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All Library programs will be held virtually through August 31.
 Great news! Now you can get books, DVDs, and more, safe and contact-free. (More hours just added.) Get the details.
¡Buenas noticias! Ahora estamos ofreciendo recogida de materiales sin contacto para residentes de Evanston. ¡Saque libros, DVD y más! Así es como funciona.
 The streaming service Kanopy is available free with your library card. Start watching!
I am Not Your Negro. This 2016 documentary, based on a unfinished manuscript by James Baldwin, explores the history of racism in the U.S. through Baldwin's reminiscences of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Watch on Kanopy.
Gueros. This film highlights the racial issues prevalent in Latinoamerica, and highlights the 1999 UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) student strike. Follow Sombra and Santos on a voyage of self-discovery across Mexico City's invisible frontiers. Watch on Kanopy.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail. Meet the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of New York's Chinatown community bank, Abacus Federal Savings, the only U.S. bank prosecuted in relation to the 2008 financial crisis. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in 2018 for Best Documentary Feature. Watch on Kanopy.
Watch Just Mercy, a film about the life's work of civil rights attorney Bryan Stephenson fighting systemic racism in our society, now available free to stream in June across multiple platforms, including on Hoopla.
Get or Give Assistance
 Ladder Up provides free tax assistance to individuals earning up to $30,000 per year, and households earning up to $56,000 per year. Check its website for eligibility requirements.
Evanston Aid is accepting donated laptops and computers from the community and refurbishing them for those who need them to access resources, apply for jobs and assistance, facilitate e-learning, and stay connected. Visit evanstonaid.com to learn more.
The Summer Food Program from the City of Evanston provides breakfast and lunch daily, Monday through Friday, through August 16 (no service July 4). Get the details.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) invites advocates and residents to join several virtual working groups that convene weekly or biweekly related to specific aspects of COVID-19, housing and homelessness. Read more.
Illinois workNet offers an array of resources including access to job listings, job fairs, training, and more. Learn more.
Evanston Care Network: Search for free and low-cost local access to services including childcare, unemployment, job training, food, housing, and much more.
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services offers information and support for getting mortgage relief through the CARES act.
 Pride Month Book Club discusses Officer Clemmons: A Memoir, by François S. Clemmons. Sunday, June 28, 6 pm. Please register.
Chicago Ave/Main St. Book Group holds a Virtual Reading Round Up. Join us to share via Zoom what you've been reading and enjoying. Monday, June 29, 7 pm. Please register.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Group discusses Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. Wednesday, July 1, 7 pm. Please register.
History Book Discussion Group discusses The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams. Monday, July 6, 4 pm. Please register.
Antiracist Resources
 Check out our curated lists of books and more for adults, teens, and kids, and this list for very young children.
Executive Service Corps has created this list of Black Lives Matter Media Recommendations.
Check your biases and contribute to research by taking these tests from Harvard's Project Implicit.
Bored and Stuck at Home? Take a Brain Break. The City of Evanston will mail seniors an activity packet each month with puzzles, brain teasers and more. Call 847-448-4311 to sign up.
Cyber-Seniors offers one-on-one phone calls for tech help.
Age Options connects older adults and caregivers with community resources. Find out more.
Memory Cafe for those on the dementia spectrum and their caregivers will meet over Zoom for social time and Music Therapy with Becky Froman Frieman. Saturday, July 18, 1 pm. Get the details.
Virtual One-on-One Tech Training. Call 847-448-8630 to schedule a virtual one-on-one appointment with one of our technology trainers. Learn the basics.
Virtual Thursday Tech Tutorials. Texting: Thursday, July 2; Video-conferencing and Communication Apps: Thursday, July 9. 11 am to 1 pm.
Introduction to Microsoft Excel. Monday, July 6, 5 pm. Please register.
Microsoft Excel Formulas: Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction. Thursday, July 9, 5:30 to 7 pm. Please register.
 We now have an answer for one of your most frequently asked questions!
The book drops at the Main Library (only) will be open for returns Monday through Thursday from 7 am to 4 pm, beginning Monday, June 29. (They will close for the holiday weekend, Friday, July 3 through Sunday July 5.)
All book drops at the branches remain closed. Library materials may also be returned during a contact-free curbside pickup appointment at the Main Library.
Why are the book drops open for limited hours? With more than 50,000 outstanding materials out in the community due to the pandemic, we need to stagger returns for processing and quarantine in line with our staffing and space capabilities. Thank you for your understanding.
Extended due date. All materials checked out before the pandemic have a new due date of August 1.
And then there's this question: How do I behave now that we're in Phase 4 of Governor Pritzker's Restore Illinois Plan? Here's the CDC guidance on Deciding to Go Out and Considerations for Travellers.
 Look for EPL this summer out in the parks from 11 am to 1 pm, weather permitting! Come by, say a socially distanced hello, and pick up a bag with a free book, craft activity, and chalk! Free teen beach passes will also be available for grades 6-12th!
Robert Crown, Mondays, July 6 - August 10
Fleetwood-Jourdain, Tuesdays, July 7 - August 11
Mason Park, Wednesdays, July 8 - August 12
Kamen Park, Thursdays, July 9 - August 13
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