A Saturday with Bill the Poster Guy

A warm thanks to film art enthusiast and movie poster collector Bill Brandeis, who was in the library lobby on Saturday, November 17 displaying an exciting selection of posters for recently released and upcoming films.  Patrons were able to peruse and enjoy posters for over 30 popular movies, including current favorites Wreck-It Ralph and Breaking Dawn – Part 2, and forthcoming films The Hobbit, The Guilt Trip, Mama, Zero Dark Thirty, and Oz: The Great and Powerful.  Bill showcases his collection at the Fountaindale Public Library three Saturdays a year.  Look for him again in February 2013, when he will join us with a new selection of posters.  Please note that as the posters come from his personal collection, they are not for sale.

-ZM

Programs you don’t want to miss this week!

Family Posture Wellness – 7PM on Wed., April 4 in Meeting Room B – Posture building begins when we are children…and never stops.  Regardless of age, our posture reveals the first signs to certain health problems long before other more noticeable symptoms occur.  Find out what these signs are and how they can adversely affect every stage of our lives, but more importantly, learn how to fight back.  This seminar is presented by Dr. Philip Moscatel.

70 Meals One Trip to the Store – 7PM on Thurs., April 5 in Meeting Room A -Cookbook author Kelly Donlea will demonstrate how buying “smart” ingredients leads to buying less, saving money, and having greater success at dinnertime night after night. She will show us how to make three different dishes from one bag of groceries, as well as offer tips on how to avoid a last-minute run to the grocery store for a forgotten item. Food Samples will be given out!

Drop in or Register by calling 630-685-4176 or online at http://www.fountaindale.org  You do not need a library card to register.

Maureen G.

Are You a Permaculturist?

Come join us as Ron and Vicki Nowicki of Downers Grove, who help families re-connect with the natural world through ecologically sustainable landscape design, will present a program March 5^th at 1:30pm on how you can transform your own yard using the methods of permaculture.  Ron and Vicki weren’t caught up in appearances or styles.  They simply wanted to design something based on principles that were modeled after the natural world and how it worked.  Interestingly, Ron found himself borrowing from history to design an energy-efficient, passive solar home.  He used a New England Salt Box design with an ice house roof for summer cooling, a central fireplace, a wood stove fed by wood gathered primarily from assorted landscape jobs, a huge rain barrel and of course a root cellar for moist cold storage to accommodate a good portion of their summer crops.  With respect to the landscape, he and Vicki used evergreen windbreaks to conserve energy in the winter and deciduous shade trees to cool the house in the summer.  They never used a single bit of mown lawn but filled their landscape with native plants, perennial food plants and a gigantic vegetable and herb garden.  When they began to plant flowers to attract beneficial insects, birds and bats, they dubbed their entire site a gardenfarm.  Who knew that 30 years later they would become the quintessential suburban permaculturists?  Once a novelty, Circle GardenFarm is now able to supply an almost year-round bounty of “local”, organic food.

30 Spectacular Salads!

There is still space left in our 30 Spectacular Salads Program on Wednesday, August 3 at 7pm.  You do not need a library card to register.  Call 630-685-4176 or http://www.fountaindale.org

Kelly Donlea is back! This time she will demonstrate that salads can be anything but ordinary! She will show how adding lemon juice to a Perfect Pasta salad dramatically reduces the need for oils or mayonnaise.  Then experience how to use a creative combination of ingredients, as in a Black Bean Asparagus Salad, to achieve so much flavor that no oils or fats are needed at all.  FOOD SAMPLES WILL BE GIVEN OUT!

Maureen G.

Love your the Heart!

Looking for ways to keep your heart healthy? 

Get tips how to keep your heart healthy and strong from Dr James McMahon, Cardiologist from Illinois Heart and Vascular and Carl Burdinie, Physical Therapist at Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital.

Our lifestyle is one of the key determinants of how healthy your heart is.   Learn about correct exercises; including cardiovascular; strengthening and stretching for a balanced life.   Appropriate rest; including management of any sleep apnea; stress reduction; appropriate diets will be discussed.

Health indicators such as weight size; percent body fat; and lab values will be discussed. Current research has well documented the steps that can be made to decrease heart risk factors.

You can start on a heart healthy lifestyle regardless of your age.

This seminar will take place on Wednesday, May 11 at 7pm in Meeting Room A (located on the first floor of the Library).  No registration is required.  For more information call 630-685-4176 or visit http://www.fountaindale.org

Looking for a CPR class?  Look no further!

There is still room in our American Heart Association Heart Saver CPR/ AED Class!

This well-rounded course given by Chicagoland CPR & Safety Training LLC,  is for the layperson as well as the fitness, education, and childcare professional. Adult, Child and Infant CPR, Choking and AED will be covered.  We will provide you with a barrier device for training purposes. You will receive your AHA CPR card at the end of class and it will remain valid for 2 years.   3 Hr. Class

This class will take place on Saturday, May 14th at 10am in Meeting Room A (located on the first floor of the library).  $35 CASH ONLY payment is required and due before class begins.  Registration required.  For more information call, 630-685-4716 or visit http://www.fountaindale.org

Maureen G.

