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Gaming in the Teen Zone

2:30pm - 4:00pm
Teen Zone
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Games
Event Details:
Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to participate. Play Nintendo Switch games, board games, and more. Registration is not required. ...

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Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Sketchbook Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Studio 321
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Studio 321
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Drop in the first Wednesday each month and draw! We will explore a variety of prompts and mediums to help you grow your sketchbook skills. Bring your own sketchbook and favorite drawing tools. Adults 18 and up are invited to join. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Preschool Fun Days

10:00am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Friendly Activities, Storytime
Event Details:
Children ages 3-4 and their caregivers are invited to join us for a fun-filled morning of stories and early literacy activities. We will focus on the five key early literacy skills: READ! TALK! SING! WRITE! PLAY! ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Accompanying Adults

Caregivers are encouraged to attend programming with their participating children.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

LEGO Club

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Program Room
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Friendly Activities, Games

LEGO Club

Create, build, and meet new LEGO-loving friends! All ages are welcome.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Accompanying Adults

Caregivers are encouraged to attend programming with their participating children.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Preparation for Edible Book Festival

All Day
Program Room A/B
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Program Room A/B
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Preparation for Edible Book Festival on April 6. ...

Baby & Toddler Storytime & Playgroup

10:00am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Friendly Activities, Storytime

Baby and Toddler Storytime

Baby and Toddler Storytime – Infants, toddlers, and their caregivers are invited to join us for stories, music, rhymes, and fingerplays that help build a love of reading. Stay after for playtime!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Accompanying Adults

Caregivers are encouraged to attend programming with their participating children.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Edible Book Festival

All Day
Program Room A/B
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Program Room A/B
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Join us as our Waukesha Community celebrates books, art, food, and culture. What amazing creation will you come up with? Create an edible item inspired by your favorite book for a chance to win awesome prizes! Registration required. Please use th...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Homeschool Hangout

11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Program Room
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Family Friendly Activities
Event Details:
Join other homeschool families for STEAM related activities. All ages welcome! ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Accompanying Adults

Caregivers are encouraged to attend programming with their participating children.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Adult Maker Monday

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Studio 321
Registration
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Studio 321
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Drop by Studio 321 and explore your creative side. Registration required. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Your Brain on Money: How Your Financial Mindset Affects Your Bottom Line with Emily Guy Birken

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Program Room A/B
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Program Room A/B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Speaker
Event Details:
Even though money problems are inevitable, financial stress is avoidable. First you must understand the underlying belief system you carry about money. We each have our own financial psychology that can often lead to disordered money behavior, in par...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Medicare Fraud: Important Things for You to Know

10:30am - 11:30am
Program Room B
Registration
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Program Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Speaker
Registration Required
Event Details:
Medicare loses billions of dollars each year due to fraud, errors, and abuse. Join us to learn more about how you can protect, detect, and report Medicare-related fraud with the help of the Senior Medicare Patrol Program Director of the Greater Wisco...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Movie of the Month

10:30am - 12:00pm
Program Room A
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Program Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:
Come along with us on a cinematic journey at the Library! Films will be announced one month prior to showing, and treats will be served. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Making in Studio 321

2:30pm - 4:00pm
Studio 321
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Studio 321
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Event Details:
Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to participate. Create art, tinker with technology, and learn new skills. Registration is not required. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

PajamaRama

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Friendly Activities, Storytime

Pajamarama

Families with children of all ages are invited to join Miss Kathy and her lovable puppet friends for bedtime stories! PJs, pillows, and fluffy slippers welcome. (Program is designed for babies and toddlers, but all ages are welcome.)

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Accompanying Adults

Caregivers are encouraged to attend programming with their participating children.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

AARP Tax Aide

9:30am - 12:00pm
Program Room A
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Program Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Meeting
Event Details:
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Senior Social Hour

10:30am - 11:30am
Program Room B
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Program Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Meet and mingle with active older adults at your local library! Come enjoy a cup of coffee, conversations, and some creativity in a relaxed environment. All seniors looking for friendship and community are welcome to attend. Senior Social Hour meets ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Making in Studio 321

2:30pm - 4:00pm
Studio 321
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Studio 321
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Event Details:
Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to participate. Create art, tinker with technology, and learn new skills. Registration is not required. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Carnegie Room
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Carnegie Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion, Speaker
Event Details:
Join us together with Jodie LaChapelle, the St. Vincent DePaul Getting Ahead Program Director, to discuss Matthew Desmond's Poverty, by America. Desmond, the acclaimed author of Evicted, reimagines the debate on poverty in the United States, and draw...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Game Day

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Program Room
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Friendly Activities, Games
Event Details:
Kids are invited to show off their gaming skills! Video games and board games will be available. Registration is not required. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Accompanying Adults

Caregivers are encouraged to attend programming with their participating children.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Studio 321 Equipment Training: Glowforge

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Studio 321
Registration
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Studio 321
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology Class
Registration Required
Event Details:
Learn how to use the Glowforge Laser Cutter, 3D Printers, and the Cricut. Registration is required. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Accompanying Adults

Caregivers are encouraged to attend programming with their participating children.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Genealogy Meetup

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Carnegie Room
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Carnegie Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Meeting
Event Details:
Stop in for our new informal genealogy group. Connect with other local genealogists; share your successes, roadblocks, and research tips; and explore the Library’s local history and genealogy resources. Everyone is welcome, from novices to advanced r...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Hello Saturday!

10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Program Room
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Friendly Activities
Event Details:
Stop by for a different activity or program every Saturday morning! Activities will be listed in our online event calendar beginning December 1. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Accompanying Adults

Caregivers are encouraged to attend programming with their participating children.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.

Time, Love & C.A.R.E

10:30am - 11:30am
Program Room A/B
Library Branch: Waukesha Public Library
Room: Program Room A/B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Speaker
Event Details:
CHIRP! WPL presents the Center for Animal Rehabilitation and Education (C.A.R.E) a longstanding non-profit organization that specializes in the care of exotic animals and senior dogs. They'll share their mission and introduce you to some of their fea...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

WPL is committed to providing the highest degree of accessibility within our means. Please call 262-524-3695 prior to any event with any disability-related accommodation requests.

Photo/Video Permission

Staff often take photos or videos during Library classes, programs, and events. The Library may use these photos/videos for publicity in print, on social media, and on our website. If you do not want a photo/video of yourself or your child taken, please inform the person in charge immediately prior to the event taking place.