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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-12 Oak Brook Public :- , • . , -, IihrdrIedccn .. Library ;, --- ', - 600 Oak Brook Road - Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 gjilil 630-368-7700 - www.oak-brook.org/library Volume I I, Issue 12 December 2013 Library Hours Adult 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 Sahaja Meditation Mondays in December @ 6 pm Department Numbers r - Sahaja is a unique method of meditation based on an experience called Circulation 630-368-7702 — �> '` Reference 630-368-7725 f`- -34 Self Realization. An inner transformation takes place through this process, Youth Services 630-368-7733 resulting in a more balanced individual. Learn a New Card Game: Chicago Blast :,:. •1 Library Commission ,°. Thursday, December 5 @ 7 pm �,►� ••,;,,. Roberta Petz. President .+ + Rob Humpf wants to teach you a game: Chicago Blast. Chicago Blast is ••. Anthony DiCanio Susan Epstein the hot new card game that is burning up kitchen tables, lounges, and card 7 '•,.-* •' Jeffry Franklin Andrea Holt parlors all over Illinois. The best part:there is no money involved and all `y 4 �� Veena Mendiratta Hope Sabbagha you need is a standard deck of cards. Teach your family and friends a new Adi :� Commission Meetings game that will have them hooked! Tuesdays @ 7 pm What the Affordable Care Act Means To You January 21 July 15 Tuesday, December 10 @ 6:30 pm March 18 September 16 Representatives from LaMonica Financial Group and Blue Cross& May 20 November 18 • Blue Shield will provide information on the Affordable Care Act, also AFF(?�P'DABLE known as Obamacare. Get answers to your questions before the C,7,,,,'' "�''Z ACT December 15th deadline for January coverage. Find out who Follow us online qualifies for the program, what the health insurance marketplace is, www.oak-brook.org/library tax credits and other aspects of the Individual Mandate. twitter @oakbrooklibrary Presentation followed by a Q&A. Facebook Cold Injury Emergencies youth services blog: Sunday, January 5 @ 2 pm oakbrookpubliclibraryblog.blogspot.com Dr. Mark Moy will talk about how to deal with injuries related to cold weather. '1:zt` Dr. Moy has given several informative and entertaining presentations at the staff picks blog: Oak Brook Library on different topics on health. Look for more presentations from him! oakbrooklibrarypicks.wordpress.com Holiday Lights Recycling - . Go green this holiday season! •`~ -. . __ :, >-- Starting November 25 you can recycle your broken or — unwanted holiday lights at the Library. We are again 1 ;. - partnering with Elgin Recycling to collect holiday lights ' -, through January 10. The bin is located in the staff parking ; r. °•" lot, across from the book drops, available 24/7. t ,.„ i , � � Reading Lights Up Your Life! - �¢ Children's Programs 4 F� � �� Computer Classes Storytime Schedule Registration and Internet Privileges Required *Class sizes are limited, so register early! *Please remember that parents or caregivers must remain in the Monday, Dec. 2 @ 1 pm - Email Basics YS area while your little ones attend storytime. Would you like to learn how to use email but have no *Children must be the indicated age by the first of the month in email account? This class will assist you in creating a which the program starts. Please be on time as we don't want your child to miss a minute Free Yahoo! email account or a free Gmail account(a of fun! mobile phone number required for Gmail registration). Topics include filling out online forms and registering for Toddling Twos websites, creating usernames and strong passwords. Thursdays @ 10 am - Decen44pi 5, 12 and 19 Attaching and downloading files through email will also Your two year old will 4 is interactive be covered. storytime that i s books, flannel boards, �� music, anc1011 ,1 .t ft. Children must be age 2 by Wednesday, Dec. 4 @ 1 pm - Database Searching Novemberl.,'O13. Parents accompany child in this Want help planning a trip or finding a"Consumer Report" program. Registration required. recommendation? Perhaps you want to get the most up-to-date financial information on a mutual fund or stock. Learn to search Terrific 3s and 4s more effectively to find the information you need. Wednesdays @ 4:30 pm - December 4, 11 and 18 Preschoolers will wiggle and giggle in this fun-filled Monday, Dec. 16 @ 1 pm - Intro to Facebook story time. Activities, crafts, music, and lively stories Have a Facebook account but don't know how to utilize its best strengthen early reading skills. Children must be 3 by features? This class is for learning the basics and beyond of November 1, 2013. Registration required. Facebook, such as posting and commenting on pictures, adding Grades K - 2 friends and writing on their walls, sending private messages, "liking" things, and much more. Prerequisite: This class Mondays @ 4:30 pm - December 2, 9 and 16 requires a current Facebook account(please bring with Are you nuts about books and art? Then join us for this you the correct email and password to log into your