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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-02 Oak Brook Public l Library Ledcon Library 600 Oak Brook Road - Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 'r~ 630-368-7700 - www.oak-brook.org/library Volume 12, Issue 2 February 2014 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* Monday, February 3, 10, 17, 24 @ 6:30 pm *closed Sundays between Memorial and Labor Day Sahaja Yoga Meditation Department Numbers Sahaja is a unique method of meditation based on an experience called Self Realization.An Circulation 630-368-7702 inner transformation takes place through this process, resulting in a more moral, united and Reference 630-368-7725 balanced individual. This"thoughtless awareness"is a state of relaxation and clarity. Youth Services 630-368-7733 Social Security Library Commission Wednesday, February 5 @ 7 pm Roberta Petz, President Jim Flanagan will present on preparing for retirement with individual strategies, including seven things you should know about social security benefits. Join Jim Flanagan for this educational Anthony DiCanio Susan Epstein seminar, where you'll learn key facts about the Social Security program, including how benefits Jeffry Franklin Andrea Holt are calculated,full retirement age and choosing the right time to file, receiving benefits while Veena Mendiratta Hope Sabbagha working, provisional income and tax implications,and options for spouses and ex-spouses. Commission Meetings Tea with the Presidents Tuesdays @ 7 pm Saturday, February 8 @ 2 pm March 18 September 16 Tea has been with us throughout history and played an integral part in the lives of the May h2November 18 Presidents,their Families and dignitary's that visited the White House. Take a walk through history starting with George and Martha Washington,Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, James July 15 Monroe, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower,The Kennedy's and the Clinton's. See pictures of cherished tea sets which were gifts bestowed by Heads of State from foreign lands,who Follow us online came to tea and where tea was served. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. www.oak-brook.org/library twitter@oakbrooklibrary Dr. Mark Moy: Cold Injury Emergencies Sunday, February 9 @ 2 pm Facebook Dr. Mark Moy will talk about how to deal with injuries related to cold weather. Dr. Moy has given youth services blog: several informative and entertaining presentations at the Oak Brook Library on different topics oakbrookpubliclibraryblog.blogspot.com on health. Look for more presentations from him! staff picks blog: Thursday Night Card Game oakbrooklibrarypicks.wordpress.com Thursday, February 13 and 27 @ 7 pm Every second and fourth Thursday of the month we are going to be hosting a game night with the addictively fun new game"The Chicago Blast'. Join a great group of people, learn a new game, and have a great time. Decks will be provided and there is no money involved to play. Sign up at the Reference Desk so we know how many decks of cards to have. - --- — The Roots of Americana: Folk and Classic Country Sunday, February 23 @ 2 pm Performer Steve Justman will be coming to the Oak Brook Library to play Folk and Country tunes on his guitar. Steve is an incredible talent who plays the songs you love, songs you 3 � � �,..� thought you forgot and gives the background of artists. Steve puts on a wonderfully entertaining program for people of all ages. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. - Why Sign Up For Programs? Wireless printing returns to the Library! 1. We can call you if the program is unexpectedly cancelled. Our new print system even allows 2.We can call to remind you of the program a day or two beforehand. you to send a request from home to the Library's printer! 3. It helps us prepare the room for the audience. Check our website for details. 