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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-03 Oak Brook Public •, Iihrdr / Iedccn 4, Library4, i Mak 600 Oak Brook Road - Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 630-368-7700 - www.oak-brook.org/library Volume 12, Issue 3 March 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* Sunday, March 2 @ 2 pm - Moon Festival: Presented by Kerry Leung *closed Sundays between Memorial and Labor Day Kerry Leung is a celebrated multi-instrumentalist and member of the Chinese Music Society of Department Numbers North America. He began his musical training at twelve and has been actively performing and Circulation 630-368-7702 promoting Chinese music to the West since 1981. Let Kerry whisk you half a world away and Reference 630-368-7725 discover more about Chinese culture!Sponsored by the Friends of the OBPL. Youth Services 630-368-7733 Monday, March 3, 10, 17, 24 @ 6:30 pm -Sahaja Yoga Meditation Sahaja is a unique method of meditation based on an experience called Self Realization. Library Commission Sunday, March 9 @ 2 pm Roberta Petz, President Ask Avery Anything: A Woman's Journey Through Midlife Dating Anthony DiCanio Susan Epstein When it comes to the uncertainty of dating,today's women may find themselves unprepared Jeffry Franklin Andrea Holt and surprised for what they may encounter in the real world. In the new book"Ask Avery Veena Mendiratta Hope Sabbagha Anything:A Woman's Journey through Midlife Dating," Maro Eliot shares her real life stories and offers suggestions about diving into the dating pool during midlife. Commission Meetings Tuesdays @ 7 pm Thursday, March 13 @ 7 pm Career Readiness Before College: Linking Majors to Promising Careers March 18 September 16 College is too important and too expensive to have your child"meander"through it! Entering May 20 November 18 college with an exciting career direction and choosing the right major contributes to students' July 15 happiness, success, and graduating on time. Parents are happy,too, when they aren't paying for extra semesters(or years)of school. Learn why early career exploration is not only crucial, Follow us online but fun, as well as the steps to take even BEFORE you begin looking at colleges. www.oak-brook.org/library Saturday, March 15 @ 2 pm twitter @oakbrooklibrary When Women Played Baseball: The Story of Margaret, Nellie, and Rose Facebook In 1934,three teenage girls played hardball on the last traveling Bloomer Girl baseball team. Their stories include abandonment, loss at sea,world war, and of course, baseball.The girls youth services blog: came from different backgrounds and had different reasons for playing baseball.When the oakbrookpubliclibraryblog.blogspot.com season was over they followed different paths—but playing baseball profoundly affected their lives and even helped determine their careers. This talk, accompanied by slides,will leave staff picks blog: audiences deeply moved and amazed. Sponsored by the Friends of the OBPL. oakbrooklibrarypicks.wordpress.com Sunday, March 23 @ 2 pm Botanical Illustrations: The Precision of a Scientist, The Passion of An Artist, The Heart of a Gardener -' Botanical illustrations are often misunderstood as drawings of pretty flowers that a camera and Photoshop could represent better. Botanical art from ancient times into the Renaissance functioned as the handmaiden of science, stemming from the need to identify medicinal plants. The illustrations have also documented the flora of expeditions like Captain Cook's and promoted gardening, agriculture and conservation worldwide by conveying what the eye, not Ijust the camera lens, sees. However,the real joy of botanical illustrations lies in the aesthetics --A ,$ -'� t : of each work. Join Dorothy Mikuska as she walks you through gardens to witness the beauty that a single flower or leaf can inspire in stunning drawings and prints. �_ .4- Why Sign Up For Programs? Children's Programs 1.We can call you if the program is unexpectedly cancelled. 2.We can call to remind you of the program a day or two beforehand. Storytime Schedule CI, 3. It helps us prepare the room for the audience. "Class sizes are limited, so register early! "Please remember that parents or caregivers must remain in the 4. It lets the presenter know how many people to expect. YS area while your little ones attend storytime. "Children must be the indicated age by the first of the month in 5. It lets us know what presenters and programs to have which the program starts. back at the Library. *Please be on time as we don't want your child to miss a minute of fun! 