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Toddlers and Preschoolers 1

Grades K-5 2-3

Events for Families 3

Teen Programs 5

Adult Programs 6 CONTACT US Visit us online!

Books, Books, Books 6 Browse our collection, place holds, and much more at www.mykpl.info Creative Expression 7 GIVE US A CALL!

Gaming and Pop Culture 8 General Information: 262-564-6100 Youth Services: 262-564-6150 Adult Services: 262-564-6130 History and Genealogy 8 Bookmobile: 262-564-6190

Technology Classes 9

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Strengthening Neighborhoods, Inspiring Learning, Keeping You Curious

Over the past nine months, you’ve participated in interviews, focus groups, surveys, and comment cards. You’ve told us about Kenosha’s strengths and challenges and the library’s role in meeting those challenges. You’ve told us what you love about library services and what you wish we could improve. As we write the plan for service for our next three years, it is clear that there are three areas of focus where we are making an impact and where you would like us to continue to focus. Here’s what you told us:

KPL Strengthens Neighborhoods. Through our four neighborhood libraries and our bookmobile and outreach services, we are ready with information to support your decisions, programs to delight and inform, quiet spaces for study and contemplation, and shared spaces for conversation and creativity. Our neighborhood locations tailor services to you, whether we’re hosting a nearby daycare for storytime, or a writing workshop for budding authors. We’re in your neighborhood parks, in your neighborhood schools, at your senior center, even in the assisted living facility where you live. Your neighborhood library is the anchor you can count on through every phase of your life.

barb KPL Inspires Learning. brattin It’s tough to live in a complex world with conflicting information coming at you from all sides. What to think? Who to believe? You can Director count on the library to have the facts on any subject and a trained librarian to help you wade through the hype to get to the truth. Kenosha Public Library KPL Keeps You Curious We believe everyone is curious at every age. Sometimes our busy adult lives help us forget that. We hope that every time you walk into one of your neighborhood libraries, you find something that surprises you, delights you, maybe even stirs up that dream inside you. Listen to the laughter in the children’s room, sit down for a game of chess, fidget with a new tech toy, and remember what it feels like to take some time for you.

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Infant Storytime Toddler Storytime Preschool Party!

Toddler storytime is for walking one and two-year-old It’s an early literacy party! Keep the fun going after children and their caregivers. Early listening and Preschool Storytime with a variety of activities that will literacy skills are developed during 20 minutes of extend your child’s learning. books, fingerplays, and songs. Wednesdays: January 10 - May 9 Mondays: January 8 - May 7 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM 10:30 AM Northside Library Northside Library Fridays: January 12 - May 11 Mondays: January 8 - May 7 10:00 - 10:30 AM 6:30 PM Southwest Library Southwest Library Fridays: January 12 - May 11 Thursdays: January 11 - May 10 11:00 - 11:30 AM 10:30 AM Southwest Library Infant storytime is for infants (0-12 months) who are Southwest Library not yet walking and their caregivers. Join us for 15 minutes of books, songs, and rhymes, followed by 15 Thursdays: January 11 - May 10 minutes of interactive play. 11:00 AM Preschool Play Lab Southwest Library Tuesdays: January 9 - May 8 The science of play! Explore a variety of science, 10:30 AM technology, engineering, art, math, and early literacy Northside Library concepts. Warning: things might get messy! Best for Wednesdays: January 10 - May 9 preschool ages 3-5 and their caregivers. 9:30 AM Storytime Fridays: January 5, February 9, March 9, April 13 Southwest Library 10:00 - 11:30 AM Preschool Storytime is designed for three to Northside Library five-year-old children. Children enjoy 30 minutes of Wonderful Ones books, songs, fingerplays, and more during this classic storytime. Storytime Baby Beach Party Mondays: January 8 - May 7 10:00 AM Shake off the winter blues with an indoor beach party! Simmons Library Sensory fun for babies ages 0-2 and their caregivers. Tuesdays: January 9 - May 8 Saturday, January 20 6:30 PM 12:00 - 2:00 PM Southwest Library Northside Library Wednesdays: January 10 - May 9 10:00 AM Northside Library Tiny Artists Wednesdays: January 10 - May 9 11:00 AM Join us for hands-on art activities that inspire creativity Northside Library and build confidence for toddlers and preschoolers. Dress for a mess! Fridays: January 12 - May 11 Wonderful Ones storytime is for active one-year-olds 9:30 AM Tuesdays: January 23, February 27, March 27, April 24 (12-24 months) and their caregivers. Children enjoy 20 Southwest Library 10:30 - 11:30 AM minutes of books, songs, manipulatives, and rhymes, Southwest Library with an emphasis on repetition for their developing Fridays: January 12 - May 11 minds. Storytime is followed by 15 minutes of free play. 10:30 AM Southwest Library Mondays: January 8 - May 7 Picking Up STEAM! 9:30 AM Northside Library 50% storytime + 50% laboratory = 100% fun! Explore Tuesdays: January 9 - May 8 the fundamentals of science, technology, engineering, 9:30 AM art, and math in these engaging storytimes. Best for Southwest Library ages 3-6 with a caregiver. Thursdays: January 25, February 22, March 29, April 19 6:00 - 7:00 PM Southwest Library

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Books & Cookies Coding for Germ Science Grades K-2 Come listen to some fun books, make a craft, and Learn what microbes do and why they are so import- enjoy a sweet treat - all while working on literacy skills ant. See our library-grown bacterial colonies and do a for your developing reader. Create computer programs that will help you learn to hands-on project. collaborate, develop problem-solving skills, and persist Thursdays: January 11, February 8, through dicult tasks. Registration required. Monday, March 12 March 8, April 12, May 10 4:30 - 5:30 PM 6:30 - 7:00 PM Wednesdays: January 17-February 7 Northside Library Southwest Library 6:30 - 7:30 PM Southwest Library Speed Poetry Paper Princesses Strong Structures Learn five fast and fun ways to write a poem. Write a and Pirates minimum of five poems in one hour, and pick your Build strong structures with materials like Keva planks, favorite to enter in our Poetry Contest. Poetry haters Turn simple folded paper hats and paper snowflakes newspaper, and recyclables. welcome! into pirate ships and dancing princesses. Registration required. Tuesday, February 27 Saturday, March 31 4:30 - 5:30 PM 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Saturday, January 13 Southwest Library Northside Library 1:00 - 2:00 PM Northside Library

Code Crackers

Learn how computers read code with “unplugged” activities. Then try your hand at programming using apps and Code.org. Registration required. Monday, April 2 2:00 - 3:00 PM Southwest Library

