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Adults<br />
Virtual Author Talks<br />
The programs below are virtual.<br />
Please register to receive Zoom link. R<br />
3/6 - 3 pm - Dinners With Ruth:<br />
A Memoir on the Power of<br />
Friendships with NPR Legal Affairs<br />
Correspondent Nina Totenberg R<br />
3/14 - 3 pm - 20 Years of Dragon-<br />
Riding in YA Fantasy with<br />
International Bestselling Author<br />
Christopher Paolini R<br />
3/21 - 6 pm - On Retelling<br />
Greek Classics: An Exploration<br />
of the Modern Epics with<br />
Madeline Miller R<br />
4/2 - 1 pm - The Foods, People,<br />
and Innovations That Feed Us–<br />
A Sweeping History of Food and<br />
Culture with Smithsonian Curator<br />
Paula J. Johnson R<br />
4/9 - 1 pm - From Murder to<br />
Atonement–Confronting<br />
My Son’s Killer - with Diane Foley<br />
& Colum McCann R<br />
4/17 - 7 pm - A Literary Examination<br />
of Power, Love, and Art - with<br />
Xochitl Gonzalez R<br />
Language<br />
English Conversation Group R<br />
Hybrid – Main Library & Zoom<br />
Tuesdays • 6:30 pm<br />
Grove Room 3/5, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/16,<br />
4/23, 4/30<br />
Conference Room 3/12<br />
Meadows Community Room 4/9<br />
Go Bilingual R ES<br />
Wednesdays • 6 pm<br />
Main Library Grove Room 3/6, 3/20<br />
Main Library Elgin Room 3/13, 4/3,<br />
4/10, 4/17, 4/<strong>24</strong><br />
Learn at the Library with native English<br />
and Spanish speakers.<br />
French Conversation Group R<br />
Main Library Conference Room<br />
Saturdays, 3/9, 4/13 • 10:30 am<br />
Facilitator: Sue Aissaoui.<br />
Author Talks<br />
Publish like a Pro with Laura:<br />
New Book Launch, Tips and Talk R<br />
Main Library Elgin Room<br />
Saturday, 3/16 • 1 pm<br />
Lao author, speaker, and coach,<br />
Elgin’s Niphaphone “Laura”<br />
Robertson, will discuss her<br />
newest book, Noy’s Journey to<br />
Belonging and share tips on<br />
how to publish a book.<br />
Marguerite, Misty, & Me with<br />
Author Susan Friedland R<br />
Main Library Elgin Room<br />
Wednesday, 3/20 • 6:30 pm<br />
Author/horse lover Susan<br />
Friedland loved Marguerite<br />
Henry’s Misty books when<br />
she was growing up. Hear her<br />
discoveries of Henry’s life in<br />
Kane County where the real<br />
Misty was stabled.<br />
Lost Lady: The Lady Elgin<br />
Tragedy: The Shipwreck of<br />
the Lady Elgin R<br />
Main Library Elgin Room<br />
Thursday, 3/28 • 6:30 pm<br />
Join author Paul Timm (pen<br />
name M Paul Hollander) as he<br />
shares his research, personal<br />
connection and book inspired<br />
by this American disaster.<br />
Spanish Café<br />
Conversation Group R ES<br />
Main Library Grove Room<br />
Mondays, 3/11, 3/25, 4/8, 4/22 • Noon<br />
Intermediate level participants will<br />
practice conversations in Spanish by<br />
doing activities in the library or visiting<br />
places in the community.<br />
German Conversation Group R<br />
Hybrid – Main Library Grove Room & Zoom<br />
Wednesdays, 3/27, 4/<strong>24</strong> • 7 pm<br />
Facilitator: Barbara Laane.<br />
Citizenship Conversation<br />
Group R ES<br />
Main Library Conference Room<br />
Thursdays, 3/7, 3/21 & 4/4, 4/18 •<br />
6:30 pm<br />
Using USCIS material that includes civics<br />
questions, the application form and other<br />
requirements for the citizenship interview,<br />
students build confidence learning<br />
English. Led by a Literacy Connection tutor.<br />
Book Clubs & Discussion<br />
Groups<br />
Armchair Generals<br />
Main Library Meadows Community Room C<br />
Monday 4/8 • 11:45 am – 1:15 pm<br />
Grant, Episode 3: “Freedom’s Champion”<br />
Walking Book Club<br />
Main Library Conference Room<br />
Wednesdays, 3/6 – 4/<strong>24</strong> • 7 pm<br />
<strong>March</strong> Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius<br />
<strong>April</strong> The Glass Château<br />
by Stephen P. Kiernan<br />
Great Books Discussion Group R<br />
Hybrid – Main Library Conference Room & Zoom<br />
Mondays • 7 pm<br />
3/11 The Merchant of Venice<br />
by William Shakespeare [play]<br />
4/8 As I Lay Dying<br />
by William Faulkner [novel]<br />
Co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women<br />
Elgin Area Branch. Facilitated by Barbara Njus and Gail Cohen.<br />
Contemporary Book Group<br />
Main Library Grove Room<br />
Mondays • 7 pm<br />
3/18 Killers of the Flower Moon<br />
by David Grann<br />
4/15 Happiness Falls by Angie Kim<br />
Rakow Readers Book Club R<br />
Rakow Branch Living Room<br />
Mondays • 1:30 PM<br />
3/25 Just a Regular Boy<br />
by Catherine Ryan Hyde<br />
4/22 The House is on Fire<br />
by Rachel Beanland<br />
LGBTQ+ Book Club<br />
Main Library Grove Room<br />
Wednesday, 4/17 • 6 pm<br />
All are welcome to read and discuss<br />
LGBTQ+ literature. This month’s book is<br />
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez.<br />
Upstate 8 High School<br />
Conference Art Show<br />
Main Library 2nd Floor<br />
3/4 – 3/31<br />
This show will include artwork from students<br />
at all 10 high schools in the Upstate 8<br />
Conference – Bartlett, East Aurora, Larkin,<br />
Fenton, Glenbard East, Glenbard South, Elgin,<br />
South Elgin, Streamwood and West Chicago.<br />
Awakenings Art Exhibit<br />
Main Library 2nd Floor<br />
4/12 – 5/17<br />
May is Mental Health Awareness Month.<br />
The work of Elgin artists will be featured in<br />
this special art exhibit by The Awakenings<br />
Project, whose mission is to foster, advance,<br />
and support the creative efforts of artists<br />
with mental illnesses and/or addictions.<br />
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