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Friday, March 31, 2023
Glencoe Public Library
Discover the pleasures of a customized reading experience. The library has launched a quarterly book subscription that includes a box of books chosen just for you along with some treats and other bookish fun! Do you love reading? Do you like fun free stuff? Then this is for you! 

How It Works:
Step 1: Sign up online or in person using the form below.
Step 2: Glencoe’s fabulous librarians will pick the best books for you and check them out to you with other fun goodies. 
Step 3: Come check out your Bibliobox! Find a sunny corner and discover your new favorite books!

SIGN UP HERE for a BiblioBox. 

Open to teens (grades 9+) and adults. Please note that you must have an active library card to check out a BiblioBox. Quantities are limited, and priority will be given to GPL cardholders.
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VIRTUAL Mystery Group: Missing, Presumed

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Virtual
Ann Perks will lead a discussion of Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner.

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IN LIBRARY Mystery Group: Missing, Presumed

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room
Ann Perks will lead a discussion of Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner. This program will take place in the Hammond Room on the mezzanine level of the library. Register as soon as possible so that the library can locate a copy of the book for you.

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VIRTUAL A Closer Look at Holiday Imagery: Passover

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Virtual
The illuminated Haggadahs of medieval Iberia—with which Jewish families of the time would celebrate their Seders—are highly personal manuscripts that must have involved commissioned work. Yet no 13th- or 14th-century records remain to tell us who copied, decorated, ordered, or used these manuscripts. Glencoe art historian Julie Harris will examine the thorny problem of the Haggadah’s apparently undetermined patronage and offers a few examples of the detective work it requires of art historians. This is the first of a three-part series this year in which Dr. Harris will examine imagery from Passover, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

REGISTER HERE for this Zoom program. A recording of the program will be available on the library's YouTube channel a few days after the event.

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VIRTUAL Danny Trejo talks Tacos, Hollywood, and Redemption

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Actor, author, and restaurateur Danny Trejo will discuss how he developed a prolific career in the entertainment industry with a hard-earned and atypical road to success. From years of imprisonment to helping troubled youth battle drug addictions, from acting to producing, and now on to restaurant ventures, Trejo’s name, face, and achievements are well recognized in Hollywood and beyond, but it is his continuous role as a devoted father of three and an intervention counselor that bring him the most satisfaction. He shared his love of food with the world in the release of his cookbook Trejo’s Tacos: Recipes and Stories from LA (2020). His memoir, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood, was released in July 2021.

Trejo has starred in dozens of films including Desperado, Heat, the From Dusk Til Dawn series, Con Air, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids, and Machete. On the television side, he’s had recurring roles on Sons of Anarchy, King of the Hill, Breaking Bad, and The Flash, among others. He has also starred in and voiced various popular video games like Call of Duty, Fallout, and Grand Theft Auto, as well as voiced characters in the animated films Storks, The Book of Life, Minions 2: The Rise of Gru, and Maya and the Three.

REGISTER HERE for this Zoom program. A recording will be available for a limited time on the Illinois Libraries Present YouTube channel.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
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VIRTUAL - American Musical Theater Legends with Susan Benjamin

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Virtual

GENE KELLY, PART 2


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VIRTUAL - Berthe Morisot, French Impressionist

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Virtual

BERTHE MORISOT

A founding member of the Impressionist movement, Berthe Morisot participated in all but one of the group's eight public exhibitions.  Learn about her life and art along with her relationship to the Impressionist movement.  Art historian Jeff Mishur returns to present this online program, featuring Morisot's figural works, scenes of modern life, and still life subjects.


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BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room

This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).

Palace Walk is the first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.

Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up. 

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.

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IN LIBRARY Adult Craft Class: Paper Bird House

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room
Celebrate spring by making your own decorative bird house box out of seasonal paper! Materials will be provided.

Registration is required and Glencoe residents will have priority if the class fills up. This class is being offered twiceplease only sign up for one date and time. For adults and teens.
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Glencoe Council for Inclusion and Community

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Johnson Room
Representatives from the Glencoe Council for Inclusion and Community will be available the second Sunday of each month in the library's Johnson Room for informal conversations about Glencoe as a welcoming and inclusive community. Please stop by!
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Racism in 1920s Glencoe

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room

In September 2022, after five years of special research, the Glencoe Historical Society opened its interactive exhibit on Glencoe’s Black heritage. Many community members have already visited this extraordinary gift to the village. This spring, GHS researchers will further enrich the experience through two in-library programs that will go deeper into their findings. Registration is not required for these in-library events: just drop in!

