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Virtual Being Imperfect with Erika Sanchez

2024-10-09 19:00:00 2024-10-09 20:00:00 America/Chicago Virtual Being Imperfect with Erika Sanchez Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Erika Sánchez, award-winning author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, joined in conversation by Cynthia Pelayo. Online -

Wednesday, October 09
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-10-09 19:00:00 2024-10-09 20:00:00 America/Chicago Virtual Being Imperfect with Erika Sanchez Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Erika Sánchez, award-winning author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, joined in conversation by Cynthia Pelayo. Online -

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Erika Sánchez, award-winning author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, joined in conversation by Cynthia Pelayo.

This event will be held online using Zoom. Once you have registered, check your email two days before the program for a link to join the meeting. 

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Erika Sánchez, award-winning author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, joined in conversation by Cynthia Pelayo.

Erika L. Sánchez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Her debut poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion, was a finalist for the PEN America Open Book Award. Her debut young adult novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, was a New York Times bestseller, National Book Award finalist, and Tomás Rivera Award winner. Recognized by Time as one of the best YA novels of all time, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter has also been adapted for the stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater and is being made into a film directed by America Ferrera.

Sánchez’ critically acclaimed memoir-in-essays, Crying in the Bathroom, won the Chicago Review of Books Nonfiction award. Sánchez was a Fulbright Scholar, a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent fellow from the Poetry Foundation, a Princeton Arts Fellow, a recipient of the 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library Foundation, and a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She lives in Chicago with her family.

Cynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award winning and International Latino Book Award winning author and poet. She writes fairy tales that blend genre. She is the author of Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing, Poems of My Night, Into the Forest and All the Way Through, Children of Chicago, Crime Scene, and The Shoemaker’s Magician.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.

ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Book & Author | Adult Learning |

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Northbrook Public Library

Phone: 847-272-6224

Hours
Mon, Sep 30 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Oct 01 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Oct 02 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Oct 03 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Oct 04 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Oct 05 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Oct 06 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming events

Sat, Oct 05, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Sun, Oct 06, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Mon, Oct 07, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Oct 07, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Oct 07, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor
This event is full

Tue, Oct 08, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Tue, Oct 08, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, Oct 08, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, Oct 08, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor

Tue, Oct 08, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Wed, Oct 09, 10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Wed, Oct 09, 10:00am - 10:45am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Wed, Oct 09, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, Oct 09, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Wed, Oct 09, 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Wed, Oct 09, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Civic Room - First Floor
This event is full

Wed, Oct 09, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Lobby - First Floor

Wed, Oct 09, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Thu, Oct 10, 9:00am - 1:30pm
Study Room 12 - Second Floor

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

Thu, Oct 10, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Thu, Oct 10, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Thu, Oct 10, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Thu, Oct 10, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Thu, Oct 10, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Fri, Oct 11, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Fri, Oct 11, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
This event is full

Sat, Oct 12, 10:00am - 11:00am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Rescheduled
Sun, Oct 13, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
New date Sunday, November 10, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Mon, Oct 14, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Mon, Oct 14, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Oct 14, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Lobby - First Floor

Mon, Oct 14, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Tue, Oct 15, 10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Tue, Oct 15, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Tue, Oct 15, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, Oct 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Zoom Room 5 - Youth Services

Tue, Oct 15, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Pollak Room A - First Floor
This event is full

Tue, Oct 15, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor
This event is full

Tue, Oct 15, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, Oct 16, 10:00am - 10:45am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Wed, Oct 16, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, Oct 16, 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Pollak Room A - First Floor
This event is full

Wed, Oct 16, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Thu, Oct 17, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Thu, Oct 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Thu, Oct 17, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Thu, Oct 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Thu, Oct 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor

Thu, Oct 17, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Pollak Room A - First Floor
This event is full

Thu, Oct 17, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Civic Room - First Floor

Thu, Oct 17, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Fri, Oct 18, 9:30am - 11:30am
Lobby - First Floor

Fri, Oct 18, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
This event is full

Sat, Oct 19, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Sat, Oct 19, 10:30am - 11:15am
Auditorium - First Floor

Sun, Oct 20, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Sun, Oct 20, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Mon, Oct 21, 10:00am - 11:30am
Civic Room - First Floor

Mon, Oct 21, 11:00am - 11:30am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Mon, Oct 21, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Oct 21, 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Mon, Oct 21, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, Oct 21, 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, Oct 22, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Tue, Oct 22, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, Oct 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor
This event is full

Tue, Oct 22, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor
This event is full

Wed, Oct 23, 10:00am - 10:45am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Wed, Oct 23, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Civic Room - First Floor

Wed, Oct 23, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

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

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

Thu, Oct 24, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor
This event is full

Thu, Oct 24, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor
This event is full

Thu, Oct 24, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Fri, Oct 25, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Civic Room - First Floor

Fri, Oct 25, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
This event is full

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

Sat, Oct 26, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Civic Room - First Floor

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

Sun, Oct 27, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

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

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

Mon, Oct 28, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

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

Tue, Oct 29, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Pollak Room A - First Floor
This event is full

Tue, Oct 29, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor
This event is full

Tue, Oct 29, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

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

Wed, Oct 30, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

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

Wed, Oct 30, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Fri, Nov 01, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
This event is full

Fri, Nov 01, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Sat, Nov 02, 9:30am - 11:00am
This event is full

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

Sat, Nov 02, 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Sat, Nov 02, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Sun, Nov 03, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Mon, Nov 04, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

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

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

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