Upcoming events

Please like my Facebook.com/KiddielandRemembered page and get notices of events

(See bottom of page for recent REVIEWS from Elmhurst Public Library)

2023 upcoming (all times are Central Time)
(visit the library’s website to register)

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023 – Geneva Public Library at 7:00 pm BAKERIES

Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 – Elmhurst Library at 7:00 pm FISHER PRICE TOYS

Wednesday, Feb. 8 – Joliet Public Library at 7:00 pm BAKERIES

Thursday, Feb. 9 – Oak Brook Library at 7:00 pm BAKERIES

Wednesday, Feb. 15 – Bartlett Library at 7:00 pm BAKERIES

Thursday, Feb. 16 – JCC Buffalo Grove at 12:30 pm BAKERIES

Tuesday, Feb. 21 – Oakton College at 1:00 pm FISHER PRICE TOYS

Wednesday, Feb. 22 – Cary Area Library at 7:00 pm RIVERVIEW

Thursday, Feb. 23 – Palos Hills (Green Hills) Library at 7:00 pm BAKERIES

Thursday, Mar. 9 – Northbrook JCC 12:30 pm KIDDIELAND

Saturday, April 1 – Oswego Library at 1:00 pm KIDDIELAND

Wednesday, May 3 – Glenview Park District 1:00 pm KIDDIELAND

Wednesday, June 14 – Rolling Meadows Library at 6:30 pm BAKERIES

Friday, July 21 – Sun City Huntley at 10:00 am (private) RIVERVIEW

Tuesday, August 22 – Eisenhower (Chicago) Library BAKERIES

Wednesday, August 23 – Cary Area Library at 7 pm FISHER PRICE TOYS

Saturday, August 26 – Schiller Park Library at 11:00 am KIDDIELAND

Wednesday, August 30 – Blue Island (zoom?) program?

Thursday, August 31 – Elmhurst Library at RIVERVIEW

Wednesday, Sept 13 – Oak Forest (Acorn) Library at 7 pm BAKERIES

Saturday, Sept 23 – Berwyn Library at 2:00 pm KIDDIELAND

Wednesday, Sept 27 – North Shore Senior Center (ticketed) at 1:00

Tuesday, Oct 10 – Green Hills (Palos) Library at 6:30 RIVERVIEW

Monday, Oct 16 – Oakton Emeritus at 3:00 pm RIVERVIEW

Thursday, Nov. 9 – Eisenhower Library (Chicago) at 7 pm RIVERVIEW

Tuesday, Nov. 14 – Orland Park Library at (day) BAKERIES

Wednesday, Nov 15 – North Shore Senior Center (ticketed) at 1:00

Please like my Facebook.com/KiddielandRemembered page and get notices of events

(See bottom of page for recent REVIEWS from Elmhurst Public Library)

