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News and Information From Mount Prospect Public Library January/February 2011
Achieve Your Goals in 2011 sIGnIfICant
New Year’s Day
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions!
— Joey Adams
Dates
10,000 B.C.
Every year we make a New Year’s listed on our Research & Reference page First calendar was developed using
resolution or two, but how often do we that offers information from noted the moon. A month is calculated
stick to them? One of the best strategies experts, such as the National Institute based on the appearance of a new
for staying on course is to draw on support for Health and the Mayo Foundation. moon.
and information. Don’t go it alone; let the Help comes in many forms: videos, 45 B.C.
Library help. tutorials, and articles. Julius Caesar declares January 1
Perhaps you are looking to join New Year’s Day.
Improve Your HealtH a gym? When shopping for a health 1200
Whether it is weight loss, exercise, club, you’ll want to consider several Many European countries continue
or, better yet, a combination of both, points, including what its members say to celebrate New Year’s Day on
the Library has online resources and about it, where it is located, how much page, Financial Literacy Now includes March 25.
traditional materials to help you meet memberships cost, the contract terms articles, written in layman’s terms, 1582
your goal. Try starting with the number it offers, the facilities and equipment that explain credit scores, budgeting, Pope Gregory XIII re-declares
613—no, that is not the number of available, and the classes and amenities refinancing, rolling over an IRA, and January 1 as New Year’s Day.
pounds you want to lose or calories offered. Chicago Consumers’ Checkbook, much more. If you have children and
available through our Research &
1752
you want to burn—it is the section of the cost of college is looming large, then England and its colonies in America
the Library that can help you pick a Reference web page, offers ratings and you may be interested in the Smart move New Year’s Day to January 1.
diet or exercise routine. Whether you reviews of local health clubs to help you Saving for College section—it explains
are looking for a book or a video, 613 make the best selection. January 1, 1890
financial aid terms, savings vehicles,
First Tournament of Roses Parade is
is the universal code that will unlock a
Get Control of and a wealth of other information.
in Pasadena, California.
world of resources. Move a little farther
Your fInanCes When you are ready for more
December 31, 1907
down the aisles to 641 and you will find advanced money strategies, the Library
cookbooks filled with healthful recipes. Do you need to start with the basics? provides you with free access to First New Year’s Eve ball is dropped
Going online opens the door to at Times Square in New York.
Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage offers Morningstar, an investment research
hundreds of additional resources. Take a section called Financial Literacy Now. service where you will find comprehensive
a look at MedlinePlus, a web resource Available on our Research & Reference We will open a book.
—see 2011 Goals on page 3
Its pages are blank.
We are going to put words
on them ourselves.
all ages WintEr rEAding ProgrAm the book is called Opportunity and
its first chapter is New Year’s Day.
— Edith Lovejoy Pierce
What’s
Inside
Adult Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Books & Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Foundation's Chocolate Raffle . . .8
Tuesday, February 1 to Monday, February 28 Library Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Tax Form Information. . . . . . . . . .8
Join a flurry of fellow readers as we chase down good books this February. Read a book, fill out a slip, and Teen Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Youth Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
you’ll be entered into one of our raffle drawings. No reading logs; read whatever you like. If you need a
suggestion, stop in and we will gladly make a recommendation. So drift into the Library during the month of The Library will be closed:
February to let us know what you are reading, and you could be a winner of a fabulous raffle prize. Saturday, January 1
ADuLts: Donate a new hat, scarf, or mittens for a child in need to earn an extra raffle ticket! New Year's Day
Adult Events (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 2
Please sign up for programs on the Internet at www.mppl.org/events, at the Library, or by calling
847/253-5675, unless otherwise noted (NR). Priority registration is given to Mount Prospect Preschool/Child Care
cardholders for programs with limited attendance. Please have your MPPL card when registering. Information Night
The Library requires at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed. Tuesday, January 25,
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Generating Leads knife. You will learn the difference Attention, all parents! Here is a
between the basic cuts—including dice, great opportunity for you to talk with
for Your Business or directors and teachers of Mount Prospect
julienne, and mince. Knife safety, care,
Job Search honing, sharpening, and making a knife preschools and child care centers. The open
Thursday, January 6, 7 p.m. purchase will be discussed as well. This house format of the evening allows you to
Focus your efforts with detailed lists class is for adults ages 18 and up. (R) ask questions and learn more about early
of companies to target for business or childhood programs and services available to
job opportunities. Reference librarians Consumer Rights your family. No registration is necessary, so bring
Patricia Smolin and Anne Shaughnessy Wednesday, January 19, 7:30 p.m. your friends! (NR)
will show you how to tap into What rights do you have when the bill
ReferenceUSA and LexisNexis to build
lists of prospective clients or employers
collectors come calling? Maybe you’ve Online Resources for Art Appreciation: The
heard those commercials offering
based on a range of criteria, including assistance in “getting out of debt” or for
Do-It-Yourself Projects Cultural Influences of
location, industry, sales, and size. This debt consolidation. Do they really help?
Wednesday, February 2, 7 p.m. the Early 20th Century
hands-on demonstration will have Enjoy making home improvements Tuesday, February 15, 7:30 p.m.
