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| 1 | 2 6:00 PM-8:00 PM 2018-04-02 Event Category: Special Adult Program Target Audience: Adults (18+), all ages welcome Straw Bale Gardening with Joey and Holly Baird. Calling all gardening enthusiasts! Meet Joey and Holly Baird, founders of The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener, as they share how to grow food in a different type of container- a straw bale! You will be inspired to try straw bale gardening this growing season. Presentation with question & answer session and reception to follow.
| 3 9:30 AM-12:00 PM 2018-04-03 Event Category: General Events Target Audience: All ages welcome Free Hearing Screens 9:30 – 10:00 a.m.: Cleaning & Servicing of Hearing Aids (no appointment needed) 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Hearing Screens (call Chenoa James at 262-502-1799 to schedule an appointment) Free Blood Pressure Screens If not on-call, the Germantown Fire Department will be available to provide free blood pressure screens on the 1st Tuesday of every month from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. No appointment is needed, but please feel free to call the library at 262-253-7760 that morning to see if the Fire Department is available. 10:30 AM-11:00 AM 2018-04-03 Event Category: Storytime Target Audience: Geared to 3 – 5 year olds, but children of all ages are welcome! Tuesdays @ 10:30 a.m. - No sign up is required, just drop in!
- Storytime lasts about 30 minutes.
- Storytime is followed by a craft or activity.
Join us for stories, movement and music geared for preschoolers. Storytime is a great way to introduce growing kids to books, social interaction and lifelong learning! Preschool Storytime is held during sessions throughout the year. Check our website for specific dates and themes.
| 4 10:30 AM-11:00 AM 2018-04-04 Event Category: Storytime Target Audience: Geared for ages 2 years-old and under, but children of all ages are welcome! Wednesday @ 10:30 a.m. - No sign up is required, just drop in!
- Storytime lasts about 30 minutes.
- Storytime is followed by playtime or an activities
Join us for stories, movement and music geared for babies and toddlers. Storytime is a great way to introduce growing kids to books, social interaction and lifelong learning! Baby/Toddler Storytime is held during sessions throughout the year. Check our website for specific dates and themes.
| 5 4:00 PM-7:30 PM 2018-04-05  Event Category: Craft Circle Target Audience: All Ages 1st Thursday of every month @ 4:00 – 7:30 p.m. Feel free to drop in anytime during the event. All ages are welcome – we will have a variety of projects available for all skill levels. All supplies provided. Visit our website or dates and craft themes. If you are interested in sharing your talents and being a guest crafter, please contact Jackie Kolo at jklolo@germantownlibrarywi.org. The library will purchase and provide all supplies.
| 6 1:00 PM-2:00 PM 2018-04-06 Event Category: Adult Book Groups Target Audience: Adults (18+) The Dive into Dewey!: Strictly Nonfiction Book Group meets the 1st Friday of each month from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the library’s large meeting room. Join us for some interesting reading and lively conversation. No registration is required. All are welcome! Free coffee, tea, and hot chocolate provided by the Friends of the Germantown Community Library! Visit our website or stop by the Reference Desk for specific dates and individual titles. Copies of the selected books are available at the Circulation Desk. Please bring your library card to check out a copy.
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| 8 | 9 6:00 PM-6:45 PM 2018-04-09 Event Category: Special Children’s Program Target Audience: Children of All Ages Join us for a special storytime with a stuffed animal! We will have bedtime stories, songs, and snacks. After the program, leave your stuffed animal for a fun overnight adventure! Stuffed animals can be picked up on Thursday, April 12 or Friday, April 13. Follow the fun online via Facebook! 7:00 PM-7:45 PM 2018-04-09 Event Category: Special Children’s Program Target Audience: Children of All Ages Join us for a special storytime with a stuffed animal! We will have bedtime stories, songs, and snacks. After the program, leave your stuffed animal for a fun overnight adventure! Stuffed animals can be picked up on Thursday, April 12 or Friday, April 13. Follow the fun online via Facebook! 7:00 PM-7:45 PM 2018-04-09 Event Category: Storytime Target Audience: Children of all ages are welcome! 2nd Monday @ 7:00 p.m. - No sign up is required, just drop in!
- Storytime lasts about 45 minutes.
- Storytime is followed by a craft or activity.
