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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-3/2025-07-31/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250805T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250805T160000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250617T162116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T162116Z
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SUMMARY:Art In The Park
DESCRIPTION:Join us Tuesday\, August 5\, 2pm-4pm for our last art in the park of the summer. \nOpen to families and kids of all ages\, stop by during art hours to create a masterpiece!\n\nOur final week is sculptures.\n\nWe’ll provide the supplies and some inspiration\, and the rest is up to you!\n\nPlease note: this is at the George Crosby Park next to the Library (aka – not Serpent Park!)\n\nIn case of inclement weather\, we’ll be inside the Library
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/art-in-the-park-2-3-2-6/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250805T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250805T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250701T165026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250701T165028Z
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SUMMARY:Tales Retold Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We will be meeting on the first Tuesday of every month\, to read and discuss original works and spin-offs or retellings based on them. \nOur August pick is a Jane Eyre Retelling. \nJane Steele by Lyndsay Faye. \nSummary: \nReader\, I murdered him. A Gothic retelling of Jane Eyre. \nLike the heroine of the novel she adores\, Jane Steele suffers cruelly at the hands of her aunt and schoolmaster. And like Jane Eyre\, they call her wicked – but in her case\, she fears the accusation is true. When she flees\, she leaves behind the corpses of her tormentors. \nA fugitive navigating London’s underbelly\, Jane rights wrongs on behalf of the have-nots whilst avoiding the noose. Until an advertisement catches her eye. Her aunt has died and the new master at Highgate House\, Mr Thornfield\, seeks a governess. Anxious to know if she is Highgate’s true heir\, Jane takes the position and is soon caught up in the household’s strange spell. When she falls in love with the mysterious Charles Thornfield\, she faces a terrible dilemma: can she possess him – body\, soul and secrets – and what if he discovers her murderous past?
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club-8/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250808T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250808T100000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20240109T232518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T232518Z
UID:10000595-1754643600-1754647200@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/2025-08-08/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250814T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250814T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250726T181947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250726T181947Z
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SUMMARY:Jane Austen Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The Jane Austen Book Club is taking the places of the J.R.R. Tolkien Book Club. \nWe will be reading through all of Jane Austen’s works. \nFor August we will be continuing Pride and Prejudice. \nSummary: Set in England in the early 19th century\, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet’s five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend\, Mr Darcy\, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter\, Jane\, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter\, Elizabeth.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/teen-book-club-22-8-4-2-4/
CATEGORIES:Adults,News,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250814T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250814T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250726T180128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250726T180128Z
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SUMMARY:Movie Night
DESCRIPTION:We’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!\nOur movie for August is A Minecraft Movie. \nSummary:\nA mysterious portal pulls four misfits into the Overworld\, a bizarre\, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home\, they’ll have to master the terrain while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected crafter named Steve.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/movie-night-10-2-5/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250821T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250821T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250221T184629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T184629Z
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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 August selection is Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin \nBook Summary: A scientist with a special gift riles a wasp’s nest of conspiracy theories while investigating a cold case in this riveting novel from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans and We Are All the Same in the Dark. \nWhen she was ten\, Vivvy Bouchet saved a boy’s life by making an impossible prediction. Ever since\, she has been in a life-long battle between the urgent voices in her head and the science she loves. Now a brilliant young astrophysicist\, she wants nothing more than to be left alone with the stars in the Big Bend country of Texas. \nBut the boy she saved\, now a Fort Worth cop\, has always believed she is psychic—even though she won’t say that word out loud. He is begging her to help solve the high-profile cold case of a little girl who disappeared in broad daylight from the kitchen of her old Victorian house. A body was never found\, and her mother sits in prison still loudly proclaiming her innocence. Vivvy reluctantly agrees to try. \nWhen a popular Texas conspiracy theorist podcaster named Bubba Guns finds out about her involvement\, he spews conspiracy theories about the case and muddled truths about Vivvy’s murky past. As his listeners spin dangerously out of control\, and with her career and the people she loves on the line\, Vivvy decides to fight back. \nThis sharply observed psychological thriller from the acclaimed\, bestselling author Julia Heaberlin explores the insidious nature of conspiracy theories and our urge to believe them—especially when it comes to sensationalized cases.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/jfhml-book-club-50/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250828T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250828T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20241008T191546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T184349Z
UID:10001215-1756400400-1756404000@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-3/2025-08-28/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250902T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250902T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250819T154444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250819T154445Z
