The Brookfield Citizen

Brenda Metterville

Arts and Crafts will continue every Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. These drop-in events will focus on creating and crafting games for the month of January. Everyone is welcome to come in from the cold and join the fun! Local artisans are welcome to share their talents with this lively group.

Home Delivery
Please call the Library for home delivery, even if you can’t get out for just a short period of time. Library materials are delivered every Friday afternoon by the Friends of the Library. Call for details.

Banister Book Group
Patrons are welcome to join, attend and discuss as schedules may accommodate. Copies of the books are always available one month in advance of each discussion at the Library. Please call to reserve.

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that changed America, by Erik Larson
Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men — the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America’s place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their deaths. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m. Twenty Years at Hull House, by Jane Addams
This is Jane Addams' graphic account of her famed settlement house in Chicago's West Side slums. Covering the years 1889 to 1909, a time when America was fired with fear of subversives and suspicion of foreigners, this book stands as the immortal testament of a woman who lived and worked among the immigrant settlers, the sweatshop toilers, the unwed mothers, the hungry, the aged, the sick, to show them the true concept of American Democracy. Jane Addams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her philanthropic work.

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