2018 July / August | julio / agosto

LIBRARY EVENTS / PROGRAMS

Summer at the Library 2 0 1 8 S U M M E R

Monday, June 4thSaturday, July 28th. This year’s summer reading

theme is all about how reading

READING

transports you to different places.

PROGRAM

passport reading logs starting on

Participants can pick up their

Monday, June 4th. Read to win

S U M M E R LU N C H E S

Monday through Friday June 4th through July 27th, 12-1PM. We will provide free lunches to youth up to age 18.

SUMMER READIN G LUA U

All are invited to our Celebration Luau on Saturday, July 28th,12PM. Special performance by Aloha Chicago.

prizes to your favorite museums, restaurants, and more! All ages. Register at the reference desk or

children’s desk starting June 4th.

Adults

Lynn Tarkowski | [email protected] | 708.388.1078 x30 U N L E S S   O T H E R W I S E   I N D I C AT E D , E V E N T S   TA K E   P L A C E   I N   T H E   L O W E R   L E V E L — M E E T I N G   R O O M .

@ The Library All the Time Rules of the Road

Stitching Space!

Wednesday, August 4th, 5PM. Bring your own needlework, crochet, latch-hook, or sewing project, or you can try something we have available here. We can help each other through project blocks, learn new tips or tricks, or you can just use this time to finally get done the projects you keep putting off!

Monday, July 9th, 1:30PM. A representative from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office will be here to give a refresher on the Rules of the Road.

Craft Corner: Glass Magnets

Tuesday, July 17th, 7PM. Learn how to create refrigerator magnets using glass gems and paper.

EVENT CODES / CÓDIGOS DE EVENTOS:

Job Skills Workshop: Resume Writing Wednesday, July 18th, 11AM. Aunt Martha’s Work Force Development team will teach participants how to create and perfect their resumes. Participants are encouraged to bring in their resumes to be reviewed.

‘A’=adult / adulto, ‘C’=children / niños, ‘G’ all ages / todas las edades, ‘YA’ young adult, teen / adultos jóvenes, adolescentes

Adults

Lynn Tarkowski | [email protected] | 708.388.1078 x30 U N L E S S   O T H E R W I S E   I N D I C AT E D , E V E N T S   TA K E   P L A C E   I N   T H E   L O W E R   L E V E L — M E E T I N G   R O O M .

Jello Art: Flowers

Friday, August 3rd, 3PM. Come learn techniques used to make flowers in clear gelatin (Jell-o). These desserts are beautiful and delicious. Yes, they are edible!

Flip Flop Cross-stitch Luggage Tags

CUB Workshop

Friday, July 13th, 11AM. Introduction to cross-stitch. A great way to get ready for your summer travels is to make your own flip flop luggage tag!

Tuesday, August 7th, 7PM. Join CUB for a special workshop where we will discuss home energy efficiency practices, utility bill savings, and electricity/ gas supply rip-offs.

Let’s Play Rich Dad Poor Dad’s Ca$hflow Game

Job Skills Workshop: Interview Preparation

Monday, July 23rd, 7PM. You read the book, now play Ca$hflow. It’s probably the only game that could actually make you wealthy.

Jello Art: Mosaic Dessert

Friday, July 27th, 3PM. Get creative come and learn to make cubes of rainbow-hued gelatin into a cool and refreshing dessert mosaic-style dessert.

Young Adults @ The Library All the Time

Wednesday, August 15th, 11AM. Do you want to learn how to prepare for a job interview? Come learn skills that that will help you get ready to meet potential employers and catch their attention.

Craft Corner: Map Coasters

Tuesday, August 21st, 7PM. Create a set of coasters with maps of cities, states, or any location that you love.

Monday, August 27th, 7PM. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, is credited with “discovering” the phenomenon Manhattanhenge about a decade ago. Now, library staff will show you how to find our own Blue IslandHenge.

W IL L IA M HA Z E L G R OV E

Al Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair Tuesday, August 28th, 7PM. William Hazelgrove will be here to provide a historical look at Chicago during the darkest days of the Great Depression. The story revolves around the end of the gangster era as Chicago fought the hold organized crime had on the city in order to put on the 1933 World’s Fair.

Micah Rademacher | [email protected] | 708.388.1078 x31 U N L E S S   O T H E R W I S E   I N D I C AT E D , E V E N T S   TA K E   P L A C E   I N   T H E   L O W E R   L E V E L — M A K E R S PA C E .

Creative Nonsense

Every Monday, 6-8PM. Teen Open Studio. Be a part of ongoing effort to produce a library “zine”, or work on your own stuff. With art supplies purchased through a grant from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, we draw, write, paint, print, or other . . . creative nonsense.

