adult programs: Rise and Shine Programs
This page displays only the Library's Rise and Shine Programs.
Except when noted, seating for adult programs will no longer require tickets and will be on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning approximately 20 minutes before the start of the program. Certain programs may require registration as indicated below. If you have special access needs, please contact the library at 432-0216.
Mothers Writing... Right from the Start
Rise and Shine Programs
Wednesday, October 13, 10:30am - Auditorium
Local Hispanic women who participated in Family Network’s Right from the Start program, a writing workshop that was a joint project of Family Network’s Right from the Start, the Interfaith Housing Center of The Northern Suburbs, and the Community Writing Project at the University of Illinois, share personal narrative stories about everyday life that were published in the magazine Real Conditions.
► Open to residents and non-residents.
► No tickets or registration required.
Sponsored by Sunrise Assisted Living.
Prisoner of Her Past/ Film Screening
Rise and Shine Programs
Wednesday, October 27, 10:30am - Auditorium
Prisoner of her Past is a film that tells the story of an aging Holocaust survivor who believes everyone is trying to kill her - sixty years after her tragic childhood. Her son – the Chicago Tribune’s jazz critic Howard Reich travels the world to uncover his mother’s secret past. Along the way, he discovers a family he never knew he had and illuminates a little-known illness: late-onset Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Howard Reich and the filmmakers introduce and screen the film.
► Open to residents and non-residents.
► No tickets or registration required.
Sponsored by Sunrise Assisted Living.
Alice I Have Been/ - Lewis Carroll’s Muse in Words and Pictures
Rise and Shine Programs
Wednesday, November 3, 10:30am - Auditorium
Join author Melanie Benjamin as she discusses her historical novel, an imaginative rendering of the life of Alice Pleasance Liddell Hargreaves, the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to invent Wonderland. Books will be for sale and the event will conclude with a book sigining.
► Open to residents and non-residents.
► No tickets or registration required.
Sponsored by Sunrise Assisted Living.
Meet the Author: Philippa Gregory Via Skype
Rise and Shine Programs
Wednesday, November 17, 10:30am - Auditorium
Author Philippa Gregory, who wrote the bestselling "The Other Boleyn Girl", will introduce her new novel, "The Red Queen," discuss its protagonist, Margaret Beaufort, and take questions from the audience about her career, characters, and love of history. Books will be for sale with signed bookplates by Ms. Gregory.
► Open to residents and non-residents.
► No tickets or registration required.
Sponsored by Sunrise Assisted Living.
Violet Jessop: Titanic Survivor
Rise and Shine Programs
Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 10:30am - Auditorium
Leslie Goddard, educator, author and historian, returns
to portray Titanic survivor Violet Jessop, a stewardess
of the ship. Ms. Goddard presents unforgettable stories
and offers a glimpse of life behind the scenes on the most
glamorous luxury liner of the day.
► Open to residents and non-residents.
► No tickets or registration required.
Sponsored by Sunrise Assisted Living.