Illinois Libraries Present: A Conversation with Caitlin Doughty (online via Zoom)!

Join us for a virtual presentation.

Save your seats here! Register online for this virtual event.

TIME OF VIRTUAL EVENT: November 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Join us for a conversation with Caitlin Doughty, mortician, bestselling author, and advocate for death acceptance. Hailed by The New York Times as “a relentlessly curious and chipper tour guide to the underworld,” she’ll discuss reform of Western funeral industry practices and much more with Mark Bazer (The Interview Show).

Caitlin Doughty is a mortician, advocate, and bête noire of the traditional funeral industry. Her educational webseries “Ask a Mortician” has been viewed almost 250 million times and her three books were New York Times bestsellers – Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From Here to Eternity, and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? She founded a Los Angeles funeral home as well as the funeral reform collective The Order of the Good Death, which spawned the death positive movement.

Mark Bazer is host and creator of “The Interview Show,” a talk show in a bar. Aired on Chicago’s PBS station, WTTW, and filmed at The Hideout, it features conversations as substantive as they are entertaining.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering high-quality events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).


EVENTS MAY BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE.


Lotería at the Library (Bilingual)

Open to all ages.  Limited to 20 participants. Registration required.

Join us for a family-friendly game of Lotería (Bilingual and similar to bingo) and prizes!  Register online on our website or call 847-678-0433.

TIME OF EVENT: November 01, 2022 at 4:00 PM

EVENTS MAY BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE.


Say Boo and Scary On!

Open to all ages. While supplies last.

Don’t forget to stop at the library in your costume on Halloween for some Indoor trick-or-treating!

TIME OF EVENT: October 31, 2022 at 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM


Going On A Ghost Haunt

Open to all ages. While supplies last.

The library is HAUNTED!  Visit Children’s World for some paranormal investigating! Track all the spooky ghosts and win a spooktacular treat!  Costumes welcome!

WHEN: October 26, 2022 – October 29, 2022 during hours of operation


Pumpkin Painting!

Bring your own pumpkin and creativity!  Paint, decorate and design!  The library will provide the paint and other decorating supplies. No carving permitted!

Register online or give us a call at 847-678-0433

WHEN: October 20, 2022 AT 4:00 PM


CANCELLED: A Conversation with Novelist Jesmyn Ward

Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward as she discusses how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice.  

Ward, hailed as “the new Toni Morrison” by the American Booksellers Association, is the author of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, including the critically acclaimed novels Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones, and the memoir Men We Reaped. In 2017, she became the first woman and first person of color to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice. A professor of creative writing at Tulane University and contributing editor to Vanity Fair, Ward’s many honors include the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and a Strauss Living Award.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com.


Holiday Closing

The Library will be closed Monday, October 10 in observance of Columbus Day.


October Story Walk

Join us for a walk around the library for the launch of our October Storywalk® title, Skelton Meets the Mummy by Steve Metzger.

Enjoy the outdoors with a self-guided StoryWalk® book posted along the building.

StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.

October 4, 2022 – 4:00 PM


COVID-19 Booster Shot Clinic – Community Center 9/29/22

Positive Health Services will provide Moderna (ages 18 & up) and Pfizer (ages 12 & up) bivalent booster shots. The clinic will be held at the Community Center from 10 AM to 1 PM on Thursday, September 29. Appointments are required. You must have your insurance card with you, and you must select which booster you want in the comment section of the link.

Please use the link below to register for an appointment:

https://provider.kareo.com/positive-health-services

If you do not have access to the Internet, please call Leyden Family Services for assistance:

(847) 455-3929


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