wonderful storytime. We will read a story and then do an Facebook account). art project inspired by the book. Registration required. Bedtime Stories for ages 3 - 8 Monday, Dec. 30 @ 3-6 pm -Computer Help Tuesdays @ 7 pm - December 3, 10 and 17 A one-on-one, 30 minute computer session, is being offered to Join us before bedtime each week for fun stories, some patrons for answering basic computer-related questions from music, and a simple craft. searching the Web to posting a resume online. Registration is required. Registration required. Special Events� w� i ; *. Gingerbread Wonderland *;'► Saturday, December 14 @ 2-3:30 pm 1 Movie Matinee ,0,; 4 0. Using Graham crackers, candies, sugars cones, icingmortar and all sorts of edible treats, Miss Cathy from Plentiful Programs will be on Hachi - A Dog's Tale hand to help you create your own winter Wednesday, December 18 @ 1 pm scene...snow, trees and all! Grades K& Up! Registration is required. Space is limited! to Based on the 1987 Japanese film s i HGoi , u 4 Hachiko Monogatari, as well as on a Winter Break Bingo ' if 6 Friday, January 3 @ 3-4 pm true story, Hachi: A Dog's Tale stars . W� Richard Gere as a college professor Bring your family and friends for fun and prizes! :2,...-- I a c E1 who finds an abandoned dog and All ages welcome! No registration necessary. takes the poor lost animal in. . The film follows the two as the man aOpen Crafts ...ma, and animal soon form a strong and Dec. 23, 26, 28, 30, Jan. 2 & 4 @ 11 am - 2 pm unexplainable bond. , Drop in and make crafts to take home. Starring Richard Gere and Joan Allen ages welcome. G - 93 min Library Book Discussions Sampling of New and Upcoming Materials You can place your own "hold" on items checked out or on order Adult through our website www.oak-brook.org/library or stop by the We are sad to announce that November was the FINAL Reference Desk for assistance. meeting of the book club. Books Fiction Junior High Anderson, Laura The Boleyn Deceit Do you like reading a book and then sharing it with others? Aspe, Pieter The Midas Murders: An Inspector Van In Mystery We meet once per month to discuss good books. Not only Carrisi, Donato The Lost Girls of Rome will we talk about the stories and characters, but we will Clancy,Tom Command Authority also discover fun facts about each book as well as the Connelly, Michael The Gods of Guilt authors. Snacks will be provided. Grades 5 and Up Ellory, R.J. Saints of New York: A Novel Filer, Nathan Where the Moon Isn't Wonderstruck Griffith, Nicola Hild by Brian Selznick Hemphill, Laura Buying In Thursday, December 19 @ 4:30 pm Herrin, Lamar Fractures Krikorian, Michael Southside — You may pick up a reserved copy of the Lustbader, Eric Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Retribution book at the Circulation Desk. Martin, George R. R. Dangerous Women Speller, Elizabeth The First of July Thomas,Jodi Promise Me Texas Cram Crew Nonfiction The Youth Services Program Room is open Monday, Als, Hilton White Girls Wednesday and Thursday nights from 6 to 8:30 pm Bilton, Nick Hatching Twitter through December for teens, grades 6 and up, to gather Chopra, Deepak What Are You Hungry For? to complete homework and hang out with peers. When Dawidoff, Nicholas Collision Low Crossers a break is needed from studying, the library offers an Garfield, Simon To the Letter:A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter assortment of games to play. As always, a librarian is Writing available to assist you with reference questions. Halperin, Mark Double Down: Game Change 2012 —"-"----3Howard,Timothy The Mortgage Wars t Hill, Clint Five Days in November ff Kosslyn, Stephen Top Brain, Bottom Brain ''� -� !f., Leon, Donna My Venice and Other Essays r AO,:`,*t. Redman,Jason The Trident:The Forging and Reforging of a Navy #. - �''Ve , Seal Leader Rosenblatt, Roger The Boy Detective:A New York Childhood ;) "' Sounes, Howard 27:A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of ........711.''''. . Brian Jones,Jimi Hendrix,Janis Joplin,Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain,and Amy Winehouse Tri m-A-Tree I Tippins, Sherill Inside the Dream Palace:The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel Ornament Making Zuckerberg, Randi Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives DVDs December 1-7 Breaking Bad—The Final Season Girl Most Likely ` StopbyYouth Services anytime duringGrown Ups 2 _: Y PARKLAND the week to create an ornament to Lovelace hang on our tree. Paranoia woRi Parkland t, � w i) - 0 Also make one to take for your own tree! Renoir ", ‘ ,k i'' 1 We will provide a variety of supplies to inspire 1 The To Do List F creativity. �We're The Millers The Wolverine Gift Books Donated to Oak Brook of Music Arcade Fire Reflektor Library in the month of November *4Cage the Elephant Melophobia Carol Neimark donated Beamer Learns About Cancer in Dale Earnhardt Jr.Jr. The Speed of Things memory of Gabriella Miller. Devine, Kevin Bubblegum Panic!At the Disco Too Weird to Live,Too Rare to Die! 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