Kenneth Grayer, president and CEO of
participants manipulating queries and or car repairs yourself? Do you like The Great Migration, Harlem
Financial Management Institute, will
information on a PC, so experience with to cook? Shopping for a bargain? Renaissance, and the Jazz Age fueled the
explain your rights, how to deal with
a PC and Microsoft Excel is strongly Learning a foreign language? Librarians creative side of the cultural movement
aggressive collection agency tactics, and
recommended. Space is limited. (R) Steven Browne and Anne Shaughnessy that occurred between World Wars
answer your questions. Mr. Grayer has
will show you exclusive Library web I and II. As Chicago’s Bronzeville
over a decade of experience working as
Escape From Clutter the Director of Training and Education
resources that offer information and/ neighborhood flourished so did the
Tuesday, January 11, 7:30 p.m. or step-by-step instructions that can art of some of the most influential
for some of Illinois’ biggest account
Eliminating clutter and organizing your help you tackle almost any project. This African American artists: Henry
receivable firms and will give you a
stuff will help you free up time to enjoy hands-on training session will take Ossawa Tanner; Aaron Douglas; Walter
“behind-the-scenes” look at collection
the important things in life. Learn how place in the Computer Training Room. Ellison; Archibald Motley, Jr.; Jacob
tactics. (R)
to tame the clutter and gain control Computer and keyboarding experience Lawrence; Faith Ringgold, and others.
of your kitchen, office, and even your Computer Learning Lab: are recommended. Space is limited. (R) Art Historian Jeff Mishur will discuss
kids’ toys and mementos. Thinking of
E-mail, Internet, and 30-minute these artists and several styles practiced
downsizing? Get practical and realistic by African American artists within
tips on how to tackle the task. (R)
Office 2007 Chocolate Desserts the context of major European and
Tuesday, February 1, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, February 8, 7:30 p.m. American art movements of the early
Culinary Knife Skills Have you taken a computer class Chocolate lovers, rejoice! Pastry Chef 20th century. (R)
Tuesday, January 18, 7:30 p.m. but still have questions? Get answers Rose Deneen will demonstrate quick
Knife skills are important for every during this open lab where a computer and easy chocolate desserts, including Tap Into the Positive
trainer will be available to answer your
person who cooks, not just professional
specific questions about any one of the
chocolate mousse and white chocolate Side of Conflict
chefs. Learning to perform these tasks raspberry trifle. Recipes and tasting Tuesday, February 22, 7:30 p.m.
safely and efficiently is an essential part topics covered in our regular computer samples included. There is a $2 Conflict is inevitable at home and at
of cooking. This demonstration will classes: E-mail, Internet, Word, Excel, nonrefundable fee due at registration, work. One of the keys to successful
show you the proper way to handle or PowerPoint. Use this time (and our and space is limited. Please sign up at resolution is being prepared for the
and use the most important piece of computers) to practice skills or work the Registration Desk (no phone or conflict. In this practical session, Diane
equipment in your kitchen—your on a project with the confidence that online registrations). (R) Decker, certified professional facilitator
a tutor is available to help you. No
and author, will help you identify your
registration required; stop in anytime Putting Audiobooks normal response to conflict, explore
Your Opinion
between 4 and 6 p.m. (NR) on Your MP3 Player ways to use your strengths, and create an
Thursday, February 10, 4-5:30 p.m.
Matters! New Zealand: Forget cassettes, forget CDs—digital
individual plan for using the five steps
for managing conflict. (R)
The Youngest Country audiobooks are the latest technology
We are currently conducting an
online survey to help us better on Earth for listening to a book. MyMediaMall is Getting to “You’re
understand how the community Tuesday, February 1, 7:30 p.m. an online service offered by MPPL that Hired” Workshop
Enjoy a pictorial journey to New allows you to download audiobooks to
uses the Library. You can access the Monday, February 28, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Zealand. Learn about its history and your home computer. Take the book
survey from our home page. Please wherever you go by transferring the
This full-day workshop, presented
food, and experience the unique mix
take 5 minutes to give us your input. of Maori and European cultures. recording to your MP3 player. Bring
by Illinois workNet, will focus on
the survey will be available the effective techniques for getting a job.
See Kiwifruit Country, fields of your MP3 player and Library card and
entire month of January. Experienced staff will provide expert
steam, sheep shearing, the awesome you will be on your way to harnessing
guidance on writing résumés and cover
kauri (gum) tree, and one of the last the power of this new technology. Space
letters. Learn how to prepare for the
Timeball Stations. Get close to colonies is limited to 13 participants. (R)
interview, review common interview
of gannets, albatrosses, yellow-eyed
questions, and discuss effective ways
penguins, and seals. Along the way
to answer them. Mock interviews and
you’ll visit the towns of Auckland,
“elevator speeches” will be conducted.
Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch,
A lunch break will be scheduled; please
and Dunedin. (R)
plan to bring a lunch. (R)
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Senior Session Goals in 2011
Health and Long-term Care Advance Directives —continued from page 1 Third, be sure you are signed up for
information. You can take the helm MPPL’s e-mail notification! E-mail
Tuesday, January 18, 1:30 p.m.
of your financial future by educating notification means we will send you a
What kind of medical care do you want if you are too ill or hurt to express your
yourself with Morningstar’s Investment notice two days before your materials
wishes? Get the information you need to make the appropriate and deliberate
Classroom. It offers over 100 courses are due, so you won’t have to keep
decisions regarding your future. Robyn O’Neill, Senior Attorney/Regional
that promise to help you build and track of your due dates, plus you’ll
Ombudsman for the Legal Assistance Foundation, will discuss living wills, power
improve your mutual fund/stock have time to return or renew your
of attorney, the Health Care Surrogate Act, and long-term care options—all
portfolio in no time. Learn about materials before you incur any fines
critical concerns for aging adults. (R)
stocks, funds, and portfolio building. (which also helps you meet goal #2,
Books to Beat the Winter Blues Each course can be completed in get control of your finances). You
Tuesday, February 15, 1:30 p.m. about 10 minutes and includes a quiz can sign up for e-mail notification by
Let Cathleen Blair, our Readers Advisory Coordinator, help you discover some at the end. adding your e-mail address to your
great heartwarming stories. She will focus on titles and authors that will lift If you prefer a traditional profile in My Account, or call the
your spirits during these short, dark winter days. Whether you prefer fiction, classroom setting, then mark your Library for help in signing up.
