bowl of savory 6:30 pm herbs that will keep you seasoning Chef Michael Maddox, 20 year owner delicious dishes through the summer. No class on Jun 14 and Jul 19 of Le Titi De Paris restaurant, teaches Clever Crafters Beginning crochet students bring an you insider information to preparing summertime recipes. Entertain with Thursdays, Jun 23, Jul 21, and H/8 hook and skein of medium-weight Aug 18, 6:30 pm yarn. Beginning knitters bring size 8 confidence and be a guest at your next needles and a skein of medium-weight event! Jun 4th of July Poppers yarn. All others bring a current project. ¤Reel Discussions Jul Flip Flop Door Hanger Tuesdays, Jun 14 and Jul 12, Aug The Art of Book Folding Downloading Books and 6:30 pm for Media on ¤Finding Your Roots: Demand Educator and film enthusiast Sue After-hours Genealogy at Wednesday, Jun 8, 6:30 pm McCoy discusses your favorite movies. Twinsters the Library Jun 14 Friday, Jul 15, 5:30 to 8:30 pm Get ready for the Walking Meet the Patels Jul 12 Club by joining us for a hands-on Expert genealogist Kathy O’Leary workshop on digital checkouts. Bring teaches you how to use ancestry.com, your smartphone or tablet for a presen - HeritageQuest, the Chicago Tribune, tation on checking out books from and other library resources to research mediaondemand.org. Your audiobooks your family history. Then use the will be ready to go everywhere with library’s computers to conduct your you! After the presentation, staff will investigation with one-on-one help. be available for one-on-one help as needed. Adults Hot Fun in the Summertime Music Series

History of the Blues From the Delta to the Prairie Mo’ Beat Blues Steve Krakow: The Secret Thursday, Jul 21, 6:30 pm Thursday, July 28, 6:30 pm History of Chicago Music much more than This is something Wednesday, Jul 6, 6:30 Music historian Jim Anderson, of just the blues! Chicago Kingsnakes, traces the Samuel Lozada, the Plastic Crimewave, aka Chicago fascinating timeline of Chicago “Louis Armstrong of the musician, writer, and illustrator Blues from the Mississippi Delta to Harmonica,” and his wife Janice Steve Krakow, presents from his Chicago. Humorous inside scoops will blow you away with a high vast of hand-drawn and scandalous stories behind the energy performance of familiar comics featuring “pivotal Chicago lyrics and lives of some of songs from many genres. musicians that somehow have not America’s greatest musicians. gotten their just dues.”

Hamilton An American Musical Tuesday, November 1 Show starts at 7:30 pm, bus leaves library at 5:45 pm and will return after the performance Running time is 2 hours and 45 minutes Only 36 tickets available $70 per person/Limit 2. Due to overwhelming demand, ticket purchase will be determined by lottery. Here’s how: • Lottery numbers will be distributed in-person only at the library between September 6 and September 11. • You must be 18 or over to get a lottery number. • You must own a current Evergreen Park Public Library card free of fines or fees. • Limit of one lottery number per household. • Lottery numbers will be drawn at random on September 12. Those selected may purchase 2 tickets. Payment must be received by September 19. Adults

Monday Night Movies, 6 pm Book Clubs Jun 20 Jun 27 Audiobook Walking Club The Natural When We Were Kings Fridays, Jun 10, 24, Jul 8, 22, and Aug 19, 10 am Exercise your mind and body at the same time! Meet to walk with fellow listeners at Yukich Fields on Friday mornings this summer. We will walk and listen to 5 different titles this summer, and discuss our favorites at the final meetup featuring light refreshments on Aug 19. ¤Stranger Than Fiction Book Club The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Jun 15 Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero by Timothy Egan

Jul 11 Jul 18 Hoosiers Brian’s Song

Troublemaker Jul 20 by Leah Remini Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the Aug 17 World by Adam Grant Ju1 25 Kindred Spirits Book Club Bend It Like Beckham ¤ The Husband’s Secret Jun 29 by Liane Moriarity The Three-Year Swim Club Jul 27 by Julie Checkoway Adults

A huge THANK YOU to author Jim Kokoris and Radio/TV personality Bill Moller for the entertaining evening on Thursday, May 6, Jim gave us some insight into his writing process. He got some great feedback from the audience on his new book It's. Nice. Outside. They both recently celebrated a birthday, so we ended the evening with some lemon fluff cake from Wolf's Bakery in Evergreen Park. Sweet! Author visits Bill Moller (left) interviewed Jim Kokoris on May 5.

The Cookbook Club meets 4 times a year, chooses a cookbook, and then members bring a dish from the selected cookbook to share at the Grandbaby Cakes: Modern meeting. This month, the club selected Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories , the debut cookbook from food blogger, Jocelyn Delk Adams.

Adams shared baking tips while attendees enjoyed tasty treats that Cookbook Club members prepared using recipes from the Grandbaby Cakes. After the presentation, Adams signed copies of her book. Evergreen Park Public Library Library Hours Non-Profit Org U.S. Postage 9400 S. Troy Avenue Monday-Thursday ...... 9:00 am - 9:00 pm PAID Evergreen Park, IL 60805 Friday ...... 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Permit No. 116 Worth, IL 60482 Saturday ...... 9:00 am - 5:00 pm LIBRARY BOARD President Library Closings : Jul 3 closing at 3pm, Jul 4, Aug 5, Kim Shine, Vice President and Sep 5 Virginia Chandler, Treasurer The library is closed on Sundays until September 11 Elizabeth Topa, Secretary Helen Tomczuk, Thomas Knox Deborah Pearson Tina Ward LIBRARY DIRECTOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER Nicki Seidl EVERGREEN PARK, IL 60805 NEWSLETTER LAYOUT Alphabet Soup

Garden Club of Evergreen Park Plant Sale Community Garden Walk Returns! Saturday, Jun 4, 10 am to noon Sunday, Aug 7 Self-guided tour between 11 am and 3 pm Happy gardeners will find perennials, unique potted arrangements, handmade cards and more as well as expert Admission $10, $12 at the door gardening advice at the annual plant sale fundraiser. Take a What lovely and interesting stops will this year bring? chance on garden- and nature-themed drawings. Proceeds Begin at the library and visit a variety of gardens in benefit the Garden Club of Evergreen Park and the Evergreen Park with a mix of sizes and descriptions. All Evergreen Park Library Foundation. proceeds benefit the Library Foundation and Garden Club. If you have a garden and a library Make reservations online, by phone or in person. you have everything you need It’s not too late to volunteer your garden for the walk! To enter your garden for consideration, contact Library — Cicero Director Nicki Seidl ( [email protected] ).