Celebrate National Game Day with Events Nov 12 and 13

Fountaindale Public Library is celebrating National Game Day with a lock-in on Friday, November 12th and a day of fun and games November 13th. Our first ever National Game Day lock-in will feature life sized Sorry and Candyland boards where YOU can be a game piece traveling the board!  The Game Show Gurus will host a “Family Feud” style game where two teams will compete to guess the top answers on the board. We’ll have video games, board games, card games, hula hoops, snacks, PRIZES AND MORE!!! Also, you can come in costume as your favorite game character.

And the fun doesn’t stop there … 

We’re continuing the celebration on Saturday, November 13 with a day full of fun and  games. Some of the events are:

• Senior Wii Sports for adults 55 years and older
• UNO Tournament for tweens grades 4-8
• Battleship Tournament for teens grades 6-12
• Super Smash Brothers Brawl Tournament for teens grades 6-12

Prizes will be awarded to the winners of the 3 Tournaments. 

We also have Family Gaming and you and your family can play games both electronic and traditional! Wii stations will be set up and board games will be provided. 

Games will be set up throughout the Teen Zone and Children’s Services Department so you can stop by anytime to play between 10-4

For specific times for these events, check out our Events Calendar

Registration is required for the Tournaments and can be done online, in person, or via phone @ 630-685-4181 or 630-685-4176 to register.

Other Information for the National Game Day Lock-In November 12:

 

For all ages 5 and up. Children 5th grade and under must be accompanied by at least one adult. No adults without children. Registration must be done in person or call 630-685-4181 or 630-685-4176.

 

Rozie

What’s Going on in October?

There’s always something new and exciting happening at Fountaindale Public Library and we invite you to join us for the fun. Here’s what’s coming for the month of October:

• Wednesday Night Mystery Book Club
• Bolingbrook Writer’s Workshop
• Coffee and Conversation Book club
• Horror Book Discussion Group
• Super Couponing
• X Meets Y Book Club
• Yoga
• Genealogy Meeting
• Great Reads Book Club
• Organizing for the Holidays

As always we offer a selection of computer classes ranging from:

• Basic Computing
• Getting Started on the Internet
• Introduction to Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Intermediate Excel

For details, dates and times, or to register for these events, be sure to visit us online or on site. You can also reach us at 630-685-4176. Spaces may be limited so don’t wait; register today.

Rozie

What’s Going on in September?

There’s always something new and exciting happening at Fountaindale Public Library and we invite you to join us for the fun. Here’s what’s coming for the month of September:

• Yoga classes
• Coffee and Conversation Book Club
• AARP Driver Safety Program
• Genealogy Meeting
• Rubber Stamping Greeting
• Adult Gaming Club
• The Art House and Foreign Film Series
• Diabetes: What to Eat and When to Eat It

As always we offer a selection of computer classes ranging from:

• Basic Computing
• Getting Started on the Internet
• Introduction to Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Intermediate Excel

For details, dates and times, or to register for these events, be sure to visit us online or on site. You can also reach us at 630-685-4176. Spaces may be limited so don’t wait; register today.

Rozie

Fountaindale Library Program: Making the Most of Your Digital Photos

Make the most of your vacation pictures with Vivienne Porter of CS Solutions. This lecture will cover basic digital camera features, as well as instructions on transferring photos to computers. You will also learn about a free software program available for Windows XP/Vista, MAC or LINUX. Editing tips will be presented such as cropping, rotating and color enhancement. And what better way to share your prints by making gift disks, movies, screen savers and even slide shows!

The program will take place at the Fountaindale Public Library on Monday, July 19th from 7pm-8:30.  Please call 630-685-4176 to register or you may drop in for the event.

- Christine

Who Said Tennis is Easy?

Every year, I religiously watch Wimbledon tennis coverage. I’m up at 6am for weekday coverage and I have “breakfast at Wimbledon”‘ 8am Sunday morning for the men’s final. Anyone who knows me, knows I love the sport. This year Wimbledon had one of its most exciting moments in tennis history. This past Tuesday a match was started between John Isner an American and Nicholas Mahut of France. The game was postponed due to darkness and scheduled to resume the following day. What happened overshadowed Wednesday’s events, including Queen Elizabeth II at Wimbledon for the first time in 30 some odd years. The two players were at 2 sets a piece, when they moved into the 5th and final set. Wimbledon does not employ a tie break on the final set, so the players have to slug it out until one breaks the other’s serve and then holds his own serve. Well, Isner and Mahut were tied, so the played and they played…. and they played. When they got to about 50 games a piece in the 5th, the scoreboard couldn’t keep up. These two players, neither player well-known or a big draw or the top players, suddenly had everyone’s attention. As tired as they were, they were making the shots, Isner had several match points, but to no avail.

Finally, darkness came again and the match was yet again postponed until Thursday. At this point they had played nearly 10 hours. Both players were exhausted, mentally and physically. Thursday both came back on the court to try to finish the match. After 11 hours and 5 minutes (some 5 hours longer then the previous longest match record) Isner broke Mahut and held his serve to win 70-68 in the 5th! He moved on to play the next day…. where he understandably lost in straight sets. But he along with Mahut will live on in tennis history with “that match that bumped the Queen off the headlines”. The two guys, most people hadn’t heard of outside of the tennis world, are in the world record books!

If you are interested in learning more about Wimbledon and its history you might want to try “Strokes of Genius” which is about one of the greatest men’s finals ever played between defending champ Roger Federer and “The King of Clay” Rafa Nadal.  There is also “A Champion’s Mind” the biography of 7 time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras. And of course there is Wimbledon’s official website, which during the tournament gives the latest news and latest scores.

-Christine