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Library Speakers Consortium Presents David Brooks

The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply
2026-01-13 13:00:00 2026-01-13 14:00:00 America/Chicago Library Speakers Consortium Presents David Brooks Virtual -

Tuesday, January 13
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-01-13 13:00:00 2026-01-13 14:00:00 America/Chicago Library Speakers Consortium Presents David Brooks Join us for a virtual event with David Brooks, leading cultural and political commentator and bestselling author, as he discusses his book "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply." Virtual -

Join us for a virtual event with David Brooks, leading cultural and political commentator and bestselling author, as he discusses his book "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply."

Join us for a virtual discussion with prominent cultural writer and bestselling author David Brooks on his book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply, in which he helps us pose essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?


Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception.

The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them and, in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.


Register now to take part in a riveting and timeless conversation on how to connect with people from all walks of life, and why doing so is paramount to our individual and communal growth.

David Brooks is one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, a writer for The Atlantic, and appears regularly on PBS Newshour. He is the bestselling author of The Second Mountain, The Road to Character, The Social Animal, Bobos in Paradise, and On Paradise Drive.

Presented with Library Speakers Consortium.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books & Authors |

TAGS: | Virtual | Author Events |

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Mon, Dec 15, All day
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Mon, Dec 29, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Social Worker in the Library - Trabajadora Social en la Biblioteca
Tue, Dec 30, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Meet the new Social Services Specialist for the City of Highland Park. Conozca a la nueva especialista en servicios sociales de la ciudad de Highland Park.
Early Closing
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Mon, Jan 05, All day
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Mon, Jan 05, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Origami Challenge
Tue, Jan 06, All day
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Thu, Jan 08, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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Origami Challenge
Fri, Jan 09, All day
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Origami is the art of folding paper into amazing shapes. Join us for this month's origami challenge. Pick up your kit at the Youth Services desk while supplies last. For ages 5-14
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Origami is the art of folding paper into amazing shapes. Join us for this month's origami challenge. Pick up your kit at the Youth Services desk while supplies last. For ages 5-14
Rock & Read - A Toddler Storytime
Mon, Jan 12, 10:30am - 11:00am
Highland Park Public Library - Brenner Room
Join Miss Kelly in the Brenner Room for a musical storytime! For ages 18 months - 3 years. Registration not required but space is limited. Check in at Youth desk starting 30 min prior to event.
Library Speakers Consortium Presents David Brooks - The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply
Tue, Jan 13, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual
Join us for a virtual event with David Brooks, leading cultural and political commentator and bestselling author, as he discusses his book "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply."Register
Baby Booktime - 0-18 months with caregiver
Wed, Jan 14, 10:00am - 10:30am
Highland Park Public Library - Activity Room
Registration not required but space is limited. Check in at the Youth Services desk up to 30 min. prior to start time. Ages 0 - 18 months.
Baby Booktime - 0-18 months with caregiver
Wed, Jan 14, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Highland Park Public Library - Activity Room
Registration not required but space is limited. Check in at the Youth Services desk up to 30 min. prior to start time. Ages 0 - 18 months.
Teen Time - Mario Kart Tournament
Wed, Jan 14, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Come play Mario Kart 8DX on Nintendo Switch in a friendly competition! Snacks provided.
Enlightened Disagreement - Event will be held at Edgewood Middle School, Highland Park
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Northwestern Professor Eli Finkel, a leading scholar of conflict and polarization, discusses how to engage across divides, have constructive discourse, and navigate disagreement.
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