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Bolingbrook, ILVenues120 North Bolingbrook Drive, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 631 East Boughton Road (at The Promenade Bolingbrook), Bolingbrook, IL 60440 1433 Internationale Pkwy, Woodridge, IL 60517 161 North Weber Road, Bolingbrook, IL 60490 2035 South Naper Boulevard, Naperville, IL 60565 201 Normantown Road, Bolingbrook, IL 60446 3 Plaza Drive, Woodridge, IL 60517 50 East Wend Street, Lemont, IL 60439 7511 Lemont Road (at Chestnut Court Shopping Center), Darien, IL 60561 5700 College Road, Lisle, IL 60532 White Activities Center - Lower Level, 325 East Benton Ave, Naperville, IL 60540 1271 Rickert Drive, Suite 135, Naperville, IL 60540 1 University Parkway, Brother Paul French-FSC Learning Resource Center, Romeoville, IL 60446-2200 1 University Parkway, De La Salle Hall South, Romeoville, IL 60446-2200 47 East Chicago Avenue, Naperville, IL 60540 123 West Jefferson Avenue, Naperville, IL 60540 123 West Jefferson Avenue, Naperville, IL 60540 320 East School Street, Naperville, IL 60540 200 West Jefferson Avenue, Naperville, IL 60540 777 Front Street, Lisle, IL 60532 3015 Cedar Glade Drive, Naperville, IL 60564 5239 Carpenter Street, Downers Grove, Illinois 401 Plainfield Road, Darien, IL 60561 1050 Curtiss Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515 1223 E Ogden Avenue, Naperville, IL 60563 5112 Main Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515 5112 Main Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515 121 East 8th Street, Lockport, IL 60441 850 Warrenville Road - Library 1st Floor, Lisle, IL 60532 12700 South Illinois Route 59 (at Kensington Center), Plainfield, IL 60585 1128 South State Street, Lockport, IL 60441 1550 Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove, IL 60515 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, Illinois 60532 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL 60532 936 S. State Route 59 (at Fox River Commons), Naperville, IL 60540 14320 West 151st Street, Homer Glen, IL 60491 336 South Route 59 (at Westridge Court Shopping Center), Naperville, IL 60540 4358 East New York Street, Aurora, IL 60504 1550 West 75th, Downers Grove, IL 60516 2272 Fox Valley Center, Aurora, IL 60504 428 North Cass Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559 351 Town Square Wheaton (at Town Square Wheaton), Wheaton, IL 60187 7 North Prospect Avenue, Clarendon Hills, IL 60514 1207 East Butterfield Road, Wheaton, IL 60187 905 Meridian Lake Drive, Aurora, IL 60504 101 Rice Lake Square, Wheaton, IL 60187 15025 South Illinois Street, Plainfield, IL 60544 201 East Loop Road, Wheaton, IL 60187 16030 South Lincoln Highway, Plainfield, IL 60586 2621 Plainfield Road, Joliet, IL 60435 555 South Eola Road, Aurora, IL 60504 12 Grant Square, Hinsdale, IL 60521 2820c South Highland Avenue (at The Highlands of Lombard), Lombard, IL 60148 425 Fawell Boulevard, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137-6599 20 East Maple Street, Hinsdale, IL 60521 1298 Theodore Street, Crest Hill, IL 60403 680 East Butterfield Road, Lombard, IL 60148 28W751 Stafford Place, Warrenville, IL 60555 2060 Ogden Avenue, Aurora, IL 60504 600 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523 1062 Hillgrove Avenue, Western Springs, Illinois 60558 Main Street Park District Bldg., 501 North Main Street (corner of Main and Hill streets), Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 600 Taylor Street, Joliet, IL 60435 500 North Wilcox Street, Joliet, IL 60435 123 N. Washington St., Wheaton, IL 60189 124 N. Hale St., Wheaton, IL 60187 500 College Avenue, 3rd Floor, Wheaton, IL 60187 225 North Cross Street, Wheaton, IL 60187 800 West Chestnut Street, Western Springs, IL 60558 4700 Gilbert Road, #43-A, Western Springs, IL 60558 14 Countryside Plaza, Countryside, IL 60525 142 Oakbrook Center, Oakbrook, IL 60523 150 North Ottawa Street, Joliet, IL 60432 510 North Irving Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187 351 E. Lincoln Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187 3395 West Black Road, Joliet, IL 60431 6500 Wenz Avenue, Hodgkins, IL 60525 12330 South Forest Glen Boulevard, Palos Park, IL 60464-1707 8611 West 103rd Street, Palos Hills, IL 60465 297 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL 60523 1500 16th Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523 14921 Ravinia Avenue, Orland Park, IL 60462 400 Duane Street, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 7641 South Oak Grove Avenue, Justice, IL 60458 560 Crescent Blvd., Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 475 North Main Street, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-5125 475 