Spring Newsletter 

Darien IL 60561-4207

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Join us as we celebrate our 25th anniversary with a 1980's-themed Birthday Party on Saturday, April 26. The family-friendly celebration will take place from 1 to 4 p.m.

 

Participants will relive the 80's with music, videos, dance instruction (including Thriller and line dances), a photo booth with 80's props, games, crafts, and refreshments. Games will include Nintendo, Pac-Man, Rubik's Cubes, UNO, Connect Four, Simon, Lite-Brite, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Trivial Pursuit, and the I Love the 80's Game. A community jigsaw puzzle of 80's album covers will also be available. Crafts will include friendship bracelets, perler beads, and coloring.

 

The event will kick off with a ribbon-cutting by the Darien Chamber of Commerce at 1 p.m. Congressman Bill Foster and Darien Mayor Kathleen Weaver are scheduled to attend. In addition, there will be a Memory Lane, or sharing wall, for people to post their fondest memories and favorite aspects of the library. Patrons can start adding comments to the sharing wall, located along stairway, on Monday, April 21 and remarks will be taken through Sunday, April 27.

 

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience caused by the additional people and noise during this event.  

We will be one of 2,300 libraries and book stores across the country giving away free books in support of the third annual World Book Night on April 23. Look for IPPL volunteers at restaurants, stores and other businesses in Darien, Willowbrook and Burr Ridge during the evening hours. Businesses include: Buona Beef, Darien; Cooper's Hawk, Burr Ridge; Culver's, Darien; Darien Park District; Sportsplex, Darien; McDonald's, Darien; Starbucks, Burr Ridge; Starbucks, Willowbrook; The Patio, Darien; and Whole Foods, Willowbrook.  

Join us for An Evening with "Breakfast Queen" Ina Pinkney this Wednesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. Pinkney, a well-known Chicago restaurateur, will share memories of her popular restaurant, Ina's Kitchen, and sign copies of her recent book, Taste Memories. Register here. 

 

This Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m., national bestselling-author Bret Nicholaus and literary agent/editor Joseph Durepos will provide Secrets to Getting Your Book Published. Register here. 

This year's Big Read selection, The Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean by Chicago native Philip Caputo, is his record of an epic 16,000-mile journey to discover "what unites and divides a country as endlessly diverse as it is large." For a complete list of Big Read programs, click the Program Guide.

Walt Whitman: America's Poet, will take place this Tuesday, April 15, 7-8:30 p.m. Whitman will be portrayed by R.J. Lindsey, who will share stories of Whitman's life and readings of his poetry. Register here.