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Get ready for school by creating a collage notebook cover. Bring in a notebook and create a unique and unusual piece of art to keep your notes in! They also make great diaries and presents for friends!

If this planned activity doesn't interest you, there are plenty of other things that might, including micro:bit hands-on, our new Lego Wall, cardboard construction, magnet wall challenge, wind tunnel and many more. Come and explore!

Free for Members
Non-Members: $8 Adults, Students/Seniors: $5

Make a simple kaleidoscope, and learn about the science behind this light bending toy! Kaleidoscopes are devices with two or more mirrors tilted to each other at an angle, (usually enclosed in a tube) so that one or more objects on one end of these mirrors are shown as a regular symmetrical pattern when viewed from the other end, due to repeated reflection, presenting in an ever-changing view as it's rotated.

If this planned activity doesn't interest you, there are plenty of other things that might, including micro:bit hands-on, our new Lego Wall, cardboard construction, magnet wall challenge, wind tunnel and many more. Come and explore!

Free for Members
Non-Members: $8 Adults, Students/Seniors: $5

Saturday, August 3, 3:30-4:30pm. Join Sr. Simone Campbell in a conversation about what gives people hope in an era defined by a lot of anxiety. Building on her award-winning book Hunger for Hope Sister Simone seeks to convene people of different perspectives to learn about the local lived reality; especially in places which tend to only pop onto the national scene when things are going terribly. What is lifting people up? And where will Sister Simone find common ground with folks she meets along the way, who may have very different experiences and backgrounds than hers?
Sister Simone Campbell is a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient who you might know from her work with Nuns on the Bus. In July/August, she's traveling through smaller cities in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin to host a series of conversations - hoping to listen and learn from people about what brings them together and gives them hope.
Sister Simone's career has been focused on caring for the marginalized; this tour is a unique extension of that, focused on the political other. We think this is an opportunity to hear from these people through an adept interlocutor - Sister Simone has led community conversations like this before in rural areas and in the South. She consistently comes across thought provoking, meaningful individuals with stories that we think are worth exploring and sharing.
Simone takes the stories she gathers and uses them to open up audiences to hear other perspectives - as she puts it, softening hearts and opening minds to a more complex reality. She's a fascinating thinker, and definitely a rare character in her ability to do this work - and genuinely get people talking and sharing of themselves.

Friday July 12 from 4-8pm for Music on Main, we are excited to Host Butz & Beans, acoustic guitarists.
If the weather cooperates, Mary Butze & Greg Beaner will be performing outside.

Summer Vibes, Saving Lives! On August 9th from 9:30am-3:30pm, the library will be sponsoring an American Red Cross blood drive in the library meeting room.

Every 2 seconds, someone in the U.S. will need blood. Available blood resources drop dangerously low during summer due to fewer active donors, yet the need for blood is constant.

1 hour & 1 donation can help up to 3 patients in need. All donors in August will get a $20 Amazon gift card via email.

Book your appointment today!

* online https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=menomo… (enter menomoniepl)
* 715-232-2164 x210
* 1-800-RED CROSS

Thanks for joining us to make a difference in the lives of others!

Monthly meetings of the Board of Trustees https://menomonielibrary.org/about/board/ are held in the Library Meeting Room on the third Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. Board meetings are open to the public.

Pre-register to view https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_flua0xMMTnOdcJZByaSD-w a livestream of the meeting.

Questions? Contact Library Director, Joleen Sterk at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]

The Menomonie Blue Caps will host the annual Menomonie Base Ball Festival. Teams from around the Midwest will be represented for two days of vintage base ball, playing by the 1860 rules of the game. Saturday will include food, silent auction and a raffle. All proceeds will help Menomonie Blue Caps travel to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to play in the Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival https://www.gettysburgbaseballfestival.com/ in July.

Matches will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

And join us on Saturday evening at brewery nønic for the official after party. We will tap the Mad Cap the official brew for the Blue Caps and have live music.

Teams:
Menomonie Blue Caps
Bay City Independents (MI)
Milwaukee Grays (WI)
Rum River Rovers (MN)
Mankato Baltics (MN)
Afton Red Socks (MN)
La Crescent Apple Jacks (MN) - Saturday only
Sand Creek 9 (WI) - Sunday only

Our friends, the Early Risers Base Ball Club of Detroit are passing through on their way to the Field of Dreams. We'll be playing one match versus our fine foes from across Lake Michigan. Don't miss this rare occurrence to see your favorite local squad play in Menomonie a second time in a single season. Raffle tickets for various baseball-themed items + 50/50 available --- proceed will go toward the Blue Caps competing at Gettysburg, PA later this summer.

Thursday, October 3, 6-7pm. Join, Dick Edwards, Retired Mayo Clinic Eldercare Specialist, for conversations with families facing the issues and concerns of aging parents.
Learn how to have success in this unique, sometimes challenging, time in family life, when our parents are aging. It's easy for some, not so easy for others. Let's talk about it, and learn from the experience of others.

