Meditation Cirlcle

Join Bobbie Ellis, director of Soma Center for a refreshing approach to meditation suitable for everyone. Learn simple embodied meditation and breathing techniques you can use everyday to reduce stress and increase presence in your life, work, and relationships. Bobbie has teaching yoga, movement and embodied meditation for 31 years. Meditation can help you live a healthier, happier life. Join us for future Meditation Circles Thursdays, October 26,November 16, and December 14, all at 7:00 PM.

Memoir Writing Workshop-Outline Your Life Story

Would you like to create a written record of your life experiences to share with family and friends? Donna Atkins, a communications specialist in the application of narrative and story telling, will guide you through activities, and interactive exercises. She will also provide constructive feedback. You will leave the workshop with a full outline of your memoir. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. This is a two hour workshop.

Pancake Art

Create works of art you can eat! Please register!!!

Creative Writing Workshop

This creative writing workshop is designed to help writers unblock and unearth the poetry and stories within by providing structure, positive feedback, and a supportive atmosphere. Instruction includes useful techniques for journal writing, editing, and submitting work for publication. Elizabeth Pallitto (MFA, PhD) has taught Creative Writing at Rutgers, Boston University, and Bosporus University in Istanbul. She also has published poetry in North American Review, Fox Chase, and other journals, and translations in anthologies. She is the editor of Leaves of Autumn, an anthology of writing by seniors. Her first book, Sweet Fire: Tullia d’Aragona’s Poetry of Dialogue, published in 2007, received major critical acclaim. Her book of poetry, Mythography, is forthcoming from Epos Press.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Talk

October is Breast Care Awareness Month. Join Jean Withers, RN, the Community Outreach Coordinator from JFK Medical Center, who will provide information to women and men on the importance of breast cancer screenings, healthy eating, and well being to prevent breast cancer. This talk is part of Highland Park Public Library’s Health and Wellness Series.

Library Board Meeting

Mini Pumpkin Decorating

Decorate a mini pumpkin! Let your creativity be the boss–make it cute, scary, or abstract!

Meditation Circle

Join Bobbie Ellis, director of Soma Center for a refreshing approach to meditation suitable for everyone. Learn simple embodied meditation and breathing techniques you can use everyday to reduce stress and increase presence in your life, work, and relationships. Bobbie has teaching yoga, movement and embodied meditation for 31 years. Meditation can help you live a healthier, happier life. Join us for future Meditation Circles on Thursdays, October 26, November 16, and December 14, at 7:00 PM.

After-School Games

Come hang out with your friends after school. We’ll provide the games, snacks, and music!

Chess Club for Children

Thomas Yang, will be teaching chess strategies while club members compete with each other. Thomas is a Highland Park High School tenth grader who tied for 4th in his age group at the 2016 World Open Chess tournament. Thomas’s experience includes teaching chess classes at the Huaxia Edison Chinese School.
For children ages 7-11. Space is limited. Preregistration is required.

MacArthur’s Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II

Longtime journalist Peter Eisner’s MACARTHUR’S SPIES: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II (Viking) tells the incredible true story of the American civilians and soldiers who risked their lives to defy the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the war. Tonight he will talk about this true story and how he discovered a long buried cache of documents at the National Archives, including Claire Phillips’s handwritten diary. Eisner tells the true story of three Americans who risked their lives to defy the Japanese occupation. The three, who might remind you of the fictional triangle from Casablanca are the real Claire Phillips, an American torch singer, Colonel John Boone, an enlisted American soldier who led a crafty insurgent force, and Chick” Parsons, an accomplished American polo player, expatriate in Manila, and Naval intelligence officer who coordinated guerilla efforts with the planned Allied invasion. Peter Eisner, a veteran foreign correspondent and political editor, has worked at the Washington Post, Newsday, and the Associated Press. Eisner is the former managing director of the Center for Public Integrity. He is the author or coauthor of five previous books, including The Pope’s Last Crusade, The Italian Letter, and The Freedom Line, winner of the Christopher Award. He will also answer questions and sign books that will be on hand to purchase.

