One Book, One Zip Code Programs
One Book, One Zip Code programs are being held at the Deerfield Public Library, at the Patty Turner Center, at Deerfield Village Hall, and at Deerfield High School. All One Book programs are free and open to the public.
Mohawk Ironworkers at the World Trade Center
September 6, 8:45 a.m.
Patty Turner Center, 375 Elm, Deerfield, 847-940-4010
Mohawk ironworkers were among the many who built the Twin Towers in the 1960s and would be among the first to heed the call for workers to dismantle the wreckage of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Presented by Dr. Scott Stevens, director of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry Library.
Civic Ceremony - 10th Anniversary of September 11th
Please join us on Sunday, September 11 for a Civic Ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, at Deerfield Village Hall. Beginning at 1:30 p.m., on the front lawn of Village Hall, members of the Deerfield High School Warriors Marching Band will be performing a musical arrangement. At 1:45 p.m. members of the Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District and the Deerfield Police Department will be performing an Honor Guard ceremony.
What it was like... Rabbi Aaron Melman
At 2:00 p.m. on September 11, in the Village Board Council Chambers, Rabbi Aaron Melman of Temple Beth Shalom of Northbrook will speak about his personal experiences as a Student Chaplain for the New York Fire Department on 9/11. This program will be broadcast on cable channel 10 and will be available on-demand at www.deerfield.il.us later that week. This program is sponsored by the One Book One Zip Code Committee, the Village of Deerfield, and the Deerfield Public Library.
Face Time with Jonathan Safran Foer
September 12, 6:30 p.m.
Deerfield High School Auditorium, 1959 Waukegan Road
Interview with the author (via Skype), conducted by David Hirsch. Whitehall of Deerfield will have a drawing for a Nook and Barnes & Noble gift cards.
9/11 Retrospective by Prof. Tom Mockaitis
September 13, 8:45 a.m.
Patty Turner Center, 375 Elm, Deerfield, 847-940-4010
Thomas R. Mockaitis is Professor of History at DePaul University. A frequent media commentator on terrorism and security matters, Dr. Mockaitis appears regularly as a terrorism expert for WGN-TV News.
Read it Loud and Close!
Thursday, September 15, 7 p.m.
Deerfield Public Library, 920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, 947-945-3311
Come read our One Book, One Zip Code selection "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" with us. Join David Hirsch, who teaches the book at Deerfield High School, for an extremely interesting and incredibly rewarding reading experience. All welcome, no need to register in advance.
Poets’ 9/11
Sunday, September 18, 2 p.m.
Deerfield Public Library, 920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, 947-945-3311
Join members of the Library's poetry group as they read their original work inspired by 9/11 or by the themes in our One Book, One Zip Code selection "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close." Please register in person, by phone (847-945-3311) or online.
“Man on Wire”
Thursday, September 22, 7 p.m.
Deerfield Public Library, 920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, 947-945-3311
This fascinating documentary film looks at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century." A mood of anticipatory sadness and nostalgia for a pre-9/11 world suffuses the film and “Man on Wire” celebrates their most uplifting, poetic moment. In the end, there can be little doubt that this film joins the ever-lengthening list of works about 9/11.
Please register in person, by phone (847-945-3311) or online.
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Book Discussions
Thursday, September 8, 10:30 a.m. Deerfield Public Library
Thursday, October 20, 7:30 p.m. Deerfield Public Library
TBA, Bannockburn Village Hall
TBA, Family Book Discussion
High school students and their parents are invited to share their perspectives on our One Book selection.
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