Summer 2013 - Lake Forest Library

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SUMMER 2013
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I B R A R Y
FRIENDS OF LAKE FOREST LIBRARY
OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS
2013-2014
President: Marilyn Turchi
Vice-President: Mariann Gregory
Secretary: Carla Wycoff
Treasurer: Delmon Grapes
Assistant Treasurer: Joseph Sullivan
Membership: Lynn Casper
Nancy B. Mieling: Book Sale Co-Chair
DIRECTORS
Kim Benson
Paul Bergmann
Patricia Borkowski
Karen Daily
Karen Eckert
Lisa Foss
Mariann Gregory
Gail Griffis
Cathy Keller
Roger A. KetchamMarlene Koe
Louisa Levy
William Maines
Wendy McKiernan
Marie Nemerov
Lucia Oddo
Margaret Pairitz
James K. Perrin
Pam Plonsker
Micaiah Robinson
Walter Sunseri
Marilyn Turchi
Anne Whipple
Karen Zarse
HONORARY DIRECTORS
Patricia G. Meyer
William and Elaine Hughes
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FR I EN D S OF LA KE FOR ES T
LI BR A RY
The Children’s Book Sale will be Thursday, June 6th 9am-6pm;
Friday, 7th 9am-4pm; and Saturday, 8th 9am-3pm in the Library
foyer. 75 boxes of books have been selected. Books for this sale are
for infants through grade 8: fiction, science, award winners, picture
books, animals/nature, history, board books, crafts. Cash and check only.
Summer reading at bargain prices!
The 38th Annual Fall Book Sale is scheduled for Thursday,
Sept 12 (members/workers only) Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,
Sept 15 (1/2 price day) open to the public. The Sale will take place
in the LF Rec Center gym, 400 Hastings Road. There will be 110,000
books organized into 115 categories, plus 2,700 music CDs and 2,500
DVDs. This yearly sale is a must do community event; mark your
calendar now. If you would like to volunteer email
[email protected]
Donations may be left at the back of the library building 24/7.
The Friends have joined with the Gorton Community Drop In
Center to provide the “Children’s Bookshelf.” Books and CDs
for young children and parenting books are available in the bookcase
across from the Drop in Center check in desk.
The Friends of Lake Forest Library’s recent Cook Book Sale
in Sunset Foods featured 78 boxes filled with gently used cook books.
It was a great success! Thank you Sunset Foods!
Our annual appeal for membership was mailed in April, but you may
renew or join at any time; pick up an envelope in the Library or go
to www.lakeforestlibrary.org/friends/membership.html. Donations are
appreciated at any time at www.lakeforestlibrary.org/friends/donate.html
or pick up an envelope in the Library.
The Friends of Lake Forest Library welcomed new Board members
Karen Eckert, Gayle Griffis, Wendy McKiernan, Micaiah Robinson and
Karen Zarse at the January meeting. Departing Board members Carol
Champ, Sande Noble and Todd Puch have each completed six year
terms but will continue to be active in the Friends. We appreciate their
many years of loyal service.
Marilyn Turchi, President, Friends of Lake Forest Library
LAKE FOREST LIBRARY
360 EAST DEERPATH
LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS 60045
Library Board of Trustees
Roger Hull, President
Lisa Dettling, Vice President
Jan Gibson, Treasurer
Maria Westropp, Secretary
Trustees:
Debbie Block, Lynn Casper,
Carol Champ, Reese Marcusson
Robert Napier
Youth Liaison, Jack Sanders
General Information
Kaye Grabbe, Administrative Librarian
Phone: 234-0636
Lorie Rohrer, Head
Children’s Services
Phone: 234-0648
Felicia Song, Head
Adult Services/Reference Desk
Phone: 810-4609
Tori Sergel, Head
Circulation Department
Phone: 810-4600
Virtual Reference Service
Go to www.lakeforestlibrary.org
Click on AskAway
Available 24/7/365
Email Reference
[email protected]
Email Administration and Board
[email protected]
Web Site: www.lakeforestlibrary.org
HOURS
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Sunday
Closed Sunday of Memorial
Day weekend through
Labor Day weekend
L A K E F O R E S T L I B R A RY
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LIBRARY CLOSED
Sunday, May 26
Monday, Memorial Day, May 27
Thursday, July 4
Monday, Labor Day, September 2
OPEN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7
LAKE FOREST DAY
CLOSED ALL SUNDAYS FOR
THE SUMMER
starting Sunday, May 26
Sunday hours resume September 8, 1-5pm
L AKE F OREST C HILDREN ’ S L IBRARY S UMMER R EADING P ROGRAM
May 22, Wednesday VOLUNTEERS
Sign -Up Begins for Summer Volunteers
Students must be entering grades 7 through 12.
Call (847)234-0648.
