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It is with a pang of real sadness
that I note the passing of Steve
Allen. To many of us from my gen
eration he is remembered as a very
talented and creative man who, if
he did not invent late night televi
sion, certainly put his mark on it.
The late night talk show hosts as
personified by Jack Paar, Johnny
Carson, Jay Leno, David
Letterman, or Conan O’Brien owe
much to Steve Allen. Their format
and style is one that he invented
and perfected. His talent and origi
nality have never been equaled and
his presence will be missed. A man
for all seasons, he was a composer,
a comedian, a writer, an actor and a
serious thinker. He was a Chicago
boy and his death speaks to my
youth.
Old timers like myself always
talk of the “golden age of televi
sion” with reverence. Whether reverence is deserved or not is beside
the point. We remember it that way,
and there is no way to convince us
dial TV is alive and well and better
than ever. I clearly remember the
first television event that I ever
saw—the Ezzard Charles and Jersey
Joe Walcott title fight of 1948 or ‘49.
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Library Entrance Lobby Redesigned
A brighter and more welcoming entrance to the library will soon be completed by
architect D.F Wrobleski, who was the architect for the library’s lower level Fiction
Room and Youth Services Department. Wrobleski said this was required to be in
compliance with ADA standards. The original floor’s surface had become very irregular
and dangerous.
“This is an opportunity to install a new, light colored floor and doors to increase a
sense of welcome to the library. Furthermore, the exterior concrete was cracked by
winter snow melt and is being replaced with a more decorative stone and brick. Two
stone planters will be installed to separate the building from the parking lot” he said.
For those fond of the front lobby water fountain, a memorial to Deerfield’s Donald
McCabe, be assured that it will remain; it will be redesigned a little smaller to make the
library more accessible and will be set on a circular rose marble base to make it safer
for traffic in and out of the library.
Since the ADA required renovation, the library board took this opportunity to
enhance and update the library lobby and make the entrance safer for everyone.
Blumenthal Selected for Library Board
Jeff Blumenthal, a Chicago native who has
lived in Deerfield for 11 years has been
appointed by the board from among a number
of applicants to fill the unexpired term of
Yvonne Sharpe. Sharpe, a board member since
1992, has moved to Riverwoods.
Blumenthal, a civil litigation lawyer for
Foran & Schultz, spends a great deal of time
in the library, “It’s my home away from home”
said Blumenthal who loves to read and often
brings his wife and three children. He is a
graduate of Northwestern where he majored in
liberal arts and has his law degree from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Village manager Robert D. Franz (left)
swears in Jeff Blumenthal as a new
library board member.
The Library will be closed:
December 24,25,31 and
January 1.
�Morning Book Discussions in
the Fiction Room
Thursdays, 10:30 am
■ December 14 Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone by J.K.Rowling
Rescued from the neglect of his aunt
and uncle, a young boy proves himself
while attending Hogwarts School for
Wizards and Witches.
B! January 11 Losing Nelson by Barr}'
Unsworth. Charles Cleasby idolizes
Lord Horatio Nelson until he learns
about a horrifying incident of brutality
in Nelson's military' career.
H February 8 Girl With a Pearl
Earring by Tracy Chevalier. This
historical novel explores the triangular
relationship between the painter
Vermeer, his wife, and his young
model who is also a serving-maid in
his household.
Evening Book Discussions in
the Fiction Room
Tuesdays, 7 pm
■ January'16 Chocolat by Joanne
Harris. Just a few days before Lent, a
flamboyant single mother and her
daughter open a chocolate shop in
France.
■ February 20 Evensong by Gail
Goodwin. Margaret Bonner's
well-ordered life as the pastor of a
North Carolina Anglican church is
forever changed when three strangers
set off sparks in her small town.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Our Century Readers Club was a
grand success! At the beginning of
2000 the club began for adults and
children who were asked to read
100 books throughout the year,
either as individuals or as a family.
Members of the club read a very
grand total of 5000 books through
out the year and a December
celebration party was held for all
participants.
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Programs arefree but reservations are requested
Healthy Holiday Hors d’oeuvres
Gentleman Farms of Lake County
Tuesday, December 5, 7 pm
Make your favorite holiday foods nutritious and
flavorful! This demonstration by Christina
Samycia, MS, of Wellness Innovations, will
focus on low fat cooking techniques to help
modify holiday recipes. Free taste testing!
Wednesday, January 24, 7 pm
This slide presentation by Nancy Burgess
includes three waves of gentlemen farmers:
industrialists, automobile owners, and those
who came after the stock market crash of 1929.
The farms were designed by premier architects
and their gardens reflected their times. Co-spon
sored by Deerfield Area Historical Society.