Movie and a Pizza Night

Last Thursday of every month (7/26, 8/30),

Maker: Kites!

Blue IslandHenge

Thursday, July 5th, 4PM. Let’s go fly a kite! But first we gotta make one. Household ingredients are all that’s needed to make a great flying kite, and we will provide them! Great for the Forth of July Weekend. Space limited to 10. Priority given to teens.

6-8PM. As the title suggests – come eat some pizza and watch a movie. Come early, and help us decide which film to screen. Don’t forget to check out a book on your way out!

Carving Club

First Monday of every month (7/2, 8/6), 5PM. Test run at a maker group focused on carving. Use our tools and supplies or bring your own. Space limited.

3D Print With TinkerCad

Wednesday, July 25th, 3:30PM. Learning basic 3D modeling with TinkerCad and 3D print your own keychain!

Maker: Rubber Stamps

Thursday, August 2nd, 4PM. Some of the quick-and-easiest printmaking you EVENT CODES / CÓDIGOS DE EVENTOS:

can learn. Carve your own symbol, shape, or art into a bit of stamp rubber, and you have a handmade rubber stamp. All supplies provided. Space limited to 10. Priority given to teen patrons.

Papier-mâché

Thursday, August 9th, 4PM. Maker session with Papier-mâché. Make a fish like the ones we have hanging in the makerspace, or something simpler if you are so inclined. Space limited to 10. Priority given to teen patrons.

‘A’=adult / adulto, ‘C’=children / niños, ‘G’ all ages / todas las edades, ‘YA’ young adult, teen / adultos jóvenes, adolescentes

Young Adults

Micah Rademacher | [email protected] | 708.388.1078 x31 U N L E S S   O T H E R W I S E   I N D I C AT E D , E V E N T S   TA K E   P L A C E   I N   T H E   L O W E R   L E V E L — M A K E R S PA C E .

3D Print With TinkerCad

Wednesday, August 22nd, 3:30PM. Learning basic 3D modeling with TinkerCad and 3D print your own keychain!

Maker Retro: Hemp Jewelry

Thursday, August 23rd, 4PM. It may

Children

not be as hot as it was in the 90s’, but hemp is still cool. Make a bracelet, make a choker or a key-chain, whatever you want. We’ve got bone beads and tiny metal skulls for embellishment, as well as some normal pony beads. Space limited to 10. Priority given to teen participants.

Wednesday, August 29th, 3:30PM. Learning basic 3D modeling with TinkerCad and convert a simple 2D image into 3D and print it.

Deborah Beasley | [email protected] | 708.388.1078 x22 U N L E S S   O T H E R W I S E   I N D I C AT E D , E V E N T S   TA K E   P L A C E   I N   T H E   L O W E R   L E V E L — M E E T I N G   R O O M .

@ The Library All the Time

Lunchtime Crafts

Mondays through Fridays, July 2nd through 27th, 12PM. Join the fun!

Singing Storytime with Ms. Anna

Mondays, July 2nd, 9th, and 16th, 9AM. Singing Stories for children birth to 3 with Miss Anna.

Board Game Madness

Monday through Thursday, July 2nd through July 27th, Kids can play board games, puzzles, coloring crafts, Legos and more, in the Children’s Department.

Leftover Crafts with Ms. Kassandra Tuesdays, July 3rd through July 31st, 6PM. Kids can random crafts from our leftover stockpile this summer.

Blue Island Children’s Books Club Discussion

Thursday, July 19th, 5:30PM. Kids are welcome to join us to discuss the book, “Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle” by Rick Riordan. Copies of the book will be

All Ages

3D Print With TinkerCad: 2D Image Transformation

Family Friendly Friday Movies

Fridays, July 6th through July 27th, 3PM. All movies are rated G or PG. All adults must be accompanied by a child. Please check the library website calendar of events for movie listings.

Preschool Storytime

Every Wednesday, July 11th through July 25th, 10AM. Kids will enjoy an hour of enriching songs, and stories. For ages 1to 3.

available at the Circulation Desk. No programs, movies, crafts, or story times scheduled in the month of August.

Oscar Arellano| [email protected] | 708.388.1078 x30 U N L E S S   O T H E R W I S E   I N D I C AT E D , E V E N T S   TA K E   P L A C E   I N   T H E   L O W E R   L E V E L — M E E T I N G   R O O M .

@ The Library All the Time Design | Tips & Software Tutorials

APPOINTMENT ONLY. Ages 12+. Ever wanted to design a flyer, or a book cover, or poster? Well, this program’s focus is to expose you to some design principles and get you trained in design software. Lock in your time now!

