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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-12 Oak Brook Public - Iihrar Feaccu Library 600 Oak Brook Road - Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 630-368-7700 - www.oak-brook.org/library Volume 12, Issue 12 December 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. 1:00 pm-5p Sunday* *closed Sundays between Memorial and Labor Day Sahaja Yoga Meditation - Mondays, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 &29 @ 6 pm Closed Dec. 24 & 25 — Sahaja is a unique method of meditation based on an experience called Self Close at 1 pm Dec. 31 Realization. Department Numbers Dupage County Health Department: Open Enrollment- Circulation 630-368-7702 Saturday. December 6 @ 1 pm CAFOREDAABLE Reference 630-368-7725 November 15, 2014 opens up another round of enrollment for health ACT Youth Services 630-368-7733 insurance, are you ready?Join the DuPage County Health Department as they present information on the enrollment process as well as answering all of your health Library Commission insurance related questions. Be quick! Enrollment closes up again on February 15, 2015! Roberta Petz, Chairperson Anthony DiCanio Susan Epstein Kym Frankovelgia: Holiday Concert - Sunday, December 7 @ 2 pm Jeffry Franklin Andrea Holt Join us for a very special holiday concert with the extremely talented singer, Veena Mendiratta Hope Sabbagha Kym Frankovelgia. Kym has played night clubs and cruise ships and Commission Meetings 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 Tuesdays @ 7 pm Orchestra, Glenn Miller, and Maxine Andrews just to name a few. January 20 July 21 Sponsored by the Friends of the Oak Brook Public Library March 17 September 15 Holiday Music Under the Dome: Hinsdale Central Chamber Choir- May 19 November 17 Tuesday, December 9 @ 7 pm Follow us online Join us under the dome in the Library for a wide variety of Christmas www.oak-brook.org/library carols and Renaissance madrigal music sung by the Hinsdale rfro r, m,ligh*ditrzii1 Central Chamber Choir. The choir is a highly selective performancetwitter @oakbrooklibrary ue@ � ensemble that meets daily and is the only curricular ensemble where i Facebook students are selected by audition. youth services blog: oakbrookpubliclibraryblog.blogspot.com Meditation for Optimal Well Being - Thursday, December 11 @ 7 pm People have been practicing meditation for centuries and today we see a surge staff picks blog: in its popularity as new benefits continue to be discovered. It is recognized how oakbrooklibrarypicks.wordpress.com meditation can help the body, mind and spirit. Incorporating meditation into one's life has many positive effects. Join Michael Ribet, who has been ,:7;;;-`4,,,A\i'''",V1 meditating regularly for over 40 years, as you learn a simple meditation � t.x technique that can help you in all aspects of your life. ComEd Presents: Smart Meters - Sunday, December 21 @ 2-4 pm What are Smart Meters?Join ComEd as they explain what Smart Meters are and how you can benefit from them.With Smart Meters, niEd L w you can determine how much electricity you're using and when to empower you to make the right choices in energy usage. To be An Exelon Company # p" �- followed by a bingo game hosted by ComEd. Computer Classes Storvtimes Registration and Internet Privileges Required • Class sizes are limited,so register early! Thursday, December 4 @ 3 pm - Intro to Facebook • Please remember that parents or caregivers must remain in the YS Have a Facebook account but don't know how to utilize its best area while your little ones attend storytime. features? This class is for learning the basics and beyond of • Children must be the indicated age by the first of the month in Facebook, such as posting and commenting on pictures, adding which the program starts. friends and writing on their walls, sending private messages, "liking" s Please be on time;we don't want your child to miss a minute of fun. things, and much more. Prerequisite: This class requires a current • Latecomers may need to wait for admittance to a program already in Facebook account(please bring with you the correct email and session. password to log into your Facebook account). Toddling Twos and Threes Monday, December 8 @ 1 pm - Intro to Gmail - Thursdays @ 10:30 am - December 4, 11 & 18 Have a Gmail account but don't know how to utilize Google's '44Your two year old will surely enjoy this interactive story best features? Topics included in this class are: attaching and time that includes marvelous books,flannel boards, downloading files, creating labels and folders, organizing contacts, music, and a simple craft. Children must be age 2 by and much more. Prerequisite: This class requires a current Gmail November 1, 2014. Parents accompany child in this account(please bring with you the correct username and password program. Registration is required. to log into your Gmail account). Terrific Threes and Fours Monday, December 15 @ 1 pm - Database Searching Wednesdays @ 4:30 pm - December 3, 10& 17 Want help planning a trip or finding a"Consumer Report" Preschoolers will wiggle and giggle in this fun-filled story time. recommendation? Perhaps you want to get the most up-to-date Activities,crafts, music, and lively stories strengthen early reading financial information on a mutual fund or stock. Learn to search i skills. Children must be 3 by November 1, 2014. Registration is more effectively to find the information you need. required. Grades K-3 Storytime Art A.,, ... ,.1 *1 E.1 ,..