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Smokey Bear Reading Challenge

All Day 9/14 - 10/31
All Branches
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone, Kids, Teens
Program Description:

Help celebrate Smokey’s 80th Birthday by participating in the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge! Join Smokey Bear to learn about wildfires and nature. Read books, take action, and...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: All Branches
Age Group: Adults, Everyone, Kids, Teens
Program Description:

Help celebrate Smokey’s 80th Birthday by participating in the Smokey Bear Reading Challenge! Join Smokey Bear to learn about wildfires and nature. Read books, take action, and have fun!

Patch of Smokey Bear's head wearing a hat, "Only You Can Prevent Wildfires"

Wildfire Breakout Box @ SCL

All Day 10/16 - 10/31
Shepherd Community Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone, Kids, Teens
Program Description:

Do you like to follow clues, solve puzzles, and crack codes? Try our breakout box at Shepherd Community Library! Play the game, unlock the locks, and win the prizes inside the lock...

Library Branch: Shepherd Community Library
Age Group: Adults, Everyone, Kids, Teens
Program Type: Gaming
Program Description:

Do you like to follow clues, solve puzzles, and crack codes? Try our breakout box at Shepherd Community Library!

National Park sign with Smokey Bear's head wearing a hat, "Only you can prevent wildfires"

Wildfire Breakout Box @ TML

All Day 10/16 - 10/31
TML Meeting Room at Tate Memorial Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Adults, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Description:

Do you like to follow clues, solve puzzles, and crack codes? Try our breakout box at Tate Memorial Library! Play the game, unlock the locks, and win the prizes inside the locked bo...

Library Branch: Tate Memorial Library
Room: TML Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Type: Gaming
Program Description:

Do you like to follow clues, solve puzzles, and crack codes? Try our breakout box at Tate Memorial Library!

Books lined up on a bookshelf.

Cookbooks & Foodie Fiction

All Day 11/1 - 11/27
All Branches
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone, Kids, Teens
Program Description:

Check out a cookbook or a fictional book with a food related title and be entered to win a $50 gift card to GreenTree Co-op Grocery. One winner per branch! For all ages.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: All Branches
Age Group: Adults, Everyone, Kids, Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Program Description:

Check out a cookbook or a fictional book with a food related title and be entered to win a $50 gift card to GreenTree Co-op Grocery. One winner per branch! For all ages.

A group of adults with NERF guns in the library, standing in front of book shelves.

Adult Nerf Battle in the Library

Friday, November 1, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Annex Meeting Room at Veterans Memorial Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Adults
Program Description:

Who says kids get to have all the fun? Gather your friends for an epic Nerf battle and enjoy some pizza! Registration is required. This event is for adults only and takes p...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Veterans Memorial Library
Room: Annex Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Gaming
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Program Description:

Who says kids get to have all the fun? Gather your friends for an epic Nerf battle and enjoy some pizza!

Various flavor pies sitting on a countertop, "The Book on Pie".

Cookbook Club: The Book on Pie

Monday, November 4, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Annex Meeting Room at Veterans Memorial Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Description:

Do you like trying new recipes? Join our Cookbook Club! Watch a cooking demonstration by students in the GI-TEC Culinary Arts class, discuss the featured cookbook, and enjoy a...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Veterans Memorial Library
Room: Annex Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens, Middle School, High School
Program Type: Book Club, Health & Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 22
Program Description:

Do you like trying new recipes? Join our Cookbook Club! Watch a cooking demonstration by students in the GI-TEC Culinary Arts class, discuss the featured cookbook, and enjoy a slice of pie!

An illustration of a fishing hook with a buck's head and antlers sitting inside the hook, with geese flying overhead.

Food Preservation: Wild Game

Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Annex Meeting Room at Veterans Memorial Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Program Description:

Venison is a favorite among wild game enthusiasts. Canning venison and other wild game must be done using a pressure canner, a crucial tool for food preservation.  Learn how t...

Library Branch: Veterans Memorial Library
Room: Annex Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Program Description:

Venison is a favorite among wild game enthusiasts.

Two men behind chain link fencing, "Murder Among Friends".

True Crime Club: Leopold & Loeb

Monday, November 11, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Founders Room at Veterans Memorial Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Program Description:

Join us for an engaging, lighthearted discussion of this fascinating, yet disturbing genre. We focus our discussion around uplifting and empathizing with the victims of these crime...

Library Branch: Veterans Memorial Library
Room: Founders Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Program Description:

Join us for an engaging, lighthearted discussion of this fascinating, yet disturbing genre. We focus our discussion around uplifting and empathizing with the victims of these crimes. 

Wooden bowl filled with the ground spice, mace. Mace pods surround the bowl.

Spice It Up: Mace

All Day
All Branches
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Teens
Program Description:

Are you ready to spice up your meals? Laura from GreenTree Co-op Market will share a tasty recipe using a selected spice of the month. This event will be a blog post to view a...

Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: All Branches
Age Group: Adults, Teens
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 33
Program Description:

Are you ready to spice up your meals? Laura from GreenTree Co-op Market will share a tasty recipe using a selected spice of the month.

Brown Bag Book Discussion Group

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Annex Meeting Room at Veterans Memorial Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Program Description:

Monthly book discussion group. Please feel free to bring your lunch! This month's book is:Chances are by Richard Russo     Visit the VML help desk to pick up or res...

Library Branch: Veterans Memorial Library
Room: Annex Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Program Description:

Monthly book discussion group. Please feel free to bring your lunch!

This month's book is:Chances are by Richard Russo    

Visit the VML help desk to pick up or reserve your copy.

 

A woman standing in a Christmas store in front of a window with a winter scene outside while holding a present, "A Very Bavarian Christmas"

A Very Bavarian Christmas Tea with author Katie Reid

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Annex Meeting Room at Veterans Memorial Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Teens, High School
Program Description:

Join us for a signing of A Very Bavarian Christmas book by local author Katie M. Reid. Katie will also share about her writing journey with a time for Q&A. Refreshmen...

Library Branch: Veterans Memorial Library
Room: Annex Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens, High School
Program Type: Book Club
Program Description:

Join us for a signing of A Very Bavarian Christmas book by local author Katie M. Reid.