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 Lake Bluff Public Library
123 E. Scranton
Avenue Lake Bluff, IL 60044
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August at the Lake Bluff Public Library
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Bulb
Basics by the Prairie Godmothers at 10:30am
Plant bulbs
this fall for a yard full of show stopping, eye popping spring color!
Bulbs keep your soil aerated and healthy...another easy way to
protect the planet. See colorful combinations that will return season
after season. The Prairie Godmothers is a network of trained
gardeners who create and maintain sustainable, earth friendly
gardens.
Anyone
Can Sing at 12:00 Noon
Throughout a
performance of songs from musical theatre and opera, vocalist Martha
Cordeniz will discuss how the voice is an instrument. With the proper
training, anyone can sing! Ms. Cordeniz is a local resident and
soon-to-be graduate of the Lake Forest College Department of Music
who has studied voice for ten years.
Reporting
for Duty at 2:30pm
A Lake Bluff
police officer will explain just what happens at the scene of a
crime-from responding to a call to how an officer investigates
details and collects evidence. Participants will learn the importance
of evaluating a crime scene and the victim. Understand the role of
our local police officers and how they fulfill their mission "to
seek and find ways to affirmatively promote, preserve and deliver a feeling
of security, safety and quality services to all members of the Lake
Bluff community." A question and answer period will
follow.
Enjoy the Library's
New Renovations with a Choice of
Scavenger
Hunts!
Two scavenger
hunts will be available for library patrons
all day of the
OPEN HOUSE which take
you through different areas of the renovated
building. Complete either of
the scavenger hunts and receive a prize. Participants will
also get a head start on CHECK-OUT!,
the Adult Summer Reading Club.
Fill
in the Blanks
Pick up a
printed worksheet at the Circulation Desk and use the library to
answer the questions. Join the fun!
 QR
Code Scavenger Hunt
All you will
need for this scavenger hunt is a smartphone with a QR scanner on it
(most smartphones have the ability to scan these data-packed codes).
Sound easy? Don't worry, we'll make it challenging. Ready to get
started? Please register for the scavenger hunt on our Facebook page!
Then we'll know you're coming! You can also scan the code to the
right to get started!
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Adult Summer Reading
Club (ASRC)
Saturday, July 30 to
Friday, September 2
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CHECK-OUT! Lake Bluff Library
 The Adult Summer
Reading Club begins
at the OPEN
HOUSE.
Pick up a log on July 30
or any day there after! Finish a scavenger hunt at the OPEN HOUSE and you have already
completed one of the ASRC activities.
CHECK-OUT! is
open to anyone 18 years of age and older. Participants do not
need a Lake Bluff Library card. Completed logs can be turned in at
the Circulation Desk and will be added to a drawing on
September 3 for prizes from local businesses.
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Due to Wisma's
closure during the power outage the week of July 10, the Non-Fiction
Book Club and the Evening Book Club book discussions for the month of
July were cancelled and rescheduled.
The
Non-Fiction Book Club's discussion of Hellhound on His
Trail by Hampton Sides
has been rescheduled for Saturday, September 17, at 2:00pm at the
library. Copies will be available for check-out after the club meets
on August 20.
The Evening Book Club's discussion of How I Killed Pluto
and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown has
been rescheduled for Thursday, September 8, at 7:00pm at the library.
Copies will be available for check-out after the club meets on August
11.
We look forward to seeing you and apologize for any
confusion!
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Popular New Fiction Releases
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Is your
favorite author coming out with a new book? Ask a helpful
staff member to place a hold for you before the item even arrives!
Or, you can click on any title that has a hyperlink to access the
item record in the library catalog and place a hold online.
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10 Most Popular Adult Fiction Titles
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10 Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles
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Adult Programs
Registration
is requested, but not mandatory.
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Monday, August 1 at
7:00pm
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 Planning a vacation to Door
County, Wisconsin soon? Join author Gail Lukasik as
she shares her favorite haunts and strange facts about Door County.
Come hear why she chose the "Cape Cod of the Midwest" as
the setting for her Leigh Girard mystery series, and why she thinks
it's the perfect place to set a murder. Lukasik's
latest mystery, Death's Door,
will be available for purchase.
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Monday, August 15 at
7:00pm
(meets the third
Monday of each month)
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 This
program is an ongoing adult gathering that meets the third
Monday of each month. Our circle of needle artists gets together to
share stories, solve problems and to work on our current projects. Wool
Gatherers is open to all skill levels and all types of
needlework. Registration is not required.
A knitting project was left at the library and has not
been claimed. The project is with green yarn on skinny wooden
circular needles. Please claim it at the circulation desk.
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Showtime! Movies for
Adults
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All movies start at 6:00pm to allow time for
discussion afterwards. Refreshments are served.
 Monday, August 8 at
6:00pm
Rabbit Hole
(92 minutes,
PG-13, 2010)
- Academy Award Nomination for Best
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- 2011 Golden Globe & SAG Award
Nomination for Best Actress and 4 Spirit Award Nominations
Becca and
Howie Corbett are returning to their everyday existence in the wake
of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy
suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in
a maze of memory, longing, guilt, recrimination, sarcasm and tightly
controlled rage from which they cannot escape. The journey is an
intimate glimpse into two people learning to re-engage with each
other and a world that has been tilted off its axis.
 Monday, August 22 at
6:00pm
Temple Grandin
(109 Minutes,
PG, 2010)
- Golden Globes Best Performance by an
Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Screen Actors Guild Outstanding
Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or
Mini-Series
An engaging
portrait of an autistic young woman who became, through timely
mentoring and sheer force of will, one of America's most remarkable
success stories.
