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The Deerfield Public Library Podcast69: Annah Feinberg, author of the graphic novel Goodbye, Dolly!This month on the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we are very happy to welcome writer and artist Annah Feinberg to talk about her hilarious and moving debut full-length graphic novel, Goodbye, Dolly! Narrated from beyond the grave by Dolly, the famous cloned sheep born in 1996, Goodbye, Dolly! tells the story of her six disaffected children (or as Annah calls them, "nepo lambs") as they search the Scottish countryside for their identity after their mother's death. Annah Feinberg has written many comics and humor pieces for publications like The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Bon Appétit, and Awry, which o...
2025-12-0841 min
DBR Chamber Podcast(17) Meet Cathy Kedjidjian of District 109Here are the top 5 takeaways from this episode:* Deep Community Roots and Experience* Cathy Kedjidjian is the Chief Communications Officer for Deerfield Public Schools District 109. She is a Deerfield resident, has children who went through the district, and previously served in the same communications role from 2010–2018 before returning. Her personal and professional ties to the community shape her commitment to the district.* Role as a Storyteller and Connector* Cathy sees her primary job as telling the stories of the district’s students, staff, and schools, celebrating their achievements, and ensuring families and...
2025-11-1223 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastShrek The Musical, Meet the Cast: Mae O'ConnellIn this episode, we meet Mae O’Connell, the youngest-ever guest on the Deerfield Theater Podcast and a true rising star at just nine years old. With an impressive resume of around 15 shows already under her belt, Mae brings infectious enthusiasm and wisdom beyond her years to her role as Young Fiona in Deerfield Theater’s production of Shrek The Musical. She shares her journey from her first stage experiences in kindergarten to the thrill of performing alongside both kids and adults, and the unique excitement of singing a trio as part of a multi-generational Fiona cast. Mae’s love f...
2025-11-0819 min
DBR Chamber Podcast(16) Meet Marla Goldberg of CJE Senior LifeHere are the top 5 takeaways from this episode:* CJE Senior Life Offers Comprehensive Senior Services: CJE provides a wide range of services for older adults, including assisted living, memory support, day programs, counseling, and home-delivered meals. Their Weinberg Community in Deerfield, Illinois, features both assisted living and memory care facilities.* Community Engagement and Partnerships Are Central: The organization is deeply involved in the local community, partnering with entities like the Deerfield Library, West Deerfield Township, and local churches and synagogues. They co-facilitate programs such as the Memory Cafe and host community events like the Festival...
2025-11-0525 min
Digital Mayors PodcastEp 39: Digital Mayors Podcast: Brenda B Photography on Trust, Family, and Photos That Feel Like YouMeet Brenda Ross, the eye and heart behind Brenda B Photography...the artist making South Florida look like home. We talk calm prep, real-you posing, and why the best photos start before the shutter clicks.In this episode:• How Brenda turns nerves into natural smiles• Holiday family photo tips that lower stress• The “secret Deerfield spot” (yes, with bathrooms) she loves for shootsListen and get connected: LoveWhereYouLiveFL.comGuest: brendabphoto.com • IG: @brendabphoto
2025-10-0341 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastTime to Audition for Shrek the Musical with Director Karen ShumanKaren Shuman, the director of Deerfield Theater’s upcoming Shrek the Musical, came on the podcast to talk about the show and upcoming auditions. Karen discusses her lifelong passion for theater, tracing her journey from childhood to her current role as a director. She shares her love for Shrek, mentioning how it is a favorite in her household and how she pushed hard for it to be staged because of its heartfelt and fun nature. Karen also highlights the unique and catchy new songs in the musical, which differentiates it from the popular movies. We reflect on the inclusive an...
2025-07-2425 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5 Outro Episode (with Mathew Kerbis, Lisa Hiton, and Daniel Baer)Our Queer Poem-a-Day "outro" episode, featuring three "extras" for Year 5! At 02:00: Mathew Kerbis, a board member of The Friends of the Deerfield Public Library, shares details about the local 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, dedicated to enriching the Library's materials, services, and programs for the members of the community. Mathew shares with us some of the Library programs (like Queer Poem-a-Day!) and services that the Friends group supports, and how you can get involved. Check them out at: https://www.deerfieldlibrary.org/about/friends-of-the-library/ At 09:00: The audio of our annual Queer Poem-a-Day Capstone Lecture program, where co-directors Lisa Hiton and D...
2025-07-0355 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Ocean VuongDay 20: Ocean Vuong reads his poem "The Last Dinosaur." This poem first appeared in a slightly different form in The Boston Review (2021) and in his collection Time is a Mother (Penguin Press, 2022). Writer, professor, and photographer, Ocean Vuong is the author of The Emperor of Gladness. Born in Saigon, Vietnam and raised in Hartford, Connecticut in a working class family of nail salon and factory laborers, he currently splits his time between western Massachusetts and New York City, where he serves as a Professor in Modern Poetry and Poetics in the MFA Program at NYU. ...
2025-06-2704 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Mark DotyDay 19: Mark Doty reads his poem, "A Display of Mackerel," which first appeared in his collection Atlantis (Harper Perennial, 1995). Mark Doty is the author of nine books of poetry. Fire to Fire: New & Selected Poems, won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language. Queer Poem-a-Day is f...
2025-06-2604 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Rose ZinniaDay 18: Rose Zinnia reads her poem, "I'm Like If Mary Oliver Had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder." This poem was originally published in Poetry (April 2025). Rose Zinnia is a poet, novelist, essayist, teaching artist, editor, and designer. Born in Akron, Ohio, she is the author of Togethering (Ledge Mule Press, 2024), a chapbook of poetry & lyric essay. A 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow, Zinnia's honors also include fellowships and residencies from Vermont Studio Center, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and the Kinsey Institute. Her writing appears or is forthcoming in The Offing, Poetry, CV2, Black W...
2025-06-2504 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Nikky FinneyDay 17: Nikky Finney reads her poem "Charm," originally published in her collection The World is Round (InnerLight Publishing, 2003). Nikky Finney is the author of On Wings Made of Gauze; Rice; The World Is Round; and Head Off & Split, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2011. Her new collection of poems, Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry, was released in 2020. Finney is Carolina Distinguished Professor at USC in Columbia where she is also Director of the Ernest A. Finney Jr. Cultural Arts Center. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can b...
2025-06-2403 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Oliver Baez BendorfDay 16: Oliver Baez Bendorf reads his poem "What the Dead Can Do, which was originally published in West Branch (2021), reprinted in Best American Poetry 2022, and in his book Consider the Rooster (Nightboat Books, 2024). Oliver Baez Bendorf is the author of three books of poetry, including Consider the Rooster, a finalist for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award. Born and raised in Iowa, he now lives and writes in exile. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our l...
2025-06-2303 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jayson P. SmithDay 15: Jayson P. Smith reads their poem, "I Arrive in a Place with a High Level of Psychic Distress." Queer Poem-a-Day is honored to be the first publication of this poem. Jayson P. Smith is a poet, dancer, educator, & curator from the Bronx. J is the recipient of fellowships from Hawthornden Foundation, NYFA, The Poetry Project, and Callaloo. They curate NOMAD Readings in Brooklyn (& elsewhere). Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Que...