4. It lets the presenter know how many people to expect. I -— 5. It lets us know what presenters and programs to have There's Snow Better Time to Read! back at the Library. Children's Programs Even if you're not sure you are going to make the program because of a last minute conflict, sign up.We don't mind if you cancel on us but we Storytlme Schedule know you would mind if we canceled on you and you didn't know. *Class sizes are limited, so register early! "Please remember that parents or caregivers must remain in the Computer Classes YS area while your little ones attend storytime. *Children must be the indicated age by the first of the month in Registration and Internet Privileges Required which the program starts. --' *Please be on time as we don't want your child to miss a minute Monday, Feb. 3 @ 10 am - Computer Basics of fun! Participants will learn the basics of what makes up a computer, mouse handling skills, use of the bar and how to Terrific 3s and 4s start and exit an application. Tuesdays @ 4:30 pm - February 4 and 11 Thursday, Feb. 13 @ 4 pm - Internet Basics Preschoolers will wiggle and giggle in this fun-filled Participants will learn to connect to the Internet, understand story time. Activities, crafts, music, and lively stories what an Internet browser is, how to use the menu and toolbar, strengthen early reading skills. Children must be 3 by type in a web address to get to a specific site and use an January 1, 2014. Registration required. Internet search engine. Grades K - 2 Monday, Feb. 17 @ 10 am - Intro to MS Word 2010 Mondays @ 4:30 pm - February 3 and 10 Participants will learn to start up and shut down MS Word, Are you nuts about books and art? Then join us for this understand how typing on a computer differs from using a wonderful storytime. We will read a story and then do an typewriter, change the "look" or format of the text, use spell art project inspired by the book. Registration required. check, save and print a document. Monday, Feb. 24 @ 10 am - Database Searching Want help planning a trip or finding a "Consumer Report" Special Events recommendation? Perhaps you want to get the most up-to-date Planet Circus financial information on a mutual fund or stock. Learn to search more effectively to find the information you need. Saturday, February 15 @ 2-3 pm Get out of the cold and join us for a itil 4' Thursday, Feb. 27 @ 4 pm - Intro to MS Excel 2010 performance by Pocket Circus: The This class will introduce the Excel spreadsheet. Areas covered World's Smallest Circus, a duo from will be the everyday commands found on the Ribbon; create a Buenos Aires, Argentina. They use a new workbook, save workbooks, insert and delete column and theatrical approach to perform circus rows and enter text and numbers. skills. They blend music and costumes w . , I as a means to express feelings andY Join the Adult Winter Reading Program! emotions. Their energetic show consists This year, we are enjoying lot Reads fora of humor, magic, acrobatics, juggling and music. Cold Night, and we hope you do too. In ? Audience participation is encouraged! Sponsored by the temperatures like these, a mental escape is Friends of the Library. Registration is required. just the ticket. Sign up at the Reference Desk and turn in your completed log for a Winter Reading Clubs chance in our drawing. g When the winter chill sets in, here's Snow Better Movie Matinee Time to Read! The reading program runs through Captain Phillips March 1st. We welcome and offer it 1 incentives to little ones who enjoy a good Wednesday, February 26 @ 1 pm picture book, our emerging readers, The true story of Richard Phillips, a U.S. .1,4%, as well as those who are proficient cargo-ship captain who surrendered himself to readers as they progress through the Somali pirates so that his crew would be freed. program. Sign up ASAP to take part in Starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi - PG-13 - 133 min our celebration of reading! Junior High Book Discussion Sampling of New and Upcoming Materials You can place your own "hold" on items checked out or on order through our website www.oak-brook.org/library or stop by the Do you like reading a book and then sharing it with others? Reference Desk for assistance. We meet once per month to discuss good books. Not only will we talk about the stories and characters, but we will Books also discover fun facts about each book as well as the Fiction authors. Snacks will be provided. Grades 5 and Up Baszile,Natalie Queen Sugar Berenson,Alex The Counterfeit Agent The Boy on the Wooden Box Cameron,Claire The Bear 44 A by Leon Leyson Feldman,Joshua Max The Book of Jonah Forstchen,William Pillar to the Sky Thursday, February 27 @ 4 pm Kellerman,Jonathan Killer: An Alex Delaware Novel You may pick up a reserved copy of the111% Lippman, Laura After I'm Gone book at the Circulation Desk. , McMahonMcCall ,JenniferSmithAlexander TheThe WinterForever PeopGirl le Minot,Susan Thirty Girls Cram Crew Pasulka,Brigid The Sun and Other Stars Patterson,James Private L.A. Quick,Matthew The Good Luck of Right Now The Youth Services Program