FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES
Storytime with Miss Kris
·
Tiny Tots, for children from birth to 3 years old,
meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
·
Preschool Storytime, for children age 3 to
kindergarten, meets Fridays at 10 a.m.
Storytime with Miss Kris is an awesome
opportunity for children and caregivers to spend quality time together. Each
session includes stories, games, music and movement, plus early literacy and
social skill building activities. Themes
for this month are:
- October 3 & 5 Numbers
- October
10 & 12 Dinosaurs
- October
17 & 19 Harvest Time
- October
24 & 26 Halloween
- October
31 No storytime, but
trick-or-treat at the library any time today.
LEGO Club – Monday, October 1 and 15 @ 4:00 p.m.
Give our LEGO blocks a workout building
anything from a dinosaur to a space ship. Work in teams or individually, give
your creation a name, then see it displayed in the children’s library.
Art Exploration Studio - Tuesday, October 9 @ 4:00 p.m.
This month, we're working with wooden objects! Will you make a house out of Popsicle sticks
or perhaps a grizzly bear made entirely of clothespins? Maybe you have a completely different
creation in mind? It's up to you! All materials will be provided.
Leaf Art - Wednesday, October 10 @ 1:00 p.m.
Celebrate the beauty of the season by creating art and/or
decorations using actual leaves. Some
craft options will include paint, so dress to get messy! All materials will be provided.
Charlotte's Web Party - Saturday, October 13 @ 1:00
p.m.
"That's some pig!"
This year marks
the 60th anniversary of Charlotte's Web. Let’s celebrate! Join us for some farmyard fun, including
crafts and tasty snacks.
Pumpkin Painting & Decorating -
Saturday, October 27 @ 10:00 a.m.
'Tis the season for adorning our homes with pumpkins and
gourds. Join us for some autumnal fun as
we decorate pumpkins with paint, glitter, googly eyes, glue, and more! All materials provided. Space is limited, so registration is
required. Register at the Youth Desk starting on October 25 @ 9:30 a.m.
Family Movie: Hocus Pocus (PG) - Tuesday, October 30 @
6:00 p.m.
After 300 years, three sister witches are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts,
on Halloween night, and it is up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an
immortal cat to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for
all. Sign up at the Youth Desk starting Monday, October 29 at 9:30 a. m. Snacks will be provided.
Trick-or-Treat at the Library - Wednesday, October 31, 9:30 a.m.
- 8:00 p.m.
Happy Halloween! Don your
best costume and come by the library for some good old fashioned
trick-or-treating fun!
FOR TEENS AND TWEENS
Teen Book Club: The Monstrumologist - Thursday,
October 18 @ 4:00 p.m.
These are the secrets I have kept. This
is the trust I never betrayed. But he is
dead now and has been for nearly ninety years, the one who gave me his trust,
the one for whom I kept these secrets. The one who saved me . . . and the one
who cursed me.
So starts the diary of Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a
doctor with a most unusual specialty: monster hunting. In the short time he has
lived with the doctor, Will has grown accustomed to his late night callers and
dangerous business. But when one visitor comes with the body of a young girl
and the monster that was eating her, Will's world is about to change forever.
The doctor has discovered a baby Anthropophagus--a headless monster that feeds
through a mouth in its chest--and it signals a growing number of Anthropophagi.
Now, Will and the doctor must face the horror threatening to overtake and
consume our world before it is too late.
Snacks will be provided.
Pumpkin Washing - Friday, October 26 @ 3:00 p.m.
Scrub-a-dub-dub, get these pumpkins in a tub! Come by and help us wash pumpkins for
Saturday's Pumpkin Painting & Decorating program. We'll repay your hard work and kindness with
a banquet of pizza and soda. YUM!
FOR ADULTS
Knitting
Club – 1st and 2nd Monday, 3rd and 4th
Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Led by instructor Nancy Lee, this group is for
knitters of all ages and all skill levels. Bring your current project to work
on. Experienced knitters are encouraged to attend and share your expertise with
others. Bring your own project to work
on.
DIY: Magnetic Memo Board - Tuesday, October 2 from
7 to 8 p.m.
A
magnetic memo board is a nice alternative to a cork board or refrigerator
magnets for displaying pictures, posting messages, and managing family
information. This mini memo board is
also ideal for hanging on a doorknob.
Kids can claim their private space.
Parents can label the kitchen “Closed.”
This technique is easily adjusted for larger size boards. Children age 7
and older are welcome to attend with an adult, but the class is limited to 15
students. All materials are provided, and REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Make-and-Take
Halloween Crafts – Sunday, October 14 at 1:30 p.m.
This Halloween, treat all the goblins at your house to
a Halloween wand, guaranteed to cast invisible spells. Halloween wands, when gathered in a bouquet,
also offer powerful protection from night tricksters. If you should find yourself in the company
of a hungry vampire, our Halloween candy jar provides instant access to just
what you’ll need to satisfy your fanged friend.
Children age 12 and older may attend with an adult. Class is limited to 15 students. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Adult
Book Club: The Dive from Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer
Thursday,
October 18 at 6:30 p.m.
At the age of twenty-three Carrie Bell has spent her
entire life in Wisconsin,
with the same best friend and the same dependable, easygoing, high school
sweetheart. Now to her dismay she has begun to find this life suffocating and
is considering leaving it–and Mike–behind. But when Mike is paralyzed in a
diving accident, leaving seems unforgivable and yet more necessary than ever.
The Dive from Clausen’s Pier animates this dilemma–and Carrie’s startling
response to it–with the narrative assurance, exacting realism, and moral
complexity we expect from the very best fiction. Books and discussion guides are available at
the library. Anyone who has read the book is welcome to attend.
Anime
for Adults: No. 6 - Saturday,
October 20 at 1 p.m. (for age 16+)
We’ll be showing the first 5 episodes of No. 6
and serving refreshments. Here’s what
this anime series is about: In a near
future world after the last great war, most of mankind now lives in a handful
of city states. There, for the privileged elite, life should be perfect. But
for young Shion, the only thing perfect has been the nightmare his life has
become since letting a strange boy called Rat spend the night in his apartment.
Banished to the outskirts of the city and stripped of all privileges for
helping the mysterious stranger who has since disappeared, Shion now finds
himself in even worse danger as his inquiry into a new series of mysterious
deaths results in his being arrested on suspicion of murder! But even as Shion
is being sent to the city's Correctional Institute, the long missing Rat
reappears to rescue him! Now, on the run, the two young men have only one chance
at survival: uncover the mysterious secrets that lie at the sinister heart of
No. 6!
Library Hours:
Monday
through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday,
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday,
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday,
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Computers
shut down ½ hour before closing.
