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July August NO1201 CedarRT Lane,HBROOK Northbrook, IL 60062 | 847-272-6224 PUBLIC | www.northbr LIBRAook.info RY 2017 Children's Film Festival Food for Fines Summer Reading 2017 Families, enjoy a special mini From August 15-31, you can Summer Reading: Shape Your film fest with your little ones on waive overdue fines by Community is still going strong. Saturday, July 29! We're showing bringing in a non-perishable Keep reading so you can a selection of enchanting short food item. All donations go to continue earning chances to win foreign films. Watch them all, then the Northfield Township Food prizes! cast your vote for the Best of the Pantry. Fest! Turn to pages 2 and 3 to see our Turn to page 16 for more special events happening in July Turn to page 10 to learn more. information. & August. LIBRARY HOURS Monday-Thursday: 9:00am- 9:00pm Saturday: 9:00am- 5:00pm Friday: 9:00am- 6:00pm Sunday: 1:00pm- 5:00pm Holiday Closings: Tuesday, July 4 for Independence Day Summer Reading Wrap-Up Oil Lamp Theatre Performance Spend this summer shaping your Northbrook community! Sunday, August 13 | 1:00-4:00pm 2:00-3:00pm Stay tuned; We'll announce more wrap-up Our special events and our annual Summer Reading program are meant to help us grow together and Bike Decorating Contest & Safety Demo activities this month! enjoy the season with fun, friends, and reading. 1:00-2:00pm THANK YOU TO OUR SUMMER READING DONORS! Life-Size JENGA Community Art Display Creation Northbrook Historical Figures (All Ages, Drop-In) (Grade 6-Adult) R SN Did you know that 18 streets in Play the classic block-stacking, Help us create an art display in Youth Northbrook are named for Shermerville/ stack-crashing game of JENGA. Services! Total Link 2 Community's Karen Northbrook pioneer families? Historical Thursday, July 13, 6:00pm-7:30pm, Miller fosters creativity for artists of all Society President Judy Hughes will relate Lobby abilities. how their stories began weaving the Tuesday, July 25, 4:30-6:00pm, fabric of Northbrook's history, heritage and our town today. How I Got to Northbrook: YS Activity Room Tuesday, August 8, 7:00pm, Pollak Room My Immigrant Story Join a diverse panel of Northbrook Stories in the Park (All Ages) There's still time to sign up for Summer Reading! residents sharing their immigration Enjoy fun stories, rhymes, and songs at Book Lovers Discussion: stories and answering your questions. the Village Green near the gazebo. Here Comes the Sun Youth Summer Reading Summer Reading for Babies Fridays, July 28 & August 18, 10:00- Plus, we'll be giving away gift cards to A Jamaican community is threatened by (Age 2-Grade 12) (Birth-Age 2) 10:30am, Village Green plans for an opulent resort. restaurants reflecting each panelist's Help our owl friends get to know Northbrook We have a special reading club just for our Tuesday, August 8, 7:00-8:30pm, culture! through reading! Join Summer Reading and youngest readers. Sign up and earn prizes as Civic Room Thursday, July 13, 7:00-8:00pm, Community's Choice Film keep track of your reading progress throughout you read with your little ones. Cast your vote for our Wednesday, August Auditorium the summer to earn great prizes. 30 film by stopping by the Fiction & Special Movie Screening: Saturday, June 3-Sunday, August 13, Media desk. We'll take votes until July 31! Community Heroes Storytime Star Wars Uncut (Teens & Adults) Saturday, June 3-Sunday, August 13, Youth Services Department (Ages 2-5, with caregiver) R In 2009, thousands of internet users Youth Services Department Meet a local hero and enjoy a Senior Social Hour R were asked to remake Star Wars: A New storytime and thematic play based on Meet other seniors that share your Hope into a fan film, 15 seconds at a the hero’s job. interests, speed-meeting style! You will time. Winner of a Primetime Emmy. Police Officer have five minutes to talk to each Thursday, August 10, 7:00pm, Adult Summer Reading Visit our Little Free Friday, July 14, 10:30-11:30am, participant and will then fill out a survey Auditorium For each book you read this summer, you Libraries YS Activity Room about your common interests. If you and can earn chances to win our weekly gift card Visit the Little Free Libraries this summer the other person decide you would like Firefighter Readers' Choice giveaways, as well as entries to win the Grand starting on June 3 and look for a token to meet again, we will share your contact Enjoy cookies and conversation about Friday, August 11, 10:30-11:30am, Prize—membership to the Chicago Botanic inside. Bring the token back to the Library information. what you have read this summer. YS Activity Room