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SUMMARY:Jane Austen Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The Jane Austen Book Club is the second Thursday of every month. \nWe will be reading through all of Jane Austen’s works. \nFor November we will be watching Mansfield Park. \nSummary: Fanny (Frances O’Connor)\, born into a poor family\, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas (Harold Pinter)\, his wife (Lindsay Duncan) and their four children\, where she’ll be brought up for a proper introduction to society. She is treated unfavorably by her relatives\, except for her cousin Edmund (Jonny Lee Miller)\, whom she grows fond of. However\, Fanny’s life is thrown into disarray with the arrival of worldly Mary Crawford (Embeth Davidtz) and her brother Henry (Alessandro Nivola).
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/teen-book-club-22-8-4-2-7/2027-01-14/
CATEGORIES:Adults,News,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270114T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270114T193000
DTSTAMP:20250830T175744Z
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SUMMARY:Movie Night
DESCRIPTION:Second Thursday of every month @ 5:30 \nWe’ll pop the popcorn\, you bring your blanket and any other snacks! \n\nThe movie goers get to pick the movie for the upcoming month!\n\nOur movie for September is Moana 2.\n\nSummary:\nAfter receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors\, a strong-willed girl journeys with her crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous\, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/movie-night-10-2-6/2027-01-14/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270119T170000
DTSTAMP:20250830T172250Z
CREATED:20250830T172250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T172250Z
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SUMMARY:Banned Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for  Banned Book Club on September 16th @ 5:30 pm \nEvery month we’ll read a book that has been banned or challenged. We’ve picked the first few reads\, but we want your suggestions for what we read going forward! \nBanned Book Club will meet the third Tuesday of each month. \nOur pick for September is This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed \nBook Summary: \nAfter her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home\, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school\, away from everything and everyone she knows and loves. Reeling from being uprooted and deserted\, Noor is certain the key to survival is to keep her head down and make it to graduation.  But things aren’t so simple. At school\, Noor discovers hundreds of books have been labeled “obscene” or “pornographic” and are being removed from the library in accordance with a new school board policy. Even worse\, virtually all the banned books are by queer and BIPOC authors.  Noor can’t sit back and do nothing\, because that goes against everything she believes in\, but challenging the status quo just might put a target on her back. Can she effect change by speaking up? Or will small-town politics—and small-town love—be her downfall?
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/banned-book-club-4-7/2027-01-19/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270121T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270121T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T001236Z
CREATED:20260821T001236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T001236Z
UID:10003744-1800550800-1800554400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:JFHML Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join the Library’s adult book club that meets the third Thursday of every month at 5:00! \nExtra copies of the book are available at the front desk! \nOur January selection is The Author’s Guide to Murder by Beatriz Williams\, Karen White\, and Lauren Willig. \nBook Summary: \nThere’s been a sensational murder at historic Castle Kinloch\, a gothic fantasy of grey granite on a remote island in the Highlands of Scotland. Literary superstar Brett Saffron Presley has been found dead—under bizarre circumstances—in the castle tower’s book-lined study. Years ago\, Presley purchased the castle as a showpiece for his brand and to lure paying guests with a taste for writerly glamour. Now it seems\, the castle has done him in…or\, possibly\, one of the castle’s guests has. Detective Chief Inspector Euan McIntosh\, a local with no love for literary Americans\, finds himself with the unenviable task of extracting statements from three American lady novelists. \nThe prime suspects are Kat de Noir\, a slinky erotica writer; Cassie Pringle\, a Southern mom of six juggling multiple cozy mystery series; and Emma Endicott\, a New England blue blood and author of critically acclaimed historical fiction. The women claim to be best friends writing a book together\, but the authors’ stories about how they know Brett Saffron Presley don’t quite line up\, and the detective is getting increasingly suspicious. \nWhy did the authors really come to Castle Kinloch? And what really happened the night of the great Kinloch ceilidh\, when Brett Saffron Presley skipped the folk dancing for a rendezvous with death?
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/jfhml-book-club-56/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270128T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270128T180000
DTSTAMP:20241206T184349Z
CREATED:20241008T191546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T184349Z
UID:10001232-1801155600-1801159200@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Game Night
DESCRIPTION:Last Thursday of every month\, at 5:00pm. \nJoin us for games and puzzles.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/game-night-3/2027-01-28/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270202T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270202T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T171248Z
CREATED:20260821T171248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T171248Z
UID:10003754-1801587600-1801591200@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur February book is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. \nBook Summery: \nBy 2021\, the World War has killed millions\, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature\, and for people who can’t afford one\, companies build incredibly realistic simulacra: horses\, birds\, cats\, sheep. They’ve even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans could wreak\, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding\, unauthorized androids live among human beings\, undetected. Rick Deckard\, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter\, is commissioned to find rogue androids and “retire” them. But when cornered\, androids fight back – with lethal force.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-8/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270211T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270211T183000
DTSTAMP:20251021T173223Z
CREATED:20251021T173222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T173223Z
UID:10001665-1802367000-1802370600@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Jane Austen Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The Jane Austen Book Club is the second Thursday of every month. \nWe will be reading through all of Jane Austen’s works. \nFor November we will be watching Mansfield Park. \nSummary: Fanny (Frances O’Connor)\, born into a poor family\, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas (Harold Pinter)\, his wife (Lindsay Duncan) and their four children\, where she’ll be brought up for a proper introduction to society. She is treated unfavorably by her relatives\, except for her cousin Edmund (Jonny Lee Miller)\, whom she grows fond of. However\, Fanny’s life is thrown into disarray with the arrival of worldly Mary Crawford (Embeth Davidtz) and her brother Henry (Alessandro Nivola).
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/teen-book-club-22-8-4-2-7/2027-02-11/
CATEGORIES:Adults,News,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270211T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270211T193000
DTSTAMP:20250830T175744Z
CREATED:20250830T175743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T175744Z
UID:10000673-1802367000-1802374200@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Movie Night
DESCRIPTION:Second Thursday of every month @ 5:30 \nWe’ll pop the popcorn\, you bring your blanket and any other snacks! \n\nThe movie goers get to pick the movie for the upcoming month!\n\nOur movie for September is Moana 2.\n\nSummary:\nAfter receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors\, a strong-willed girl journeys with her crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous\, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/movie-night-10-2-6/2027-02-11/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270212T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270212T100000
DTSTAMP:20240109T232518Z
CREATED:20240109T232518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T232518Z
UID:10000613-1802422800-1802426400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Friends Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The JFHML Friends meet on the 2nd Friday of every month at 9:00. \nWe discuss fundraising and program ideas\, project and volunteer opportunities\, and more! \nJoin our meetings and get involved at the Library!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/friends-meeting/2027-02-12/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270216T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270216T170000
DTSTAMP:20250830T172250Z
CREATED:20250830T172250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T172250Z
UID:10002127-1802793600-1802797200@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Banned Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for  Banned Book Club on September 16th @ 5:30 pm \nEvery month we’ll read a book that has been banned or challenged. We’ve picked the first few reads\, but we want your suggestions for what we read going forward! \nBanned Book Club will meet the third Tuesday of each month. \nOur pick for September is This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed \nBook Summary: \nAfter her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home\, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school\, away from everything and everyone she knows and loves. Reeling from being uprooted and deserted\, Noor is certain the key to survival is to keep her head down and make it to graduation.  But things aren’t so simple. At school\, Noor discovers hundreds of books have been labeled “obscene” or “pornographic” and are being removed from the library in accordance with a new school board policy. Even worse\, virtually all the banned books are by queer and BIPOC authors.  Noor can’t sit back and do nothing\, because that goes against everything she believes in\, but challenging the status quo just might put a target on her back. Can she effect change by speaking up? Or will small-town politics—and small-town love—be her downfall?
