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"Early Brain Development & Why It Matters: The economic and business case for investment in early childhood"

Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS. MD, Reach Out and Read Wisconsin's Medical Director, will talk about cutting edge research in early brain and child development, impact on toxic stress and literacy development.

Dennis Winters, MS, Chief Economist for the State of Wisconsin, will present the economic and business case for investment in early childhood.

The presentations will be followed by Q&A.

Did you know that Wisconsin was the first state to ratify the woman suffrage amendment granting women the right to vote in 1919?

Wisconsin native Carrie Catt led two million women to lobby for passage of the 19th Amendment. Another Wisconsin native, Belle La Follette advocated for women’s rights and suffrage, testified before the US Senate, and spoke throughout the country.

Experienced beader, Joanne Koch, will show you how to make two pair of unique and beautiful beaded earrings that will be a delight to wear or give as gifts. A wide assortment of beads will bring out your creativity!

Seating is limited. Please register online or at the desk.

Registration: Register!

Joan & Bette Bette & Joan is an original off-Broadway one-woman musical about the tumultuous relationship between two Academy Award winning icons of Hollywood's Golden Age, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Involved in a real and manufactured feud for most of their screen careers, their story is rendered via 14 original songs as well as live performance.

A Q&A will conclude the event.

Co-hosted by the DeForest Area Historical Society, the Center, and the Library.

This library outreach program is open to the community.

A memory screen is a wellness tool that helps identify possible changes in memory.

It creates a baseline so future changes can be monitored. Specialists from the Dane County Aging and Disability Resource Center will provide free 10-minute memory screenings at the Library in Room D. You can also get information about memory, memory clinics, brain health and local resources.

Registration - Limit of 1 person for each 10 minute time slot:

A memory screen is a wellness tool that helps identify possible changes in memory.

It creates a baseline so future changes can be monitored. Specialists from the Dane County Aging and Disability Resource Center will provide free 10-minute memory screenings at the Library in Room C. You can also get information about memory, memory clinics, brain health and local resources.

Registration - Limit of 1 person for each 10 minute time slot:

What incredible natural features are found underground in Wisconsin?

If you’re in search of a family adventure, here’s your opportunity to find out what may be under the ground in our state. Author Doris Green will tell us about Wisconsin’s most accessible caves, former mines and other subterranean treasures.

Sponsored by The Friends of the Library. Copies of Doris’ books will be available for purchase and signing.

If you have a disability and require accommodation in order to fully participate, please contact library staff.

Meet Jane and Tom Opps, who have hiked the 500-mile Camino de Santiago. The couple traveled the entire length from St. Jean Pied-de-Port, France, to Santiago de Compostella, Spain. The Camino pilgrimage has been travelled by pilgrims for over 1,000 years and is said to bring great physical, mental and spiritual growth to all who travel its routes. Come and hear Jane and Tom’s story of adventure.

If you have a disability and require accommodation in order to fully participate, please contact library staff.

“Do you really know why you think the way you do?"

Robert Brust PE, SE, is a structural engineer who has worked on some of the country’s more well-known buildings. Brust began his lengthy search for human understanding after a tragedy: his son died, causing him to reexamine all of his assumptions about how best to live. What he learned, from looking at problem solving and life from an analytical way – from an engineer’s perspective is the premise for his book.

Sponsored by The Friends of the Library. Copies of David’s books will be available for purchase and signing.