2022 Previous events

Tuesday, January 18 – Palos Hts Library at 6:30 pm zoom KIDDIELAND

Wednesday, January 26 – Algonquin Library at 7:00 pm zoom BAKERIES

Thursday, January 27 – Algonquin Library at 7:00 pm zoom BAKERIES

Monday, January 31 – Brookfield Library at 6:00 pm zoom KIDDIELAND

Tuesday, February 8 – Geneva Library at 1:30 pm (in person) KIDDIELAND

Saturday, March 12 – Mokena Library at 1:00 pm (in person) BAKERIES

Saturday, April 2 – Berkeley Library at 1:00 pm (in person) BAKERIES

Thursday, April 7 – Stickney Library at 6:00 pm KIDDIELAND

Thursday, April 21 – Oak Lawn Library BAKERIES

Monday, May 6 – Elburn Library at 2:00 pm KIDDIELAND

Monday, May 16 – Lombard Library at 1:00 pm KIDDIELAND

Monday, July 11 – Darien Library (Indian Prairie) at 1:00 pm BAKERIES

Monday, July 11 – Elmhurst Library at 7:00 pm (in person & zoom) BAKERIES

Tuesday, July 12 – Covenant Living (private) Villa Park 1:30 pm KIDDIELAND

Wednesday, July 13 – Oakton College (Skokie) $ at 3:00 pm BAKERIES

Thursday, July 14 – Ascension Village (private) 1:30 pm KIDDIELAND

Monday, July 18 – Ela Area Library at 7:00 pm BAKERIES

Wednesday, July 20 – Edgebrook Library Chicago at 7:00 pm BAKERIES

Wednesday, August 24 – Cary Area Library at 7:00 pm BAKERIES

Thursday, August 25 – Park Ridge Library at 7:00 pm BAKERIES

Tuesday, August 30 – Cook Memorial Library at 6:30 pm (in person) BAKERIES

Tuesday, Sept 8 – Cook Memorial Library at 6:30 pm (on zoom) BAKERIES

Wednesday, Sept 14 – Deerfield Library at 6:30 pm (in person) BAKERIES

Friday, Sept 16 – Sun City Huntley AT 10:00 am (private) KIDDIELAND

Tuesday, Sept 27 – Warrenville Library at 7:00 pm KIDDIELAND

Thursday, Nov 3 – Niles Library at 10:30 am BAKERIES

Saturday, Nov 5 – Elgin Library at 1:00 pm BAKERIES

Wednesday, Nov 9 – Western Springs at 7:00 pm BAKERIES

Friday, Nov 18 – Winnetka Comm. House at 2:00 pm BAKERIES

Thursday, Dec. 8 – Fountaindale Library Bolingbrook at 12:00 KIDDIELAND

2021 (all KIDDIELAND)

Thursday, January 7 – Addison Library at 7:00 pm

Saturday, January 9 – Mokena Library at 1:00 pm

Wednesday, February 10 – Lincolnwood Library

Tuesday, February 16 — Homer Glen Library at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, February 17 – Clarendon Hills at 7:00 pm

Monday, March 15 — Elmwood Park Library at 7:00 pm

Thursday, March 18 – Palos Park Library at 6:15 pm

Thursday, March 25 – Western Springs (Ford) Library at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, April 21 – Barrington Library at 7:00 pm

Thursday, May 6 — North Riverside Library at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, May 12 — Cary Area Library at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, May 19 – Eisenhower Library at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, May 26 – Joliet Library at 7:00 pm

Thursday, May 27 – Elmhurst Library at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, June 16 – Des Plaines Library at 7:00 pm

Tuesday, June 22 – McHenry Public Library at 7:00 pm

Thursday, June 24 – Roselle Library at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, July 7 – Chicago Public – Edgebrook library at 6:00 pm

Wednesday, July 14 – Palatine Library at 7:00 pm

Tuesday, July 20 – Lansing Library at 6:30 pm

Saturday, July 31 – Berkeley Library at 1:00 pm

Monday, July 26 – Carol Stream Library at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, August 4 – Arlington Hts Memorial Library at 7:00 pm

Thursday, August 19 – Park Ridge Library at 7:00 pm

Sunday, August 29 – Batavia Library at 2:00 pm (in person)

Tuesday August 31 – Orland Park Library at 7:00 pm (in person)

Thursday Sept 9 — Algonquin Library (zoom)

Tuesday October 26 — Oak Brook Library at 6:00 (in person)

Tuesday November 2 – Oak Lawn Library at 7:00 (in person)

Thursday November 4 – Forest Park Library at 7:00 pm (in person)

Monday November 8 – Oakton Emeritus Passages at 3:00 pm (zoom)

Friday November 19 – Triton Seniors at 12:00 pm (in person)

Thursday December 2 – Elk Grove Village Library at 7:00 pm CHICAGO BAKERIES

Friday December 3 – Wheeling (Indian Trails) Library at 2:00 pm (zoom)

Tuesday December 7 – Palatine Library at 6:00 pm CHICAGO BAKERIES

2020

Friday, February 7, 2020 – Cordia Senior Residents (Westmont) at 3:00 pm

Thursday, February 13, 2020 – Rolling Meadows Library at 7:00 pm

Saturday, April 25, 2020 – Bensenville Libr. at 2:00 pm – rescheduled to 10/5

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 – Niles/Maine Library at 1:00 pm (virtual)

Monday, May 18, 2020 – Schaumburg Library at 7:00 pm — TBA rescheduled

Thursday, June 18, 2020 – Villa Park Library at 7:00 pm (virtual)

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 – Eisenhower Public Library (Norwood) at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, July 8, 2020 – Elk Grove Village Library at 7:00 pm (virtual)

Thursday, July 9, 2020 – Tinley Park Library (virtual with Zoom)

Berkeley Public Library — TBA rescheduled Spring 2021

Monday, July 13 – Clarendale private 1:30 pm

Wednesday, July 15 – Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien at 7:00 pm