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 9000 West College Parkway, Building D, Room D144, Palos Hills, IL 60465 9000 West College Parkway, Building L, 2nd Floor, Room L210, Palos Hills, IL 60465 9270 Joliet Road, Suite 750c (at The Quarry Shopping Center), Hodgkins, IL 60525 15260 South La Grange Road, Orland Park, IL 60462 160 Orland Park Place, Orland Park, IL 100 Orland Square, Orland Park, IL 60462 82 Orland Square Drive, Orland Park, IL 60462 10 West Cossitt Avenue, La Grange, IL 60525 0S291 Winfield Road, Winfield, IL 60190 1926 North Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187 15892 La Grange Road, Space D-13 (at Lakeview Plaza), Orland Park, IL 60462 110 West Maple Street, Lombard, IL 60148 1 North La Grange Road, La Grange, IL 60525 3105 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60435 306 West Geneva Road, Wheaton, IL 60187 555 North La Grange Road, La Grange Park, IL 60526 5 East Galena Boulevard, Aurora, IL 60506 10220 South 76th Avenue, Bridgeview, IL 60455 1 East Benton Street, Aurora, IL 60505-4299 7840 West 79th Street, Bridgeview, IL 60455 120 Veterans Parkway, New Lenox, IL 60451 305 South Ardmore Avenue, Villa Park, IL 60181 305 South Ardmore Avenue, Villa Park, IL 60181 7816 West 65th Place, Bedford Park, IL 60501 650 Deerwood Drive, Shorewood, IL 60404 23 S. Villa Ave., Villa Park, Illinois 60181 8419 West 50th Street, McCook, IL 60525 10700 Canterbury Street, Westchester, IL 60154 6233 South Archer Road, Summit, IL 60501 6917 West 111th Street, Worth, IL 60482 3609 Grand Boulevard, Brookfield, IL 60513 12501 South 71st Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463 1 South 550 Route 83, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 11327 West 195th Street, Mokena, IL 60448 18230 Orland Parkway, Orland Park, IL 60467 32 West Jefferson Street, Oswego, IL 60543 118 West Washington Street, West Chicago, IL 60185 Ridgeland and 95th Street (at Chicago Ridge Mall), Chicago, IL 60415 405 North Hillside Avenue, Hillside, IL 60162 6601 West College Drive, Palos Heights, IL 60463 347 South Gladstone Avenue, Aurora, IL 60506 6513 West 123rd Street, Palos Heights, IL 60463 10400 South Oxford Avenue, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415 Emerson Grade School, 400 N West Avenue, Elmhurst, IL 60126 4209 Joliet Avenue, Lyons, IL 60534-1597 3340 Loop Drive (at Louis Joliet Mall), Joliet, IL 60435 1637 North Taft Avenue, Berkeley, IL 60163 25 East Fullerton Avenue, Glendale Heights, IL 60139 190 Prospect Avenue, Elmhurst, IL 60126-3296 125 South Prospect Avenue, Elmhurst, IL 60126 20523 South LaGrange Road, Frankfort, IL 60423 113 Oak Street, North Aurora, IL 60542 8449 South Moody Avenue, Burbank, IL 60459 1 Burling Road, Riverside, IL 60546 616 Hiawatha Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188 15948 South Harlem Avenue, Tinley Park, IL 60477 6423 West 63rd Place, Chicago, IL 60638 2226 South 16th Avenue, Broadview, IL 60155 233 South Constitution Drive, Aurora, IL 60506-4468 600 Bohland Avenue, Bellwood, IL 60104 6348 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60638 Wilson and Kirk Roads, Wilson Hall, 3rd Floor, Batavia, IL 60510 2400 South Des Plaines Road, North Riverside, IL 60546 5524 West Cal Sag Road, Alsip, IL 60803 6800 West 43rd Street, Stickney, IL 60402 10 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia, IL 60510 7851 Timber Drive, Tinley Park, IL 60477 9427 South Raymond Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 3246 Harlem Ave, Riverside, IL 2 Friendship Plaza, Addison, IL 60101-2499 366 West Army Trail Rd., Bloomingdale, IL 60108 2701 South Harlem Avenue, Berwyn, IL 60402 6834 Windsor Avenue, Berwyn, IL 60402 231 North Wolf Road, Northlake, IL 60164 4955 West 135th Street, Crestwood, IL 60445 18624 West Creek Drive, Tinley Park, IL 60477 75 West Bankview Drive, Frankfort, IL 60423-1415 200 South Gary Avenue, Bloomingdale, IL 60108 1500 Maybrook Drive, Maywood, IL 60153 15624 South Central Avenue, Oak Forest, IL 60452 801 North Broadway Street, Melrose Park, IL 60160 4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 1221 North Swift Road, Addison, IL 60101 4331 Southwest Highway, Hometown, IL 60456 121 South 5th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153 135 North Randall Road (at Batavia Commons), Batavia, IL 60510 603 Stratford Square (at Stratford Square Mall), Bloomingdale, IL 60108 101 Fairfield Way, Bloomingdale, IL 60108 127 James Street, Geneva, IL 60134 7555 Jackson Boulevard, Forest Park, IL 60130 3801 South Central Avenue, Cicero, IL 60804 11960 South Pulaski Road, Alsip, IL 60803-1197 14701 S. Kenton Ave., Midlothian, IL 60445 4300 Audrey Lane, Hanover Park, IL 60103 4101 West 79th