DuPage library calendar

Submit events at least two weeks in advance to Melynda Findlay via e-mail, mfindlay@dailyherald.com, or by fax, (630) 955-0895.

June 3

• Bookventure will meet at 7 p.m. June 3 at the Wood Dale Public Library, 520 N. Wood Dale Road. Participants will be introduced to the Western genre. Registration is required. All participants will receive a free cowboy hat and a chance to win "Cowboy: The Illustrated History." For details, call (630) 766-6762 or visit www.wooddalelibrary.org.

• Representatives from Alexian Brothers Medical Center will perform free hearing testing from 3 to 6 p.m. June 3 at the Wood Dale Public Library, 520 N. Wood Dale Road. Registration is required. For details, call AlexianConnects at (866) 253-9426.

• "Get a Good Night's Sleep" will be offered from 7 to 8 p.m. June 3 at the Glenside Public Library, 25 E. Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights. A representative from Alexian Brothers Medical Center will discuss the latest treatments for sleep disorders. The program is free. For details or to register, call (630) 260-1550.

• DuPage Against War Now will meet at 7:30 p.m. June 3 at the Glen Ellyn Public Library, 400 Duane St. Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield will moderate a roundtable discussion. The event is free and open to the community. For details, visit www.d-a-w-n.org.

June 4

• Career Vision will present a free program, "Critical Steps to a Successful College Major and Career Planning" at 7 p.m. June 4 at the Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road. Parents of high school and college students will learn how identifying a college major and career direction can reduce family stress and save money. Reservations are required. For details, call (630) 469-6270 or visit www.careervision.org.

• Glen Ellyn author Sandra Alcorn, former dean of Aurora University's School of Social Work, will sign copies of her book, "Strong Roots: A Group Memoir of George Williams College" from 4:30 to 7 p.m. June 4 at the University Club of Chicago, 76 E. Monroe St., Chicago. Alcorn's book tells the story of George Williams College students. The book costs $30 and may be purchased online at www.aurora.edu/strongroots or by calling (630) 844-5486.

June 5

• The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet at 7 p.m. June 5 at the Bensenville Community Public Library, 200 S. Church Road. This month, participants will share their thoughts about "Luncheon of the Boating Party" by Susan Vreeland. The group meets the first Thursday of every month. Copies of books to be discussed are available at the circulation desk one month in advance. For details, call (630) 766-4642.

• Author Robert Olmstead will sign copies of his best-selling Civil War-era novel "Coal Black Horse" at 7 p.m. June 5 at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson St., Naperville. For details, call (630) 355-2665 or visit www.andersonsbookshop.com.

June 6

• A volunteer from the DuPage County Genealogical Society will be available to help with family research from 7 to 9 p.m. June 6 at the Wheaton Public Library, 225 N. Cross St. For details, call (630) 868-7520 or visit www.wheatonlibrary.org.

June 7

• Interested adults may participate in a knitting circle from 1:30 to 3 p.m. June 7 at the Roselle Public Library, 40 N. Park. The group meets every other Saturday. For details, call (630) 529-1641, ext. 3.

• Check It Out: General Reference Center Gold will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon June 7 at the Helen M. Plum Memorial Library, 110 W. Maple St., Lombard. Participants will learn how to access General Reference Center Gold, a resource available 24 hours per day on the library's Web site. Registration is required. For details, call (630) 627-0316 or visit www.plum.lib.il.us.

• The Printer's Row Book Fair, the Midwest's largest literary event, will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 7-8 at Dearborn and Polk streets, Chicago. For a full schedule of author appearances and other activities, visit www.printersrowbookfair.org.

June 8

• Glass collector Marge Urbonas, president of the 20-30-40s Glass Collecting Club of Illinois, will give a presentation about glassware at 2 p.m. June 8 at the Helen M. Plum Memorial Library, 110 W. Maple St., Lombard. Participants may bring one or two glass items; Urbonas will share her opinion about each item's age and value. Registration is required. For details, call (630) 627-0316 or visit www.plum.lib.il.us.

June 9

• The Oak Brook Public Library will play host to the Midwest POW exhibit, "Behind Barbed Wire: Midwest POWs in Nazi Germany" from 5 to 8 p.m. June 9 at the library, 600 Oak Brook Road. The exhibit includes display panels of photographs, documents, audio and video documentaries, artifacts and more. The exhibit is provided by TRACES, a not-for-profit educational organization created to gather, preserve and present stories of people from the Midwest and Germany or Austria who encountered each other during World War II. For information about the exhibit, visit www.traces.org. For details, call the library at (630) 368-7700 or visit www.oak-brook.lib.il.us.

• The Bensenville Writers' Group will meet at 7 p.m. June 9 at the Bensenville Community Public Library, 200 S. Church Road. The group meets on the second and fourth Mondays each month to discuss and critique each other's work. For details, call Carolyn Paprocki at (630) 766-6462.

• Villa Park Recreation's Readers' Theatre Group meets from 3 to 4 p.m. Mondays at the Community Recreation Building, 320 E. Wildwood Ave. The program, led by local resident Joe Schrantz, offers an opportunity to perform without memorizing scripts. Participation is free. For details, call (630) 834-8970 or visit www.vprd.org.