Event Registration
Adults
Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World - Registration Required
As Portrayed by Jessica Michna | 4th Tuesday Forum
October 27 - 10:00am | Zoom
Registration for the Zoom: Register! Eleanor Roosevelt shares with the audience her tragedies and triumphs. Born into the opulent wealth of America’s “Golden Age” she would grow from the shy, homely orphan into a confident, driven woman. Annealed by personal tragedy, she would emerge as a champion of civil rights, author, and stateswoman. Co-sponsored by the...
Kids & Family
Make & Take Exploratory - Registration Required
October 27 - 3:00pm | Children's Room
Join us for an in-person family craft and/or experiment. Registration is required. Each session has 3 spots available Each spot can have up to 3 people If your group is larger than 3, please sign up for more than one spot, see below All registrants will need to enter and exit via the Children's Room door on the Library Patio Group of 1-3 = 1 spot Group...
All Ages
Spooktacular Grab Bag Pickup - Registration Required
October 31 - 10:30am | Paved Area by the Market Street Book Drop
Registration: Register! We added 14 more spots! Registration for the 1:00 & 1:30 pm spots: Register! Register to get a Spooktacular Halloween Grab Bag and some sweet treats. If you come in costume to pick up your grab bag you will receive a bonus bag! Weather permitting we will also have photo opportunities available! These bags are limited 1 per...
All Ages
Dinovember: Sky Monsters - Registration Required
Presented by Colossal Fossils
November 03 - 6:00pm | Zoom
Registration: Register! From a flying lizard the size of a plane to the first birds, this program discusses how evolution helped lift animals off the ground. This program is part of our Dinovember series presented by Colossal Fossils! You just need to register once, and you will receive a Zoom link that will work for whichever program(s) you choose to attend....
Adults
Mom's Gone Missing: When a Parent's Changing Life Upends Yours - Registration Required
Meet author Susan Marshall
November 05 - 6:30pm | Zoom
Registration - Register! Meet author Susan Marshall to hear her experience with her father’s Alzheimer’s journey and her mother’s lightning fast dementia decline. Sibling tensions, a bewildering array of healthcare, financial and legal decisions, reconciliation of lifelong hurts, and the emotional tsunami that surges through it all are part of the story. Susan...
All Ages
Dinovember: Cave Art 101 - Registration Required
Presented by Colossal Fossils
November 10 - 6:00pm | Zoom
Registration: Register! Discover the techniques used in stone age art and how you can make your own in this hands-on program. Information about materials coming soon. This program is part of our Dinovember series presented by Colossal Fossils! You just need to register once, and you will receive a Zoom link that will work for whichever program(s) you choose to...
Adults
Wisconsin's Gangster Past: Turning the Badger State into the Crime State - Registration Required
Presented by Author, Lecturer, and Researcher Chad Lewis
November 10 - 6:30pm | Zoom
Registration - Register! Put on your zoot suit and follow in the footsteps of America's most infamous gangsters as they turn Wisconsin into their personal crime vacation land. Filled with deadly bank robberies, explosive shootouts, brutal murders, and daring kidnappings, Chad Lewis will point out the grisly locations where the gangster history will never die. If...
Adults
Go Big Read: Parkland by Dave Cullen - Registration Required
We'll be joined by Stuart Stotts
November 11 - 6:30pm | Zoom
Registration: Register! Emma Gonzalez called BS. David Hogg called out Adult America. The uprising had begun. Dave Cullen, who has been reporting on the epidemic of school shootings for two decades, takes us along on the students' nine-month odyssey, from the shooting to the midterm elections and beyond. Read the story of Parkland through the voices of key...
All Ages
Dinovember: Sea Monsters - Registration Required
Presented by Colossal Fossils
November 17 - 6:00pm | Zoom
Registration: Register! Giant sharks, enormous lizards, frightening fish. The oceans were filled with huge predators, and you're about to see them up close. This program is part of our Dinovember series presented by Colossal Fossils! You just need to register once, and you will receive a Zoom link that will work for whichever program(s) you choose to attend....
Adults
Mittens on the Tree - Registration Required
Presented by Historical Impressionist, Jessica Michna | 4th Tuesday Forum
November 24 - 10:00am | Zoom
Registration - Register! Stoke the fire! Trim the tree! Enjoy one of our favorite performers, Jessica Michna, as she portrays Ma Caroline Ingalls, mother of noted author Laura Ingalls Wilder, preparing for Christmas of 1886. Caroline shares the recipes and traditions of the season, collected over the years, as the family traversed the Midwest. This program will...
Adults
Dinovember: Flintknapping Basics - Registration Required
Presented by Colossal Fossils
November 24 - 6:00pm | Zoom
Registration: Register! Explore the basic techniques of making stone tools in this hands-on course. Information about materials coming soon. This program is recommended for grown-ups only. This program is part of our Dinovember series presented by Colossal Fossils! You just need to register once, and you will receive a Zoom link that will work for whichever...
Adults
Virtual Book Club Bash - Registration Required
November 30 - 6:00pm | Zoom
Registration - Register! Join fellow book lovers to talk books and authors. Everyone is invited to attend, whether you're in a book club or just trolling for new book ideas. If you have a disability and require accommodation in order to fully participate, please contact library staff.
Adults
The Life and Times of the Last Kid Picked - Registration Required
Presented by Author David Benjamin
December 08 - 6:30pm | Zoom
Registration - Register! Author David Benjamin has a lifetime of stories to tell! Regarded as a masterwork of storytelling, David Benjamin knew he was a writer when he was in grade school. He started his first novel in elementary school at St. Mary’s School in Tomah. He adapted (and embellished he says) some of that experience in his memoir, The Life and Times of...
Adults
Against All Odds - Registration Required
With Héctor Colón
December 15 - 6:30pm | Zoom
Registration - Register! Listen as Héctor Colón shares the story of his life, beginning with his challenging childhood and his introduction to the boxing ring. Follow the path to his Olympic trial fight, to his present-day work as President- CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, one of the Midwest’s largest non-profits. Be entertained by...