Street, Chicago, IL 60652 21119 South Pfeiffer Road (at Route 30), Frankfort, IL 60423 3700 West 103rd Street, Chicago, IL 60655 3700 West 103rd Street, Chicago, IL 60655 7419 West Madison Street, Forest Park, IL 60130 7500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60652 7501 West Cermak Road (at North Riverside Park Mall), North Riverside, IL 60546 5444 34th Street, Cicero, IL 60804 1660 South Randall Road, Geneva, IL 60134 6500 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629 200 S. Church Road, Bensenville, IL 60106 4020 West 63rd Street, Chicago, IL 60629 10311 Grand Ave., Franklin Park, IL 60131 3539 East Main Street, St. Charles, IL 60174 735 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305 500 West Irving Park Road, Itasca, IL 60143 845 Gunderson Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304 7900 West Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305 7900 West Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305 1144 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301 11010 South Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60655 1100 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301 2000 5th Avenue, Building A, River Grove, IL 60171 2000 5th Avenue, Building C, River Grove, IL 60171 13820 Central Park Avenue, Robbins, IL 60472 1045 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301 5055 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60632 115 W Main Street, Bensenville, IL 60106 9400 South Troy Avenue, Evergreen Park, IL 60805 8530 South Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60652 7400 Augusta Street, Christopher Center Building, River Forest, IL 60305 834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301 7400 Augusta Street, River Forest, IL 60305 7400 Augusta Street, River Forest, IL 60305 141 North Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60301 5225 West Cermak Road, Cicero, IL 60804 1 S 6th Ave, St. Charles, IL 60174 520 North Wood Dale Road, Wood Dale, IL 60191 931 Chicago Avenue, FLW Home and Studio, Basement Level, Oak Park, IL 60302 105 N. 2nd Ave., St. Charles, IL 60174 102 Commons Drive (at Geneva Commons), Geneva, IL 60134 111 South Ridgeland Avenue, Oak Park, IL 109 North Wabena Street, Minooka, IL 60447 201 North Scoville Avenue, Oak Park, IL 240 East Whitson Street, Manhattan, IL 60442 40 S. Park St, Roselle, Il 60172 6120 South Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60629 8638 West Grand Avenue, River Grove, IL 60171 610 South Randall Road, St. Charles, IL 60174 54 Snow Street, Sugar Grove, IL 60554 54 Snow Street, Sugar Grove, IL 60554 900 N. North Branch Street, 6th Floor, Chicago, IL 60622 2419 West 103rd Street, Chicago, IL 60655 25207 West Channon Drive, Channahon, IL 60410 902 Game Farm Road, Yorkville, IL 60560 800 South Bartlett Road, Bartlett, IL 60103-4663 2433 York Street, Blue Island, IL 60406 255 Augusta Street, Oak Park, IL 60302 2210 West 95th Street, Chicago, IL 60643 4400 South Spaulding St., Chicago, IL 60632 37W777 Il Route 38 # 250, St Charles, IL 60175 2708 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60623 2121 West 95th Street, Chicago, IL 60643 1 Conti Parkway, Elmwood Park, IL 60707 11071 South Hoyne Avenue, Chicago, IL 60643 2807 West 55th Street, Chicago, IL 60632 5615 West Race Avenue, Chicago, IL 60644 Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive, Collins Hall, 2nd Floor, Sugar Grove, IL 60554 4314 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60632 1000 Tower Lane, Bensenville, IL 60106 4200 Old River Road, Schiller Park, IL 60176 855 Meacham Road (at Mallard Crossing Shopping Center), Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 16640 South Kedzie Ave, Markham, IL 60428 O'Hare Airport, Chicago, IL 1001 Wellington Avenue, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-3391 5724 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60639 1350 West 89th Street, Chicago, IL 60620 3479 West 183rd Street, Hazel Crest, IL 60429 1745 West 63rd Street, Chicago, IL 60636 4856 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60651 17800 South Kedzie Avenue, Hazel Crest, IL 60429 7536 West Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60634 1266 Irving Park Road, Hanover Park, IL 60133 115 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60624 2650 South California Avenue, Chicago, IL 60608 4650 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60609 3353 West 13th Street, Chicago, IL 60623 3N016 Garfield Road, La Fox, IL 60147 7506 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, IL 60620 4824 West 211th Street, Matteson, IL 60443 801 South School Avenue, Matteson, IL 60443-1897 3104 North Narragansett Avenue, Chicago, IL 60634 162 