April calendar for Money Smart
nonfiction, the classics, mysteries, or something else, Cathleen will offer a aDD a lIttle fun to
Week, April 2-9. An initiative of the
suggestion that is bound to suit your taste. (R) Your DaY
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago,
Money Smart Week presents A great resolution, which may be
The Birth of educational financial programs
throughout Chicagoland. Libraries,
easier to stick to than the three listed
above, is to enjoy life more. Take in
New Year’s including MPPL, and other partners
will be offering programs dealing with
a suburban museum (don’t forget
the free passes available in Youth
Traditions financial issues throughout the week. Services—again, helps you meet goal
#2, get control of your finances),
Get orGanIzeD watch a DVD of a favorite old TV
building and released at the stroke of
Here are three easy steps to get show, or pick up a new hobby. MPPL’s
midnight, sliding down the pole.
you on the path to organization. First, online Hobbies and Crafts Reference
This time-ball dropping was not
learn how to dig yourself out from Center offers step-by-step, illustrated
a new phenomenon. For almost 75
under the clutter with our January instructions, along with a list of
years, it had been used as a signal by
11th program, Escape From Clutter. supplies, to get you started on any
The Ball Drop at Times Square which ship captains and passersby
Second, make a plan. Browse the 640 number of projects. If your passion is
At the turn of the 20th century, would set their clocks. The first time-
materials of the Library’s Reference a good story, then talk to one of our
owners of New York’s tall buildings ball was installed atop England’s
area for a host of ideas from Heloise, staff. We will be happy to help you
would celebrate the opening of Royal Observatory at Greenwich in
Good Housekeeping, and even the find something to tickle your fancy or,
their newly built skyscrapers with 1833. This ball would drop at 1 p.m.
people behind the Idiot’s Guide series. at least, warm your heart.
fireworks. When Adolph Ochs finished every afternoon, allowing the captains
construction on his new building of nearby ships to precisely set their way, computerization, strobe lights, His Royal Canadians would close their
on 42nd Street that would house the chronometers (a vital navigational and increased energy efficiency were New Year’s Eve performances at the
New York Times, he followed suit and instrument). At one time there were added, not to mention increased girth. Roosevelt Hotel with this traditional
inaugurated his building with an as many as 150 time-balls around the The current ball is a 12-foot geodesic Scottish tune. Lombardo grew up in
enticing fireworks display from the world; today fewer than 60 are still sphere composed of a combination of western Ontario, an area of Canada
rooftop of his 18-story building on New standing. Ochs may have adapted his Waterford crystal triangles and LED with a significant Scottish heritage,
Year’s Eve 1904. The massive display vision from Washington D.C.’s United lights that can produce over 16.7 million and was familiar with the song, even
attracted over 200,000 spectators, States Naval Observatory. Though the different colors and utilizes 3,500 though Americans at the time were not.
overshadowing the traditional midnight New York Times moved its headquarters lighting cues to orchestrate the colorful In a bit of musical acknowledgment,
bell ringing celebration at Wall Street’s long ago, the tradition has lived on. moving patterns. At 11:59 p.m. on New Lombardo may have stuck with this
Trinity Church. The success of the event Today’s Tradition Year’s Eve the ball begins its 1-minute particular song as a way of subtly
and the publicity it generated for the For over 100 years the Times Square descent down a 77-foot pole, reaching recognizing his radio sponsor, Robert
New York Times encouraged Ochs to ball has been dropped annually, with the bottom at exactly 12 a.m. This event Burns’ Panatela cigars. In 1948, CBS
repeat the stunt yearly. In 1907, New the exception of two years: 1942 and is watched by millions of people across broadcast the first televised presentation
York City banned rooftop fireworks so 1943. During World War II, blackout the globe. of the New Year’s Eve celebration and
Ochs commissioned the construction of ball drop in Times Square, cutting away
restrictions prevented the illumination Auld Lang Syne
an iron and wood ball weighing about of the ball. During those two years, to Lombardo’s midnight performance
The song “Auld Lang Syne” is
700 pounds. Embedded with 100 25- crowds still gathered at Times Square to of the song. Lombardo and his band
attributed to 18th century Scottish poet
watt light bulbs, this ball was suspended honor the occasion with a moment of became a fixture on these New Year’s
Robert Burns, though Burns admits he
from a flagpole at the top of the Times silence and bell ringing, harkening back Eve telecasts, and this yearly television
found a fragment of an old folk ditty,
to the pre-Ochs tradition of “ringing restored it, and added new verses. “Auld exposure helped ingrain “Auld Lang
Trivia Question out the old and ringing in the new” at lang syne” is Scottish dialect for “old Syne” into American culture.