Earbud Holder Craft

Craft a no-sew earbud holder out of felt! Please register!!!

Meditation Circle

Do you want to have a better relationship with yourself? Join Bobbie Ellis, director of Soma Center for a refreshing approach to meditation suitable for everyone. Learn simple embodied meditation and breathing techniques you can use everyday to reduce stress and increase presence in your life, work, and relationships. Bobbie has teaching yoga, movement and embodied meditation for 31 years. Meditation can help you live a healthier, happier life. Join us for a future Meditation Circle Thursday, December 14 at 7:00 PM.

Chess Club for Children

Thomas Yang, will be teaching chess strategies while club members compete with each other. Thomas is a Highland Park High School tenth grader who tied for 4th in his age group at the 2016 World Open Chess tournament. Thomas’s experience includes teaching chess classes at the Huaxia Edison Chinese School.
For children ages 7-11. Space is limited. Preregistration is required.

Library Board Meeting

Paint Chip Cityscapes

Create beautiful works of art with simple everyday supplies!

Food for Thought-A Poetry Writing Workshop

Food has inspired writers throughout history. Join us as we explore the connection between food and poetry. We will delve into works that explore life, longing, and nature through the food experience. Prompts, tastings, and discussions will help you to create your own original work. No poetry writing experience is necessary. Vanessa Young is a poet, former nonprofit arts director, writer, and educator whose works have been featured in publications in the U.S. and U.K. She is the founder of Thirsty Radish (www.thirstyradish.com).

Clarinet Holiday Concert

Enjoy holiday selections played by clarinetists.

Chess Club for Children

Thomas Yang, will be teaching chess strategies while club members compete with each other. Thomas is a Highland Park High School tenth grader who tied for 4th in his age group at the 2016 World Open Chess tournament. Thomas’s experience includes teaching chess classes at the Huaxia Edison Chinese School.
For children ages 7-11. Space is limited. Preregistration is required.

Meditation Circle

Join Bobbie Ellis, director of Soma Center for a refreshing approach to meditation suitable for everyone. Learn simple embodied meditation and breathing techniques you can use everyday to reduce stress and increase presence in your life, work, and relationships. Bobbie has teaching yoga, movement and embodied meditation for 31 years. Meditation can help you live a healthier, happier life.

Chess Club for Children

Thomas Yang, will be teaching chess strategies while club members compete with each other. Thomas is a Highland Park High School tenth grader who tied for 4th in his age group at the 2016 World Open Chess tournament. Thomas’s experience includes teaching chess classes at the Huaxia Edison Chinese School.
For children ages 7-11. Space is limited. Preregistration is required.

Library Board Meeting

Chess Club for Children

Thomas Yang, will be teaching chess strategies while club members compete with each other. Thomas is a Highland Park High School tenth grader who tied for 4th in his age group at the 2016 World Open Chess tournament. Thomas’s experience includes teaching chess classes at the Huaxia Edison Chinese School.
For children ages 7-11. Space is limited. Preregistration is required.

Spook Handy’s 9th Annual Winter Holiday Concert

The whole family is invited to a Spook Handy Folk Concert that is being held during the winter holiday break. Spook Handy’s Tales From The Road lifts your spirits with sing a longs that every family member can enjoy. His travels through the byways of America fuel his music.Spook can be heard in venues of almost all stripes, from festivals and arts centers to senior centers and churches – from TV and radio to libraries and schools. With a simple Martin D-35 guitar, harmonica, his own voice and the voices of the audience, Spook presents concerts of good honest acoustic songs that are true to the spirit, passion of purpose of American folk music. He sings about the local Mom and Pop’s store, the widow of a soldier, the landscape of Montana, economic hardship, dogs with fleas, and so many other experiences that everybody can relate to in one way or another.