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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-11 Oak Brook Public } Library Fedccn Library 600 Oak Brook Road - Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 630-368-7700 - www.oak-brook.org/library Volume 10, Issue I I November 2012 Library Hours Adult Programs 9:30 am-9 pm Monday-Thursday g 9:30 am-5 pm Friday-Saturday Registration is required for all programs. Please call 630-368-7725. 1 pm-5 pm Sunday* 'closed Sundays between Memorial and Labor Day T'ai Chi Class Department Numbers Friday, November 2 @ 12:30 pm Circulation 630-368-7702 Join Personal Trainer Sandy Auriemma as she teaches T'ai Chi for beginners. Reference 630-368-7725 Researchers have found it can show some favorable effects on the promotion of balance Youth Services 630-368-7733 control,flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. Library Commission Dr. Mark Moy: Series of Programs on Medical Emergencies Roberta Petz, President Monday, November 5 @ 3 pm Anthony DiCanio Susan Epstein _ Dr. Moy continues his series of programs on Medical Emergencies with Insect Jeffry Franklin Veena Mendiratta Stings and the Diseases They Carry. He will discuss treating insect bites, bite Hope Sabbagha Sandra Wittrock prevention, West Nile Virus, Lyme Disease, and much more. Commission Meetings Tuesdays @ 7 piu Art Excursions: The Paintings of Michelangelo January 15, 2013 Tuesday, November 6 @ 7 pm March 19, 2013 Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel are May 21,2013 among the world's most famous works of art. In this slide lecture, July 16, 2013 art historian Jeff Mishur elucidates the complex iconography of this series of paintings along with other works by the Renaissance September 17, 2013 master including his Last Judgement,Temptation of St.Anthony November 19, 2013 and Holy Family. Mishur will also discuss Michelangelo's patrons Follow us online and his painting process. www.oak-brook.org/library twitter @oakbrooklibrary The Making of Downton Abbey: Setting the Scene Tuesday, November 13 @ 7 pm Facebook The soap opera began hundreds of years before Edith wrote her youth services blog: .yq letter to the Turkish ambassador!Yet the aristocratic way of life oakbrookpubliclibraryblog.blogspot.com that had evolved at places like Downton Abbey was nearly ruined staff picks blog: ;"` by the time we first meet the Crawleys in 1912. How did a few , families come to own so much English property?Why did Robert's oakbrooklibrarypicks.wordpress.com `T family need him to marry an heiress like Cora?And why do places like Downton Abbey(Highclere Castle in real life)look the way they 4do?Learn about the landscape designers, land ownership w patterns, and inheritance laws that produced great estates like Downton, and why radical changes were inevitable. l Chair Yoga Class Friday, November 16 @ 12:30 pm Exercise, Stretch and Relax.Join Personal Trainer and Yoga Instructor Sandy Auriemma for a 45 minute class on Chair Yoga. Learn how to do basic stretches from 4 '°)t ;1 : s the comfort and convenience of your own home! All ages welcome. Computer Classes Snuggle Up with a Good Book Registration and Internet Privileges Required Children's Storytimes Intro to Facebook Toddling Twos Thursday, November 1 @ 5 pm Mondays at 10:30 am This class will assist participants in setting up a Facebook account Toddle on down to this fun and interactive story time that and will also teach the basics in using Facebook, such as creating a profile, adding friends, writing on friends'walls, sending includes marvelous books, flannel boards, tons of music messages, and much more. and a cute-as-a button craft. Children must be age 2 by Nov. 1, 2012. Database Searching 11/5 Color My World Wednesday, November 7 @ 1 pm 11/12 Gobble, Gobble, Gobble This class will provide the tools to better search the internet and There will be no storytime on November 19. find more closely the information they are seeking. Topics included 11/26 Time for Hats in this class are: pros and cons of various search engines, assessing the authority of websites, exploring the Library's databases, and much more. Terrific 3s and 4s Thursdays at 4:30 pm Computer Help Preschoolers will wiggle and giggle in this fun-filled story Monday, November 12 @ 10 am -4 pm time which includes a whimsical craft, dancing, and of A one-on-one 30 minute computer sessions is being offered to course books. Children must be age 3 by Nov. 1, 2012. patrons for answering basic questions from searching the Web to posting a resume online. 