Adults

Transitioning to a new home can be overwhelming and stressful, especially when the transition includes a new phase of life. 

Join Trista Michels, Central Wisconsin's first certified consultant in Marie Kondo's KonMari Method, as she teaches mindful and intentional suggestions for how to declutter your space before the move, and how to make the best choices when deciding which items are brought to the new space. 

Ali, the library’s Maker Librarian comes to visit! 

She’ll be telling us about the library’s Workshop space. 

Have you ever wondered what goes on in that room downstairs? 

Ali will also have a couple of hands-on activities for you to try from the Workshop, including 3D pens and an opportunity to learn about the library’s Silhouette cutting machine.

In this beginner's course, get an overview of Google Drive, and learn the basics of how to use this cloud storage service, including creating, editing, and sharing documents, and uploading and organizing files.

Did you receive a new piece of technology this holiday season and need help setting it up or learning how to use it? 

Stop by the Center between 10-12pm and staff and volunteers from the library will be on hand to help figure it out. 

No registration needed; help will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Registration: Register
Please register for only one session.

Use pyrography (the art of wood burning) to create an art piece by singeing a design onto the surface of wood.

Have you ever walked into a room and forgot why you are there? Join us for a presentation and discussion to find out what happens to our brains as we get older and learn more about the difference between age-related memory loss and dementia.

Presented By: Ellen Taylor, Dementia Care Specialist ADRC of Dane County

Sometimes when we go to the grocery store, we buy things we don’t really need but really want. When you have limited resources, you have less money for making extra purchases. How do you decide what is a “need” and what is a “want”? Join FoodWIse Nutrition Educator, Emily Randerson, on recognizing the differences and using MyPlate to shop for healthy food choices.

Presented by: Emily Randerson, FoodWIse Nutrition Educator

What made a prominent conspiracy-theorist YouTuber finally see that 9/11 was not a hoax? How do voter opinions shift from neutral to resolute? Can widespread social change only take place when a generation dies out? From one of our greatest thinkers on reasoning, HOW MINDS CHANGE is a book about the science, and the experience, of transformation.

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Space is limited, please register everyone who is going to participate.

Learn how to make a decorative pillow sham that you can swap out for the holidays.

Participants will need to bring their own fabric :