What was the original name of Times Trinity Church. long ago.” How did this Scottish poem,
Square before Adolph Ochs moved the Over the years the ball has turned into a song, become aligned with Sources
headquarters of the New York Times www.timessquarenyc.org/nye/nye_ball.
undergone many changes, from the traditional American New Year’s
to his newly constructed building on html
the original 1907 wood and iron Eve celebration? The answer takes us
42nd Street in 1904? Encyclopedia of Christmas & New Year’s
Answer: Longacre Square construction to wrought iron in 1920 back to Times Square. Beginning in Celebrations, 2nd Edition, by Tanya
to aluminum in 1955. Along the 1929, bandleader Guy Lombardo and Gulevich.
(R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 4
Books and Conversations Movies and More
Books are available 30 days prior to each Coffee, Books, & More Movies @ MPPL Movie Discussion
discussion at the Fiction/AV/Teen Desk. (NR)
The Pluto Files: The Last Days of Disco
Food for Thought The Rise and Fall of [1998; Rated R; 113 minutes; Comedy]
The Big Sleep America’s Favorite Starring Mackenzie Astin, Kate Beckinsale,
Planet Chloe Sevigny.
by Raymond Chandler Directed by Whit Stillman.
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Wednesday, Wednesday, January 12, 6:30 p.m.
January 5, 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 19, 10 a.m.
Set in the late 1970s during the waning
In one of the classic Pluto is entrenched in our cultural,
days of the disco craze, this is the
detective novels that established the patriotic view of the cosmos, and one Eat, Pray, Love story of a group of young men and
genre, Phillip Marlowe is up to his man is on a quest to discover why. [2010; Rated PG-13; 133 minutes; Drama] women living, working, and playing
The Pluto Files is an exploration of Starring Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, James
dossier in blackmail, mayhem, and in New York City. These yuppies must
Franco.
murder in one of Chandler’s most the controversy surrounding Pluto
Directed by Ryan Murphy. grow up, put their days of glitter-ball
compelling mysteries. and its planet status by a renowned Wednesday, January 5, 7 p.m.* nightclubbing behind them, and learn
astrophysicist at the heart of the Thursday, January 13, 1 p.m. to live as responsible adults. (NR)
Cutting for Stone controversy. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Liz
by Abraham Verghese High Fidelity
Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone,
Wednesday,
I Know This Much Is
risking everything to change her life, [2000; Rated R; 114 minutes; Comedy]
February 2, 1 p.m.
True by Wally Lamb Starring John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black,
embarking on a journey around the Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Twin brothers born Wednesday,
world that becomes a quest for self- Directed by Stephen Frears.
from a secret love affair February 16, 10 a.m.
discovery. In her travels, she discovers Wednesday, February 9, 6:30 p.m.
between an Indian nun and a British Dominick Birdsey,
the true pleasure of nourishment in Based on the best-selling cult novel
surgeon in Addis Ababa, Marion and a forty-year-old
Italy; the power of prayer in India; and, by Nick Hornby, this story follows the
Shiva Stone come of age in an Ethiopia housepainter living in Three Rivers,
finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace midlife crisis of Rob Gordon, a thirty-
on the brink of revolution, where their Connecticut, finds his subdued life
and balance of true love in Bali. (R) something used records store owner
love for the same woman drives them greatly disturbed when his identical
*Note: Due to the length of this movie, faced with the reality that he's growing
apart. twin brother Thomas, a paranoid
the start time is 7 p.m. up. When Rob’s longtime girlfriend
schizophrenic, commits a shocking act
dumps him for another guy, he must
of self-mutilation.
go on a soul-searching, fact-finding
mission with the aid of his wacky,
offbeat staff, in an effort to reclaim the
girl of his dreams and reorganize his
Coffee & Conversation life. (NR)
Friday, January 21, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 18, 7:30 p.m.
Coffee & Conversation, the Library’s monthly
current events discussion group, provides an Secretariat
open, nonpartisan forum for community members [2010; Rated PG; 116 minutes; Drama] Have you seen
to share their views. This moderated discussion Starring Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Scott the most recent
strives to encourage greater understanding of diverse
Glenn.
Directed by Randall Wallace.
winners?
viewpoints and offers a venue where people can participate in honest discussion. Wednesday, February 2, 7:30 p.m. The 83rd Academy
The evening’s coffee is generously provided by Starbucks Coffee, Mount Prospect. (R) Thursday, February 10, 1 p.m. Awards® will take place
Based on the remarkable true story, Sunday, February 27, 2011
Secretariat chronicles the spectacular at Hollywood’s Kodak
journey of the 1973 Triple Crown Theatre. Check out these
winner. Housewife and mother, Penny past winners or ask the
n
LiBrary Life AvAilAble o
www.mppl.org
Chenery, agrees to take over her Fiction/AV/Teen Desk staff for further
ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow suggestions.
January February Stables despite her lack of horse racing 2009 H The Hurt Locker
Winter Reading Program: Friends of the Library Book Sale knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery—
2008 H Slumdog Millionaire
Read Up a Storm Culinary Knife Skills with the help of veteran trainer Lucien
Laurin—manages to navigate the 2007 H No Country for Old Men
Handcraft a Beaded Necklace & SUPER Saturday! : Smarty Pants’ Wild
Earring Set: Jewelry Workshop male-dominated business, ultimately 2006 H The Departed
About Reading Balloon Show
fostering the first Triple Crown winner 2005 H Crash
SUPER Saturday! : Sea Beast Puppet
Features subject to change. in 25 years and what may be the greatest
Company Presents “Surf and Turf”
racehorse of all time. (R)
January 18 SENIOR SESSION: Health
and Long-term Care Advance
Directives, Tuesday, January 18,
Friends Book Sale: Members Only
Night, Friday, January 21, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Coffee & Conversation
1 Library Closed for New Year’s Day
Saturday, January 1 11 Escape From Clutter
Tuesday, January 11, 7:30 p.m. A
1:30 p.m. A
Open Storytime, Tuesday, January 18,
Friday, January 21, 7:30 p.m. A
2 Tales With Tails Registration
Begins, Sunday, January 2 Y 12 MOVIE DISCUSSION: The
Last Days of Disco, Wednesday,
6:30-7 p.m. (NR) Y
Culinary Knife Skills
22 Friends Book Sale, Saturday,
January 22, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
5 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Book
January 12, 6:30 p.m. (NR) A
Tuesday, January 18, 7:30 p.m. A
23 Friends Book Sale, Sunday,
January 23, noon-4:30 p.m.