Deerfield High School Choraliers
Monday, December ll, 7:15 pm
Last years' performance brought down the
house! The Choraliers, directed by Alicia Akers,
is a show choir made up of outstanding singers
and dancers who will perform the music of the
season. Sponsored by the Deerfield Fine Arts
Commission. Refreshments!
Best Holiday Decorations
in Chicagoland
Tuesday, December 12,7 pm
Join Mary Edsey. author
of the award winning
book of holiday decora
tions, on a fun filled tour
of the best front yard dis
plays in and around
town. An entertaining
slide presentation!
Elderhostel, What’s NEW?
Wednesday, January 10, 10 am
Deerfield’s Alvin Chester leads a panel of trav
elers who will describe Elderhostel, tell how it
has evolved and share their experiences. They’ll
touch on the traditional American, international,
service and intergenerational programs.
Great Decisions, 2001
Tuesdays, 7:30 pm. January’ 23-March 19
Let your voice be heard in our Foreign Policy
Discussion series with Deerfield’s Tom Jester.
This year’s topics include: Trade and globaliza
tion; China and Taiwan; Missile Defense; U.S.
and Iraq; International Health Crisis; Mexico;
European integration and Conflict resolution in
Africa. (Briefing books for $12 should be in
library in January.)
Fern Chapman, Author of
Motherland
Tuesday, January 30, 7 pm
Former Tribune and Forbes
reporter. Chapman discuss
es her poignant memoir,
Motherland— Beyond the
Holocaust: A Daughter's
Journey to Reclaim the
Past. In the book, she
probes the past of her mother who was sent to
the U.S. to escape the Nazi death camps.
Treasures of Moscow
Tuesday, February 13, 7 pm
Claire Copping Cross presents a slide/lecture on
this beautiful Russian city, its historic treasures,
art collections and stirring cathedrals. This is a
great tie-in with the Field Museum’s Kremlin
Gold exhibit, but will cover more.
The Art of the Dance
Tuesday, February 20, 7:15 pm
The Deerfield Fine Arts Commission presents
Andrea Johnson, Deerfield High dance instruc
tor and students who will present a preview of
the spring dance concert. Johnson will highlight
the growing role of dance in the Chicago arts
world.
How to Plan a Priceless Wedding
Tuesday, February 27,7 pm
Former Deerfield resident Kathleen Kennedy
has been a chef and event planner for weddings
of all sizes. She’ll suggest how to make a wed
ding reflect who you are; no need to settle for
the costly cookie cutter kind. She is author of
Priceless Weddings for Under $5000.
�User File
• New Board policy. Cell phones and
beepers may not be used in the library. Turn
them off when you enter.
° We are unable to check out items to
you without your library card or valid
identification. This rule is for your safety,
as it ensures that no one can check out
items on your card for which you would be
responsible. We charge a small fee as we
have to check your registration. Hopefully
this will serve as a gentle reminder to have
your library card with you!
° Reference librarians are on duty all the
hours that the library is open. If you have
any questions about books, authors, etc.
please take these inquiries to the reference
desk as they have the training and the
resources to assist you.
Yarv'
.com to the library because we
are .coming of age!
The year 2001 will bring our new computer
system up and running. We are in the process of
updating and improving our computer services
in the library, as we are leaving the computer
consortium we shared with Skokie, Morton
Grove and Waukegan. The new system should
be up and running this winter. Faster searching
and helpful reference librarians should make
for a smooth transition. Only Deerfield hold
ings will be shown which will make searching
easier. Be assured that we will still be able to
borrow from interlibrary loan should we not
own an item.
Family Explorer Cards
The Deerfield Library is participating in a part
nership of public libraries and suburban (not
Chicago) museums. Sponsored by the North
Suburban Library System, the program allows
Deerfield cardholders to check out Family
Explorer cards granting either free admission or
another offer from the local museums (limit
two per week). Some of the participating muse
ums are Cuneo Museum and Gardens, Lake
County Discovery Museum, Mitchell Museum
of the American Indian and more. Information
is at the Circulation Desk.
Youth Services
2nd Annual Youth Services
Bookmark Contest!
Preschool - 8th Grade.
Thursday, February 1 - Saturday, March 3
Pick up entry forms at Youth Services Desk.
Voting takes place March 17- April 7.
Drop In Events
Family Fun Nights
Program card not required. All family mem
bers welcome — children must bring an adult.
Registration begins Saturday; Januaiy 6.
□ Cozy Stories for a Snowy Night
7 pm Thursday, Januaiy 25
Join us for stories & snacks to keep you warm.
□ Toddler Time
□ Mask Making
11:00 am December 14 & 15; Januaiy 18 &
19; February 15 & 16
A special storytime designed for children 18
months to 2 'A years.
