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EVERGREEN PARK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
9400 South Troy • 708.422.8522 • evergreenparklibrary.org • Sep/Oct/Nov 2021
Children
Please register for ALL programs Friendship Bracelet Fun
Masks and social distancing Wednesday, Sep 23, 4 pm
with this symbol.
Call 708.422.8522 or register online
may be required. Grades 3 to 5
at evergreenparklibrary.org. Limit 12 children
Learn to make a friendship bracelet for
Color Your Own your BFF.
Adventure Bag
Wednesday, Sep 1, 3:30 pm Sewing Softies Club:
Grades PK to 5 Zombie Edition
Limit 24 children Tuesdays, Oct 5, 12, 19, and 26
Let the adventure begin! Color 3:30 pm
adventure bags, then choose a new Grades 3 to 5
book to put in your bag to take home. Limit 12 children
Preschool Storytime in Learn to hand sew a stuffed, felt
the Park! Back-To-School Bingo! zombie. We will meet for four weeks.
Mondays, Sep 13, 20, 27, Thursday, Sep 2, 6 pm
Oct 4, 18, and 25, 9:30 am Grades 5 and under Pumpkin Piñatas
Ages 3 to 5 (siblings welcome) Limit 20 children Fridays, Oct 7 and 14, 3:30 pm
Bejcek Park (90th / Troy) until Play picture bingo with a back-to- Grades 2 to 5
further notice school theme and win fabulous prizes! Limit 24 children
Make your own pumpkin piñata out of
Toddler Time in the Park! Incredible Bats and Other paper mache. Must be able to attend
Tuesdays, Sep 14 to Oct 19
Nocturnal Animals both sessions.
Wednesdays, Sep 15 to Oct 20
Saturday, Sep 4, 11 am
9:30 am
Grades 5 and under Monster Mania with
Ages 18 to 35 months (siblings
Limit 25 children Snapology
welcome)
Sharon Peterson of Incredible Bats will Saturday, Oct 16, 2 pm
Bejcek Park (90th / Troy) until
present a live-animal program about Ages 5 to 14
further notice
creatures of the night. Limit 20 children
Baby Bookworms in the Get spooky with Snapology’s Monster
Tot Art Mania! Use LEGO® bricks to create your
Park! Thursdays, Sep 16, 23, 30, own ghosts and ghouls, and then build
Fridays, Sep 17 to Oct 22 Oct 7, 14, and 21, 10 am monster fighter to scare them away.
9:30 am Ages 2 to 5
Ages birth to 17 months with Limit 12 children
caregiver (siblings welcome) Halloween Shrinky Dinks
Bring a smock and get ready for some Monday, Oct 18, 4 pm
Bejcek Park (90th / Troy) until messy fun! Little fingers will experiment
further notice Grades K to 5
with painting, gluing, sticking, printing, Limit 15 children
and creating while developing fine Create your own frightful Halloween
Cuentos en Español- motor, language, and self-help skills. Shrinky Dinks and watch them shrink
Storytime in Spanish like magic right before your eyes.
Saturdays, Sep 25, Oct 15, and Beeswax Candle Making
Nov 13, 10:30 am Thursday, Sep 16, 4 pm
Zoom Pumpkin Decorating
Grades 2 to 5 Wednesday, Oct 27, 6 pm
Limit 12 children Grades PK to 5
Learn to make hand-rolled beeswax Limit 16 children
Booo!k Club candles. Turn that pumpkin into a work of art!
Oct 1 to Oct 30 We provide all the pumpkins and
Grades 5 and under Scarecrow Creations decorations; you supply the creativity.
Read (or be read to) for four hours Wednesday, Sep 22, 6 pm
during the month of October to earn Grades PK to 6
a trick or treat bag and some Limit 15 children
goodies. Register and log your time Do you want to build a scarecrow?
spent reading using the Beanstack C'mon, let's go and play! We'll be
app or at building scarecrows in the tent.
evergreenparklibrary.beanstack.org
Children
Design a Mexican Skull
Thursday, Oct 28, 6 pm Museum Passes
Grades K to 5 Stop by the Circulation Desk to
Limit 16 children pick up an Oak Lawn Children's
Decorate your own sugar skull with Museum membership card,
sequins, foil, and icing. which is available for EP
residents only (kids or adults).
Costume Storywalk The card is available on a first-
Saturday, Oct 30, 11 am come-first-served basis; it can
Up to Grade 5 be used for free entry for four
Limit 30 children guests and can be checked out
Yukich Fields (89th / Kedzie) for three days.
We'll parade around Yukich Fields in We have other passes available
our costumes while reading the story which can be picked up at the
Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze by Maureen Reference Desk:
Wright. • Bronzeviille Children’s Museum
• Brookfield Zoo
Art Exploration
• Cantigny Park
Wednesdays, Nov 3, 10, 17, and 24
6 pm • Cernan Earth and Space Center
Limit 12 children • Chicago Botanic Garden
Grades K to 5 • Illinois Railway Museum
Explore the world of art! We'll learn • KidsWork Children’s Museum This young man is happy to
bead weaving, try basket weaving, and • Legoland Discovery Center use his EP library card! If you
make a corn husk doll and a drum • Oriental Institute Museum
spinner!
don’t have one already, stop
...and more. by the Circulation Desk to get
one!
Look who found Nut Ella in the Library
Thanks to your participation this
summer, our colorful squirrel friend
now has a name! Nut Ella the
squirrel hides in a new place
throughout the Library every week.
If you find her, staff will reward you
with a tasty treat.
Families
Please register for ALL programs Guess the Weight and Win
with this symbol. Oct 19 to Oct 26 Holiday Portraits
Call 708.422.8522 or register online Guess the weight of the pumpkin in the Saturday, Nov 27, 9 am to 4 pm
at evergreenparklibrary.org. Children's Services Department Sunday, Nov 28, 9 am to 4 pm
(without lifting the pumpkin). Those
Community Coloring Party! 708.422.8522, ext. 110 to
who guess correctly will be entered into
Tuesday, Sep 14, 9:30 am to 8 pm schedule appointment
a raffle to win the pumpkin!
Everyone is invited to celebrate
National Coloring Day with refresh- $25 sitting fee
Thanksgiving for all Food Bring your own flash drive.
ments (while supplies last) and coloring
in the Library. Relax, destress, and
Drive!
Oct 25 to Nov 8 Schedule a 20-minute sitting for
unleash your inner creativity. your family in front of the fireplace
Drop off your Thanksgiving-themed
non-perishable items to the Children’s in the Library’s festively-decorated
Cards for Hospitalized Kids Reading Room and receive up to
Thursdays, Oct 7, Nov 4, and Dec 2 Services Desk for a family in need. All
items are donated to the Village Pantry. 15 professional digital images
5:30 to 7:30 pm saved to your flash drive.
All ages welcome Sittings will be scheduled on a first-
Brighten the stay for kids who are EP Cares: Caturday
Saturday, Nov 20, 2:30 to 4:30 pm come basis starting November 1.
hospitalized and earn community Pets allowed from 9 am to noon
service hours by creating holiday cards Ages 8 and up
Earn community service hours by on Sunday only.
for the Chicago organization Cards for
Hospitalized Kids. making a sachet or pull-toy for dogs Photography by
and cats currently sheltered at The Jenna Harte-Wisniewski.
Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago.
Teens
Please register for ALL programs The Barren Grounds Book
with this symbol. After-School Student Discussion and Cooking
Call 708.422.8522 or register online Behavior Demonstration
at evergreenparklibrary.org. We welcome all young people Tuesday, Oct 26, 4 pm
using the Library for reading, Limit 8
Snack & Stem studying, or other library activities. Read The Barren Grounds by David
Thursdays, Sep 9, 23, Oct 21 All library users must respect the Robertson, a middle-grade fantasy
3:30 pm rights of other patrons and library which compellingly centers around
Limit 10 staff. Those who disturb or interfere Indigenous culture; then, join us for
Sep 9 Ice cream in a bag with other patrons’ use of the discussion and Canadian Indigenous
Sep 23 Lemon volcano Library will be asked to leave the Cuisine cooking demonstration. Copies
Oct 21 Pumpkin catapult building and grounds for the day. of the book will be available at the
Continued disruption will result in Circulation Desk.
