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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-06 Oak Brook Public s -, Library Leaccn Library 600 Oak Brook Road - Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 630-368-7700 - www.oak-brook.org/library Volume I I, Issue 6 June 2013 Library Hours AduIt Programs 9:30 am-9 pm Monday-Thursday 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 Antique Roadshow - Saturday, June 1 @ 2 pm Have you ever wanted to go on Antique Roadshow'? Here is your chance! z'ANTIQUE! Department Numbers John Leonard from Leonard Auction will give a brief discussion of how an LL[90-"OW, Circulation 630-368-7702 appraiser values an item as well as the current antique market.Then he Reference 630-368-7725 will appraise your items! Feel free to bring in 1-3 items for appraisal. Youth Services 630-368-7733 Sahaja Meditation - Mondays in June @ 6 pm Sahaja is a unique method of meditation based on an experience called Self Library Commission "' Realization.An inner transformation takes place through this process, resulting in Roberta Petz, President a more balanced individual. Anthony DiCanio Susan Epstein Jeffry Franklin Veena Mendiratta Gaining Financial Control of your Divorce -Wed., June 5 @ 7 pm Hope Sabbagha Sandra Wittrock The decisions you make during your divorce will affect the rest of your life. In these tough economic times, it is crucial that you get the right Commission Meetings information so that you can make sound financial, not emotional, Tuesdays 7 m decisions.This workshop will show you how to avoid some of the most * p common financial mistakes people make during the divorce process—as July 16, 2013 well as show you the sources of money that may be available to you as a result of your divorce. September 17, 2013 Join Certified Divorce Financial Analyst1M Graham Craig for crucial information on how to take November 19, 2013 control of your finances during your divorce. Follow us online A Clear Approach, Inc.: Managing Your Accent - www.oak-brook.orgflibrary Thursday, June 13 @ 7 pm Many speakers who have learned English as their second or third language struggle with being twitter @oakbrooklibrary understood.Accented speech is impacted by characteristics unique to each individual,yet the Facebook frustration experienced when communication breaks down is universal. Join Grace Sievers of A Clear Approach, Inc. as she discusses how she helps non-native speakers identify their youth services blog: individual differences that are getting in the way of speaking better American English. oakbrookpubliclibraryblog.blogspot.com Healthy Brain, Healthy Memory - Saturday, June 15 @ 2 pm staff picks blog: Would you like to maintain your cognitive vitality? In this educational and oakbrooklibrarypicks.wordpress.com entertaining presentation you will learn about your brain and specific activities which can help you maintain and even improve brain function. Dr. Sasser will also discuss how memory works, age-related memory changes, and strategies for improving retention and recall of information, names, and tasks.Sponsored by the Friends of OBPL. Cabaret and More! - Saturday, June 29 @ 2 pm Join us for Cabaret and More!with esteemed Cabaret singer, Kym Frankovelgia. Kym has played night clubs and cruise ships and specializes in Cabaret, Big Band, Broadway, and Jazz and will be singing songs from the 1920s and up. She has played with the Sammy Kaye Orchestra, Glenn Miller, and Maxine Andrews just to name a few. Sponsored by the Friends of OBPL. Computer Classes Children's Programs Registration and Internet Privileges Required Have Book —Will Travel! Monday, June 3 @ 1 pm - Intro to MS Word 2010 Pack your bags and get ready for an adventure! Our Participants will learn to start up and shut down MS Word, Summer Reading Program, Have Book-Will Travel takes understand how typing on a computer differs from using a children and young adults on a journey with storytimes and typewriter, change the"look" or format of the text, use spell special programming that follow this travel theme. The check, save and print a document. program reading clubs begin on June 1 and run through August 3. We provide children ages three and up the Wed., June 5 @ 1 pm - MS Word 2010 Intermediate opportunity to earn prizes for reading during the summer. Learn to create headers and footers, insert, move and resize We hope to have all of Oak Brook's children escaping into graphics, apply bullets and numbering features, columns and books! much more. Monday, June 10 @ 10 am-2 pm - Computer Help Weekly Storytime Activities A one-on-one, 30 minute computer session, is being offered to June 10- July 26 patrons for answering basic computer-related questions from Toddling