Adult Program
Novel Knitters: Beginners Course
Become a knitter! Learn the most basic concepts of knitting including casting on, binding off, the knit stitch, the purl stitch. Registration is required for this two part class. Required materials list will be provided ahead of class.
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Author Bob Sullivan: The Plateau Effect
NBC investigative journalist, Bob Sullivan, will present on his new book which demonstrates that anything you want to do you can accomplish faster by understanding the Plateau Effect.
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Mystery Shorts: Lord Peter
This month's mystery is Lord Peter by Dorothy L. Sayers.
Copies of Lord Peter will be available at Maze Branch a month before the discussion. This book discussion is part of our lunchtime series "Mystery Shorts." Library book discussions are open to all who are committed to reading and talking about books.
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Karyn's Raw Cafe At Home
Join Karyn Calabrese, author and owner of Karyn's Raw Café, Karyn's On Green, and Karyn's Cooked for an evening at the library. Karyn will demonstrate some of her favorite recipes and share samples with the audience.
Karyn's books will be available for purchase following this event.
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Brown Bag - The Chalk Circle Man
Detective Adamsberg appears to be the only person suspicious of what motivates someone to randomly draw blue chalk circles around innocuous items throughout Paris neighborhoods. His suspicions are confirmed when the body of a dead woman is found inside one of the circles. Adamsberg is called to use his renowned abilities to solve murders with insights that defy logic. The Chalk Circle Man by author Fred Vargas is the first novel in the Chief Inspector Adamsberg Investigation series. Brown Bag book discussions feature a new mystery title each month.
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Read and Reflect - Behind the Beautiful Forever
Behind the Beautiful Forever profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother, and a young scrap metal thief, illuminating how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by religious, caste, and economic tensions. Katherine Boo creates an intimate, unforgettable portrait of India's urban poor. Read and Reflect book discussions feature a new non-fiction title each month. Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion.
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Inspiration: Living Life Mindfully - Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: a Book That Changes Lives is based on the story of author Dan Millman, a world champion athlete, who journeys into realms of romance and magic, light and darkness, body, mind, and spirit - to create the true essence of the "peaceful warrior". Inspiration: Living Life Mindfully book discussion features a new non-fiction title each month. Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion. Library book discussions are open to all who are committed to reading and talking about books.
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Inspiration: Living Life Mindfully - The Happiness Project
Sitting on the bus one day, author Gretchen Craft Rubin realizes her life is zipping along and wonders if she can't make her days happier. A "Resolution Chart" with specific activities for each month helped her define happiness and become happier with her very good life. The happiness project: why I spent a year trying to sing in the morning, clean my closets, fight right, read Aristotle, and generally have more fun reflects a change of the mind, not a change of location.
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Inspiration: Living Life Mindfully - The Power of Kindness
The Power of Kindness: the Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life by Piero Ferrucci explores the many surprising facets of kindness and argues that it is this trait that will not only lead to our own individual happiness and the happiness of those around us, but will guide us in a world that has become cold, anxious, difficult, and frightening.Inspiration: Living Life Mindfully book discussion features a new non-fiction title each month.Books are available at the Dole Branch Library one month before the discussion.Library book discussions are open to all who are committed to readi
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Gloria Groom: "Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity"
Explore the fascinating relationship between art and fashion during the late 19th century when Art Curator Gloria Groom shares stories and photographs from the exhibit titled "Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity" at The Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibit, which opens in Chicago June 26 and continues through Sept. 22, 2013, features nearly 80 paintings by Impressionist masters such as Caillebotte, Degas, Manet, Renoir, and Seurat.
Gloria Groom is The Mary and David Winton Green Curator of Nineteenth Century European Painting and Sculpture for The Art Institute of Chicago.