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future, embracing new technologies, Begin the Two Honors and making a library visit a positive experience for our patrons,” one Year With End Year On employee said in the comments New Places a High Note section of the survey . “We are here for the community ”. and Spaces on MPPL is pleased to announce The Chicago Tribune published that it was recently honored by two the complete list of Top Workplaces the Second Floor organizations . on November 12 . For more The Library has been selected as information about Top Workplaces Start 2016 with a tour of our renovated one of the Chicago Tribune’s Top lists and WorkplaceDynamics, please Second Floor . Discover the seven additional Workplaces for 2015 . This is the third visit www t. opworkplaces com. and meeting rooms, including five study rooms consecutive year that the Library has www w. orkplacedynamics c. om . and two conference rooms . Choose from been named to this list . The Library two computer areas: one for quiet work and was also named a Star Library by Library Journal one for group discussion and moderate noise . Library Journal, a publication that Star Libraries Take a break in the vending area . And teens can study, hang out, or participate in a serves public and academic libraries . Library Journal program in the new Teen Space . Updated signage and new carpeting and furniture covers technology, will help you find what you need to enjoy your time in the Library . Chicago Tribune’s management, Top Workplaces policy, and other The Top Work- professional concerns for public, Bosch Foundation Grants Boost places are determined academic, and institutional libraries . based solely on Library Journal reviews public library STEAM Efforts employee feedback . data reported to the government— The employee survey including visits, circulation, program We are grateful to the Bosch to fund Tutor c. om, a live, one-on-one is conducted by attendance, and public Internet Community Foundation for two recent online tutoring service for students in WorkplaceDynamics, LLP, a leading terminal use per capita—and ranks grants to the Mount Prospect Public elementary, middle, and high school research firm on organizational the best-performing libraries within Library Foundation that will support as well as for early college students . health and employee engagement . budget categories . Mount Prospect our efforts to encourage exploration At least half of the sessions The Library was ranked in the small Library placed 35th out of the 209 in STEAM (science, technology, conducted on Tutor c. om are about category, which represents workplaces libraries listed in the $5-9 9. million/ engineering, art, and math) subjects . STEAM-related subjects . From May with fewer than 250 employees . year operating expenditures category . One of the grants purchased the 2014-May 2015, tutors conducted MPPL employees were surveyed Mount Prospect was one of 19 3-D zSpace device in the Discovery 1,541 sessions with students, and in June and said they felt appreciated, libraries in Illinois listed this year . Zone . zSpace is a virtual-reality system 57% of those sessions were in algebra, believed in the organization’s ethics, Library staff extends congratulations that responds to eye movements and chemistry, physics, and trigonometry . and liked working with the public . to neighboring libraries that made the allows kids to interact with images Since 2008 this service has been “We are always looking toward the list as well . and participate in a range of activities provided with financial help from from virtually dissecting a frog to Bosch . constructing a roller coaster . The The Bosch Community Fund Ask About Our Library will use this new technology supports local charitable projects Homebound Delivery What’s for programs and school visits . targeted at scientific, technological, Service Another grant will help continue and environmental initiatives . If you are physically unable to come Inside to the Library, we can bring the Library Adult Events ...... 2 Join to you! MPPL provides free delivery of Mini Golf @ materials to registered cardholders who Books & Movies ...... 4 Us For Mini are unable to come to the Library due Calendar ...... 5 MPPL! to disability or long-term illness and between the stacks, and down the stairs . who have no other way to pick up and Technology & Training ...... 3 Our 19th Hole Entertainment Area will return items . Library Life ...... 3 offer refreshments, entertainment, and To register, complete a form Saturday, Senior Session ...... 2 fun activities . available online at mppl o. rg/services/ March 5, 2016 The fee to play is $5 per person South Branch ...... 7-8 11 a.m.-4 p.m. homebound-delivery or contact Diane or $20 for a family of 4 or more . This Davis at 847/253-5675 . Teen Space ...... 7 Join us again as we host an 18-hole event is a fundraiser for the Mount After registering you will be Youth Activities ...... 6. miniature golf course FUNdraiser at Prospect Public Library Foundation, contacted by the staff to discuss what the Library for a day of family fun which provides funding for special types of materials interest you . Books, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, programs and projects to the Library audiobooks, and magazines are eligible The Library will be closed: March 5. The event will have golfers that are otherwise unattainable with for homebound checkout, and deliveries Friday, January 1 putting throughout the Library, tax dollars . are generally scheduled once per month . Adult Events (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 2

