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Akeelah and the Bee (2006, Rated PG)

Passion and Persistence Film Series

2025-07-09 19:00:00 2025-07-09 21:00:00 America/Chicago Akeelah and the Bee (2006, Rated PG) 2006 | Rated PG | 112 minutes | Digital | Open Captions | Click Title for Details Northbrook Public Library - Auditorium - First Floor

Wednesday, July 09
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-09 19:00:00 2025-07-09 21:00:00 America/Chicago Akeelah and the Bee (2006, Rated PG) 2006 | Rated PG | 112 minutes | Digital | Open Captions | Click Title for Details Northbrook Public Library - Auditorium - First Floor

Northbrook Public Library

Auditorium - First Floor

2006 | Rated PG | 112 minutes | Digital | Open Captions | Click Title for Details

Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), a young girl attending a tough school in Los Angeles, sees the finals of the National Spelling Bee. She decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett). Thanks to the efforts of her teacher, Dr Joshua Larabee (Laurence Fishburne), she reaches the final. When she meets her fellow competitors, she realises that coming first isn't everything in life.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movies |

TAGS: | #EP |

Northbrook Public Library

Phone: 847-272-6224

Hours
Mon, Jul 21 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jul 22 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jul 23 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jul 24 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jul 25 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jul 26 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jul 27 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming events

Thu, Jul 24, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Thu, Jul 24, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Thu, Jul 24, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor
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Fri, Jul 25, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Fri, Jul 25, 10:30am - 11:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Fri, Jul 25, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Sat, Jul 26, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Sun, Jul 27, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Mon, Jul 28, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Jul 28, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor
This event is full

Mon, Jul 28, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Jul 28, 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
This event is full

Tue, Jul 29, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Tue, Jul 29, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, Jul 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Zoom Room 5 - Youth Services

Wed, Jul 30, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Wed, Jul 30, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, Jul 30, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, Jul 30, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, Jul 30, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, Jul 31, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Thu, Jul 31, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Thu, Jul 31, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, Jul 31, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Civic Room - First Floor

Fri, Aug 01, All day

Fri, Aug 01, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Fri, Aug 01, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Sat, Aug 02, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Sat, Aug 02, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor
This event is full

Mon, Aug 04, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Mon, Aug 04, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Aug 04, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Aug 04, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Tue, Aug 05, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, Aug 05, 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Auditorium - First Floor
This event is full

Wed, Aug 06, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Wed, Aug 06, 10:45am - 11:15am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Wed, Aug 06, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, Aug 06, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, Aug 06, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Wed, Aug 06, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Collaboratory - Second Floor

Wed, Aug 06, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Fri, Aug 08, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Fri, Aug 08, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor
This event is full

Fri, Aug 08, 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Sat, Aug 09, 9:00am - 11:00am
This event is full

Sat, Aug 09, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Sun, Aug 10, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Mon, Aug 11, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Mon, Aug 11, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Aug 11, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Aug 11, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, Aug 12, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, Aug 12, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Civic Room - First Floor

Wed, Aug 13, 10:30am - 11:00am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Wed, Aug 13, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, Aug 13, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, Aug 13, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, Aug 14, 9:00am - 1:30pm
Study Room 12 - Second Floor

Thu, Aug 14, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Thu, Aug 14, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Thu, Aug 14, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Fri, Aug 15, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Fri, Aug 15, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Sat, Aug 16, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor
This event is full

Sun, Aug 17, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Mon, Aug 18, 10:00am - 11:30am
Civic Room - First Floor

Cancelled
Mon, Aug 18, 11:00am - 11:30am

Mon, Aug 18, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Aug 18, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
This event is full

Mon, Aug 18, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Tue, Aug 19, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, Aug 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Zoom Room 5 - Youth Services

Tue, Aug 19, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor
This event is full

Tue, Aug 19, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, Aug 20, 10:30am - 11:00am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Wed, Aug 20, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, Aug 20, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Thu, Aug 21, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Civic Room - First Floor

Fri, Aug 22, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed