Events

Adult Events

Antique Appraisals
Saturday, December 14th at 11am

Join us for an antiques and collectibles appraisal event featuring author and antique expert Mark F. Moran. Registration is required to bring in an item for appraisal and is limited to 40 people. Sign up at the library only starting November 18th.

Categories of objects may include:
Fine art, including paintings, drawings, prints and statuary.
Furniture (photos of large pieces may be sent to Mark in advance).
Ceramics, including figural pottery, vases, dishes, kitchenware and stoneware.
Glassware, including lighting, marbles and souvenir items.
Vintage photographs, including snapshots, tintypes, ambrotypes and daguerreotypes.
Advertising, including posters, lithographed tin, paper and figural objects.
Folk art, including carvings, quilts, weathervanes, windmill weights and “outsider” art.
Assorted toys, including dolls (bisque, composition and plastic), windups and mechanical banks.
Metalware, including iron, bronze, brass, pot metal, silver, silver plate.
Clocks, including mantel, hanging and figural; also pocket and wristwatches.
Costume jewelry, including brooches, bracelets, earrings.
Musical Instruments, including string, wind and reed instruments.
Books.
Sporting Memorabilia.

Excluded items: all weapons, including swords and knives (though folding knives with advertising are accepted); traps (like leg-hold); Nazi memorabilia; coins and paper money; fine jewelry, including precious gems; Beanie Babies.

Questions about objects not covered here can be submitted to Moran in advance to determine if they are appropriate. Suggested categories for advance inquiry include, but are not limited to: Oriental, Native American and other tribal objects (African, Oceanic); ancient artifacts (Egyptian and other early cultures); fossils and minerals; automotive items; nautical and military-related objects; records; antique tools and technological objects (typewriters, cameras, assorted machinery or instruments for scientific measure, like sextants, telescopes, microscopes, etc.).

Blood Drive with Versiti Wisconsin
Friday, December 20th from 9am-1pm

Walk-ins welcome; appointments encouraged. Please sign up here.

Reoccurring Programs

Banned Books Club
Second Monday of the month at 5:30pm

In the past year, there have been over 4,000 attempted book bans in United States schools and libraries. Join us to read and discuss some of the titles. Copies of the book are available for checkout three weeks prior to the meeting; stop at the desk to pick up a copy.
December 9: Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
January 13: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Barreless Barre Beginners
Tuesdays at 9:30am through December 17th
Barreless Barre Beginners is an adult fitness class using chairs, resistance bands, Pilates balls, and weights (optional) to aid in movement that is based in Pilates, yoga, and dance exercises. No registration required.

All Knotted Up: Fiber Arts with Friends
First & Third Monday of the Month from 5-6:45pm
Join us at the library for our Fiber Arts Club! All experience levels welcome. Needles and hooks available for checkout.