2025-06-2003 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jessica JacobsDay 14: Jessica Jacobs reads her poem, "Saturday Services at the Provincetown Shore" from her book unalone (Four Way Books, 2024). Recorded with permission of Four Way Books. All rights reserved. Jessica Jacobs, a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow, is the author of unalone, poems in conversation with the Book of Genesis (Four Way Books, March 2024); Take Me with You, Wherever You're Going (Four Way Books, 2019), one of Library Journal's Best Poetry Books of the Year, winner of the Devil's Kitchen and Goldie Awards, and a finalist for the Brockman-Campbell, American Fiction, and Julie Suk Book Awards; Pelvis with Distance (W...
2025-06-1905 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Francisco MárquezDay 13: Francisco Márquez reads his poem, "The Bulge," first published in The Adroit Journal (April 2025). Francisco Márquez is a poet from Maracaibo, Venezuela, born in Miami, Florida. His work has been featured in the Yale Review, the Brooklyn Rail, the Slowdown podcast, and the Best American Poetry anthology. He has received support from the Tin House Writer's Workshop, The Poetry Project, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, where he was a 2019-2020 Poetry Fellow. He works and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Text of today's poem and more details about our pro...
2025-06-1803 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jaz SufiDay 12: Jaz Sufi reads her poem, "Ode to My Lover's Sequined Dress." Queer Poem-a-Day is honored to be the first publication of this poem. Jaz Sufi (she/hers) is a queer Iranian-American poet and arts educator. Her work has been published or is upcoming in Best New Poets, Best of the Net, AGNI, Black Warrior Review, Muzzle, and elsewhere. She is a National Poetry Slam finalist and has received fellowships from Kundiman, the Watering Hole, and New York University, where she received her MFA. She is the current Poet Laureate of San Ramon, CA, where she lives w...
2025-06-1705 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Gabrielle CalvocoressiDay 11: Gabrielle Calvocoressi reads their poem, "Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you" originally published in Poetry (October 2021). Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, Apocalyptic Swing (a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize), and Rocket Fantastic, winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. Calvocoressi is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including a Stegner Fellowship and Jones Lectureship from Stanford University; a Rona Jaffe Woman Writer's Award; a Lannan Foundation residency in Marfa, TX; the Bernard F. Conners Prize from The Paris Review; an...
2025-06-1603 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jan-Henry GrayDay 10: Jan-Henry Gray reads his poem "On Therapy," first published in the anthology Permanent Record: Poetics Towards the Archive (Nightboat Books, 2025), edited by Naima Yael Tokunow. Jan-Henry Gray is the author of Documents, selected by D.A. Powell as the winner of BOA Editions' Poulin Poetry Prize, and the chapbook Selected Emails. His poems have been included in various anthologies, including Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora (HarperCollins, 2024), Permanent Record: Poetics Towards the Archive (Nightboat, 2024), as well as Essential Queer Voices of U.S. Poetry, Queer Nature, and Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer...
2025-06-1303 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Timothy LiuDay 9: Timothy Liu reads his poem "The Price of Kissing is Your Life," originally published in the Georgia Review (Spring 2025). Timothy Liu's most recent books of poems are Down Low and Lowdown and Luminous Debris, both out from Barrow Street. A reader of occult esoterica, he teaches at SUNY New Paltz and Vassar College. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at t...
2025-06-1204 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Lloyd SchwartzDay 8: Lloyd Schwartz reads his poem "Who's On First?" This poem was originally published in Ploughshares (1981) and reprinted in Who's On First: New and Selected Poems (University of Chicago Press, 2021). Lloyd Schwartz is poet laureate of Somerville, the Frederick S. Troy Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and a longtime arts critic for NPR's Fresh Air. He's published five books of poetry, a collection of his music reviews, and has edited three volumes devoted to the works of Elizabeth Bishop. Among his honors are the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, and fellowships from the...
2025-06-1106 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Keetje KuipersDay 7: Keetje Kuipers reads her poem "Cremello Horse," which first appeared in the magazine 32 Poems and was then published in Lonely Women Make Good Lovers (BOA Editions, 2025). Keetje Kuipers' fourth collection of poetry, Lonely Women Make Good Lovers, was the recipient of the Isabella Gardner Award. Her poetry and prose have appeared in American Poetry Review, New York Times Magazine, and Poetry, and have been honored by publication in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies. Keetje has been a Stegner Fellow, NEA Literature Fellow in Creative Writing, and the Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Resident...
2025-06-1003 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Gaia RajanDay 6: Gaia Rajan reads his poem "Essay on Class," which originally appeared in Frontier Poetry (2023). Gaia Rajan is the author of the chapbooks Moth Funerals (Glass Poetry Press 2020) and Killing It (Black Lawrence Press 2022). His work is published in the Academy of American Poets' Poem-A-Day, Best New Poets, the Best of the Net anthology, The Kenyon Review, THRUSH, Split Lip Magazine, diode, Palette Poetry, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn and online at @gaiarajan on Twitter or Instagram. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/...
2025-06-0903 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Rick BarotDay 5: Rick Barot reads his poem "Pleasure," which appears in his recent book, Moving the Bones. Rick Barot's most recent book of poems is Moving the Bones, published by Milkweed Editions in 2024. His previous book, The Galleons, was longlisted for the National Book Award. He lives in Tacoma, Washington, and directs the Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is...
2025-06-0603 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: S. Brook CorfmanDay 4: S. Brook Corfman reads her poem "Before & After." The poem first appeared in Pigeon Pages (2020), in a slightly different form. S. Brook Corfman is the author of My Daily Actions, or The Meteorites, one of The New York Times Best Poetry Books of 2020, finalist for the Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature, and winner of the Fordham University Press POL Prize, chosen by Cathy Park Hong. She is also the author of the poetry collection Luxury, Blue Lace, chosen by Richard Siken for the Autumn House Rising Writer Prize, and several chapbooks. In 2024 she r...
2025-06-0503 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Marcelo Hernandez CastilloDay 3: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo reads his poem "Eclogue: A Field Guide and Cure." The poem was published in the recent anthology Like A Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration (Haymarket Books, 2025). Marcelo Hernandez Castillo is the author of Children of the Land: a Memoir (Harper Collins); Cenzontle (BOA Editions), winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. prize; Dulce (Northwestern University Press), winner of the Drinking Gourd Prize; and, most recently, he is the co-editor of the anthology Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora (Harper Perennial). He is the 2025 guest editor of the Michigan Quarterly Review...
2025-06-0405 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Faylita HicksDay 2: Faylita Hicks reads their poem "A Gxrl's Trip Home." This poem was originally published in A Map of My Want (Haymarket Books, 2024). Faylita Hicks (she/they) is a writer, interdisciplinary artist, Hoodoo practitioner, and cultural strategist exploring the intersections of social justice and spirituality. They are the author of A Map of My Want (Haymarket, 2024), HoodWitch (Acre, 2019), and the forthcoming memoir A Body of Wild Light (Haymarket, 2027). A 2025 Haymarket Writing Freedom Fellow and Definition Theatre Amplify finalist, Hicks contributed to a Grammy-nominated album and has earned awards and honors from Art for Justice Fund, Lambda Literary...
