The Deerfield Public Library Podcast

We talk all things cybersecurity with the inspiring Kyla Guru . Kyla is the founder of Bits N' Bytes Cybersecurity Education , an educational and advocacy organization focused on spreading cybersecurity awareness and best practices to our community and beyond. She's also a student at Deerfield High School!  Listen for Kyla's cybersecurity tips on everything from passwords, phishing emails, and two...

Opioid abuse prevention and treatment with Martin Clancy , the Project Coordinator for Drug Overdose Prevention Programs at the Lake County Health Department. Martin gives us specific, local advice on where to go for help, tells us how this crisis came about, and tips on working with doctors and how to get Naloxone. Illinois' opioid and substance abuse help hotline, available 24/7: (833) 2FINDHELP...

J.R. Jones , film critic and author of   The Lives of Robert Ryan , tells us about what it's like to work as a movie reviewer today. Find his reviews and other writing for the Chicago Reader here . Robert Ryan was known for his bigoted, violent characters in movies like The Wild Bunch, The Dirty Dozen, and Bad Day at Black Rock , but off the screen Ryan was a civil rights activist and pacifist, a...

Known for Darth Vader and Son and the Jedi Academy series as well as Clumsy , Funny Misshapen Body , & A Matter of Life , Jeffrey Brown has been a prolific cartoonist and author. We discuss why the Village of Deerfield is in every one of his books, some of the themes of his adult graphic memoirs, how his Star Wars books came about, why it's difficult to make jokes about R2-D2 and C-3PO, and how he...

Legendary photographer and writer Art Shay 's work has appeared in LIFE , Time , Sports Illustrated , and many other publications. Our conversation is full of first-hand accounts of some of the most the famous people and events of the 20th century--and local Deerfield history. We learn that Nelson Algren and Billy Corgan often visited Shay in Deerfield and Eleanor Roosevelt and James Baldwin were...

We're taking a break from our monthly episodes for this busy time of year, but we'll be back in January with perhaps our most notable local yet. Thanks for listening and happy holidays!  Comments and feedback: podcast@deerfieldlibrary.org. More info at http://deerfieldlibrary.org/podcast . Follow us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest

Author of Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter's Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy , Elizabeth Rynecki. We discuss about her amazing memoir and documentary film project that chronicles the search for the missing paintings of her great-grandfather, Moshe Rynecki. chasingportraits.org You can check out Chasing Portraits from the library or see the books and movies discussed in our conversation here...

Deerfield Rotary Club co-presidents Natalie Kirsch & Peter Fitzgerald. Check out deerfieldrotary.org for more info about their unique projects and how to get involved. Vicki from Adult Services shares her Top 5 Spooky Reads list . Send in your own list of favorite Spooky Reads by 11:59 pm (Central), October 19th to podcast@deerfieldlibrary.org . We'll share all listener lists in a blog post and yo...

Dr. Michael Lubelfeld , the superintendent of District 109, Deerfield's elementary schools is our guest. We discussed the state of education today in Deerfield and Mike's recent book (with co-author Nick Polyak)  The Unlearning Leader .  Check out District 109's new podcast, "Sound Around 109." Library news this month highlights an author visit from Elizabeth Rynecki on October 8th, 2:00 - 3:30 p....

Guided audio walking tour of public art in Deerfield, IL. Find map & guide and more info at deerfieldlibrary.org/arttour . Tour features artists Lars-Birger Sponberg, Janet Austin, Robert Winslow, Javier Vilató, Antoine Poncet, Mary Block, and Ryan Wilde.  Find other local tours at  deerfieldlibrary.org/localtours .

Mary Block , sculptor & Lars-Birger Sponberg , painter, both with longtime Deerfield connections and artwork in the community. Check out the Deerfield Public Art Tour, in self-guided audio tour  or 360 video tour   formats. Our next in-person Public Art Tour, on Saturday Sept. 9th, from 10-11 am. Registration opens August 16th . Multimedia Librarian Ted recommends a biography, Washington: A Life b...

Charlie Meyerson , proprietor of ChicagoPublicSquare.com , a free email news roundup. We talk "fake news" and the state of the media today. Charlie visited us in June as a panelist on our program The Real Story Behind Fake News , you can watch it here . Library News: a new resource for our patrons in the market for a car: Auto Finance Resource . With this resource you can get the inside informatio...

Chef Gale Gand , James Beard Award-winner, co-founder of the restaurant TRU, cookbook author, Food Network star on Sweet Dreams (and a whole lot more) is our guest this month. We talk about her long and fascinating career with a local spin--Gale grew up in Deerfield and has many connections to the area. Library News: Summer Reading has started! Check at Youth or Adult desk or online  for more info...

Bestseller  Mary Kubica , author of The Good Girl , Pretty Baby , and Don't You Cry is our guest this month!  We discuss the themes that run through her books, the local Chicago and suburban settings in her novels, and her love of libraries. Mary also shares some info about her new book, Every Last Lie , coming out this June. Other segments in this episode— Library News: we learn about the new Bab...

State Senator Julie Morrison of Illinois's 29th District is our guest this month. Julie discusses her career path, how best to get involved in local government, and how she gets some of her ideas for legislation (hint: visit her office! ). Other segments on our April show include information from youth librarian Julia Frederick about the library's new Discovery Kits   available for checkout. Then,...

Deputy Chief Ray Larson of the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire District  is our guest this month. He discusses the path to becoming a firefighter, specific fire and life safety tips, when to call 911, and some of the unusual situations they've responded to. Follow the Fire Dept. on Facebook   for more safety tips and news updates. Bookending the conversation, Library Director Amy Falasz-Peterson tells...

Executive Director of the Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce , Vicki Street, is our feature interviewee this month. We discuss the Chamber's role in the community, growing up in Deerfield, and the Chamber's recent trip to Cuba! Bookending the conversation, Outreach Coordinator Judy Hoffman tells us about the food drive for the Deerfield Township Food Pantry (donate in the library...

Deerfield's current Mayor, Harriet Rosenthal is our feature interviewee this month. Mayor Rosenthal discusses her path from community volunteer to the Mayor's seat and what makes her job particularly fulfilling. Bookending the conversation, librarian John Phillips fills us in on the details of our new board game collection , available for checkout now, and librarian Anne Jamieson recommends The La...

Use this audio walking tour to explore Deerfield-area veterans (and other related people) in the historic cemetery in Deerfield Illinois. Narrator Dylan Zavagno will introduce the tour and guide you to the graves and librarian Anne Jamieson will detail the lives of those buried there. Along the way we'll learn about veterans from nearly all of our country's wars, with a special focus on the Civil...

Use this audio walking tour to explore the historic cemetery in Deerfield Illinois. Narrator Dylan Zavagno will introduce the tour and guide you to the graves and librarians Ted Gray and Anne Jamieson will detail the lives of those buried there. Along the way we'll learn about early settlers, German immigrant families, abolitionists and veterans. We'll get to know PTA and church members, famous lo...