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October 2024

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Harvest Haunts Await at the Library

Autumn fun and spooky season special events to enjoy all month!

  • Oct. 1: Tricks & Treats, a Cultural History of Halloween 
    Big Bend Village Library

  • Oct. 5: Bigfoot Evidence
    Watertown Public Library

  • Oct. 8: Milwaukee Mayhem: Murder and Mystery in the Cream City
    Hartland Public Library

  • Oct. 9: Cybersecurity: How to Protect Yourself Online
    Dwight Foster Public Library in Fort Atkinson

  • Oct. 9: Spooky Art for Teens (Grades 7-12)
    Delafield Public Library

  • Oct. 9: Trivia Night
    Powers Memorial Library in Palmyra

  • Oct.12: Adult Trivia Night Fundraiser for the Butler Public Library
    By the Friends of the Butler Public Library in Butler Frontier Park

  • Oct. 12: Golden Gala 50th Anniversary Fundraiser
    Alice Baker Memorial Library in Eagle

  • Oct. 15: Emergency Zombie Preparedness
    Muskego Public Library

  • Oct. 16: Halloween Spooktacular with Mad Science Milwaukee
    Brookfield Public Library

  • Oct. 18: How To Use Paranormal Equipment with Annik
    Karl Junginger Memorial Library in Waterloo

  • Oct. 21: Halloween Party
    Jefferson Public Library

  • Oct. 22: Paranormal Wisconsin: Ghosts, UFOs and Mysterious Creatures
    Menomonee Falls Public Library

  • Oct. 23: Minerals, Fossils & Crystals
    Elm Grove Public Library

  • Oct. 23: Tie-Dye Time: Halloween Edition (Ages 16+)
    Oconomowoc Public Library

  • Oct. 23-31: Halloween Scavenger Hunt
    Pauline Haass Public Library in Sussex

  • Oct. 24: Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
    Town Hall Library in North Lake

  • Oct. 24: Halloween Toddler Dance Party (Ages 18 mo. to 5 yrs.)
    L.D. Fargo Public Library in Lake Mills 

  • Oct. 24: Open Craft Night for Adults - Bring your own craft to work on!
    Johnson Creek Public Library

  • Oct. 24: Gothic Wisconsin: Twisted Tales From the Middle Coast
    Waukesha Civic Theatre by Waukesha Reads/Waukesha Public Library

  • Oct. 25: Trick-or-Treat at the Library
    Mukwonago Community Library

  • Oct. 29: Bats of Wisconsin
    Pewaukee Public Library

  • Oct. 31: Family Boo Bash
    New Berlin Public Library

Find your library

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Irvin L. Young Memorial Library's Groundbreaking Ceremony

Wednesday, October 2

5 pm
At the Library
431 W. Center St., Whitewater


For the Library's Expansion and Renovation Project

Read more about the project

Around the Libraries

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Celebration of Artists 50+ Gallery Opening Night

Pauline Haass Public Library

Celebrate Sussex-area artists who are 50 years of age and older in the Civic Center lobby for a special evening. Refreshments will be served. This program is sponsored by Pauline Haass Public Library and the Village of Sussex, with funding support from Bridges Library System. 

Thursday, October 3
5 - 7 pm
Learn more

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The True Story of MCL's Grutzmacher Collection

Mukwonago Community Library

Learn about Mukwonago Community Library's Grutzmacher Collection and the repatriation of some items under NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act). Mukwonago became the third public library nationwide to repatriate under NAGPRA and the first to do so multiple times

Thursday, October 3
6 - 7 pm
Learn more and register

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Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Presentation

Pewaukee Public Library

Learn more about how the Honor Flight program celebrates America’s veterans and how you can get involved at this special presentation at Pewaukee Public Library. 

Tuesday, October 8
6 - 7 pm
Learn more and register

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Family Fun Friday
at the Library

Alice Baker Memorial Library

Join the fun at the Alice Baker Memorail Library for a night of bingo, prizes, snacks and more! The whole family will have a great time.

Friday, October 18
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Learn more

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October Memory Cafés

  • Oct. 4: Musical Bingo • Hartland Public Library

  • Oct. 10: My Favorite Things • Alice Baker Memorial Library (Eagle)

  • Oct. 14: Favorite Book Show & Tell • Jefferson Public Library

  • Oct. 15: Fall Flower Arrangements • Watertown Public Library

  • Oct. 21: Dinosaur Hunt • Menomonee Falls Public Library

  • Oct. 23: Having Fun-Gi • Waukesha Public Library

Find October Memory Cafés
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Library Memory Project

Family Day 2024

Sunday, October 6

Open House: 12 - 3 pm
Retzer Nature Center 

For those living with memory loss, their care partners and families (grandkids, too), to attend our free family-friendly outing. Drop in anytime! Register online


On The Shelf

Cozy Mysteries for Fall

Cover art for "Against the Currant"

Against the Currant

by Olivia Matthews

Cover art for "Renovated to Death"

Renovated to Death
by Frank Anthony Polito

Cover art for "Blackmail and Bibingka"

Blackmail and Bibingka 
by Mia P. Manansala

Cover art for "Dead and Gondola"

Dead and Gondola: A Christie Bookshop Mystery
by Ann Claire

Cover art for "Murder Uncorked"

Murder Uncorked
by Maddie Day 

Cover art for "Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder"

Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder

by Valerie Burns

Find Your Library

Jefferson County

Dwight Foster Public Library (Fort Atkinson)
Irvin L. Young Memorial Library (Whitewater)
Jefferson Public Library

Johnson Creek Public Library

Karl Junginger Memorial Library (Waterloo)
L.D. Fargo Public Library (Lake Mills)
Powers Memorial Library (Palmyra)
Watertown Public Library


Waukesha County

Alice Baker Library (Eagle)
Big Bend Public Library
Brookfield Public Library
Butler Public Library
Delafield Public Library
Elm Grove Public Library
Hartland Public Library
Menomonee Falls Public Library
Mukwonago Community Library
Muskego Public Library
New Berlin Public Library
Oconomowoc Public Library
Pauline Haass Public Library (Sussex)
Pewaukee Public Library
Town Hall Library (North Lake)
Waukesha Public Library

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741 N Grand Ave #210
Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186
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