Discussion, The Big Sleep by
Raymond Chandler, Wednesday,
January 5, 1 p.m. (NR) A
13 MOVIES @ MPPL: Eat, Pray,
Love, Thursday, January 13,
1 p.m. A T
19 Open Storytime, Wednesday,
January 19, 9:30-10 a.m. (NR) Y
25 Open Storytime, Tuesday,
January 25, 6:30-7 p.m. (NR) Y
COFFEE, BOOKS, & MORE
MOVIES @ MPPL: Eat, Pray, Love
Wednesday, January 5, 7 p.m. AT 15 SUPER SATURDAY:
Smarty Pants’ Wild About
Reading Balloon Show
Discussion, The Pluto Files: The Rise
and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet
Preschool/Childcare Information
Night, Tuesday, January 25,
7:30-8:30 p.m. (NR) A
6 Winter Storytime Lottery Ends
Thursday, January 6 Y
Saturday, January 15, 11-11:45 a.m. Y
by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Wednesday,
January 19, 10 a.m. (NR) A
26 Open Storytime, Wednesday,
Generating Leads for Your Business
17 CHAT & CHEW: Gregor the
Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Consumer Rights
January 26, 9:30-10 a.m. (NR) Y
or Job Search
Thursday, January 6, 7 p.m. A
Monday, January 17, 1-2 p.m. Y
Wednesday, January 19, 7:30 p.m. A
28 Open Storytime
Friday, January 28,
10 BOOK CHAT @ CARIBOU
BOOK VOYAGERS: Get Well Soon
Monday, January 17, 4:15-5:15 p.m. Y
20 Regular Library Board Meeting
Thursday, January 20, 7 p.m.
10:30-11 a.m. (NR) Y
Book Discussion, People of
the Book by Gwendolyn Brooks
Monday, January 10, 7 p.m. (NR) A
21 Open Storytime
Friday, January 21,
29 Put Into Your Valentine Cards
Saturday, January 29,
1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. T
10:30-11 a.m. (NR) Y
Registration is required for all programs except those denoted by
Adult A Teen T Please sign up on the Internet at (NR). Programs are held at the Library unless otherwise noted.
Youth Y All Ages G www.mppl.org/events, at the Library, Fees, when applicable, must be paid at the Registration Desk and are
not refundable unless the program is canceled. The Library requires
(NR) No registration necessary or by calling 847/253-5675. at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed.
February 12 21
SUPER SATURDAY: A Musical Spring Storytime Lottery
Journey, Wiggleworms-style! Begins, Monday, February 21 Y
Saturday, February 12, 11-11:45 a.m. Y
CHAT & CHEW: Flipped
W i n t Er r E A d i n g Online Resources for
Friends “Cookbooks Only” Sale, by Wendelin Van Draanen,
Pro g r A m Do-It-Yourself Projects
Saturday, February 12, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, February 21, 1-2 p.m. Y
Read Up a
Wednesday, February 2, 7 p.m. A
MOVIES @ MPPL: Secretariat
15 SENIOR SESSION: Books to BOOK VOYAGERS: Fun With Friends
Storm
Beat the Winter Blues, Tuesday, Monday, February 21, 4:15-5:15 p.m. Y
Wednesday, February 2, 7:30 p.m. A T
February 15, 1:30 p.m. A
4 Open Storytime, Friday,
February 4, 10:30-11 a.m. (NR) Y
Open Storytime, Tuesday, February 15,
6:30-7 p.m. (NR) Y
22 Open Storytime
Tuesday, February 22,
6:30-7 p.m. (NR) Y
Tuesday, February 1 to
Monday, February 28
5 Duct Tape Creations
Saturday, February 5, 2-3:30 p.m. T
Art Appreciation: The Cultural
Influences of the Early 20th Century
Tap Into the Positive Side of Conflict
Tuesday, February 22, 7:30 p.m. A
1 Winter Reading Program: 8 Open Storytime, Tuesday,
February 8, 6:30-7 p.m. (NR) Y
Tuesday, February 15, 7:30 p.m. A
23 Open Storytime
Read Up a Storm, Tuesday,
February 1-Monday, February 28 30-minute Chocolate Desserts
Tuesday, February 8, 7:30 p.m. A $2 fee
16 Open Storytime
Wednesday, February 16,
9:30-10 a.m. (NR) Y
Wednesday, February 23,
9:30-10 a.m. (NR) Y
Computer Learning Lab: E-mail,
Internet, and Office 2007
9 Open Storytime, Wednesday,
February 9, 9:30-10 a.m. (NR) Y
COFFEE, BOOKS, & MORE
Discussion, I Know This Much Is
25 Open Storytime,
Friday, February 25,
10:30-11 a.m. (NR) Y
Tuesday, February 1, 4-6 p.m. (NR) A
True by Wally Lamb, Wednesday,
MOVIE DISCUSSION: High Fidelity Sesiones de cuentos en Español/
Open Storytime, Tuesday, February 1, February 16, 10 a.m. (NR) A
Wednesday, February 9, 6:30 p.m. Spanish Storytimes, Friday,
6:30-7 p.m. (NR) Y
(NR) A Mad Scientists Club, Wednesday, February 25, 6-6:30 p.m. (NR) Y
New Zealand: The Youngest February 16, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Y
Country on Earth
Tuesday, February 1, 7:30 p.m. A 10 MOVIES @ MPPL: Secretariat
Thursday, February 10,
1 p.m. A T 17 Regular Library Board Meeting
Thursday, February 17, 7 p.m.