Songwriters Circle: Weekly Meet-Up

Every Tuesday, 6PM. A weekly gathering for anyone interested in songwriting: get to know other songwriters, discuss a variety of topics related to songwriting, and get hands-on experience crafting, sharing, and critiquing songs.

Blizzard Hearthstone: Fireside Gathering

Saturday, July 7th & Saturday, August 4th, EVENT CODES / CÓDIGOS DE EVENTOS:

9:30AM-4:30PM. Join the library, in the electronic card game Hearthstone with a Fireside Gathering and celebrate some friendly competition! (Laptop or Smart Device Required.)

Microsoft Word Clinic

Monday, July 9th, 6-7PM. Ages 12+. Microsoft Word got you frustrated? Come to our free clinic to get the support you need. Register online.

‘A’=adult / adulto, ‘C’=children / niños, ‘G’ all ages / todas las edades, ‘YA’ young adult, teen / adultos jóvenes, adolescentes

All Ages

Oscar Arellano| [email protected] | 708.388.1078 x30 U N L E S S   O T H E R W I S E   I N D I C AT E D , E V E N T S   TA K E   P L A C E   I N   T H E   L O W E R   L E V E L — M E E T I N G   R O O M .

Open Mic

Wednesday, July 11th, 6-8PM. All musicians and poets are welcome! Only family friendly material. Sign-up in the Tech Annex.

En Español @ La Biblioteca Todo el Tiempo

U N L E S S   O T H E R W I S E   I N D I C AT E D , E V E N T S   TA K E   P L A C E   I N   T H E   L O W E R   L E V E L — M E E T I N G   R O O M .

¡Ven a Tejer con Nosotros!

Todos los miércoles de Julio, 12-2PM. Ven a aprender a tejer bolsos en una variedad de tamaño, estilos y colores. Desde un pequeño

Jueves, 12 de julio, 12PM. Niños edades 6 a 12 años pueden participar en pintar camisetas.Traer tú camiseta simple de algodón del color que quieras, nosotros te daremos el material para decorar tú camiseta. No inscripción requerida. Instructora de arte Armida Olivares

Back to Books Grant Recipient: Thank You!

monedero hasta bolsos para la playa. Principiantes y tejedoras avanzadas son bienvenidas. No inscripción requerida. Instructora C. Martinez.

Los miércoles, 8 de agosto al 29 de agosto, 10AM. Conozca su máquina de coser en esta clase de costura básica. El

tema incluye; enhebrar, enrollar bobinas, variedad de puntadas, opciones de tela y técnicas de corte. Aprenda todo sobre la costura básica mientras crea proyectos de costura útiles que puede estar orgulloso de guardar o regalar.Traer su máquina de coser y kit de costura. Inscripción requerida antes del 31 de Julio. Limite a 6 personas.

We have recently made a substantial addition to our collection in the form of several hundred “Maker” books. New titles on hightech skills and crafts such as 3D printing, robotics, coding, as well as music production, and photography are now being added to the small collection of books in the Tech Annex. Crafts, such as knitting, sewing, carving, soap and candle making, as well as studio-art processes such as draw-

ing and painting and sculpting, and quite a few books on salvaging and upcycling can now be found on display behind the reference desk. Funding for this new collection was awarded via grant by the Illinois State Library, a Department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

Social Media:

Circulation Dave Boras [email protected]

source: HackRVA Makerspace

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hackrva/16673083982/in/photostream/

Taller De Constura Con Herminia

facebook.com/BlueIslandPublicLibrary blue-island-ya.tumblr.com/ youtube.com/BlueIslandLibrary 2433 York St., Blue Island, IL 60406 [email protected] 708.388.1078 | blueislandlibrary.org Monday - Thursday : 9AM-9PM Friday & Saturday : 9AM-5PM July 4th, Independence Day

Thursday, July 26th, 8:45PM OR until its dark. Enjoy a delicious moon pie as we travel through the sky with a telescope. Viewing starts when the sky is completely dark!

Sonia Rodriguez | [email protected] | 708.388.1078 x18

Diseña tú camiseta de Verano, Taller para niños

Scheduled Closing:

Full Moon-Viewing with Moon Pies

Departments:

Director Colleen Waltman [email protected] Adult Reference / Technical Services [email protected] Children’s Services Deborah Beasley [email protected]

EVENT CODES / CÓDIGOS DE EVENTOS:

Hispanic Outreach Sonia Rodriguez [email protected] Programming / Social Media Lynn Tarkowski [email protected] Tech Annex / Blue Island History Museum [email protected] Young Adult Services Micah Rademacher [email protected]

‘A’=adult / adulto, ‘C’=children / niños, ‘G’ all ages / todas las edades, ‘YA’ young adult, teen / adultos jóvenes, adolescentes