Please sign up for programs on the Internet at www.mppl.org, at the Library, or by calling 847/253-5675, unless otherwise noted (NR) . Priority registration is given to Mount Prospect cardholders for programs with limited attendance . Please have your MPPL card when registering . The Library requires at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed. Preschool/Child Care Information Night Conquer Your Clutter Sweet Perfection: Tuesday, January 26, 7:30-8:30 p.m. and Get Organized! Cupcake Decorating Parents: did you know that there are more than 20 preschools, child care centers, and park district preschool programs located in Mount Prospect? Come to this Tuesday, January 12, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 9, 7:30 p.m. annual open house for an opportunity to meet early childhood directors and Do you often feel like you have too Pastry Chef Rose Deneen will teachers who will answer your questions and help you learn about the variety of much stuff and not enough space? demonstrate how to prepare a variety of local programs available . (NR) Do you waste valuable time looking cupcakes for your Valentine . Learn how for items in your home that you have to transform everyday ingredients to fill Toddlers, Toilet Training, and Tantrums misplaced? The new year is a great time and decorate these individual treats just Tuesday, February 23, 7:30 p.m. to reduce the clutter and get organized . like the professionals! Space is limited . Many of the most difficult times as a parent involve childhood transitions, In fact, January is National Get A $3 fee includes recipes and samples such as toilet training or dealing with a picky eater or strong-willed toddler . Organized Month! Join Professional and is due at registration. Stop by the Join pediatrician Carissa Lee Holmes, MD, of Pediatric Solutions in Arlington Organizer Beverly Shipshock, owner Registration Desk to reserve your spot Heights as she discusses methods to deal with the common but frustrating of Organize with Beverly, as she shares (online and phone registration are not parenting issues of potty training, fussy eaters, and more . Dr . Lee Holmes brings tips and strategies to control the clutter available) . (R) sensitivity and insights that will help you keep your cool and learn effective and live in a more organized home . (R) Understanding the parenting tips . (R) Sign Up for Affordable Impact of Rising Interest Care Act Insurance Rates on Your Portfolio Saturday, January 30, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, February 16, 7:30 p.m. Senior Session The deadline to sign up for insurance Certified Financial Planner John Daly Joe Collier—author and co-creator under the Affordable Care Act is fast will discuss the effect rising interest of the official map of Graceland approaching! Trained navigators will rates will have on a bond portfolio . An Armchair Tour Cemetery—takes you on an armchair be available to assist you with the Daly will explain sound investment Tuesday, January 19, 1:30 p.m. tour of this wonderful resource with an Affordable Care Act Web sites and principles of modern finance as they One of the oldest and most historic array of colorful slides and details on completing the enrollment process . relate to this sometimes confusing spots in the city, Graceland Cemetery many of its most famous residents . (R) Assistance will be available in English, topic . He will also tell you how to is the final resting place for many of Korean, and Spanish . This program is weather inevitable changes in interest Chicago’s founding fathers . From presented by GetCoveredIllinois. (NR) rates and how to balance risk and architects Daniel Burnham and Mies Greatest returnR) . ( van der Rohe to Presidential The L.E.A.N. Approach business legends Decisions Potter Palmer and to a Mindful Mealtime How Technology Is Wednesday, February 17, 1:30 p.m. Marshall Field, Tuesday, February 2, 7:30 p.m. Changing Your Often one person’s choices have had a the cemetery is Make this the year that you set the Homeowner’s Association major impact on our history . In this bursting with a goal of “nothing hurts and everything Wednesday, February 17, 7 p.m. Senior Session, Professor Gary Midkiff rich history of works” by making some simple This seminar will review recent develop- will discuss some of the greatest Chicago stories . changes in your lifestyle that improve ments and advances in technology that decisions that presidents have had to In this Senior your quality of life by reducing affect condominium and homeowner make during their terms of office . (R) Session, Librarian inflammation, the cause of many of associations, including the use of Web today’s diseases . Kim Salzman will sites, social media, and electronic discuss how nutrition and lifestyle communication . The impacts on voting Highlighting Genealogy Online Resources affect your health and quality of life . and legal issues surrounding the use of part ands on eries Learn about the role of blood sugar, drones will also be discussed . (R) — A 3- H - S how inflammation is the root of many ® avoidable ailments, how to read a Power Employment The Path to Your Family Story With Ancestry nutrition label, and more . (R) Workshop Library Edition Monday, February 22, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 13, 7 p.m. OR Thursday, January 14, 3 p.m. How Smart Meters May Join experts from Illinois workNet Ancestry® Library Edition is one of the most popular and powerful genealogy Help You Save Money as they discuss resume creation, databases available, and it is available for free at the Library . Come to learn Monday, February 8, 7 p.m. interviewing strategies and techniques, the benefits of this subscription database compared to its commercial version, The average household spends more and other vital job seeking skills . Lunch including basic and advanced searching techniques, finding relevant results, and than $2,000 annually on gas and is on your own . (R) moreR) . ( electricity . However, new technologies Color Me Amazing The Path to Your Family Story With Fold3 and might help you cut those costs . With Heritage Quest new smart meters being installed Thursday, February 25, 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 10, 7 p.m. OR Thursday, February 11, 3 p.m. in your community, you can now Take some