Suburban Chicago Libraries Host Public Event With TIME100 “Most Influential” Author

Cathy Park Hong will discuss her bestselling book, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, in a virtual conversation with Monica Eng, a reporter for Axios, at 7 pm Thursday, November 4 via Zoom. The book has been called “a ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness.”

Library’s Summer Reading Program A Great Success

‘Simply Summer…Just Add Reading’, Lake Villa District Library’s 2021 summer reading program, was a great success.  2,091 people participated and together, read for over 45,000 days. 

LVDL’s reading programs have long benefited a charity and 2021 was no exception. Participants agreed to read (or be read to) for 20 days and for every completed reading log, the LVDL Foundation donated $1 to the Lake Villa Township Food Pantry.  This year’s donation totaled $2,400.00.  

Library to host COVID-19 Vaccine Drop-in Clinic

Lake Villa District Library and the Lake County Health Department are partnering to provide a COVID-19 vaccine drop-in clinic on Sunday, September 12,  1– 4:30pm. 

Individuals 12 and older (minors require parental consent) can receive the Johnson and Johnson vaccine or the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.  Personal Protective Equipment will be available. No appointment needed, drop-in at any time between  1– 4:30pm. 

Lake Villa District Library to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, Lake Villa District Library will host ‘September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World’, an educational exhibition from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. 

The 14-panel poster display includes personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks as well as archival photographs and images of artifacts from the Museum’s permanent collection.  The exhibit presents the history of 9/11, its origins, ongoing implications and encourages critical thinking about the legacies of the attacks.