Join us once a month for stories, movement, and music at our evening family storytime for children of all ages. Pajamas, blankets, and stuffed animals welcome! Check our website for specific dates and themes.
| 10 10:30 AM-11:15 AM 2018-04-10 Event Category: Special Children’s Program Target Audience: Children of All Ages Join us for a special storytime with a stuffed animal! We will have bedtime stories, songs, and snacks. After the program, leave your stuffed animal for a fun overnight adventure! Stuffed animals can be picked up on Thursday, April 12 or Friday, April 13. Follow the fun online via Facebook!
| 11 10:30 AM-11:15 AM 2018-04-11 Event Category: Special Children’s Program Target Audience: Children of All Ages Join us for a special storytime with a stuffed animal! We will have bedtime stories, songs, and snacks. After the program, leave your stuffed animal for a fun overnight adventure! Stuffed animals can be picked up on Thursday, April 12 or Friday, April 13. Follow the fun online via Facebook! 1:00 PM-2:00 PM 2018-04-11 Event Category: Wisconsin Reads Target Audience: Adults 18+ Julie Tharp, Professor of English and American Indian Studies at UW-Marshfield/Wood County speaks on “Erdrich’s Crusade: Sexual Violence in The Round House.” 1:00 PM-4:00 PM 2018-04-11 Event Category: Again & Dementia Target Audience: Adults 3rd Wednesday on select months @ 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. A memory screen is a wellness tool that helps identify possible changes in memory and cognition. It creates a baseline of where a person is at so that future changes can be monitored. It’s free and only takes 10 minutes. Memory screenings are available through the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Washington County to anyone and can be scheduled by calling Tammy Dickman at 262-335-4497. Visit our website for additional details.
| 12 9:15 AM-10:15 AM 2018-04-12 Event Category: Adult Book Groups Target Audience: Adults (18+) The Morning Book Group meets the 2nd Thursday of each month from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. in the library’s large meeting room. Join us for some interesting reading and lively conversation. No registration is required. All are welcome! Free coffee, tea, and hot chocolate provided by the Friends of the Germantown Community Library! Visit our website or stop by the Reference Desk for specific dates and individual titles. Copies of the selected books are available at the Circulation Desk. Please bring your library card to check out a copy.
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| 15 | 16 3:00 PM-4:30 PM 2018-04-16 13600 Juneau Boulevard Elm Grove, 53122 13600 Juneau Boulevard Elm Grove, 53122 Event Category: Again & Dementia Target Audience: Adults with early stage dementia, mild memory loss or mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and a family member or care partner Held the 3rd Monday of each month @ 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. on a rotating basis with Menomonee Falls, Germantown, Brookfield, and Elm Grove libraries. First time attendees should contact the Alzheimer’s Association for more information or RSVP for the next Memory Café at 800-272-3900. Visit our website for additional details.
| 17 10:30 AM-11:15 AM 2018-04-17 Event Category: Special Children’s Program Target Audience: Children of All Ages Join us for a special storytime with Froedtert Hospital! We will read stories about health and fitness and have lots of movement activities! 4:00 PM-5:00 PM 2018-04-17 Event Category: Wisconsin Reads Target Audience: Ages 9-12, but all ages welcome Book discussion of Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich with Rebecca Dougherty, Associate Academic Librarian at UW-Washington County. Book geared for 9 – 12 year olds, but all ages welcome. 4:00 PM-5:00 PM 2018-04-17 220 Slinger Rd, Slinger, WI 53086 220 Slinger Rd, Slinger, WI 53086 Event Category: Tablet Tuesday Target Audience: Adults & Young Adults Do you ever wish you could read Consumer Reports from home? Missing Chilton auto repair manuals? Need homework help? We have a solution for you. Come check out all you can do on Badgerlink, a free resource for all ages. Tablet Tuesdays is a monthly class covering various useful skills for using iPads hosted by one of our Washington County libraries each month. Sign-up is required as space is limited. Please call the library where each session is being held to sign up.
| 18 10:30 AM-11:15 AM 2018-04-18 Event Category: Special Children’s Program Target Audience: Children of All Ages Join us for a special storytime with Froedtert Hospital! We will read stories about health and fitness and have lots of movement activities! 1:30 PM-2:00 PM 2018-04-18 Event Category: Storytime Target Audience: Geared to 2 – 6 year olds, but children of all ages are welcome! 3rd Wednesdays @ 1:30 p.m. - No sign up is required, just drop in!
