Novels @ Night - A Gentleman in Moscow
Tuesday, August 20th at 7:00 PM
Tuesday, August 20th at 7:00 PM - Books available at Circulation.
He can’t leave his hotel. You won’t want to.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.
Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.Ageless Grace - Cancelled August 26 & September 2
Please mark your calendars!
BLUEcloud Mobile App is here!
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Library Cardholder Discounts From Museums and Cultural Attractions
The Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) developed a new online program to allow cardholders from participating RAILS libraries to reserve free passes, discount admission, and other incentives from cultural attractions in Illinois, such as museums, cultural centers, zoos, aquariums, gardens, historical societies, etc.Participating Attractions
- 1950s Park Forest House Museum / Park Forest
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum / Springfield
- American Toby Jug Museum / Evanston
- Central Illinois Connection Center / Chatsworth
- Chicago Children's Museum / Chicago
- Chicago Maritime Museum / Chicago
- Discovery Center Museum / Rockford
- DuSable Musem of African American History Museum / Chicago
- Edwards Place / Springfield
- Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park / Oak Park
- Homewood Science Center / Homewood
- Illinois Holocaust Museum / Skokie
- Kankakee County Museum / Kankakee
- Kidzeum of Health and Science / Springfield
- Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art / Evanston
- Momence Heritage Days / Momence
- Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College / Chicago
- Peoria Riverfront Museum / Peoria
- Springfield Arts Association / Springfield
- Viking Ship / Geneva
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IRS Tax Withholding Estimator
Checking your withholding just got easier. The IRS launched a new IRS Tax Withholding Estimator. As part of a continuing effort to improve quality services for taxpayers, the IRS upgraded this tool, which replaces the Withholding Calculator, and gave it a facelift.
More than just a name change
The Tax Withholding Estimator offers taxpayers a more user-friendly, step-by-step tool for tailoring the amount of income tax they have withheld from wages and pension payments. More people with certain tax situations can use this tool than before, such as retirees and self-employed individuals. The newly designed, mobile-friendly tool has plain language throughout to improve comprehension, and several new functions. You can learn more about key improvements in the attached materials.
Time is right
The IRS urges taxpayers to check their withholding each year and adjust it, if needed, to avoid tax filing surprises. The new Tax Withholding Estimator will help anyone doing tax planning for the last few months of 2019. It’s especially important to use the estimator now:
• If a taxpayer faced an unexpected tax bill or a penalty when they filed this year.
• If a taxpayer made withholding adjustments in 2018.
• If a taxpayer has or will experience a change in marital status, dependents, income or jobs this year.
• Because taxpayers can make estimated tax payments to the IRS instead of adjusting their withholding, and the next payment deadline is Sept. 16.
BLUEcloud Mobile App is here!
The BLUEcloud Mobile app is now live in the app store.
Download the app
Search for "SWAN Libraries" in the iOS in the App Store or for Android in the Google Play Store. For more information, click the link below.
EXPLORE MORE ILLINOIS is here!
Click the icon to get started
How do I access Explore More Illinois?
Click the icon to get started - Enter your library barcode and password or PIN.About Explore More Illinois
Library Cardholder Discounts From Museums and Cultural Attractions
The Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) developed a new online program to allow cardholders from participating RAILS libraries to reserve free passes, discount admission, and other incentives from cultural attractions in Illinois, such as museums, cultural centers, zoos, aquariums, gardens, historical societies, etc.Participating Attractions
- 1950s Park Forest House Museum / Park Forest
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum / Springfield
- American Toby Jug Museum / Evanston
- Central Illinois Connection Center / Chatsworth
- Chicago Children's Museum / Chicago
- Chicago Maritime Museum / Chicago
- Discovery Center Museum / Rockford
- DuSable Musem of African American History Museum / Chicago
- Edwards Place / Springfield
- Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park / Oak Park
- Homewood Science Center / Homewood
- Illinois Holocaust Museum / Skokie
- Kankakee County Museum / Kankakee
- Kidzeum of Health and Science / Springfield
- Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art / Evanston
- Momence Heritage Days / Momence
- Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College / Chicago
- Peoria Riverfront Museum / Peoria
- Springfield Arts Association / Springfield
- Viking Ship / Geneva
Click here for more information and Frequently Asked Questions about Explore More Illinois.