„4, i Mondays @ 4:30 pm - December 1, 8& 15 Are you nuts about books and art?Then join us for this wonderful storytime. We will read a story and then do an art project inspired by the book. Registration is required. -r Bedtime StoriesThursdays @ 7 pm -December 4, 11 & 18- Join us before bedtime each week for fun stories 4er-,.. and a craft project! Ages 3-8. _/ 7 WI, Registration is required. er , , / / GS/ Make Your Own Ornament ,/ December 8-13 Stop by Youth Services anytime during the week to create an ornament to hang on our tree and one to take for your own.We will provide a variety of „, Polar Express supplies to inspire creativity. '4fi `0 Saturday, December 13 @ 1 pm — - Winter Break Bingo , < Join us for the tenth anniversary of The Polar Express . t 146 iti with a viewing of the movie along with a craft! Friday, January 2 @ 3pm « ` Registration is required.All ages welcome! Feeling cooped up?Come play Bingo and �*► . wingreatprizes at the Library! L� , ry .t ;_ All Ages Welcome! VP , Open Crafts December 22, 23, 29 & 30 @ 12 - 3pm 5. 1:::(.5„,, ‘ to/ -e---( *, Do you have some free time during your winter break? - c 'Y` Drop in any time and join us for some crafts!All ages K. welcome! Youth Book Discussion Cram Crew Thursday, December 18 @ 4 pm Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Nights Do you like reading a book and then sharing it 4.,:..i with others?Our book club meets once per month 6 - 8:30 pm to discuss good books. Join us for this month's Grab your friends and head to the Library to do selection, Schooled. We will discuss facts about """ homework in a quiet space. If you need a study the book as well as the author, Gordon Korman. - break, the Library offers an assortment of games. So Snacks will be provided! See the -r come hang out with your friends! Have a homework Circulation Desk for a copy of the book. ' `' question?Come to the Youth Services Desk for help! -zafte Fu, is Recommended for grades 5 and up. Holiday Lights Recycling Sampling of New and Upcoming Materials 8, 2015 You can place your own "hold" on items checked out or on order November 20, 2014 - January through our website www.oak-brook.org/library or stop by the Have you started decorating for the holidays? Reference Desk for assistance. prim, _ As you go through those strings of Books willw Fiction lights, you are bound to find some Blakely,Mike A Song to Die For 407 f 4that don't work anymore. You can Cleverly,Barbara Enter Pale Death again recycle those lights at the Coyle,Cleo Once Upon a Grind Library! Starting November 20, look Diamant,Anita The Boston Girl for the bin in the staff parking lot Estelman,Loren You Know Who Killed Me (across from the book returns). Any Flora,Kate And Grant You Peace ., ..4.„ ,,z,,..,: .. holiday lights will be accepted by Gunn,Robin Jones Home of Our Hearts Hall,James The Big Finish: A Thorn Novel Elgin Recycling (www.elginrecycling.com) through Harris,Charlaine Dead but Not Forgotten:Stories from the World of January 8. And since the box is outside, you can Sookie Stackhouse donate at any time that is convenient for you. MacLean,Sarah Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover L Margolin,Phillip Woman With a Gun Check Out Mango Languages! Murakami,Haruki The Strange Library gPainter,Kristen City of Eternal Night Learn a new language for free through the Oak Brook Public Library. Robards,Karen Hush Mango Languages is free for all Library patrons.Each lesson combines Scottoline,Lisa Betrayed real life situations and audio from native speakers with simple,clear instructions. Users learn actual conversation,breaking down complex Nonfiction linguistic elements within an audio-visual framework that draws important Bolger,Daniel Why We Lost:A General's Inside Account of the Iraq connections and builds on information they have already learned. and Afghanistan Wars Couch, Dick Navy SEALS:The Untold Story There are more than 60 foreign language courses available and 17 English Dench,Judi Behind the Scenes as a Second Language(ESL)courses. Emlen,Douglas Animal Weapons:The Evolution of Battle To learn more about Mango and get a m n g 0 Hall,Donald Essays After Eighty preview of what the program has to offer, languages Howard,Tim The Keeper:A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving stop by the library and we will give you an Them introduction.You can access Mango through the Library website at Ivereigh,Austen The Great Reformer:Francis and the Making of a www.oak-brook.org/databases. Radical Pope Kelly,Brian The Bitcoin Big Bang:How Alternative Currencies Are HelpSupport the About the Change the World pp Manning,Molly When Books Went to War:The Stories that Helped Oak Brook Public Library Us Win World War II Palmer,Amanda The Art of Asking The Friends of the Oak Brook Public Library raises funds Shields,Brooke There Was a Little Girl:The Real Story of My Mother to support the library through memberships and book and Me sales. Do your part by joining our all volunteer, charitable Tooze,Adam The Deluge:The Great War,America,and the organization; membership forms are available at the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931 Library (dues are Tax Deductible). Warner,Marina Once Upon a Time:A Short History of Fairy Tale Wilder,Laura Ingalls Pioneer Girl:The Annotated Autobiography The Friends need several residents to join our Board of Zamperini,Louis Don't Give Up,Don't Give In:Lessons from an Directors, which meets quarterly. While all skills are Extraordinary Life welcome, we especially need expertise in: DVDs * Publicity-Overseeing our marketing and advertising 7,Z Dawn of the Planet of the Apes functions; Doctor Who—Series Eight * Hospitality - Coordinate refreshments for some of our First Man on the Moon events. The Giver f The Hundred Foot Journey We also need help with the If I Stay Annual Used Book Sale- The November Man April 16-18, 2015. Your tax Tamm ' deductible book donations are z- y Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles received throughout the year. What If PITBULL `"' GLOBALIZATION 1 Vk For more about The Friends Music contact the Library Director, Lewis,Jerry Lee Rock and Roll Time Sue Madorin at 630-368-7706 0,Karen Crush Songs or email Frankett Kral at Pitbull Globalization frankettkral@gmail.com. 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