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 Lake Bluff Public Library
123 E. Scranton
Avenue Lake Bluff, IL 60044
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Highlights for May 2011 -- Renovation Update
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The new
entrance is now open! Please use the new library entrance that is
located in the center of the building. It's about 100 feet east of
the old entrance on Scranton.
The checkout
desk is temporarily downstairs, along with the computers and the
audiobooks. They'll be downstairs until mid-June while we renovate
the building. We invite you to come in and borrow materials, use the
computers, and ask us interesting questions.
The Children's
department is unaffected by the project, so we hope that you'll bring
the kids to the library as you've done all year.
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Check Out our Cloth
Book Bags!
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Wondering how you're going to get all those cool finds
home from the library? We are excited to offer cloth book bags at our
circulation desk to help you on your way! A book bag can be checked
out for the same 2 weeks as your materials, to help you get everything
home in style!
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Adult Programs in May
and June
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After April 7th, due to the library's renovation, all
adult programs except book clubs and Wool Gatherers will be
discontinued. Adult programs will begin again with the re-opening
celebration in July of 2011.
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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
February 1 to April 30, 2011
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10 Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Titles
February 1 to April 30, 2011
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Adult Programs
Registration
is requested, but not mandatory.
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(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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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!
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,
May 12 at 7:00pm
Discussion led
by Eric Bailey
The Kitchen House
Orphaned while onboard ship from Ireland,
seven-year-old Lavinia arrives on the steps of a tobacco plantation
where she is to live and work with the slaves of the kitchen house.
Under the care of Belle, the master's illegitimate daughter, Lavinia
becomes deeply bonded to her adopted family, though she is set apart
from them by her white skin. Eventually, Lavinia is accepted into the
world of the big house, where the master is absent and the mistress
battles opium addiction. Lavinia finds herself perilously straddling
two very different worlds.
 Afternoon Book
Club *NEW LOCATION*
Tuesday, May
17 at 1:30pm
Discussion
led by Carol Carter
The
May meeting of the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club will be held at Lynn
Miller's house. Contact the library for the address.
Mama
Day
by
Gloria Naylor
(Fiction,
312 p., 1988)
Willow Springs
is a sparsely populated sea island just off America's southeastern
coast whose small black community is dominated by the elderly
matriarch, Miranda "Mama" Day. When Mama Day's great niece,
Cocoa, marries, she returns to Willow Springs with her husband for an
extended visit. Once there, strange forces both natural and
supernatural work to separate the couple. After visiting the menacing
Ruby, a local root doctor, Cocoa becomes dangerously ill, and the
struggle for her life showcases Naylor's talent for descriptive
prose. (Library Journal)
 Nonfiction Book Club
at Lake Bluff Brewing Co. *NEW LOCATION*
Saturday,
May 28 at 5:00pm
Discussion
led by Carlen DeThorne
Born to Run
by
Christopher McDougall
(Nonfiction,
287 p., 2009)
McDougall
reveals the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--the
Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico--and how he trained for
the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of
Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of
super-athletic Americans.
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Scrapbooking Club with Ms. Rachel
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 Bring
your own pictures and memorabilia,
Ms. Rachel will supply the scrapbooking album and everything else you
will need to put together your own keepsake memory album.
Sign up for these fun and
creative programs. Registration
is required.
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Teen Advisory Board -- Teens Wanted
Thursday, May 12 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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Thursdays, May 19 at 7:30pm
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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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Ends Saturday, May 7 2011
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Earn
yourself a reading badge (or 2 or 3 or 4) this winter. In our
newly designed club, grades 3-8 can earn their badge by reading only
5 books on a theme. Grades 1-2 can earn their badges by reading
only 10 books.
This program is designed for independent readers in grades 1 through
8 and runs Saturday, October 2 through Saturday, May 7, 2011. No
badges will be awarded after May 7.
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Saturday, May 7 at 11:00am
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 Have
you ever wondered what a Certified Therapy Dog does? How are
they trained and what do they do all day? Join us for this
fascinating program with real dogs and their owners who will
demonstrate the many important works these dogs do and how they got
to be professional therapy dogs.
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Saturday, May 21 at 11:00am
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 Mad Hatters
return for another rousing performance by these vivacious
women. This will be a 30 minute program of fast-paced stories,
rhymes and songs with audience participation for preschoolers
with their caregivers and older children.
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Harry Potter Movie-a-thon
Saturdays, starting May 28 at 1:00pm
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 Families
can join us every Saturday for 7 weeks, leading up to the
opening of the last Harry Potter movie on July 15. Review the
whole series before the final installment! Enter a drawing to
win 2 tickets to the last Harry Potter movie.
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Summer Reading Club Begins
Saturday, June 11 at 10:00am
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Rustle up a
good book with the Summer Reading Club!
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Board of Library
Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, May 3 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.
Judith Nickels,
President
John Marozsan, Vice
President
William Raymoure,
Secretary
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Friends of the Library Meeting
Saturday, May 14 at 10:00am
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The
Friends of the Library meet each month at the library.
If you have any questions or wish to support the Friends, contact the
new president, Linda Schwartz, by email at: friends@lakeblufflibrary.org
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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 Sunday May 29 and Monday
May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. The library will be closed all
Sundays after Memorial Day. 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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