Town Center Road (at Liberty Plaza), Matteson, IL 60443 9525 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60628 830 West 119th Street, Chicago, IL 60643 2724 West Cermak Road, Chicago, IL 60608 5555 River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018 134 Lincoln Mall Dr., Matteson, Illinois 60443 1500 South California Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60608 1915 West 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609 7100 West Forest Preserve Avenue, Norridge, IL 60706 5440 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, IL 60609 4154-E North Harlem Avenue, Norridge, IL 60706 6301 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60621 130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL 60193 4613 North Oketo Avenue, Harwood Heights, IL 60706 15441 Turlington Avenue, Harvey, IL 60426 4300 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60639 2214 West 21st Street, Chicago, IL 60608 17917 Dixie Highway, Homewood, IL 60430 1000 Sterling Avenue, Flossmoor, IL 60422 321 Bonnie Lane, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 18063 Dixie Highway, Homewood, IL 60430 10001 South Woodlawn Avenue, 2nd Floor, Room 2423, Chicago, IL 60628 6151 South Normal Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60621 6810 N. Mannheim Rd., Rosemont, IL 60018 8765 West Higgins Road (Lutheran Center), Chicago, IL 60631 6100 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60634 4300 North Narragansett Avenue, Chicago, IL 60634 5108 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, IL 60641 208 West 144th Street, Riverdale, IL 60827-2788 490 South Bartlett Road (Temporary Site), Streamwood, IL 60107 11001 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago, IL 60628 1500 West 127th Street, Calumet Park, IL 60827 7454 West Balmoral Avenue, Chicago, IL 60656 1900 West Van Buren Street, 2nd Floor, Room 2600, Chicago, IL 60612 600 South Paulina Street, Armour Academic Center, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60612 Allstate Arena, 6920 North Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, IL 60018 642 West 43rd Street, Chicago, IL 60609 9501 South Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60628-1598 4045 Sauk Trail, Richton Park, IL 60471 1500 West 17th Street, Chicago, IL 60608 3400 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60608 7901 South King Drive, Chicago, IL 60619 6 South Hoyne Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612 11111 South Forrestville Avenue, Chicago, IL 60628 1805 South Loomis Street, Chicago, IL 60608 1605 North Troy Street, Chicago, IL 60647 501 East 90th Place, Chicago, IL 60619 2700 West Haddon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 2700 West Haddon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 2335 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 14037 Lincoln Avenue, Dolton, IL 60419 999 North Plaza Drive, Suite 111, Schaumburg, IL 33614 15800 South State Street, Room 1249, South Holland, IL 60473-1200 4050 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 4801 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615 4018 N. Cicero, Chicago, IL 60641 1300 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 590 East Golf Road (at Woodfield Plaza Shopping Center), Schaumburg, IL 60173 356 Randall Road (at Shops At South Elgin), South Elgin, IL 60177 15 West North Street, Plano, IL 60545 1540 Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173 1101 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607 5363 West Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL 60630 731 East 63rd Street, Chicago, IL 60637 3030 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 2545 North Kedzie Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60647 3647 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60609 950 East 132nd Place, Chicago, IL 60827 2641 North Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647-1607 4655 South King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653 3424 South State Street, Room 231, Chicago, IL 60616 3424 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60616 6083 North Northwest Highway, Chicago, IL 60631 35 West 33rd Street, Chicago, IL 60616 801 South Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607 3360 South State Street, S.R. Crown Hall, Chicago, IL 60616 320 East North Street, Elburn, IL 60119 1218 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60607 16250 Wausau Avenue, South Holland, IL 60473 3140 South Federal Street, 1st Floor, Room 113, Chicago, Illinois 60616 2215 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 2129 North Rockwell Street, Chicago, IL 60647 1400 North Roosevelt Boulevard, Room 