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For Adults

The Clarendon Hills Public Library offers a wide variety of programming in support of the educational and recreational needs of our community. Films, cooking demonstrations, travel lectures, author talks and tax preparation assistance are just a few examples of the kinds of events you may find going on at the library on any given day.

All programs are presented free of charge, but space is limited. For program registration, please call the library at 630-323-8188.

Upcoming Programs

Climb Your Family Tree: Genealogy on the Internet
Thursday, September 16th, 7:00 pm

Learn how to trace your family history using your computer, resources from the library and the expertise of our guest speaker, Nancy Shepherdon, the author os Ancestor Hunt: Finding Your Family Online.  You'll learn how to use the library's genealogy resources as well as many others that are available free online.

Don't Pay the College Sticker Price
Thursday, September 23rd, 7:00 pm

Financial aid for college is available, but it won't come knocking on your door!  To take advantage of it, you need to learn the ins and outs of the system.  Joe Orsolini, Certified Financial Planner, will help you through the maze of scholarships, grants, student loans and tax-saving opportunities to help make a college education for your child more affordable and less of a financial burden.

Victorian London: Pleasures and Vices
Monday, October 11th, 7:00 pm

London is always a favorite vacation destination, partly because of its rich history.  However, the notion that Victorian London was tightly zipped up, prudish and window-dressed with flowered chintz curtains will be exploded in this program.  Anglophile Linda Putnam returns to our library with this look into the huge variety of "pleasures and vices" that were popular with mid-19th century Londoners.  Linda will show how everything from opium dens and prostitution to the more "respectable" entertainments of music halls, freak shows, circuses and wax museums fit into the culture of the time.

Remembering Marshall Fields
Thursday, November 18th, 7:00 pm

For more than 150 years, Marshall Field and Company reigned as Chicago's leading department store.  We welcome Leslie Goddard for this lavishly illustrated talk which traces the store's history from its beginnings as a dry goods store in 1852 into a world-class fashion and service trendsetter.  Photographs, ads, postcards, and memorabilia trace the stores cherished traditions--the Walnut Room Christmas Tree, the State Street window displays, and, or course, Frango Mints!

Clarendon Hills Library Film Series

Be inspired by these great sports-themed films:

Invictus (2009) rated PG-13
Tuesday, September 21st, 6:30 pm

Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman star in this true story of South African President Nelson Mandela's efforts to unite his racially and economically torn country through the universal language of sport.

Glory Road (2006) rated PG
Tuesday, October 19th, 6:30 pm

In 1965, Coach Don Haskins and his players on the Texas Western University basketball team made a breakthrough comparable to when Jackie Robinson was hired by the Brooklyn Dodgers.  You'll be on the edge of your seat!

Million Dollar Baby (2004) rated PG-13
Thursday, November 4th, 6:30 pm

Clint Eastwood plays a hardened trainer/manager who works with a determined young woman (Hilary Swank) as she attempts to  establish herself as a boxer.  Won Oscars for best picture, director, actress (Hilary Swank) and supporting actor (Morgan Freeman).



The September Project: Remembering 9/11
Saturday, September 11th

This September 11th, we offer the opportunity to remember and reflect with an ongoing screening of a 30-minute montage of news coverage from 9/11/01 in our meeting room.  It begins with a light-hearted Katie Couric and Al Roker on the Today Show only minutes before the first plane hit through a summary of the day's tragic events broadcast by the BBC.  Clips from various news outlets in the United States as well as some from other countries are included.  Stop by anytime during the day to remember and reflect.

The September Project was begun in 2004 as a joint project of libraries throughout the world to encourage discussion about freedom.  Over the years more than 1,200 libraries in 35 countries have participated.  For more information, visit www.theseptemberproject.org.



Lyric Opera
Lecture Series

We are please to partner with Indian Prairie Library in offering this series:

Macbeth
Monday, September 13th, 7:00 pm

Lecturer: Carla Thorpe
Location: Clarendon Hills Public Library

Carmen
Tuesday, October 5th, 7:00 pm

Lecturer:  Belinda Potoma
Location:  Clarendon Hills Public Library

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Monday, October 25th, 7:00 pm

Lecturer:  George Meschel
Location:  Clarendon Hills Public Library

A Masked Ball
Tuesday, November 9th, 7:00 pm

Lecturer:  Virginia Jach
Location:  Clarendon Hills Public Library

The Mikado
Monday, December 6th, 7:00 pm

Lecturer:  Penelope Blake
Location:  Indian Prairie Public Library

The Girl of the Golden West
Monday, January 10th, 7:00 pm

Lecturer:  Loretta Caputo
Location:  Indian Prairie Public Library

Lohengrin
Tuesday, February 8th, 7:00 pm

Lecturer:  Margaret Fournier
Location:  Clarendon Hills Public Library

Hercules
Tuesday, March 1st, 7:00 pm

Lecturer:  Mary Hobein
Location:  Indian Prairie Public Library