MCHENRY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Fun for All Storytime

When: Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Storytime Room

A half hour of stories, songs and FUN FOR ALL! For all ages with a caregiver.

Register for each meeting individually.

Register each person in your group individually.

Page Turners - Book Discussion Club

When: Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Meeting Room West

TALK IT UP! Join friends for an hour of fun discussing each month’s book. AGES 10 & Up. Snacks provided.

Pick up a free copy of the book (provided by the Friends of the Library) to keep when you register at the Service Desk.

West Campus High School Fall Art Exhibit

When: Sunday, September 12, 2010 - All Day

Come see the works of West campus high school art students all week at the library. Reception at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 7th in the Meeting Room.

Exhibit on Display 9/5-9/12.

Take Home Craft: Make an Autumn Craft!

When: Monday, September 13, 2010 - All Day

Stop by the Public Services Desk to pick up an Autumn craft kit to take home. Supplies provided. ALL AGES.

Program will last until supplies run out!

West Campus High School Fall Art Exhibit

When: Monday, September 13, 2010 - All Day

Come see the works of West campus high school art students all week at the library. Reception at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 7th in the Meeting Room.

Exhibit on Display 9/5-9/12.

Lapsit Storytime

When: Monday, September 13, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Meeting Room West

A short lapsit program featuring songs and rhymes, followed by playtime. For ages 12 - 23 months.

Please just register the child; enter parent/guardian name on registration form.

No older siblings please.

Family Storytime

When: Monday, September 13, 2010 - 6:00 PM
Where: Storytime Room

For children and their families, includes stories, songs and a craft.

Geared towards children ages 3 & up.

Register each person in your group individually.

Fiction Book Discussion

When: Monday, September 13, 2010 - 7:00 PM
Where: Conference Room/Computer Lab

Read and discuss "Summer's Child" by Diane Chamberlain (note change from "The Help," which will be the January selection). Copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk. No registration required.

Take Home Craft: Make an Autumn Craft!

When: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - All Day

Stop by the Public Services Desk to pick up an Autumn craft kit to take home. Supplies provided. ALL AGES.

Program will last until supplies run out!

West Campus High School Fall Art Exhibit

When: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - All Day

Come see the works of West campus high school art students all week at the library. Reception at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 7th in the Meeting Room.

Exhibit on Display 9/5-9/12.

Preschool Stories

When: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Storytime Room

"Preschool Stories" is a short story time featuring stories, songs and fingerplays for 3- to 6-year-olds without a caregiver.

Caregiver must remain in preschool area.

Art Reception: West Campus Fall Art Show

When: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 6:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room East

Reception honoring students' work in the West Campus High School Fall Art Show.

Take Home Craft: Make an Autumn Craft!

When: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - All Day

Stop by the Public Services Desk to pick up an Autumn craft kit to take home. Supplies provided. ALL AGES.

Program will last until supplies run out!

West Campus High School Fall Art Exhibit

When: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - All Day

Come see the works of West campus high school art students all week at the library. Reception at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 7th in the Meeting Room.

Exhibit on Display 9/5-9/12.

Fun for All Storytime

When: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 1:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room West

A half hour of stories, songs and FUN FOR ALL! All ages with a caregiver.

Register for each meeting individually.

Register each person in your group individually.

Take Home Craft: Make an Autumn Craft!

When: Thursday, September 16, 2010 - All Day

Stop by the Public Services Desk to pick up an Autumn craft kit to take home. Supplies provided. ALL AGES.

Program will last until supplies run out!

West Campus High School Fall Art Exhibit

When: Thursday, September 16, 2010 - All Day

Come see the works of West campus high school art students all week at the library. Reception at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 7th in the Meeting Room.

Exhibit on Display 9/5-9/12.

Fun for All Storytime

When: Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Storytime Room

A half hour of stories, songs and FUN FOR ALL! For all ages with a caregiver.

Register for each meeting individually.

Register each person in your group individually.

Take Home Craft: Make an Autumn Craft!

