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June - Aug 2019 Many local organizations and businesses contribute to the success of the Summer Reading Ride City Buses Adventure by donating goods and/or services and through financial support. Please send them your Free! thanks! Supported by: Kids (grades K-12) can ride city buses free to and from most Friends of the Brown County Library Brown County libraries on Wednesdays. June 12 through August 7 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Just show your library card! Nicolet Federated Library System Not available in Pulaski, Wrightstown, Denmark or Howard. Ashwaubenon Bowling Lanes Ashwaubenon Parks, Recreation & Forestry Brown County 4-H Program Brown County Fair Association, Inc. Kids! Sign up at any Brown County Library for the Chili’s Summer Reading Adventure to receive your The Children’s Museum of Green Bay reading record! (up to Grade 5) Chuck E. Cheese’s Keep track of each day you spend time reading Culver's (See reading record for details) Dairy Queen The Dough Shoppe Earn the following prizes while supplies last: Dunkin’ Donuts Kid’s meal coupons from local restaurants Extension Brown County Summer Reading Adventure bag to use all summer long Fazoli's Passes to: Library Morning at the BC Fair on August 15, Joannes or Get Air Resch Aquatic Center, Ashwaubomay Lake, Sky Zone/Vertical Greater Green Bay A&W Restaurants Velocity Trampoline Park, Get Air, The Children’s Museum of Green Green Bay Area McDonald’s Bay, Neville Public Museum, National Railroad Museum, Riviera Green Bay Booyah Lanes and Ashwaubenon Bowling Lanes. Green Bay Metro Ticket voucher for Green Bay Booyah baseball Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame A new book of choice or a 25% discount at The Reader’s Loft Green Bay Parks, Recreation & Forestry Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream Kwik Trip Milwaukee Milkmen (baseball) Milwaukee Wave (indoor soccer) National Railroad Museum Summer Reading + Summer Fun = Neville Public Museum Summer Learning for Everyone! Pizza Hut Reading and talking about books starting at birth is one of the best Pizza Ranch ways to help little ones get ready to read. Babies and older pre- The Reader’s Loft readers can participate in the Summer Reading Adventure by having Riviera Lanes books read to them. Ask about our year-round options for ages 0-6: The Salvation Army Kroc Center Green Bay ask about 1000 Books Before Kindergarten and our Early Learning Texas Roadhouse Activity Challenge for ages 0-6. Vertical Velocity (V2) - formerly Sky Zone For school-age students, research shows that summer reading and Wendy’s library use help kids maintain and improve reading skills, and avoid “summer learning loss” through which they can fall further behind each year. Allowing kids to choose books that interest them – reading for fun – is key to frequent and successful reading practice. The library enables this by providing free access to a wide variety of books. Library visits give parents and grandparents opportunities to “model” PARKING DOWNTOWN interest in reading, to talk about books and participate in activities Pine Street & Library Parking Lot together. We have summer reading programs for adults as well as $0.85 per hour (2 hour limit) children and teens! Pine Street Ramp @ Madison Street Free classes, events and storytimes at the library enrich the life $0.85 per hour (first 15 minutes FREE) experiences of kids from all socioeconomic levels and help build Street and Ramp Parking background knowledge and vocabulary – two more factors in reading After 6:00 pm and weekends - FREE success. Download the Passport Parking App to make your downtown parking easy and convenient! 2 SUMMER READING ADVENTURE KICK-OFF Saturday, June 8 10:00 am - Noon Central Library Reading Garden Event held indoors in case of rain. Featuring:Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Ken Lonnquist & the Irish Folk Band O'Darby Hear humorous songs and stories about Irish dancers, fairies, unicorns, clam chowder ghosts, magical star-sailing ships and more! This high-energy band includes Ashwaubenon native Pete Burns, fiddler Doug Brown, mandolin/flute player Jeanne Bindley and accordion-player Espere Eckard-Lee. Start the summer with laughs, fun & music! A free family event - all ages welcome! Free popcorn and cold beverages First chance to sign up for the Summer Reading Group art project & activities in the library’s Cellcom Adventure for kids, teens, and adults (all day) Children’s Edible Garden Appearances by the library’s mascot Rover Reader and Spot the Dog from Eric Hill's books! Balloon Art! Balloon artists will twist you a Root Beer provided courtesy of one-of-a-kind creation! Greater Green Bay Area A&W Restaurants Food Truck Fridays! Fridays June 7 - August 30 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Central Library is hosting Food Truck Fridays this