CLASSES FOR CHILDREN IN GRADES 3-5 (adult attendance optional) To register for a class or event, please call Youth Services at (262) 564-6150

Design a Dream Jar Bookish Speed Poetry

Your dreams need a place to live! Decorate a glass jar, Are you a little bit bookish? Read the featured book, Learn five fast and fun ways to write a poem. Write a write down some dreams, and give them a beautiful then chat about it while you color! minimum of five poems in one hour, and pick your home. Registration required. favorite to enter in our Poetry Contest. Poetry haters Sundays: January 14, February 18, March 18, April 22 welcome! Wednesday, January 10 1:00 - 2:00 PM 4:30 - 5:30 PM Southwest Library Saturday, March 31 Southwest Library 1:00 - 2:00 PM January: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Northside Library February: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg Stitch Craft: March: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster April: Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo Catapults! Sew an Emoji Explore physics in the best way possible: by building catapults to launch fuzzy pom-poms! Chocolate Olympics Registration required. Participate in some sweet challenges to become the Monday, April 2 ultimate chocolate champion. Registration required. 1:00 - 2:30 PM Northside Library Thursday, February 15 4:00 - 5:00 PM Southwest Library Slime Science

Want to get slimed? Learn to make your own slime Introduction using household ingredients. Registration required. to Coding Tuesday, April 3 Make your favorite emoji out of felt, thread, and fluffy 2:00 - 3:00 PM stung. Registration required. With Scratch Northside Library Thursday, January 18 Create your own project by learning to use the Scratch 4:30 - 6:00 PM programming language. Registration required. Northside Library Tuesday, March 6 6:30 - 7:30 PM Northside Library Wednesday, March 14 6:30 - 7:30 PM Southwest Library

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Inspirational Scratch Projects Circuit

Posters Already know Scratch? Join us for a cool group project Contraptions first, then design your own project. Make a poster to lift your (or a friend’s) spirits. We’ll Registration required. Learn how circuits work through several fun activities. have the supplies and slogans waiting for you! Registration required. Registration required. Wednesday, April 11 6:30-7:30 PM Monday, April 30 Thursday, April 5 Southwest Library 4:00 - 5:30 PM 2:00 - 3:30 PM Southwest Library Northside Library CLASSES FOR GRADES K-5 (adult attendance encouraged) To register for a class or event, please call Youth Services at (262) 564-6150

Pokémon Club explore, experiment explore, experiment

Calling all Pokémon trainers! Come to the library to and Discover with and Discover with become a Pokémon Club member! Play Pokémon Kid Science Kid Science games on our Wii or your DS, trade cards, play board games and learn to draw Pokémon. The Science Behind Thursdays: January 11, February 8, Magic Tricks March 8, April 12, May 10 4:00 - 5:00 PM Abracadabra! Learn the science behind magic tricks Southwest Library through hands-on experiments. Friday, January 19 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Art Sparks Southwest Library

Go beyond crayons with cool and creative art mediums. Create a masterpiece and discover your inner artist. LEGO Robotics Fridays: January 12, February 9, Create your own LEGO models and learn how to April Fools’ Science March 9, April 20, May 11 program them to control their behavior using Lego 2:30 - 4:30 PM WeDo software. Get ready for April Fools’ Day with science-filled Southwest Library pranks that will fool your friends and family. Saturdays: February 3, March 17, May 5 1:30 - 3:00 PM Friday, March 16 Southwest Library 1:30 - 2:30 PM Southwest Library Tails ‘n Tales: Thursday, April 5 Read to a Dog! 1:00-2:30 PM Southwest Library Register for a 15 minute reading session with one of the explore, experiment certified reading education assistance dogs from and Discover with Kenosha's Dogs of Endearment.

Registration required. explore, experiment Kid Science and Discover with Saturdays: January 13, February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12 Kid Science Egg Drop Challenge 10:00-11:00 AM Create a contraption that will protect an egg from Southwest Library The Science Behind the cracking or breaking from a high fall. Materials will be Winter Olympics provided along with a few design ideas. Friday, May 18 Explore the science behind Winter Olympic events and 1:30 - 2:30 PM participate in an indoor version of these games at the Southwest Library library. Go for the gold! Friday, February 16 1:30 - 2:30 PM Southwest Library EVENTS FOR FAMILIES To register for a class or event, please call Youth Services at (262) 564-6150

LEGOs @ The Library Builders’ Club Friday Fun Days

Build with LEGOs and display your creation at the Calling all LEGO lovers and budding architects! Come Join us at Northside Library for family fun: games, library! Best for ages 5 and up. to Northside and build with a variety of materials. crafts, and more!

Wednesdays: January 3, February 7, Drop-in and create by yourself or work together. Fridays: January 12, January 19, January 26, March 7, April 4 Thursdays: January 11, February 8, February 2, February 9, February 16, February 23, 4:00 - 5:00 PM March 8, April 12, May 10 March 2, March 9, March 16, March 23, April 6, Southwest Library 4:30 - 5:30 PM April 13, April 20, April 27, May 4, May 11, May 18 Northside Library 1:00 - 3:00 PM Northside Library

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Saturday Movie Fun Drive-In Movie Trains and Tracks

Paddington Bear Get out of the house and get artistic! Turn a box into a with Thomas car, hop inside, and watch a short movie with popcorn. and Friends Watch the first movie about the bear who traveled to Best for families with children ages 3 and up. London in search of a home. Make some fuzzy bear Full steam ahead for another Thomas and Friends crafts and enjoy a special visit from the famous bear Saturday, March 3 himself. celebration! Chug on over to the library for some 12:00 - 2:00 PM train-themed crafts and activities. Saturday, January 13 Northside Library 1:00 -3:00 PM Saturday, April 14 Southwest Library 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Southwest Library Family Bingo Night Sunday, April 15 Martin Luther King We’re turning the meeting room into a Bingo Hall! 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Join us for an hour of classic family fun. Southwest Library Jr. Day Celebration Monday, March 5 7:00 - 8:00 PM Drop in to the Children’s department at Southwest Kids Carnival Library to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by tracing Southwest Library your hand and adding it to our peace chain. Try your hand at classic carnival games and win prizes. Monday, January 15 Face painting, a photo booth, fortune teller, and more! 9:00 AM - 8:30 PM Saturday Movie Fun Children must be accompanied by an adult. Southwest Library A Wrinkle in Time Saturday, April 28 12:00 - 2:00 PM Watch the 2004 version of this sci-fi adventure film Northside Library based on the Newbery Medal novel written by Pancake Factory Madeleine L’Engle. Measure, pour, and mix your way to the perfect Saturday, March 17 Nature Walk & pancake. Registration required. 1:00 -3:00 PM Storytime at Saturday, January 27 Northside Library 9:30 - 10:30 AM Bristol Woods Southwest Library Saturday, February 17 Space Odyssey Week Join the library for a springtime stroll in the woods

