Happy Library Card Sign-Up Month!

Free Card Replacements
During September, if your Stickney-Forest View library card is lost, we will issue you a replacement for free ($5 value)*.

*Photo ID required. Patrons under 18 need parent/guardian.

Guess How Many Bookmarks!
Come in and enter your guess in our drawing. At the end of September, the closest guess wins a prize worthy of any great book lover!

A prizewinner will be selected at random if there are multiple correct guesses.

Your Selfie = $100?
Help spread the word about libraries! Take your selfie holding your library card for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card, courtesy of ALA (American Libraries Association).

Post it to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #GetLibraryCarded or to the "I Love Libraries" Facebook page. 

See ALA's Official Rules for this contest.

Saturday Fit Club
Saturdays, 9/7, 9/21, 9/28 at 10am
9/14 at 11am*

Beachbody Coach Diane Whiston will lead two 20-minute workouts back-to-back each week, from THE 20s® Team Challenge, a variety of fitness routines to keep your heart rate pumping in an effective 40 minutes of barre basics, cardio, core workouts and more.

* 9/14 is at a later time due to room availability.

Register for one or more dates below or call 708-749-1050 x120. 
Walk-ins welcome! 


9/7 (at 10am)       

9/14 (at 11am)       

9/21 (at 10am)     

9/28 (at 10am)



 

Medicare 101
Saturday, 9/14 at 11am
Saturday, 9/28 at 11am

Medicare can be confusing. A licensed Medicare agent will be here to answer your questions about Medicare, such as:

• What is Medicare and who is eligible to apply for it?
• The distinctions of Medicare A, B, C, and D
• Original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage
• Supplement plans vs. Medicare Advantage plans
• Medicare D: prescription drugs explained.

Introduction to Cypress Resume
Thursday, 9/19 at 6pm
 

Are you a Stickney-Forest View Library cardholder looking to update your resume or create an entirely new one from scratch? If so, Cypress Resume is an online resume builder that lets you create professional-quality resumes in three quick and simple steps. And it is available to you free of charge as a Library member. To learn how to access everything Cypress Resume has to offer, register for our Introduction to Cypress Resume course today!

Writers' Group
Saturday, 9/21 at 11am 

Saturday, 10/12 at noon

Learn new skills, lose fat, build strength, and increase aerobic capacity. This workout will be high intensity for best results and will combine concepts of strength, power, speed, and endurance.  

Saturday, 10/12 at 5:30pm
(after-hours event!)

Join the Stickney-Forest View Public Library for a special Second Saturday Cinema after hours screening of the silent horror classic Nosferatu! (which you've probably seen parodied in pop culture without realizing!) Presented on the Jumbotron in our Main Room.

This special experiential Halloween event will be accompanied with a live theatre organ score performed by Jay Warren.

Enjoy some popcorn and a movie at the Library!

 


 

Monday, November 11th at 6pm
 

Two authors will present inspirational stories of women during wartime.  

USA: At canteens at train stations all across the country local women sacrificed their own food and ration stamps to provide a morale boost to hungry and homesick soldiers; 

Europe: Women resisters partook in espionage, risking their lives.  Presented by Barb Warner Dean, author of The Whistle Stop Canteen, and Kathryn J. Atwood, author of Women Heroes of World War II.

Register here or call 708-749-1050 x120



 

This class will be on basic computer skills, including email tips and tricks, Internet searching, and any questions you may have. Bring your laptop or use one of ours.

 

Register here or call 708-749-1050.