Jane Austen program at Palatine library

Palatine Public Library District will offer an adult program "Jane Austen and Her Women" from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16. Historian and actress Leslie Goddard will portray the novelist Austen. Goddard will explore Austen's life using monologues of the eight women of her novels to describe romance and marriage in a women's life. To sign up, call (847) 358-5881, extension 167 or visit palatinelibrary.org.