28 Last Day to Read Up a Storm
Monday, February 28
Getting to “You’re Hired” Workshop
2 Unbelievable Chocolate Raffle
Wednesday, February 2-
Sunday, February 13 11 Open Storytime
Friday, February 11, 18 Open Storytime
Friday, February 18,
Monday, February 28, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. A
10:30-11 a.m. (NR) Y 10:30-11 a.m. (NR) Y
Open Storytime, Wednesday,
CREATE-A-CRAFT: Hearts & Crafts Sesiones de cuentos en Español/
February 2, 9:30-10 a.m. (NR) Y
Friday, February 11, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Spanish Storytimes
FOOD FOR THOUGHT Book (NR) Y Friday, February 18, 6-6:30 p.m. (NR) Y
Discussion, Cutting for Stone by
Coffee & Conversation
Abraham Verghese, Wednesday,
Friday, February 18, 7:30 p.m. A
February 2, 1 p.m. (NR) A
Youth Activities (R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 6
Please sign up for programs on the Internet at www.mppl.org/events, at the Library, or by calling
847/253-5675, unless otherwise noted (NR). Priority registration is given to Mount Prospect
cardholders for programs with limited attendance. Please have your MPPL card when registering.
The Library requires at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed.
SupeR Saturday! Create-a-Craft
—for all ages —for all ages
Smarty Pants’ Wild Children under age 9 must be accompanied
by an adult. No registration is necessary; just
About Reading Balloon
Cold weather,
drop in. (NR)
Show
Saturday, January 15, 11-11:45 a.m. Hearts & Crafts
Friday, February 11, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
hot fun!
Take a trip around the globe to
encounter the world’s wildest balloon Drop into MPPL to make sweet cards
animals! Along the way you’ll meet a and gifts for Valentine’s Day.
banana-crazed monkey, a giant octopus,
and a fierce shark. The finale will blow
your socks off when a massive balloon Book Voyagers
volcano really erupts! (R) —for 1st-3rd graders
Open Storytime
A Musical Journey, This group is for young adventurers who like
January 18-February 25 Storytime
Lottery
to listen to stories, eat snacks, and participate
Wiggleworms-style! in fun activities. Limited to 30 voyagers. (R) Tuesdays, 6:30-7 p.m., Wednesdays,
9:30-10 a.m., Fridays, 10:30-11 a.m.
Saturday, February 12, 11-11:45 a.m. Get Well Soon Children ages 6 and under and their Due to the popularity of these
Join Old Town School of Folk Music’s Monday, January 17, 4:15-5:15 p.m.
families are invited to attend these storytimes, registration is determined
Linda Robertson for a special concert in Ah...ah...ah...choo! It’s no fun to be sick,
honor of African American Heritage sessions that feature stories and songs. by lottery and is reserved for Mount
so join us for stories about ways to get
Month. Linda will delight children and An adult must accompany children under Prospect cardholders. To participate
through those looooooooong, tiring
families with her music featuring the the age of three. (NR) in the lottery, please sign up in
days. (R)
guitar, African djembe drum, rain stick, person at the Youth Services Desk.
and frog guiros. In 2006, she released Fun With Friends Sesiones de
her award-winning CD, Come and Go Monday, February 21, 4:15-5:15 p.m. cuentos en Español/ Winter Lottery Ends
With Me. This program is sponsored The more we get together, the happier Spanish Storytimes Thursday, January 6 is the last
by the Mount Prospect Public Library we’ll be! Invite a friend and join us as viernes, 18 de febrero, 6-6:30 p.m. day to register for our Winter
Foundation. (R) we explore friendship. viernes, 25 de febrero, 6-6:30 p.m. storytime lottery. Please stop by
Uno, dos, tres, ¡Ándale! Apresúrese en the Youth Services Desk with your
pasar una divertida media hora con Library card.
Chat & Chew sus pequeños escuchando cuentos,
canciones, y rimas en español. Spring Lottery
—for 4th-6th graders From February 21-March 3 parents
Además de risas y diversión, los niños
Chew on some good food while chatting about a great book! Spend an hour talking recibirán actividades para llevar a casa. can register their children—birth
about favorite characters, villains, and story lines while participating in theme- Recomendado para niños de 3-7 años, through age six—for the Spring
related activities. Books are available at the Youth Services Desk. (R) pero todos son bienvenidos. Un adulto storytimes. This session, with a
deberá acompañar a niños menores de 3 variety of times and age groups, will
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins años. Registración no es necesario. (NR) run March 14-April 22.
Monday, January 17, 1-2 p.m.
