#CityHallSelfie Day on August 15, 2022 was a huge success – people from across the world took a minute to snap a selfie in front of their local government building. Lake Forest Library took the "Best Library" award.

Celebrating its 10th year, Lake Forest Reads–a program presented by Lake Forest Library and community partners–will read about Rosalind Franklin in the novel "Her Hidden Genius," the namesake of nearby Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.

"Every year we strive to choose a title for Lake Forest Reads that resonates with our community, that is well written, and offers an opportunity to partner with other local organizations," says Kate Buckardt, Head of Adult Services at Lake Forest Library.

Getting dressed in the morning is something we all do. Some people set their clothes out neatly pressed the night before; others grab whatever is clean from the top of the laundry basket.

Regardless of how you arrive at the outfit you’re wearing, few of us think about the lifespan of our clothes. The Lake Forest and Lake Bluff libraries hope to make consumers more aware of sustainable clothing with Read Between the Ravines.

In a time where public libraries are having to justify their relevance, the City of Lake Forest has a community of supporters working to ensure its legacy.

"The library plays such an important role in our city," says Diana Terlato, president of the Library Foundation Board. "It's the one place in our community where people of all ages gather. There's really no other place like it."

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Read the December issue of Forest & Bluff (see pages 42–43)

Kristel Bauer, who has an extensive background in healthcare, decided to start her podcast, Live Greatly, shortly after leaving clinical practice.

"I got all this help from our local media lab just north of Chicago, and that got me started. Then I tapped into those relationships that I had built. I began talking to people I knew to share these different messages."