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Rise & Read Morning Book Discussion

The Wager by David Grann

2024-12-17 10:30:00 2024-12-17 11:30:00 America/Chicago Rise & Read Morning Book Discussion Registration and book pickup begins November 12. This book tells the story of doomed 18th-century British naval warship the Wager, exploring the relationship between personal stories and history. R Main Library - Cook Room

Tuesday, December 17
10:30am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2024-12-17 10:30:00 2024-12-17 11:30:00 America/Chicago Rise & Read Morning Book Discussion Registration and book pickup begins November 12. This book tells the story of doomed 18th-century British naval warship the Wager, exploring the relationship between personal stories and history. R Main Library - Cook Room

Main Library

Cook Room

Registration and book pickup begins November 12. This book tells the story of doomed 18th-century British naval warship the Wager, exploring the relationship between personal stories and history. R

On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.

But then, six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes - they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang.

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Upcoming Events

Tue, Jan 21, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Launch Pad
Explore crafting tools like the Sizzix die cutter and embosser, sticker maker, stamp pads and punches. Enhance your projects or find a new tool during this open crafting session. R

Tue, Jan 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Activity Room
Book pickup between November 19-January 14 at the Youth Desk. Bear and Bird are best friends, although sometimes they have misunderstandings. Will they find new best friends or stick together? R
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Tue, Jan 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Conference Room I
Kickstart your career with a one-hour resume review with a career specialist. Resume Review and Career Coaching Services start with the foundation of resume writing. R
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Tue, Jan 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Conference Room I
Kickstart your career with a one-hour resume review with a career specialist. Resume Review and Career Coaching Services start with the foundation of resume writing. R
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Wed, Jan 22, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Training Lab
Learn to effectively search Google to find what you're looking for online and how to evaluate what you find. This class is intended for those with little or no computer knowledge. R

Wed, Jan 22, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Lake Cook Room
Use your wits and a keen eye to find the clues hidden throughout the library and solve a puzzling mystery. R

Wed, Jan 22, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Sew a pet bow tie or bandana for donation to Heartland Animal Shelter. Basic sewing machine skills are required to participate. R

Wed, Jan 22, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Training Lab
Learn to compose, fix, and enhance digital photos in this introduction to Photopea, a free online photo editor. Develop skills that can be used in popular editors like Photoshop and Lightroom. R
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Thu, Jan 23, 10:00am - 10:45am
Launch Pad
Ages 3-5 with a caregiver. Take off with a space themed art project. Katie will join us with songs and a story. TR

Thu, Jan 23, 11:15am - 12:00pm
Launch Pad
Ages 3-5 with a caregiver. Take off with a space themed art project. Katie will join us with songs and a story. TR

Thu, Jan 23, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Help combat the blood shortage in Illinois. Donate blood through the Versiti Blood Center of Illinois at the library in their mobile donation bus.
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Thu, Jan 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Activity Room
Put your detective skills to the test to solve a mystery. R.
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Thu, Jan 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lake Room
Join us to watch this live Illinois Libraries Present program featuring comedian, actress, and producer Michelle Buteau in conversation with Greta Johnsen. R

Thu, Jan 23, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Cook Room
Join Tammy Haman, owner of RAK Fluid Art, in creating Valentine's Day themed art on tea bags with watercolors and markers. R
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Fri, Jan 24, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Activity Room
Stories, songs and fingerplays.

Fri, Jan 24, 10:45am - 11:15am
Youth Activity Room
Stories, songs, fingerplays and movement activities. TR

Fri, Jan 24, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Training Lab
Use Inkscape software and the laser engraver to create a personalized pub glass. R
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Sat, Jan 25, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Lake Cook Room
The Alba quartet (flute, violin, viola, cello) performs a program of the music of Mozart and his contemporaries interspersed with fun facts about the man and his life and death. R

Sun, Jan 26, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Lake Cook Room
Join us on a nostalgic journey using patter and song to remember the good and the bad, the laughter and the tears, blending comedy and warm, heart-touching ballads into a rollercoaster of emotions. R