The Book

Mom, Dad...Can We Talk? Helping Our Aging Parents with the Insight and Wisdom of Others is a read-me-first for adult children dealing with the issues and concerns of aging parents. It is conversational, sometimes humorous and poignant, always encouraging and helpful. It is written for adult children to help them stop and think, to anticipate, communicate, navigate, and, yes, to celebrate this phase of family life and the parent-child relationship.
The book is rich with nearly 100 personal stories and quotes from adult children that help personalize and humanize support for elderly parents and the final stage of the parent-child relationship, to help ensure the best possible outcome - that of no regrets.
It includes practical advice for initiating caring conversations such as: Mom, we're worried about you living alone. and Mom, Dad, tell us what you want us to do. and Sister, I need your help with all this. and Dad has a lady friend! Also, helpful hints on how to better understand and manage the Big D's of aging parents: dementia, drinking, depression and driving. Livestream

Saturday August 17, 11am - 3pm. Publisher Catharism 21 will be in the store to share their books.
Catharism 21 is an international non profit publishing house based in Illinois. Main book subjects include mysticism, history, spirituality and culture. These publications shed new insight into well-known historical periods, traditional tales and myths. They touch on universal spiritual teachings which give access to the cultural heritage of East and West.

Learn all about the exciting Wall Dogs https://thewalldogs.org/ Murals in Menomonie event coming in 2026! Enjoy complimentary appetizers and a cash bar, and hear from community leaders about how you can get involved in this transformational event. Merchandise will be available with proceeds benefiting the Murals in Menomonie event.

The Menomonie Blue Caps will host the annual Menomonie Base Ball Festival. Teams from around the Midwest will be represented for two days of vintage base ball, playing by the 1860 rules of the game. Saturday will include food, silent auction and a raffle. All proceeds will help Menomonie Blue Caps travel to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to play in the Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival https://www.gettysburgbaseballfestival.com/ in July.

Matches will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

And join us on Saturday evening at brewery nønic for the official after party. We will tap the Mad Cap the official brew for the Blue Caps and have live music.

Teams:
Menomonie Blue Caps
Bay City Independents (MI)
Milwaukee Grays (WI)
Rum River Rovers (MN)
Mankato Baltics (MN)
Afton Red Socks (MN)
La Crescent Apple Jacks (MN) - Saturday only
Sand Creek 9 (WI) - Sunday only

Using simple chemical reactions, we'll see how high our rockets can fly! This is an outside activity. If the weather is inclement, we'll make straw rockets to test and launch inside Fulton's Workshop

If this planned activity doesn't interest you, there are plenty of other things that might, including micro:bit hands-on, our new Lego Wall, cardboard construction, magnet wall challenge, wind tunnel and many more. Come and explore! From 5 to 8 p.m. at the Rassbach Heritage Museum in Menomonie's Wakanda Park.

Free for Members
Non-Members: $8 Adults, Students/Seniors: $5

This historic art form is often seen in old books and manuscripts in end leaves and endpapers. It is so named because it imitates the veins of colored marble. And it's so much fun to make!

If this planned activity doesn't interest you, there are plenty of other things that might, including micro:bit hands-on, our new Lego Wall, cardboard construction, magnet wall challenge, wind tunnel and many more. Come and explore! From 5 to 8 p.m. at the Rassbach Heritage Museum in Menomonie's Wakanda Park.

Free for Members
Non-Members: $8 Adults, Students/Seniors: $5

Friday, July 12, 4:30-5:30pm. During Music on Main.
Meet author Kleiner C (Joanna Trujillo), she'll have her mindfulness books in English and Spanish for sale and signing.
If there is enough interest, she'll demonstrate a couple of the exercises in Mindfulness in the Wild at 5:00pm.

Friday, June 14, 4-8pm. During Music on Main.
Renee from On The Go Tarot will be giving tarot and oracle readings. She has decks for a range of ages and comfort levels.
She does shorter 3 card readings for $15 or longer 7 card readings for @25.

Tarot & Oracle Readings

Using intuition and cards' ancient meanings, tarot and oracle readings can bring light to questions you are pondering or clarity to the past.

Saturday July 13, 11am - 3pm. Publisher Catharism 21 will be in the store to share their books.
Catharism 21 is an international non profit publishing house based in Illinois. Main book subjects include mysticism, history, spirituality and culture. These publications shed new insight into well-known historical periods, traditional tales and myths. They touch on universal spiritual teachings which give access to the cultural heritage of East and West.

Monthly meetings of the Board of Trustees https://menomonielibrary.org/about/board/ are held in the Library Meeting Room on the third Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. Board meetings are open to the public.

Pre-register to view https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_flua0xMMTnOdcJZByaSD-w a livestream of the meeting.

Questions? Contact Library Director, Joleen Sterk at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]

Outside and messy fun for children ages 2-5! What could be better than messy summer fun, besides the fact that it's not in your house!:)?

* August 6, 13, 20, 27
* 9am
* Wear clothes that can get dirty
* Caregiver must attend
* For children ages 2-5
* Cancelled if bad weather

Outside and messy fun for children ages 2-5! What could be better than messy summer fun, besides the fact that it's not in your house!:)?

* August 6, 13, 20, 27
* 9am
* Wear clothes that can get dirty
* Caregiver must attend
* For children ages 2-5
* Cancelled if bad weather