9:30 - 10:30 AM with a storytime along the way. We will meet outside Northside Library of the Pringle Nature Center. Program will be Space Odyssey Week cancelled in case of inclement weather. Open House Sunday, April 29 Drop in to the Children’s Room for some intergalactic 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Harry Potter Party activities about the stars, planets, and outer space. Pringle Nature Center - 9800 160th Ave (County Hwy MB), Bristol, WI Spend an evening celebrating the magical wizarding Monday, April 2 - Friday, April 6 world of Harry Potter! Drop in anytime and summon Southwest Library up some fun. May the Fourth Day Thursday, February 1 Glow in the Dark Party 6:00 - 8:00 PM Southwest Library Turn out the lights and wear neon or white! We will Drop in to the Children’s room for crafts, games, tech, have a glowing good time with games and a craft. and everything Star Wars. May the 4th be with you!

Thursday, April 5 Friday, May 4 Saturday Movie Fun 7:00 PM 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Southwest Library Southwest Library

Frozen Dress up as your favorite Frozen character and sing Space Movie Fun: Family Trivia Night along to some of your favorite songs from the movie. 50th Anniversary of Make some crafts and have some Frozen fun. 2001: A Space Odyssey Show how much your family knows in this fun trivia Saturday, February 3 competition. Best for families with children ages 5 and Celebrate the 50th Anniversary by watching an iconic 1:00 -3:00 PM up. Registration required. science fiction movie. Northside Library Wednesday, May 9 Friday, April 6 6:30 - 8:00 PM 1:00 PM-3:00 PM Northside Library 5th Annual Southwest Library Peep-O-Rama Contest Mommy & Me Spring Movie Fun Teens and families are invited to enter our 5th Annual Tea Party Peep-O-Rama contest! Create a diorama at home using Iron Giant everyone’s favorite marshmallow treat. Entries must Boys and girls, treat mom (or grandma) to a special day include at least one marshmallow peep or bunny in the Watch the beloved classic Iron Giant and have fun at the library! Enjoy tea, stories, and a craft. diorama, which must be based on a book. The diorama with a variety of robot crafts and activities including must be appropriate for all and use a standard size some actual robots! Saturday, May 12 shoebox. Dioramas must be dropped off at the Youth 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Services desk at Southwest Library by 9:30 AM on Wednesday, April 4 Southwest Library Saturday, March 3rd. 2:00 - 4:00 PM Northside Library Cast your vote for your favorite dioramas at any branch from Saturday, March 3rd until Saturday, March 17th! Growing, Glowing Winners will be notified by phone. Books and Bricks Garden Fun Saturday, March 3 9:00 - 9:30 AM (drop-off) Lego Contest Join us for a short storytime, then make some things Southwest Library that will grow and some things that will glow in your Choose a book to portray with LEGO bricks garden this summer. Registration required. (bricks only please, no kits)! Vote for your favorites through Monday, April 16th. The library is not Saturday, May 19 Battle Peeps responsible for pieces that go missing while on display. 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Northside Library Register your family or team to build a Peep-O-Rama Monday, April 9 diorama with our supplies. Limit of 12 teams with no 12:00 - 8:30 PM (drop-off) more than 6 people per team. Southwest Library Saturday, March 3 10:00-11:30 AM Southwest Library

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  EVENTS FOR TEENS (GRADES 6-12)

Teen Pop-Up Mock This Movie Kenosha Kitchen MakerSpace Ever wish you could talk back at a terrible movie? We know you’re super hungry after school, so come to Come to “Mock This Movie” and join us in ripping the library and get cooking! We’ll make easy recipes Hang out with your friends, eat some snacks, and apart Walt Disney’s first live-action film, the 1959 that don’t require a stovetop or oven. Open to the first choose from a variety of craft, tech, and other maker movie, “The Shaggy Dog.” Popcorn and treats will be 20 participants in attendance. activities. provided! Wednesday, February 28: Garbage Treats Fridays: January 5 & 26, February 2 & 16, Friday, January 19 Wednesday, April 18: Iron Chef Challenge March 9 & 16, April 13 & 27, May 4, 11, and 25 2:00 - 4:00 PM Wednesday, May 16: Will it Wa e? 3:30 - 5:00 PM Southwest Library 4:30-5:30 PM Southwest Library Southwest Library ACT Test Prep on Teen Advisory Board Learning Express Breakfast Get involved at your library! Help put up displays, and a Movie make decisions about what kind of programs we do, Digital Strategy Librarian, Marcia Siehr, will demon- what kind of volunteering we should perform, and strate the free ACT test preparation program KPL Kick off Spring Break with breakfast foods and a movie more! Snacks will be provided. offers via Learning Express. Students are welcome to at the library! We’ll be throwing it back to the 80’s in bring their own devices. Parents or guardians welcome. our PJ’s with the classic film, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Wednesdays: January 10, February 7, Bring your pillow and blanket, your bedhead, and your March 7, April 11, May 9 Saturday, February 3 spring break relaxing attitude. 5:30 - 6:30 PM 1:30 - 2:30 PM Southwest Library Southwest Library Friday, March 30 10:00 AM -12:30 PM Southwest Library