summer! Grab something to eat and hang out in the reading garden or the Children's Edible Garden as you enjoy sunny downtown Green Bay. Food trucks will be located in the library parking lot. Bring your appetite! FREE Nutritious Lunch for Kids No lunch Weekdays on July 4 June 12 -- August 16 11:00 am The Central & Southwest Libraries are in neighborhoods targeted by the Green Bay Area Public Schools' Summer Lunch Program. Kids ages 1-18 can get a free, healthy box lunch ($3.00 for adults). The lunch truck can only stay 10 minutes, so don't be late in picking up your box lunch! Lunches must be eaten at the library. Option: Bring a picnic blanket! Eat indoors if weather is bad. **All information is subject to change** 3 SUMMER IN THE CITY: Central Library Performances on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Each show is approximately 45 minutes. For school-age audiences (ages 5 & up). Please - no strollers. For the enjoyment of everyone attending, please comply with age guidelines. Seating is available on first-arrival basis. Families don’t need to sign up in advance. Groups of 10 or more must sign up in advance: (920) 448-5846. Groups may call up to one week before each program starting at 9:00 a.m. (Ask about “Early Bird Sign Up” for groups that need to commit further ahead). JUNE 12 JULY 17 GLEN GERARD'S MAGIC & THE MILLER & MIKE SHOW ILLUSION SHOW This family-friendly comedy show features This dazzling show blends magic, comedy, physical comedy, juggling, magic, audience sleight of hand, mind reading and audience participation, and random acts of participation – plus you might learn a thing entertainment. Miller and Mike have or two about Harry Houdini. Glen has performed in venues ranging from the headlined shows in Las Vegas, on cruise Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ships, at the Comedy Club, and many other to The Today Show. venues. JUNE 19 JULY 24 BOOGIE IN THE BARNYARD WITH THE JOURNEY AROUND THE GLOBE WITH SINGING CHICKEN! PUPPET PLACE THEATRE Celebrate country life and critters from Puppets from the four basic styles -- hand, around the world with “Turkey in the rod, shadow, and string/marionette – will tell Straw,” “There Ain’t Nobody Here But Us stories from their cultures of origin, complete Chickens,” and other feather-flapping fun. with music for a full theatrical production Sing and dance along with John Duggleby, directed by master puppeteer Mark Nichols. author, musician and chicken dancer. The Puppet Place has entertained and educated crowds since 1957. JUNE 26 JULY 31 BOB KANN PRESENTS...AN MIKE MAUTHE'S MIND-BLOWING OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD TIME VARIETY SHOW This entertainment extravaganza is Juggler, magician, comedian, unicyclist, guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and balloon artist, fire-eater, stilt-walker – Mike your imagination. Drawing on 30 years of Mauthe is a one-man performing experience as a nationally touring sensation. What will he do next? Juggle performer, Bob will dramatize children's razor-sharp sickles? Create a crazy balloon tales, mesmerize with magic, and juggle sculpture? Levitate a table? Watch out for everything but the kitchen sink! live birds! JULY 10 AUGUST 7 BALLET FOLKLÓRICO NACIONAL ROCKIN' ROUND THE UNIVERSE WITH Stunning costumes. Enchanting music. RANDY PETERSON Dazzling dance moves. Ballet Folklórico Clap, tap, dance and sing along on this Nacional is known throughout the U.S. and fun-filled musical journey to the stars. Mexico for its flamboyant and authentic Songs such as “Mars Macarena,” “Jupiter performances of dances from diverse Jump” and “The Pluto Polka” will be regions of Mexico as well as traditional accompanied by giant colorful models of Aztec dance. They transcend language the solar system and out-of-this-world fun barriers while sharing traditional culture facts in this new show by Green Bay’s own and history. favorite children’s musician. KIDS - NEED A RIDE? If you are in grades K-12, just show your library card and you can ride the Green Bay city bus to and from most libraries FREE on Wednesdays, June 12 - August 7 from 9 am - 4 pm! 4 Bus service courtesy of Green Bay Metro. OFF-SITE FUN Brown County Library Presents FREE Family Fun at Titletown! Meet under Ariens Hill at the park at Titletown (across S. Ridge Road from Lambeau Field) Tuesdays | 6:30 - 7:30 pm June 18: July 16: August 20: An Hour of Campout Fun Rockets and Windpower Bubblewrap Stomp Story Show All the fun of camping without the hassle! Experiment with things that float Jump in for high-energy participation stories Make a star constellation craft and and fly, including Alka-Seltzer and action songs, ending with a Bubblewrap pinecone craft, play in a tent and hear not- rockets, parachute play, and more. Stomp to fireworks music -- amidst a bubble so-spooky stores around the "campfire." blizzard! Plus create a star-spangled craft.