Kids Events

Jun 01 09:00 AM W.J. Niederkorn Library

Veteran Art Fest: Art Show

Veteran Creative Arts Festival: Veteran Artist Award Ceremony & Reception Participate in our Veteran Creative Arts Festival! Any Veteran and their family members can celebrate their art! Attend any of our Art Workshops and submit your artwork from a workshop, or create artwork on your own and submit it to the Festival by May 28th!Artwork will be on display (anonymously) at the library from June 1st – June 29th. The public will be able to vote on artwork - all voters are eligible to win a prize. Winners will be notified and winning pieces will go on display at the VCAF at Zablocki on July 1st. The Veteran Artist Award Ceremony will take place at the library on June 29th at 6:30pm - refreshments will be provided! For registration or questions, please contact Diane Burkhalter, at burkhalterdl@gmail.com
Jun 06 09:00 AM Offsite

Fossil Scavenger Hunt

Find the 9 fossils in the windows of our local downtown businesses! If you find all 9 fossils and write down the correct business names, turn in your sheet to the library for your prize! Scavenger hunt sheets will be available at both upstairs and downstairs circulation desks.
Jun 06 10:00 AM W.J. Niederkorn Library - Community Room

Summer Reading Kickoff w/ Life of a Paleontologist

Drop in to register for the Summer Reading Challenge, get your lanyard, add your dino design to the windows on the front of the library, and say hi to Booker the Library Dog! Then, stick around to enjoy a yummy treat and learn about the life of a paleontologist with the Dinosaur Discovery Museum! All ages are welcome! Life of a Paleontologist - 11:00am Join the Dinosaur Discovery Museum Curator, Nick Wiersum, for a fun and exciting discussion about dinosaurs, where we find them, and the different tools and techniques used to excavate their fossils. Learn about some of the most interesting discoveries that have been made by the crew, and even get hands on with both real fossils and fossil casts.