Monday, November 19, 2007

New Movies Announced

The next three titles for our Monday Night at the Movies series are Waitress (December 17), Snow Cake (January 21) and Amazing Grace (February 18). For more information visit our event calendar, accessible from our homepage.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Come see our new painting


Some of you will have noticed that the library has a new painting mounted on our North Wall, near the exit of the library. The work is entitled "Composers" and it was created by William Samuel Schwartz. The painting was given to the library in 1933 through the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration. It was cleaned, restored and framed by Madron LLC Gallery owner Ken Skolnik (a Glencoe resident) in the fall of 2007.

Mr. Schwartz was an opera singer and knew many musicians. The composers depicted in the painting are Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924), Reginald DeKoven (1850 - 1920), George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931) and Edward Alexander McDowell (1861 - 1908). Please take a look at the painting the next time you are in the library. The work can also be viewed on the library's Flickr page.

Friday, November 09, 2007

Join us for an afternoon concert!

Join us on the afternoon of Sunday, November 18 at 5:00 for a special concert by Sam Magad and Friends (Sam Magad / violin, Paul Phillips/ violin, Daniel Orbach / viola, John Sharp / cello). The following works will be performed:

Joseph Haydn - Quartet Opus 64 No. 5 (Allegro Moderato, Adagio Cantabile, Menuetto, Finale)
Johannes Brahms - Quartet Opus 67 (Vivace, Andante, Allegretto non Troppo, Poco Allegretto con Variazioni)

The Library will close at 4:00 PM and will reopen at 4:30 PM for concert seating. Admission is free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library.

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Library Super Search

Now you can search all of our premium databases at once with our new Library Super Search. Thanks to the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library for making this great new product possible!