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Join us Sunday, November 15 at 2:00 pm for All Aboard!: Brookfield's Lost Streetcar System. Brookfield's Greatest Historian Chris Stach will give a presentation on the old streetcar system that ran through Brookfield.  Register in-person, online, or by calling the library at 485-6917.

As of Monday, November 9, Reference Staff will be unable to request items from outside of the Metropolitan Library System (Non-SWAN) until the library re-opens.  Any item found in SWAN or Encore can be requested throughout the entire refurbishing project.

Direct2Food is Metro Chicago’s one-stop shop for meeting the food needs of you and your family. This online resource will help you locate the food pantries, soup kitchens, and meal programs closest to you.

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The Brookfield Public Library is now offering access to “Research Pro”, a group of databases that can be searched  simultaneously, including the library's catalog.  Research Pro databases offer considerable variety in their topic areas; they are broadly classified into biography, business, encyclopedias, research, health and science, homework/student help, history, hobbies and home improvement. Log in to Research Pro using your library card, narrow or broaden the databases to include in your search, and enter your search terms.

When using Encore, look for direct links to Research Pro databases in the lower, right-hand corner of your results.  And as always, you can search each database included in Research Pro individually by using our complete list of databases, or narrow your choice of database by topic on our database page.

While looking at new fiction today, it seems there is a new trend of fiction about artists.  Sunflowers: A Novel of Vincent Van Gogh by Sheramy Bundrick brings Van Gogh's personal story and paintings to life.  The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver is set in 1930s Mexico in the household Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.  Both books are out this Fall. 

Join us on Wednesday, September 16 at 7:00 p.m. to learn about foreclosures, including how to stop a foreclosure and how they affect the entire community.  Register online or call us at 708-485-6917.

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The Village of Brookfield has started the planned Grand Boulevard / Lincoln Avenue construction project but the Library is still open. Although major parts of Grand and Lincoln may be closed at various times, the Library can still be accessed via nearby side streets such as Oak and Park. Look for "Alternate Route to Library" signs. Parking will be made available at all times on either Lincoln or Grand. The project is expected to continue until the end of September.

Take a trip back in time to 1920's Brookfield where The Library is the hottest speakeasy in town.  You are invited to a murder- someone in the family has it in for the Godfather, Donato Brundizzi.  Will the murderer be his brother Waldo, his "moll"  FiFi La Trick, or maybe it's his accountant Dapper Dan?  It's up to you to find out who the murderer is.  Join our suspects at the Library this Friday at 7:00 to see if you can solve the mafia murders.