There are so many things going on at Bloomingdale Public Library this month!
The Library will be closed Friday, December 24 through Sunday, December 26 for the Christmas holiday. We will reopen Monday, December 27 at 9:00 a.m.

We will be closed Friday, December 31 through Sunday, January 2 for the New Year's holiday. We will reopen on Monday, January 3 at 9:00 a.m.

Have a happy and safe holiday!
Our annual Holiday Open House is back!
❅ but on a smaller scale ❅

Join us as our special guest helps us to light the lights on the Village complex, then stay for more fun!

❅ Pictures with Santa (weather permitting, this will be outside; COVID protocols will be followed - more information will be posted on our website as the event date approaches)

❅ Light Refreshments - indoors, grab & go

❅ Library Gift (while supplies last)

❅ Roaming Juggler & Carolers

❅ Harpist with seating area
Live Music @ the Library
Join us at BPL for our music series "Live Music @ the Library" featuring Heather Braoudakis. Come to the library monthly through April to enjoy a themed hour-long concert from this Chicago Symphony Chorus singer. December's concert celebrates the season with holiday classics. We hope you can join us!
December Programming
in Adult Services
Registration required for all adult programs unless otherwise noted. Click on the photo for registration details.
Christmas in America from the 1940s through the 1960s meant aluminum trees, department store Santas, and cartoon specials on TV. Every kid in the suburbs had to have an Easy-Bake Oven, a G.I. Joe, or a Slinky. The coolest houses had rotating color wheels for their trees.

Historian Leslie Goddard explores this optimistic era in a new illustrated lecture, using photographs, advertisements, greeting cards, and catalogs to explore why this era was a turning point for how we celebrate the holidays.
This lecture celebrates Austrian artist Gustav Klimt and places him within the art historical context of late nineteenth century French painting including the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. Important examples of Klimt's work including The Kiss and The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer (aka "The Woman in Gold") will be discussed. 

Art Historian Jeff Mishur presents this slide lecture. Mishur is an owner of Art Excursions, a company that provides private guiding in Chicago, lectures, and boutique art and culture tours in the Unites States.
Come enjoy a movie with us at BPL's Drop-In Movie and enter for a chance to win a copy of that day's movie on DVD. Movie giveaway will be held following the conclusion of the movie and you must be present to win. No registration necessary.

Jungle Cruise: Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element.
Come enjoy a movie with us at BPL's Drop-In Movie and enter for a chance to win a copy of that day's movie on DVD. Movie giveaway will be held following the conclusion of the movie and you must be present to win. No registration necessary.

Meet Me in St. Louis: Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Join the Winter Reading Program at BPL and earn chances to win prizes! For registration and more information, see our website at www.mybpl.org/winterreading
7th graders to adult

Cozy up with a warm drink and read!
Log your books and challenges for a chance to win a
$25 Amazon gift card.

Reading prize drawing:
Log one book, earn one entry. All books count!

Challenge prize drawing:
Log one book in a challenge category, earn one entry. Read books in different genres and subjects
to complete challenges.
Infants through 6th grade

Join our Winter Reading challenge!
Register to receive your information packet and starting prize.

Complete your reading log
by reading for just three hours.
Turn in your log at the
Youth Services desk
by Friday, February 4 to
receive your final prize and
be entered into the
Grand Prize Drawing.
Limited hours for December:
Be sure to visit the Makerspace by Saturday, December 18 to get in your last minute holiday crafts and gifts!

The Makerspace will be closed for the holidays starting Thursday, December 23 and will reopen for Bloomingdale cardholders on Thursday, January 6.
Expand your genealogy search from home with Ancestry Library, a research tool for genealogy and local history. Through it you can examine census data, the American Genealogical Biographical Index, and more. While typically only for in-library use, this service is available for home use for Bloomingdale Public Library Cardholders through December 31, 2021.
Bloomingdale Public Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Using the library's computers or Wi-Fi, you can access millions of locked FamilySearch digital records that are only available in a Family History Center or Affiliate Library. Free personal account is required and locked records are only accessible for in-library use.
Need a book suggestion? Try Goodreads!
Check out our page for reading suggestions and reviews shared by library staff and Board members.

Visit our Goodreads page at www.goodreads.com/mybpl
You can also get book recommendations with our own Book Lists at www.mybpl.org/booklists
See all of our December/January programming in the Village Almanac (in mailboxes soon) or see just the Library portion here. You can pick up a paper version in the library, as well.
eNews Update
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  • Youth Services (Kids' Corner)
  • Teen Programs (Teen Territory)
  • Computer Classes (Tech Talk)
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