Backyard Games longer exclusion. Food is not
Tuesdays, Sep 7, 14, and 21, 3:30 pm allowed in the Library. Loitering on Nintendo Switch Game
Limit 16 the front porch, entryway, or in front Party
Sep 7 Minute to Win it of the building will not be permitted, Friday, Nov 19, 5 to 7 pm
Sep 14 Chess & Checkers nor will excessive entering and Limit 8
Sep 21 Uno tournament exiting of the Library. Parents Game on for an after-hours Nintendo
should note the Library’s hours of gaming party. We’ll play Super Smash
Banned Book Search & operation. The Library closes at Brothers, Let’s Dance, and Mario Cart.
Rescue Challenge 5 pm on Fridays.
Wednesday, Sep 22, 3:30 pm Show Me a Sign Book
Limit 12 Discussion & Introduction to
Banned Books Week was launched in American Sign Language
1982 in response to a surge in the Library on the Loose: Tuesday, Nov 30, 4 pm
number of challenges to books in DIY Leaf Mobile Limit 8
schools, bookstores, and libraries. The Thursday, Oct 7, 4 pm Read Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare
challenge will be to search and rescue 50-Acre Park LeZotte; then, join us for a discussion
banned or challenged books hidden in Meet the Trike-a-Delic Rider at 50-Acre and learn some American Sign
the library stacks. Park and make your own leaf mobile. Language with Dr. Meg Carroll from
Take a walk and gather twigs and Saint Xavier University.
Middle School Multicultural leaves. The Library will take care of the A vivid depiction of the Deaf community
Club: African Dance Party rest! along with an exciting plot and beautiful
Tuesday, Sep 28, 4 pm prose make this a must-read.
Limit 16
Forward Momentum Chicago, a leader
in dance education, will lead this dance
session utilizing the art form of move-
ment as a catalyst to help students
build life skills for individual success.
Autism- and Disability-
Friendly Reader's Theatre for
Teens and Young Adults
Sunday, Oct 3, 2 pm
Live reader’s theatre production led by
Oak Lawn Community Theatre Coach
Mike Olsson and his crew of thespians.
Here is what you can expect: Teens will
be given parts to play, a script, and
props. Teens will rehearse for 40
minutes and finish with a performance
for family and friends.
Adults
Please register for ALL programs Pressed Flowers
with this symbol. Programming Note Thursdays, Sep 16 and Oct 14
Call 708.422.8522 or register online Check the library website 6:30 pm
at evergreenparklibrary.org. (evergreenparklibrary.org), the Limited to 12
events calendar, and/or your In-library
email for new programs, In this two-part series led by local artist
Medicare and ACA program status and location, Barb Thompson, you'll first learn the
Enrollment Assistance and Zoom meeting codes. We proper techniques for drying and
Wednesdays, Sep 8, Oct, 6, Nov 17 may need to make some last- pressing flowers and leaves. In the
Tuesday, Oct 19 minute programming changes. second session (October 14), you'll
Thursday, Nov 4 bring your pressed flowers and leaves
10 am to 6 pm back to make beautiful notecards.
Medicare Annual Enrollment Period is Cooking with Chef B.
October 15 to December 7. The Health Mondays, Sep 13 and Nov 8 Computer Basics
Insurance Marketplace Open 6:30 pm Mondays and Fridays, Sep 20, 24, 27,
Enrollment Period is November 1 to In-library and Oct 1, 10 am
December 15. Make a phone Join our new chef, Chef B., for some Limited to 6
appointment with Evergreen Park interesting cooking classes. In-library
resident Joyce Bonner to get answers, Sep 13 Harvest cooking Adults with limited knowledge of
referrals, and resources to make an Nov 8 Healthy holiday recipes computers can learn the main
informed decision. Call the Reference components and keyboard, common
Desk at 708.422.8522, ext. 132 to Stampin’ Up terminology, use of the mouse, and set
make your PHONE appointment. Tuesdays, Sep 14, Oct 12, and Nov 9 up and use of a free email account.
6:30 pm This is a hands-on class.
