West Belmont Branch Library
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Sunday December 7 2:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Meet Dr. Leonidas Berry: Make a Plane Workshop
Image Front page: Chicago Defender February 17, 1970 Prominent gastroenterologist Leonidas H. Berry joined the staff at Michael Reese Hospital in 1946 and became the first black physician on staff. In the 1960s, Berry along with more than two dozen other Chicago medic......More
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Monday December 8 10:45am - 11:30am CST
Family Story Time
Bring the kids to join us for an interactive story time filled with books, fingerplays, songs and rhymes. For children aged 0 to 5 with a participating adult. Groups of four or more, please register in advance. Traiga a los niños para la hora de cuentos interactivos ......More
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Thursday December 11 4:30pm - 6:30pm CST
Teen Film Screening: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Come watch your favorite movies at the library! This month, we're getting into the season with The Nightmare Before Christmas For teens 13 to 19. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 7......More
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Friday December 12 3:00pm - 4:30pm CST
LEGO® Club
Become a master builder at the library. We provide the LEGO® bricks; you provide the imagination. Come back to see your creations on display in the library. Ages 6 and up. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this e......More
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Saturday December 13 1:00pm - 2:45pm CST
Film Screening: Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
Join us for a family screening of Dora and the Lost City of Gold. After moving from the jungle to stay with her cousin and attend High School, a teen girl is kidnapped alongside a motley crew of characters and ordered to find the lost city of gold, saving her parents ......More
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Monday December 15 10:45am - 11:30am CST
Family Story Time
Bring the kids to join us for an interactive story time filled with books, fingerplays, songs and rhymes. For children aged 0 to 5 with a participating adult. Groups of four or more, please register in advance. Traiga a los niños para la hora de cuentos interactivos ......More
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Monday December 15 1:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Film Screening: Last Christmas (2019)
Join us for a screening of Last Christmas. A dysfunctional young woman working as Santa's elf at a year-round Christmas store in London finds her life taking an unexpectedly optimistic turn after becoming romantically entangled with a handsome and mysterious stranger ......More
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Tuesday December 16 6:00pm - 8:45pm CST
Jane Austen Birthday Party & Film Screening
It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday! Join us for a tea party with crafts, coloring and a screening of the 1999 adaptation of Mansfield Park. For teens and adults, ages 13 and up. About the film: Patricia Rozema wrote and directed this decidedly modernized adaptatio......More
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Friday December 19 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Holiday Concert with Little Miss Ann
Join us for an energetic, interactive kids' music concert where you can sing, dance and jump along to the music. Little Miss Ann is a nationally touring kids' musician who has made 8 award-winning albums. She is also a teacher, a mom, and an instructor at the Old Town ......More
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Tuesday December 23 6:30pm - 7:30pm CST
Adult Book Club: Piranesi
Join us for a discussion of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Piranesi and the Other attempt to map a labyrinthine house, in pursuit of “great and secret knowledge.” Books are available to checkout at the West Belmont Branch circulation desk. Many titles are also a......More