UID:10001460-1756832400-1756836000@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Tales Retold Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We will be meeting on the first Tuesday of every month\, to read and discuss original works and spin-offs or retellings based on them. \nOur September pick is a Pride and Prejudice Retelling. \nSo Material a Change by Amy D’Orazio. \nSummary: \nMatrimony is the last thing on Elizabeth Bennet’s mind when she arrives at Netherfield Park to tend to her ill sister. When proud Mr Darcy acts rashly to thwart a compromise and tells her that the entire household believes they are engaged\, she dismisses him outright and refuses his offer of marriage. \nBut more surprises await her at Longbourn. Mr Collins is ready with an offer of marriage and it is not only her mother who thinks it a fine match; Mr Bennet is willing to press the point until Elizabeth makes clear such a connexion is impossible—because she has accepted an offer of marriage from Mr Darcy. \nIt is an inauspicious beginning\, an engagement neither desires\, driven to by the machinations of others. Yet what begins as a forced alliance soon changes into something quite different. Will it be enough to lead them into love?
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club-9/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250830T174815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T174816Z
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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 September we will be watching Pride and Prejudice. \nSummary: In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel\, Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) lives with her mother\, father and sisters in the English countryside. As the eldest\, she faces mounting pressure from her parents to marry. When the outspoken Elizabeth is introduced to the handsome and upper-class Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen)\, sparks fly. Although there is obvious chemistry between the two\, Darcy’s overly reserved nature threatens the fledgling relationship.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/teen-book-club-22-8-4-2-5/
CATEGORIES:Adults,News,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250830T175743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T175744Z
UID:10000656-1757611800-1757619000@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-10-2-6/2025-09-11/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250912T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250912T100000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20240109T232518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T232518Z
UID:10000596-1757667600-1757671200@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/2025-09-12/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250916T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250916T170000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250830T172250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T172250Z
UID:10001403-1758038400-1758042000@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-4-7/2025-09-16/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250918T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250918T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250221T184908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T184908Z
UID:10000728-1758214800-1758218400@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 September selection is The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges \nBook Summary: A woman learns to expand the boundaries of her small world and let love inside it in this sparkling and unforgettable novel by Audrey Burges. \nFrom her attic in the Arizona mountains\, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra’s stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post\, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms\, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can’t understand—rooms that appear and disappear overnight\, music that plays in its corridors. \nAcross the country\, Alex Rakes\, the scion of a custom furniture business\, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room. The pair show him the Minuscule Mansion\, and Alex is shocked to recognize a reflection of his own life mirrored back to him in minute scale. The room is his own bedroom\, and the Mansion is his family’s home\, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. Searching for answers\, Alex begins corresponding with Myra. Together\, the two unwind the lonely paths of their twin worlds—big and small—and trace the stories that entwine them\, setting the stage for a meeting rooted in loss\, but defined by love.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/jfhml-book-club-51/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250925T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250925T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20241008T191546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T184349Z
UID:10001216-1758819600-1758823200@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-3/2025-09-25/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251007T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251007T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250819T161428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250819T161430Z
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SUMMARY:Tales Retold Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We will be meeting on the first Tuesday of every month\, to read and discuss original works and spin-offs or retellings based on them. \nOur October pick is a Dracula Retelling. \nLucy Undying by Kiersten White. \nSummary: \nHer name was written in the pages of someone else’s story: Lucy Westenra was one of Dracula’s first victims. \nBut her death was only the beginning. Lucy rose from the grave a vampire\, and has spent her immortal life trying to escape from Dracula’s clutches–and trying to discover who she really is and what she truly wants. \nHer undead life takes an unexpected turn when\, in twenty-first-century London\, she meets another woman who is also yearning to break free from her past. Iris’s family has built a health empire based on a sinister secret\, and they’ll do anything to stay in power. \nLucy has long believed she would never love again. But she finds herself compelled by the charming Iris\, while Iris is mesmerized by the confident and glamorous Lucy. But their intense connection and blossoming love is threatened by forces from without. Iris’s mother won’t let go of her without a fight\, and Lucy’s past still has fangs: Dracula is on the prowl again. \nLucy Westenra has been a tragically murdered teen\, a lonesome adventurer\, and a fearsome hunter\, but happiness always eluded her. Can she find the strength to destroy Dracula once and for all\, or will her heart once again be her undoing?
