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Adults<br />
<strong>April</strong> is National Poetry<br />
Month<br />
Welcome Elgin’s Newest<br />
Poet Laureate R<br />
Main Library Mike Alft River Room<br />
Sunday, 3/3 • 1 pm<br />
Join Elgin’s new Poet Laureate and Gail<br />
Borden Library employee, Aron Ryan, for<br />
a special reception featuring fine poetry<br />
and light refreshments.<br />
Poetry Writers Workshop R<br />
Hybrid – Main Library Grove Room & Zoom<br />
Mondays, 3/4, 4/1 • 6:30 pm<br />
Poets will share their work in a supportive<br />
environment. Facilitator: Elgin Poet Laureate<br />
Emeritus Gareth Mann.<br />
Writers on the Fox R<br />
Main Library Computer Training Room<br />
Thursdays, 3/7, 4/4 • 7 pm<br />
This writer’s peer group will inspire and<br />
motivate you using prompts and exercises<br />
for creative writing of any genre.<br />
Poetry Alive R<br />
Main Library Elgin Room<br />
Thursday, 4/11 • 6:30 pm<br />
Celebrate National Poetry Month with<br />
Elgin Poet Laureate Emeritus, Gareth<br />
Mann, and other local poets.<br />
Genealogy<br />
Elgin Genealogical Society<br />
Main Library Grove Room<br />
Tuesdays, 3/5, 4/2 • 9:30 – 11 am<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Room C<br />
Thursdays, 3/21, 4/18 • 7 – 8:30 pm<br />
Elgin Genealogical Society<br />
Research Assistance<br />
Main Library 2nd Floor – Genealogy<br />
Tuesdays, 3/5, 4/2 • 11:30 am – 1:30 pm<br />
Thursdays, 3/14, 4/11 • 9:30 – 11:30 am<br />
Wednesdays, 3/20, 4/17 • Noon – 2 pm<br />
Receive one-on-one genealogy assistance<br />
from Elgin Genealogical Society volunteers.<br />
Elgin Genealogical Society<br />
Writers’ Group<br />
Mondays • 10 – 11 am<br />
3/11 Main Library Grove Room<br />
4/8 Main Library Conference Room<br />
This special interest group encourages<br />
and assists with writing family stories and<br />
histories. Participants share their stories for<br />
help with ideas, clarification and resources.<br />
Music gailborden.info/music<br />
Dundee Scottish Pipe Band R<br />
Rakow Branch<br />
Saturday, 3/30 • 2 pm<br />
Celebrate spring with a Scottish jig and<br />
hear three musicians play the bagpipes!<br />
Elgin Symphony Orchestra<br />
Listeners Club R<br />
Main Library<br />
Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Wednesday, 4/3 • Noon<br />
This interactive lecture/discussion<br />
series meets during the week of the<br />
ESO’s Classics Masterworks series and<br />
will broaden your understanding of the<br />
music that will be performed.<br />
Nothing But Treble R<br />
Rakow Branch<br />
Sunday, 4/7 • 2:30 pm<br />
A local chorus will sing an outstanding<br />
repertoire for women’s voices of every<br />
genre with a strong nod to female<br />
composers and music from around<br />
the world.<br />
Chicago Jazz Pianist<br />
Chris White: An Evening<br />
of Popular Jazz Music! R<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Wednesday, 4/10 • 6:30 pm<br />
Celebrate National Jazz Month with<br />
Chicago-area jazz pianist, Chris<br />
White, a talented musical artist who<br />
has performed in some of Chicago’s<br />
top clubs.<br />
Earth Day: Native vs. Invasive<br />
Plants w/ Corey from Kane<br />
County Wild Ones R<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms AB<br />
Monday, 4/22 • 12:30 pm<br />
Celebrate Earth Day with a lunchtime<br />
program on identifying native vs. invasive<br />
plant species, followed by a hike* around<br />
the Main Library. *Weather-permitting.<br />
Garden Chat Discussion Group R<br />
Rakow Branch<br />
Tuesdays, 3/19, 4/16 • 2 pm<br />
Do you enjoy gardening or have questions<br />
or information to share?<br />
Celebrate National Garden<br />
Month with Elgin Garden Club &<br />
Kane County Wild Ones R<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Wednesday, 4/3 • 7 pm<br />
Learn about gardening for the future by<br />
becoming part of a gardening movement<br />
that heals the land while providing for the<br />
other beings who share it.<br />
Sunday Afternoon Concerts R<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Sundays • 2 pm<br />
3/10 The Academy at the Music<br />
Institute of Chicago<br />
Enjoy an afternoon of classical<br />
favorites including Beethoven,<br />
Brahms, Grieg, and Prokofiev<br />
performed by exceptional young<br />
musicians from the nationallyrecognized<br />
training center, the<br />
Music Institute of Chicago.<br />
4/14 Hollis Prize Winner’s Recital<br />
Millikin University’s School of<br />
Music is pleased to present<br />
the 20<strong>24</strong> Hollis Prize Winner’s<br />
Recital made possible through<br />
the generosity of MU’s<br />
alumnus, Dr. Kimm Hollis.<br />
Stay tuned for the winner.<br />
Challenges To Intellectual<br />
Freedom - It’s Not Just About<br />
Banning Books R<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Tuesday, 4/23 • 6:30 pm<br />
Illinois is the first state to ban book bans,<br />
but the threat to democracy persists.<br />
Find out how book banning affects<br />
communities and how libraries and<br />
school boards are responding. Presenter:<br />
Joyce McIntosh, Assistant Program Director for the<br />
Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF).<br />
Lawyer in the Library ES<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms<br />
Thursday, 4/25 • 6 – 7:30 pm<br />
Walk in for a free, 15-minute legal<br />
consultation. In partnership with the Kane County<br />
Law Library & Self Help Legal Center.<br />
Home Buyer’s Workshop R ES<br />
South Elgin Branch<br />
Thursday, 3/28<br />
Spanish 4:30 pm • English 6 pm<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms AB<br />
Saturday, 4/13 • 9:30 am<br />
Gain valuable resources to get you on the<br />
path to homeownership! Professionals<br />
from various areas of the home buying<br />
process will present and be available for<br />
questions. Presented by KCT Credit Union.<br />
8 R=Registration required • Three ways to register: Online at gailborden.info/register • Call 847-429-4597 • In person
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