2025-06-0305 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5: Jericho Brown Day 1: Jericho Brown reads his poem "Duplex." This poem was originally published in The Progressive Magazine (2019). Jericho Brown is the author of The Tradition, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He is also a recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language. Queer Poem-a-Day is founded a...
2025-06-0203 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5 TrailerWe're back for year five of Queer Poem-a-Day! Queer Poem-a-Day is a unique podcast series for Pride Month, presenting a public archive of original poems written and read by contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets. For this fifth year, we'll be sharing a poem each weekday in June. Get exciting with this audio collage "cento" trailer, featuring some of the voices from year five (see if you can recognize the voice of a favorite poet!). Then tune in Monday, June 2, for our first episode on our Queer Poem-a-Day page, and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get podcasts. Queer Po...
2025-05-3004 min
The Outdoor Drive PodcastFishing the Deerfield with Square Tail Anglers🎣 Fishing the Deerfield with Square Tail Anglers
Join us on the banks of Massachusetts’ Deerfield River with the expert guides from Square Tail Anglers. We talk fly patterns, river flows, and what makes this tailwater a top spot for wild browns and rainbows. Whether you’re a local or planning a trip, this episode is your quick guide to fishing one of New England’s best trout streams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-05-301h 28
DBR Chamber Podcast(3) Meet Shannon Kerin of GiGi's Playhouse DeerfieldIn the latest episode of the DBR Chamber Podcast, host Mathew Kerbis interviews Shannon Kerin, the site Director of GiGi's Playhouse Deerfield, a non-profit organization supporting individuals with Down Syndrome. Shannon shares her personal journey with GiGi's Playhouse, highlights the impact of their programs, and discusses how they sustain their services without charging fees. She emphasizes the importance of community support, volunteer involvement, and corporate partnerships in achieving their mission. Shannon also touches upon the use of AI in enhancing their operations and underscores the value of being active in the local chamber of commerce. Tune in to learn...
2025-04-3028 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastOur Town, Meet the Dramaturg: Dana PepowskiDana Pepowski, a dramaturg and arts administrator, joins the Deerfield Theater Podcast to discuss her role in the upcoming production of Our Town. Dana, a Northwestern graduate who has worked as an artist in Chicago, elaborates on the duties of a dramaturg, which range from providing historical context to facilitating audience engagement through lobby displays and talkbacks. She highlights her involvement in creating a comprehensive research packet for the cast and her ongoing efforts to design a lobby display and lead post-performance discussions. Dana also reflects on how the pandemic shaped her career and shares insights for aspiring dramaturgs...
2025-03-1424 min
Good Neighbor PodcastEP #967: CrossFit Deerfield Beach with Fernanda MatsugumaText the show!What Makes CrossFit Deerfield Beach a Good Neighbor...CrossFit Deerfield Beach is much more than a group of strangers looking to get fit. It is a community offering support and inspiration to achieve the highest levels of fitness desired by its athletes. New friendships, community support, and inspiration are forged daily by our coaching staff and athletes. Here, fitness is part of our everyday, healthy lifestyle. People who train at CrossFit Deerfield Beach enjoy challenging themselves and being challenged by others. Most of all, they love training with people who...
2024-11-1912 min
Good Neighbor PodcastEP #965: Deerfield Health and Wellness Center with Sarah SpicuzzoText the show!What Makes Deerfield Health and Wellness Center a Good Neighbor...Would you like to get out of pain without resorting to drugs or surgery? At Deerfield Health & Wellness, they provide their patients with safe, natural and effective chiropractic care that produces superior results. From treating infants with ear aches, to snowbirds with golfer’s elbow, Deerfield Beach Chiropractor Dr. Ryan Spicuzzo sees patients of all ages and conditions.Request an appointment: Website: https://www.deerfieldhealth.com/Phone: (954) 570-4080Loc...
2024-11-1912 min
DBR Chamber PodcastDBR Chamber Podcast TrailerI am thrilled to announce the brand new DBR Chamber podcast. I'm Mathew Kerbis, current DBR Chamber board member, and your host of the new podcast.The podcast is going to help elevate the awareness in our community about your business. For Platinum members, that means included in your Platinum benefit is an interview with me, so that we could do a deep dive on who you are, what your business is and what it brings to the community of Deerfield, Bannockburn and Riverwoods.Not a Platinum member but still interested in appearing on the...
2024-11-1302 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast65: Richard Powers, author of PlaygroundRichard Powers talks about his new novel Playground (W. W. Norton & Co., 2024). Playground gives us a masterful braided narrative of lives devoted to oceanography, computer programming, art, and literature, taking us from French Polynesia to right here in Illinois. Powers is the author of fourteen acclaimed novels, including Orfeo (2014), The Overstory (2018), and Bewilderment (2021). He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize (for The Overstory), and the National Book Award. Though he lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Powers' has a unique connection to Chicagoland and our community. Not only di...
2024-10-101h 02
Deerfield Theater PodcastDeerfield Podcasts Unite Again! Dylan Zavagno of the Deerfield Public Library Returns.In this episode of the Deerfield Theater Podcast, Dylan Zavagno from the Deerfield Public Library returns as a guest. Dylan, the adult services coordinator at the library since 2017, discusses his role in hosting the Deerfield Public Library podcast and running various programs, including the Queer-Poem-A-Day series and the classics book discussion. He shares recent highlights from his podcast, including interviews with local and renowned authors. Dylan also delves into Roald Dahl's works, discussing their impact and the author's complicated legacy, while recommending contemporary read-alikes for young readers.Dylan provides insight into the Friends of the Deerfield Public...
2024-09-1325 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast64: Lois Baer Barr, author of The Tailor's DaughterLois Baer Barr—a poet and fiction writer living just next door to us in Riverwoods, IL—on her new novel The Tailor's Daughter (Water's Edge Press, 2023). The Tailor's Daughter uses Barr's familial memories and prodigious research to explore the life of a Jewish immigrant family making their lives in Louisville, KY in the interwar years. Encompassing such dramatic history as the Great Depression, the Great Flood of the Ohio River in 1937, and the volunteer effort in WWII, the novel also brings us close to the quiet worries and hopes of children, parents, and grandparents. Listen to hear...
2024-09-1244 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Amelia AdaDay 8: Amelia Ada reads an excerpt from her collection Hard and Glad, forthcoming from DOPAMINE/Semiotext(e) May 2026. Amelia Ada is a trans poet and essayist, and she is currently a doctoral candidate in literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California. Her writing has appeared widely in journals, and she is the co-creator and co-host of the podcast You Shouldn't Let Poets Lie To You. She lives in Los Angeles. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from p...
