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IN LIBRARY American Diamond: Baseball, Pop Culture, and Our National Myths | Tuesday, April 2, 7-8pm

Baseball is the national pastime–on the field and in entertainment. No other sport has inspired so much literature, poetry, film, music and performance. In this rollicking, humorous presentation, James Finn Garner will explore the historic and literary reasons driving this phenomenon and how the internet continues the tradition today. Walk-ins welcome!

IN LIBRARY Bring Your Own Craft | Friday, April 5, 10am-12pm

Calling all crafters! BYOC is our monthly meet-and-make series for adults in the Johnson Room. Drop by with your own knitting, crochet, cross-stitch, embroidery, hand-sewing, or other portable project and socialize with other creatives in the community. All levels of experience are welcome. Registration encouraged.

IN LIBRARY Streamline Moderne and the Rise of American Industrial Design | Wednesday, April 10, 7-8pm

Glencoe architect and art commentator Joseph Madda will delve into the amazing worlds of the Big Four—designers Walter Dorwin Teague, Norman Bel Geddes, Henry Dreyfuss, and Raymond Loewy—as they changed the way America looked, from Art Deco to Streamline Moderne and beyond.

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