When: Friday, September 17, 2010 - All Day

Stop by the Public Services Desk to pick up an Autumn craft kit to take home. Supplies provided. ALL AGES.

Program will last until supplies run out!

West Campus High School Fall Art Exhibit

When: Friday, September 17, 2010 - All Day

Come see the works of West campus high school art students all week at the library. Reception at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 7th in the Meeting Room.

Exhibit on Display 9/5-9/12.

Take Home Craft: Make an Autumn Craft!

When: Saturday, September 18, 2010 - All Day

Stop by the Public Services Desk to pick up an Autumn craft kit to take home. Supplies provided. ALL AGES.

Program will last until supplies run out!

West Campus High School Fall Art Exhibit

When: Saturday, September 18, 2010 - All Day

Come see the works of West campus high school art students all week at the library. Reception at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 7th in the Meeting Room.

Exhibit on Display 9/5-9/12.

Book Munchers Kids Book Talk Group

When: Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 1:00 PM
Where: Storytime Room

A fun hour working on a seasonal project, and talking about books.

For 1st-3rd graders.

Take Home Craft: Make an Autumn Craft!

When: Sunday, September 19, 2010 - All Day

Stop by the Public Services Desk to pick up an Autumn craft kit to take home. Supplies provided. ALL AGES.

Program will last until supplies run out!

Lapsit Storytime

When: Monday, September 20, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Meeting Room West

A short lapsit program featuring songs and rhymes, followed by playtime. For ages 12 - 23 months.

Please just register the child; enter parent/guardian name on registration form.

No older siblings please.

Family Storytime

When: Monday, September 20, 2010 - 6:00 PM
Where: Storytime Room

For children and their families, includes stories, songs and a craft.

Geared towards children ages 3 & up.

Register each person in your group individually.

Classic Book Discussion

When: Monday, September 20, 2010 - 7:00 PM
Where: Study Room #2 - Room 128

Read and discuss The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Copies are available at the Circulation Desk. No registration required.

Preschool Stories

When: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Storytime Room

"Preschool Stories" is a short story time featuring stories, songs and fingerplays for 3- to 6-year-olds without a caregiver.

Caregiver must remain in preschool area.

Fun for All Storytime

When: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 1:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room West

A half hour of stories, songs and FUN FOR ALL! All ages with a caregiver.

Register for each meeting individually.

Register each person in your group individually.

Fun for All Storytime

When: Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Storytime Room

A half hour of stories, songs and FUN FOR ALL! For all ages with a caregiver.

Register for each meeting individually.

Register each person in your group individually.

Lapsit Storytime

When: Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Meeting Room West

A short lapsit program featuring songs and rhymes, followed by playtime. For ages 12 - 23 months.

Please just register the child; enter parent/guardian name on registration form.

No older siblings please.

Family Storytime

When: Monday, September 27, 2010 - 6:00 PM
Where: Storytime Room

For children and their families, includes stories, songs and a craft.

Geared towards children ages 3 & up.

Register each person in your group individually.

Writers' Group

When: Monday, September 27, 2010 - 6:30 PM
Where: Conference Room/Computer Lab

The writer's group is a group of peers who gather together to discuss the craft of writing, share their writing with each other, and help each other to become better writers. Please bring copies of your work to share.

Preschool Stories

When: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Storytime Room

"Preschool Stories" is a short story time featuring stories, songs and fingerplays for 3- to 6-year-olds without a caregiver.

Caregiver must remain in preschool area.

Fun for All Storytime

When: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 1:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room West

A half hour of stories, songs and FUN FOR ALL! All ages with a caregiver.

Register for each meeting individually.

Register each person in your group individually.

Fun for All Storytime

When: Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Where: Storytime Room

A half hour of stories, songs and FUN FOR ALL! For all ages with a caregiver.

Register for each meeting individually.

Register each person in your group individually.

Mr. Sound Effects, Wes Harrison!

When: Saturday, October 02, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Where: Meeting Rooms East & West

Mr. Sound Effects", Wes Harrison, uses his remarkable talent to give the world what it needs, - LAUGHTER - and, that's the best sound of all!

In the 1950s he provided noises for the Disney productions of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Peter Pan and worked at MGM Studios on Tom and Jerry cartoons.

Showing at 11:00 and 3:00.

Andy Head - Wonderful Wacky Juggler

When: Saturday, October 02, 2010 - 1:00 PM
Where: Meeting Rooms East & West

Andy Head is a Wonderful and Wacky Juggler!

With his expressive face, lanky body, and great showmanship, Andy
Head presents a knock-out show of Juggling, Comedy, and Audience
Participation that will have you laughing and smiling until your face
hurts!

All ages.

Mr. Sound Effects, Wes Harrison!

When: Saturday, October 02, 2010 - 3:00 PM
Where: Meeting Rooms East & West

Mr. Sound Effects", Wes Harrison, uses his remarkable talent to give the world what it needs, - LAUGHTER - and, that's the best sound of all!

In the 1950's he provided noises for the Disney productions of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Peter Pan and worked at MGM Studios on Tom and Jerry cartoons.

Showing at 11:00 and 3:00.

Antique Car Show

When: Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 12:00 PM
Where: Parking Lot

The Cadillac and LaSalle Club of Illinois will display their vintage cars from the early 1900s in the library parking lot north of the library.

Windy City Harmonica Club

When: Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 12:00 PM
Where: Main Room of Library

The Windy City Harmonica Club will play selections from the 1930s in the main room of the library.

The James Exhibit Bus

When: Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 12:00 PM

Board the James Exhibit Bus, a mobile history museum, from the McHenry Historical Society & Museum, and learn about historic McHenry County.

Decades of Dresses - Garbo to Mid-Century

When: Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 1:00 PM
Where: Meeting Room East

Dresses from the 1930s and 1940s.
Vintage dress collectors, Chloe Berg and Ruth Thomas, model and display a variety of beautiful and unique dresses and other garments from the 1930s and 1940s.

Radio Players

When: Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 2:30 PM
Where: Meeting Room East

The Radio Players re-create a vintage radio show from 1935 - 1936 including an FDR Fireside Chat, Fibber McGee & Molly, and the famous Abbott & Costello skit, Who's on First.

The Furry Follies by Dave Herzog's Marionettes

When: Monday, October 04, 2010 - 10:30 AM
Where: Meeting Rooms East & West

Award winning puppeteer Dave Herzog will present a marionette show guaranteed to leave you amazed, amused, and thoroughly enchanted.

Parent/guardian must accompany. Please include the total number of attendees in your group when you register. Geared towards ages 2-6. Older siblings welcome!

Laurel & Hardy Laughfest

When: Monday, October 04, 2010 - 6:30 PM
Where: Meeting Rooms East & West

Two Oscar-nominated 20-minute “shorts,” The Music Box & Busy Bodies, will be viewed followed by a short break. Stories about Laurel & Hardy will follow the break.

1930's Book Discussion, Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier

When: Monday, October 04, 2010 - 7:00 PM
Where: Conference Room/Computer Lab

This is a special book discussion session to celebrate a great book from the 1930's, Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier. Rebecca was a bestseller in both 1938 & 1939.

Historic Cooking Class

When: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 - 6:30 PM
Where: Meeting Rooms East & West

This is a family program presented in costume, as living history, interspersed with commentary on recipes and ingredients reflected in the time period, the season, and the economic climate of the 1930s.

Morris, The Magic Man

When: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 - 6:00 PM
Where: Meeting Rooms East & West

Students in grades 1-5 come and be amazed by Morris the Magic Man's magical skills!

Expect to laugh, learn, and have a lot of fun!

Grades 1-5

Laurel & Hardy Laughfest

When: Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 3:00 PM
Where: Meeting Rooms East & West

View the Laurel & Hardy film "Sons of the Desert" followed by a film discussion and biographical stories about Laurel & Hardy.

History Book Discussion

When: Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 7:30 PM
Where: Conference Room/Computer Lab

Discuss King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three royal cousins who led the world to war, by Catrine Clay. Books are available at the Circulation Desk.