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club-10/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250926T172639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T172640Z
UID:10001649-1760031000-1760034600@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 October we will be starting Mansfield Park. \nSummary: Taken from the poverty of her parents’ home in Portsmouth\, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park\, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle’s absence in Antigua\, the Crawford’s arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen’s first mature work and\, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity\, one of her most profound.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/teen-book-club-22-8-4-2-6/
CATEGORIES:Adults,News,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250926T173443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T173444Z
UID:10000657-1760031000-1760038200@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 October is Goosebumps.\n\nSummary:\nUpset about moving from the big city to a small town\, young Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) finds a silver lining when he meets his beautiful neighbor Hannah (Odeya Rush). The teen is surprised to learn that Hannah’s mysterious father is R.L. Stine (Jack Black)\, the famous author of the best-selling “Goosebumps” series. When Zach accidentally unleashes the monsters from the fantastic tales\, it’s up to Stine\, his daughter and Cooper to return the beasts back to the books where they belong.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/movie-night-10-2-6-2/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251010T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251010T100000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20240109T232518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T232518Z
UID:10000597-1760086800-1760090400@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/2025-10-10/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251016T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251016T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250926T172404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T172405Z
UID:10000729-1760634000-1760637600@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 October selection is The Third Wife of Faraday House by B.R. Myers \nBook Summary: \nNovember 1816: Restless but naïve Emeline Fitzpatrick is desperate to escape her stifling life in foggy Halifax. Her guardian is lining up repugnant suitors\, but Emeline has her eyes set on a handsome lieutenant in the British navy. She just needs to persuade him to propose\, or her one chance at happiness will be gone forever. \nBut when Emeline’s hopes end in scandal\, she finds herself with only one suitor left: the wealthy and enigmatic Captain Graves. Having already lost two wives to tragic circumstances\, the unfortunate widower is seeking a new companion in his cloistered seaside manor\, Faraday House. Or at least that is what Emeline had been told\, because when she arrives\, she is horrified to discover that the second Mrs. Graves\, Georgina\, has not yet died.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/jfhml-book-club-3/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251021T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251021T170000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250926T174831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T174831Z
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SUMMARY:Banned Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for  Banned Book Club on October 21st @ 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 October is Pet by Akwaeke Emezi \nBook Summary: \nThere are no monsters anymore\, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend\, Redemption\, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet\, a creature made of horns and colors and claws\, who emerges from one of her mother’s paintings and a drop of Jam’s blood\, she must reconsider what she’s been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster–and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption’s house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend\, but also uncover the truth\, and the answer to the question How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/banned-book-club-4-7-2/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251030T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251030T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20241008T191546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T184349Z
UID:10001217-1761843600-1761847200@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-3/2025-10-30/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251104T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251104T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250819T161613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T214621Z
UID:10001462-1762275600-1762279200@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Tales Retold Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We will be meeting on the first Tuesday of every month\, to read and discuss original works and spin-offs or retellings based on them. \nOur November pick is a Frankenstein Retelling. \nOur Hideous Progeny by C. E. McGill. \nSummary: \nMary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic\, but she doesn’t know why or how… \nThe 1850s is a time of discovery\, and London is ablaze with the latest scientific theories and debates\, especially when a spectacular new exhibition of dinosaur sculptures opens at the Crystal Palace. Mary\, with a sharp mind and a sharper tongue\, is keen to make her name in this world of science alongside her geologist husband Henry\, but without wealth and connections\, their options are limited. \nBut when Mary discovers some old family papers that allude to the shocking truth behind her great-uncle’s past\, she thinks she may have found the key to securing their future… Their quest takes them to the wilds of Scotland\, to Henry’s intriguing but reclusive sister Maisie\, and to a deadly chase with a rival who is out to steal their secret.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club-11/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20251021T173222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T173223Z
