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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-03 Oak Brook PublicLi brat, [beacon Library �. - Ilik 600 Oak Brook Road - Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 630-368-7700 - www.oak-brook.org/library Volume 13, Issue 3 March 2015 Adult Programs Weekly Registration is required for all programs. Please call 630-368-7725. Programs Women and World War ISahaja Yoga Meditation - Thursday, March 5 @ 6:30 pmMondays @ 6 pm Celebrate Women's History Month by joining us for this program on Nw ', Sahaja is a unique method the women involved in World War I. Learn how millions of women of meditation based on an -w. experience called Self worldwide mobilized for the war effort in a variety of ways and how in the process they became powerful symbols both in their government's Realization. propaganda efforts as well as in the women's rights movements of the day. Sponsored Knit Pickers- by the Friends of the Oak Brook Public Library Tuesdays @ 7 pm The Knit Pickers gather A Heart to Heart Talk with Gopal Lalmalani and work on their projects Saturday, March 7 @ 2 pm together.All levels of knitters Dr. Gopal Lalmalani, our Village President and noted cardiologist, will are welcome. address heart care and the prevention of heart disease. Current Events- Fridays @ 9:30 am Shamrock Ragsters Join our Current Events Sunday, March 8 @ 2 pm Group for lively discussions INCome and hear the pub-shaking music of the Shamrock Ragsters! Listen of all things newsworthy. as they play the hits of Dixieland, Bluegrass, Irish and Celtic tunes. You Movie Matinee don't want to miss this rip-roaring performance. Wednesday, March 25 1 pm Orazio and Artemesia Gentileschi: The Theory of Everything Father-Daughter Baroque Painters The film examines the Sunday, March 15 @ 2 pm relationship between famous Join us as we rediscover Artemesia Gentileschi, daughter of Orazio \ix physicist Stephen Hawking Gentileschi. Artemesia was the first female painter to become a 1 and his wife Jane, based on member of the Academy of Design in Florence, the first female painter her memoir to support her family solely through her painting, and the first female artist to paint Travelling to historical and religious subjects when such heroic themes were considered beyond a infinity. My Life woman's reach. with Stephen. 123 mins- PG-13 Library Hours Library Commission Follow us online 9:30 am-9 pm Monday-Thursday Roberta Petz, Chairperson www.oak-brook.org/library 9:30 am-5 pm Friday-Saturday Anthony DiCanio Susan Epstein 1:00 pm-5 pm Sunday* Jeffry Franklin Andrea Holt twitter @oakbrooklibrary "closed Sundays between Memorial and Labor Day Veena Mendiratta Hope Sabbagha Facebook Department Numbers Commission Meetings youth services blog: Circulation 630-368-7702 Tuesdays @ 7 pm oakbrookpubliclibraryblog.blogspot.com Reference 630-368-7725 January 20 July 21 staff picks blog: Youth Services 630-368-7733 March 17 September 15 aakbrooklibrarypicks.wordpress.com May 19 November 17 Computer Classes Storvtimes Registration and Internet Privileges Required • Class sizes are limited,so register early! Monday, March 9 @ 11am - Internet searching ♦ Please remember that parents or caregivers must remain in the YS This class will provide the tools to better search the internet. area while your little ones attend storytime. Topics include: pros and cons of various search engines, ♦ Children must be the indicated age by the first of the month in assessing website authority, exploring the Library's databases which the program starts. and much more. ♦ Please be on time;we don't want your child to miss a minute of fun. • Monday, March 16 @ 11am - Computer Tips and Tools • Latecomers may need to wait for admittance to a program already in This class provides practical computer tips. Topics include: printing, session. highlighting to copy and paste, volume control, search Toddling Twos and Threes engines and mouse skills. Thursdays @ 10:30 am - March 19 and 26 Thursday, March 19 @ 3 pm - Intro to Facebook Your two year old will surely enjoy this interactive story time that Have a Facebook account but don't know how to utilize its best includes marvelous books, flannel boards, music, and a simple features? Learning the basics and beyond of Facebook, such as craft. Children must be age 2 by March 1, 2015. Parents accompany child in this program. Registration is required. posting and commenting on pictures, adding friends and writing on their walls, sending