Stop by the library’s annual Ice Cream Social and sign up for our summer reading clubs! We’re offering a deluxe version of the Social this year to say a heartfelt THANK YOU to Glencoe for supporting a bond referendum to renovate and expand the library building. Enjoy frozen custard with all the toppings, cookies donated by An Apple a Day, and a few surprises!

Glencoe has a wealth of notable architectural, some very familiar and some under the radar. Peter Van Vechten, architect and chair of the Glencoe Preservation Commission, will use the Preservation Commission’s Historic Glencoe Story map to illustrate the best examples. Cosponsored with the Glencoe Preservation Commission. Registration encouraged.

Enjoy a preview of the new Barack Obama Presidential Library and Obama Presidential Center, which opens June 19 in Jackson Park on Chicago’s south side. Learn how presidential history is preserved, accessed, and shared and how these records deepen our understanding of recent history and democratic values. Presented with multiple area public libraries.