Room is open Monday, Vanderbes,Jennifer The Secret of Raven Point Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6 to 8:30 pm in Weir,Andy The Martian February for teens, grades 6 and up, to gather to complete homework and hang out with peers. When Nonfiction a break is needed from studying, the library offers an Agus,David A Short Guide to a Long Life assortment of games to play. As always, a librarian is Beckman,John American Fun:Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt available to assist you with reference questions. Cassin, Barbara Dictionary of Untranslatables:A Philosophical Lexicon . Corrigan, Kelly Glitter and Glue:A Memoir .. Cronin,Eileen Mermaid:A Memoir of Resilience ti:. Gates,Robert Duty:Memoirs of a Secretary at War :* r ..v.t. Goodall, Howard The Story of Music:From Babylon to the Beatles , ,, ; '�e. Grout,Pam E-Squared:Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments '14.k - %` `<- That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality v,, Hayasaki,Erika The Death Class:A True Story About Life ;+'" Jones,Daniel Love Illuminated:Exploring Life's Most Mystifying , ' .. z. Subject(With the Help of 50,000 Strangers) Kertzer,David The Pope and Mussolini:The Secret History of Pius XI and the Raise of Fascism in Europe The Fullersburg Historic Foundation presents Rizzo,John Company Men:Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis the 24th Living History Series program in the CIA The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Strathern,Paul The Venetians:A New History,From Marco Polo to Casanova Camp at Fullersburg 1933-1938 Walker,Johnny Code Name Johnny Walker:The Extraordinary Story Sunday, February 16, 2014, 2 pm of the Iraqi Who Risked Everything to Fight With the U.S.Navy Seals Oak Brook Public Library Yuval, Levin The Great Debate:Edmund Burke,Thomas Paine, Speaker Chris Gingrich, Education Outreach Specialist, and the Birth of Right and Left Forest Preserve District of DuPage County DVDs The Americans-Season 1 '� �°�1 9,4 The CCC was a public work relief program begun by President Franklin Blue Jasmine , Delano Roosevelt that operated from 1933 to 1942. Captain Phillips ir Closed Circuit 4"_ It was designed to provide jobs for young men to relieve families who Downton Abbey-Season 4 ,, ,,., to had difficulty finding employment during the Great Depression. Chris Enough Said will give a brief history of the CCC Camp located at Fullersburg Woods Last Vegas w ,, z elOP and will discuss some of the projects that the Lee Daniels'The Butler �s' CCC workers completed in several of SERV Richard the Lion Heart aNThe White Queen-Season 1 the forest preserves.Chris is researching C.4,7,-'—'.',,-/01, _� the history of the DuPage County forest ,' c� preserves in preparation for the District's `' ' t Music > .1-a A Great BigWorld Is There Anybody Out There? 2015 centennial. `." Bassnectar Freestyle/Wildstyle `'~� , Black Flag What the... Call 630-512-7336 with questions or visit '433-Ts#2 Red Baraat Shruggy Ji www.fullersburg.orq Springsteen, Bruce High Hopes SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Adult programs 1 ©Children's e s*Young Adults All ages in black 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 r Computer Class: ©Terrific 3s and 4s Social Security Cram Crew 6 pm Current Events 9:30 am Tea with the Computer Basics 10 am 4:30 pm 7 pm Presidents ©Storytime K-2 2 pm 4:30 pm 1604Cram Crew 6 pm or Cram Crew 6 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm Sahaja Meditation 6:30 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Cold Injury ©Storytime K-2 ©Terrific 3s and 4s Computer Class: Current Events 9:30 am ©Planet Circus Emergencies 4:30 pm 4:30 pm Internet Basics 2-3 pm 2 pm wo Cram Crew 6 pm ,Cram Crew 6 pm 4 pm Sahaja Meditation a Cram Crew 6 pm 6:30 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm Thursday Night Card Game 7 pm 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Computer Class: wip Cram Crew 6 pm e*Cram Crew 6 pm Current Events 9:30 am Intro to MS Word 2010 2 10 am Knit Pickers 7 pm ea Cram Crew 6 pm Sahaja Meditation 6:30 pm 23 24 25 26 27 28 0 The Roots of Computer Class: ego Cram Crew 6 pm Movie Matinee: Computer Class: Current Events 9:30 am Americana:Folk and Database Searching Captain Phillips Intro to MS Excel 4 pm Classic Country 10 am Knit Pickers 7 pm 1 pm eal Junior Highlim 2 pm . .Cram Crew 6 pm Book Discussion 4 pm Cram Crew 6 pm ,� ,m 4, Sahaja Meditation Thursday Night Card A a V' ..,, 4 6:30 pm Game 7 pm