March | 2016 | Eisenhower Public Library

Book Club: 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. Copies of the book will be available at the Library Services Desk approximately a month …

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.

This is their first group project where groups worked on different scenes and …

Page to Screen Club: Children of Men

March 28, 2016 | Comments Off

Sunday, May 15th, 2016, 1:30 pm

Every month The Page to Screen Club watches a movie and discusses the book from which it was adapted.

This month, we’ll read Children of Men by P. D. James and will screen the …

National Recording Registry 2015

March 24, 2016 | Comments Off

Today, the Library of Congress announced its newest inductees into the National Recording Registry, a collection of “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” recordings chosen to be preserved in their best existing versions at the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation …

Easter Closing

March 17, 2016 | Comments Off

Easter is on March 27th this year and we’ll be closing for the holiday. Even though we’ll be closed, you’ll still be able to use many library resources.

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Polish Easter Traditions

March 17, 2016 | Comments Off

Easter is on Sunday, March 27th this year and Eisenhower will be closed for the holiday.

To get into the Easter spirit, the next time you visit the library, stop in the lobby for a moment to take a look …

Daredevil Season Two

March 17, 2016 | Comments Off

Daredevil Season Two hits Neflix tomorrow! This season, Daredvil, AKA Matt Murdock, will be pitted against Frank Castle, the Punisher, a veteran who, after his family was murdered, decided to wear a skull on his chest and kill every bad …

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”

Misty Copeland is the first African American female Principal Dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theater. In her first picture …

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 …

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 followup collection of …

Primary Polling

March 10, 2016 | Comments Off

Beginning at 6:00 am on Tuesday, March 15th, Eisenhower will be serving as a polling place for Norwood Park Township Precincts 5 & 17. Polls close at 7:00 pm.…

Mummy Cat by Marcus Ewert

March 8, 2016 | Comments Off

“A cat who moves without a breath: a mummy cat, who’s passed through death.”

Mummy Cat loved his owner Hat-shup-set more than anything else. However that was all in the past. Currently, Mummy Cat is a mummy himself, roaming alone …

Modern Times Film: Suffragette

March 1, 2016 | Comments Off

Screenings: Tuesdays, April 12th, 2:00 pm & April 26th, 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 …

Writing in the Margins: Spring 2016

March 1, 2016 | Comments Off

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

Every other Thursday afternoon, film scholar Ralph Amelio offers a look behind the scenes of Hollywood’s golden age with a presentation of a classic film, and a fun, …

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. Playing the guitar and not studying after school is “too …