11/8 Pets 11/15 Turkey Day Email Basics There will be no storytime on November 22. Monday, November 19 @ 1 pm 11/29 Bears Would you like to learn how to use email but have no email account? This class will assist you in creating a free Yahoo! email Grades K-2 account or a free Gmail account (a mobile phone number may be Tuesdays at 4:30 pm required for Gmail registration). Topics include filling out online Are you nuts about books and art? Then join us for this forms and registering for websites, including creating usernames wonderful story time. We will read a story and then do an and strong passwords. Attaching and downloading files through email will also be covered. art project inspired by the book. 11/6 Harvest Soup Computer Tips &Tools 11/13 Run Turkey Run! Monday, November 26 @ 1 pm There will be no storytime on November 20. This class will give you practical computer tips. Topics include: 11/27 Through the Woods printing, highlighting to copy and paste, volume control, search engines and mouse skills. Fun Foreign Language Storytime with OBPL Book Club Language Stars®@ 11-11:30 am Wednesday, November 21 @ 10 am Thursday, November 1-Mandarin Languag4Stars' How Do You Kill 11 Million People? By Andy Andrews A long essay that asks, "Where do we begin to find common Attend a storytime in Mandarin! Native speakers from Language ground in regard to what we want(or don't want) for the future Stars®will provide a 30-minute interactive Funlmmersion®program of America'? Is it possible to write something that with books, songs and activities conducted entirely in their native doesn't use the words Republican or Democrat, language. Recommended for ages 1-6, but all ages are welcome. liberal or conservative, yet conveys a message jJ — with which everyone could agree'?" -- _ _ ---- - Junior High Scene. Movie Matinee Join our Blockbuster Book Club! tom.> Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Do you like reading a good book and then sharing it with O°" Wed., Nov. 28 @ 2 pm others?We will meet once per month to discuss a good book L O FISHING; while discovering fun facts about it as well as the author. MEN A fisheries expert is approached by a Snacks will be provided. See the Circulation desk for a copy consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of of the book. 4. bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith Tuesday, November 27 @ 6:30 pm and fish to prove the impossible possible. Holes by Louis Sachar Rated PG-13; 107 minutes Youth Services Program Room tai 4 Gift Books Donated to Sampling of New and Upcoming Materials Oak Brook Library You can place your own "hold on items checked out or on order in the month of October through our website www.oak-brook.org/library or stop by the Reference Desk for assistance. In memory of Mary Duncan the Village of Oak Brook donated Knitting Everyday Finery, Simple Crocheting. The Dog with the Old Books Soul, Little Boy Blue, What Puppies Teach Us and What's a Dog 1 Fiction For. Banville, John Ancient Light Brunt, Douglas Ghosts of Manhattan The Krohn Family donated All-American Boy and Traveling with Eng,Tan Twan The Garden of Evening Mists Your Pet in honor of Max Krohn's 17th birthday. Ernst, Kathleen The Light Keeper's Legacy Feather,Jane Twelfth Night Secrets Connie Vacco donated The Spark of Life:Electricity in the Human French,Tana In the Woods Body in memory of her husband Dr. Richard J.Vacco. Heller, Peter The Dog Stars I Jones, Darynda Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet Macneal, Susan Elia Princess Elizabeth's Spy:A Maggie Hope Mystery —14,,,,2-,,r----- - 3 Keller, Julia A Killer in the Hills a- ( "'-'°�' I Kincaid, Gregory A Christmas Home i • ' i �,it Kingsbury, Karen The Bridge: A Novel ' ' ' Palmer, Diana Silver Bells: Man of Ice/Heart of Ice Robinson, Patrick Power Play-� rz Shapiro, B.A. The Art Forger Did you know that you can rent the Friends of the Nonfiction Library Meeting Room? Achebe, Chinua There Was a Country:A Personal History of Biafra It is available to residents who hold an Oak Brook Flynn,James Are We Getting Smarter? Public Library card in good standing, corporate Johnson, Paul Darwin: Portrait of a Genius residents and certain not-for-profit groups. All meetings Lennon,John The John Lennon Letters must be free to attend and open to the public. Private Maitland, Sara From the Forest:A Search for the Hidden Roots of parties and social events are not allowed. There is no Our Fairytales charge to rent the meeting room, however, if you wish Mann,William Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbara Streisand to use the grand piano there is a $25 fee. For more Moroney, Shannon Through the Glass information or to complete the necessary paperwork O'Reilly, Bill Killing Kennedy:The End of Camelot please visit our website at oak-brook.org/library and Owen, Mark No Easy Day:The Firsthand Account of the click on the Meeting Room tab or stop by the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden,the Autobiography of a Navy SEAL Administration Office. Pigliucci, Massimo Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy !, Can Lead Us to a More Meaningful Life PMrrn,�—,,!' ' Schwalbe, Will The End of Your Life Book Club ��yL�� 1 \G � Skinner, David The Story of Ain't:America, Its Language, and the ' ' Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published > tppw Tha Stewart, Rod Never a Dull Moment: MyAutobiography � til Wilson, Bee Consider the Fork:A History of How We Cook and Eat Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory... bVbs The Ten Worst Civil War Generals 2016 Obama's America ilk with Civil War Historian, Bruce Allardice Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter Dark Shadows The Day Carl Sandburg Died Saturday, November 10 @ 1:30 pm ;, z Forensics on Trial .r A Living History Program presented by '- How I Met Your Mother—Season 7 „- Last Ride �� the Fullersburg Historic Foundation at the f Stephen Hawking Brave New World Oak Brook Public Library �. _ b �, �".,. �.. .� - Steve Jobs:The Lost Interview ,+t Upstairs, Downstairs—Season 2 In this talk, Bruce will examine the Braggs, the Burnsides and the . � Music Pembertons; how they became 1 i As I Lay Dying Awakened generals and why they failed to justify Blake Shelton Cheers It's Christmas their promotion to high rank. - Lady Antebellum On This Winter's Night Taylor Swift Red You've heard about the best...now hear about the rest! Various Artists Pitch Perfect Soundtrack SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Adult programs 1 2 3 0 ©Children's © Language Stars Current Events 9:30 am wit Young Adults Mandarin Storytime All ages in black 11 am Tai Chi Class 12:30 pm Computer Class: "RAP` = Intro to Facebook 5 pm 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 e © Toddling Twos o Grades K-2 Computer Class o Terrific 3s and 4s Current Events 9:30 am Storytime 10:30 am Storytime 4:30 pm Database Searching Storytime 4:30 pm Medical Emergencies Pti, Paintings of 1 pm with Dr.Moy 3 pm Michelangelo 7 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Computer Class: o Grades K-2 o Terrific 3s and 4s Current Events 9:30 am Computer Help(must Storytime 4:30 pm Storytime 4:30 pm register for 30 min The Making of Chair Yoga Class session) 10 am-4 pm Downton Abbey 7 pm 12:30 pm o Toddling Twos Storytime 10:30 am Knit Pickers 7 pm 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Computer Class: Knit Pickers 7 pm Book Discussion 10 am LIBRARY LIBRARY Email Basics How Do You Kill 11 CLOSED CLOSED 1 pm Million People? LIBRARY 0 CLOSES AT 5P 1 25 26 27 28 29 30 o Toddling Twos o Grades K-2 Movie Matinee- o Terrific 3s and 4s Current Events 9:30 an Storytime 10:30 am Storytime 4:30 pm Salmon Fishing in the Storytime 4:30 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm Yemen 2 pm Computer Class: Computer Tips and Tools o Blockbuster Book 1 pm Club 6:30 pm