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Human Library

Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Community
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Come connect with individuals from various backgrounds and gain a deeper understanding beyond categories and labels. Stop by anytime from 4 pm - 8 pm to borrow a Human Book for 30-...

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Biomimicry: Looking to Nature to Solve Today's Problems

Monday, June 3, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
either Meeting Room A&B OR via Zoom at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Presenter LIVE in the Library, Virtual AND In Person Option
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

How did a Kingfisher improve a high speed train? How has a gecko helped astronauts? Hedgehogs are helping reduce the chances of concussions. These examples and many more will be di...

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Dr. Temple Grandin: The Hidden Gifts of Visual Thinkers (Attend on Zoom)

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Virtual Programs at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Author, Virtual AND In Person Option, Virtual Program
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Join us for a special event with Dr. Grandin, one of the world’s most accomplished and well-known adults with autism. Dr. Grandin has been at the forefront of research and activism...

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ENCORE: Dr. Temple Grandin: The Hidden Gifts of Visual Thinkers

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Age Group:
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This event will be recorded and publicly available for 30 days after post-production!

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Calligraphy Club

Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Art, Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Feeling rusty and want to brush up on your writing skills? Come in and learn new writing styles every month as we go from learning basic stokes to writing out full sentences! Pe...

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Movie: Anyone But You

Friday, June 7, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Bea and Ben look like the perfect couple, but after an amazing first date something happens that turns their fiery hot attraction ice cold - until they find themselves unexpectedly...

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Spark of the Modern Civil Rights Movement

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
History, Presenter LIVE in the Library
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Find out why many historians believe the murder of a 14-year Chicago Boy was a major Contributor in the development of The Modern Civil Rights Movement. Mike Small and hi...

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Movie: T'ap = Walk up

Friday, June 14, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

In his ninth film for Hong Sangsoo, Kwon Haehyo plays Byungsoo, a film director who goes with his daughter Jeongsu, an aspiring interior designer, to a building owned by an old fri...

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Coasting Through Maine

Monday, June 17, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Travel, Presenter LIVE in the Library, Virtual Program
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Picture yourself touring the rocky bays, cliff top lighthouses, peaceful harbors, and secluded islands of the spectacular and attractive coastal areas of Maine during this presenta...

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Chair Yoga

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 10:15am - 11:45am
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Presenter LIVE in the Library
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Come in for a relaxing class of chair yoga lead by JoAnn Dickson from Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi.

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Where Are My Keys

Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Games, Presenter LIVE in the Library
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

WHERE ARE MY KEYS? A fun, interactive, memory training session! Judy Marcus, Memory Lady, makes remembering unforgettable! Say good-by to being a “scatterbrain” and say ...

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Friday Friends Book Club

Friday, June 21, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Cafe Area at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Sadness is a Whitebird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher. Palestinian twins, whose grandfather was murdered in a 1958 uprising, befriend a New Jersey immigrant whose family died in the hand...

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Movie: Power of the Dog

Friday, June 21, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother...

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Adult Chess Club

Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Are you up for a rousing game of chess? Come in and test your mettle against fellow chess players of all skills levels, chat and trade strategies and enjoy some refreshments.

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The History of Simon and Garfunkel

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
either Meeting Room A&B OR via Zoom at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Art, History, Presenter LIVE in the Library, Virtual AND In Person Option
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Gary Wenstrup presents The History of Simon & Garfunkel: If you took the rich harmonies of the Everly Brothers and matched it with the lyricism of Bob Dylan the result mig...

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ENCORE THE HISTORY OF SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

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Age Group:
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The Art of Georgia O'Keefe

Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
either Meeting Room A&B OR via Zoom at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Art, Virtual AND In Person Option, Virtual Program
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Georgia O'Keeffe is one of the most popular American artists of the 20th century.  O'Keeffe painted, drew and sculpted an incredible array of subjects over her long career.&nb...

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Movie: Punto Rojo

Friday, June 28, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Diego, a crook and a hooligan for "Racing Club," one of Argentina's greatest soccer teams. While sitting in his car in the middle of nowhere, a man suddenly falls from the sky and ...

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The History of Billy Joel

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
either Meeting Room A&B OR via Zoom at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Art, History, Presenter LIVE in the Library, Virtual AND In Person Option
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Gary Wenstrup presents The History of Billy Joel – Though Billy Joel has not released a new rock album in over 28 years, he remains one of the world’s most popular live performers....

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Silent Spring and The Birth of the Modern Ecology Movement with Leslie Goddard

Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Presenter LIVE in the Library
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Biologist and author Rachel Carson warned the world of the potentially dire environmental impact of chemical pesticides in her best-selling 1962 book, Silent Spring. Set in 1963, a...

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Adult Chess Club

Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Are you up for a rousing game of chess? Come in and test your mettle against fellow chess players of all skills levels, chat and trade strategies and enjoy some refreshments.

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Cable Options and Reducing Robocalls

Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
either Meeting Room A&B OR via Zoom at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Presenter LIVE in the Library, Virtual AND In Person Option
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Join Citizens Utility Board (CUB) for a free presentation about your cable options and reducing robocalls! During the program, a CUB representative will discuss: -The different c...

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CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD (CUB) UTILITY BILL CLINIC

Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room A&B at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Community, Outside Group, Presenter LIVE in the Library
Age Group:
Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors
Event Details:

Join Citizens Utility Board (CUB) for a clinic in the library to advise residents on reducing electric, gas, and both landline and cell phone bills. Each participant will...

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This event is in the "Everyone" group.

St. Alphonsus Family Library Night

Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Program Room at Prospect Heights Public Library District
Program Type:
Art, Cooking, Crafts, Other, Storytime
Age Group:
Youth, Tweens, Teens, Adults, 20s and 30s, Seniors, Family, Everyone
Event Details:

Families will spend time creating, decorating, building, socializing with others and listening to Principal Trumblay reading.