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April 2023

Adult Events

Library programs, events, and activities are free and open

to the public, but some may require registration.

Monthly Reading Challenge

Monthly Reading Challenge

April 1-30 • All Ages

Registration is Required

Log your reading on Beanstack online or the Beanstack app to earn badges. Read 10 hours and earn a Beardie Buck good for $1 toward the purchase of a Friends Book Sale item. Open to all ages!

Craftivity Drop-In

Wednesday, April 5 • 4-5:30

Drop-in for crafting, coloring, bookmark making, and conversation. This month's project: Pompom Bunnies

Craftivity Drop-In
How Does Your Garden Grow

How Does Your Garden Grow

Wednesdays • 6-7 pm

Join us for a series of videos presented by gardening expert Melinda Meyers. Registration is required.

  • April 5 - Helpful Ideas for New Plant Parents

  • April 12 - Jump Start Your Season and Protect Your Plants

  • April 19 - Getting Started Growing Vegetable & Flower Gardens

  • April 26 - Creative Container Gardening

  • May 3 - Grow Your Own Flowers for Bouquets in Containers, Raised Beds, & Gardens

  • May 10 - Organic Pest Management for Vegetable and Flower Gardens

Registration is Required

Canvas Creations

Tuesday, April 11 • 6-7:30 or
Wednesday, April 19 • 1-2:30 pm

Learn how to paint with step-by-step instructions. 

Registration is Required
Canvas Creations
Fiber Arts Circle

Fiber Arts Circle

Thursdays, April 13 & 27 • 6-7:45 pm

Bring your project and make new friends!
All fiber arts are welcome–crochet, knit, cross-stitch, weaving, latch-hooking, and more! 

Thriller Book Club

Monday, April 17 • 6-7 pm

Join us as we discuss a new thriller each month. This month’s title: Hunting Time by Jeffery Deaver.

Thriller Book Club
The Value of Rain Gardens & Rain Barrels

The Value of Rain Gardens
& Rain Barrels

Tuesday, April 18 • 6-7 pm

Join Jayne Jenks from the Waukesha County Parks and Land Use Department to learn the benefits of rain gardens and how rain barrels help restore a more natural water flow while saving you money. Attendees can enter to win a rain barrel!

What's Cooking?!

Tuesday, April 25 • 6-7 pm or
Wednesday, April 26 • 1-2 pm

Join us for simple recipe demonstrations and fun conversations. This month's menu: potato salad and fruit fluff.

Registration is Required
What's Cooking?!
Blood Drive

Blood Drive

Friday, April 28 • 9 am-3 pm

Call (800) RED-CROSS (800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org/donating-blood to schedule an appointment. 

We've Got the Beat! Memory Café

Friday, May 5 • 10:30 am-12 pm

Gather 'round and move to the beat of our drum circle, led by Arts @ Large. The Lake Country Library Memory Project is a monthly social gathering for those with early-stage dementia or mild cognitive impairment and a care partner. Visit librarymemoryproject.org for more information.

Registration is Preferred
We've Got the Beat! Memory Café
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