time to relax your mind Discover how the online resources Fold3 and Heritage Quest, which are take control of your energy use and and spirit during the cold winter available free at MPPL, can help you research your family’s history . Learn basic potentially save money . Local nonprofit season . Join us for a session of coloring and advanced searching techniques, how to find relevant results, and more . (R) Elevate Energy can help homeowners for adults age 16 and up . A fantastic selection of coloring pages will be in the area make smart choices about Part three, The Path to Your Family Story With Find My Past and available . Limited pencils and markers energy and an uncover these possible Historic Newspapers, will be held on Wednesday, March 9 at 7 p m. . or provided – or bring your favorites . savings . (R) Thursday, March 10 at 3 p .m . Space is limited . (R) (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 3 Technology and Training Please pick up a Technology Classes flyer and calendar for program descriptions . Unless otherwise specified, all classes are hands-on sessions using PCs and held in the Computer Training Room (C) with a limit of 13 participants per class . Classes begin promptly. Open seats will be available as early as 5 minutes before class starts. Become a Chrome your own projects, such as toys, models, The Library marks the 400th Expert and custom objects . Designs will be anniversary of the Bard’s death in 2016 . Tuesday, January 19, 3 p.m. available for pickup at a later date . You Widely considered to be not only one Google’s Chrome is one of the most will need an e-mail address to create a of the best playwrights in history but popular Web browsers . Learn tips Tinkercad account . Sessions are limited to 10 participants. (R) also one of the best English-language and tricks that can help you make the writers, Shakespeare takes center stage This series is sponsored by most of this application, including Looking Into Windows 10 when the Library Foundation hosts the Mount Prospect Public settings, privacy, bookmarks, apps and Library Foundation. Monday, February 29, 7 p.m. The Shakespeare Project of Chicago for extensions, and more . (R) Microsoft’s latest operating system, three performances . Windows 10, is a giant leap forward The actors perform with books The Winter’s Tale Using CAD Software for for those who want to use Windows on in hand but still make entrances and Tuesday, January 19, 7 p.m. 3-D Printing tablets and phones as well as computers . exits and move across the stage as they Shakespeare’s romance not only Tuesday, February 16, 7 p.m. But it looks very different from the would in a full production . As there contains the playwright’s most famous Monday, February 22, 4 p.m. previous version of Windows you may are no sets, props, or costumes, these stage direction (“Exit, pursued by You may have seen some incredible be using . This demonstration class, productions provide you with the best a bear”) but a story that goes to the things created on 3-D printers, but what held in Meeting Room A, will help you way to experience Shakespeare’s words . deepest side of tragedy before finding its can you do with this new technology navigate the new system and show you For each performance the pre-show triumphant redemption . A Sicilian king in real life? Learn about 3-D design what’s changed and the features that introduction begins at 7 p .m . Following becomes consumed by the belief that and printing using the computer-aided can benefit you . (R) is a post-show discussion and opportu- his best friend has committed adultery design (CAD) software Tinkercad . Create nity to interact with the actors . with his wife, and this passionate jealousy ignites a series of events that Learn to Download Free eBooks With MyMediaMall Upcoming productions: take us on an adventure in which we Cymbeline witness several miracles . This beautiful These hands-on sessions will teach you how to use Tuesday, March 1, 7 p.m. play may have you believing “What’s MyMediaMall to browse and search for titles, check out, and Cardenio gone and what’s past help should be sync your device to download books . Space is limited to 10. (R) Tuesday, April 19, 7 p.m. past grief ”. Have e-reader questions and can’t make it to the class? Come to a Computer Learning Lab listed below . Using a Kindle® Using a Tablet Wednesday, January 27, 4-6 p.m. Thursday, January 28, 4-6 p.m. Computer Learning Lab Thursday, January 21, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, February 9, 4-6 p.m. This program is brought to you by the Monday, January 25, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 7-9 p.m. Mount Prospect Entrepreneurs Initiative . Stop in during the above times and bring your questions about The Village of Mount Prospect, the Mount Word®, Excel®, PowerPoint®, e-mail, or e-books . Our trained Prospect Chamber of Commerce, Mount Prospect Public Library, and the staff will help you troubleshoot problems, practice your skills, Mount Prospect Downtown Merchants Association work together as the Mount or work on a project . You may also find out how to download Prospect Entrepreneurs Initiative to connect people to resources that encourage, e-magazines from Zinio and music and movies from Hoopla . strengthen, and support small business . No registration required—just drop in! For help with e-books, Small Business Health Care Solutions please bring your e-reader and any necessary cords . (NR) Wednesday, January 13, 7 p.m. Join Michael Scott of Creative Benefit Strategies for a seminar discussing Technology Classes the issues facing employers with fewer than 50 full-time employees and the solutions available to them . (R) Tech Devices for Beginners Taking Photos With iPhone/iPad Monday, January 11, 3 p.m. Tuesday, February 2, 6 p.m. Wednesday, February 3, 7 p.m. Excel® Basics iCan Use My iPad® Saturday, February 6, 10 a.m. AVAILABLE ON Thursday, January 14, 6 p.m. Android Advice Library Life www.mppl.org Using