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IN LIBRARY Mystery Group: Once There Were Wolves
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Friends Book Sale
Friends Book Sale
VIRTUAL Book Challenges on the Rise: Support Your Freedom to Read
- Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian
- Monica Harris, executive director, Reaching Across Illinois Library System
- Jasmine Warga, author of challenged books; The Shape of Thunder and Other Words for Home
- Jarrett Dapier, author of Jazz for Lunch and freedom to read advocate
IN LIBRARY Book News
VIRTUAL Chills and Thrills with Stephen Graham Jones
IN LIBRARY Big Books/The Adventures of Augie March
Opening in Chicago during the Great Depression, this novel by Saul Bellow portrays the life of Augie March, a character who lives by his wits, dogged drive, and street smarts. From the first line, “I am an American—Chicago born,” Augie proclaims in his unique scrappy voice his point of pride that he can and will survive almost anything. The reason “adventures” features prominently in the title becomes quickly obvious: Augie and his brothers are raised by a boarding-house neighbor from Odessa when their visually impaired mother isn’t up to the job. As a young adult, Augie follows his crush Thea Fenchel and her eagle Caligula to Mexico where they hunt snakes and lizards. Later on, he even survives having his ship torpedoed during a stint in the Merchant Marines during WWII. For many readers, keeping up with Augie’s adventures remains one of the great pleasures of the novel.
The Adventures of Augie March won the 1954 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. In addition, during his long career, the acclaimed Canadian-American writer Bellow won the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.
This six-week guided discussion series will be led by Holly Marihugh. Big Books is sponsored by the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required.
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IN LIBRARY - American Musical Theater Legends with Susan Benjamin
VIRTUAL Wednesday Book Group: Trust
HYBRID Stand in the Shadow of the Moon: Eclipses as Probes of the Earth and Cosmos
The cosmos is full of transitory and fleeting phenomena that are wondrous to behold. Among the most awe-inspiring is a total solar eclipse, when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. If you are standing in the path of the Moon's shadow as it obscures the Sun, day will become night. The face of the Sun will vanish, replaced with a streaming crown of light called the corona.
North America will be treated to two eclipses in the coming months. On October 14, an annular eclipse (a “ring of fire”) will be visible across the American West, from Oregon to the Texas coast. On April 8, a total solar eclipse will cross the continental United States, providing millions of people with the opportunity to see an eclipse in person. It will pass through Illinois on its way from Texas to Maine.
In this slide program, astronomer Dr. Shane Larsen will return to explore some of the important ways that eclipses have historically helped us develop a better understanding of the Earth and its place in the cosmos. He'll review the basics of total solar eclipses and talk about what to expect and how to safely enjoy them.
This program will take place in the Forte Room on the first floor of the library, past the Reference Desk and to the left. Drop-ins are welcome!
The program will also be livestreamed on Zoom. TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY, REGISTER HERE TO RECEIVE A LINK. Please note that virtual attendees will be unable to ask the presenter questions. The program will be recorded and placed on the library's YouTube channel.
About the presenter: Dr. Shane Larson is a research professor of physics at Northwestern University, where he is the associate director of CIERA (Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics). He works in the field of gravitational wave astrophysics, specializing in studies of compact stars, binaries, and the galaxy. He works in gravitational wave astronomy with both the ground-based LIGO project and the future space-based observatory LISA. He was formerly a tenured associate professor of physics at Utah State University. He is an award-winning teacher and a fellow of the American Physical Society. He contributes regularly to a public science blog at writescience.wordpress.com and tweets with the handle @sciencejedi.
