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IN LIBRARY Adult Craft Class: Embroidered Notebook | Monday, April 28, 6:30-8pm

A photo of four string-bound notebooks with embroidered geometric designs on the covers.

Discover the art of paper embroidery by decorating the cover of your very own handmade notebook. Materials will be provided.

Registration is required and Glencoe residents will have priority if the class fills up. This class is being offered twice—please only sign up for one date and time. For adults and teens.

IN LIBRARY Spring Book News | Wednesday, May 7, 10am-12pm

An illustration of a stack of brightly-colored books surrounded by spring flowers.

Join us for refreshments and a bouquet of staff reviews of this spring’s best fiction and nonfiction titles. The reviewers will be Jake, Matthew, Rachel, and Sara. This GPL tradition is a wonderful way to build your beach reading list!

Registration encouraged.

IN LIBRARY Chicago's Bronzeville Neighborhood | Thursday, May 8, 7-8pm

A photo of the art moderne facade of the First Church of Deliverance at 4315 S. Wabash Ave. in Chicago, designed by Walter Thomas Bailey.

The Bronzeville area has a fascinating history that goes back to pre-Civil War days and was strongly shaped by the Great Migration. This richly illustrated lecture will take you from the early times right up to the present, with an emphasis on the glory days of what was known as Black Metropolis. Presented by architectural historian Laurie Petersen.

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