Join M. Colleen Klimczak as she helps you set your 2026 up for success with goal setting.&nbsp;

Local Event: Goal Setting for 2026!

Cook County

Evergreen Park

Illinois

Goal Setting for 2026!

Join M. Colleen Klimczak as she helps you set your 2026 up for success with goal setting. 

Let's dish about cookbooks! Prepare a recipe of your choice from a cookbook and bring to share. Copies of the cookbook will be available one month prior to the event at the Circulation Desk. &nbsp;As we sample your culinary creations, we will discuss food and cooking. Please bring serving utensils for your dish. &nbsp;Disposable tableware and water will be provided. Please register in advance.

Jan 12 &nbsp; &nbsp;How Not to Age Cookbook by Michael Greger M.D.

Please note: This is a potluck event and recipes will be prepared in personal kitchens. Eat at our own discretion.

Local Event: Cookbook Club: Read, Gather, and Dish

Cookbook Club: Read, Gather, and Dish

Let's dish about cookbooks! Prepare a recipe of your choice from a cookbook and bring to share. Copies of the cookbook will be...

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Jonathan Eig is the bestselling author of six books, including his most recent, Pulitzer Prize-winning&nbsp;King: A Life. Vividly written and exhaustively researched, it is the first major biography in decades of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.―and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, Eig gives us an intimate view of King, who masterfully employed peaceful protest in the streets but was rarely at peace with himself. From the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father―as well as the nation’s most mourned martyr.
Eig began his writing career at age 16, working for his hometown newspaper,&nbsp;The Rockland County Journal News (N.Y.). He studied journalism at Northwestern University, and went on to work as a reporter for&nbsp;The New Orleans Times-Picayune,&nbsp;The Dallas Morning News,&nbsp;Chicago Magazine, and&nbsp;The Wall Street Journal.
​According to his parents, his greatest claim to fame is that his name once appeared in a&nbsp;Jeopardy! question. Eig lives in Chicago with his wife and children and shares office space with the laundry machines.
Mark Bazer will join Jonathan in conversation. The host of&nbsp;The Interview Show, Bazer also frequently moderates events for Chicago Humanities and is a contributing writer for&nbsp;Chicago magazine.
This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).&nbsp;
ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:illinoislibrariespresent@ila.org">illinoislibrariespresent@ila.org</a>.&nbsp;
Event Registration: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ECj_5KH5TfW1geNoIsnCyg#/registration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Eig</a>

Local Event: Bringing History to Life with Jonathan Eig

Bringing History to Life with Jonathan Eig

Jonathan Eig is the bestselling author of six books, including his most recent, Pulitzer Prize-winning King: A Life. Vividly...

Únase a nuestro grupo de conversación en inglés para practicar sus habilidades de conversación.
Practice your English conversation skills. For English language learners. Great opportunity to speak in small groups.&nbsp;

Local Event: English Conversation Group/Grupo de conversación en inglés

English Conversation Group/Grupo de...

Únase a nuestro grupo de conversación en inglés para practicar sus habilidades de conversación.
Practice your English...

English Conversation Group/Grupo de conversación en inglés

Tech Help Drop-In is an opportunity for patrons to ask “how-to” technology questions and get assistance with using their personal devices from our Evergreen Park Community High School Tech Interns. No reservations needed; first-come, first-served for a 20-minute session.&nbsp;

Local Event: Tech Help Drop-In

Tech Help Drop-In

Tech Help Drop-In is an opportunity for patrons to ask “how-to” technology questions and get assistance with using their...

Take a photographic journey through all seven continents with Dr. Michael S Lewis. His award winning images of people, animals and landscapes captured during his travels have been shown in numerous galleries, exhibitions and published in both books and magazines.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Local Event: One World - Peak Photographic Travel

One World - Peak Photographic Travel

Take a photographic journey through all seven continents with Dr. Michael S Lewis. His award winning images of people, animals...

Join EP resident Anna Soto to create a cute little house made from a mason jar and some twigs.

Local Event: Natural Crafts with Anna

Natural Crafts with Anna

Join EP resident Anna Soto to create a cute little house made from a mason jar and some twigs.

EvergreenParkPublicLibrary

Lorraine Swanson

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Chicago

Beverly-MtGreenwood

Oak Lawn

Alsip-Crestwood

South Side

Palos

IL Patch Team

Hyde Park

Lauren Traut

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David Giuliani

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The Kindness Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Chicago real estate brokerage <a href="https://www.bhhschicago.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago</a>, made 2025 year-end grants of $10,000 to the Sunshine Kids which supports children undergoing cancer treatment, $20,000 to Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity that works toward building strength, stability and self-reliance in partnership with families in need of decent and affordable housing, and $5,000 to the HomeServices Foundation for Housing Equity which is dedicated to increasing homeownership and building generational wealth for communities of color through targeted education, investment in individuals, financial assistance, and community reinvestment initiatives.
<a href="https://dianeglass.bhhschicago.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diane Glass</a>, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m pleased to announce this grant to The Sunshine Kids. It&rsquo;s an amazing organization that creates such positive experiences for children and teens during a very tough time in their lives. We proudly sponsor the Chicago Teen Get Away that occurs in the fall where teens from all over the country come visit and participate in fun activities all over the city and create bonds with other kids going through similar things. During our annual Community Kindness events, our offices help philanthropic organizations with their time and talents and lend extra hands including Habitat for Humanity where agents helped build new townhomes. At BHHS Chicago, we serve passionately to make an impact locally as well as nationally. Supporting the HomeServices Foundation for Housing Equity aligns with our company mission and helps us do just that. I am grateful for the generosity of our agents, employees and communities. They are what make us us.&rdquo;
ABOUT THE KINDNESS FOUNDATION AND BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES CHICAGO
The Kindness Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mission is to support meaningful local initiatives that improve the communities it serves and enhance the quality of life for fellow citizens. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago is a full-service real estate firm with more than 1,000 real estate professionals and staff in 20 offices serving customers throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, the North Shore, West Suburban communities, Southern Wisconsin, Northwest Indiana and Harbor Country, Michigan. Recognized as a Top Workplace in Chicago, their local roots are complemented by the extensive global reach of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, one of the nation&rsquo;s leading real estate brands. Clients can experience all-inclusive homeownership services from their affiliated companies: Prosperity Home Mortgage, Fort Dearborn Title, and HomeServices Insurance. Visit BHHSChicago.com.

BHHS Chicago’s Kindness Foundation Granted $35...

The Kindness Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Chicago real estate brokerage Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, made 2025 year-end grants...

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Goal Setting for 2026!

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