PowerPoint® Monday, February 8, 7 p.m. Saturday, January 16, 10 a.m. Word®: Beyond the Basics January February Browser Basics Monday, February 15, 7 p.m. Monday, January 18, 3 p.m. Winter Reading Program: Escape Friends Book Sale Getting to Know Android Smartphone Thursday, February 11, 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 4 p.m. With Books Make and Take Craft @ South Branch © Safari Web Browser Basics Excel®: Formulas and Functions Discovery Zone SUPER Saturday! Kids & Families Wednesday, January 20, 6 p.m. Saturday, February 20, 10 a.m. Dream Catcher Craft @ South Branch Rock With ScribbleMonster PowerPoint®: Beyond the Basics Taking Photos With Android Device Saturday, January 23, 10 a.m. Catch us on WOW (Channel 6) and Comcast (Channel 15) at 2 p .m . and 10 p .m . Wednesday, February 24, 4-6 p.m. Using Word® Excel®: Tables, Charts and Formulas Features subject to change. Monday, February 1, 7 p.m. Saturday, February 27, 10 a.m. (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 4

Books and Conversations Movies and More Books are available 30 days prior to each quartet of determination and intrigue Movies @ MPPL discussion at the Fiction/AV/Teen Desk. (NR) from both sides of the battle lines . (NR) Food for Thought Coffee, Books, & More Everything I Never The Absolutist Told You by John Boyne by Celeste Ng Wednesday, Wednesday, January 20, 10 a.m. January 6 Recalling his time noon or 2 p.m. in one of the most A Walk in the Woods The Martian “Lydia is dead . But they gruesome trenches of [2015; Rated R; 104 minutes; Adventure/ [2015; Rated PG-13; 144 minutes; don’t know this yet…” So begins this Comedy/Drama] Adventure/Drama/Sci-fi] France during World War I, Tristan Starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, highly acclaimed debut novel about a Sadler describes both the details of Thompson. Kristen Wiig. mixed-race family living in 1970s Ohio what to him became a senseless war and Directed by Ken Kwapis . Directed by Ridley Scott . and the tragedy that will either be their an intense friendship with a man that Wednesday, January 6, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 3, *7 p.m. undoing or their salvation . (NR) brought Tristan a mix of happiness and Thursday, January 14, 1 p.m. Thursday, February 11, 1 p.m. unbearable pain . (NR) After spending two decades in England, During a manned mission to Mars, Liar, Temptress, Bill Bryson returns to the U .S ,. where Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed Soldier, Spy My Name Is Mary he decides the best way to connect dead after a fierce storm and left behind by Karen Abbott Sutter with his homeland is to hike the by his crew . But Watney has survived and Wednesday, by Robin Oliveira Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest finds himself stranded and alone on the February 3 Wednesday, friends . (R) hostile planet . With only meager supplies, noon or 2 p.m. February 17, 10 a.m. he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit, and One of the most Traveling to Civil War- spirit to subsist and find a way to signal fascinating, yet little-known, aspects era Washington, D C. . Earth that he is alive . (R) of the Civil War is illuminated in the to tend wounded soldiers, headstrong *Due to the length of this movie, the February 3 stories of four courageous women—a showing starts at 7 p.m. midwife Mary pursues her dream of socialite, a farm girl, an abolitionist, becoming a surgeon against all odds as Movie Discussion and a widow—who risked everything she receives guidance from two smitten to take on a life of espionage . Their Hannah and Her Sisters Her doctors and resists her mother’s pleas [1986; Rated PG-13; 103 minutes; Comedy/ [2013; Rated R; 126 minutes; Romance/ adventures comprise a fascinating for her to return home . (NR) Drama] Sci-fi] Starring Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Book Chat Caine. Scarlett Johansson. Directed by Woody Allen . Directed by Spike Jonze . Limited copies of books are available 30 days prior to discussion at the Fiction/AV/Teen Desk. Wednesday, January 13, 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 10, 7 p.m. The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah’s A lonely writer develops an unlikely Monday, January 4, 7 p.m. husband falls in love with her sister Lee relationship with his newly purchased Discovering a tattered letter that says she is to open it only in the while her hypochondriac ex-husband operating system that’s designed to event of her husband’s death, Cecelia is unable to resist reading the rekindles his relationship with her sister meet his every need . (NR) letter and discovers a secret that shatters her life and the lives of two HollyNR) . ( other women . (NR)

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard Monday, February 15, 7 p.m. This narrative account of James A . Garfield’s political career offers insight into his background as a wunderkind scholar and Civil War hero, his battles against the corrupt establishment, and Alexander Graham Bell’s failed attempt to save him from an assassin’s bullet . (NR) Coffee & Conversation Coffee & Conversation, MPPL’s current events discussion group, provides an open, nonpartisan forum for community members to share their views . The evening’s coffee is generously provided by Starbucks Coffee, Mount Prospect . Sponsored by Mount Prospect Public Library Foundation. (NR) Friday, January 15, 7:30 p.m. Topic: The Illinois Economy Your winter escape can be anything from a tropical island adventure Is Springfield still in gridlock? How can the pension crisis be addressed? How’s to the best cookie recipe ever . And it’s all available at the Library! Find a Mount Prospect’s economy doing? Let’s take a look at the economy right here in book that whisks you away to a very different time or place or that just lets you Illinois and see if any progress is being made . forget the cold and the snow for an afternoon . Adults 18 and older can fill out one