Adults

Experience and discover.

For in-person programs, safety precautions in place according to current, local mitigation guidelines. Closed-captioning will be available for all virtual adult programs.

Community Blood Drive

Thursday, February 3, 1–6 p.m. Hendrickson Room

Donate blood to Versiti Blood Center and save a life. Bring a photo ID. Walk-ins may be accommodated if schedule permits but cannot be guaranteed.

Hablemos Español (Let’s Speak Spanish)

Mondays, February 7 and 21, 6–7 p.m. Zoom

Meet other Spanish learners and speakers in your community and brush up your skills in this conversation club to improve and practice your Spanish en la Biblioteca. All levels are welcome.

Research With Value Line

Tuesday, February 8, 6:30–7:30 p.m. / Zoom

Value Line is a powerful database that you can use to learn about companies, stocks and investing. Severo Nieves from Value Line will share the functions and features so that you can get the most out of the database.

French Conversation Group

Tuesday, February 8, 7–8 p.m. / Zoom

Tuesday, February 22, 7–8 p.m. Cardinal Room or Zoom

Interested in learning, improving or maintaining your spoken French? Join our resident native speaker to grow your language abilities. All levels are welcome.

Thursday, February 17, 7–8 p.m. / Zoom On February 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066 authorized the incarceration of almost 120,000 Japanese Americans. Join storyteller Anne Shimojima as she shares the inspiring story of her family’s journey from Japan and their time in internment camps where innocent people were locked up behind barbed wire. Shimojima illustrates her talk with photos from her family and the National Archives, showing a family whose only crime was looking like the enemy. Anne Shimojima was a New Voice Teller at the National Storytelling Festival in 2017.

Monday, February 21, 7–7:45 p.m. / Zoom From time-traveling modern-day heroes and passionate love affairs in exotic locations to historical romances, novels and movies can bring out the hopeless romantic in all of us. Grab your favorite beverage and snuggle up on the couch while joining us as we delve into the best classic and contemporary love stories. Join library staff who can help bulk up your to-read and watch lists, then share your own favorites with us in the discussion that follows.

Writer’s Ink

Wednesday, February 9, 7–9 p.m. / Zoom

Make this new year more creative. Start the novel, short story or poem you always meant to write and join instructor Jacob Knabb for this facilitated meetup and workshop a piece you’ve been working on. All skill levels and writing styles are welcome.

Dann & Raymond’s Movie Club: The Films of Quentin Tarantino

Thursday, February 10, 7–9 p.m. / Zoom

Dann Gire, Daily Herald movie critic, and Raymond Benson, film historian and novelist, take a deep dive into the career of Quentin Tarantino. Grab some popcorn and kick up your feet while these two share clips, little-known trivia and more.

33 1/3 Classic Albums: Annie Zaleski on Duran Duran’s Rio

Tuesday, February 15, 7–8 p.m. / Zoom

In the ‘80s, Birmingham, England’s Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade’s music and culture. No album represented this rip-it-up-andstart-again movement better than their 1982 breakthrough LP, Rio. A cohesive album with retro-futuristic sound-influences, the album sold millions and spawned smashes such as Hungry Like the Wolf. Join awardwinning journalist Annie Zaleski to discuss this seminal record.

Presented in partnership with Glenview Public Library and Northbrook Public Library.

Experience and discover.

Death Cafe

Monday, February 21, 7–8:15 p.m. / Zoom

Grab a cup of coffee and join us for a thoughtful discussion about the end of life and share your experiences, thoughts and fears about death from the comfort of your own home. This facilitated online discussion is not intended as a counseling group or a grief support but to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their lives. Learn more at deathcafe.com.

Creative Aging: Art with Alayne

Watch the Art with Alayne Lavender Field class on video and do this month’s project. Then, join Alayne and fellow art students in a meet up to share your work inspired by the class, or get advice from Alayne to complete your project. Visit ahml.info/virtual_art to watch this month’s video class and register for a meet up.

Home Buying

Art with Alayne Meet Ups

Tuesday, February 15, Tuesday, February 22 or Friday, February 25 2:30–3:30 p.m. / Zoom

Meet up registrants will be notified by email when they can pick up their Create Kits with supplies at the drive-up window. All February Meet Ups cover the same project. Register for only one. Arlington Heights cardholders only.

Homebuyers’ Seminar

Wednesday, February 23, 7–9 p.m. Zoom From fixer upper to move-in ready, the real estate market has exploded in recent years. At this seminar, brokers from Ortman Group, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Starck Real Estate, Ian Beamer of Guaranteed Rate, attorney Christina Perez of Drost Kivlahan McMahon & O’Connor, will share their knowledge to help you be more prepared as you begin the process.

Introduction to Investing in Real Estate

Wednesday, March 2, 7–8:30 p.m. / Zoom Have you ever considered investing in real estate? Learn the basics with Kelly Barash of d’aprile properties who will discuss different types of real estate investing and how to get started.

Hidden Meanings in Chinese Food

Tuesday, February 22, 7–8 p.m. / Zoom

Chinese food is set up in a combination of soup, eggroll, stir fry and fried rice. Yvonne Wolf will help you gain a new perspective on the Chinese dining experience, whether it is sit-down or take-out. Wolf is Taiwan-born, educated in the US and Europe, trilingual (English/ Mandarin-Chinese/ Danish) and has studied Japanese, Spanish and Greek. She brings a global perspective to the Chinese arts.

Thursday, February 24, 1–3 p.m. Hendrickson Room

Escape the cold on this February day! Chat with your neighbors while coloring adult coloring pages. Colored pencils and pages provided or bring your favorites. Program is designed for adults.

Wednesday Cinema: Judas and the Black Messiah

Wednesday, February 23, 1–3 p.m. Hendrickson Room

Fred Hampton, a young, charismatic activist, becomes Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, putting him directly in the crosshairs of the government, the FBI and the Chicago Police. But to destroy the revolution, the authorities are going to need a man on the inside. Nominated for six Academy Awards, Daniel Kaluuya won Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Fred Hampton. Rated R, 126 minutes.

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Friday, February 25, 7–8 p.m. / YouTube

Are you a 90’s & early 2000’s pop culture expert? Grab your teammates or play solo and show off your knowledge to win some excellent throwback-themed prizes.

February 16 Jasmine Guillory

An Evening with Author Jasmine Guillory

Wednesday, February 16, 7-8 p.m. / Zoom

Join us for a lively evening with bestselling author Jasmine Guillory. Dubbed one of romance’s brightest new voices, she’ll discuss her newest novel, While We Were Dating, and the modern rom-com. Author Morgan Rogers (Honey Girl) will join her in conversation. Guillory is a writer, lawyer and New York Times bestselling author of six romance novels, including The Wedding Date, The Proposal and While We Were Dating. NPR called The Proposal “Rollicking, charming, and infinitely zesty.” Her work has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine; Cosmopolitan; Bon Appetit and Time.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration between public libraries.

An Evening with Author Madeline Miller

Thursday, March 3, 7-8 p.m. / Zoom

Join us for an evening with Madeline Miller, one of the leaders in Greek retellings and New York Times bestselling author, to discuss her works, The Song of Achilles and Circe. Miller’s debut novel, The Song of Achilles, was awarded the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction. Her second novel, Circe, was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. Before she was a novelist, Miller earned her BA and MA in Classics from Brown University, and she taught and tutored Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for more than 15 years. Her novels have been translated into over 25 languages, and her essays have appeared in The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Lapham’s Quarterly and on npr.org.

This program is presented in collaboration with multiple Illinois libraries.

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