Yak & Yarn Hangout Limit 10
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm In-library Take & Make: Upcycle DIY
Facebook and Instagram $5 fee, pay instructor directly Mondays, Sep 20, Oct 18, and
Meeting ID: 840 4736 2508 Bring your own scissors and Nov 15, 6:30 pm
Passcode: yakyarn adhesive. Limited to 10
Join other crafters for some social Use decorative rubber stamps and Facebook and Instagram
stitching! Show off your WIP (work in accessories to create a greeting card Donna Carroll will demonstrate these
progress), get some crochet or knitting with a different theme each month. fun crafts. Kits available for pickup one
tips, or just join for a social hangout. week prior to each craft date.
Documentary Discussion Sep 20 Book page balls
Grab & Grow: Plant with Dr. Costello Oct 18 Halloween Mason jars
Propagation Wednesday, Sep 15, 6:30 pm Nov 15 Pumpkin candlestick wine
Sep 7, Oct 5, and Nov 9 In-library glasses
Pick up a kit with everything you need Join Dr. Matthew Costello of Saint
to propagate a plant. Xavier University in a discussion of
Sep 7 String of Hearts WTTW’s Frontline episode: Amazon
Oct 5 Marble Queen Pothos Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff September 11, 2001: The
Nov 9 Heart Leaf Philodendron Bezos. Documentary link is available Day That Changed the World
on the event calendar.
This educational poster exhibition
Fantasy Football recounts the events of September
Tuesday, Sep 7, 6:30 pm WITS Workout 11, 2001 through the personal
In-library and remote Thursdays, Sep 16, Oct 21, and
stories of those who witnessed and
Join the Library's fantasy football Nov 18, 1 pm
survived the attacks. Told across 14
league and compete for prizes. Draft In-library and Zoom
posters, this exhibition includes
your team on draft day and then Meeting ID: 871 6410 4979
archival photographs and images of
manage your roster throughout the Passcode: wits
artifacts from the 9/11 Memorial &
NFL season to compete in weekly Give your brain the workout it needs to
Museum's permanent collection.
matchups. Fun for seasoned fantasy stay sharp. Participate in interactive
View the posters on display at the
vets or rookies. Include an email when brain teasers, games, and puzzles that
Library and online at
registering to receive instructions on get you thinking, because coming
evergreenparklibrary.org through
how to join the league. together and learning new things is
September 30.
good for your noggin! Recommended
for older adults.
Adults
Birdwatching for Beginners Illinois’ Most Haunted
Manhattan Short Film Saturday, Oct 9, 9 am Locations with Chad Lewis
Dan Ryan Woods Visitors Center Monday, Oct 25, 6:30 pm
Festival A representative from the Forest Zoom
Monday, Sep 27, 4 pm Preserves of Cook County will show us Presenter Chad Lewis will take you on
Thursday, Sep 30, 6:30 pm how to find and identify the birds a ghostly journey to some of the most
Friday, Oct 1, 10 am common to our area. haunted places in the state, from
Saturday, Oct 2, 1 pm wandering ghosts in the North Woods,
Email and Internet Basics to a haunted B&B in Springfield. From
EP Library is proud to be a Mondays and Fridays, Oct 18, 22, 25, phantom creatures prowling the woods
screening venue of this exciting and 29, 10 am to graveyard apparitions located in your
film festival. Film lovers will unite Limit 6 own backyard, no place in IL is without
in over 500 venues worldwide to In-library its own hauntings.
view and judge the work of the Learn to set up a free email account to
next generation of filmmakers send messages and attachments, Underground Railroad with
from around the world when the forward, and more. Navigate the Larry McClellan
24th Annual MANHATTAN Internet using search engines safely. Thursday, Nov 4, 6:30 pm
SHORT Film Festival takes place.
In-library
Books Against Humanity Dr. Larry McClellan talks about the
Tuesday, Oct 19, 6:30 pm decades before the Civil War, when
Limit 12 hundreds of fugitive slaves / freedom
All Things British In-library seekers traveled south of Chicago on
Thursday, Sep 23, 6:30 pm Just like the game Cards Against the way to freedom in Canada.
In-library Humanity... but with books! Use the
Hear the stories behind Britain's books on our shelves to play a bookish
symbols, institutions, and landmarks version of this hilarious game. Open to
from John Gowing, one of London's teens and adults.
renowned Blue Badge Tourist Guides.