May 29, Wednesday VOLUNTEERS
Training Session for Summer Volunteers
7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
A short overview and sign-up for volunteer
shifts.
June 1, Saturday
Registration Begins for All Summer Reading
Programs
For more information, Call (847)234-0648
or visit us at http://www.lakeforestlibrary.org/
June 10, Monday CRAFT
Father’s Day Craft
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Stop by the Children’s circulation desk anytime
to make a special surprise for your father
or grandfather.
June 11, Tuesday PUPPETS
Mark Nichols the Puppet Place Theatre
*FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
For over 30 years Mark Nichols has been
bringing distinctive puppetry and contemporary
music to children and adult audiences.
June 12, Wednesday PLAYTIME
Baby Playtime
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Come to the Children’s Activity Room for
playtime with the library’s fun, educational
toys for babies and toddlers.
June 12, Wednesday FILMS
Brown Bag Film Festival
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Bring a paper sack lunch to eat while enjoying
a film presentation of picture book classics.
June 13, Thursday BALLOONS
Smarty Pants “Have Balloon Will Travel”
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Called “simply amazing” by WGN-TV,
the Big Balloon Show is a completely unique
stage production featuring magic, comedy
and Smarty’s award-winning, eye popping props.
“H A V E B O O K W I L L T R A V E L ”
June 17, Monday CRAFT
Summer Craft
June 27, Thursday JUGGLER
Jason Kollum See a Juggler Be a Juggler
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Stop by the Children’s circulation desk
to make a special summer craft to help
celebrate the beginning of summer
on Friday, June 21!
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
A fun, engaging, interactive, big family
show of juggling, balancing, and ball spinning
stunts for all ages.
Robin’s Dog Stars Incredible Dog Trick Act
Breakfast with Books
June 18, Tuesday ANIMALS
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Enjoy 30 dog tricks which include climbing
a ladder, jumping throughhoops, and getting
a tissue when Robin sneezes.
June 19, Wednesday PLAYTIME
Baby Playtime
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
June 19, Wednesday FUN
Learn @ the Library
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Come to the Children’s Activity Room
to learn how to juggle, decorate a cookie,
bead a bracelet and others.
June 20, Thursday MUSIC
Laura Doherty “Have Book Will Travel”
July 16, Tuesday MUSIC
Scribble Monster Creative Musical Play
Red, White & Blue: Independence Day Craft
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Stop by the Children’s circulation desk to make
a special craft to help celebrate the 4th of July!
July 2, Tuesday PUPPETS
DePriest Puppets World Tour!
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Through the ancient art of puppetry, done with
hand puppets, rod puppets and marionettes, they
take you on an unforgettable adventure of wonder and magic- a complete theatrical experience.
July 3, Wednesday PLAYTIME
Baby Playtime
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Breakfast with Books
July 6, Saturday STORYTIME
June 25, Tuesday MAGIC
The Great Scott Magic Show
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Children will be involved with each trick
in this full-audience experience finishing
with levitation of an audience volunteer.
Brown Bag Film Festival
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Breakfast with Books
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
July 9, Tuesday SCIENCE
Fun with Physics!
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
The audience will be swinging bowling balls,
spinning on rotating disks, making tubes glow,
learning about Doppler radar and even riding
a real hovercraft and a jet-powered tricycle!
June 26, Wednesday PLAYTIME
July 10, Wednesday PLAYTIME
June 26, Wednesday FILMS
July 10, Wednesday FILMS
Baby Playtime
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Brown Bag Film Festival
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. –2:45 p.m.
This presentation discusses the myths about
bats, and gives information about bats around
the world, alongwith live Egyptian Fruit Bats.
July 1, Monday CRAFT
July 3, Wednesday FILMS
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
We will share some of our favorite books
while enjoying a breakfast snack.
Incredible Bats
July 13, Saturday STORYTIME
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
A highly interactive show that includes dancing,
singing, puppets, maraca shaking and more!
June 22, Saturday STORYTIME
July 11, Thursday ANIMALS
June 29, Saturday STORYTIME
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Baby Playtime
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Brown Bag Film Festival
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
AND
Breakfast with Books
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Scribble Monster’s creative play music
concert introduces children to the joy of reading,
singing, thinking, dancing, and having fun!
July 17, Wednesday PLAYTIME
Baby Playtime
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
July 17, Wednesday FUN
Learn @ the Library
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Come to the Children’s Activity Room to learn
how to make origami, decorate a cupcake,
magic tricks and others.
July 18, Thursday JUGGLER
Andy Head Wonderful Wacky Juggler
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Enjoy the many skills of this two-time
International Juggling Champion.
July 20,
Saturday STORYTIME
Breakfast with Books
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
July 23, Tuesday BUBBLES
Bubble Wonders
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
International Bubble Artist Geoffrey “Merlin”
Akins blows bubbles inside bubbles, smokefilled volcano bubbles, the impossible square
bubbles and a fully functioning bubble
merry-go-round.