Racism in 1920s Glencoe will seek to answer a question that has permeated many current programs on community diversity: Why aren’t there more Black people living in Glencoe today? The program will explain the use of restrictive covenants, eminent domain and redlining in Glencoe in the 1920s-30s and the overall effect these practices had on what had been a growing Black population.

The GHS exhibit will be on display at the GHS museum at 375 Park Avenue at least through spring 2024. Presented in partnership with the Glencoe Historical Society.

Note: This program follows a related program, Glencoe's Early Black Settlers, which was presented on March 12. It explored how this village became an integrated, culturally active, entrepreneurial community in the late 19th century. The presenters discussed how and why early Glencoe became home to the largest Black population between Evanston and Waukegan and the real estate, education and business opportunities that attracted Black settlement in the late 1880s and early 1890s. Neither the March 12 nor the April 16 programs will be recorded. 


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IN LIBRARY Adult Craft Class: Paper Bird House

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room
Celebrate spring by making your own decorative bird house box out of seasonal paper! Materials will be provided.

Registration is required and Glencoe residents will have priority if the class fills up. This class is being offered twiceplease only sign up for one date and time. For adults and teens.
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VIRTUAL - Talking Pictures with Susan Benjamin

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Virtual
SHE SAID  

Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together broke one of the most important stories in a generation--a story that helped propel the #Metoo movement, shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and altered American culture forever.


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BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room

This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).

Palace Walk is the first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.

Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up. 

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.

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VIRTUAL Secrets of a Puzzle Master: A Conversation with Will Shortz

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Join us for an entertaining evening with Will Shortz, the editor of The New York Times crossword puzzle and the world’s only academically accredited puzzle master. The author/editor of more than 500 puzzle books, Shortz is also the puzzle master for NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held annually for more than 40 years. Through his championing of puzzles, Will has earned admiring fans from all over the world. 

In honor of this event, Will Shortz has created a special crossword puzzle all about Illinois. The puzzle will be emailed to all registrants after March 14!

REGISTER HERE for this Zoom program. A recording will be available for a limited time on the Illinois Libraries Present YouTube channel.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
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VIRTUAL Mystery Group: Blackout

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Virtual
Ann Perks will lead a discussion of Blackout by Simon Scarrow.

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BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room

This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).

Palace Walk is the first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.

Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up. 

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.

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VIRTUAL Making Change: A History of LGBTQ Activism

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Virtual

Since the 1950s, massive change has occurred in the lives of LGBTQ people in the United States and in the social and institutional responses to them. This talk will trace the history of LGBTQ activism from its start in the 1950s, when the oppression was most harsh and pervasive, to the early 21st century, when LGBTQ people were more visible and more integrated into society than ever before. It will explore the impact of the 1960s and the Stonewall Uprising that gave birth to a “gay liberation” movement; the dramatic increase in mobilization sparked by the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s; and the growing presence in popular culture that emerged in the 1990s. Presented by John d'Emilio, a professor emeritus of history and of women's and gender studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

REGISTER HERE for this Zoom program.

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VIRTUAL Nonfiction Group: All the Way to the Tigers

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Virtual
Judy Levin will lead a discussion of All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir by Mary Morris. All are welcome.

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. 
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BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room

This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).

Palace Walk is the first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.

Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up. 

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.

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Registration is open

IN LIBRARY Mystery Group: Blackout

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room
Ann Perks will lead a discussion of Blackout by Simon Scarrow. This program will take place in the Hammond Room on the mezzanine level of the library. Register as soon as possible so that the library can locate a copy of the book for you.

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.
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IN LIBRARY - American Musical Theater Legends with Susan Benjamin

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room

LEONARD COHEN


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VIRTUAL Historical Fiction Group: The Pillars of the Earth

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Virtual
Ann Perks will lead a virtual discussion of The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

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VIRTUAL Wednesday Book Group: The Boy and the Dog

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Virtual
Judy Levin will lead a discussion of The Boy and the Dog by Seishu Hase, translated from the Japanese by Alison Watts. All are welcome.

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BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Glencoe Public Library
Hammond Room

This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).

Palace Walk is the first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.

Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up. 

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.

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