2024-06-1204 min
The MM+M PodcastThe A100 Playbook Podcast: Deerfield Agency: The decade of Deerfield: Looking back, looking ahead, a podcast sponsored by Deerfield AgencyThis year, Deerfield Agency celebrates a decade of excellence as a trusted partner in brand-focused healthcare marketing. Join Deerfield’s Frank Burrell and Joshua Benson for insights into the growth and evolution of their Agency of Brand. They’ll talk about the trends they’re following and technology they are leveraging as they look ahead to Deerfield’s next decade. Check us out at: mmm-online.com
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2024-06-1129 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Gabrielle BatesDay 5: Gabrielle Bates reads her poem "Intro to Theater," which appears in her collection Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023) [and an an earlier version of it appeared in Ploughshares]. Gabrielle Bates is the author of Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023), named Electric Lit's top poetry book of the year and an NPR Best Book of 2023. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, she currently lives in Seattle, where she works for Open Books: A Poem Emporium and co-hosts the podcast The Poet Salon. Website: www.gabriellebat.es Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at...
2024-06-0703 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4 TrailerQueer Poem-a-Day is a unique podcast series for Pride Month, presenting a public archive of poems written and read by contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets. For this fourth year, we are sharing a poem each weekday in June on our podcast and on our website. Enjoy this audio trailer featuring a collage of some of our voices for 2024. Get episodes of poets reading their poems each weekday starting Monday, June 3, 2024 on the Deerfield Public Library Podcast feed—where we also host interviews with authors of all genres and other notable people from Chicagoland and around the world. Listen on Ap...
2024-05-2902 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast63: Bryan Simpson, Taylor Simpson & Marina Shifrin, FilmmakersMarina Shifrin, writer of Pickled Herring, and Bryan Simpson and Taylor Simpson, creators of Creating Things. This conversation was recorded as part of a special live podcast and film screening event we held last month at the Library. The filmmakers—who grew up here in Deerfield—all traveled home to share their films and an illuminating panel discussion with an audience of community members, friends, and family. You'll hear how Marina, Bryan, and Taylor all reconnected on the film festival circuit, as well as entertaining and deeply felt reflections on the surprising thematic connections between the films, which both cent...
2024-03-2238 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast62: Amina Gautier, author of The Best That You Can Do: StoriesThe Best That You Can Do (Soft Skull Press, 2024) by our guest Amina Gautier, one of the most prolific and acclaimed short story writers working today. She lives in Chicago. The Best That You Can Do is a beautiful and wide-ranging collection, made up of what Gautier calls "very short fiction"—most of the 58 stories span only a few pages. This distilled form gives us lyrical explorations of Afro-Puerto Rican identity, the ups and fearful downs of romantic relationships, and political satires and counterfactuals in response to violence against Black bodies, among other concerns. In th...
2024-02-1548 min
The Deerfield Public Library Podcast61: Dr. Jennifer MacLure on The Feeling of Letting Die: Necroeconomics and Victorian FictionA conversation with Dr. Jennifer MacLure, Assistant Professor of English at Kent State University, on the occasion of the publication of her book, The Feeling of Letting Die: Necroeconomics and Victorian Fiction (Ohio State University Press, 2023). (Our conversation is also occasioned by our Library's Classics Book Discussion current tackling of Bleak House, Charles Dickens' massive 1853 masterpiece!) The Feeling of Letting Die looks at how the Victorian novel addresses a knotty problem at the heart of England's rapidly industrializing society—how does a system that creates so much wealth also intentionally let certain people die in the service of...
2023-11-091h 14
The MM+M PodcastAgency 100 Studio Session: Dissecting the Anatomy of Marketing: Powering brand stories of life science innovation, a podcast presented by Deerfield AgencyThe partners of Deerfield Agency are here to break down their holistic approach to healthcare marketing. They discuss how their unbiased, full-service agency model plays a role in building brands that last by empowering health and life science companies through ownable identities and compelling narratives — at every stage of their life cycle. Check us out at: mmm-online.com
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2023-06-1226 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: An IntroductionFor this third season of the program, we are shaking things up with a new format: Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition. In each podcast episode, we asked a contemporary queer poet to read a work of influence by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past followed by an original poem of their own. Our participating poets also discuss the poem they chose and how their own work responds, offering an educational opportunity to consider how today's vibrant living voices are in conversation with the voices of the past that live on library shelves. Our new semi-daily format (shared Monday, Wednesday, and...
2023-06-0117 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast60: Robert Pinsky, author of Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American PoetJersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022) is the new memoir by former U.S. Poet Laureate, Robert Pinsky. Robert is the author of numerous poetry collections. Robert Pinsky is a celebrated poet, essayist, translator, teacher, and speaker. He served as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 1997-2000, during which time he founded the popular Favorite Poem Project. He is the author of many poetry collections, including the anthology The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems, 1966-1996, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently the collection At the Foundling Hospital (FSG, 2016). He's also the...
2023-05-101h 01The Deerfield Public Library Podcast59: Lisa Barr, author of Woman on FireWe're sharing the recording of the special in-person interview we held earlier this month with New York Times bestselling author—and Deerfield resident—Lisa Barr. Our conversation was recorded live in front of an enthusiastic audience of fans, family, friends, book clubs, book bloggers, and neighbors. Lisa Barr's novel Woman on Fire (2022) tells the story of the contemporary pursuit of a single Nazi-looted painting and the many lives it touches. Lisa shares how her own family history and her fascinating career as a journalist inspires her fiction. We take a local angle on this popular novel...
2023-04-2548 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast58: Merve Emre on Italo CalvinoThis month on the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, I am very pleased to share a conversation with acclaimed critic Merve Emre on the beloved Italian writer Italo Calvino, known for his genre-defying stories and novels like Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler. Merve Emre is a contributing writer at The New Yorker, associate professor of English at Oxford University, and currently a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Wesleyan University. In a recent essay in The New Yorker, "The Worlds of Italo Calvino," Merve Emre calls Calvino, "word for word, the most...
2023-03-2250 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast57: Pianist Seymour BernsteinWe have the honor of presenting a fascinating conversation with world-famous pianist Seymour Bernstein. You may know Seymour as the subject of the widely acclaimed 2015 documentary Seymour, an Introduction, directed by Ethan Hawke. The film tells Seymour's inspiring story of abandoning his solo concert career at age 50, and, at the end of the documentary, performing again in his 80s. Yet, as we discuss in this interview, there are other ways to tell this story. Now in his mid-90s (he turns 96 this April), Seymour reflects on his decision to leave solo performing as a necessary refocusing, following his creative...
2023-02-281h 01The Deerfield Public Library Podcast55: Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, author of MadnessChicago-based poet and writer Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué is the author most recently of the poetry collection Madness (Nightboat Books, 2022). Gabriel was one of our Queer Poem-a-Day poets earlier this year. Madness takes the form of a book of selected poems by a fictional poet named Luis Montes-Torres (1976-2035) and contains academic and biographical introductions, diaries, and, of course, poems. Remarkably, Ojeda-Sagué simulates the development of a poet over a lifetime (and into the future), through various styles and themes in response to histories both real and imagined, personal and political. Both drawing from and commenting on poetic traditions th...
2022-08-181h 05
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day 2022, an introductionWe are so excited to launch the second year of our special Pride Month podcast series Queer Poem-a-Day. Exclusive to the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, Queer Poem-a-Day is the first daily poetry podcast to focus exclusively on the LGBTQIA+ community. Once again we are thrilled to feature many award-winning, leading, and emerging poets—as well as several poets with Chicagoland connections—and provide this unique snapshot of LGBTQIA+ poetry today. An archive of our first year (June 2021) is available on our website. Every day of June 2022, you can read and hear a poem on our website, deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday, or s...
