Library Short List for Fall

The calendar still reads August, and, even if the weather outside doesn't reflect it, it is still technically summer. But here at the library we are already in fall mode. Our school supply drive is in full swing, our book club is cramming in the last few pages of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrow's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society before its September 3 meeting, and we are finalizing all our fall programs and events.

This year we're looking to help you save money while being eco-conscious with "Going Green, Saving Green" on Thursday, October 29, but not before well-known author Chad Lewis scares you with his talk on the "Most Haunted Locations in Illinois." And we are once again offering our Beginners Computer Classes throughout the fall. Registration begins the first full week of September, so get here early to sign up!

If that wasn't fun enough for you, we are pleased to announce that we will begin carrying passes for many of the museums around the greater Chicagoland area, such as the Bronzeville Children's Museum, the Chicago Botanic Gardens, and the Morton Arboretum. Click here for a full list of all participating museums. Unfortunately, none of the Chicago museums are participating in this, but don't forget that they do offer free days every month! Click here for a complete listing.

The back to school hustle and bustle will resume soon, if it hasn't already, and the long, lazy days of summer - the kind filled with swimming pools and melting ice cream cones - are giving way to the shorter, breezier ones of fall. You'll have to go inside eventually, we're just trying to make your time indoors a little more entertaining.


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