Twos for toddlers (2yr. olds) searching the Web to posting a resume online. Registration is Thursdays, June 13, 20, 27 @ 10 am (for 30 mins) required. This is a perfect program to introduce little ones to the Wednesday, June 12 @ 11 am - Downloading Library. We'll travel to many exciting places with books, eBooks, eAudiobooks and Zinio songs, dance, fingerplays and more! We'll also make crafts Do you want assistance downloading to your Kindle, iPad, Nook which are related to the theme of the day. A parent or or Computer? Or, do you just want to learn more about the caregiver must stay with children during the program. process? If so, this class is for you. Registration is required. Registration is required. Must be 2 years old by June 1, 2013. Monday, June 17 @ 1 pm - Database Searching Terrific Threes and Fours for preschoolers Want help planning a trip or finding a "Consumer Report" i Thursdays,June 13, 20 @ 4:30 pm (for 30 mins) recommendation? Perhaps you want to get the most up-to-date I Please note that here will be no program on June 27. financial information on a mutual fund or stock. Learn to search I Bring your preschoolers to the Library for an adventure more effectively to find the information you need. through books. This storytime includes stories, fingerplay, songs, dance, and a simple craft. Children attend the .1 ft,1 a nal ca4 Ict program independently, while parents or caregivers wait in ,.. , ,;�,, ,� , the youth area of the Library. Registration is required. l Must be 3 years old by June 1, 2013. '#"^^' - Movie Matinee Grades K-2 Storytime/Art with Miss Theresa P Mondays, June 10, 17, 24 @ 4:30 pm (for 45-60 mins) )est m�; Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Join us for some great stories that will take us on journeys P"^�°� Wed. June 26 @ 2 pm throughout the world. We will travel from deserts to oceans ra ' and from busy cities to mountain tops! Because Miss British retirees travel to India to take up residence Theresa believes that good books inspire us, a story- in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less inspired art project will follow. Please dress for mess! luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel slowly Registration is required. begins to charm in unexpected ways. (from IMDB.com) Rated PG-13, 124 minutes Bingo Fridays, June 14 and 28 @ 3-4pm Friends Meeting Room Coming Soon -- New Library Returns! Looking for something to do? Join us for afternoon bingo! The Friends of the Oak Brook Public Library have Bring a friend or two and have an enjoyable time that offers graciously purchased two new Library Returns. fun and a wide assortment of prizes. All ages welcome. These new returns are bigger and better and will "" replace the older ones which are deteriorating. No registration required. Any of the Library's materials will be accepted in -"'` Summer Book Discussions the returns. Look for these new returns to be Do you like reading a good book and then sharing it with I installed sometime in June. others'?We will meet three times this summer to discuss Thanks Friends of the Library! good books. Not only will we talk about the stories and 6.1 1 Gift Books Donated to Oak Brook characters, but we will also discover fun facts about each Library in the month of May book as well as the authors. Snacks will be provided. See the Circulation Desk for a copy of the book a few --- _ weeks prior to each session. Grades 5 and Up Lois Miller has donated Comet's Tale in memory of Dusty and Henry Koenker. Thursday, June 20 @ 11 am i.' Wonder by R.J. Palacio Helen M. Schell donated A Step of Faith in memory of James F. Schell. -- Manners Do Matter: Sampling of New and Upcoming Materials Out-and-About And On-the-Go Manners You can place your own "hold" on items checked out or on order Wednesday, June 19 @ 2pm through our website www.oak-brook.org/library or stop by the Stepping Into Etiquette presents this entertaining and Reference Desk for assistance. interactive program teaching children the importance of Books having good manners and how using manners will improve Fiction their relationships with their friends, family and teachers. Ahmad,A. X. The Caretaker This workshop will focus on manners when you are out Bangs, Nina Predatory and about. Children spend as much time in the public Brown, Eli Cinnamon and Gunpowder as they do at school and at home, and therefore, it is Castle, Richard Storm Front important for them to know how to conduct themselves Center, Katherine The Lost Husband when they are out. The workshop will address: Dailey,Janet Triumph • Courtesy and respect for neighbors De Kretser, Michelle Questions of Travel • Respect for other people's property yr Goodman,Jo True to the Law • Mall manners reg e. I '- " Harwood,John The Asylum .. 