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/banned-book-club-4-7/2027-02-16/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270218T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270218T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T165503Z
CREATED:20260821T165503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T165503Z
UID:10003747-1802970000-1802973600@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:JFHML Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join the Library’s adult book club that meets the third Thursday of every month at 5:00! \nExtra copies of the book are available at the front desk! \nOur February selection is The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage. \nBook Summary: \nLexi Villiers is a 29-year-old Englishwoman doing her medical residency in Hobart\, working too hard\, worried about her bank balance\, and living with friends. It’s a good life\, and getting even better\, because as the dawn is breaking on New Year’s Day\, Lexi is about to kiss the man she loves for the very first time. \nBut by midnight\, everything will change. Because Lexi is in fact not an ordinary young woman. She is Princess Alexandrina\, third in line to the British throne – albeit estranged from the rest of her family and living in voluntary exile on the other side of the world. But following a terrible accident\, Lexi – the black sheep of her family and\, until this moment\, always destined to be the spare – is now the heir apparent\, first in line to the throne once her grandmother\, the elderly Queen\, dies. Called back to do her duty\, she arrives in London to a Palace riven with power plays and media leaks\, all the while guarding painful secrets of her own. Palace waters are treacherous\, rumours are rife\, and selling each other’s secrets is a family tradition. And with the Crown just within her grasp\, Lexi must choose what bonds she will keep … and what she is willing to leave behind.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/jfhml-book-club-59/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270225T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270225T180000
DTSTAMP:20241206T184349Z
CREATED:20241008T191546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T184349Z
UID:10001233-1803574800-1803578400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Game Night
DESCRIPTION:Last Thursday of every month\, at 5:00pm. \nJoin us for games and puzzles.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/game-night-3/2027-02-25/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270302T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T171345Z
CREATED:20260821T171345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T171345Z
UID:10003755-1804006800-1804010400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur March book is Red Rising by Pierce Brown. \nBook Summery: \nDarrow is a Red\, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds\, he works all day\, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly\, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. \nBut Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. \nInspired by a longing for justice\, and driven by the memory of lost love\, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute\, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste\, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society’s ruling class. There\, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-9/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270311T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270311T183000
DTSTAMP:20251021T173223Z
CREATED:20251021T173222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T173223Z
UID:10001666-1804786200-1804789800@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Jane Austen Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The Jane Austen Book Club is the second Thursday of every month. \nWe will be reading through all of Jane Austen’s works. \nFor November we will be watching Mansfield Park. \nSummary: Fanny (Frances O’Connor)\, born into a poor family\, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas (Harold Pinter)\, his wife (Lindsay Duncan) and their four children\, where she’ll be brought up for a proper introduction to society. She is treated unfavorably by her relatives\, except for her cousin Edmund (Jonny Lee Miller)\, whom she grows fond of. However\, Fanny’s life is thrown into disarray with the arrival of worldly Mary Crawford (Embeth Davidtz) and her brother Henry (Alessandro Nivola).
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/teen-book-club-22-8-4-2-7/2027-03-11/
CATEGORIES:Adults,News,Youth
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/10.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270311T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270311T193000
DTSTAMP:20250830T175744Z
CREATED:20250830T175743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T175744Z
UID:10000674-1804786200-1804793400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Movie Night
DESCRIPTION:Second Thursday of every month @ 5:30 \nWe’ll pop the popcorn\, you bring your blanket and any other snacks! \n\nThe movie goers get to pick the movie for the upcoming month!\n\nOur movie for September is Moana 2.\n\nSummary:\nAfter receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors\, a strong-willed girl journeys with her crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous\, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/movie-night-10-2-6/2027-03-11/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hallettlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Front-Desk-Slideshow-18.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270312T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270312T100000
DTSTAMP:20240109T232518Z
CREATED:20240109T232518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T232518Z
UID:10000614-1804842000-1804845600@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Friends Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The JFHML Friends meet on the 2nd Friday of every month at 9:00. \nWe discuss fundraising and program ideas\, project and volunteer opportunities\, and more! \nJoin our meetings and get involved at the Library!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/friends-meeting/2027-03-12/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270316T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270316T170000
DTSTAMP:20250830T172250Z
CREATED:20250830T172250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T172250Z
UID:10002128-1805212800-1805216400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Banned Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for  Banned Book Club on September 16th @ 5:30 pm \nEvery month we’ll read a book that has been banned or challenged. We’ve picked the first few reads\, but we want your suggestions for what we read going forward! \nBanned Book Club will meet the third Tuesday of each month. \nOur pick for September is This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed \nBook Summary: \nAfter her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home\, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school\, away from everything and everyone she knows and loves. Reeling from being uprooted and deserted\, Noor is certain the key to survival is to keep her head down and make it to graduation.  But things aren’t so simple. At school\, Noor discovers hundreds of books have been labeled “obscene” or “pornographic” and are being removed from the library in accordance with a new school board policy. Even worse\, virtually all the banned books are by queer and BIPOC authors.  Noor can’t sit back and do nothing\, because that goes against everything she believes in\, but challenging the status quo just might put a target on her back. Can she effect change by speaking up? Or will small-town politics—and small-town love—be her downfall?