140, Schaumburg, IL 60173 116 Main Street, Park Ridge, IL 60068 6969 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607 3241 South Federal Street, Hermannn Hall, Room 205, Chicago, IL 60616 400 Lakewood Boulevard, Park Forest, IL 60466 800 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60607 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 2353 South Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616 The University of Chicago, 5550 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 The University of Chicago, 1155 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 970 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 20 S. Prospect Avenue, Park Ridge, IL 60068 1701 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 4626 North Knox Avenue, Chicago, IL 60630 4626 North Knox Avenue, Chicago, IL 60630 1564 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 1444 Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 2116 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616 1532 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 5730 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 1511 North Milwaukee Avenue, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622 400 North Racine Avenue, Suite 103-A, Chicago, IL 60622 1103 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 550 East 162nd Street (at Village Centre), South Holand, IL 60473 1121 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 3436 South King Drive, Chicago, IL 60616 38 South Peoria Street, Joy Faith Knapp Music Center, Chicago, IL 60607 1331 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 1116 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 1116 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 |  Upcoming events
This book discussion will focus on Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza.
This Parent & Me event features learning to decorate holiday cupcakes.
Learn how to decorate cupcakes with Fran Hargadon. Space is limited, so sign up early!
1918: Birthday of modern Russian novelist, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
Bring your knitting project and join hostess Patty Poisson for an informal evening of chatting, knitting and tea. Exquisite tea is generously provided by Danielle Beaudette of The Cozy Tea Cart in Brookline. (www.thecozyteacart.com). Please note that the group is open to all experienced knitters. They ... (more)Title: The Fallingwater Cookbook: Elsie Henderson's Recipes & Memories
Title: Storm Front (Dresden Files Series #1) Author Jim Butcher
Join us for fun group games during winter break. This program is for kids ages 5 - 9!
Kids ages 6 - 9 will delight in writing and designing their own Pop-up book. You bring your ideas, we'll provide a pop-up book kit for you to write in and decorate.
1639: Birthday Of Jean Baptiste Racine, French tragic dramatist.
1790: United States Senate formed a committee to consider a national bank.1947: President Harry S. Truman pardons 1,523 of 15,805 World War I Draft Resisters.
1900: Prohibitionist, Carry Nation led the first bottle-smashing raid of a saloon in Wichita, Kansas.1980: The U.S. Post Office issues a stamp honoring Sequoyah, a Cherokee who invented the only known written language created by a North American Indian tribe, and still in use today.
This tea party is for moms or grandmas and their favorite girl aged 5 - 9. We'll have stories, games, and crafts based on the Fancy Nancy books. Dress up in your most glamorous outfit. This program is limited to 12 children and 12 adults so sign up early!
Kids ages 8 - 14 can join us for a fast paced card game. Be the last to spell "Frozen" and you win! (We'll meet in front of the youth services water fountain.)
A New Year's Eve Party for children ages 6 - 10. We'll be counting down to noon instead of midnight, so get ready to celebrate!
106 B.C.: Birthday of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman lawyer, orator, and statesman. After Julius Caesar's death, Cicero published the Philippics, a series of speeches attacking Mark Anthony, who had him put to death.1777: British defeated at Princeton, N.J. by the American colonists. 1893: Birthday of ... (more)The Socrates Cafe, hosted by Rick Branch, meets for thoughtful reflection on the first Wednesday each month. Drop-ins always welcome. Call or stop by for details.
Frances McNamara. Author Discussion & Signing:Titles: Death at the Fair and Death at Hull House (Both Emily Cabot Mysteries set in Chicago)
1796: A Bill to amend an act to promote the useful arts read for a second time in U.S. Senate.1899: Sherlock Holmes refused to cooperate with Inspector Lastrade's investigation of the murder Charles Augustus Milverton.
