LIBRARY HAPPENINGS JUNE 11-17

ADULT SERVICES:
Carry a Torch for Reading is the Olympic Year Theme for the Adult Summer Reading Program that starts Monday, June 11, and runs through August 26. Read 5 Elk Grove Library books to earn a Dewey Decathalon T-shirt. Each book read also earns a chance to win a prize from local merchants. Sign up at the Adult Services Reference Desk starting at 9 a.m. At 11 a.m., the Beatles Tribute Band Stockwood will perform in the Large Meeting Room; no tickets are needed.

From 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., IDES will present its monthly workshop for job-seekers, Effective Resumes, Interviewing and Job Search Techniques. Learn proven techniques to create a professional-looking resume, learn where to find suitable job openings, and learn how to make a good impression at an interview. There will even be an opportunity to practice at a mock interview session. Register online.

Robert Downey, Jr., and Jude Law appear as Sherlock Holmes and Watson in the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows on Wednesday, June 13, at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13, the story involves the notorious Professor Moriarty, Irene Adler, and Mycroft Holmes as well. No tickets are needed.

Spend all day Thursday, June 14, on a Bus Trip to southeast Wisconsin. Enjoy a streetcar ride along Lake Michigan in Kenosha, a visit to a Civil War Museum, lunch at the Boat House Pub and Eatery, a ten mile ride on an electric train at the East Troy Electric Railroad, and a stop at the Elegant Farmer and the Farm Kitchen Bakery and Market. Tickets are only $78 and can be purchased at the Circulation Desk.


YOUTH SERVICES:
Registration for the Youth Summer Reading Program, Dream Big: Read, begins Monday, June 11, at 9 a.m. Participants from newborns to 12th graders can earn rewards based on the number of minutes of reading completed. The fifth award is a t-shirt. There will also be a weekly drawing for those who read a specific type of book as chosen by the "wheel". The program will end July 28. Story times and Friday Special Programs begin the week of the 18th, and Thursday Craft Programs begin June 28--all sessions of Tye-Dye T-Shirts are already full.