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Promote climate conversations through openness to others with varying views. No matter how firm your beliefs, courageously listen with curiosity and respect in order to facilitate communication. 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.

Endurance: A Year In Space, A Lifetime of Discovery is a stunning, personal memoir from Scott Kelly, the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station. It provides a message of hope for the future that will inspire generations to come. Pick up a copy at the Information Desk or Curbside, read and join this thoughtful discussion.

Are you a new mom or a mom with young children looking for a casual and relaxed book club? Join us via Zoom as we discuss "Exit West" by Mohsin Hamid. Copies of the book are available at the library's Greeter Desk or via Curbside.

"Exit West" by Mohsin Hamid -- Two young lovers engage in a furtive affair shaped by local unrest on the eve of a civil war that erupts in a cataclysmic bombing attack, forcing them to abandon their previous home and lives.

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

Promote climate conversations through openness to others with varying views. No matter how firm your beliefs, courageously listen with curiosity and respect in order to facilitate communication. 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.

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.

A cup of Tea not only brings delicious warmth and coziness, but health benefits as well! Discover how tea provides anti-oxidants, promotes heart health, supports the immune system, reduces anxiety, and more. Judy Duncan BSN, MA, CTS, (Certified Tea Specialist) and owner of K'Tizo Tea LLC will teach us how Tea enhances your well-being, relaxation and connection with others.

Register here for the Zoom webinar invitation:
>https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_e3bKJq3GQSGxXxXsio_Jmg

Join your fellow community members for a facilitated discussion in small groups to reflect on the issues brought up in the Talking About Race program series. This program will be held via Zoom meetings and we ask that all attendees turn their mics/cameras on and be prepared to participate. In partnership with the parents group DEI200 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Council for CUSD 200.

If you did not attend our Talking About Race program series, we recommended viewing them in preparation for this program: wheatonlibrary.org/DEI

Join local author, educator and historian Glennette Tilley Turner for a retrospective of her children's books. She will discuss the importance of documentation and exposing young readers to the role of African-American history in the context of American history. Her goal is to enable readers to develop an awareness of contributions such as the invention of the stoplight, and a personal connection with historical individuals like Harriet Tubman.

Register here for Zoom webinar link:

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.

Remember Shrinky Dinks?! We'll make jewelry and a cake topper. Two business days after registering, pick-up your craft kit at the Information Desk or Curbside January 25 - February 10. A limited number of kits are available, first come first served, while supplies last. Contact bericson@wheatonlibrary.org with questions.
Additional supplies needed: colored pencils, scissors, pliers, glue, oven, baking tray

Whether you just got a new pressure cooker or you are looking for some new recipe ideas and tips, this class is designed to teach you how to save time with a pressure cooker. Andrea will explain the pressure cooking process -- you’ll be amazed at how quickly foods such as beans can be made in a pressure cooker. Plus, we will show you how to create dishes you never guessed could come from a pressure cooker, including desserts. We will also show you how to use and care for your pressure cooker and how to find good recipes.

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. 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 microphone and/or camera on.

The ZAZZ Jazz Trio will perform love songs for Valentine's Day in the comfort of your own home! Order some carry-out food from your favorite Wheaton restaurant and have a romantic afternoon! This concert will be livestreamed via YouTube – register below and link will be emailed prior to the performance.

The Library Board of Trustees of the Wheaton Public Library will hold the regular monthly Board meetings on the third Monday of each month. Please visit https://wheatonlibrary.org/about-us/administration/library-board for more information.

Please join your fellow business owners as they catch up, discuss and share ideas to help your business in these turbulent times.

Homelessness in America is a problem that reminds us daily of our failure to live up to our founding principles. How do we explain this problem to our children, living in a country of great wealth? Let’s have a community conversation about how we might do better. 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.

WPL is proud to be partnering with several Illinois libraries to offer free streaming of the documentary film, The Long Shadow, during the week of February 19-26.

The Long Shadow follows former CNN Senior Producer, TED contributor, and Emmy-Award winning Director Frances Causey as she traces her family’s legacy of white privilege, placing it in the context of the history of anti-black racism in the United States that began with slavery and continues to impact our society today.

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.

WPL is proud to be partnering with several Illinois libraries to offer free streaming of the documentary film, The Long Shadow, during the week of February 19-26.

The Long Shadow follows former CNN Senior Producer, TED contributor, and Emmy-Award winning Director Frances Causey as she traces her family’s legacy of white privilege, placing it in the context of the history of anti-black racism in the United States that began with slavery and continues to impact our society today.

In The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Daniel James Brown tells an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times. An improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. Pick up a copy at the Information Desk or Curbside, read and join this thoughtful discussion.

In this workshop, presented by the People’s Resource Center (PRC), job seekers will become more comfortable with different and distinct generational and cultural workplace attitudes, behaviors, expectations, habits and motivational hot buttons.

WPL is proud to be partnering with several Illinois libraries to offer free streaming of the documentary film, The Long Shadow, during the week of February 19-26.

The Long Shadow follows former CNN Senior Producer, TED contributor, and Emmy-Award winning Director Frances Causey as she traces her family’s legacy of white privilege, placing it in the context of the history of anti-black racism in the United States that began with slavery and continues to impact our society today.

WPL is proud to be partnering with several Illinois libraries to offer free streaming of the documentary film, The Long Shadow, during the week of February 19-26.

The Long Shadow follows former CNN Senior Producer, TED contributor, and Emmy-Award winning Director Frances Causey as she traces her family’s legacy of white privilege, placing it in the context of the history of anti-black racism in the United States that began with slavery and continues to impact our society today.

WPL is proud to be partnering with several Illinois libraries to offer free streaming of the documentary film, The Long Shadow, during the week of February 19-26.

The Long Shadow follows former CNN Senior Producer, TED contributor, and Emmy-Award winning Director Frances Causey as she traces her family’s legacy of white privilege, placing it in the context of the history of anti-black racism in the United States that began with slavery and continues to impact our society today.