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/banned-book-club-4-7/2027-03-16/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270318T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270318T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T170011Z
CREATED:20260821T170011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T170011Z
UID:10003748-1805389200-1805392800@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:JFHML Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join the Library’s adult book club that meets the third Thursday of every month at 5:00! \nExtra copies of the book are available at the front desk! \nOur March selection is Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell. \nBook Summary: \nWhat makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we’re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join—and more importantly\, stay in—extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell’s argument is that\, on some level\, it already has . . . \nOur culture tends to provide pretty flimsy answers to questions of cult influence\, mostly having to do with vague talk of “brainwashing.” But the true answer has nothing to do with freaky mind-control wizardry or Kool-Aid. In Cultish\, Montell argues that the key to manufacturing intense ideology\, community\, and us/them attitudes all comes down to language. In both positive ways and shadowy ones\, cultish language is something we hear—and are influenced by—every single day.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/jfhml-book-club-61/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270325T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270325T180000
DTSTAMP:20241206T184349Z
CREATED:20241008T191546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T184349Z
UID:10001234-1805994000-1805997600@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Game Night
DESCRIPTION:Last Thursday of every month\, at 5:00pm. \nJoin us for games and puzzles.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/game-night-3/2027-03-25/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270406T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270406T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T171623Z
CREATED:20260821T171623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T171623Z
UID:10003756-1807030800-1807034400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur April book is Cinder by Marissa Meyer. \nBook Summery: \nHumans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space\, a ruthless lunar people watch\, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . \nCinder\, a gifted mechanic\, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past\, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s\, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle\, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom\, loyalty and betrayal\, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-10/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270408T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270408T183000
DTSTAMP:20251021T173223Z
CREATED:20251021T173222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T173223Z
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SUMMARY:Jane Austen Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The Jane Austen Book Club is the second Thursday of every month. \nWe will be reading through all of Jane Austen’s works. \nFor November we will be watching Mansfield Park. \nSummary: Fanny (Frances O’Connor)\, born into a poor family\, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas (Harold Pinter)\, his wife (Lindsay Duncan) and their four children\, where she’ll be brought up for a proper introduction to society. She is treated unfavorably by her relatives\, except for her cousin Edmund (Jonny Lee Miller)\, whom she grows fond of. However\, Fanny’s life is thrown into disarray with the arrival of worldly Mary Crawford (Embeth Davidtz) and her brother Henry (Alessandro Nivola).