The Roselle Public Library’s evening book discussion group meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. On January 19, 2010, the group will discuss The Pearl by Mary Gordon. Maria Meyers - a New York single mother with a radical past - receives a call on Christmas night, 1998, from the State ... (more)The Roselle Library’s men’s book discussion group meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. On January 20, 2010 the group will discuss Pacific Vortex by Clive Cussler, a Dirk Pitt adventure. Copies of the book will be available at the Reference Desk one month ... (more) Barbara D'Amato. Title: Foolproof: A Stunning Global Thriller that Exposes a Terrorist Plot to Topple Democracies Worldwide
David Heinzmann. Titles: A Word to the Wise: Former FBI agent working as an attorney has problems with organized crime in Chicago. & In His Blood:Scott Garity followed in his father’s footsteps, fighting the good fight. Eighteen years after his father, a decorated Chicago policeman, was killed in the line of duty, ... (more)Books 'n Pizza book discussion group just for kids, to discuss specific titles while munching on PIZZA! Kids must register ahead to provide time to read the book. Each month has a different title or theme! At the January meeting, the group will discuss Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda. Copies of the book ... (more) John Presta. Title: Mr. & Mrs. Grassroots: How Barack Obama, Two Bookstore Owners, & 300 Volunteers Did ItA Great Way to Celebrate Presidents' Day Eve and Democracy.
Books 'n Pizza book discussion group just for kids, to discuss specific titles while munching on PIZZA! Kids must register ahead to provide time to read the book. Each month has a different title or theme! At the February meeting, the group will discuss The Sherlock Files: The 100-Year-Old Secret by ... (more)1685: Birthday of German composer, Johann Sebastian Bach.
1874: Birthday of world renowned & legendary magician & close friend of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry (Eric Weiss) Houdini.1916: Birthday of American mystery and western novelist; creator of Matt Helm, Donald Bengtsson Hamilton.
1865: General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate States of America surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the United States of America at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, thus bringing an end to the American Civil War.1875: Birthday of American journalist and author of the detective stories featurng ... (more)1787: Founding of The African Masonic Lodge1856: Birthday of world renowned Austrian psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud.1915: Birthday of presidential campaign analyst and author of The Making of the President 1960, 1964, 1968..., Theodore H. White.1935: The establishment of the WPA (Workers Projects Administration) ... (more)1812: Birthday of Victorian poet, Robert Browning who married Elizabeth Barrett and lived the best years and most productive in Florence, Italy.1892: Birthday of American poet and public official, Archibald Mac Leish.U.S. troops intervene in Nicaragua.1945:Unconditional Surrender of Nazi Germany to the ... (more)1920: The Farm-Labor Party established at the Chicago Convention.1924: Birthday of President George H. Bush.1929: Birthday of Anne Frank an adolescent Jewish girl who wrote about her experiences in a diary she kept while in hiding in Amsterdam before her family was discovered and taken to a Nazi concentration ... (more) Anthony Boucher. 1892: Birthday of Basil Rathbone an actor who portrayed Sherlock Holmes on film and stage in the late 1930s & 1940s.1893: Birthday of English scholar, playwright, mystery writer and creator of Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy L. Sayers.1967: Thurgood Marshall, attorney for the N.A.A.C.P. during the beginning ... (more)1777: U.S. Congress adopted The Star & Stripes as the U.S. flag.1811: Birthday of aboltionist writer, neighbor of Samuel Clemens at Nook Farm in Hartford, Conn. & author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Hariette Beecher Stowe.1855: Birthday of Progressive Party founder and Wisconsin U.S. Congressman & Senator, ... (more)1873: Suffragist, Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting.1933: National Industrial Recovery Act [NRA] signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1910: Birthday of playwright, Jean Anouilh, known for the play, Becket. It was made into a movie starring Richard Burton as Thomas a' Becket and Peter O'Toole as King Henry II.1947: U.S.Senate overrides President Truman's veto of the Anti-union, Taft-Hartley Act.1949: The first of twelve women graduate ... (more)1850: Birthday of Sir Robert Peel founder of Scotland Yard.1891: Dr. John H. Watson's first account of the Holmes' cases, A Scandal in Bohemia appears in The Strand Magazine.1908: Birthday of NAACP's chief counsel and first Black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.1976: U.S. Supreme Court declares ... (more)1821: Birthday of Mary Baker Eddy founder of the Christian Science Movement.1862: Birthday of Ida B. Wells Black newspaper reporter and civil rights activist concentrating on promoting Black women's clubs and the anti-lynching laws in the United States.1872: Nationwide Railway Strike began.1945: First ... (more) |
