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Adults<br />
Live Virtual Author Talks<br />
This new series through Library Speakers<br />
Consortium offers live online talks by<br />
authors of books in a variety of genres.<br />
Participants receive a link to the<br />
program when they register.<br />
Charles Soule<br />
New York Times Bestselling Author<br />
of Daredevil and She-Hulk R<br />
Saturday, 7/15 • 1 – 2 pm<br />
Charles Soule will talk about his newest<br />
book, The Endless Vessel, which explores<br />
the way we’re all connected—and what can<br />
happen when we lose our capacity for joy.<br />
Chatter: The Voice in Our<br />
Head, Why It Matters, & How<br />
to Harness It<br />
Author Talk with Ethan Kross R<br />
Thursday, 7/20 • Noon – 1 pm<br />
Join Ethan Kross, an award-winning<br />
professor, bestselling author and one of the<br />
world’s leading experts on controlling the<br />
conscious mind.<br />
Crying in the Bathroom:<br />
A Memoir by Erika Sánchez R<br />
Tuesday, 7/25 • 3 – 4 pm<br />
We’ll chat with award-winning writer Erika<br />
Sánchez about her utterly original, moving<br />
and disarmingly funny memoir-in-essays.<br />
New York Times Bestselling<br />
Author of The Prophets<br />
Author Talk with Robert Jones, Jr. R<br />
Tuesday, 8/15 • 3 – 4 pm<br />
Spend an engaging hour with author<br />
Robert Jones, Jr. as he discusses his awardwinning<br />
debut novel The Prophets.<br />
Cassandra Clare<br />
Bestselling Author of<br />
The Mortal Instruments Series R<br />
Wednesday, 8/<strong>23</strong> • 7 – 8 pm<br />
Join us for an exciting evening online as<br />
we chat with mega-bestselling author<br />
Cassandra Clare about her newest and final<br />
book in The Last Hours series, Chain of Thorns.<br />
A Year Inside College<br />
Admissions<br />
An Author Talk with Jeff Selingo R<br />
Wednesday, 8/30 • 1 – 2 pm<br />
Bestselling author Jeff Selingo immersed<br />
himself in the world of admissions to<br />
answer the question on the minds of<br />
teenagers and parents: how do colleges<br />
select their freshman class?<br />
Vision, Light and Ultraviolet:<br />
How We See Lightwaves R<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Wednesday, 7/19 • 7 – 8 pm<br />
Learn about the science of light, vision<br />
and ultraviolet light and discover how our<br />
vision responds to different light waves.<br />
Presented by founding member of the Elgin Rock Club<br />
and retired ECC Professor of Geology, Mark Kuntz.<br />
Eastland: Chicago’s<br />
Deadliest Day<br />
Film Screening and Commentary R<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Thursday, 7/20 • 7 pm<br />
Passengers aboard the Great Lakes<br />
excursion steamer never suspected that<br />
the SS Eastland had a dark past. But<br />
others knew, and the tragedy that would<br />
end 844 lives in 1915 became Chicago’s<br />
shameful secret.<br />
Amazing Castles Around<br />
the World R<br />
Hybrid – Main Library Elgin Room & Zoom<br />
Tuesday, 7/25 • 7 pm<br />
Join History Edutainment Speaker<br />
Barbara Barrett as she explores some of<br />
the world’s most extraordinary castles<br />
by revealing their intriguing histories and<br />
must-see treasures.<br />
Military Healthcare and<br />
Medicare 101 R<br />
Main Library Elgin Room<br />
Thursday, 7/27 • 10:30 am<br />
Veterans learn how military healthcare<br />
benefits can be combined with Medicare<br />
benefits to provide better overall<br />
healthcare at a lower cost.<br />
Lawyer in the Library ES<br />
Main Library<br />
Thursdays • 6 pm<br />
7/27 Meadows Community Rooms<br />
8/24 Grove Room<br />
This walk-in service will assist you with<br />
your legal questions. No registration.<br />
Provided in partnership with the Kane County Law<br />
Library & Self Help Legal Center. Also available<br />
in Spanish.<br />
Language<br />
Citizenship Conversation<br />
Group R ES<br />
Main Library Conference Room<br />
Thursdays • 6:30 pm<br />
7/6, 7/20, 8/3, 8/17<br />
Using USCIS material that includes<br />
civics questions, the application<br />
form and other requirements for<br />
the citizenship interview, students<br />
build confidence learning English.<br />
Led by a Literacy Connection tutor.<br />
French Conversation Group R<br />
Main Library Grove Room<br />
Saturdays, 7/8, 8/12 • 10:30 am<br />
Practice or improve your conversation<br />
skills with other French speakers. Facilitated<br />
by native speaker Sue Aissaoui.<br />
English Conversation<br />
Group R ES<br />
Hybrid - Main Library & Zoom<br />
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm<br />
7/11, 7/18 Conference Room<br />
7/25, 8/1, 8/22, 8/29 Grove Room<br />
8/8, 8/15 Meadows<br />
Community Rooms<br />
Intermediate-level participants practice<br />
English conversations, gain confidence<br />
and improve their pronunciation. Led by a<br />
Literacy Connection tutor.<br />
German Conversation Group R<br />
Hybrid – Main Library Grove Room & Zoom<br />
Wednesdays, 7/26, 8/<strong>23</strong> • 7 pm<br />
Herzlich willkommen! Practice or improve<br />
your conversation skills with other<br />
German speakers. Barbara Laane will facilitate<br />
the conversation with different relevant themes.<br />
Empowerment Self-Defense<br />
Class – Preparing for College R<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Monday, 8/7 • 6:30 – 8:30 pm<br />
Future and current college students will<br />
receive information and tools they can<br />
use to help stay safe at school.<br />
Poetry Picnic<br />
Main Library Outdoor Stage<br />
Tuesday, 8/15 • 6:30 – 8 pm<br />
Bring your supper and a blanket or lawn<br />
chairs, and listen to Elgin Poet Laureate<br />
Gareth Mann share poetry from her<br />
personal repertoire as well as poems<br />
created for some of her assignments.<br />
8 R=Registration required • Three ways to register: Online at gailborden.info/register • Call 847-429-4597 • In person
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