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 Registration for Oak Brook residents is open. know you would mind if we canceled on you and you didn't know. Registration for non-residents will open March 2. Computer Classes Toddling 2s and 3s p ,. Thursdays at 10:30 am - March 13, 20 and 27 Registration and Internet Privileges Required Your two or three year old will surely enjoy this interactive Monday, March 3 @ 10 am - Intro to Gmail storytime that includes marvelous books, flannel boards, Have a Gmail account but don't know how to utilize music, and a simple craft. Children must be age 2 by March Google's best features? Topics included in this class are: 1, 2014. Parents accompany their child in this program. attaching and downloading files, creating labels and folders, organizing contacts, and much more. Terrific 3s and 4s Prerequisite: This class requires a current Gmail account Tuesdays @ 4:30 pm - March 11 and 18 (please bring with you the correct username and password Preschoolers will wiggle and giggle in this fun-filled to log into your Gmail account). storytime. Activities, crafts, music, and lively stories Monday, March 10 @ 10 am -Computer Tips and Tools strengthen early reading skills. Children must be age 3 by March 1, 2014. This class will give you practical computer tips. Topics include: printing, highlighting to copy and paste, volume Storytime Art - Grades K - 2 control, search engines and mouse skills. Mondays @ 4:30 pm - March 10, 17 and 24 Monday, March 24 @ 10 am - Intro to Facebook Are you nuts about books and art?Then join us for this Have a Facebook account but don't know how to utilize its wonderful storytime. We will read a story and then do an best features? This class is for learning the basics and art project inspired by the book. beyond of Facebook, such as posting and commenting on pictures, adding friends and writing on their walls, sending Bedtime Stories private messages, "liking" things, and much more. Wednesdays @ 7 pm - March 12, 19 and 26 Prerequisite: This class requires a current Facebook Join us before bedtime each week for a stellar story and a account(please bring with you the correct email and hands-on craft. Ages 3-8 password to log into your Facebook account). - - _ -- Special Events Movie Matinee Block Kids Construction Contest Saving Mr. Banks Saturday, March 1 @ 2 - 3:30 pm Wednesday, March 26 @ 1 pm Grades 1 -4 The Chicago—Metro Chapter of the National Association Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood of Women in Construction is sponsoring a building sw, ti, Bnvics after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, competition at the Oak Brook Public Library. All materials who seeks to adapt her MaryPoppins books P PP will be provided at the event, including LEGO TM blocks for the big screen. used for the project construction. Just bring your Starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson - PG-13 - 125 min imagination and join the fun! 1st-4th place prizes will be awarded. Space is limited! Registration is required. Emailed Receipts Now Available Minion Madness SOU Saturday, March 29 @ 1 pm DESPICABLE The Library now has the ability to email you 00 V a receipt when you check out materials at All Ages the Circulation Desk. Simply let the staff Have an enjoyable afternoon at the Oak know you would prefer an emailed receipt Brook Public Library as we show Despicable itt2.._ and away you go. Of course if you want an .............s Me 2 and supply materials for a fantastic emailed receipt, you must have your email "Make Your Own Minion" craft! on file with us. Thanks for helping us reduce paper use! Registration is required. I Junior High Book Discussion Sampling of New and Upcoming Materials You can place your own "hold" on items checked out or on order Thursday, March 27 @ 4 pm through our website www.oak-brook.org/library or stop by the Reference Desk for assistance. Join us for this month's selection, The Clockwork lgooks Three.We will discuss facts about the book as Fiction well as the authorlmit , Matthew J. Kirby. Snacks will Afrika,Tatamkhulu Bitter Eden be provided! See the Circulation Desk for a copy of Cassels,Carol Gemini the book. Grades 4 and Up Chang,Janie Three Souls - !Evanovich,Janet The Chase Gladstone,Wayne Notes from the Internet Apocalypse Cram Crew Greene,Amy Long