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100 Years of Crime

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
2025-03-20 18:30:00 2025-03-20 20:00:00 America/Regina 100 Years of Crime We're partnering with Cantata to celebrate their centennial. This new book club meets every other month at Cantata to discuss British and American Crime authors. Wine and light refreshments provided. Wye Valley Apartments, Cantata -

Thursday, March 20
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-20 18:30:00 2025-03-20 20:00:00 America/Regina 100 Years of Crime We're partnering with Cantata to celebrate their centennial. This new book club meets every other month at Cantata to discuss British and American Crime authors. Wine and light refreshments provided. Wye Valley Apartments, Cantata -

We're partnering with Cantata to celebrate their centennial. This new book club meets every other month at Cantata to discuss British and American Crime authors. Wine and light refreshments provided.

This month, the 100 Years of Crime Book Club will meet to discuss Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn, a thrilling and hilarious novel about four female assassins on the cusp of retirement. 

Book club meetings will be held in March, May, July, September, and November 2025. We will meet in the Dining Room at the Wye Valley Apartments on the Cantata Campus, located at 8700 W 31st St, Brookfield, IL 60513. Refreshments provided. A map of the facility is included below, with the Wye Valley Apartments and Dining Room indicated. 

Cantata Campus with North Parking Lot and Wye Valley apartments indicated.

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Hook & Needle Guild
Wed, Jun 10, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
LSF Brookfield Library
Calling all knitters, crochet enthusiast, embroidery gurus, quilting masters, and everybody that would like to join us for our monthly Guild Meeting. Tea will be served; new faces welcome!
Teen Cooking: Rainbow Fruit Skewers
Wed, Jun 10, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
LSF Brookfield Library - Meeting Room 1
Teens will make a colorful, healthy, and delicious treat with different fruits in the colors of the rainbow.
The Founding Mothers
Wed, Jun 10, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
LSF Brookfield Library - Whole Meeting Room
The Mothers of America are rarely mentioned. Discover soldiers, writers, printers, scholars, farmers, artists, and spies, all women, all vital to our history. Walk-ins welcome.
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