Garden! You'll receive a tote bag when you for chance to win a prize! Limit one token Friday, August 4, 2:00-3:00pm, You might win an advance reading copy sign up, as well as a free book at the end of per person. Read more about our Little Free Pollak Room of a new book! Summer Reading. Libraries on page 16. Thursday, August 24, 2:00-3:00pm, Civic Room Saturday, June 3-Sunday, August 13, Saturday, June 3-Sunday, August 13 Second & Third Floor KEY: R Registration Required SN Special Needs Program CR NPL Card Required T Tickets Required Page 2 Page 3 ADA Requests: The library welcomes patrons of all abilities. For special accommodations, email [email protected] or call ADULT PROGRAMS 847-272-6224 within three days of a scheduled event. For full policy details, please visit www.northbrook.info. Programs requiring registration open 60 days before the program begins. Registration closes one day before the program begins. See bottom of page 16 for photo policy. YIVO LECTURES ROCK MUSIC MONTH Yiddish & Science Rock Music Month is back! We'll explore If you thought that Yiddish and science Chicago garage band and indie rock don't mix, think again! Author Eli Maor culture of the 1960s to today. Join us for discusses the background of three amazing performers, speakers, family Yiddish works on astronomy, physics, shows, movies, trivia, and more! and elementary mathematics. See page 11 for more programs. Tuesday, July 11, 7:00-8:30pm, Auditorium Rock-n-Roll Film & Discussion Funny Girl (Teens & Adults) The Creation of Watch the documentary Chuck Berry Musical theatre historian Charles Troy Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll and stick around discusses Fanny's daughter's quest for a for a discussion following the film. biographical musical about her mother Thursday, August 17, 6:00-9:00pm, and Barbra Streisand's teen effort to Auditorium break into show business. Tuesday, August 8, 2:00-3:30pm, Auditorium Chicago's Local Music Scene: From the Garage to Your Stereo FEATURED EVENTS GOING GREEN RADIO GREATS (Teens & Adults) Join us for an exciting panel discussion Parisian Salon Concert K-9 Reading Buddies The Basics: Memory Loss, Five Ways to Preserve Radio Play Encore from local musicians and venue In July, join Dr. Ron Surace and his big Informational Seminar Dementia & Alzheimer's the Harvest Performance: Marx Brothers bookers about the music scene in and band, In Full Swing, for a festive Fourth Learn how you can become part of K-9 Disease R Learn how to preserve fresh vegetables Comedy Re-Creation around Chicago. of July celebration. In August, Reading Buddies of the North Shore, an Learn the facts about Alzheimer's with Emily Paster, food blogger and Back by popular demand! Laugh at the Thursday, August 24, 7:00-8:30pm, internationally-touring soprano Kaori animal-assisted children's literacy and Disease, including information on passionate cook. She will discuss simple antics of crooked lawyer Groucho Auditorium Williams and pianist Midori Nagasaka community outreach program. Get all diagnosis, risk factors, disease stages, home preservation methods to help “Flywheel” Marx and his bumbling perform a dual recital. your questions answered in one place. treatment options, and much more. you turn fresh produce into creative, assistant Chico “Ravelli” Marx in a live Rock Music Trivia Friday, July 7 & August 4, 7:30pm, Adult humans only; Rover stays home. Presented by the Alzheimer's long-lasting nibbles. Stick around for re-creation of two episodes from their Auditorium Saturday, July 15, 3:00-4:00pm, (Teens & Adults) R Association. samples of homemade preserves! 1930s radio series. Test your rock music knowledge and Pollak Room Thursday, August 10, 2:00-3:30pm, Tuesday, August 15, 7:00-8:15pm, Tuesday, July 18, 7:00pm, Auditorium enjoy snacks and drinks. Get a group of Grand Opening Event: Pollak Room Pollak Room up to 6 together and call 847-272-2830 Fiction & Media Department Exploring Israel Through the Radio and the Great American to sign up. Please join us for our official opening Lens of the Six-Day War Back to School with ADHD: Let's Recycle Songbook with Steve Darnall Friday, August 25, 6:30-8:00pm, celebration, featuring giveaways and In recognition of the fifty-year Preparing Your Child for Success Did you know you can recycle Popular radio host Steve Darnall takes a Pollak Room treats. Turn to page 14 to learn more anniversary of the Six-Day War, Rabbi Get useful tips for helping your child eyeglasses, batteries, and cell phones in unique look at how early radio affected about the Fiction & Media department! Meir Moscowitz will discuss our the our lobby? Look for the receptacle with ADHD transition back to school.