- Storytime lasts about 30 minutes.
Join us once a month for short stories enhanced with parachute play with music and movement geared for 2-6 year olds. Check our website for specific dates.
| 19 6:45 PM-7:45 PM 2018-04-19 Event Category: Adult Book Groups Target Audience: Adults (18+) The Evening Book Group meets the 3rd Thursday of each month from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. in the library’s small meeting room. Join us for some interesting reading and lively conversation. No registration is required. All are welcome! Free coffee, tea, and hot chocolate provided by the Friends of the Germantown Community Library! Visit our website or stop by the Reference Desk for specific dates and individual titles. Copies of the selected books are available at the Circulation Desk. Please bring your library card to check out a copy.
| 20 1:00 PM-2:00 PM 2018-04-20 Event Category: Adult Book Groups Target Audience: Adults (18+) The History Buff Book Group meets the 3rd Friday of each month from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in the library’s large meeting room. Join us for some interesting reading and lively conversation. No registration is required. All are welcome! Free coffee, tea, and hot chocolate provided by the Friends of the Germantown Community Library! Visit our website or stop by the Reference Desk for specific dates and individual titles. Copies of the selected books are available at the Circulation Desk. Please bring your library card to check out a copy.
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| 22 | 23 6:00 PM-7:00 PM 2018-04-23 Event Category: Wisconsin Reads Target Audience: Adults 18+ Panel discussion with FRIENDS, Inc. discussing domestic and sexual violence advocacy, empowerment & prevention in Washington County with Katherine Kapp, Prevention Educator at FRIENDS, Inc.
| 24 10:30 AM-11:15 AM 2018-04-24 Event Category: Special Children’s Program Target Audience: Children of All Ages Join us for a special storytime for Money Smarts Week! We will read stories, do a craft, and every child will receive a free book to take home! 10:30 AM-11:15 AM 2018-04-24 Event Category: Special Children’s Program Target Audience: Children of All Ages Join us for a special storytime for Money Smarts Week! We will read stories, do a craft, and every child will receive a free book to take home! 6:00 PM-7:00 PM 2018-04-24-2018-04-25 Event Category: Special Adult Program Target Audience: Adults (18+), all ages welcome Have you ever wondered how the stock market works? This BetterInvesting program will include basic investing information. There will be a description of stocks and bonds and the advantages and drawbacks of investing in each and their value over time. Why might one person invest in individual stocks while another would choose mutual funds? And if you are interested in investing, how do you do it? This event is part of Money Smart Week.
| 25 10:30 AM-11:15 AM 2018-04-25 Event Category: Special Children’s Program Target Audience: Children of All Ages Join us for a special storytime for Money Smarts Week! We will read stories, do a craft, and every child will receive a free book to take home! 10:30 AM-11:15 AM 2018-04-25 Event Category: Special Children’s Program Target Audience: Children of All Ages Join us for a special storytime for Money Smarts Week! We will read stories, do a craft, and every child will receive a free book to take home! 3:00 PM-4:00 PM 2018-04-25 Event Category: Special Adult Program Target Audience: Adults (18+), all ages welcome A workshop presented by the Alzheimer’s Association. The warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease are often dismissed as side effects of normal aging. If you or someone you know is experiencing memory loss of behavioral changes, it’s time to learn the facts. Early detection gives you a chance to begin drug therapy, enroll in clinical studies and plan for the future. Registration appreciated. Please call 800.272.3900 or email sprohuska@alz.org 6:00 PM-8:00 PM 2018-04-25 Event Category: Germantown Community Library Board Target Audience: Adults (18+)
| 26 9:15 AM-10:15 AM 2018-04-26 Event Category: Adult Book Groups Target Audience: Adults (18+) The Mystery/Thriller Book Group generally meets the 4th Thursday of each month from 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. in the library’s large meeting room. Join us for some interesting reading and lively conversation. No registration is required. All are welcome! Free coffee, tea, and hot chocolate provided by the Friends of the Germantown Community Library! Visit our website or stop by the Reference Desk for specific dates and individual titles. Copies of the selected books are available at the Circulation Desk. Please bring your library card to check out a copy.
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| 29 | 30 All day 2018-04-30 Event Category: Wisconsin Reads Target Audience: All ages welcome The Germantown Community Library will be collecting items for the FRIENDS of Abused Families during February – April. Visit the library or website for a list of needed check our items.
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