March 2016 - Eisenhower Public Library

Adult Book Discussion: Save Me

March 29, 2016 | Comments Off

Monday, May 02, 2016, 7:00 PM.
Tuesday, May 03, 2016, 2:00 PM.

This month's Adult Book Discussion book will be Save Me by Lisa Scottoline.

Let’s Make a Movie: Stop Motion Animation

March 29, 2016 | Comments Off

Yesterday a group of third thru sixth graders spent the day at Eisenhower Library learning about stop motion animation and creating their own videos using Eisenhower ipads.

Page to Screen Club: Children of Men

March 28, 2016 | Comments Off

Sunday, May 15, 2016, 1:30 PM.

This month, we'll read Children of Men by P. D. James and will screen the Alfonso Cuaron film starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Michael Caine.

Firebird by Misty Copeland

March 16, 2016 | Comments Off

“Even birds must learn to fly like me, you’ll grow steady in grace spread an arabesque of wings and climb”

Bus Trip: Alfred Stieglitz at the Art Institute

March 11, 2016 | Comments Off

Friday, March 11, 2016, 9:45 AM - 3:15 PM. $35.00.

Alfred Stieglitz was a photographer and art promoter, instrumental in making photography an accepted art form at the turn of the 20th century. Join us for a docent-led tour of the Stieglitz collection at the Art Institute, which includes several 19th century prints along with works by Stieglitz and other Pictorialist photographers, then explore the museum. Lunch is on your own and not included in the registration fee.

Kendrick Lamar, Untitled Unmastered

March 11, 2016 | Comments Off

After being nominated for (and winning) more Grammies than any other artist last year for his album To Pimp a Butterfly, rapper Kendrick Lamar surprised the music world this week by releasing, with no promotion, a follow up collection of demo recordings and song sketches.

Modern Times Film: Suffragette

March 1, 2016 | Comments Off

Tuesdays, April 12, 2:00 PM & April 26, 6:00 PM.

Twice a month, the Modern Times Film Series showcases new additions to the library's movie collection. Join us this month for Suffragette, Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, and Meryl Streep as women willing to lose everything in their fight for equality in early-20th-century Britain. 2015. 1h 46m. Rated PG-13.

Writing in the Margins: Spring 2016

March 1, 2016 | Comments Off

We love movies at Eisenhower and it shows in our programming.

Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly

March 1, 2016 | Comments Off

Apple has a few problems. She wants to be a rock star like her hero, George Harrison of The Beatles, but her Filipino immigrant mother is dead set against it.