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We're Doin' the Dewey Again! Is spring finally here or is winter making a comeback? Either way, you'll have a great time by joining us at our 5th annual Do the Dewey after-hours fundraiser on Saturday, April 21. This year, the event is part of our 100th anniversary celebration. In fact, we intend to “Celebrate The Past. Create The Future” until October. This entire issue of our e-newsletter is devoted to “the Dewey,” so read on for more information. Leslie Steiner, Head of Public Information, Editor
It’s time for the 5th annual “Do the Dewey,” scheduled from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 at the Des Plaines Public Library. Admission is $35 in advance or $40 at the door. The price includes food, beer, wine, soft drinks, live music and a variety of interactive programs. Dress is business casual. Raffle tickets for great prizes will be available for purchase. Food and prizes are donated by local businesses, merchants and individuals. Proceeds benefit the library and the Des Plaines Rotary Foundation. For more information, visit the library or the library Web site. Or phone 847-376-2800.
Chicago's favorite swing, jazz and Frank Sinatra-style band, Bopology, will revive the great music of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s at Do the Dewey. Their repertoire includes a variety of favorites, from quiet jazz to jumpin’ and jivin’ swing featuring the big band sounds of Duke Ellington and the vocal styles of the “Rat Pack”.
Chicago Cubs tickets, golf clubs, a health club membership, fine jewelry and a Chadwick offce chair by Knoll are among the raffle prizes you might win at Do the Dewey. Raffle tickets may be purchased at the event for $5 each or 5 tickets for $20. Prizes are donated by local merchants, businesses and individuals.
Award-winning photographer Jerry Hug and the Des Plaines Camera Club will host a digital camera party at Do the Dewey, so bring along your camera. Learn to photograph people, scenes and objects. Props and instruction will be provided. Hug is a retired arts educator from Maine West High School, who still loves teaching digital imaging and traditional photography.
Are you a collector, or have you inherited colorful old glassware from your mother or grandmother? It might be Depression Era glass. Antique dealer Beverly Kennett will be happy to explain at Do the Dewey. She will display samples from her own extensive collection. And, if you bring a small piece or a photograph to the event, she will give you a free appraisal.
Susan Decker and Barbara Decker Wachholz will host a special slide program at Do the Dewey on the 1915 Eastland Disaster that claimed more than 800 lives on the Chicago River. On July 24 of that year, more than 2,500 Western Electric employees and family members boarded the Eastland for a trip from Chicago to Michigan City, Indiana. The ship rolled over into the Chicago River near the wharf, turning the company picnic into a tragedy. Decker and Wachholz are the granddaughters of an Eastland survivor and founders of the Eastland Disaster Historical Society.
Many more activities are being planned for Do the Dewey. They include:
See you there!
Melvil Dewey is considered the “Father of Modern Librarianship.” His best known creation is the Dewey Decimal System, which he invented while working in the library at Amherst College. Dewey's system of classification was first published in 1876. He was also one of the founders of the American Library Association.
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