Events in Lisle, IL

Just the Facts Book Group

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The body is the most complex machine in the world, and the only one for which you cannot get a replacement part from the manufacturer. For centuries, medicine has reached for what’s available—sculpting noses from brass, borrowing skin from frogs and hearts from pigs, crafting eye parts from jet canopies and breasts from petroleum by-products. Today we’re attempting to grow body parts from scratch using stem cells and 3D printers. How are we doing? Are we there yet? In Replaceable You, Mary Ro...

Creative Corner

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Bring your crafting materials, and make some art! Supplies and refreshments provided.

Murder Among Friends Book Group

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Please join us to discuss The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia. If you would like to attend, please contact Noelle Spicher at spichern@lislelibrary.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- THE BUSINESS TRIP is the gripping, page-turning debut from author Jessie Garcia. Stephanie and Jasmine have nothing and everything in common. The two women don’t know each other but are on the same plane. Stephanie is on a business trip and Jasmine is fleeing an abusive relationshi...

LLD Plant Swap

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Plant lovers unite! Join us for a community plant swap. Indoor and outdoor plants are welcome. Bring a plant, take a plant, & talk plants! Illinois Extension Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer any plant questions.

Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Group

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Please join us to discuss The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. If you would like to attend, please contact Lori Cummins at cumminsl@lislelibrary.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical ch...

Booked for the Day Discussion Group

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A story about a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of int...

Summer Performer Series: Sherwood's Merry Mateys

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Join Robin and a crew of swashbuckling pirates as they sail to find a greedy sea captain who has hoarded all the treasure and made sailing unfair for everybody. Robin and their crew must work together to set things right. With imagination, audience participation, and plenty of high-seas fun, the Mateys will have everyone cheering as the crew discovers the power of friendship, fairness, and believing in yourself - because the best crews sail together! For all ages. Registration not required.

Creative Corner

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Bring your crafting materials, and make some art! Supplies and refreshments provided.

Trivia!

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Want to test your general knowledge? Join the LLD for Trivia! Go in a group or go alone to test your knowledge of all things! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

Funday Afternoon: Puffy Paint Sea Stars

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Make your own puffy paint and decorate a sea star. For grades 1-4. Registration required.

Board Game Night

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Join us for an evening of board games! We'll provide games and treats, drop in with your friends and family, you're welcome to bring along your favorite game to introduce to others.

Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Group

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Please join us to discuss The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. If you would like to attend, please contact Lori Cummins at cumminsl@lislelibrary.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats” from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the bo...

Paul Revere: Fight for the Right to Be Free

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The colonists greatly admired Paul Revere, a man of action over words. He could turn any situation into support for the independence movement. Terry Lynch, nationally known actor, brings this patriot to life in a historical portrayal.

Booked for the Day Discussion Group

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In July 1962, a Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother, Joe, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his sister’s disappearance for years to come. In Maine, a young girl named Norma grows up as the only child of an affluent family. Her father is emotionally distant, her mother frustra...

Spice Club Registration Opens

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Click here to register for the September Spice Club: https://lisle.librarycalendar.com/event/lld-spice-club-19579

Murder Among Friends Book Group

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Please join us to discuss The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves. If you would like to attend, please contact Noelle Spicher at spichern@lislelibrary.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- Three very different women come together to complete an environmental survey. Three women who, in some way or another, know the meaning of betrayal....For team leader Rachael Lambert the project is the perfect opportunity to rebuild her confidence after a double-betrayal by her lover and...

Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Group

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Please join us to discuss Godkiller by Hannah Kaner. If you would like to attend, please contact Lori Cummins at cumminsl@lislelibrary.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- Kissen’s family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enjoys it. That is until she finds a god she cannot kill: Skedi, a god of white lies, has somehow bound himself to a young noble, and they are both on the run from unknown assassins. Joined by a di...

Murder Among Friends Book Group

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Please join us to discuss The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James. If you would like to attend, please contact Noelle Spicher at spichern@lislelibrary.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind. Beth Greer was the perfect suspect--a rich, eccentric twenty-three-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crim...

Medicare 101

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David Wylly from Medicare Solutions Network will explain what Medicare covers, what it doesn't, and your potential out-of-pocket exposure.

Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Group

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