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IN LIBRARY Big Books/The Adventures of Augie March
Opening in Chicago during the Great Depression, this novel by Saul Bellow portrays the life of Augie March, a character who lives by his wits, dogged drive, and street smarts. From the first line, “I am an American—Chicago born,” Augie proclaims in his unique scrappy voice his point of pride that he can and will survive almost anything. The reason “adventures” features prominently in the title becomes quickly obvious: Augie and his brothers are raised by a boarding-house neighbor from Odessa when their visually impaired mother isn’t up to the job. As a young adult, Augie follows his crush Thea Fenchel and her eagle Caligula to Mexico where they hunt snakes and lizards. Later on, he even survives having his ship torpedoed during a stint in the Merchant Marines during WWII. For many readers, keeping up with Augie’s adventures remains one of the great pleasures of the novel.
The Adventures of Augie March won the 1954 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. In addition, during his long career, the acclaimed Canadian-American writer Bellow won the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.
This six-week guided discussion series will be led by Holly Marihugh. Big Books is sponsored by the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required.
Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.
IN LIBRARY Bring Your Own Craft
IN LIBRARY - Monday at the Movies
The
Automat
Whether or not you experienced or even remember automats, this
fascinating documentary will serve you a rich slice of 20th century
American history when most any plate of food – or a great cup of coffee – could
be had by inserting five cents and opening a glass window. Mel Brooks, Carl
Reiner and the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg are among those who reminisce about the
dearly departed restaurants.
79 minutes.
VIRTUAL All About Invasive Buckthorn
IN LIBRARY Big Books/The Adventures of Augie March
Opening in Chicago during the Great Depression, this novel by Saul Bellow portrays the life of Augie March, a character who lives by his wits, dogged drive, and street smarts. From the first line, “I am an American—Chicago born,” Augie proclaims in his unique scrappy voice his point of pride that he can and will survive almost anything. The reason “adventures” features prominently in the title becomes quickly obvious: Augie and his brothers are raised by a boarding-house neighbor from Odessa when their visually impaired mother isn’t up to the job. As a young adult, Augie follows his crush Thea Fenchel and her eagle Caligula to Mexico where they hunt snakes and lizards. Later on, he even survives having his ship torpedoed during a stint in the Merchant Marines during WWII. For many readers, keeping up with Augie’s adventures remains one of the great pleasures of the novel.
The Adventures of Augie March won the 1954 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. In addition, during his long career, the acclaimed Canadian-American writer Bellow won the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.
This six-week guided discussion series will be led by Holly Marihugh. Big Books is sponsored by the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required.
Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.
IN LIBRARY Adult Craft Class: Miniature Pumpkin Painting
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IN LIBRARY Adult Craft Class: Miniature Pumpkin Painting
IN LIBRARY An Evening with Author Rachel Jamison Webster
Acting as a storyteller, Webster draws on oral history and conversations with her DNA cousins to imagine the lives of their shared ancestors across eleven generations, among them Banneker’s grandparents, an interracial couple who broke the law to marry when America was still a conglomerate of colonies under British rule. These stories shed light on the legal construction of race and display the brilliance and resistance of early African Americans in the face of increasingly unjust laws, some of which are still in effect.
VIRTUAL Nonfiction Group: A Fever in the Heartland
IN LIBRARY Big Books/The Adventures of Augie March
Opening in Chicago during the Great Depression, this novel by Saul Bellow portrays the life of Augie March, a character who lives by his wits, dogged drive, and street smarts. From the first line, “I am an American—Chicago born,” Augie proclaims in his unique scrappy voice his point of pride that he can and will survive almost anything. The reason “adventures” features prominently in the title becomes quickly obvious: Augie and his brothers are raised by a boarding-house neighbor from Odessa when their visually impaired mother isn’t up to the job. As a young adult, Augie follows his crush Thea Fenchel and her eagle Caligula to Mexico where they hunt snakes and lizards. Later on, he even survives having his ship torpedoed during a stint in the Merchant Marines during WWII. For many readers, keeping up with Augie’s adventures remains one of the great pleasures of the novel.
The Adventures of Augie March won the 1954 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. In addition, during his long career, the acclaimed Canadian-American writer Bellow won the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.
This six-week guided discussion series will be led by Holly Marihugh. Big Books is sponsored by the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required.
Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.