LIBRARY NEWS

Date and time: Tuesday, September 7, 10–10:45 a.m. Location: Mariano's Fresh Market Cafe, 802 E. Northwest Highway Don’t forget to sign up at the customer service desk at Mariano’s Fresh Market to join us for Tales for Tots children’s storytime sponsored by the Library. Or call Mariano's at 847-253-5439. Mrs. Mariano will be ...

Date and time: Saturday, September 4, 10 a.m. Location: Business Center If you have always used our print investment resources in our Business Center, now is the perfect time to get acquainted with their online equivalents. More and more publishers are migrating to an exclusively online format, and this trend will probably ...

Date: September 1-May 1 Location: Kids' World Desk Collect magnets by reading books from 18 different categories. Pick up a reading log at the Kids’ World Desk. When you are finished, return it and receive your magnet for that category. Kids who are not old enough to read yet may be read ...

Would you like to learn how to use Photoshop? Do you want to know more about Dreamweaver? Or maybe you want to learn about digital photography. You can do all of this and more - for free. The Library now subscribes to Lynda.com, a video tutorial site with over 53,000 tutorials providing detailed instruction for everything from Adobe ...

Once again the Library is sponsoring a “Read & Feed” food drive. It will run from September 1–December 1 at the Library and on the bookmobile to collect food pantry items for the Wheeling Township food pantry. The “Read & Feed” drive will also accept items for The Buddy Foundation ...

If you didn't attend this year's Teen Film Fest, you can see the winning videos on our TeenSpace web page. There were 13 great entries judged by Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire. The three winning films were:  First place -  The Beatrix Gem directed by Ben M. of Arlington Heights Second place - Walking On Air directed ...

Using the Library can be daunting for those with limited English skills. To make things easier, the Library has instant access to an interpreter through a Language Line telephone located at the Answer Center. The phone connects patrons with an interpreter who can translate their requests and convey them to ...

Date and time: Monday, August 30, 7:30 p.m. Location: Training Center Learn the elements of a succinct book review for sites such as the Library's website and Amazon.com. Come with a book title in mind that you would like to review. You will have the opportunity to submit your review at the ...

Please pardon our dust during our Kids’ World reorganization project. We’re moving things around, replacing the carpet and adding a few more surprises to the area. All kids'’ items will be available during this project, but some are in temporary locations. Look for the following items in the area between New Books and DVDs for adults: Pop-Up Books Board books Picture books EReads J/Y ...

If you love to read books and love to discuss them with others, sign up to join one of our book discussion groups. For the following groups, signup is monthly, and the groups are free. Click on each for titles to be discussed. Monday Morning Book Club Mystery Book Group Get Together With Books Novel ...

If you have a lot to do (and who doesn't these days?) and not enough time, use your computer and the Library's drive-up window to get what you need. Go online and reserve your books, movies and music. When they are ready, we'll email you, and you can pick them up at the drive-up window located in the ...

A new series of free computer and Internet classes is starting. Check out the events calendar on our website for details about classes which run through May 2011. You can register online or at the Reception Desk on the second level, 847-392-0100. Call, look online or pick up a Click brochure ...

Date and time: Friday, August 20, 7–8:30 p.m. Location: Hendrickson Room Join us for the 4th Annual Teen Film Fest. See the winning entries; cheer for your favorites. Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire will host and judge the event. The Library is awarding cash prizes to the top three winning films, including ...

If you are looking for ways to cut your energy costs, come to the Library and check out a Kill-A-Watt energy meter. We have four meters donated by Commonwealth Edison and local citizen Chuck Kulig, president of the nonprofit organization Get to Work America (shown above with Library Executive Director Paula Moore).   Plug ...

The bookmobile is out of service today, Tuesday, August 24.

Date and time: Tuesday, August 17, 7:30 p.m. Location: Hendrickson Room Come hear acclaimed Chicago journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Eig talk about how he uncovered archival records about renowned gangster Al Capone that led to the writing of his latest work, Get Capone: The Plot That Captured America's ...