Friday, February 19, 7:30 p.m. entry slip for each book they have read during February . Audiobooks and e-books Topic: Prescription Drugs are included . At the end of the month we will draw from all the entries to pick our The cost of prescription drugs has skyrocketed . Even prize winners . Looking for more ways to get away from the everyday? Ask our staff generic drugs have seen major increases in cost . How are for book suggestions! drugs brought to market? How are they priced? Why do they cost less in other countries? Adult Winter Reading Program Browser Basics, Monday, 3 p .m . A ACT Practice Test Presented by Kaplan Test Prep and 18 BOOK VOYAGERS: Extremely 24 Admissions, Sunday, 12:30-4 p .m . T January Cool Sports, Monday, 4:30-5:30 p .m . Y Teen Advisory Board Meeting, Library and South Branch Closed, MOVIE DISCUSSION: Hannah and Her SB Family Health Carnival/¡Salud! una Monday, 4:30-5:30 p .m . NR T 1 Friday Sisters, Wednesday, 7 p .m . NR A Fiesta Para la Familia, Monday, 4:30- 25 The Path to Your Family Story With 6:30 p .m . F Family LEGO®Mania, Monday, 4:30- BOOK CHAT: The Husband’s Secret Ancestry® Library Edition, Wednesday, 6 p .m . F by Liane Moriarty, Monday, 7 p .m . SENIOR SESSION: Graceland 4 7 p .m . A NR A 19 Cemetery: An Armchair Tour, Computer Learning Lab, Monday, JUMP START YOUR BUSINESS: Tuesday, 1:30 p .m . A 7-9 p .m . NR A FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Everything Small Business Health Care Solutions, Become a Chrome Expert, Tuesday, 3 p .m . A Preschool/Child Care 6 I Never Told You by Celeste Ng, Wednesday, 7 p .m . A Wednesday, noon or 2 p .m . NR A MPPLF Shakespeare Project of Chicago: 26 Information Night, Tuesday, MOVIES@MPPL: A Walk in the 7:30 p .m . NR A SB Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos The Winter’s Tale, Tuesday, 7 p .m . A 14 Woods, Thursday, 1 p .m . A Bilingüe, Wednesday, 5-5:30 p .m . NR F COFFEE, BOOKS, AND MORE: Download Books With Your The Path to Your Family Story With Kindle, Wednesday, 4 p .m . A MOVIES@MPPL: A Walk in the Woods The Absolutist by John Boyne, 27 Ancestry® Library Edition, Thursday, 20 Wednesday, 7:30 p .m . A Wednesday, 10 a .m . NR A Download Books With Your 3 p .m . A Mad Scientists Club, Wednesday, 4:30- 28 Tablet, Thursday, 4 p .m . A Teen Knitting/Crocheting Club iCan Use My iPad, Thursday, 6 p .m . A 8 Friday, 4-6 p .m . T 6 p .m . Y KINDERGARTEN CLUBHOUSE: Friends Winter Book Sale SB Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Winter Wonders, Thursday, 4:30-5:15 p .m . SUPER SATURDAY: Kids & Families Members Only Night, Friday, Y Rock! With ScribbleMonster, 15 Cuentos Bilingüe, Wednesday, 5-5:30 p .m . 9 6:30-9:30 p .m . NR F Saturday, 11-11:45 a .m . F SB Crafting With Perler Beads COFFEE & CONVERSATION: The / Vamos a Hacer Creaciones de SB Arm Knitting for Teens and Adults Safari Web Browser Basics, Wednesday, 29 Illinois Economy, Friday, 7:30 p .m . NR A Perler, Friday, 5-6:30 p .m . Y Saturday, 11:30 a .m -. 1 p .m . AT 6 p .m . A Friends Winter Book Sale, MPPLF’s Unbelievable Chocolate Tech Devices for Beginners Computer Learning Lab, Saturday, 9 a .m -. 4:30 p .m . Raffle,Saturday, January 30- Monday, 3 p .m . A 16 21 Thursday, 4-6 p .m . NR A 30 11 Saturday, February 13 Using PowerPoint®, Saturday, 10 a .m . A Library Board Meeting, Thursday, 7 p .m . Conquer Your Clutter and Get Sign Up for Affordable Care Act Friends Winter Book Sale, 12 Organized! Tuesday, 7:30 p .m . A PowerPoint®: Beyond the Basics, Insurance, Saturday, 11 a .m -. 2 p .m . NR A 17 Sunday, noon-4 p .m . Saturday, 10 a .m . A SB Make & Take Craft / Hazlo y 23 13 Llévatelo, Wednesday, 5-6:30 p .m . Open Drawing Session for Teens, NR F Saturday, 2:30-4 p .m . T

Adult A Teen T Youth Y Family F Please sign up on the Internet at Registration is required for all programs except those denoted by (NR) . Programs are held at the Library unless otherwise noted . Fees, when applicable, must be paid at the SB All Ages G South Branch www.mppl.org/events, at the Library, Registration Desk and are not refundable unless the program is canceled . The Library (NR) No registration necessary or by calling 847/253-5675. requires at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed.

SUPER SATURDAY: Kidworks Presents CHAT & CHEW: The True Blue Games, Dances, and Traditions of Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by 15 Africa, Saturday, 11-11:45 a .m . F February Kathi Appelt, Monday, 1-2 p .m . Y SB BuilderFest/Jóvenes Constructores. Spring Storytime Lottery Begins, Winter Reading Program: Escape Teen Open Lab: 3-D Printing, Monday, 5-6:30 p .m . Y 22 Monday, February 22 Y With Books, February 1-29 Monday, 4-5:15 p .m . T 1 8 BOOK CHAT: Destiny of the Republic by Power Employment Workshop, Monday, MPPLF’s Unbelievable Chocolate Raffle, Android Advice, Monday, 7 p .m . A Candice Millard, Monday, 7 p .m . NR A 9:30 a .m -. 3:30 p .m . A January 30-February 13 How Smart Meters May Help You Save Word®: Beyond the Basics, Monday, 7 p .m . A Using CAD Software for 3-D Printing, Mad Scientists Club Junior: We Can Dig Money, Monday, 7 p .m . A Monday, 4 p .m . A Using CAD Software for 3-D It, Monday, 4:30-5:30 p .m . Y BOOK VOYAGERS: Superheroes With Computer Learning Lab, Tuesday, 16 Printing, Tuesday, 7 p .m . A Using Word®, Monday, 7 p .m . A 4-6 p .m . NR A Heart, Monday, 4:30-5:30 p .m . Y 9 Understanding the Impact of Rising Taking Photos With Your iPhone/ Sweet Perfection: Cupcake Decorating, Interest Rates on Your Portfolio, Toddlers, Toilet Training, and 2 iPad, Tuesday, 6 p .m . A Tuesday, 7:30 p .m . $3 fee A Tuesday, 7:30 p .m . A 23 Tantrums, Tuesday, 7:30 p .m . A The L.E.A.N. Approach to a Mindful SB Make & Take Craft / Hazlo y COFFEE, BOOKS, AND MORE: Taking Photos With Your Mealtime, Tuesday, 7:30 p .m . A 10 Llévatelo, Wednesday, 5-6:30 p .m . 