private messages, "liking"things, and much Terrific Threes and Fours more. Prerequisite: This class requires a current Facebook Thursdays @ 4:30 pm - March 19 and 26 account(please bring with you the correct email and password to Preschoolers will wiggle and giggle in this fun-filled story time. log into your Facebook account). Activities, crafts, music, and lively stories strengthen early reading skills. Children must be 3 by March 1, 2015. Registration is Thursday, March 26 @ 2:30-5 pm - Computer Help required. A one-on-one, 30 minute computer session, is being offered to patrons for downloading assistance, answering basic computer- Storytime Art -Grades K-2 related questions, using email, and working with advisory tools Wednesdays @ 4:30 pm - March 18 and 25 such as NoveList. Registration is required. Are you nuts about books and art?Children in Kindergarten through 3rd grade are welcome to join us for this wonderful story time.We will read a story and then do an art project inspired by .201 21 ' Q the book. Registration is required. Bedtime Stories Mondays @ 7 pm - March 16 and 23 Looking for: Join us before bedtime for a stellar story and a hands-on craft. NEWS •TECH •SPORTS •TRAVEL• ENTERTAINMENT Ages 3-8 Visit our library's website to check out a magazine via ZINIO! • Read complete digital editions of popular magazines *There will be no storytime programs during the week of zinio' Spring Break(March 30-April 5) • Enjoy interactive elements such as audio and video 44 - • Experience anytime, anywhere availability on PCs, Macs or mobile devices Ben's Bubble Show: • Keep magazines as long as you want Art, Science, and a Touch of Magic • Download magazines to your mobile device for offline reading Saturday, March 21 @ 1-2 pm Lego® Robotics Workshop Using his bare hands and a Tuesday March 10 @ 4-5 pm few simple tools Ben Jimenez , creates beautiful, humorous, 47 � � Looking for fun educational activities to inspire your child'? Sylvan and mind boggling soap " ' Learning Center will be providing a free demo robotics class. The bubble sculptures, does r _ program involves kids building and programing robots—all the bubble magic, makes giant while developing new skills and having a blast with STEM (Science bubbles, shoots bubble Technology Engineering Math.) Your blizzards at people, and much more. Humor and audience budding engineer will be paired up with #_ interaction are part of every show he does. Registration is another child to build their robot. At the - end of the program each child will required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library receive a report and photo of their creation. For grades 2-6. Registration is Youth Book Discussion required. Space is very limited) Thursday, March 26 @ 4 pm Spring Break Open Crafts Do you like reading a book and then sharing it • with others? Our book club meets once per month Monday, March 30, Tuesday, March 31 and Ito discuss good books. Join us for this month's Thursday, April 1 @ 12 -3 pm selection, Fallout by Todd Strasser. Snacks will be provided! See the Circulation Desk for a copy of FAL LOuT Drop in and make crafts to take home. All ages welcome. i the book. Recommended for grades 5 and up. Get the Beacon delivered 1 1 Sampling of New and Upcoming Materials 'You can place your own "hold" on items checked out or on order straight to your inbox! Ithrough our website www.oak-brook.org/library or stop by the Sign up at the Circulation Desk to receive Reference Desk for assistance. an email version of the Library Beacon and Books be the first to know about all the great Fiction programs and other happenings! While you Beatty, Paul The Sellout are there, you can also sign up to receive Black,Cara Murder on the Champ De Mars "mss"" email notification for your Library account, Bowen, Rhys The Edge of Dreams including overdue notices and hold requests. Caldwell, Ian The Fifth Gospel Stop by the Circulation Desk today for more information or to Chiaverini,Jennifer Mrs.Grant and Madame Jule sign up! I Davis,Susan Page The Outlaw Takes a Bride Freeman, Brian A Season of Fear James,Tania The Tusk That Did the Damage Gift Books Donated to Oak Brook dji Joyce,Rachel The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy Library in the month of February ` f Kanon,Joseph Leaving Berlin Lehane,Dennis World Gone By The York Township Republican Women's Organization has McGuane,Thomas Crow Fair:Stories donated Cold Cold Heart in memory of Mary O'Callaghan. Moran,Michelle Rebel Queen — ---- - Steinhauer,Olen All the Old Knives Check Out Mango Languages! Vann, David Aquarium Learn a new language for free through the Oak Brook Public Library. 