your SPECIAL PULLOUT guide explore the opportunities SECTION News and Information From Mount Prospect Public Library September/October 2015 CULTURAL MONTH SALE Art Items to Public Become a patron of the arts! Our second-floor redesign Bask in the glory of the luminous locations and evocative tastes and project will include a sounds of Italy . Dream of a villa beneath the Tuscan sun, a museum re-configuring of our filled with timeless treasures, or a coastal perch where you can gaze circulating art display . upon azure-blue waters . No wonder musicians and artists have found As part of this project, the sun-drenched country a continuous source more than 60 items have been removed from the collection and will be available for of inspiration . Join us as we explore the Italian patrons to purchase . These are pieces that will not fit in the Library’s new display peninsula and see this many-faceted country in space or have not circulated recently . its best light . Our annual Cultural Series is funded The art sale will take place on the second floor from Monday, September 14 to through the the Elizabeth J. Clough Memorial Fund. Sunday, September 20 . All items will be priced and will be sold as is . Funds from the sale will go to the Library’s Public Art fund to pay for future art purchases . Your Library Card What’s is worth more in Inside September! Adult Events . 2 Each September the Library and local businesses Afternoon Encore Series . 2 and organizations partner up to double the Books & Movies . 4 value of your Library card . The annual Show Your Card promotion takes Calendar . 5 place during National Library Card month . Show Your Card offers discounts or small gifts to people who present Computer Classes . 3 their Library cards to participating businesses or organizations anytime Cultural Month activitites . 3 from September 1-30 . This is in addition to the great deal that your Library Life . 4 September 1 Library card gives you every day of the year . Senior Session . 2 thru 30 Stop by starting September 1 to pick up a brochure listing all the deals available, or go to www .mppl org/events. for a complete list of businesses South Branch . 7-8 and their offers . Teen Zone . .7 Youth Activities . 6 SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 4 The Library will be closed Labor Day Monday, September 7. Every year hundreds of requests are made to remove books from the shelves yourguide of libraries because someone does not like the opinions expressed . Celebrate your freedom to read and your First Amendment rights during Banned Books Week . Fall 2015 Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if Highlights include: the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—is one w Plans for construction on the of America’s founding principles . Protect your right to make your own choices and 2nd Floor - page 1 check out a book someone else doesn’t think you should read . w Our updated Web site - page 3 Stop by to view our display on Banned Books Week, enter our drawing, and try w Check us out… we’re on for a prize . Pinterest! - page 4 w Why preschoolers should read 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten - page 4 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 NAMIReads: An Evening With cardholders for programs with limited attendance . Please have your MPPL card when registering . Author Anna Berry The Library requires at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed. Wednesday, October 14, 7 p.m. Anna Berry will discuss her book Unhinged, Healthcare 411: Best and family or just have a fun creative which describes how she faced mental illness, Treatment Options for evening, you’ll leave this program with a both on her own and in her family . Speaking to Common Injuries variety of stunning, stylish craft projects the audience via Skype, Berry will describe the and gift ideas . Please bring adhesive and experience of mental illness and her struggle to Tuesday, September 8, 7:30 p.m. scissors . All other supplies are included break the cycle in her family . Her story is candid, Vijay Patel, D C. ,. of Advanced Physical in the $10 fee. Registration is in person poignant, difficult, and encouraging, and proof Medicine and Therapy, will discuss only; there is no phone or online that mental illness can be overcome . (R) common injuries such as rotator cuff registration for this program . Stop by This program is presented jointly with the National issues, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, MPPL to register and see samples of Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)/Cook County North patellar tendinitis, bursitis, sciatica, these remarkable projects . (R) Suburban chapter. and carpal tunnel syndrome . Patel will describe how these injuries occur and Power Employment the standard plans of care one must Workshop discuss what worked this year as well as phone . (R) follow to recover optimal health . (R) Monday, September 21, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. any issues that gardeners experienced This free workshop, presented by and how these problems were solved . Neighbors in Common: Forensic Genealogy Illinois workNet, will focus on There will also be a presentation on The Ins and Outs Techniques for the techniques for getting a job in today’s straw bale gardening . (R) of Condominium Everyday Researcher market . Experienced staff will provide Associations Wednesday, September 9, 7 p.m. expert guidance on writing résumés AARP Driver Safety Wednesday, October 21, 7 p.m. “Forensic” genealogy refers to the use of and cover letters that get results . You Training Attorney David Bendoff will talk science and technology in investigating will then learn how to prepare for an Monday, October 12, 1-5 p.m. about the legal requirements of Illinois evidence and establishing facts . Marsha interview, review common interview Tuesday, October 13, 1-5 p.m. condominium associations, including Peterson-Maass will demonstrate questions, and learn effective ways to This 2-part class provides a refresher for recent changes in the law . (R) how the everyday genealogist can use answer them . Mock interviews and motorists age 50 and older . A review of forensic methods to analyze research, “elevator speeches” will be conducted to driving skills and techniques, as well as Money Smarts for Older find “obvious” clues, and get a different practice your newfound skills . (R) safe driving tips, will be presented . You look at the findings . (R) must attend both sessions . A fee will be Adults Football in a Snap: The collected at the first class . Bring your Wednesday, October 28, 10 a.m. How to Stream Movies Basics AARP card to receive a discount (AARP Representatives from AgeOptions will present tips and strategies for seniors on and More Tuesday, September 29, 7:30 p.m. members pay $15; nonmembers $20, cash how to prevent financial exploitation . Monday, September 14, 7 p.m. Football is the talk of the town and or check) and your driver’s license . A ComEd representatives will also be on Today you have many choices beyond you need to be in that conversation . certificate,given upon completion, can hand to provide information on the cable and compact discs for movies and This presentation is about learning the be presented to an insurance agent for a rollout of new Smart Meters . (R) music . Learn about streaming devices fundamentals of the game in a friendly, discount . Registration is in person or by and services, including how they work, non intimidating atmosphere . You’ll be what you can find to watch or listen to, quite proud of yourself as you surprise The Afternoon Encore Series consists of periodic art, cultural, and which one might be best for you . (R) and impress the sports enthusiasts in and life skills programs previously presented on a Tuesday night, now your life when you can tell them exactly offered during the day. what’s happening on the field! Geared Entrepreneur’s Cafe provides examples of some of his most for a diverse audience of pro football Ira Gershwin: Master Movie Series Wordsmith memorable songs as well as stories Tuesday, September 15, 7 p.m. fans of all ages! (R) Thursday, September 24, 1 p.m. about what inspired him to write . (R) The Call of the Entrepreneur discusses From an early age, Ira Gershwin knew the experiences of a failing dairy farmer Don’t Pay the College how to express emotions through the O Solo Piano!: Italian in rural Evart, Michigan, a merchant Sticker Price turn of a phrase . His most famous Piano Masterworks banker in New York City, and a refugee Wednesday, September 30, 7:30 p.m. collaboration was with his brother, Thursday, October 29, 1 p.m. from Communist China . Read more For many families college tuition is George, but he also wrote lyrics for See the Cultural Month events on page about the film and watch the trailer at the largest expense they will ever face . several other composers . This program 3 for program information . www calloftheentrepreneur. com. (R) Joe Orsolini, president of College Aid The Entrepreneur’s Cafe “Spotlight on Planners Inc ,. introduces several key Success” film series includes films with areas of opportunity to reduce the an entrepreneurial focus that educate and overall cost of a college education: Senior Session inspire . Join new and established business need-based aid, merit aid and owners for a night of enlightening discussion .