Teen Anime Club Super Smash Love watching Yuri skate across the ice, Asura Bros. Tournament Zombie Attack spreading chaos, or Goku going Super Saiyan? Come After Hours watch anime, talk about manga, eat Japanese snacks, Competitive 16 person double elimination tournament and enjoy fun activities! Most importantly...subs or for Super Smash 4 on Wii U. Standard controllers will dubs? be provided, but you may bring your own controller or Zombies have taken over the Southwest Library! In Nintendo 3DS if preferred. Specific game day rules will this evening that is part escape room, part playground Thursdays: January 11, February 1, be provided by email after registration. Recommended game (plus foam darts), it’s up to the scientists and March 8, April 12, May 10 for skilled players ages 12 and up. other surviving humans to save the books and save 6:00 - 7:00 PM Registration required. humanity! Join us for this exciting after hours event; Northside Library snacks and drinks will be provided. Saturday February 24 Registration & release forms required. Thursdays: January 25, February 22, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM April 26, May 24 Northside Library Friday, April 6 4:30 - 5:30 PM 6:00 - 8:00 PM Southwest Library Saturday April 14 Southwest Library 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Southwest Library Teen Video Celebrate National Gaming Group Teen Tabletop Poetry Month Gaming Group Want to try out virtual reality? Love retro video Poetry Contest 2018 gaming? Hang out with your friends, have some snacks, and try not to get pwned. Dragons, dice, and danger, oh my! Pull a seat up to the To celebrate National Poetry Month, submit your best table and let’s get gaming! Do you love traditional poetic creation in our Poetry Contest! This year’s Tuesdays: January 16, March 27, May 1 board games? Interactive role playing? Card games? contest is open to any style or theme. Wow us with 5:00 - 6:00 This is your time to shine! your writing! Southwest Library Tuesdays: February 27, March 13, April 3, May 15 April 1 - April 30 5:00 - 6:00 PM Grades K-12 Southwest Library Tuesday, January 30 5:00 - 6:00 PM Northside Library

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Blind Date Classic Novels Mystery Lovers with a Book Book Club Book Club

Stop by your neighborhood library branch to check out What defines a classic novel? Is it time, quality, or that Do you love a good mystery? Join us to discuss what a blind date with a book! Each library will have a indefinable something that makes us want to read a murder mysteries you've been reading, learn about selection of wrapped books on display, ready-to-go to book over and over? Read something you consider new authors, or just come listen. No specific books are snuggle up for a blind reading date. Let us know how classic and we'll discuss what makes a book special and designated to read!

your date goes! which ones to add to our bucket lists. Led by historian Mondays: January 8, February 12, and KPL staff member Cathy Polovina. February 12 - 20 March 12, April 9, May 14 All Library Branches Wednesday, January 24: 2:00 - 3:00 PM Read a Biography of a Classic Author Northside Library Wednesday, February 28: Thursdays: January 18, February 15, Book that Made Read a Jane Austen Novel March 15, April 19 6:30 - 7:30 PM Wednesday, March 28: Me a Reader Southwest Library Read a Classic Novel with a Political Theme Members of the Classic Novels Book Club and the Wednesday, April 25: Afternoon Coffee Break Book Club present their Read a "Modernist" Novel Written From 1900-1930 favorite books and recommend indispensable works Politics & Military for your bucket list. You are invited to share your own Wednesday, May 23: Actions Book Club thoughts on the works mentioned and to share your Read a "Classical" Classic from Ancient Greece, own suggestions for essential reading. This event is an Rome, or Britain This book club is designed for those interested in invitation to join any of KPL’s thriving variety of book politics, political leaders, and military actions. Each clubs. 3:30 - 4:30 PM Northside Library month will have a different topic to read about and Wednesday, April 11 discuss. Led by Tom Richards and KPL librarian Scott 7:00 - 8:00 PM Kroes. For more information call Scott Kroes at Southwest Library Fantasy/Sci Fi 262-564-6318. Saturdays: January 6, February 3, Book Club March 3, April 7, May 5 Afternoon Coffee 9:15 -10:30 AM Come talk with people who love fantasy and science Southwest Library Break Book Club fiction as much as you do! Tell us what you’ve been reading and discover other titles and authors. No Join us for this monthly book club featuring some of specific books are designated to read. the best, well-reviewed, current novels, often by Friends Of The Mondays: January 22, February 26, best-selling authors, along with thoughtful, candid March 26, April 23, May 28 discussion, and refreshments, too! To obtain a copy of Library 6:00 - 7:30 PM the book, contact Cathy Polovina at The Friends of the Kenosha Public Library is Southwest Library [email protected] or call 262-564-6130. a volunteer organization that provides support for the Library’s improvement. Wednesdays: January 17, February 21, Primary fundraisers of the Friends include March 21, April 18, May 16 book sales and the sale of reusable bags. 2:00 - 3:00 PM Graphic Novel From these funds, the Friends purchase Northside Library Book Club equipment and materials as well as provide funding for programming and events at the Come discuss your favorite graphic novels or manga. Kenosha Public Library. Call-In Book Club Talk with the group about artists, writers, adaptations, or anything else you like. No specific books are Look around the Kenosha Public Library and If you have a hard time getting out of the house, but designated to read. Just bring your love for sequential you will find many gifts from the Friends. still want to talk about books, try this unique book club art! These gifts are made possible by the support for people age 60 or better! Just call the special phone of people like you. Mondays: January 8, February 12, number, and we all can hear each other! This is a March 12, April 9, May 14 program of Kenosha Area Family and Aging Services 6:00 - 7:30 PM Want to become a Friend? (KAFASI), with the discussion led by Kenosha Public Southwest Library Library staff. Please call KAFASI at 658-3508, ext. 110 or Sign up at any branch 118 to register and get the phone number to call on the or on our website at day of the discussion. To find out what we’re reading, www.mykpl.info call 564-6130. Tuesdays: January 9, February 13, March 13, April 10, May 8 2:00 - 3:00 PM

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Pop-Up Silent Social Justice Xs & Os Book Club Book Club (Romance Reads) Online Book Club Do you LOVE the idea of book clubs, but hate the idea The Social Justice Book Club meets to explore books of discussions? Do you enjoy getting out of the house about race, gender, immigration, poverty, and criminal to read? Check out our new SILENT book club! Bring justice issues. It is intended to give readers the A book club perfect for the everlasting romantic. This whatever you are reading to various pop-up locations opportunity to explore current social issues more group will read romance across any genre that could around Kenosha and read for an hour. No pressure to deeply at either an afternoon or evening discussion. include contemporary lit, fantasy, paranormal, discuss, no strings attached. Watch our Social Media, This book club meets the second Tuesday of every mystery, western, steampunk or even YA with strong online calendar, or call 564-6130 to discover each month in the afternoon, and the third Tuesday of romantic elements. X’s & O’s will read 1-2 books month’s location! every month in the evening to discuss the selected monthly plus buddy reads and other fun stuff. If you title. The discussions will be facilitated by Librarian ever wanted to try a book club, but couldn’t find time Wednesdays: January 10, February 14, Kristin Kornkven. For information about, or to borrow to get to the library, give this online book club a try! March 14, April 11, May 9 a copy of this month's book, contact Kristin Kornkven A free Goodreads account is required. 7:00 - 8:00 PM at 564-6107 or [email protected]. Pop-Up Locations To Be Announced Online at Goodreads: Tuesdays: January 9, February 13, http://tinyurl.com/KPLromance March 13, April 10, May 8 12:30 - 2:00 PM Northside Library

Tuesdays: January 16, February 20, March 20, April 17, May 15 6:30 - 8:00 PM Northside Library CREATIVE EXPRESSION

Adult Coloring Sunday Terrariums! Group Crafternoon! Terrariums!

Coloring generates wellness, quietness, and also A hobby group for all kinds of crafters, model builders Terrariums! stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the and miniature makers. Come share ideas, show off senses, and creativity. We'll supply everything you your work and learn from each other. Bring any project Rebel against snow and look toward spring! Register need: coloring sheets designed especially for adults and you're working on, or come just to be inspired. All online to visit either Southwest or Northside and make

a variety of markers and colored pencils to use. levels of experience welcome. Room will have tables, a terrarium to brighten up your space. Supplies will be electric outlets, and wifi. Crafternoon now includes provided, but feel free to bring any succulents or Mondays: January 15, February 19, the former KPL Models & Miniatures club. personal supplies that you would like to use. March 19, April 16, May 21 Registration is required. 7:00 - 8:00 PM Sundays: January 14 & 28, February 11 & 25, Southwest Library March 11 & 25, April 8 & 22, May 13 Tuesday, March 27 7:00 - 8:30 PM 12:30 - 3:00 PM Southwest Library Southwest Library For Teens & Adults Community Thursday, March 29 1:30 - 3:00 PM Expressions Northside Library Writing Workshop Oh the Places You’ll GOAL! Calling all writers, non-writers, and want-to-be Kenosha Public writers. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, Never give up! Never surrender! Ready to make 2018 Library political statements – EXPRESS YOURSELF! No idea YOUR YEAR? Join us to do some goal-oriented crafting where or how to start? Writing coach Donna Kiser and head home with a little something to remind you Foundation provides structure and prompts- readings from of your New Year’s resolutions (and prod you to stick The Kenosha Public Library Foundation is a literature, poetry, and/or the headlines. We discuss, we to them?) for the rest of 2018. write, we provide feedback. The writings produced in tax-exempt, private, nonprofit corporation, Community Expressions workshops are published Thursday, January 4 which exists to support the mission of the annually in the Every Person Is a Philosopher Journal 7:00 - 8:30 PM Kenosha Public Library. It is the (EPIP). Join us for 90 minutes of inspiration and Southwest Library Foundation's goal to enrich, not replace, creativity. traditional tax-based support for the Library Thursday, January 4 through gifts from individuals and Tuesdays: January 2-May 29 1:30 - 3:00 PM organizations. Your contribution to the No meeting February 6 Northside Library Kenosha Public Library Foundation will help 6:00 - 7:30 PM perpetuate the highest quality library Northside Library resources for information, recreation, and Anti/Valentine’s lifelong learning for residents of all ages in the city and county of Kenosha. Fiction Writers Day Card Craft Find out more about the Group Celebrating Valentine’s Day with someone special? Or, Foundation on our website at maybe you want to make a card for a friend just to jeer www.mykpl.info Are you working on a novel? Join us for the at the thought of Valentine’s Day? Whether you love NaNoWriMo Writing Group! Our meetings start with Valentine’s Day or don’t, join us for some fun card a short presentation, followed by an "open write" crafting to celebrate whichever way you choose. where everyone can work on their own writing. Doors Tuesday, February 13 open at 12:30; program starts at 1:00. Come and see 7:00 - 8:30 PM what writing in the company of other writers is like. Southwest Library Led by fellow writer, Peg Rousar-Thompson. Sundays: January 14 & 28, February 11 & 25 March 11 & 25, April 8 & 22, May 6 & 20, June 3 1:00 - 3:30 PM Northside Library

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Chess Night Sunday Classic May the Fourth!

at the Library Movies @ Northside Come join us to celebrate Star Wars! Trivia, Crafts, and more will be available. Play chess in the company of fellow enthusiasts and A classic is a universal favorite that stands the test of Stay tuned for more details and MAY THE FOURTH the Kenosha Chess Association at KPL's Southwest time. Join us once a month for a viewing of familiar BE WITH YOU! branch. Everyone is welcome: beginners to experts of favorites you'd like to see again, or try it for the first all ages (kids under 9 must be accompanied by an time! For information on the movie of the month, call Friday, May 4 adult). Bring your own chess set or use one of ours. 564-6130. Southwest Library Visit the Kenosha Chess Association at kenoshachess.org Sundays: January 7, February 4, March 4, April 1, May 13 Wednesdays: January 3 & 17, February 7 & 21, 12:30 - 3:00 PM LAN PC Gaming Party March 7 & 21, April 4 & 18, May 2 & 16 Northside Library 6:30 - 8:00 PM A LAN party is a gathering of people with computers Southwest Library on which they establish a local area network (LAN) connection between the devices to p lay multiplayer Thursday Afternoon video games together. After registration, a Google poll Movies @ Southwest will be used to determine which game will be played. Game Club Patrons should bring their gaming PC, KPL will Every other Thursday KPL shows newly released provide LAN connection with broadband internet Do you like playing board games? You can bring a connection. Teens must be accompanied by an adult. feature films on DVD. Titles are set as DVD release game from home to share, or try one of our growing Registration is required. selection of today's most popular board games. All skill dates are announced, with an emphasis on well-re- levels and interests are welcome. viewed movies. For information about titles, call Sunday, May 6 564-6130. 12:00-3:00 PM Thursdays: January 11, February 8, Thursdays: January 11 & 25, February 8 & 22, Southwest Library March 8, April 12, May 10 March 8 & 22, April 5 & 19, May 3 & 17 For Teens & Adult 6:00 - 8:30 PM 12:30 - 3:00 PM Southwest Library Southwest Library Book a Library Pro Magic: The Gathering Movies After Dark! @ Southwest Patrons are welcome to schedule an Box Office Hits and appointment with reference staff for assistance with any services the library offers, Looking for people to play Magic with? So are we! Cult Classics for such as the SHARE catalog, electronic Come join us for a few hours of the world’s first- and Adults databases or accessing e-books, movies and still most popular- trading card game. All experience music from Overdrive, Hoopla and Freegal. levels are welcome! Looking to playtest that new Join us once a month for this adults only after hours We will also provide basic internet, mobile Standard or Modern deck? Trying to find a few more event. We will be screening the latest box oce hits or device and computer support, as well as people for Commander? Maybe you’re hoping to make your favorite cult classics, and films may be rated R. research and resume help. a few trades? Or perhaps you just want to see what the Library doors lock at 6:00 PM so arrive early. Refresh- game’s all about? Bring whatever decks you want and ments will be provided. For information on titles, call Call 262-564-6130 to schedule a 30 minute come down for some spellslinging action! 564-6130. appointment at the Southwest or Thursdays: January 11, February 8, March 8, April 12, Fridays: January 19, February 16, Northside branch. May 10 March 16, April 20, May 18 6:00 - 8:30 PM 5:45 - 8:45 PM Southwest Library Southwest Library Saturdays: January 27, February 24, March 24, April 28, May 26 1:00 - 4:00 PM Southwest Library HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

Behind the Scenes One-on-One What's it Worth: Tour of the Family History Antique Appraisal Simmons Library Consultations with Mark F. Moran

Enjoy a peek behind the scenes of our local historic Meet with a Kenosha County Genealogy Society Kenosha Public Library is excited to sponsor another treasure: the Simmons Library! Learn about Zalmon genealogist, for up to 30 minutes, to start creating your 3-hour antiques and collectibles appraisal event Simmons, Daniel H. Burnham, and the history of this family tree and receive further guidance for genealogi- featuring author and antiques expert Mark F. Moran. beautiful building. See behind the scenes areas such as cal exploration. An Adult Services librarian will also Moran bought and sold antiques for more than 30 the coal room and the medical room. The tour will provide information about library resources and be years, specializing in vintage folk art, Americana, and

involve stairs and spiral staircases. Everyone welcome! available for tours of the reference, local history, and fine art. Spectators are welcome and do not need to genealogy areas of the library. register! Pre-register your item by calling 546-6130. Saturdays: January 13, February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12 Wednesdays: March 28, April 25, May 30 Saturday, May 19 2:30-3:30 PM 6:00 - 8:30 PM 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Simmons Library Southwest Library Southwest Library

THE INSIDER 8 TECHNOLOGY CLASSES

Tech Club ACT Test Prep on DIY Photo Mozilla Megabytes Learning Express Preservation @ KPL Marcia Siehr, Digital Strategy Librarian, will demon- Learn how to convert all your treasured photo prints A goal at Kenosha Public Library is to increase digital strate the free ACT test preparation program KPL into digital images using our photo or flatbed scanners. literacy and decrease the digital divide in our commu- offers via Learning Express. Learning Express offers Digital images are easily stored and so easy to share! nity. We view the Internet as a global resource and instantly scored licensing, certification, and aptitude Students should bring a USB flash drive or purchase want to promote fair and equitable access for all. practice tests, online career preparation, and vital one at the library for $7. Registration is not required. information for a wide variety of occupations. Mozilla clubs provide tools that are free and open Saturday, April 7 Students are welcome to bring their own computers or source, and can be used in a variety of ways to teach 1:30 - 3:30pm tablets. Parents or guardians welcome. Bring your learners how to read and write code and participate on Southwest Library the Web. Club participants have access to best own device. Registration is not required. Tuesday, May 29 practices and mentorship from Mozilla community Saturday, February 3 1:30 - 3:30pm members around the world. All ages welcome. Led by 1:30-2:30 pm Southwest Library KPL Librarian Marcia Siehr. Southwest Library For Teens & Adults Saturdays: January 6, February 3, March 3, April 7, May 5 10:00am -11:45 AM iPad & Tablet Basics Southwest Library Computer Basics A basic overview of iPads and other tablets. Please

This class is for those who are new to computers. You bring your own device and know the username and password aliated with it. Bring your own device. New Years’ Data will learn terminology and have plenty of chances to ask questions. Registration is required. Registration is required. Detox Workshop Wednesdays: February 14, April 4 Wednesday, April 11 6:30 - 7:30pm Do you wonder how the ads for recent online searches 6:30-7:30 pm Northside Library show up on your social media feeds? Concerned about Northside Library your online privacy? Take Control- this data detox workshop is designed just for you. By the end of the program, you'll know how to safeguard your privacy Introduction to Video Chat Using and reduce toxic data build-up. This workshop was created using tools produced by Mozilla and Tactical Microsoft Excel 2013 Skype, Hangouts Technology Collective from The 8-Day Data Detox Kit. or Facetime Bring your own devices- laptops, tablets and Learn how to construct a basic spreadsheet. Topics smartphones. No registration is required. include: formatting, editing, use of formulas, and how Check out these free options for video chat that are to name and save a spreadsheet. This class is hands-on; Friday, January 5 probably already on your device! Please bring your familiarity with a keyboard and mouse is necessary. 1:30 - 3:30pm fully charged devices with you, your email address, and Registration is required. Northside Library any passwords necessary to download apps to your Wednesdays: March 7, May 16 device (such as iCloud or Google passwords.) Your Tuesday, January 9 6:30 - 8:00pm device must have a camera or webcam to place video 1:30 - 3:30pm Northside Library chat calls. Bring your own device. Registration is Southwest Library required. Tuesday, April 24 Intermediate 2:00 - 3:30pm 6 Week Course Southwest Library Microsoft Excel 2013 Applied Digital Skills This class is for people who already have experience Ensure your basic computer skills are in tip-top shape using Microsoft Excel. Topics covered will include Is It Time to with this six week class. Students may be expected to pivot tables, charts, and advanced formulas. complete some assignments independently outside of Cut the Cord? Registration is required. class. Students that complete the series will receive a certificate of completion. Registration required. Wednesdays: March 14, May 23 TV, streaming services, cable, satellite - when did TV 6:30 - 8:00 pm get so confusing? Learn how to evaluate cable, satellite, Tuesdays: January 16, 23, 30, February 13, 20, 27 Northside Library internet TV and OTA (over the air) to determine what Choose weekly from either time or location: will work for you and how you can start saving your 9:30 - 10:30am cold hard cash! A library card will be required to check Northside Library Google Drive out KPL streaming devices. 2:30 - 3:30pm Saturday, May 5 Southwest Library Learn about Google Drive, the free web-based 2:30 - 3:30pm alternative to Microsoft Word that lets you create Southwest Library documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and forms. Facebook for This is a great opportunity for parents with students at KUSD to learn about the Google Apps that their Freegal+Podcasts= Beginners students use at school. Students will be required to set up a Gmail account, or bring your email and password Sound Set up a profile on the popular social network and if you already have a Gmail account. Registration is begin connecting with friends and family right away. required. Entertainment Bring your Facebook login and password if you already have an account. A valid email address is required to Wednesday, March 21 Freegal Music and Podcasts are downloadable digital create a Facebook login. Bring your own device. 6:30 - 7:30pm music & radio programs that you can listen to Registration is required. Northside Library whenever you want. Learn how to LOVE your listening experiences on the computer, tablet, or Wednesday, January 17 phone! Bring your fully charged device, your app store 6:30 - 7:30 pm account sign on and password. Freegal requires a Northside Library STEAM Digital current library card and PIN. Bring your own device. Learning for Adults Tuesday, May 8 2:30 - 3:30am STEAM= Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Southwest Library Math. Come explore interesting STEAM topics in free digital learning sessions built for learners of all ages. Bring your own devices- laptops, tablets and smartphones. Registration is not required. Friday, March 23 1:30 - 3:00pm Southwest Library

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Almost Sunrise: AARP Driver Earth Day Film Screening Safety Workshop Celebration: Aldo And Discussion Leopold’s Green Fire

Join us to watch the film Almost Sunrise by filmmakers Come celebrate Earth Day with a special screening of Michael Colling and Marty Syjuco. Almost Sunrise the Aldo Leopold documentary Green Fire. Aldo follows two Iraq veterans, Tom Voss and Anthony Leopold is a revered figure in conservation who was Anderson, both tormented by depression for years the author of A Sand County Almanac and a professor after they returned home and pushed to the edge of at the University of Wisconsin Madison. In Green Fire,

suicide. The two embark on an extraordinary journey – conservation biologist Dr. Curt Meine guides viewers a 2,700 mile walk across the country from Wisconsin through the life and work of Leopold discussing the to California, in order to reflect on their haunting impact of his ideas on conservation work. (Film: 56 experiences of war and to ultimately save themselves. minutes followed by some time for discussion) Will this epic pilgrimage allow them to begin the new Thursday, April 26 life they so desperately seek? 6:30 - 8:00 PM This event is a collaboration with POV, the award-win- Safe Driving for Northside Library ning independent non-fiction film series on PBS www.pbs.org/pov a Lifetime Thursday, January 18 Find out how safe your driving is and what improve- Board games 12:30 - 3:15 PM ments you can make by attending this free presenta- Southwest Library tion with AARP Volunteer Instructor, Michael Available Dressendorfer. You will learn techniques that promote safer driving. In addition, we will have Lauren Zielsdorf For Checkout from the Kenosha County Aging & Disability Resource Codenames Trains, Tracks, Center (ADRC) provide information about transporta- Codenames is a social word game with a Whistles & Wheels tion alternatives in our area. This program is designed simple premise and challenging game play. for seniors who have begun to feel less confident about Model Train Display driving. Family members and friends are also welcome. Sorry: Fire and Ice Registration is recommended, but not required. Pick the card that gets your pawns out of the Come to see an intricately detailed and interactive To register, please call 564-6130. starting area, and then get ready to challenge model railroad layout that fills our activity room! Bring Monday, April 16 your opponents in this game of sweet the whole family; all generations welcome. Presented 6:30 - 8:00 PM revenge. by Kenosha Public Library and the Lionel Train Club of Northside Library Southeastern Wisconsin. Jenga Saturday, April 28 It's the classic block-stacking, stack-crashing Saturday, April 14 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM game of Jenga! How will you stack up against 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Southwest Library the law of gravity? Southwest Library Sunday, April 15 Life 12:00 - 3:00 PM Go to college, take the family path, have kids, Southwest Library WWBIC or see what happens when unexpected twists WWBIC of Southeastern Wisconsin works change the game. with established and emerging small business owners by providing business Exploding Kittens education classes within the Kenosha, Exploding Kittens is a card game for people Racine, and Walworth communities. For who are into kittens and explosions and laser upcoming classes being hosted at our beams and sometimes goats. Kenosha Public Library locations, check our online calendar or the WWBIC website at http://tinyurl.com/wwbic

THE AMERICAN DREAM IN WISCONSIN SERIES

Join Kenosha Public Library, Kenosha Public Museums, and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters as we continue this series of live, streamed talks that explore how changes in public education, rural life, and the immigrant experience are shaping our hopes and dreams for the future. We will be able to submit questions for the speakers to address, and there will be time for discussion afterwards. For more information about these talks, visit www.tinyurl.com/dreamwi, or call 564-6141

Healthcare Access The Pursuit Dreams of the

and Reform of Happiness Next Generation

Part four of The American Dream in Wisconsin Series In this fifth talk of The American Dream in Wisconsin For the final talk in The American Dream in Wisconsin explores what we do - and don't do - to provide Series, Prof. Richard Davidson will consider the brain’s Series Michael Johnson, President and CEO for Boys & accessible healthcare. Donna Friedsam will host a capacity for change, its connection to the body and Girls Clubs of Dane County, reflects on the role of panel discussion with local experts Greg Nycz and Lisa how it regulates genes, and our innate human leadership in youth development. Peyton-Caire reviewing the impact of the Affordable tendency toward basic goodness. In doing so, Davidson Care Act on Wisconsin and how policy changes will will illustrate how the conscious quest for mental Tuesday, April 10 affect various communities. The talk will assess the well-being can help us in our pursuit of the American 7:00 - 8:30 PM philosophies and theories that underlie differing Dream. Southwest Library approaches to health policy and prospects for finding Tuesday, March 20 common ground. 7:00 - 8:30 PM Tuesday, February 27 Southwest Library 7:00 - 8:30 PM Southwest Library

THE INSIDER 10 SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS!

Starting in January 2018, Kenosha Public Library will be paying tribute to some monthly observances with dedicated programming throughout each month. Join us for musical events, book discussions, video screenings, and much more as we explore history, cultures, and heritage! For now, check out our upcoming monthly observances and be sure to check back to see what we’ve got planned for these exciting celebrations!

