Meet Chicago Quarterly Review

Do you know about Chicago Quarterly Review? Here's your chance to get up close and personal with this nonprofit, independent literary journal that publishes short stories, poems, translations and essays by emerging and established writers. Volume 17 (The Chicago Issue) of CQR has just been published. It features the talents of 54 writers and visual artists who demonstrate Chicago's deep well of literary and artistic vitality. On Monday, May 5 at 7 pm, the library will host several contributors to The Chicago Issue as well as one of the CQR's editors. They'll show, read from, and talk about their work. Copies of The Chicago Issue will also be available for purchase at the event from Books on Vernon, a longtime partner of CQR.

Crawl Into 5 Plays!

Imagine being able to crawl into someone else’s mind and experience an entirely different world! How much fun would that be? That is just what we’re going to be doing as we read and digest five different plays. We'll poke around in the mind of the playwright, morph into the play’s characters, explore the scenery and setting and, ultimately, be the critical audience. And instead of just watching the five plays, we will become the plays! Along the way, we will discover the beauty and power of the language and come to appreciate artists who manage to say exactly what they want to say and still make us understand. Michael Kamen, a Glencoe resident with many years of experience as a film producer and college faculty member, will lead these sessions. This program is jointly sponsored by the Glencoe Public Library and the Glencoe Park District and will take place at the Takiff Center, 999 Green Bay Road. It will run on Thursdays; May 8, 15, 22, 29, and June 5, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Registration is required: call (847) 835-5056 to register.

Booknews at Books on Vernon

Take some time out of your morning and join library staffers Nancy Buehler, Sara Lifson and Liz McClain and Executive Director Juli Janovicz for morning coffee and lots of book news at Books on Vernon, Glencoe’s wonderful independent bookstore. We’ll provide news and reviews of recent and forthcoming books that may be just the thing for your book group, for a Mother’s Day or graduation gift or for your next favorite read. We will be at Books on Vernon, located at 664 Vernon Ave., on Tuesday, April 29 from 10:30 - 11:30.

Classical Music Concert by The Dorel Ensemble

Join us for an afternoon concert with the Dorel Ensemble (Liba Shacht on violin, Carol Cook on viola and John Sharp on cello) on Sunday April 27, 2014 at 5:00 pm. Works performed will be:

Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat major for Violin, Viola and Violoncello KV 563
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Serenade in C major op 10 for Violin, Viola and Cello

The Library will close at 4:00 pm and will reopen at 4:30 for concert seating.  The concert is approximately 1 hour and admission is free. This concert is brought to you by the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library.

Catch the Moment: Mathematical Literacy for Young Children

Do you want to encourage your child's early mathematical literacy through creative, informal experiences? Early Childhood Educator and Consultant, Linda Semel, will visit the library on the night of Wednesday the 23rd at 7:00 to help parents and caregivers identify daily opportunities to extend thinking and learning through developmentally appropriate activities for young children. Participants will explore unexpected moments to integrate mathematical concepts through play and experiential learning.