Upcoming Events

Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls. After encouraging her younger step-brother to participate in daredevil activities leads to an accident, Sallie Kincaid is cast out of her family.

In-person only

Professor Gary Midkiff discusses chapter 3 of the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions briefing book.

Register each person planning to attend. 

This month's discussion is Lore by Alexandra Bracken.

A print copy of this month’s book (yours to keep) is reserved for you when you register. Pick up at the Youth Desk.

Grades K-2 with an adult. Discuss The World's Best Class Plant by Audrey Vernick and Liz Garton Scanlon. As a group, we will read the story together, share our thoughts, and enjoy a related craft.

In your 20s or 30s and thirsting for intelligent conversation with excellent people? Meet for a book discussion at the Chatterbox of Long Grove with excellent people over adult beverages and delicious food.

Troy, a troubled but well-intentioned father who has recently separated from his wife Sally. Aghast at Sally's refusal to let their trans son Joe live as his authentic self, Troy runs off with Joe into the Montana wilderness.

Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes reinvents the environmental documentary by portraying, in incisive yet lyrical fashion, the reciprocal influence of animals and humans.

Explore the potential benefits and possible pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence in this highly readable and informative book that reviews the history of how we arrived at the current state of AI and provides thoughtful guidance on how we might bes

North Woods by Daniel Mason. Exploring the many ways we’re connected to our environment and to one another across time, language and space, this sweeping collection of stories about a single house in the woods of New England is told

Share work, meet fellow writers, get constructive feedback, and discuss the publishing business in this informal group. All writers welcome.

In your 20s or 30s and thirsting for intelligent conversation with excellent people? Meet for a book discussion at the Chatterbox of Long Grove with excellent people over adult beverages and delicious food.

Gitl and her son arrive on the lower East side of New York in 1896 to join her husband Jake, as they struggle to assimilate while remaining true to their old country ways.

Discuss The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.'

In-person only

Professor Gary Midkiff discusses chapter 4 of the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions briefing book.

Register each person planning to attend. 

Grades 6-8. What Happened to Rachel Riley by Claire Swinarski. A copy of the book (yours to keep) is reserved when you register. Pick up your copy of the book at the Youth Desk.

Share work, meet fellow writers, get constructive feedback, and discuss the publishing business in this informal group. All writers welcome.

This month's discussion is The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins.

A print copy of this month's book (yours to keep) is reserved for you when you register. Pick up at the Youth Desk.

In your 20s or 30s and thirsting for intelligent conversation with excellent people? Meet for a book discussion at the Chatterbox of Long Grove with excellent people over adult beverages and delicious food.

1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius.