barnard's blog

Our fabulous Friends group is holding an organizational and informational meeting on Tuesday night, October 20 at 6pm.  Refreshments will be served, and everyone is enncouraged to attend, as we will be discussing our two upcoming Very Important Events - the World Premiere of the new Wisconsin Public TV film:  The Land with Jerry Apps to be held at the High School Auditorium Wednesday, November 18, and that weekend the Annual Christmas Sale will be held on Saturday, November 21 from 9am to 1

What a wonderful night last night (Wdnesday, Sept. 23)!  It was the Autmnal Equinox, and we hosted a book launch for Jerry APps' newest book: Wisconsin Agriculture: a history.  According to the Wisconsin Historical Society Press' official liason, Halley Pucker, we had 75 attendees.  The Friends, Volunteers and Staff of the library did an amazing job of making and setting up the food, and keeping things neat and tidy - I can not thank them enough for their hard work!

Coming in May, we are excited to have the UW Extension bringing in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) programs to the After School Program at the library every Tuesday until the end of the school year!

Starting on May 9 with "From Playdough to Plato" where the participants wil build structures using toothpicks and playdough, then on March 16, we'll learn about "Wind Energy and Paper Pinwheels", to learn how wind energy works.