Issues, controversies and arguments are everywhere in the news. However, with soundbites and social media posts, it’s difficult to understand all the nuances that are relevant. You can use several of the library’s online databases to help get a better understanding of what’s behind the hot topics of the day:
• Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints & Gale in Context: Global Issues—Feature background articles and point-of-view pieces on hot-button issues that require understanding from both sides.
• Alt-Press Watch—Articles from newspapers and magazines that represent voices outside the mainstream, across the political and cultural spectrum.
• CultureGrams—Background

We have learned that Lynda.com is making technical changes that unfortunately are incompatible with our system. As a result, the Arlington Heights Memorial Library discontinued access to Lynda.com on November 3, 2019. Learn more including how to download Lynda.com certificates here.
The Arlington Heights Memorial Library offers many online learning tools. In particular, we invite you to explore the following three resources. While they don't offer the exact same features as Lynda.com, each has its strengths:Gale Courses (six-week, instructor-led online classes)Treehouse (online tutorials focused on programming and web design; requires activation request)GCFLearnFree.com (free online training courses for

It’s a wrap! Thank you to all of the filmmakers, judges and student film supporters involved in making this year’s Teen Film Fest a huge success.
This year’s Teen Film Fest took place on Friday, August 9. The evening began with red carpet appearances from the stars of the night – the teen filmmakers themselves. Sixteen films were submitted for this year’s festival. The films ranged from a The Legend of Zelda-inspired stop-motion animated movie to a Stanley Kubrick-inspired horror film to a music video all about jellybeans that had attendees laughing and cheering along.
After each film, the

“An artist who goes to the moon does the same thing as an artist on Earth,” said picture book author Dean Robbins during his visit to the library on Monday, August 5. “They create art to show the world how they feel.”
Robbins is the writer of The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon, which tells the story of Alan Bean, the only artist to travel in outer space during the 1969 Apollo 12 mission. His lively presentation not only stressed the significance of space travel, but also the important role art can play in helping someone express themselves.
He

The marvel of space travel took center stage at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library on Wednesday evening, July 17, as New York Times bestselling author Robert Kurson shared a spellbinding account of humankind’s incredible journey to the Moon and the achievement of the Apollo 8 mission.
“Apollo 8 represents the first time human beings ever left home,” said Kurson, author of the critically acclaimed book, Rocket Men. “Apollo 8 was the greatest space story of them all, the most daring, the most dangerous and other astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, agreed with this.”
In a captivating presentation to an audience

The Arlington Heights Memorial Library celebrated FanCon’s fourth year as more than 800 residents of all ages stopped by the annual comic book and pop culture convention on Saturday, June 13.

Fans were dressed up in all sorts of fun costumes as they made their way throughout the library, participating in more than 20 different activities. From an intense Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament hosted by The Age of the Geeks that had 78 participants to fan-themed crafts, there was something for everyone at this year’s FanCon.

New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka, who is known

Summer started with a blast on Saturday, June 22, at a Space Launch Party celebrating the opening of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library’s Earth from Space exhibit and the Summer Reading Challenge program. Attendees of all ages participated in many space-related activities, including a planetarium. This life-size cardboard planetarium was created by the library's Summer Volunteer Squad teens, library volunteer Dan Raker, and staff. The planetarium reaches a total height of 10 feet and has a maximum capacity of 20 people per session.










 

The library blasted off into space at this year's annual Fourth of July Parade, where we celebrated with a custom-built spaceship float inspired by Summer Reading: It's Out There. Our parade entry also included the library's bookmobile and library sunglasses as giveaways. The parade float and the giveaways were made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Library. Special thanks to all of the library staff and volunteers, library board members, Kids' World interns, and our Summer Volunteer Squad who helped represent the library during the parade and passed out library sunglasses to parade goers. A

Summer started with a blast for more than 300 people on Saturday afternoon with plenty of space-themed activities and a first look at the library’s new Earth from Space exhibit.
All of the fun was part of the library’s Space Launch Party, which took place throughout the library and gave attendees of all ages the opportunity to explore space in many different ways.
Customers visited the Earth from Space exhibit on the first floor, worked as a team on a space-themed scavenger hunt, created buttons, enjoyed activities in Kids’ World, discovered space-related mobile apps, and learned about telescopes and tested