virtual programming, in late 2020. Since then, much of the library’s adult programming has moved to virtual events. The library is supported by the Glencoe Friends of the Library. The Friends host three used book sales each year, sponsor the regular book and film discussions, summer and winter reading challenges, and various other lectures, concerts, fundraisers and events throughout the year. GPL publishes its own quarterly newsletter, Excerpts, that contains information regarding upcoming programs and events, information about the library, a staff feature, material recommendations and other relevant news. Points of interest Chicago Botanic Garden Cook County Forest Preserves Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Sylvan Road Bridge (concrete) (1915 design) Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Ravine Bluffs Subdivision entry light/planter monuments at Sylvan/Franklin and at Franklin/Meadow (circa 1915) North Shore Congregation Israel synagogue designed by Minoru Yamasaki Glencoe Metra station (circa 1891) Glencoe Sailing Beach Skokie Lagoons Am Shalom Synagogue St. Paul A.M.E. Church Writers Theatre Glencoe Historical Society Glencoe Beach Local media Local media covering news in Glencoe include The Glencoe Anchor, Winnetka-Glencoe Patch, TribLocal and Pioneer Press. Glencoe was the founding home in 1947 of the important social scientific book publisher, the Free Press, until it was sold and moved to New York City in 1960. Notable people Curt Anderson Maryland legislator, grew up in Glencoe Michael Bloomfield, blues musician/guitarist/composer, lived in Glencoe Leo Burnett, advertising executive and the founder of Leo Burnett Company Carl B. Camras, an American ophthalmologist known for his research on the treatment of glaucoma, was born in Glencoe Marshall Chess, record producer, lived in Glencoe Ann Compton, former news reporter and White House correspondent for ABC News Radio; grew up in Glencoe Douglas Conant, CEO of the Campbell Soup Company; grew up in Glencoe Bruce Dern, actor Nick Foles, quarterback for the Chicago Bears; resided in Glencoe from 2020 to 2022 Paris Grey, singer ("Big Fun (song)"); ("Good Life (Inner City song)");(Inner City (band)) Brian Griese, quarterback for the Chicago Bears; lived in Glencoe briefly Granville D. Hall, early and longtime village clerk, journalist, former president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and first Secretary of State of West Virginia Walter Jacobson, former Chicago television news personality and a current Chicago radio news personality; grew up in Glencoe Len Kasper, announcer for the Chicago White Sox; resides in Glencoe Frank King, cartoonist (Gasoline Alley); lived in Glencoe Alan M. Krensky, National Institutes of Health deputy director; Stanford