The Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association has honored Wilmette Public Library with their Advocate of the Year award.

Our latest Between the Lines event encouraged meaningful dialogue about human differences.

On November 9, we hosted a Diwali Celebration in collaboration with the South Asian Families of Wilmette. 

Considering the fact that 11 million people in the United States—about 3.6 percent of us—are deaf or near-deaf, this singular minority doesn’t get much attention. People who experience deafness don’t get flags, or parades. Yet deafness is not simply a disability.

On Saturday, April 20, we hosted an Eid al-Fitr Celebration in collaboration with the South Asian Families of Wilmette.

Join our Library Crawl this April in celebration of National Library Week. Starting April 1, pick up a Library Crawl bookmark at either Glencoe Public Library, Wilmette Public Library, or Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District.

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy New Year!

The Lunar New Year is upon us—that’s the time when the lunar calendar makes a new beginning. China, Korea, Vietnam, and most other East Asian countries celebrate the New Year on the second new moon after winter solstice.

In recent years, Columbus Day has become a hotly contested holiday. It’s beloved by many traditionalists, but others bemoan its links to colonialism.

Yet Columbus Day was never a simple day.

Contributed by: Charles Hutchinson, Esq., President, Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce

By Julie Yusim, Executive Director, Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce