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Bob Dylan The Complete Basement Tapes Music Discussion Wednesday, April 8, 7:00pm. Last year "The Complete Basement Tapes" was picked by many critics as the most important and best reissue of 2014. In the program, we'll listen to and talk about this landmark recording. Although it was recorded in the summer of 1967 many of… Read More

If you are turned off by The Martian because you have heard it has science-fiction tendencies, I urge you to reconsider. The Martian by Andy Weir is an amazing novel; I could not put it down and already have plans to re-read it. The story is pretty simple: Mark Watney, astronaut, botanist, and mechanical engineer,… Read More

The Deerfield Public Library will be collecting food, and home and personal products in March for the West Deerfield Township Food Pantry. The Pantry serves over 250 township residents each month who find themselves in need, either on a long-term or temporary basis. Donations can be dropped off in the shopping cart, courtesy of Whole… Read More

Twelve-year-old Jaden was adopted from Russia when he was eight years old. He feels abandoned by his biological mother and blames his adoptive parents. Although his parents have shown nothing but unconditional love, Jaden doesn’t believe them. He steals, lights fires, hoards food, has anger issues and feels nothing toward those who love and want… Read More

It’s about movies, music, TV, and audiobooks- anywhere, anytime. The Deerfield Public library is excited to introduce Hoopla to our community.  Hoopla is a service that brings hundreds of thousands of movies, TV shows, music, and audiobooks right to your computer or device.  No holds necessary!  Everything on Hoopla is available all the time.  Just… Read More

Do you need a book, or a movie, from the Deerfield Public Library right away, but are a patron of another library? Don’t sweat it! All you need to do is sign up as a reciprocal borrower! But, what is a reciprocal borrower? Here at the Deerfield Public Library, we sign up reciprocal borrowers all… Read More

Our "Guess The Oscars" contest last year was so popular we've decided to do it again! Choose who you think will win the Academy Award in 10 different categories. A winner will be chosen from the entries with the most correct answers. This year's first prize is a Roku 1 Streaming Player. Second prize is… Read More

If I had to make a list of the most influential movies of my childhood, The Princess Bride would be at least top three, if not number one. It had everything – to quote the posters: “Heroes. Giants. Villains. Wizards. True Love. Not just your basic, average, everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, ho-hum fairy tale.” My sister… Read More

If you're looking for something different to do this Valentine's Day, why not head over to the Library and take part in the Blind Date with a Book event that runs through the month of February.  This is our third year in what has become a patron favorite event! Here's how it works: Each year our savvy… Read More

I loved the Hunger Games and Divergent movies and books, but there’s so much more to the dystopian genre! Fellow librarian Sarah Burkard has already covered some of the great dystopian fiction books that we have in the collection, but there are some awesome movies that also fall under the auspices of dystopia! The next… Read More