2022-05-2613 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast54: beautiful small things, a LYNX Project album with lyrics by neurodiverse young writersbeautiful small things features songs from the LYNX Project, a Chicago-based non-profit, and their Amplify Series, which takes texts written by primarily non-speaking neurodiverse young writers and commissions composers to set these words to music for piano and voice. To discuss beautiful small things, we have a panel of guests involved in the project: Caitleen Kahn, Executive Director of the LYNX Project Olivia Doig, soprano and Educational Coordinator at the LYNX Project Emily Cooley, composer who wrote the title track "beautiful small things" Daniel Baer, pianist (also the Library's pianist for o...
2022-04-2842 minThe Deerfield Public Library PodcastRichie Hofmann, author of A Hundred LoversA Hundred Lovers (Knopf, 2022) is the second collection by poet Richie Hofmann. Hofmann is also the author of Second Empire (Alice James Books, 2015). He teaches at Stanford University and lives in Chicago and San Francisco. The poems in A Hundred Lovers describe fleeting moments—memorable smells, erotic encounters, travels through Europe, a wedding—all with intimate, diaristic directness. Our conversation illuminates how the shift from the more ornamented style of Hofmann's first collection to the unadorned voice of this new volume follows a shift in the author's relationships to love and history. Hofmann reveals his interest in a dee...
2022-02-241h 11The Deerfield Public Library Podcast51: Dr. Paula Derdiger, author of Reconstruction Fiction: Housing and Realist Literature in Postwar BritainReconstruction Fiction: Housing and Realist Literature in Postwar Britain (Ohio State University Press, 2020) by Dr. Paula Derdiger, Associate Professor of English at the University of Minnesota Duluth, looks at how historical changes in housing after the second World War impacted the realist literature of British writers. You can check out Reconstruction Fiction here at the library or get the pdf (free, open access), as well as find the book on the Ohio State University Press website. Dr. Derdiger can be found on her university webpage. She also grew up in Deerfield and it's wonderful to be able t...
2021-11-1857 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastDeerfield Podcasts Unite! - Dylan Zavagno of the Deerfield Public Library PodcastDFT Info: http://deerfieldfamilytheater.comSchoolhouse Rock Live Tickets: https://bit.ly/3othZ4Q (performances on November 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21)Deerfield Public Library Podcast: https://deerfieldlibrary.org/podcast/Deerfield Public Library Theater Resources: https://bit.ly/3cuzsCVDylan's email: podcast@deerfieldlibrary.orgMessage us: https://anchor.fm/dft This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deerfieldtheater.substack.com
2021-11-0535 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast50: Lisa Hiton, author of AfterfeastCelebrating the debut full-length poetry collection, Afterfeast, by poet Lisa Hiton. Lisa Hiton grew up in Deerfield and recently collaborated with the Deerfield Public Library Podcast as the founder and co-director of our Queer Poem-a-Day project. Selected by the poet Mary Jo Bang as the winner of the Dorset Prize for Poetry, Afterfeast is published by Tupelo Press. Lisa will be doing a reading from her book Saturday November 13th at 1pm Central. You can sign up for in person or online attendance through Zoom. The poems in Afterfeast often take as their subject trips to Gr...
2021-10-211h 00The Deerfield Public Library Podcast49: Rachel Mennies, author of The Naomi LettersThe Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021) by Chicago-based poet Rachel Mennies takes an unusual form--each poem in the collection is a dated letter or draft from the speaker of the poems to the woman she loves, named Naomi. Recounting a year in the life of this speaker, a Jewish woman under the pressures of mental illness and longing, this form also allows us to explore a profound question: can a fictional character an author creates change that author's life? You can check out The Naomi Letters here from the library's collection and you can find more about Rachel...
2021-08-1245 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Michael M. Weinstein "An Act"Michael M. Weinstein is a poet, scholar, and teacher. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The New Yorker, Boston Review, Conjunctions, The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Program, he is currently working on a book about the social and romantic lives of transgender Americans. https://michaelmweinstein.com/ Twitter: @transpoetics Instagram: @intractably "An Act" is originally published on Queer Poem-a-Day at the Deerfield Public Library Podcast on June 20, 2021. Michael M. Weinstein's poem, "Anniversary,"...
2021-06-2003 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Gala Mukomolova "Ana I Don't Forget"Gala Mukomolova is a Moscow-born, Brooklyn-raised, poet and essayist. Her full length book, Without Protection, is available through Coffee House Press. Her chapbook, One Above One Below: Positions & Lamentations, is available with YesYes Books. She is a recipient of the 2016 Discovery Prize from 92nd St Y & Boston Review and has held residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Pink Door, and ASYLUM Arts. Gala currently writes astrology articles for Refinery29 , co-hosts Big Dyke Energy Podcast, and is one of the creators of QueerHealers.com. She is a founder and part of The Cheburashka Collective. https://galacticrabbit.com "...
2021-06-0404 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, an introduction with Lisa Hiton & Dylan ZavagnoFor Pride Month we are reinventing our regular podcast interview series as a new daily poetry podcast featuring poems written and read by contemporary queer poets. We intend this series as a sort of "literary Pride Parade"; a celebration of the vitality and variety of queer poetry today. Whether you're a poetry fan, a student or educator, or just curious, Queer Poem-a-Day will connect you to this vibrant world of literature. A transcript of this introduction episode is available here. You'll be able to read the text of the poems and find more information about o...
2021-05-2013 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast48: Dr. Jason Oliver Chang on "Unmasking Yellow Peril"Dr. Jason Oliver Chang is Associate Professor of History, as well as Asian and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut. We use Dr. Chang's zine "Unmasking Yellow Peril" (co-written with Turner Willman and the group 18 Million Rising) as a jumping-off point for discussing the history and present of exclusion, discrimination, and violence against Asian Americans, as well as the field of Asian American Studies more generally. In this time of rising anti-Asian rhetoric and violence, many have looked for educational resources. As Dr. Chang tells us, the lack of familiarity with this history is itself...
2021-04-1549 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast47: Jasmon Drain, author of Stateway's Garden: StoriesStateway's Garden by our guest Jasmon Drain is a debut collection of linked short stories that explore characters who live in and are shaped by the Chicago public housing project Stateway Gardens, which was torn down in 2007. We discuss how a writer navigates the responsibility and expectations involved in writing about a real place. Jasmon also reveals the careful craft of weaving markers of time, nature, and Chicago political history into the lives of his characters. Our conversation is a celebration of the short story as a way of knowing about the world. We at the...
2021-03-1853 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast45: Dan Chiasson, author of The Math Campers: PoemsThe Math Campers is Dan Chiasson's fifth book of poetry. He is the poetry critic for The New Yorker, a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, and teaches English at Wellesley College. You can checkout The Math Campers at the Deerfield Public Library, and find Dan Chiasson on Twitter @dchiasso. The Math Campers has a thrilling and unique structure. Imagining a reader who narrates her correspondence with a poet named Dan Chiasson, the book contains poetic scraps, drafts, and blank spaces, which only sometimes lead to more completed poems. This "making-of" structure coi...
2021-01-141h 04The Deerfield Public Library Podcast42: Erik Gellman, author of Troublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles through the Lens of Art ShayTroublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles through the Lens of Art Shay, by our guest Erik Gellman, fuses photography and history to explore many "movements and moments" in the struggle for a more free and democratic society in our city, from the post-war years through 1970. Troublemakers use the photographs of acclaimed photographer, longtime Deerfield resident (and past DPL podcast guest) Art Shay (1922 - 2018), and it also contains a whole chapter on the fight over integrated housing in Deerfield. That history, explored in our 2019 series The Fight to Integrate Deerfield: 60 Year Reflection, is given a fascinating new historical analysis, plus n...
2020-09-1755 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast41: Jordan Melic, author of A Tree to Take Us Up to HeavenA Tree to Take Us Up to Heaven is a fascinating debut novel by our guest, Jordan Melic. A Young Adult novel combining adventure, history, and mythology, A Tree to Take Us Up to Heaven follows siblings Ah Ti and Kueny as they find themselves in different times and places that led to modern day Singapore, spanning many generations and belief systems, from ancient China to colonial Malaysia. Jordan, who grew up in Singapore and now lives in Paris, tells us how his depictions of past eras reflect a personal and universal struggle to reckon with one's...
2020-08-1342 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast40: "How can white people accelerate racial justice?" with Christine SaxmanRacial and social justice facilitator Christine Saxman discusses the question, "how can white people accelerate racial justice?" Christine describes herself as a "white woman fighting for racial justice and anti-racism as long as this social construct of race exists." She has worked for Courageous Conversations about Race, the National SEED Project (Seeking Education Equity and Diversity) as part of the National Staff, and prior to full time facilitation she was an educator at our own Deerfield High School. In our current era of ongoing protests against systemic racism and police brutality, we've had many white pa...
2020-07-1659 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast39: Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop of Fated MatesSarah MacLean and Jen Prokop are the hosts of the romance literature podcast, Fated Mates. Sarah MacLean is a bestselling author of historical romance novels and Jen Prokop is a romance critic and teacher. Together on the Fated Mates podcast they have some of the most intellectually stimulating and joyful conversations about what romance does and why it's important. You can check out books by Sarah MacLean in many formats here at the library. Her newest novel Daring and the Duke, comes out June 30th. We've also tagged some of the many books Sarah and Jen recommended o...
2020-06-1151 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast38: Bulls in Deerfield; K.C. Johnson on The Last Dance and moreK.C. Johnson, Bulls Insider for NBC Sports Chicago, discusses The Last Dance and memories of the Chicago Bulls in Deerfield. The Last Dance, ESPN's popular 10-part documentary series on Michael Jordan's last season with the Chicago Bulls, features previously unseen footage from that '97-'98 season--much of it shot here in Deerfield, IL at the Bulls former practice facility, the Berto Center. K.C. Johnson shares his firsthand perspective on the documentary, Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Jerry Krause, and many "unforgettabull" stories from when the Chicago Bulls made their home in our village. The Bul...
2020-05-1435 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast37: 1918 Pandemic in Illinois with Graham AmbroseGraham Ambrose on Illinois during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Graham (twitter) is currently a reporter for the Quad City Times, where last month he wrote an article titled "102 years ago, the Spanish flu slammed the Quad Cities. Here's what it teaches us about pandemics." Link The 1918 flu pandemic had a huge impact on modern life and consciousness, yet it's a history we don't always talk about. We discuss the lessons we can learn from this history as we face the COVID-19 pandemic today, using news stories and literature from all over Illinois, including our own North Shore communities...
2020-04-1627 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast34: Sam Herschel Wein, poetA conversation with the Chicago-based poet Sam Herschel Wein, author of the chapbooks Fruit Mansion (2017) and, in collaboration with the poet Chen Chen, Gesundheit! (2019). He is also an enthusiastic ambassador for the vibrant scene of online poetry and edits (with Chen Chen) the online poetry journal Underblong. Listen to hear Sam read his poems and reflect on queer life, friendship, the power of joy, and the inner life of a shy painted ghost! You can check out Sam's poetry chapbooks from the Library's new Podcast Collection. The Podcast Collection features books (and more) from all our past p...
2020-01-2336 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast33: Nina Barrett, author of The Leopold and Loeb FilesThe Leopold and Loeb Files: An Intimate Look at One of America's Most Infamous Crimes by Nina Barrett illuminates one of the most mythologized crime stories in America, and Chicagoland particularly; the 1924 murder of 14 year old Bobby Franks by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb. Barrett's book introduces and annotates excerpts from rare primary source documents from the case, including psychiatric reports, court transcripts, and photographs, to give us a fascinating look into the past as it really happened. Our conversation gets into the layers of meaning that have made this inscrutable murder endlessly interesting.
2019-11-1246 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast32: Legalized Cannabis with Rep. Bob MorganIllinois State Rep. Bob Morgan talks about the new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which legalizes recreational marijuana use in Illinois starting on January 1st, 2020. Rep. Morgan (of our 58th district) helped shape the new law. He has worked as a healthcare lawyer on medical cannabis issues and previously ran the state's medical cannabis program. Our conversation covers the why, how, and where of purchasing legal cannabis. We also address parents' concerns, quality control for consumers, and the unique social justice elements of this law. Rep. Morgan is a Deerfield resident, so you'll hea...
2019-10-1033 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast31: Marina Shifrin, author of 30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s and You Can Too30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s and You Can Too, documents Marina Shifrin's quest to complete 30 goals before turning 30. Each chapter in the book covers one of her goals, from riding a bike across the Brooklyn Bridge and living in a different country, to becoming famous and falling in love. Marina, who works as a TV writer and freelancer, is also known for her 2013 viral video where she quit her job while dancing to Kanye West and for her Modern Love column in the New York Times. Our conversation gets into the backstories behind th...
2019-09-1248 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast29: Derrick Procell, blues musicianBlues musician and longtime Deerfield resident Derrick Procell has made a name for himself in the music and ad industry for his energy, talent, and strong vocals. Today, Procell is the frontman of the Chicago soul and blues band "Derrick Procell and the Redeemers" and has been heard on everything from beer commercials to The Office, King of the Hill, and Ladybird. Listen to this special **early release** musical episode to find out how Procell got his start at 16, how he found success as a voiceover actor, and his interactions with musicians like Charlie McCoy, Chicago saxaphonist E...
2019-07-0229 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast28: Chris Claremont, legendary X-Men writer!X-Men in Deerfield! In Chris Claremont's nearly 20-year run writing X-Men comics, he wrote many classic stories that made The Uncanny X-Men a bestseller and spawned blockbuster movies. Claremont also made Deerfield the hometown of Kitty Pryde who was first introduced in "X-Men #129" as a 13½ year-old Jewish girl living in a split-level on Central Ave., whose strange headaches presage her mutant ability to phase through matter. It's not long before Professor Xavier, Wolverine, Storm, and Colossus come through town to recruit her for the X-Men. That's right, True Believers: Deerfield, IL is in the Marvel Universe! Top...