UID:10001650-1763055000-1763058600@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-22-8-4-2-7/2025-11-13/
CATEGORIES:Adults,News,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20251021T172925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T172925Z
UID:10000658-1763055000-1763062200@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 November is Dog Man.\n\nSummary:\nWhen a police officer and his faithful police dog get injured in the line of duty\, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together — and Dog Man is born. As Dog Man learns to embrace his new identity\, he must stop feline supervillain Petey the Cat from cloning himself and going on a crime spree.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/movie-night-10-2-6-3/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Youth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251114T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251114T100000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20240109T232518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T232518Z
UID:10000598-1763110800-1763114400@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/2025-11-14/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251118T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251118T170000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250830T172250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T172250Z
UID:10002112-1763481600-1763485200@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-4-7/2025-11-18/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251120T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251120T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20251021T173535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T173535Z
UID:10000730-1763658000-1763661600@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 November selection is Clover Hendry’s Day Off by Beth Morrey. \nBook Summary: \n\n\n\n\nToday is not the day to mess with Clover Hendry. \nClover hasn’t said “No” a day in her life. Until today. Normally a woman who tips her hairdresser even when the cut is hideous\, is endlessly patient with her horrendous mother\, and says yes every time her boss asks her to work late—today\, things are going to be very different. Because Clover is taking the day off. Today\, she’s going to do and say whatever she likes\, even if it means her whole life unravels. \nWhat made Clover change her ways? Why doesn’t she care anymore? There’s more to this day than meets the eye. \nClover Hendry’s Day Off is a joyful\, raging\, galvanizing story about putting life on pause\, pleasing yourself\, and getting your own back. Whatever it takes. Because when Clover stops caring\, she can start living.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/jfhml-book-club-4/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251202T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251202T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20250830T161122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T161122Z
UID:10001463-1764694800-1764698400@hallettlibrary.org
SUMMARY:Tales Retold Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We will be meeting on the first Tuesday of every month\, to read and discuss original works and spin-offs or retellings based on them. \nOur December pick is a Three Musketeers Retelling. \nOne for All by Lillie Lainoff. \nSummary: \nTania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. Everyone in town thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak\, nothing but “a sick girl”; even her mother is desperate to marry her off for security. But Tania wants to be strong\, independent\, a fencer like her father—a former Musketeer and her greatest champion. \nThen Papa is brutally\, mysteriously murdered. His dying wish? For Tania to attend finishing school. But L’Académie des Mariées\, Tania realizes\, is no finishing school. It’s a secret training ground for a new kind of Musketeer: women who are socialites on the surface\, but strap daggers under their skirts\, seduce men into giving up dangerous secrets\, and protect France from downfall. And they don’t shy away from a swordfight. \nWith her newfound sisters at her side\, Tania feels for the first time like she has a purpose\, like she belongs. But then she meets Étienne\, her first target in uncovering a potential assassination plot. He’s kind\, charming\, and breathlessly attractive—and he might have information about what really happened to her father. Torn between duty and dizzying emotion\, Tania will have to lean on her friends\, listen to her own body\, and decide where her loyalties lie…or risk losing everything she’s ever wanted.
URL:https://hallettlibrary.org/event/tales-retold-book-club-16/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251211T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251211T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T135603
CREATED:20251021T173222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T173223Z
UID:10001651-1765474200-1765477800@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-22-8-4-2-7/2025-12-11/
CATEGORIES:Adults,News,Youth
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