7 pm Thursday, February 22
Unleash your imagination & choose from a
variety of materials and patterns.
Registered Storytimes
January 9 — February 8
Children must have a program card on file.
Registration starts Saturday December 9 at 9
am in person (10 am over the phone). Last day
to register is Saturday, Januaiy 20. Sessions
may be added or cancelled as needed.
■ Family Stories
All ages (children must bring an adult)
9:30 - 9:50 am: Tuesdays or Wednesdays
Children 2'A-3 and their adults are the
primary focus, but older or younger siblings are
welcome.
■ Stories ‘n’ More
Ages 3 'A -5, 10:00 - 10:30 am: Tuesdays or
Wednesdays or 1:30- 2:00 pm Thursdays.
Children must have been born on or before July
9, 1997. Children attend without a parent; but
parents must remain in the building.
■ After School Stories
Grades K-2 — Thursdays at 4:00 -4:45
Program for younger grade-school children fea
tures stories and crafts.
Special Performances
Deerfield residents. Limit 5 seats perfamily.
Children under 7 must bring an adult.
Registration starts December 16. All ages.
■ Franceska’s Marionette Theatre
“The Emperor and the Nightingale”
11 am, Saturday, Januaiy 20.
Exquisite handcrafted marionettes tell Hans
Christian Anderson’s timeless tale.
■ Chris Fascione
10 am, Saturday, Februaiy 17.
A combination of storytelling, mime, clowning
and juggling sure to please. A Deerfield
favorite!
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Deeifield Fire Department's Keith Patterson
shares fire safety stories with the children.
Registered Activities
Children must have a program card on file.
Registration starts November 25for "How
Did They Do That?" and December 1 for
other programs.
ii How Did They Do That? Exploring
Ait Through Literature
Grades 2-5
Saturdays 10:00 -11:30 am: December 2,
Januaiy 13, Februaiy 10
Wednesdays 4:00- 5:30 pm: December 13,
Januaiy 31, Februaiy 14
Leant the art techniques used by your favorite
children’s book illustrators.
■ Snow Sculptures
Ages 4-7, 10 am, Thursday, January 4.
Not enough snow for a snowman? We’ll
show you how to make your own.
■ Martin Luther King Day
Celebration
Monday, Januaiy 15. 10 am for grades K-2 &
2 pm for grades 3-5.
African and African-American stories and
crafts.
■ Dr. Seuss Birthday Party
10 am, Saturday, March 3. Ages 4-7.
Celebrate with stories, games and snacks.
�library Closed:
December 24,25,31 and January 1.
librarian in the lobby:
Saturdays, 9-noon, December 9,
January 13, February 10
Free income Tax Assistance:
1-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays,
February 2 to April 13.
library Board IVleetings:
8 p.m. December 13, January 17,
February 21.
Voter Registration:
10-2, February 17, 24 and March 3
Important Library
Numbers
* Telephone: 847-945-33II
o FAX: 847-945-3402
0 Email:
deerl1eld.libraiy@nslsilus.org.
0 Library Home Page:
www.deerfield-il.org
(under “Community")
0 Library programs and services:
Cable TV Infochannels 10 and 17
• TTY: 847-945-3372
Across the Librarian’s Desk (cont.)
I watched with my Dad at a local saloon; the
bartender confided to us that he had a lock on
TV in my hometown, “because he got into TV
on the ground floor.” I think that set had a six
inch circular screen and the bar is now a parking
lot. Reminds me more than a bit of today’s
dot.com frenzy.
So much has changed in American life in the
past fifty years it is impossible to get a frame of
reference or to see the scope of those changes.
Certainly the younger generation has no idea
what we are talking about when we use terms
like “Stalin ” “cold war” or “golden age of tele
vision." Why should they? For them man has
always been on the moon, they have always had
cell phones, pagers, and post-it notes. Viet Nam
is a country, not an issue tearing generations
apart. They have no idea what it meant to say
“I Like Ike” and really love a presidential candi
date. The young don’t know Watergate, maybe
Iran-Contra and the Gulf War..... events distort
ed by TV.
In a way, television is a microcosm of the
past fifty years. It started off simply, got our
attention, developed a persona, went from black
and white to color and took off in complexity
and controversy. The first coast-to-coast broad
casts were events everyone watched with awetelevision could span the continent. Many of us
sat transfixed by Joseph Welch and Joe
McCarthy. There were the first presidential
debates, the moonwalk, the assassinations. At
the same time TV got very shallow and compli
cated, losing its originality in the quest for cor
porate profit. Style and content went by the
wayside and the medium was branded a “Vast
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Library' Board
Sue Benn, President
David Wolff, Secretary
William Seiden, Treasurer
Ken Abosch
Jack Anderson
Jeffrey Blumenthal
Sunday Mueller
Library' Hours
Mon.-Thurs:
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday:
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday:
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sunday:
Editor: Sally Brickman
Wasteland.” Edward R. Murrow, our best TV
newsman, warned that without standards televi
sion was nothing more than “lights and wires in
a box.”