Saturday, July 18 – Oak Brook Library — TBA rescheduled

Thursday, August 6 – Elk Grove Village at 7:00 pm (back a 2nd time)

Saturday, August 29 – Berwyn Library at 2:00 pm (virtual)

Saturday, September 12 – Northbrook Historical Society at 10:00 am

Monday, October 5 – Bensenville Library at 7:00 pm (virtual)

Thursday, October 8 – Lake Forest at 1:00 pm (virtual)

Tuesday, October 13 – Ela Area Library at 7:00 pm (virtual)

Thursday, October 15 – Itasca Library at 7:00 pm (virtual)

Tuesday, October 27 – Prospect Hts Library at 7:00 pm (virtual)

Thursday, November 5 – Naperville Library at 1:00 pm (virtual)

Monday, November 9 – Bartlett Library at 7:00 pm (virtual)

Tuesday, November 10 – Northbrook Library at 7:00 pm (virtual)

2019

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 – Morton Grove Library 11:30 am

Saturday, June 29, 2019 – Westchester Library at 2:00 pm

Friday, July 19, 2019 – Riverside Library at 3:00 pm

Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 – Fox Lake Library at 11:00 am

Monday, October 7, 2019 – Crestwood Library at 6:00 pm

Wednesday, October 23 – Somonauk Library at 6:30 pm

Thursday, October 24, 2019 – Oak Park Library at 7:00 pm

Saturday, November 23, 2019 – Downers Grove Library at 1:00 pm

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 – Glenview Library at 7:00 pm

Kiddieland Remembered – REVIEWS

Here are the comments that were shared in evaluations (plus some emails & the Zoom chat) following your Kiddieland Remembered program recently:

I loved it, great presentation.

Very well researched and presented! It was fun to trip down memory lane, since my family started going to Kiddie Land around 1956! Thank you!

Thank you for hosting this! It was fun, and brought back many memories!

Love the presentation on Kiddieland. It brought back so many fun memories!

Great presenter, very knowledgeable, well paced—loved it!

Having a presentation on Zoom was wonderful. I enjoyed it so very much. I will definitely join other programs if offered. Even before the Pandemic, it was difficult to get to the library. I hope it can be arranged to Zoom other programs even when they are offered at the Library.

It was so great to see Kiddieland in the wonderful pictures. I was a personal friend of Tom Norini, and to see him in your presentation brought a tear to my eye. Great job on the research, and as always it was very sad to see it go.

So fun! Certainly brought back treasured memories…Tom was the name of the horse I road…relieved that so many rides were sold to other amusement parks rather than thrown in a “got junk” truck. Those kinds of experiences and history, once they’re gone, they’re usually gone. Cheryl certainly shared her passion—a wonderful presentation! Took 2 pages of notes—such a thorough and informative presentation. Timeline of acquisitions, and videos, and history and family history…so much information…so neat that this was viewed by so many people!

Very interesting! The presenter’s enthusiasm and knowledge were very evident.

[email] Hi – enjoyed the Kiddieland presentation last night! I know some other Kiddieland fans who would be interested!

[email] Thanks so much for a great program last night. Really appreciate it.

[email] Great documentary on Kiddieland, thanks to Cheryl Brown

[Zoom chat] Hello from Mike Tauber—in Laguna Beach California! My dad Bill is on in Westmont HI DAD! He took us kids to Kiddieland in the late 1960s. LOVED IT!! We love Elmhurst Public Library. I grew up there.

[Zoom chat] I just love that bell, brings back fond memories. Fun trip down Kiddieland Memory Lane, thank you.

[zoom chat] GREAT presentation! Brought back lots of memories.

[Zoom chat] Thank you for your time, research, and enthusiasm! Great presentation!

That was fun to watch–she really knows her stuff!

Jez Layman

Adult & Teen Programming Coordinator

Elmhurst Public Library 125 S. Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, IL 60126

elmhurstpubliclibrary.org

Chicago’s Sweet Bakeries Remembered – Reviews from Arlington Hts Library 1/27/22

it received a rating of 4.8 out of 5! I’m including some customer comments below:

Everything, Cheryl was very knowledgeable.
The bakeries that are still open and their specialties.
It was a wonderful trip down memory lane. My grandparents lived in the city. My family went to many of the bakeries Cheryl spoke about both in Chicago and the north/northwest suburbs. It was fun to learn about the history and relationships.
Seeing and hearing new info on so many bakeries I remember from my childhood.
seeing bakeries past and some I go to today. My mom loved watching it