2019-06-1334 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast27: Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of LawRichard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Rothstein's widely praised book makes clear that the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day--and uses Deerfield history as one of many examples. Video of the lecture is available, too. This was the final program in our special series, The Fight to Integrate Deerfield: 60 Year Reflection, which featured discussions, lectures, and exhibits all focused on the history of Deerfield residents voting to block an integrated housing d...
2019-05-091h 15The Deerfield Public Library Podcast26: Congressman Brad SchneiderRep. Brad Schneider has a special connection to Deerfield. Not only does he represent our village as part of Illinois' 10th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, but he also lives here in Deerfield. We ask Rep. Schneider about the life of a Member of Congress from juggling the logistics of traveling back and forth to D.C., to preparing for a hearing, to how he incorporates feedback from constituents. We also ask him about some of the local issues he's discussed on his recent "listening tour" around the district, including immigration, gun control, and...
2019-04-1132 min
Court-Side with Beilinson TennisEpisode 35 – Podcast with Coach Josh LeightonHad the privilege of spending some time today with Coach Josh Leighton. Coach Leighton is a fourth generation tennis teaching/tennis coaching professional. Coach Leighton is currently the head coach at Deerfield High School, a very strong tennis high school in Illinois, and is also the Director of Tennis at Northmoor Country Club. A little known fact about Coach Leighton is that he is the great-grandson of a former U.S. Davis Cup Captain. Hope you enjoy listening to this fun and interesting conversation!
2019-03-0918 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast24: Ken Krimstein, cartoonist-author of The Three Escapes of Hannah ArendtThe Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt, a comics biography of the Jewish-German philosopher by Ken Krimstein. Ken is also a frequent cartoonist for The New Yorker and other publications—and he grew up in Deerfield! Ken tells us how he became a cartoonist and how a cartoonist approaches the difficult life and ideas of Hannah Arendt. You can check out The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt here at the library. Ken's book will be celebrated in an upcoming exhibition of his drawings at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago next month....
2019-02-0730 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast23: Graham Ambrose, writer & the Fight to Integrate DeerfieldGraham Ambrose has written for The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. Graham wrote a recent history thesis at Yale about his hometown's history and the housing integration crisis that began in Deerfield in 1959. In our conversation, Graham details the history and reads from his thesis, ""The Little Rock of the North": Racial Integration and NIMBYism in Suburban Chicago, 1959." The Library is hosting a months-long series of programs, exhibits, and other opportunities to reflect on the 60 year anniversary of the integration crisis called the Fight to Integrate Deerfield. You can find out more about the history and o...
2019-01-1026 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast21: The Center for Enriched Living with Harriet Levy, Executive DirectorOn this episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we celebrate the Center for Enriched Living, a local non-profit organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Center for Enriched Living (CEL) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In honor of this achievement, Executive Director Harriet Levy joined us to talk about the history, present, and future of this unique organization. Hear moving stories of how CEL impacts the lives of its members through their many programs that focus on social, post-school, and work life. As Harriet tells us, society has changed greatly since 1968, but...
2018-10-1124 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast20: Lake County Forest Preserves with Nan Buckardt, Dir. of EducationDinosaurs in Deerfield? Endangered turtles? 300 year old trees? Yes! On this episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we learn about the plant and animal life around us with with Nan Buckardt, Director of Education at the Lake County Forest Preserves. Hear how, in Nan's words, "the land shapes the people and the people shape the land." You'll also learn what makes each of the preserves around Deerfield unique: Ryerson Woods, Prairie Wolf Forest Preserve and Dog Park, and Berkeley Prairie Forest Preserve. Find out more more about the the Lake County Forest Preserves, the D...
2018-09-1334 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast19: Sonali Dev, author of A Distant HeartAuthor of "books with a Bollywood beat," Sonali Dev tells us about her most recent novel, A Distant Heart, which tells the story of Kimi, whose childhood illness leaves her stuck in a kind of Rapunzel-style, over-protected ivory tower. Sonali Dev tells us about writing about the Mumbai suburb in which she grew up and how she identifies with her main character's optimism. Our conversation goes deep into how women are represented in romance, how illness and wellness are used as metaphors in Sonali's stories, and issues of representation and diversity in the romance industry. Yo...
2018-08-0930 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast18: Local poets: Herb Berman, MJ Gabrielsen, & Jacqueline Nicole HarrisHerb Berman, MJ Gabrielsen, and Jacqueline Nicole Harris. They are all members of the Library Poets group, which meets every Tuesday evening at the Library for a poetry workshop. You'll hear a wide variety of poems, covering nighttime walks through Deerfield, the drama of wild horses, and the politics of Beyoncé. We also discuss the inspirations and stories behind the poems. Meet the poets First up is Herb Berman, a retired labor lawyer, arbiter and mediator, and a co-founder of the Library Poets group. Herb reads his poems "Ugly Poets" (nominated for a P...
2018-07-1237 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast17: Colt Cabana, wrestler, with Erica Weisz, author & illustratorWrestler Colt Cabana is our guest. AKA Scott Colton, Colt grew up in Deerfield dreaming of one day becoming a professional wrestler. Colt has amassed a huge following through his infectious comedic stage persona and his popular behind-the-scenes podcast The Art of Wrestling. We talk about his career and the wonderfully weird world of professional wrestling. Colt also has a recent autobiographical children's book, Wrestling Dreams, written with author and illustrator Erica Weisz. Erica, herself a Deerfield resident, joins Colt at the end of the show to talk about the writing process and the message they hope to...
2018-06-1440 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast16: Kyla Guru of Bits N' Bytes Cybersecurity EducationWe talk all things cybersecurity with the inspiring Kyla Guru. Kyla is the founder of Bits N' Bytes Cybersecurity Education, an educational and advocacy organization focused on spreading cybersecurity awareness and best practices to our community and beyond. She's also a student at Deerfield High School! Listen for Kyla's cybersecurity tips on everything from passwords, phishing emails, and two-factor authentication to online activism. Kyla tweets about cybersecurity education @GuruDetective. Kyla recommendations cybersecurity-related movies (WarGames, The Circle, The Imitation Game) and magazines to stay up to date on cybersecurity issues (Time, PC World, PC Online). You can find t...
2018-05-1025 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast15: Martin Clancy; the opioid crisis from a local expertOpioid abuse prevention and treatment with Martin Clancy, the Project Coordinator for Drug Overdose Prevention Programs at the Lake County Health Department. Martin gives us specific, local advice on where to go for help, tells us how this crisis came about, and tips on working with doctors and how to get Naloxone. Illinois' opioid and substance abuse help hotline, available 24/7: (833) 2FINDHELP--that's (833) 234 6343. Lake County has adopted a program called "A Way Out": http://awayoutlc.org/. This lists police stations where people seeking treatment can get help for drug abuse without being charged with a crime. The...