17 My Name Is Mary Sutter by Robin 24 Android Device, Wednesday, NR F Oliveira, Wednesday, 10 a .m . NR A 4 p .m . A FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Liar, 3 Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen The Path to Your Family Story With SENIOR SESSION: Greatest Presidential Color Me Amazing, Thursday, Abbott, Wednesday, noon or 2 p .m . NR A Fold3 and Heritage Quest, Wednesday, Decisions, Wednesday, 1:30 p .m . A 25 1 p .m . A 7 p .m . A SB Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos Getting to Know Your Android KINDERGARTEN CLUBHOUSE: Hide Bilingüe, Wednesday, 5-5:30 p .m . NR F MOVIE DISCUSSION: Her, Wednesday, Smartphone, Wednesday, 4 p .m . A & Seek, Thursday, 4:30-5:15 p .m . Y 7 p .m . NR A Tech Devices for Beginners, Wednesday, SB Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Computer Learning Lab, Thursday, 7 p .m . A MOVIES@MPPL: The Martian, Cuentos Bilingüe, Wednesday, 5-5:30 p .m . 7-9 p .m . NR A Thursday, 1 p .m . A NR F MOVIES@MPPL: The Martian, 11 Excel®: Tables, Charts, and Wednesday, 7 p .m . A The Path to Your Family Story With How Technology Is Changing Your 27 Formulas, Saturday, 10 a .m . A Fold3 and Heritage Quest, Thursday, Homeowner’s Association, Wednesday, Teen Knitting/Crocheting Club, Open Drawing Session for Teens, 3 p .m . A 7 p .m . A 5 Friday, 4-6 p .m . T Saturday, 2:30-4 p .m . T Browser Basics, Thursday, 7 p .m . A Library Board Meeting, Family Movie Night: Monsters, Inc., LEGO®Mania: Dazzling Thursday, 7 p .m . Friday, 6-8 p .m . F CREATE-A-CRAFT: Hearts & 18 28 Dinosaurs, Sunday, 1-2 p .m . Y Crafts, Friday, 11:30 a .m -. 5 p .m . Family Gaming, Friday, 4:30- Friends Cookbooks Only Sale, 12 Teen Advisory Board Meeting, NR Y 6:30 p .m . NR F 6 Saturday, 10 a .m -. 2 p .m . 19 29 Monday, 4:30-5:30 p .m . NR T Blind Date With a Book, Friday, COFFEE & CONVERSATION: Prescription Excel® Basics, Saturday, 10 a .m . A 4-5:30 p .m . T Oberweis Ice Cream, 80 E . Looking Into Windows 10, Monday, Drugs, Friday, 7:30 p .m . NR A 7 p .m . A Sensory Storytime, Saturday, 10:30- Northwest Hwy . 11:30 a .m . Y Excel®: Formulas and Functions, 20 Saturday, 10 a .m . A Youth Activities (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 6

The us at the appointed time! Join us for a Saturday Open Storytime on Mount • for children ages 11 and younger Prospect Tuesdays, 6:30-7 p.m. January 30 and February 27 from 10:30-11 a.m. Unlock adventure and excitement at the Library! Marvel Wednesdays, 9:30-10 a.m. This program will feature themes used in the You can experience daring escapades or take a Fridays, 10:30-11 a.m. weekday Open Storytimes . thrilling journey by reading a good book . Stop by

the Youth Services desk to tell us what you’ve been Winter Storytime

reading this month and dare to enter the Guess Spring Storytime Lottery Lottery Ends Thursday, January 7! How Many contest . Then, test your courage and creativity with activities that will From February 22-March 3, parents can register earn you coupons and prizes . Every activity card you complete is your ticket for a their children—birth through age 5—for MPPL’s chance to win! Prizes include weekly gift cards and grand prize packages, such as Spring storytime session . This session, with a variety of times and age groups, games at Party Time Palace, movies at AMC, books from Barnes and Noble, and will run March 14-April 23 . Due to the popularity of these storytimes, registration is more . Participants may submit one card per day. determined by lottery and is reserved for Mount Prospect Public Library cardholders. To participate in the lottery, please sign up in person at the Youth Services desk . (R-MPPL) • for 3rd-5th graders We Can Wednesday, January 20, 4:30-6 p.m. Dig It Mad about science? Join us as we test Chat & Chew • for 1st-2nd graders our taste buds with food- —for 4th-6th graders Monday, February 1, 4:30-5:30 p.m. related science explorations . Let’s unearth some fun as we Join us for lunch and a discussion of this rollicking adventure . Books Please indicate any food are available at the Youth Services Desk . (R) explore rocks and minerals with allergies upon registration. hands-on science experiments . Space in the lab is limited to The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Space in the lab is limited to 30 scientists . (R) Swamp by Kathi Appelt 20 young scientists who live in Monday, February 15, 1-2 p.m. Mount Prospect . (R-MPPL) Being a Swamp Scout in the Sugar Man Swamp is not an easy job . Just ask Bingo r all fo and J’miah, the newest Swamp Scouts . Of course, they are also raccoons . Their job ages! Friday, February 19, 4:30-6:30 p.m. is to let the Sugar Man know when trouble is coming so that he can take care of it . Drop in for racing, sports, and mini-games and challenge However, the trouble coming is not only from the animal world but from a human, your family to some competition . We’ll have multiple Sunny Boy Beaucoup, owner of the swamp . If Sunny Boy gets his way, then the other players set up on Wii, Xbox 360 with Kinect, humans, Chap and his grandma, will have to move away, and the swamp will never PlayStation 3, and iPads . All games are rated E or E 10+ . be the same . Can Bingo and J’miah find the Sugar Man in time? (R) Children younger than age 9 must be accompanied by an adult. No registration necessary; just stop in! (NR) Book Voyagers —for 1st-3rd graders • for kindergartners Family LEGO®Mania This group is for young adventurers who like SUPER Saturday! to listen to stories, eat snacks, and participate Join us for an after-school storytime where • for K-6th graders and their families —for all ages in fun activities. (R) you and your friends will enjoy stories and Monday, January 25, 4:30-6 p.m. songs, followed by a snack and a DVD. You’ll Saturdays are family days! Join us for a Extremely Cool Sports Brave the cold and grab some also create a project to take home! (R) morning of fun and entertainment the whole Monday, January 18, 4:30-5:30 p.m. LEGOs! Bring the whole family family will enjoy . Programs are held in Winter Wonders Thursday, January 28, 4:30-5:15 p.m. and build amazing creations