When eleven-year-old gregor follows his little sister through a grate
in the laundry room of their new York apartment, he hurtles into the
dark Underland beneath the city. there, humans live uneasily beside
giant spiders, bats, cockroaches, and rats, and gregor’s arrival has just Mad Scientists Club
triggered an epic battle among them. gregor wants no part of the —for 3rd-5th graders
conflict; he just wants to find his way home. But a strange prophecy Wednesday, February 16, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
foretells a role for him in the Underland’s future, and he realizes it might be the only way to Mad about science? Join us for fun hands-on
solve the biggest mystery of his life. science explorations and even create an amazing
project to take home. Your imagination will reach
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen new heights with these high-flying experiments!
Monday, February 21, 1-2 p.m. Space in the lab is limited to 20 scientists who live in Mount
the first time she saw him, she flipped. the first time he saw her, he Prospect—so register today! (R)
ran. And from the second grade to the seventh, that’s how it was. She
says, “my Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says, “it’s
been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the
eighth grade, suddenly everything turns upside down—and nothing will
ever be the same again!
Preschool/Child Care
How successfully did this book translate to the big screen? We’ll watch a clip from
the movie and talk about how it compares to the book! Information Night
Tuesday, January 25, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
See program details on page 2.
(R) Registration required (NR) No registration necessary Page 7
Teen Zone
News and activities for students and teens in grades 6-12!
Please sign up for programs on the Internet at www.mppl.org/events, at the Library, or by calling
847/253-5675, unless otherwise noted (NR). Priority registration is given to Mount Prospect
cardholders for programs with limited attendance. Please have your MPPL card when registering.
The Library requires at least a one-week notice if special accommodations are needed.
Put Into Your Duct Tape Creations
Valentine Cards Saturday, February 5, 2-3:30 p.m. Bags for sale at the
Saturday, January 29, 1-2:30 p.m. You’ll be forever stuck on duct tape CirCulation Desk
Make a statement from your heart with with these clever craft projects. Bring
handcrafted Valentine’s Day cards. your friends and your creativity to this
Papercrafter Tina Gary will show fun duct tape craft program! We’ll
you how to make these simple, yet connect you with all the tools you need all proceeds benefit:
creative, cards you can give to to bring the next greatest duct
that special someone. We'll tape invention to life. The
provide all the supplies most talented will take
along with some sweet home a prize, and everyone
treats to help get your is guaranteed a good time.
creative juices flowing. (R) Snacks will be provided. (R)
Ready to trace your family roots? Keep your passport handy
By Elizabeth Pope e-mail exchanges discussing their homeland can help uncover a whole
Chris Haley thought he had shared interests in theater, the arts, and new branch of the family tree, clarify
nothing left to learn about his family genealogy, Haley announced that he was connections, and eliminate erroneous
tree. “Genealogy has always been my Alex Haley’s nephew—“you know, the names, says Ginger Aarons-Garrison,
first love,” says Haley, an archivist with guy who wrote Roots and got millions director of Time Travel tours. “I’m
the state of Maryland. of people interested in family history,” traveling with one woman who is
Besides, his uncle Alex—that would he says. From their first phone call, looking for proof that she’s related to
be the late Alex Haley—traced the the pair shared a warm rapport, and a Grace Kelly, the actress who was of
family back to African slave Kunta Kinte few days later, Haley flew to London to Irish descent,” says Aarons-Garrison,
and recounted the tale in his best-selling meet his new cousin and her family. “If who specializes in Ireland and Britain.
novel, Roots. The saga became a hit 1977 I walked past June, I never would have “I lay the groundwork ahead of time,
television miniseries that produced an thought I was related to this lady and contacting the churches, locating
explosion of interest in genealogy. her redheaded son,” says Haley. “But cemeteries and local experts. That saves
So when a friend convinced people time and money.”
him to take a DNA test through “If I walked past June, I never would have thought Preparation for an historians started to speak excitedly
Ancestry.com, Haley shrugged I was related to this lady and her redheaded son,” overseas research trip is because he suspected we were related,”
and swabbed his cheek, says Haley. “But we all got along like long-lost critical, particularly for those says Macedon, N.Y.–based Fox. “I was
unfamiliar with language and in a tizzy, I was so excited.” When the
expecting no surprises. Months sisters and brothers. Meeting her is one of the
later, he learned his genetic customs, adds James Derheim, connection was confirmed, Fox was
profile closely matched someone
highlights of my life.” —Chris Haley owner of European Focus, who invited to the local historian’s home
named Baff in Wales. “I always organizes tours in Germany and for coffee and cake. Since then she has
knew I had a European ancestor,” says we all got along like long-lost sisters other countries. The American hosted members of the new branch of
Haley. In his novel Queen, Alex Haley and brothers. Meeting her is one of the trait of friendly spontaneity—dropping the family in the United States.
mentioned an ancestor descended from highlights of my life.” by churches and municipal offices Haley’s newly discovered Scottish
William Baugh (a variation of Baff ), Roots fever has gotten a big boost unannounced to see records—doesn’t cousins have already visited him in
a Scottish overseer on an Alabama from the prime-time NBC show Who win much respect in Germany, says Annapolis, Md., where he is director
plantation who fathered a child by a Do You Think You Are? that follows Derheim, who scouts clients’ trips up of the Study of the Legacy of Slavery
female slave. “Still, I never expected that celebrities as they travel the globe to a year in advance. “If you write in in Maryland. “This is also where Kunta
genetic proof would substantiate the researching their family trees. The first advance, doors are flung open, the red Kinte landed after he was captured
oral history,” Chris Haley adds. season featured Sarah Jessica Parker, carpet is rolled out, and people are and then sold to a Southern plantation
Haley started e-mailing his new Brooke Shields, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew waiting to see you,” he says. “In some owner,” says Haley. “My uncle Alex
cousin, June Baff-Black, who had Broderick, Susan Sarandon, Spike Lee, cases, local historians may have already would have loved the fact that the
submitted her father’s DNA sample and football star Emmitt Smith. done some research for you.” family story has come full circle.”