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH Dr. Martin Luther King Black History Month Women’s History Month Jr. Day and Kindness Black History Month was ocially founded as a Women’s History Month was founded to celebrate the Week national observance in 1976 as the successor to Negro role of women in American history in 1987, when History Week to celebrate the value and contributions Congress ocially declared that March highlight this Kindness week is a Kenosha tradition to encourage African Americans have made to American Society. part of our history in perpetuity, expanding Women’s unity and celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King The United Kingdom, Canada, and more recently, the History Week to a month-long observance. Jr. This year marks the 22nd annual event and will Netherlands now also celebrate Black History Month “You cannot hope to build a better world without focus on the theme “Cultivating a Community of in their own countries. Kindness with the Strength of Diversity.” This event improving the individuals. To that end, each of us was founded by the Kenosha Coalition for Dismantling “If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no must work for his own improvement and, at the same Racism and has since grown to include many organiza- point in raking it up.” time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, tions throughout the community, including your -- Billie Holiday (1915-1959) our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.” Kenosha Public Library. Join us as we celebrate Black History Month! We will --Marie Curie (1867-1934) “The time is always right to do what is right.” be hosting programs to observe and honor the -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Oberlin events, people, and more that are important to Black Stop by KPL this month and take a moment to College Commencement Speech, 1965 History. appreciate the women in your life, the women who inspire you (real or fiction), and the women who Visit the Kenosha Public Library as we celebrate Dr. helped shape our world into what it has become Martin Luther King Jr. and Kindness Week and don’t today. forget to check for this year’s Kindness Week events throughout the Kenosha community from January

12-20th! Technology Available APRIL MAY For Checkout National Poetry Month Asian Pacific American Roku Bring the movie rental store to the comfort National Poetry Month was started in 1996 as a way to Heritage Month of your home - minus the cost! With an highlight poets and their craft while encouraging the Originating as a week-long celebration in 1977, Asian internet connection and a TV or monitor reading and appreciation of poetry. It has since become Pacific American Heritage Week was expanded to a with an HDMI connection, you can watch one of the largest literary celebrations in the world! month by Congress in 1990 and made ocial as an over 300 movies from the Kenosha Public “There are three things, after all, that a poem must annual observance in 1992. The month of May was Library collection! reach: the eye, the ear, and what we may call the heart chosen to recognize the immigration of the first http://tinyurl.com/KPLroku or the mind. It is most important of all to reach the Japanese to the United States in 1843 and to commem- heart of the reader.” orate the completion of the transcontinental railroad Snap Circuit Kit --Robert Frost (1874-1963) in 1869, which was largely constructed by Chinese You and your kids can add the wonders immigrants. of electricity to a fun and engaging Connect with your inner poet! Learn more about do-it-yourself project! “Matibay ang walis, palibhasa’y magkabigkis.” this rhythmic form of literature - or share your love http://tinyurl.com/KPLsnap and appreciation! Visit KPL this month for a variety (“A broom is sturdy because its strands are tightly bound.”) of poetic events. Kindle --Filipino Proverb Kenosha Public Library has Kindle e-readers Visit KPL as we celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage in that come pre-loaded with hit novels in a America! We will have an assortment of programs variety of genres. available and we would love to have you stop by! http://tinyurl.com/KPLkindle

Sphero Control this tiny robot ball with merely a Join Us For This Year’s Book Sales! smartphone or tablet! http://tinyurl.com/KPLsphero Help support the Kenosha Public Library by stopping out, and buying a book. We have lots of titles and genres to choose from. Don't miss out; it's the best bargain around! The Friends of the Kenosha Public Chromecast Library support the library in many ways, including the funding of programs for kids, teens, and adults. Stream your favorite video or podcast onto your TV from any mobile device! February 9-11: Northside Library http://tinyurl.com/KPLchromecast Friday, 5:00-7:00 PM (Friends Only Presale) Saturday, 9:00-5:00 PM (Open to the Public) Echo (Aka Alexa) Sunday, 12:00-4:00 PM (Open to the Public) With only an internet connection required you too can enjoy the vocal recognition June 8-10: Southwest Library artificial intelligence. Friday, 5:00-7:00 PM (Friends Only Presale) friends of the http://tinyurl.com/KPLecho Saturday, 9:00-5:00 PM (Open to the Public) Sunday, 12:00-4:00 PM (Open to the Public) Ozobot Draw the path and Ozo will do the math. October 26-28: Southwest Library With this little guy you’ll learn basic coding Friday, 5:00-7:00 PM (Friends Only Presale) to instruct Ozo what to do under parameters Saturday, 9:00-5:00 PM (Open to the Public) you set! Sunday, 12:00-4:00 PM (Open to the Public) book sale http://tinyurl.com/KPLozobot

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OUTREACH SERVICES

Libraries are fantastic places that offer all kinds of resources, experiences, and spaces - but we know you can’t always get here! So we’ll bring our experts and resources to you, right at your school, senior living site, or organization!

Youth Classes Bookmobile and Free Book Bins

Youth Classes and workshops in the community & at Outreach Van Free Book Bins are placed at agencies around town and schools, from preschool to high school. offer a free book to use at the site or take home. Books Watch for them around town, and check our website are provided by the Friends of the Kenosha Public Visit www.mykpl.info/teachers-group-leaders or call for schedules at www.mykpl.info Library. 564-6152 for information. Call 564-6131 or email [email protected] for Deposit Collections information. Adult classes Deposit Collections are small collections of books that Adult classes, workshops, and experiences that our are checked out to agencies such as senior living Kenosha Connects instructors will bring to your organization, agency, facilities, and rotated on a monthly basis. assisted living home, or apartment complex. Want to have Internet and a computer at home? Call 564-6131 or email [email protected] for Participate in this KPL program and you can borrow a Call 564-6131 or email [email protected] for information. Chromebook laptop and an Internet hotspot for six information. weeks. To find out more call 564-6130 or sign up online at Home Delivery Call-In Book Club www.mykpl.info/KenoshaConnects Service Do you love books, but can’t get out to a book club? We talk about books over the phone! This book club for people age 60 & better is led by KPL staff and is a Home Delivery Service for anyone living east of I-94 part of KAFASI’s Senior Center Without Walls who is confined to their home temporarily or perma- program. nently due to injury, illness or disability who also doesn’t have someone who can come to the Library for Call KAFASI at 658-3508 for information. them. Call 564-6131 or email [email protected] for information.

NEA BIG READ February 12 - March 10, 2018

We are proud to announce that Kenosha Public Library is again partnering with UW-Parkside in their 2018 NEA Big Read, featuring Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The dystopian novel takes place in the Great Lakes region after a flu pandemic has killed most of the world’s population.

“Station Eleven is ultimately and intentionally a hopeful book. And it's a reminder that art—a play, a comic book, a musical interlude, a museum display, even an apocalyptic novel—can be the best means towards cultivating a civilization and preserving our humanity.” --Emily St. John Mandel

Please join Kenosha Public Library, UW-Parkside and other community partners for a month long celebration of this work through inspiring discus- sion, exploration and community engagement.

For a list of events, visit www.uwp.edu/bigread