Man Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays '=- Harrison,Kim The Undead Pool 6 - 8:30pm Held,Rhiannon Reflected Klay, Phil Redeployment The Youth Services Program Room is open in . Lee,Patrick Runner March for teens, grades 6 and up, to gather to Mallery,Susan Evening Stars complete homework and hang out with peers. When a Mcbeth,Colette Precious Thing break is needed from studying, the Library offers an Moore, Lorrie Bark:Stories assortment of games to play. As always, a librarian is Persson,Leif G.W. Free Falling,As If in a Dream:The Story of a Crime available to assist you with reference questions. Suarez, Daniel Influx Nonfiction Friends of the Library Allen,Jonathan HRC:State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton Bailey, Blake The Splendid Things We Planned:A Family Portrait Used Book Sale and Silent Auction Barry,Dave You Can Date Boys When You're Forty Epley, Nicholas Mindwise:How We Understand What Others Think, Used Book Sale April 24-25-26, 2014 Believe,Feel,and Want Please donate unneeded books or audio/video materials at the Circulation Feinstein,John Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life in the Minor Desk and get a TAX DEDUCTION (Charitable Donation receipt given). Leagues of Baseball Please no Reader's Digest books,withdrawn library books,textbooks, Goldstein,Rebecca Plato at the Googleplex encyclopedias,and books with mold or water damage. If you have a few Harris,Mark Five Came Back:A Story of Hollywood and the spare hours,please join our loyal"sales force"of volunteers to help during Second World War the three-day event;sign up at the Circulation Desk. Jacobsen,Annie Operation Paperclip:The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America Spring Used Book Auction March 16-April 26,2014 Kaku, Michio The Future of the Mind Bids will be accepted until noon on Saturday,April 26,2013.View auction Kim,Walter Blood Will Out:The True Story of a Murder,a items starting in Mid-March and bid in person at the Library Lobby. Bidding Mystery,and a Masquerade increments of$1.00 minimum.Must be 18 years of age or over to bid. Kolbert,Elizabeth The Sixth Extinction:An Unnatural History Bids updated on Mondays thru April 20th on the Library's webpage. Martin, Felix Money:The Unauthorized Biography Cash or check only for payment of winning bid to be paid by May 1 at the Schechter, Harold The Mad Sculptor:The Maniac,the Model,and the Library's Circulation Desk. Murder That Shook the Nation Slingerland,Edward Trying Not to Try:The Art and Science of Spontaneity Support the Friends •Support the Library Sterner, Doug Restoring Valor:One Couple's Mission to Expose Thank you! Fraudulent War Heroes and Protect America's Military Awards System The Fullersburg Historic Foundation presents DVDs ' - the 25th Living History Series program 12 Years a Slave t t , About Time ' BUYERS They Did It All For You The Armstrong Lie CLUB Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 1:30 pm Dallas Buyers Club Game of Thrones,Complete 3rd Season it:',,- Oak Brook Public Library The Grandmaster :_,__ Joyce Lankton, a highly regarded local presenter, has been tracking It's Better to Jump } down accomplishments of women for almost 30 years. In celebration of Rush elittIS Women's History Month, she will bring to life some widely known, and The Untold History of the United States some hardly known achievements of women such as our first female Watchtower H astronaut, Sally Ride; actress Hedy Lamarr (did you know she was an Music i inventor?); aviator Bessie E. Coleman; and Revolutionary War figure, Bombay Bicycle Club So Long,See You Tomorrow Deborah Sampson. This free educational program will be entertaining The Fray Helios and interactive. Lambert, Mary Welcome to the Age of My Body Call 630-512-7336 with questions. Visit www.fullersburg.org to learn 1 Local Natives Hummingbird more about the Fullersburg Historic Foundation. 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Cram Crew 6 pm 44 Cram Crew 6 pm Library Commission Sahaja Meditation Meeting 7 pm 0 6:30 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1 Botanical Illustrations Computer Class: w Cram Crew 6 pm Movie Matinee: ©Toddling 2s and 3s Current Events 9:30 am ©Minion Madness 2 pm Intro to Facebook 10 am Saving Mr.Banks 10:30 am 1 pm ©Storytime K-2 4:30 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm 1 pm iga Cram Crew 6 pm imi Junior High 30 Sahaja Meditation ©Bedtimes Stories Book Discussion 4 pm 6:30 pm 4:30 pm imi Cram Crew 6 pm 31 4