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HOLIDAY CLOSURES: The Main Library will be closed Jan. 1. The Robert Crown Branch will be closed Dec. 31-Jan. 2.
Make a resolution to spend more time at your Library in the new year! We've got programs to support your big life changes in the new year, whether you're resolving to get healthy, have tough conversations, or just invite more joy into your life:
Saying Yes to Your Story: A Conversation with Kwame Alexander. Join us for an evening with Kwame Alexander, author of the Newbery Award winning book, The Crossover, Newbery Honor/Caldecott Medal winning book, The Undefeated, for an Illinois Libraries Present event for young people and their families. Kwame will share ways to say yes to your story and persist in the face of rejection, and he'll energize our community to harness the power of words and storytelling for change! Wednesday, Feb. 8, 7-7:45 p.m. via Zoom.
Diet, Heart Health, and Living a Full Life. Resolve to eat healthy for your heart this year with a two-night course taught by pediatric cardiologist Dr. Barbara J. Deal and preventive adult cardiologist Dr. Stephen Devries, and moderated by EPL Health & Wellness Librarian Irene Williams. The first session is Wednesday, Jan. 18, 6-7:30 p.m. in person or virtual.
Inciting Joy with Ross Gay. Gay is the author of essay collection Inciting Joy, and winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His first collection of essays, The Book of Delights, was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller. Join him in conversation with Dan “Sully” Sullivan, a three-time Chicago Poetry Slam Champion. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 7-8 p.m. via Zoom.
Making 2023 a Year to Be. Make New Year's resolutions but don't always follow through with them? We'll meet four times this year in a virtual space to share our intentions, celebrate our victories and encourage each other to make 2023 a year of curiosity, discovery, and self-love. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2-3 p.m. via Zoom.
Dedicated to the Dream. EPL’s Dedicated to the Dream program is an invitation for curious families to grow together and have conversations about race through family-friendly, hands-on workshops. Each workshop incorporates art and play to affirm all shades of skin, explore cultural and racial identities, learn accurate history, and talk about the content and feelings that come up. The first workshop is Saturday, Jan. 21.
SUPPORT EPL
With only a few days left in 2022, your gift to EPL can go twice as far! Thanks to a generous donor, every donation received from now through the end of the year will be MATCHED up to $10,000! Your support helps provide free access to information and resources for the entire community. Help us reach our goal and make your gift today!
 The Winter fun continues at EPL with Storywalk and the Winter Reading Challenge
This winter, EPL's Robert Crown Branch is partnering with the Main-Dempster Mile to bring you our Winter Storywalk featuring a special guest star! The Storywalk features an original story split into 12 parts, and each part of the story can be read at one of our 12 participating businesses. Now through Jan. 7, grab a raffle ticket, answer all the questions, and return it to the Robert Crown branch for a chance to win a $50 gift card to a participating store. Get details.
There's still time to participate in our Winter Reading Challenge! Pick up your sheet now at the Main Library or the Crown Branch Library. We've got different challenges for both big kids and little ones. Drop off your challenge sheets between December 27 and January 15 for prizes, plus check out our bookmark contest! Learn more.
January 17 is the National Day of Racial Healing
Join Yeefah Thurman, Racial Healing Practitioner, for a Racial Healing Circle in honor of the National Day of Racial Healing. Come together with community members in a safe environment to affirm the inherent value of all people, cultivate a culture of belonging, and deepen our understanding of the differences we face racially and ethnically. A healing circle offers a chance to be authentic and vulnerable and take collective action for change. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Main Library. Learn more and sign up.
LITTLE-KNOWN LIBRARY SERVICES
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Programas en español para niños y adultos
¿Sabías que la Biblioteca Pública de Evanston ofrece docenas de programas en español, desde cuentacuentos hasta clases de tecnología? En enero, visita al personal de nuestra sucursal Robert Crown para ¡Diversión en español! Tendremos actividades y manualidades para niños en los grados 1-6, todos los lunes de 4 a 5 p.m. Para obtener más programas en español para todas las edades, consulta nuestro calendario. Solo haz clic en "en español" bajo "Event Type (Tipo de evento)."
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BOOK GROUPS & DISCUSSIONS
 Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham: A virtual author talk for you and your BFF on Feb. 11
On Saturday, Feb. 11, from 3 to 4 p.m., join author Shannon Hale and illustrator LeUeyen Pham, via Zoom for a virtual visit and discussion of their books, Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever. Register now.
Plus, find other upcoming book discussions for all ages and abilities:
- The Readability Book Group is an hour-long book group for adults with disabilities that meets virtually to listen aloud to a book and discuss. The next session, with a new book runs Mondays, Jan. 9-April 24. For more information, contact Jeny Mills at jmills@cityofevanston.org.
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History Book Group on Monday, Jan. 9, 6-7:30 p.m., will discuss Eighty Days: Nellie Bly & Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World.
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Virtual True Crime Book Group on Tuesday, Jan. 24: 7-8:30 p.m. will discuss Don't Call it a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM by Sarah Berman.
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...BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
Don't forget our digital collection. No need for Netflix and Audible -- the library is free and open online 24/7 for eBooks and eAudiobooks, Streaming Movies and TV, and eMagazines.
Stop by! Check current hours and COVID-19 updates.
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Become a library supporter. A gift to the EPL is a gift that benefits the entire Evanston community. Make a donation to support EPL’s collection building, digital content, programs, and more. Thank you!
¿Sabías que la Biblioteca Pública de Evanston ofrece docenas de programas en español, desde horas de cuentos hasta clases de tecnología? En enero, únete al personal de nuestra sucursal de la Biblioteca Crown en Robert Crown para Diversión en español. Tendremos actividades y manualidades para niños en los grados 1-6, todos los lunes de 4 a 5pm. Para obtener más programas en español para todas las edades, consulta nuestro calendario. Solo haz clic en "en español" bajo "Tipo de evento".
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