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4 | January 17, 2019 | The Lockport Legend news<br />
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Library prepares for busy year of events<br />
Comicopolis, new<br />
author tour to<br />
highlight 2019<br />
offerings<br />
Mary Compton<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
If there was ever a library<br />
cheerleader, White Oak<br />
Library District Lockport<br />
Branch Manager Pat Jarog<br />
would be it.<br />
Wearing a STEM T-shirt<br />
during a recent library event,<br />
Jarog expressed her excitement<br />
about the upcoming<br />
year at the library.<br />
“I can talk all day about<br />
what we have here,” Jarog<br />
said with a laugh. “Residents<br />
at the Lockport branch can<br />
look forward to another fabulous<br />
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White Oak Library District Lockport Branch Manager Pat<br />
Jarog discusses the programs that are to be offered this<br />
year at the library. Mary Compton/22nd Century Media<br />
culture festival, which is our<br />
biggest event of the year.”<br />
Comicopolis, an all-day<br />
event, is created and produced<br />
by the White Oak Library<br />
District in partnership<br />
with Zombie Army Productions,<br />
Lockport Summer Art<br />
Series and Amazing Fantasy<br />
Books & Comics.<br />
“We’re working very<br />
closely with the Lockport<br />
Summer Art series to bring<br />
more people into downtown<br />
Lockport,” Jarog said. “Half<br />
of the people that attend are<br />
from the Lockport area and<br />
the other half are from other<br />
areas. We bring in pop culture<br />
and comic vendors to<br />
the library. They talk to the<br />
visitors what it’s like to be<br />
part of the whole comic industry.”<br />
About 1,000 people attend<br />
the Comicopolis event each<br />
year, according to Jarog.<br />
This year, the White Oak<br />
Library District is to be expanding<br />
the number of artists<br />
featured there as well.<br />
The event features several<br />
day long activities including;<br />
Legacy Adventure Park<br />
games, bouncy moon jumps,<br />
food trucks, live music, retro<br />
gaming, face painting, giant<br />
Jenga and more.<br />
“A huge part for Comicopolis<br />
is dressing up,” Jarog<br />
said. “If you do want to dress<br />
up, this is a venue to do that<br />
along with a cosplay contest<br />
with cash prizes. For the first<br />
500 people they get swag<br />
bags filled with all kinds of<br />
goodies such a comic books,<br />
book marks and more.”<br />
For those who don’t get<br />
into the pop culture festival,<br />
there is a wide variety of<br />
additional programs at the<br />
library. In a typical week,<br />
there are adult programs<br />
such as Excel, Grown Up<br />
Game night, Creative Writing<br />
Group and others, in addition<br />
to a brand new event<br />
starting up next month.<br />
“If [Comicopolis] doesn’t<br />
appeal to you, there are plenty<br />
of other things going on,”<br />
Jarog said. “New this year<br />
we are starting an author<br />
tour. We’ve invited author’s<br />
to our libraries which include<br />
Crest Hill, Romeoville<br />
and Lockport. We are having<br />
these author events every<br />
other month starting on Feb.<br />
22 at the Lockport Branch.”<br />
On that Friday, William<br />
Hazelgrove is to speak about<br />
his latest book, “Wright<br />
Brothers, Wrong Story.”<br />
There will be a Q&A followed<br />
by a book signing<br />
along with refreshments.<br />
“As book stores are closing<br />
down, we wanted to focus<br />
on authors,” Jarog said.<br />
“We have made a commitment<br />
to have six authors a<br />
year at the White Oak Library<br />
District. We are hoping<br />
this inspires local people to<br />
do their own writing.”<br />
As one walks into the<br />
adult section of White Oak<br />
Library in Lockport, the<br />
faces of Prince Harry and<br />
Duchess Megan peek out<br />
from a book cover.<br />
“We have decided to feature<br />
themes each month as<br />
well,” Jarog explained. “In<br />
January, our theme is the<br />
British Royals. If you love<br />
the British Royals, you can<br />
go branch to branch getting<br />
your fill of them.”<br />
Besides reading books<br />
about the British Royals,<br />
White Oak Library District<br />
has events at each branch<br />
such as various tea events,<br />
movies and Royal trivia for<br />
the month of January. Starting<br />
in February, the Great<br />
Read is to take place.<br />
“The Great Read is what<br />
we do every year,” Jarog<br />
said. “It’s a partnership<br />
program we do with other<br />
libraries. This year’s theme<br />
is the ‘Wonderful Wizard of<br />
Oz.’”<br />
For March, the third annual<br />
STEM Fest is to take<br />
place on March 2 at the Romeoville<br />
Branch Library.<br />
“We have a lot going on<br />
here and it’s all free,” Jarog<br />
said. “There are many<br />
people taking advantage of<br />
our programs, if there is one<br />
message I would like to get<br />
across. People who come<br />
and take part in these programs<br />
keep coming back because<br />
they know they have a<br />
great resource at the library.”<br />
For more information<br />
about the library’s programs<br />
and to register online, visit<br />
www.whiteoaklibrary.org.<br />
There are also program<br />
guides at the adult service<br />
desk that can be picked up<br />
at the library located at 121<br />
E. 8th St. in Lockport. For<br />
additional information, call<br />
(815) 552-4250.