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/teen-book-club-22-8-4-2-7/2027-04-08/
CATEGORIES:Adults,News,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270408T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270408T193000
DTSTAMP:20250830T175744Z
CREATED:20250830T175743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T175744Z
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SUMMARY:Movie Night
DESCRIPTION:Second Thursday of every month @ 5:30 \nWe’ll pop the popcorn\, you bring your blanket and any other snacks! \n\nThe movie goers get to pick the movie for the upcoming month!\n\nOur movie for September is Moana 2.\n\nSummary:\nAfter receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors\, a strong-willed girl journeys with her crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous\, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/movie-night-10-2-6/2027-04-08/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270409T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270409T100000
DTSTAMP:20240109T232518Z
CREATED:20240109T232518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T232518Z
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SUMMARY:Friends Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The JFHML Friends meet on the 2nd Friday of every month at 9:00. \nWe discuss fundraising and program ideas\, project and volunteer opportunities\, and more! \nJoin our meetings and get involved at the Library!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/friends-meeting/2027-04-09/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270415T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270415T180000
DTSTAMP:20240111T204230Z
CREATED:20240111T204230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T204230Z
UID:10000747-1807808400-1807812000@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:JFHML Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join the Library’s adult book club that meets the third Thursday of every month at 5:00! \nExtra copies of the book are available at the front desk!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/jfhml-book-club/2027-04-15/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270420T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270420T170000
DTSTAMP:20250830T172250Z
CREATED:20250830T172250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T172250Z
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SUMMARY:Banned Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for  Banned Book Club on September 16th @ 5:30 pm \nEvery month we’ll read a book that has been banned or challenged. We’ve picked the first few reads\, but we want your suggestions for what we read going forward! \nBanned Book Club will meet the third Tuesday of each month. \nOur pick for September is This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed \nBook Summary: \nAfter her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home\, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school\, away from everything and everyone she knows and loves. Reeling from being uprooted and deserted\, Noor is certain the key to survival is to keep her head down and make it to graduation.  But things aren’t so simple. At school\, Noor discovers hundreds of books have been labeled “obscene” or “pornographic” and are being removed from the library in accordance with a new school board policy. Even worse\, virtually all the banned books are by queer and BIPOC authors.  Noor can’t sit back and do nothing\, because that goes against everything she believes in\, but challenging the status quo just might put a target on her back. Can she effect change by speaking up? Or will small-town politics—and small-town love—be her downfall?
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/banned-book-club-4-7/2027-04-20/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270429T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270429T180000
DTSTAMP:20241206T184349Z
CREATED:20241008T191546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T184349Z
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SUMMARY:Game Night
DESCRIPTION:Last Thursday of every month\, at 5:00pm. \nJoin us for games and puzzles.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/game-night-3/2027-04-29/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270504T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270504T180000
DTSTAMP:20260821T171744Z
CREATED:20260821T171744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T171744Z
UID:10003757-1809450000-1809453600@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the first Thursday of every month. \nThis is a book club dedicated to Science Fiction books\, old and new. \nOur May book is The Long Way to a Small\, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. \nBook Summery: \nRosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days\, it offers her a bed\, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy\, and most importantly\, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself\, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew\, including Sissix\, the exotic reptilian pilot\, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running\, and Ashby\, their noble captain. \nLife aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space\, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive\, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust\, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/sci-fi-book-club-11/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270513T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270513T183000
DTSTAMP:20251021T173223Z
CREATED:20251021T173222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T173223Z
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SUMMARY:Jane Austen Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The Jane Austen Book Club is the second Thursday of every month. \nWe will be reading through all of Jane Austen’s works. \nFor November we will be watching Mansfield Park. \nSummary: Fanny (Frances O’Connor)\, born into a poor family\, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas (Harold Pinter)\, his wife (Lindsay Duncan) and their four children\, where she’ll be brought up for a proper introduction to society. She is treated unfavorably by her relatives\, except for her cousin Edmund (Jonny Lee Miller)\, whom she grows fond of. However\, Fanny’s life is thrown into disarray with the arrival of worldly Mary Crawford (Embeth Davidtz) and her brother Henry (Alessandro Nivola).
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/teen-book-club-22-8-4-2-7/2027-05-13/
CATEGORIES:Adults,News,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270513T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270513T193000
DTSTAMP:20250830T175744Z
CREATED:20250830T175743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T175744Z
UID:10000676-1810229400-1810236600@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Movie Night
DESCRIPTION:Second Thursday of every month @ 5:30 \nWe’ll pop the popcorn\, you bring your blanket and any other snacks! \n\nThe movie goers get to pick the movie for the upcoming month!\n\nOur movie for September is Moana 2.\n\nSummary:\nAfter receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors\, a strong-willed girl journeys with her crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous\, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/movie-night-10-2-6/2027-05-13/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270514T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270514T100000
DTSTAMP:20240109T232518Z
CREATED:20240109T232518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T232518Z
UID:10000616-1810285200-1810288800@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Friends Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The JFHML Friends meet on the 2nd Friday of every month at 9:00. \nWe discuss fundraising and program ideas\, project and volunteer opportunities\, and more! \nJoin our meetings and get involved at the Library!
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/friends-meeting/2027-05-14/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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