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Job hunting during the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. William Schrack of the Barrington Career Center will outline how to conduct a successful job search with techniques that have been proven to work. In this workshop, you will learn how to set up your workspace at home, develop a plan, obtain support, maximize virtual networking and more!

Gather your "QuaranTeam" (individuals welcome, too!) and some beverages and snacks for Virtual Trivia! We will be playing live via Zoom meeting, one team per log-in, please. Questions will be geared towards adults, but all ages are welcome. We will also be featuring movie questions in honor of the Oscars this month! Please make sure to join us right at 7pm as we go over instructions.

This program is provided in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your camera on.

This exclusive tour will include a visit to Horticulture Hall, the beehives, and a behind-the-scenes peak at the propagation greenhouses.

Register here for Zoom webinar link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6vyGNBihRyGtYA_sXIJv9A

Knowing where you are going with that first stroke is the single most important step in a successful painting. The sketch is like a map to your wildest journey. Large format watercolor artist Michael Ireland will stress the importance of drawing and how it sets the stage for multiple passes of glazes and color washes. Provided in partnership with the DuPage Art League.

Register here for the Zoom webinar invitation:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OdkWTYVbSVWyFONvE10gjA

How to attract and retain good customers is among the hardest tasks for the small business owner. Marketing plays a key role, but what tools should you use? Facilitated by Tom Drouin, a SCORE Certified Small Business Master Mentor, participants will have the opportunity to share, discuss and learn during an open discussion about how to determine customer needs and how to get them to say yes to your product or service offering.

Register in advance for this virtual zoom meeting:

Make a few self-planting seed bombs, just in time for spring! Two business days after registering, pick-up your craft kit at the Information Desk or Curbside April 1 - 21. A limited number of kits are available, first come first served, while supplies last. Contact bericson@wheatonlibrary.org with questions.
Also needed: tray, wax paper, apron

This program is provided in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your microphone and/or camera on.

WPL and Literacy DuPage host an English Conversation Group every Saturday morning. Practice your English and learn new phrases in a friendly environment via Zoom! Everyone is welcome!

This program is a Zoom Meeting so you can engage and interact with the leader and others. Please turn your microphone and camera on.

Hope Jahren, an award-winning geobiologist, illuminates the link between human consumption habits and our imperiled planet in "The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here." She outlines the projected consequences of global warming and the actions that we all can take to fight back.
Pick up a copy at the Information Desk or Curbside, read, and join this thoughtful discussion.

Hygge is a Danish word that means to enjoy life’s simple pleasures. When applied to interior design, it focuses on bringing the "cozy" lifestyle to our surroundings, providing a sense of well-being and contentment. Lesley Kaloustian of Set the Stage Interiors will help us step back into our comfort zones to create tranquil and functional spaces.

Register here for the Zoom webinar invitation:
>https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vDk1rer-QwyeUWIQjQMOMQ

Versiti Blood Center of Illinois will be holding a blood drive in the library's parking lot in their mobile coach from noon-6pm. Appointments will be honored first, but walk-ins are welcome. Photo ID is required.

Safe social distancing measures will be in place to ensure donor safety. Keeping in compliance with our state's ordinance, donors will be required to bring and wear face masks during the donation process.

Bob Zielinski, ReferenceUSA, will conduct a 2-part series of informative workshops with Q and A via Zoom.

Part 1. Beginning Search Techniques
Get familiar with the data offered on businesses and consumers.
Learn the basics of navigating the database and how to use the information for business and research.

Part 2. Advanced Search Techniques May 6

WPL and Literacy DuPage host an English Conversation Group every Saturday morning. Practice your English and learn new phrases in a friendly environment via Zoom! Everyone is welcome!

This program is a Zoom Meeting so you can engage and interact with the leader and others. Please turn your microphone and camera on.

Join us via Zoom as Chopra Center certified instructor Stephanie Frantz teaches you a simple mindfulness meditation technique and a stress-buster breathing exercise to relax and increase your overall sense of wellbeing. Explore the benefits of developing a regular meditation practice to improve health, strengthen the immune system and release stress and anxiety.

This program is provided in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your microphone and/or camera on.

Bob Zielinski, ReferenceUSA, will conduct a 2-part series of informative workshops with Q and A via Zoom.

Part 2. Advanced Search Techniques
Take a deeper dive into the data presented in each module and learn how to search between modules.
Discover higher level search techniques and how to use them for your business and research projects.
Learn how to use the mapping, heat maps, charts, and graphs features and how to extract, use, and interpret complex data result sets.

WPL and Literacy DuPage host an English Conversation Group every Saturday morning. Practice your English and learn new phrases in a friendly environment via Zoom! Everyone is welcome!

This program is a Zoom Meeting so you can engage and interact with the leader and others. Please turn your microphone and camera on.

Join avid traveler and librarian Faye Levin-O'Leary for an exploration of the castles in which they not only visited but also worked and lived. Learn about individual castles through fascinating facts, history, and symbols used. Enjoy Faye's own photos as well as those gathered to delve into these castles' stories and famous uses of their facades.

Register here for the Zoom webinar invitation:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2qmLfLZwRQKNWH2-JXUvTw

Join us as we discuss "Lila" by Marilynne Robinson via Zoom. Copies are available at the library -- please ask at the Information Desk or Curbside Pickup.

This program is held in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your microphone and/or camera on.

Join us for a virtual visit with suspense author Hannah Mary McKinnon! Hannah Mary was born in the UK, grew up in Switzerland and moved to Canada in 2010. After a successful career in recruitment, she quit the corporate world in favor of writing. While her debut, Time after Time, was a rom com, she transitioned to the dark side thereafter. Her suspense novels include The Neighbors, bestsellers Her Secret Son and Sister Dear, and her forthcoming You Will Remember Me. Hannah Mary will be joining us from Oakville, Ontario, where she lives with with her husband and three sons.

Explore ways to connect with the Art Institute of Chicago and discover little known stories that make ours one of the most renowned art museums in the world.

Register here for Zoom webinar link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i8LqEJXMTxiX7wi0UoDKgg

Let's explore ideas for reforming our democracy such as ranked choice voting, changing the electoral college, drawing fairer electoral maps, and improving voter participation. Join the discussion to share your ideas on how to encourage active civic engagement. Provided in partnership with the Wheaton League of Women Voters.

This program is provided in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your microphone and/or camera on.

The WPL Writers Group will be meeting via Zoom! Facilitated by local author and library staff member, Karen Schreck, we provide a supportive and consistent environment for writers of all genres, ages eighteen years of age and up.

Whether you are an aspiring writer or a published author, whether you seek inspiration for your material, or you are drafting, revising, or editing your manuscript, our community will supply you with prompts and exercises, time and space to write, and, if you so choose, the opportunity to share your work and receive constructive feedback.

Get an exclusive tour of the Dinosaur range with mammalian paleontologist William Simpson!

Register here for Zoom webinar link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PSeubLMuQxWleVAq4cwYYw

Are you a new mom or a mom with young children looking for a casual and relaxed book club? Grab a drink and join us via Zoom as we discuss "Such a Fun Age" by Kiley Reid. Copies of the book will be available at the library's Welcome Desk or via Curbside beginning April 27.

Zoom meeting link will be emailed the day of the discussion.

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, join Dr. Ada Cheng for her presentation Not Quite: Asian Americans and the "Other" in the Era of the Pandemic and the Uprising. In this performance, Dr. Cheng explores several major themes: the meanings of home(land), racial profiling and the image of the perpetual foreigner, and anti-Asian racism under the pandemic.