Friends Winter Quarterly 2024–2025
Book Sale Highlights The Friends would like to thank the 2,610 shoppers who visited the 48th Annual Book Sale last September. We had a record 2,436 sales and numerous new Friends memberships resulting in $120,545.13 total revenue! The book sale was possible thanks to ... 57 Friends book sor...
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Friends Fall 2024 Quarterly
Join us for the 48th Annual Book Sale by the Friends at Lake Forest Recreation Center, 400 Hastings Rd. It’s time for the Friends’ biggest book sale of the year! Browse and purchase gently used, bargain‑priced books. This popular community event is one of the largest book sales in the Midwest. Wi...
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Friends Quarterly Summer 2024 News
Grants to the Library The Friends of Lake Forest Library have approved a grant totaling $89,750 for FY2025. Thanks to the support of the Lake Forest community, the Friends are able to provide these funds to enhance and support Lake Forest Library. The Library Board and Staff are grateful to the Fri...
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Restoring the Remisoff Murals: Speck by Speck with PARMA Conservation
Welcome to Elizabeth, Peter, Ewa, and John from PARMA Conservation! They arrived February 5 to begin restoring the Remisoff murals. Ever since Russian émigré Nicolai Remisoff painted the final brushstroke in 1932, Homer, Sappho, Aeschylus, Virgil, Cicero, Xenophon, Diogenes, and Pythagoras (plus ...
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Friends Quarterly Spring 2024 News
Shop the Children’s Book Sale by the Friends
Stop by the Library Foyer to browse and purchase gently used, bargain-priced children’s books, just in time for the Library’s Summer Reading Program and your summer trips and staycations.
Thursday, June 6, 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Friday, June 7, 9:00...
(Application period is closed) Now Accepting Applications for 2024 Scholarships from the Friends
Each spring, the Friends award $2,000 scholarships to up to three graduating high school seniors who clearly demonstrate a passion for reading. Students from Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, and Knollwood are eligible to apply. The Friends of Lake Forest Library inaugurated this scholarship in 2003 to recog...
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Friends of Lake Forest Library Winter Quarterly News 2023
Holiday Book Bazaar Stop by the Library Foyer November 27 through December 23 to browse an assortment of holiday books selected to get you in the spirit of the season and to give as gifts. Prices are marked at the top of the first white page of each book. Payment is cash on the honor sy...
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(Past Event) A Night at the Library, brought to you by the Friends
Join us in the historic and beautiful Lake Forest Library for hors d'oeuvres and wine with music by the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra woodwind quintet. This after-hours soirée in celebration of the Library's 125th anniversary is not to be missed! Tickets are limited. Purchase a ticket...
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(Application period closed) Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Friends Scholarships
Each spring, the Friends award $2,000 scholarships to up to three graduating high school seniors who demonstrate a passion for reading. Students from Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, and Knollwood are eligible to apply. The Friends of Lake Forest Library inaugurated this scholarship in 2003 to recognize stu...
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Shop the Friends Holiday Book Bazaar
The Friends of Lake Forest Library will hold its traditional Holiday Book Bazaar November 29–December 22 in the Library Foyer! The sale includes a small assortment of holiday books that would be perfect for a gift, stocking stuffer, or just to enjoy yourself during the holiday season. Prices a...
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Supporting the Library in Fiscal Year 2023
The Friends are pleased to announce the approval of the following grants totaling $122,760 for Lake Forest Library for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2023: $40,000 toward the retention of an art and cataloging expert to work with the Library’s art collection $20,000 toward live programming f...
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Announcing the 2022 Featured Book for Lake Forest Reads
Lake Forest Reads, our One Book, One Community program, returns this fall! We are pleased to announce this year’s selection: "Her Hidden Genius" by Marie Benedict Marie Benedict’s powerful new novel shines a light on a woman who sacrificed her life to discover the nature of our DNA, a woman wh...
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(Past event) The Children’s Book Sale returns this June!
The Children’s Book Sale is returning! Browse and purchase a wide selection of gently‑used, bargain‑priced children’s books, just in time for Summer Reading Beyond the Beaten Path, road trips, and family vacations!
Stop by the Children’s Book Sale in the Library Foyer
Thursday, June 9
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(Application period closed) 2022 Friends Scholarship applications are now available
Each spring, the Friends award $2,000 scholarships to up to three graduating high school seniors who demonstrate a passion for reading. Students from Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, and Knollwood are eligible to apply. The Friends of Lake Forest Library inaugurated this scholarship in 2003 to recognize stu...
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(Past event) The Friends are selling used books at the “Lake Forest Station Pop‑Up Shop”
The Friends are selling used books at the “Lake Forest Station Pop‑Up Shop” at the East Train Station. Pop-Up Shop hours Thursday–Saturday 11:00 am–5:00 pm November 26–December 30 Stay tuned to the City news and Pop-Up Shop social media pages for details. Follow Lake Forest Station on Insta...
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