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Adult Book Clubs @
the Library
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Attend a book club
and share your comments with other book lovers. A librarian leads the
open-ended and insightful discussion. Your ideas about the book are
welcome and they may change! With the renovation completed, all
August book clubs will be meeting in the library Spruth Room.
Use your library card, not your credit card. No need to buy the book.
All of the books for the discussions are available in print and audio
for check-out at the circulation desk. Some of the titles can be
downloaded from MyMediaMall.
 Thursday Evening Book
Club
Thursday,
August 11 at 7:00pm
Discussion led
by Eric Bailey
Secret Daughter
Gowda's debut
novel opens in a small Indian village with a young woman giving birth
to a baby girl. The father intends to kill the baby but the mother
has her spirited away to a Mumbai orphanage. Meanwhile, in San
Francisco, a doctor who can't bear children is persuaded by her
Indian husband to adopt a child from India.
 Afternoon Book Club
Saturday,
August 16 at 1:30pm
Discussion
led by Carol Carter
Room
by
Emma Donoghue
(Fiction,
336 p., 2010)
Narrator Jack
and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a
19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live
in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in
the kidnapper's yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick,
visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as
Jack calls her, proves to be resilient and resourceful--and attempts
a nail-biting escape.
 Nonfiction Book
Club
Tuesday,
August 20 at 2:00pm
Discussion
led by Carlen DeThorne
The Murder Room:
The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the Wold's Most
Perplexing Cold Cases
by
Michael Capuzzo
(469
p., 2010)
Three
distinguished detectives resolve to battle the burgeoning number of
unsolved cases by calling together leading forensic investigators
from five continents for monthly meetings. Here is the story of this
group, the Vidocq Society, named after the first modern detective,
Eugene Francois Vidocq.
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Teen Summer Reading Program
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The program
comes to an end on Saturday, July 30, so this is your last chance to
finish!
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Teen Advisory Board -- Teens Wanted
Thursday, August 18 at 7:30pm
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Lake Bluff
Library is looking for teens age 13 and up to join our lively
and fun Teen Advisory Board (TAB). Tell us what you would like
for teen programming, DVDs, books, music. Snacks will be
provided.
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Teen Book Discussion Group
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Join this
informal discussion group; books are chosen by the group as the
summer progresses.
Dates and
books will be determined at the August 18 Teen Advisory Board
meeting.
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Mondays, August 1 and 15 at 3:00pm
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Teens,
if you have ever had an interest in knitting, this is the group
for you. Knitting guru Eliza can help you with anything from
simple hats and scarves to funky patterns and neat stiches. Beginners
are welcome in this relaxed, informal group.
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Summer Reading Club -- Rustle Up a Good Book!
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Summer
Reading Club ends July 30! This is your last chance to finish!
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Movies and Popcorn on an August Afternoon
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 Children can join us for a
relaxing afternoon of movies and popcorn. Children under 7 must be
accompanied by a caregiver.
Wednesday,
August 3 at 2:00pm
Quest for Camelot
(Rated G, 86
minutes, 1998)
When King
Arthur's legendary sword, Excalibur is stolen, Kayley and Garrett
embark on a thrilling quest to recover the sword and the kingdom.
(From Publisher)
Wednesday,
August 10 at 2:00pm
Rango
(Rated PG, 107
minutes, 2011)
Rango, a kooky
pet chameleon, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town
of Dirt, a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and
whimsical creatures. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been
waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the
hilt, until he starts to become the hero he once only pretended to
be. (From Publisher)
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Board of Library
Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, August 9 at
7:00pm at the Library
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The Board of Library Trustees meets every month,
regularly scheduled for the second Tuesday. Meetings are open to the
public and follow the guidelines of the Open Meetings Act of
Illinois.
John
Marozsan, President
Karen Bush, Vice-President
Julie
Gottshall, Secretary
Carole Stroh, Treasurer
Kathy
Meierhoff
Judith Nickels
Linda Verbeke
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Friends of the Library Meeting
Saturday, August 13 at 10:00am
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Your
Friends of Lake Bluff Library have been very busy! Please stop by on
Saturday and buy some raffle tickets for our first BOOKEND RAFFLE!
The board has generously donated a wonderful variety of bookends to
be raffled off on Saturday, July 30th at 3:00pm. There is something
for everyone! Please help us reach our total remodeling goal of
$22,000 by buying either one ticket for $5.00 or 5 tickets for
$20.00.
We have
started two outreach programs: One is making sure the train station
book rack always has books for you to read on the train. We pick up
books once a week and stock the racks. Enjoy your train ride! A very
special thanks to Meta Levin and Lynn Miller for their help!
Our other new
service is reaching out and delivering books, DVD's and CD's to
anyone in town who is homebound or perhaps returning home from the
hospital. Just talk with Lyndy at the library, telling her what you
need and one of us from the Friends will deliver them to your door!!!
Don't be shy - give us a call!!!
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The Friends welcome donations.
Please consider a show of support in the form of gift to
the Friends of the Lake Bluff Library, c/o Secretary Mary Dahlman,
123 E. Scranton Avenue, Lake Bluff IL 60044.
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Announcements
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Library
Hours:
Monday
and Thursday 10:00am to 9:00pm
Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday 10:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday
10:00am to 4:00pm
The library will be closed Monday, July 4 in
observance of Independence Day.
The library is closed all Sundays after Memorial Day.
We will reopen on Sunday afternoons on September 11. Further closings
related to the ongoing renovation will be posted on the library website.
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Statement
of Program Content at the Library:
Library programs are presented to offer differing
viewpoints by individual speakers and/or groups and are not intended
as an endorsement by the library.
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