In many ways the real golden age of televi
sion is now. Cable, satellite dishes, DVD, com
puter animation, and now instant live program
ming delay are all significant technological
advances. Picture quality and program availabil
ity are nothing short of sensational. There is
something on television, cable, or dish twentyfour hours a day, seven days a week. Events that
happen half a world away are instantly shown
on TV as they happen. It is absolutely a techno
logical marvel, but somehow we are poorer for
it all. The media can show us events, but puerile
analysts cannot tell us what the events mean or
why it happened. TV reality has become, after
all, a light show in a box with all the intelli
gence and integrity of a kids video game.
So the passing of Steve Allen has special
poignancy for those of my generation. His talent
and originality are missed; we are left with a
void not met by corporate minions. Lights in a
box will never challenge us, inspire us, or make
us laugh. I believe the golden age of TV is now
because of the stupendous technology, but I also
firmly know the golden age of talent has long
since passed. Jackie Gleason, Edward R.
Murrow, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Allen, to name
only a few, are talents we will never see again
because they could never slither through the fil
ter of the corporate sieve. I recommend Hi-Ho,
Steverino! by Steve Allen for a glimpse into this
American original.
— Jack Alan Hicks
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Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletters
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The historical archive of the Browsing newsletter, which is the quarterly newsletter put out by the Deerfield Public Library and lists all of the programming as well as news for the library.
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Browsing | Deerfield Public Library | Winter 2000-2001
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Vol. 16, No. 2
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Brickman, Sally
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12/2000
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December 2000 - February 2001
Africa
Alicia Akers
Alvin Chester
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Andrea Johnson
Anglican Church
Barry Unsworth
Charles Cleasby
Chicago Illinois
Chicago Tribune
Chicagoland Area
China
Chocolat
Chris Fascione
Christina Samycia
Civil Litigation Lawyer
Claire Copping Cross
Cold War
Conan O'Brien
Cuneo Museum and Gardens
David B. Wolff
David Letterman
Deerfield Area Historical Society
Deerfield Fine Arts Commission
Deerfield Fire Department
Deerfield High School
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Infochannel
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library Adult Services Department
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees Trustee in the Lobby
Deerfield Public Library Book Discussions
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Catalog
Deerfield Public Library Century Readers Club
Deerfield Public Library Circulation Policies
Deerfield Public Library Computers
Deerfield Public Library Policies
Deerfield Public Library Programming
Deerfield Public Library Renovations
Deerfield Public Library Storytimes
Deerfield Public Library Toddler Times
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Department
Deerfield Website
Doctor Seuss
Donald F. Wrobleski
Donald McCabe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edward R. Murrow
Elderhostel
Ernie Kovacs
Europe
Evensong
Ezzard Charles
Family Explorer Cards
Fern Chapman
Field Museum of Natural History
Field Museum of Natural History Kremlin Gold Exhibit
Foran and Schultz
Forbes Magazine
Foreign Policy Association
Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Program
Franceska's Marionette Theatre
Gail Goodwin
Gentleman Farms
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Globalization
Golden Age of Television
Gulf War
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Holiday Decorations
Horatio Nelson
Income Tax Assistance
Iran-Contra Affair
Iraq
J.K. Rowling
Jack A. Hicks
Jack Paar
Jackie Gleason
Jay Leno
Jeffrey C. Blumenthal
Jersey Joe Walcott
Joanne Harris
Joe McCarthy
Johannes Vermeer
John A. Anderson
Johnny Carson
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Welch
Kathleen Kennedy
Keith Patterson
Kenan Abosch
Lake County Discovery Museum
Lake County Illinois
Losing Nelson
Margaret Bonner
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mary Edsey
Mexico
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
Morton Grove Public Library
Moscow Russia
Motherland
Nancy Burgess
Nazism
North Carolina
North Suburban Library System
Northwestern University
Priceless Weddings for Under $5000
Riverwoods Illinois
Robert Franz
Russia
Sally Brickman Seifert
Searchable PDF
Skokie Public Library
Steve Allen
Sunday G. Mueller
Susan L. Benn
Taiwan
The Kremlin
Theodor Seuss Geisel
Thomas Jester
Tracy Chevalier
University of Pennsylvania
Vietnam War
Voter Registration
Watergate Scandal
Waukegan Public Library
Wedding Planning
Wellness Innovations
William S. Seiden
Yvonne Sharpe