Why not team up with the library this summer? Local businesses are invited to offer premiums or discounts to library patrons who sign up for the Adult Summer Reading Program. A flyer with complete information is available here.
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Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00pm, local Chicago author Jim Cherry offers a unique and insightful look into the history of Jim Morrison and the band with music, interviews, and original content presented in movie format.
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Saturday April 26, 2014 from 9:00am to 11:00am
The Friends of the Tinley Park Public Library will sponsor a shredding event in the 80th Avenue Metra parking lot south of Timber Drive. A maximum of two standard-sized paper boxes filled with your sensitive papers (bank statements, bills) is allowed.
Next Events
March 10th (All day)
The Monarch Award: Illinois K3 Readers Choice Award Voting
March 10th, 11:00am to 12:30pm
Gravity.Sandra Bullock and George Clooney90 minutes. PG-13A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.
March 10th, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Gravity.Sandra Bullock and George Clooney90 minutes. PG-13A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.
Talking Points
The new Spritz app, which will be available through Samsung’s Gear 2 smartwatch and the Galaxy S5 smartphone, will supposedly enable users to read up to 1,000 words per minute (almost five times the average reading speed of 220 words per minute).
Theodor Seuss Geissel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was born on March 2, 1904.
Try this 30 second clip as recently deceased, Chicago-born comedic star Harold Ramis expresses the power of reading.