4 1,, • Sidewalk manners tie . >i` Lackberg, Camilla The Stranger r • How to behave at the movies .,..�• Marra,Anthony A Constellation of Vital Phenomena • How to behave at live performances, '" :W Meyer, Philipp The Son museums, churches and libraries Pryor, Mark The Crypt Thief:A Hugo Marston Novel • How to be a courteous traveler Rhodes, David Jewelweed • The dos and don'ts of sports etiquette Warren, Susan Take a Chance on Me When traveling, whether it is a vacation abroad, or to a local restaurant, you want to be able to carry on a Nonfiction conversation, make eye contact, and make a positive first Annis, Barbara Work With Me:The 8 Blind Spots Between Men impression. Ages 7-12. Registration is required. and Women in Business Brown, Pete Shakespeare's Pub Young Artist Workshop with Terri Murphy Brzezinski, Mika Obsessed:America's Food Addiction—and My Friday, June 21 @ 2 pm Own Cruise,Jorge The 100: Count Only Carb Calories and Lose Up to Terri Murphy is a children's librarian and picture book 18 Pounds in 2 Weeks illustrator who offers traveling workshops designed to George, David Untangling the Mind inspire young creative minds. This workshop will have the Holzer, Harold The Civil War in Fifty Objects children traveling to Australia and features Aboriginal Jackson, Phil Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success Dream Dot Art. Indigenous tribal Australians believe the Leamer, Laurence The Price of Justice: A True Story of Greed and y_ world was dreamed into existence and Corruption - handed down their creation stories through Mooallem,Jon Wild Ones . . .�°,� ! dot paintings. Young artists will dream their Sedans David Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls own images onto black paper with a variety of Sherman, Gabriel The Loudest Voice in the Room: Fox News and the (Ey ? painted dots. Dress for mess! Ages 7-12 Making of America Registration is required. Space is limited! Snow, Richard I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford and the Most Important Car Ever Made Kaplan Test Prep: PSAT Theroux, Paul The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Tuesday, June 25 @ 10 am-12:30 pm Safari A practice test is crucial to ward off those Test Day jitters DVDs and to reveal how you may score on the"real thing". Don't Beautiful Creatures Tl �i it be surprised! Come and experience first-hand what Test Cliffhanger Day will be like. Kaplan Test Prep will provide proctored Dark Skies PSAT, ACT, and SAT practice tests and will return scores The Last Stand with analyzed results to students individually via phone/ Of Two Minds email. Parent/guardian contact information Parker is required at check-in on test day. Please Safe Haven bring multiple#2 sharpened pencils, an v Stand Up Guys approved calculator and a healthy snack. True Blood-The Complete 5th Season Enroll now! Seats are limited. Call the YS Witness Desk at 630-368-7733 for a required reservation. Music I Buble, Michael To Be Loved Legacy Group is presenting a Legal/Financial check-up Chesney, Kenny Life on a Rock provided by our Registered & Licensed advisers for the Lady Antebellum Golden benefit of residents retired or approaching retirement. Held Stewart, Rod Time at the Library on June 20 @ 7 pm. Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT3 Adult programs 1 o Children's so Young Adults Summer Reading All ages in black Begins Antique Roadshow 2pm ... mo, mattw 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Computer Class: Knit Pickers 7 pm Computer Class: Current Events 9:30 am Intro to MS Word 1 pm MS Word 2010 Intermediate 1 pm Sahaja Meditation 6 pm Gaining Financial Control of Your Divorce 7 pm 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Computer Class: Knit Pickers 7 pm Computer Class: O Storytime-Age 2 Current Events 9:30 am Healthy Brain,Healthy Computer Help Downloading eBooks, 10 am Memory 2 pm 10 am-2 pm eAudiobooks and Zinio O Bingo 3 pm 11 am o Storytime-Ages 3&4 o Storytime-Grades K-2 4:30 pm 2 4:30 pm Managing Your Accent Sahaja Meditation 6 pm 7 pm 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Computer Class: Knit Pickers 7 pm o Manners Do Matter ©Storytime-Age 2 Current Events 9:30 am Database Searching 2 pm 10 am 1 pm Summer Book o Young Artist o Storytime-Grades K-2 Discussion: Wonder Workshop 4:30 pm 11 am pm ©Storytime-Ages 3&4 Sahaja Meditation 6pm 4:30 pm 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1 ©Storytime-Grades K-2 O PSAT Test Prep Movie Matinee O Storytime-Age 2 Current Events 9:30 am Cabaret and More! 4:30 pm 10 am-12:30 pm Best Exotic Marigold 10 am 2pm Hotel o Bingo 3 pm Sahaja Meditation 6 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm 2pm 30 3