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Live virtual author event with Marie Benedict, author of the NYT Bestselling book "The Mystery of Mrs. Christie."  To register, please email adultervices@harvard-diggins.org.  Free courtesy of your library.

From band posters stapled to telephone poles to the advertisements hanging at bus shelters to the inspirational prints that adorn office walls, posters surround us everywhere—but do we know how they began? Telling the story of this ephemeral art form, Dave Desimone of the Wisconsin Historical Society reexamines the poster’s roots in the nineteenth century and explores the relevance they still possess in the age of COVID-19 and modern social justice movements.  To receive the Zoom registration link for this…

Learn about the life of the Eastern Bluebird, the decline of populations due to habitat loss and aggresive introduced species, and the local conservation efforts and success of the bluebird trail program in this free webinar presented by the McHenry County Conservation District. This program is tentatively planned as a webinar, but may move to an outdoor in-person program if pandemic conditions allow.  Adult Summer Reading Club participants who attend can log this as an activity in their Beanstack accounts…

British actress Audrey Hepburn on the set of Breakfast at Tiffany's based on the novel by Truman Capote and directed by Blake Edwards. (Photo by Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images) Versatile, dependable, and affordable, the Little Black Dress or "LBD" has become the fashion equivalent of a Model T Ford. In this illustrated lecture, historian Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., explores the history of this fashion icon. Learn how Chanel helped dissociate black from mourning, how Audrey Hepburn helped establish the…