April 16, 2010
Money Smart Week
April 17-24 is Money Smart Week! Coordinated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and its Money Smart partners, Money Smart Week is designed to educate consumers about money management and create awareness of financial education programs on a wide range of topics such as budgeting, saving and using credit wisely.
We're hosting five Money Smart programs from the 20th through the 24th:
-Identity Theft
-Should a Roth IRA be Part of Your Future?
-Understanding Reverse Mortgages
-Yes You Can… Raise Financially Aware Kids
-Investing with Your Values: Socially Responsible Investing
Check out our programs page for more details!
Posted by Cathleen at 04:14 PM
April 05, 2010
National Poetry Month
From you have I been absent in the spring... (Sonnet 98)
by William Shakespeare
From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim,
Hath put a spirit of youth in everything,
That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him,
Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell
Of different flowers in odor and in hue,
Could make me any summer's story tell,
Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew.
Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose;
They were but sweet, but figures of delight,
Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.
Yet seemed it winter still, and, you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play.
We're celebrating April as National Poetry Month with the program "Writing a Poem with a Picture, Painting a Picture with Words". Join us this Thursday, the 8th, at 7pm.
Experience the creative process, whether you're a writer, a visual artist, or just curious. View a painting then create a written or visual piece using words that come to mind after viewing the painting.
Presented with East on Central and Highland Park Poetry.
Posted by Cathleen at 04:29 PM
September 30, 2009
Estate Planning: What Everyone Should Know
The Library is celebrating Financial Planning Week (October 5-11) with a discussion by Malay Vasavda, CFP(R), MBA and Quantum Financial Management founder. Ms. Vasavda will talk about the necessity of conducting effective estate planning strategies on Wednesday, October 7, 7:30pm. This program is sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of Illinois for Financial Planning Week, and registration is not required.
20 more ways to celebrate Financial Planning Week!
Posted by Cathleen at 02:13 PM
April 18, 2008
Are You Money Smart?
Money doesn't come with instructions. So learn how to be money smart during the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's seventh annual Money Smart Week, April 20-26. Financial institutions, not-for-profits, school, libraries, and lots of others join together and support financial education. More than 350 educational classes and seminars are available.
View Highland Park Public Library programs
View the entire events schedule
Posted by Helene at 09:45 AM
November 13, 2006
Friends' Fall Used Book Sale
Fall Used Book Sale
Don't Forget - The friends' fall used book sale is coming soon.
Preview Night:
Wednesday, November 15
6:30pm-8:30pm
FREE admittance to Friends of the Library members or $10 donation at the door.
Regular Hours:
Thursday, November 16, 9:30am-8:30pm
Friday, November 17, 9:30am-4:30pm
Saturday, November 18, 9:30am-4:30pm
Bargain Sale Saturday:
Saturday, November 18, 1:00pm-4:30pm
Sponsored by the Friends of the Highland Park Library.
Wanted: Volunteers to help with set-up and take down at book sales. Call 847-432-0216, ext. 131.
Posted by Helene at 03:06 PM
October 12, 2006
The Paper Clips Project
In 1998 students at Whitwell Middle School, in a small town in Tennessee, began an after school program to study the Holocaust as a way to learn the importance of respecting different cultures and understanding the effects of intolerance.
Come to a screening of The Paper Clips Project on Saturday, October 14
at 2:00pm in the Auditorium
Note: This film will also be screened Tuesday, October 24 at 6:30pm or you can check out the DVD.
► Open to residents and non-residents.
► No tickets or registration required.
View The Paper Clips Movie Website.
Posted by Helene at 05:58 PM