Meeting Room A . (R) Superheroes With Heart together using the Library’s large Monday, February 22, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Hide & Seek collection of LEGOs . All children Kids & Families Rock! Thursday, February 25, 4:30-5:15 p.m. must be accompanied by an adult. With ScribbleMonster (R) (R) Saturday, January 9, 11-11:45 a.m. Sensory Storytime ® LEGO Mania: Kidworks Presents • for children ages 3-8 and their families Monsters, Inc. Dazzling Dinosaurs Games, Dances, and Saturday, February 6, 10:30-11:30 a.m. • for children of all ages with an adult • for 2nd-4th graders Traditions of Africa Children with special needs and Sunday, February 28, 1-2 p.m. Friday, February 5, 6-8 p.m. their families are invited to join us Saturday, February 20, 11-11:45 a.m. Venture millions of years back in Put on your jammies, pack up a for an inclusive sensory storytime . This program is sponsored by the Mount time and construct prehistoric stuffed animal friend, and head over The hour may include stories, crafts, Prospect Public Library Foundation. (R) creatures using MPPL’s vast supply to the Library to watch Monsters, sensory activities, music, and play . All of LEGOs . The hour will be packed Inc. With not-so-scary snacks children must be accompanied by with books, ideas, creativity, and Create-a-Craft and lots of fun, you can sit back an adult. Please contact Youth Services fun . So, whether it’s a Triassic, —for all ages and enjoy the show . This program at least one week in advance for special Jurassic, or Cretaceous creature is best suited for families with requests or accommodations. Space is Children younger than age 9 must be you favor, join us for an event of children ages 3 and older, but all limited, so register today! (R) accompanied by an adult. No registration is are welcome . All children must be epic proportions! Registration is necessary; just drop in. (NR) limited to Mount Prospect LEGO- accompanied by an adult at this lovers. (R-MPPL) Hearts & Crafts family event. (R) Friday, February 12, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 7

Teen Space YOU! can help decide what the Library offers teens Join the Teen Advisory Board (TAB, for News and activities for teens in grades 6-12! short) . Come to a meeting to see what it Please sign up for programs on the Internet at www.mppl.org, at the Library, or by calling 4:30- Monday, January 25 is all about . We meet once a month, and 847/253-5675, unless otherwise noted (NR) . Priority registration is given to Mount Prospect 5:30 snacks are always served . It’s a chance p.m. Monday, February 29 cardholders for programs with limited attendance . Please have your MPPL card when registering . to have an impact on what’s available The Library requires at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed. at MPPL for teens and earn volunteer ACT Practice Test Presented service hours (always good for college by Kaplan Test Prep and applications) . (NR) Admissions Sunday, January 24, 12:30-4 p.m. Students will take a fully-proctored practice ACT test and will experience what to expect in Friday, January 8, 4-6 p.m. a test-like environment . Students will receive a Friday, February 5, 4-6 p.m. comprehensive analysis of their performance on Do you love to knit or crochet? Are you interested in the test by mail or e-mail, detailing individual learning? Then join our monthly Teen Knitting/Crocheting strengths and weaknesses . Be sure to bring a calculator, two #2 pencils, and wear club! We’ll have yarn, needles, and the know-how to teach comfortable clothes . Cell phones will not be allowed . (R) the basics of knitting and crocheting . You can also bring your own supplies —and your friends—for an afternoon of sharing ideas and conversation . Refreshments will be served . (R) February 1-29 When reality becomes just too much, you know you can escape with books. We’ll escape together—stop by South Branch Events MPPL to fill out a blurb with (R) Registration required . | Inscripción requerida . the title of the book you are (NR) No registration required . | No inscripción requerida . “escaping with” and maybe a short sentence about the Open Make & Take Craft | book. Personal and school- Hazlo y Llévatelo related reading both count. • for kids up to 6th grade and their families Your blurbs will be featured in Teen Space. You will be entered into a drawing for a Wednesday, January 13, 5-6:30 p.m. chance to win gift cards to popular Mount Prospect places during weekly drawings. Wednesday, February 10, 5-6:30 p.m. Complete as many blurbs as you like for limitless chances to win! Earn extra Drop into the South Branch to make crafts . The Library drawing entries when you post a photo of your book on Instagram (remember to will provide all craft supplies . No registration required . follow and tag MPPLteen in your photo). You can also qualify for a $50 Amazon gift Children under age 9 must be accompanied by an adult. card if your guess is the closest in the Guess How Many Unicorn Pops contest. (NR) Crafting With Perler Beads | Vamos a Hacer BuilderFest | Jóvenes with Constructores a Once monthly on Mondays, come to the Creaciones de Perler • for ages 6-12 Friday, February 12, 4-5:30 p.m. computer lab to create with RPG Maker, • for children in 2nd-6th grades Monday, February 15, 5-6:30 p.m. Join us at Oberweis Ice Cream Arduino, and more. There will be scheduled Friday, January 29, 5-6:30 p.m. activities each month, and you may also Caution, construction ahead! Design and Dairy Store, 80 E . Northwest Design your use the time to work on your own projects. a bridge, make a marshmallow Highway, to meet some new books . own bead Be sure to sign up for these labs—space is tower, and open a mystery bag to see We’ll tell you a little about some limited. (R) creation! We what you can engineer! (R) great reads, and you decide if they 3-D Printing supply the sound good to you . There will be beads—just Monday, February 8, 4-5:15 p.m. games and treats, too . Please bring bring your Interested in 3-D design? Learn with your Library card so you can bring ideas and your the online application Tinkercad, home your dream book! (R) friends! (R) which will let you create an object to be printed . (R) Open Drawing Session for Teens Saturday, January 23, 2:30-4 p.m. Saturday, February 27, 2:30-4 p.m. Stop by and let a Library staff member show Teens at any level of drawing experience can come practice you how to stream movies and music or read new techniques or use different drawing materials at our magazines on your smartphone or tablet. Instantly watch movies or listen to the sessions . Pastels, colored pencils, graphite, and pen and latest albums by going to Hoopla.com. Read a wide variety of full-color magazines ink are some of the tools that teens can experiment with . cover-to-cover using Zinio. Both can be found at mppl.org/e-library/library-apps. Instructional materials, as well as a staff person with All you need is your Library card— drawing experience, will be on hand to help teens who and time to watch, listen, and read! want to learn more . Teens will need to bring their own sketchbooks, but drawing materials will be provided . Seating is limited and teens must register. No snacks or refreshments will be served due to the activity . (R) Mount Prospect, IL 60056 IL Mount Prospect, 10 Street Emerson South Mount Public Library Prospect Attention, chocolate lovers; this one’s for you! Join the Mount Prospect Public Library Foundation for its sweetest event of the year, the Unbelievable Chocolate Raffle . The event takes place in the lobby of the Library and features sumptuous baskets designed for the chocolate lover in all of us . Raffle tickets are $1 each, six for $5, and 12 for $10 . Tickets can be purchased from a MPPL Foundation volunteer, or inquire at the Registration Desk . The drawing will be held on Saturday, February 13 beginning at 3 p .m . Winners need not be present. All proceeds from the Unbelievable Chocolate Raffle benefit the Foundation, which

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Cookbooks Only Sale Saturday, February 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Stock up on great books at bargain prices If you love food and books, then this during the Friends of the Library’s used sale is for you! Stock your pantry with book sale . Funds raised through the sale new recipes from our stellar collection will help the Friends support additional of gently used cookbooks . Stop by Library programs, events, and services . the Library early for the best selection! d Saturday, January 16, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Funds raised through the sale will help d Sunday, January 17, noon-4 p.m. the Friends support Members Only Night additional Library d Friday, January 15, 6:30-9:30 p.m. programs, events, and services . Mount Prospect, IL 60056 IL Prospect, Mount Non-Profit Organization Non-Profit Carrier Route Pre-sort Route Carrier

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Mount Prospect Public Library • for all ages 10 South Emerson Street Feb Get ready to break out of your routine and escape with ruary 1-29 Mount Prospect, IL books! Unlock adventure and excitement in February 60056 with the Winter Reading Program . South Branch staff will track 847/253-5675 • TDD 847/590-3797 the total number of books read in a large display, and each book www.mppl.org you read will help the Minecraft character Steve escape from different iconic baddies . You can also join in the Guess How Many Bilingual Storytime | Telephone Renewal/My Account Keys contest, and kids can complete additional activities beyond La Hora de Cuento 847/590-3200 the books they read, such as reading out loud or illustrating a Library Hours scene from a book . All ages can turn in their logs and enter to win an “escape”- Bilingüe Monday-Friday 9 a m. -. 10 p m. . themed basket . • for kids ages 3-6 and their families Wednesday, January 6, 5-5:30 p.m. Saturday 9 a m. -. 5 p m. . Family Health Carnival Wednesday, January 20, 5-5:30 p.m. Sunday noon-5 p m. . | ¡Salud! una Fiesta Para Wednesday, February 3, 5-5:30 p.m. Library Board of Trustees la Familia Wednesday, February 17, 5-5:30 p.m. Dale Barbara Draznin Children and their families are invited Michael Duebner Monday, January 18, to 30 minutes of songs and stories . An 4:30-6:30 p.m. Jane Everett adult must accompany any children for Teens Come play “minute-to-win-it” Sylvia Fulk under the age of 3. Registration is not and Adults games and win prizes! Compete Brian Gilligan necessary; just drop in! (NR) Sylvia Haas Saturday, January 9, with your friends and family to see 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. who knows the most about healthy Richard Tani Leave the needles at home and learn habits . Do you have questions about The Board of Library Trustees meets the Play and Learn | third Thursday of each month at 7 p .m . at the medications, natural remedies, to use your arms to knit a scarf! Some Jugar y Aprender Library . Meetings are open, and the public is knitting experience will help but is not your diet, or other areas of your welcome to attend . necessary . Presented in English but health? Chat with Village Nurse Tuesdays in January and February, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Spanish instructions will be available . Jill Heinking about the health of Marilyn Genther, Executive Director Parents and their 3- to 5-year-old (R) anyone in your family and also get Cathy Hill Deane, Deputy Director your blood pressure taken . (R) children are invited to enjoy arts, Frank Corry, Deputy Director crafts, exercise, stories, and music . South Branch Hours This program is open to Mount Monday-Friday • 11 a .m . to 7:30 p .m . More Prospect residents only. Call South Friday before the second Saturday Branch 847/506-4930 to register . (R) 11 a .m . to 3 p .m . programs and 2nd Saturday of the month activities on page 7! 11 a .m . to 3 p .m . January/February 2016