2018-04-1223 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast14: J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader film critic J.R. Jones, film critic and author of The Lives of Robert Ryan, tells us about what it's like to work as a movie reviewer today. Find his reviews and other writing for the Chicago Reader here. Robert Ryan was known for his bigoted, violent characters in movies like The Wild Bunch, The Dirty Dozen, and Bad Day at Black Rock, but off the screen Ryan was a civil rights activist and pacifist, a fascinating dichotomy that Jones brings to life in his book and in our conversation. Finally, I ask J.R. Jones to sh...
2018-03-1527 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast13: Jeffrey Brown, cartoonist & authorKnown for Darth Vader and Son and the Jedi Academy series as well as Clumsy, Funny Misshapen Body, & A Matter of Life, Jeffrey Brown has been a prolific cartoonist and author. We discuss why the Village of Deerfield is in every one of his books, some of the themes of his adult graphic memoirs, how his Star Wars books came about, why it's difficult to make jokes about R2-D2 and C-3PO, and how he gets all the science into his Lucy & Andy Neanderthal series. His website is jeffreybrowncomics.com or check out his books through t...
2018-02-0843 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast12: Art Shay, photographer & writerLegendary photographer and writer Art Shay's work has appeared in LIFE, Time, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications. Our conversation is full of first-hand accounts of some of the most the famous people and events of the 20th century--and local Deerfield history. We learn that Nelson Algren and Billy Corgan often visited Shay in Deerfield and Eleanor Roosevelt and James Baldwin were in town to support a proposed integrated housing development in the late 1950s and early 60s. Shay was part of the Deerfield Citizens for Human Rights, a group supporting integration. We also hear about Shay's...
2018-01-1130 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast10: Natalie Kirsch & Peter Fitzgerald, Deerfield Rotary Co- PresidentsDeerfield Rotary Club co-presidents Natalie Kirsch & Peter Fitzgerald. Check out deerfieldrotary.org for more info about their unique projects and how to get involved. Vicki from Adult Services shares her Top 5 Spooky Reads list. Send in your own list of favorite Spooky Reads by 11:59 pm (Central), October 19th to podcast@deerfieldlibrary.org. We'll share all listener lists in a blog post and you'll be entered in a random drawing to win a Halloween treat! (One entry per person.) Comments and feedback: podcast@deerfieldlibrary.org. More info at http://deerfieldlibrary.org/podcast. Follow us...
2017-10-1222 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast9: Dr. Mike Lubelfeld, Superintendent, Deerfield District 109Dr. Michael Lubelfeld, the superintendent of District 109, Deerfield's elementary schools is our guest. We discussed the state of education today in Deerfield and Mike's recent book (with co-author Nick Polyak) The Unlearning Leader. Check out District 109's new podcast, "Sound Around 109." Library news this month highlights an author visit from Elizabeth Rynecki on October 8th, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., to discuss her memoir and documentary project Chasing Portraits. Register by clicking here. Finally, Elisa, our Youth Development Collection Librarian, recommends a beautiful new children's book, The Grand Canyon by Jason Chin. Comments and feedback: podc...
2017-09-1426 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast8: Mary Block, sculptor & Lars-Birger Sponberg, painterMary Block, sculptor & Lars-Birger Sponberg, painter, both with longtime Deerfield connections and artwork in the community. Check out the Deerfield Public Art Tour, in self-guided audio tour or 360 video tour formats. Our next in-person Public Art Tour, on Saturday Sept. 9th, from 10-11 am. Registration opens August 16th. Multimedia Librarian Ted recommends a biography, Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow. Comments and feedback: podcast@deerfieldlibrary.org. More info at http://deerfieldlibrary.org/podcast. Follow us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest
2017-08-1025 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast6: Gale Gand, James Beard Award-winning pastry chef, Food Network star, cookbook author, and more!Chef Gale Gand, James Beard Award-winner, co-founder of the restaurant TRU, cookbook author, Food Network star on Sweet Dreams (and a whole lot more) is our guest this month. We talk about her long and fascinating career with a local spin--Gale grew up in Deerfield and has many connections to the area. Library News: Summer Reading has started! Check at Youth or Adult desk or online for more info. One of Gale's favorite books: The Whip by Karen Kondazian. Comments and feedback: podcast@deerfieldlibrary.org. More info at http://deerfieldlibrary.org/podcast. F...
2017-06-1450 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast5: Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl, Pretty Baby, & Don't You CryBestseller Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl, Pretty Baby, and Don't You Cry is our guest this month! We discuss the themes that run through her books, the local Chicago and suburban settings in her novels, and her love of libraries. Mary also shares some info about her new book, Every Last Lie, coming out this June. Other segments in this episode— Library News: we learn about the new Baby Garden in Youth Services from head of Youth Services, Meg Anthony. Local History Corner: we answer the question "What does Charlton Heston have...
2017-05-1138 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast4: Julie Morrison, Illinois State Senator, 29th DistrictState Senator Julie Morrison of Illinois's 29th District is our guest this month. Julie discusses her career path, how best to get involved in local government, and how she gets some of her ideas for legislation (hint: visit her office!). Other segments on our April show include information from youth librarian Julia Frederick about the library's new Discovery Kits available for checkout. Then, in our brand new segment, our "Local History Corner," librarian Anne Jamieson shares two hilarious spring-time animal stories from Deerfield's past. The animal theme continues with our staff picks segment: Acquisitions Assistant Tom Walsh r...
2017-04-1337 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast3: Deputy Chief Ray Larson of the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire DistrictDeputy Chief Ray Larson of the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire District is our guest this month. He discusses the path to becoming a firefighter, specific fire and life safety tips, when to call 911, and some of the unusual situations they've responded to. Follow the Fire Dept. on Facebook for more safety tips and news updates. Bookending the conversation, Library Director Amy Falasz-Peterson tells us about the new Giving Tree project the Library Board has been working on. A reception honoring the first group of honorees will be held on Thursday, March 9 from 5-6:30 p.m. in the lib...
2017-03-0526 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast2: Vicki Street, Executive Director of the Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of CommerceExecutive Director of the Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce, Vicki Street, is our feature interviewee this month. We discuss the Chamber's role in the community, growing up in Deerfield, and the Chamber's recent trip to Cuba! Bookending the conversation, Outreach Coordinator Judy Hoffman tells us about the food drive for the Deerfield Township Food Pantry (donate in the library lobby March 1st - 22nd) and Teen librarian Nina Michael recommends the memoir Ugly by Robert Hoge. Read the transcript of a speech a Deerfield librarian gave to the local Woman's club in 1939 here. Comments a...
2017-02-0825 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast1: Mayor Harriet RosenthalDeerfield's current Mayor, Harriet Rosenthal is our feature interviewee this month. Mayor Rosenthal discusses her path from community volunteer to the Mayor's seat and what makes her job particularly fulfilling. Bookending the conversation, librarian John Phillips fills us in on the details of our new board game collection, available for checkout now, and librarian Anne Jamieson recommends The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. Mayor Rosenthal also shares some information on an upcoming volunteer project, Give Where You Live--Deerfield. Info on Jan. 16th event: http://www.deerfield.il.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=56 Comments and feedback: podcast...
2017-01-1123 min