1 Nonfiction Mango Languages is free for all Library patrons.Each lesson combinesI Bissonnette,Zac The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and real life situations and audio from native speakers with simple,clear the Dark Side of Cute instructions. Users learn actual conversation,breaking down complex I Brockman,John This Idea Must Die:Scientific Theories that are linguistic elements within an audio-visual framework that draws important Blocking Progress connections and builds on information they have already learned. Gibson, David The Jesus Code:Six Holy Objects That Tell the There are more than 60 foreign language courses available and 17 English Remarkable Story of the Gospels as a Second Language(ESL)courses. Greitens, Eric Resilience:Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life Hodges,Andrew Alan Turing:The Enigma To learn more about Mango and get a ngo Kotlikoff, Laurence J. Get What's Yours:The Secrets to Maxing Out Your preview of what the program has to offer, languages Social Security stop by the library and we will give you an Kurzweil,Allen Whipping Boy:The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve- introduction.You can access Mango through the Library website at Year-Old Bully www.oak-brook.org/databases. Larson, Erik Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Lyndsey,Anna Girl in the Dark:A Memoir The Fullersburg Historic Foundation presents Nordhaus, Hannah American Ghost:A Family's Haunted Past in the A Salute to Barns...Links to our Past; Desert Southwest A Look at Their Future Phillips, Lisa Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession Saturday, March 14© 1.30 pm Pilon, Mary The Monopolists:Obsession,Fury,and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game Rubin,Gretchen Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives '' Satyamurti,Carole Mahabharata:A Modern Retelling 4 Wills,Garry The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis rt r, __ ' DVDs Code Black #:''IT 1N EN1' Illinois has an amazing collection of barns and other rural Dracula Untold buildings. Join us as historian and "barnologist" Jean The Interview ,- k ... Follett takes us on an armchair tour down the back roads Kill the Messenger ,.* A t of Illinois. You will see English barns, German barns, log Nightcrawler ".�s� e" x WHIPLASH barns and the many other distinctive buildings that were St.Vincent "'""" ' found on family farms before the advent of large-scale Understanding Art: Baroque&Rococo ^, farming. No doubt there will be something to jog your Whiplash ' memory since nearly everyone has at least one barn ',White-Haired Witch experience! Bring a favorite photo of a farm building from your childhood or travels to share during Q &A after our Music program. Bryan,Luke Spring Break...Checkin'Out Call 630-512-7336 with questions or visit 1 Clarkson, Kelly Piece by Piece ' Deathwww.fullersburq.orq to learn more about the work of the Madonna Cab For Cutie Rbel Kintsugi Fullersburg Historic Foundation. Rebel Heart Modest Mouse Strangers To Ourselves SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sahaja Meditation 6 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm Women and WWI Current Events 9:30 am Heart to Heart Talk with 6:30 pm Gopal Lalmalani 2 pm 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Shamrock Ragsters Computer Class: ©Lego®Robotics Current Events 9:30 am 2 pm Internet Searching Workshop 4 pm 11 am Sahaja Meditation 6 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Orazio and Artemesia Computer Class: Library Commission ©Storytime Art ©Toddling 2s and 3s Current Events 9:30 am ©Ben's Bubble Show Gentileschi Computer Tips and Tools Meeting 7 pm 4:30 pm 10:30 am 1 pm 2 pm 11 am Computer Class: Sahaja Meditation 6 pm Knit Pickers 7 pm Intro to Facebook 3 pm Bedtime Stories ©Terrific 3s and 4s 7 pm 4:30 pm 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Sahaja Meditation Knit Pickers 7 pm Movie Matinee ©Toddling 2s and 3s Current Events 9:30 am 6 pm The Theory of 10:30 am Everything 1 pm Computer Class: ©Bedtime Stories Computer Help 2:30-5 7 pm ©Storytime Art pica YS Book Disc 4 pm0 4:30 pm ©Terrific 3s and 4s 4:30 pm 29 30 31 Adult programs Spring Break Open ©Spring Break Open ©Children's Crafts 12-3 pm Crafts 12-3 pm sar Young Adults All ages in black Sahaja Meditation Knit Pickers 7 pm 6 pm