Learn why the flag is called the Union The History of Country
Jack, why the queen reigns but doesn’t Music with Steve Justman
rule, and what the relationship is Thursday, Oct 21, 6:30 pm
between the United Kingdom, Great In-library
Britain, and the British Isles. Singer/guitarist Steve Justman
celebrates the heart of musical
Harvesting Seeds Americana! Steve will perform classic
Sunday, Sep 26, 1 pm favorites and discuss the history of the Shop through
Zoom genre from the late 1920s to modern smile.amazon.com and
Landscape educator Kathleen Obirek country music. support the
will talk about how to harvest and store
EP Library Foundation
seeds for next year’s crop.
Stay connected with your at the same time!
Chair Yoga with Joan Z EP Library card!
Wednesdays, Oct 6 to Nov 10, noon Did you know Evergreen Park
Limit 12 Library cardholders can borow Library Foundation Board
In-library and Zoom hotspots and data-enabled tablets? Evergreen Park Library
Joan Zigulich of Yoga Pathway, LLC Borrow these devices using your Foundation Quarterly Meeting
will lead a chair yoga practice EP Library card and bring an Tuesday, Oct 5, 7 pm
consisting of simple movements to affordable Internet connection into Are you interested in assisting to
strengthen and stretch the whole body your home. Stay connected with enhance the Library’s fundraising
all while seated in a chair. loved ones, telehealth doctor visits, efforts? Do you have innovative
Registration for in-library session open attend our virtual programming ideas for new Library services and
to EP residents only until September lineup, or download digital books events? Join the Evergreen Park
20. All are welcome to register and join and audiobooks from the comfort of Library Foundation at their
the classes via Zoom. Release form home. See staff for more quarterly meeting to share your
required upon registration. information or to schedule a one- ideas and to play a part in making
hour personal tech-training session. big plans for the Library’s future.
Evergreen Park
Public Library Library Hours Non-Profit Org
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9400 S. Troy Avenue The Library is open on Sundays starting Sep 12. PA I D
Evergreen Park, IL 60805 Monday-Thursday ............ 9 am to 9 pm Permit No. 116
Worth, IL 60482
Friday-Saturday ................ 9 am to 5 pm
LIBRARY BOARD Sunday ............................. Noon to 4 pm
Kim Shine, President
Deborah Pearson, Vice President The Library will be closed on Sep 6,
Helen Tomczuk, Treasurer Oct 11, Nov 25, and Nov 26.
Kate Bradley, Secretary
Katie Friend
Laura Sexton
Elizabeth Topa
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER
LIBRARY DIRECTOR
Frank Murray EVERGREEN PARK, IL 60805
NEWSLETTER LAYOUT
Alphabet Soup
PHOTO CREDITS
Mary Black
Suzie Dahlke-Beard
Jenna Harte-Wisniewski
Laura Meyer
Claire Stanecki
Author Visits Book Clubs
Stranger Than Fiction Book
Club
Wednesdays, Sep 29, Oct 20, Nov 17
6:30 pm
In-library
Sep 29 A Hero on Mount St. Helens
by Melanie Holmes
Oct 20 The Genius of Women: From
Gary Ginsberg Melanie Holmes Mary Jane Appel Overlooked to Changing the
Monday, Sep 13 Wednesday, Sep 29 Wednesday, Oct 6 World by Janice Kaplan
7 pm 6:30 pm 6:30 pm Nov 17 White Fragility: Why It’s So
Zoom In-library and Zoom Zoom Hard for White People to Talk
About Racism by Robin J.
DiAngelo
Kindred Spirits Book Club
Wednesdays, Sep 29 and Oct 27
6:30 pm
In-library
Sep 29 A Hero on Mount St. Helens
by Melanie Holmes
Oct 27 The Hour of the Witch by
Chris Bohjalian
Chris Bohjalian Lori Rader Day Cynthia Pelayo
Wednesday, Oct 27 Thursday, Nov 11 Tuesday, Nov 16 Copies of books are available
6:30 pm 6:30 pm 6:30 pm at the Circulation Desk.
Zoom In-library Zoom
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