to Ancestry.com. After a couple of A trip abroad to an ancestor’s A few years ago, Derheim arranged
for his client, Lisa Fox and family, Elizabeth Pope, who is based in Portland,
Maine, writes for The New York Times, AARP,
to meet with two historians and a
A free version of Ancestry.com is available to use in the Library, Ancestry Library and other publications. A longtime genealogy
church minister in a small German addict, she has traveled many miles in search
Edition. Stop by the Reference Desk for more information.
village in northern Hesse. “One of the of her elusive ancestors.
The Unbelievable No
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taxpayers. The IRS is encouraging
Winter will taste a whole lot the electronic filing of tax forms;
sweeter when the fourth annual Raffle Ticket Info however, they will continue to
Unbelievable Chocolate Raffle gets Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. accept paper forms.
underway on Wednesday, February Tickets can be purchased from an According to the IRS.gov
2. Sponsored by the Mount Prospect MPPl Foundation volunteer or website, there are numerous free
Public Library Foundation (MPPLF), inquire at the Registration Desk. options available for taxpayers:
this 12-day event features twelve • Taxpayers can still get the
sumptuous baskets designed for the Baskets will be displayed in the necessary forms and instructions
chocolate lover in all of us. lobby of the Library. Raffle tickets will online at IRS.gov or by visiting local
This year’s baskets range from sell for $1 each or six for $5. Tickets IRS offices, participating libraries
“Cupid’s Delight,” a heart-filled can be purchased from a MPPLF (including Mount Prospect), and
collection sure to please the chocolate- volunteer or inquire at the Registration post offices. The closest IRS offices
craving valentine on your list, to “Bliss Desk. The drawing will be held on are in Schiller Park (5100 River
for Two,” a basket featuring a gift Sunday, February 13 beginning at 2:30 Road) and Downers Grove (2001
certificate to the luxurious chocolate p.m. Winners need not be present to Butterfield Road).
buffet at the award-winning Peninsula win. • Individuals making $49,000
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
Non-Profit Organization
Carrier Route Pre-sort
Hotel in downtown Chicago. Other All proceeds from the or less can use the Volunteer
Permit No. 299
Income Tax Assistance program for
U.S. Postage
baskets include “Cupcakes & More,” Unbelievable Chocolate Raffle will
PAID
a tower of sweet surprises topped benefit the Foundation, which raises free tax preparation and, in many
off with a gift certificate to Mount funds for special programming and cases, free electronic filing.
Prospect’s Central Continental events at the Library that otherwise • Individuals aged 60 and
Bakery, and “Brain Candy,” a kids- would not be available through public older can take advantage of free
themed basket featuring four passes funding. tax counseling and basic income
to Legoland Discovery Center in tax preparation through Tax
Schaumburg. Counseling for the Elderly
“There’s really something for Only 8% of individuals
who filed tax returns last year
everyone,” says Katy Rossi president of Mount prospect
received tax packages in the mail.
the MPPLF and one of the organizers
The rest either used a paid tax
public Library
of this year’s chocolate raffle. “One of 10 South Emerson Street
our most popular baskets is a baking professional, software, or e-filed
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
basket which is filled with everything their tax returns. Individuals taking
847/253-5675 • TDD 847/590-3797
you need to create dozens of fabulous advantage of the e-file program www.mppl.org
cookies, brownies, and your favorite generally receive their refunds in
chocolate treats.” half the time compared to returns Telephone Renewal/My Account
filed on paper–even faster when tax 847/590-3200
refunds are deposited directly into
one's bank account. Library Hours
We did it! MPPL will offer paper copies
of the most popular tax forms as
Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
…Thanks to You! well as assist in printing those more Sunday noon-5 p.m.
The Mount Prospect Public Library Foundation wishes
obscure forms that may be needed. Library Board of Trustees
Additionally, tax filers can use the Barbara Burns
to gratefully acknowledge all those who contributed to
e-net computers on the second floor Dale Barbara Draznin
our recent appeals campaign. Thanks to your generosity,
to either file electronically or print Jane Everett
we reached our endowment fund milestone of $200,000.
needed forms. Reference staff are Sylvia Haas
We couldn’t have achieved it without you—thank you.
always available for assistance. Jacqueline C. Hinaber
Richard Tani
stock up on great books at John A. Zulaski
bargain prices… Friends The Board of Library Trustees meets the
“Cookbooks Only” third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the
The Friends Sale Library. Meetings are open, and the public is
welcome to attend.
Winter Used Book Sale! Saturday, February 12,
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Marilyn Genther, Executive Director
If you love food and books, then Cathy Hill Deane, Deputy Director
Saturday, January 22, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Frank Corry, Deputy Director
Sunday, January 23, noon-4:30 p.m. this sale is for you! Stock your
pantry with new recipes from
Don’t miss out on some great deals at the Friends of the our stellar collection of gently-
Library’s winter used book sale. used cookbooks.
Funds raised through book sales help the Friends support additional Library programs, events, and services. January/February 2011