July 24, Wednesday PLAYTIME
Baby Playtime
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
*FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT CHILDREN’S CIRCULATION DESK 1 HOUR BEFORE PROGRAM
E VENTS 2013
July 24, Wednesday FILMS
Brown Bag Film Festival
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
July 25, Thursday THEATRE
Emerald City Theatre Presents “Charlotte’s Web”
*FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
A highly interactive original play based
on E.B. White’s novel Charlotte’s Web.
July 27, Saturday STORYTIME
Breakfast with Books
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
July 29, Monday CRAFTS
Crafts! Crafts! Crafts!
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Come on down to the Children’s Activity Room
to make all kinds of arts and crafts projects
to enjoy this summer.
July 30, Tuesday YO-YO
Mark Hayward Yo-Yo Champion
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Yo-yo champion Mark will entertain us with
famous yo-yo tricks like The Atom Smasher
and the Brain Twister, as well as old favorites
like Walk the Dog and Rock the Baby.
July 31, Wednesday PLAYTIME
Baby Playtime
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
July 31, Wednesday FILMS
Brown Bag Film Festival
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
August 1, Thursday MUSIC
Dave Rudolf on Vacation
* FREE tickets required
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Enjoy this interactive family concert with
Grammy nominated, Gold Record winner,
Dave Rudolf.
August 3, Saturday STORYTIME
Breakfast with Books
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
August 3, Saturday
Summer Reading Program Ends
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
This is the last day to pick up summer reading prizes. No exceptions.
SAVE THE MONTH
OCTOBER 2013
LAKE FOREST READS:
RAGDALE
“The Street of a Thousand
Blossoms”
by Gail Tsukiyama
Join Lake Forest Library and our
co-sponsor The Ragdale Foundation for
Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale
a one book/ one community program.
Gail Tsukiyama, author of “The Street of
a Thousand Blossoms” will kick off the monthlong reading celebration on September 30 with
an author presentation at the library.
Look for more information in our upcoming
newsletters, on the web or at the library.
Other community partners include: Dickinson
Hall, Friends of Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest Book Store, Lake Forest College and the
Music Institute of Chicago.
“The Street of a Thousand Blossoms” tells the
story of two brothers who find their way in post
war Japan. Hiroshi aspires to be a sumo wrestler
while his younger brother wishes to carve Noh
masks. Copies are available to borrow at Lake
Forest Library; copies are available to purchase
at Lake Forest Book Store.
LAKE FOREST FARMER’S MARKET
The Library will be at the Farmer’s
Market again this year in July and August.
Stop by our table for program information
and a chance to win prizes.
LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAMS
Teen Summer
Reading
Program
2013
Mrs. T. S. Armour
Mr. Fred Berghorn
Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Bernthal
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowen
Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Chandler
Mrs. William A. Crane
Darryl and Michael Ebner
Gloria Frank
Mr. Daniel Good
Mrs. Augustin Hart. Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hartung
Mrs. Pamela Hull
Mrs. A .J. Keig
Mr. and Mrs. James Mellinger
The Negaunee Foundation
Nuveen Investments, Inc.
Judy Sauder
The John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation
John and Diane Trees
Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Turchi
Alice Valentine
Mrs. Herbert A. Vance
Major Contributors:
Buchanan Family Foundation
Friends of Lake Forest Library
“T R AVEL WI TH A G O OD R E AD”
Saturday, June 1 - Saturday, August 3
Come to the Reference Desk to *register
and pick up a punch card.
It’s easy and there are great prizes.
GENEROUS CONTRIBUTORS
TO THE FRIENDS’ WINDOW FUND
Restoration of 26 historic library windows begun
mid-October 2012 and completed in January 2013
ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM
For students entering grades
7 through 12
Read 4 books to earn a $10.00
gift card to the Lake Forest
Book Store
AND be included in the final
prize drawings:
Grand prize
is a $100.00 gift card
to the Lake Forest
Book Store.
5 runners-up will receive
a $25.00 gift card to one of the
following:
Einstein Bros Bagels,
Ferentino's Pizzeria, Starbucks
Coffee or Sweet's Chocolates.
Funded by
Friends of Lake Forest Library
After you read or listen to a book,
get your card punched and fill
out a raffle form.
Prizes will be drawn each week.
Prizes include local restaurant
gift certificates,
a Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce
gift certificate, Williams and Sonoma gift
certificates, and Lake Forest Book Store
gift cards.
Read/ listen to four books,
complete the punch card
and receive a USB drive.
All who complete a punch card
are also eligible for the
Grand Prize –an Apple Gift Card.
Limit – one punch card per patron.
The Grand Prize drawing
will be held in August.
*Registration and prizes are limited
to Lake Forest residents 19 years of age and older.
Funded by Friends of Lake Forest Library