What's happening @ Blue Island's Public Library!

2433 York Street, Blue Island, Illinois 60406 708-388-1078

Blue Island’s Library recognizes everyone’s need to continue their self education. Our ‘Events’ are designed to meet that need, and to have a little fun along the way!

LIBRARY EVENTS

Summer Reading For Fun & Prizes! For Kids And Adults

Adults (those of you who have seen more than 18 Summers) ask the ”Circ Angels” at our Main Desk! We Congratulate patron Carol Wiess, winner of our first $25.00 gift card! Kids, see the children’s staffers about kids summer reading programs!

RAVINIA TICKETS

While they last! For Blue Island Library Card Holders Only

We Are Proud To Celebrate ‘NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME’

At The Annual Street Party Hosted By Our Police Department! All Night Long, Tuesday August 3rd @ Police Headquarters, 13031 Greenwood This Year’s Headliner, DAVE “ELVIS” THOMAS takes the stage @ 7:00 pm. This Is Really Big! Don”t Miss It! Jonathan Eig, Author Of National Best Seller…”get Capone” Visits On Wednesday Night, August 11th @ 7:00 Pm

We are thrilled to co-sponsor Mr. Eig’s visit with the Blue Island Historical Society and our new event partner, the Ridge Historical Society from the Beverly Hills Community of our small northern neighbor, Chicago!

You’ve seen Jonathan Eig on the Daily Show, the Today Show, C-Span and CNN. You’ve heard him on NPR and you’ve read his articles in the Wall Street Journal, Esquire and the New Republic, and his two prior New York Times Best Sellers about Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson! Now, you can meet him at 7:00 pm, Wednesday Night, August 11th when he visits Blue Island’s Historical Society at 13018 Maple to talk about his current bestselling book, “Get Capone”.

In “Get Capone” he uses heretofore untapped sources to get at the real story behind the ‘Capone Myth’ and shares new information about Capone’s role in the St. Valentine’s Massacre, the legend of Eliot Ness and why the government’s ‘plot’ to “Get Capone’ originated in the White House!

Borders Books and Music will have copies of “Get Capone” available at the event for purchase.

The event is free, but space is limited and tickets are required. FREE tickets will be available while they last at the Ridge Historical Society,10621 S. Seeley Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60643 and at your Library’s ,Main Desk. For more information, or to request an accommodation, call Dan @ 708-388-1078x30

Yes, it”s Coming Back In August…Our Annual Summer Salute To Art Bell A/k/a ‘Things That Go Bump In The Night’

”VAMPIRES …CREATURES OF THE NIGHT” @ 7:00 pm, Tuesday, August 10th. Our Guest speaker, Martin Riccardo, Director of the ‘Vampire Studies Information Center’ which he established in 1977. A writer, researcher and lecturer, he has been the subject of articles in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Riccardo has authored several books and articles on ‘Vampires’.

“CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE “SAM” KIND” @ 7:00 pm Tuesday, August 17th Guest speaker, Sam Maranto, Illinois State Director of the Mutual UFO Network, certified UFO Field Investigator and Illinois Representative on the ‘Disclosure Project”. He has investigated mass Illinois sightings in Tinley Park and Rockford and the November, 2006 O’Hare Airport UFO Incident. Sam has ’been a guest on the History Channel’s “UFO Hunters”, Coast to Coast AM with George Noorey and NBC News Dateline.

“REAL LIVE GHOST HUNTERS” @ 7:00 pm Tuesday, August 24th Featuring Dan Jungles and the Investigators of the Will County Ghost Hunters Society, a group of researchers and investigators who accept cases throughout the Midwest and document their findings with sound, video and still photography. Dan and his group will be investigating a Blue Island location in July and report on the results at this session!

HISTORIAS DE NIÑOS EN ESPAÑOL

Martes @ 11:00 am, finaliza 20 de Julio Para más información, Sonia Rodríguez, 1-708-388-1078 x 22

KIDSTUFF

Summer programs for the kiddos end July 31st Until then, there are still pre-school, stories Monday @ 11:00 am and toddler stories for kids 3 and under Thursday @ 10:30 am; Wii games, Friday @ 2:00 pm; Movies, Saturday @ 2:00 pm; and reading/math enrichment Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 9:30am. Call 1-708-388-1078 x 22 for all the details

TECH ANNEX

Hours, M-T 1-7pm, F-S 1-5pm dthompson@blueislandlibrary.org

THE LAST WORD!

Need information about anything…any time …any place….any where…? Call708-388-1078 x 20 (well, almost any where, the reference folks aren’t allowed to accept reverse charges on long distance calls)

“From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.” - Groucho Marx

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