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Week of March 17, 2019

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All day	Featured Display Case: Into the Beautiful North All Day Featured Display Case: Into the Beautiful North 12:00am - 12:00am Mar 1, 2019 Northside Age Group: Adult, Everyone, Family, School Age, Teen, Program Type: Big Read Description Visit the Northside Library display case through the month of March to see a special display inspired by Into the Beautiful North! ...
	¡Vamos Aprender Español! All Day ¡Vamos Aprender Español! 12:00am - 12:00am Mar 1, 2019 Offsite Age Group: Family, Infant, Kids, Preschool, School Age, Program Type: Big Read, Bilingual, Description ¡Vamos aprender Español! Let's learn Spanish! To celebrate the NEA Big Read book Into the Beautiful North, the children's area at each branch will feature Spanish signage, vocabulary words, ABC coloring pages, and more....
	Microfiction Collection: The Power of Postcards. Wish You Were Here! All Day Microfiction Collection: The Power of Postcards. Wish You Were Here! 12:00am - 12:00am Mar 1, 2019 Offsite Age Group: Adult, Everyone, Family, School Age, Teen, Program Type: Big Read, Bilingual, Description Microfiction is a short story told in as few words as possible - typically under 300 words. Into the Beautiful North explores some familiar themes like Home, Family, and Journeys....
	Voces y Historias: Celebrating Latinx Culture at UW-Parkside All Day Voces y Historias: Celebrating Latinx Culture at UW-Parkside 12:00am - 12:00am Mar 1, 2019 Offsite Age Group: Adult, Everyone, Program Type: Big Read Description UW-Parkside has had a long tradition of recognizing the diversity of its staff and student body....
	NEA Big Read Brews All Day Offsite Age Group: Adult Program Type: Big Read Description Be sure to stop in at Public Craft and Rustic Road during the month of March to try out your new favorite local brews - specially created for the NEA Big Read and inspired by Into the Beautiful North. Ages 21+. ...
9am		Kenosha Homeschoolers Meet-Up 9:00am - 12:00pm Southwest Southwest Activities Room AB Description We work together provide educational and social opportunities for homeschoolers.... Wonderful Ones Storytime 9:30am - 10:00am Northside Northside Storytime Room (Activities Room B) Age Group: Toddler One Program Type: Storytime Description Wonderful Ones storytime is for active one-year-olds (12-24 months) and their caregivers. Children enjoy 20 minutes of books, songs, manipulatives, and rhymes, with an emphasis on repetition for their developing minds....	Wonderful Ones Storytime 9:30am - 10:00am Southwest Southwest Storytime Room Age Group: Toddler One Program Type: Storytime Description Wonderful Ones storytime is for active one-year-olds (12-24 months) and their caregivers. Children enjoy 20 minutes of books, songs, manipulatives, and rhymes, with an emphasis on repetition for their developing minds....		Kenosha County Retired Educators Association 9:30am - 11:00am Southwest Southwest Conference Room Description meeting... Kidding Around Yoga Jr. (Ages 3-4, registration required) 9:30am - 10:15am Registration Required Kidding Around Yoga Jr. (Ages 3-4, registration required) 9:30am - 10:15am Mar 21, 2019 Southwest Southwest Activities Room AB Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Class Registration Required Seats Remaining: 14 Description Shake, sing, and be silly while learning basic yoga poses, mindfulness, and meditation! Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) is a fun and engaging practice for young yogis. Led by Miss Heather, a KPL Librarian and certified KAY teacher....	Preschool Storytime 9:30am - 10:00am Southwest Southwest Storytime Room Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Storytime
10am		Preschool Storytime 10:00am - 10:30am Simmons Simmons Stocker Children's Room Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Storytime Description Preschool Storytime is designed for three to five-year-old children. Children enjoy 30 minutes of books, songs, fingerplays, and more during this classic storytime. ... Toddler Storytime 10:30am - 11:00am Northside Northside Storytime Room (Activities Room B) Age Group: Toddler Program Type: Storytime Description Toddler storytime is for walking one and two-year-old children and their caregivers. Early listening and literacy skills are developed during 20 minutes of books, fingerplays, and songs. ...	TMG IRIS Team Meeting 10:00am - 2:00pm Southwest Southwest Activities Room A Description Local area remote working staff meeting. ... Infant Storytime 10:30am - 11:00am Southwest Southwest Storytime Room Age Group: Infant Program Type: Storytime Description Infant storytime is for infants (0-12 months) who are not yet walking and their caregivers. Join us for 15 minutes of books, songs, and rhymes, followed by 15 minutes of interactive play. ...	Tiny Artists 10:00am - 11:00am Tiny Artists 10:00am - 11:00am Mar 20, 2019 Southwest Southwest Activities Room A Age Group: Preschool, Toddler, Toddler One, Program Type: Class, Craft, Description Join us for hands-on art activities that inspire creativity and build confidence for toddlers and preschoolers. Dress for a mess! ... Preschool Storytime 10:00am - 10:30am Northside Northside Activities Room A Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Storytime Description Preschool Storytime is designed for three to five-year-old children. Children enjoy 30 minutes of books, songs, fingerplays, and more during this classic storytime. ...	Toddler Storytime 10:00am - 10:30am Southwest Southwest Storytime Room Age Group: Toddler Program Type: Storytime Description Toddler storytime is for walking one and two-year-old children and their caregivers. Early listening and literacy skills are developed during 20 minutes of books, fingerplays, and songs. ... Infant Storytime 10:30am - 11:00am Northside Northside Storytime Room (Activities Room B) Age Group: Infant Program Type: Storytime Description Infant storytime is for infants (0-12 months) who are not yet walking and their caregivers. Join us for 15 minutes of books, songs, and rhymes, followed by 15 minutes of interactive play. ... Toddler Storytime 10:30am - 11:00am Southwest Southwest Storytime Room Age Group: Toddler Program Type: Storytime Description Toddler storytime is for walking one and two-year-old children and their caregivers. Early listening and literacy skills are developed during 20 minutes of books, fingerplays, and songs. ...	Preschool Party 10:00am - 10:30am Southwest Southwest Activities Room AB Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Class Preschool Storytime 10:30am - 11:00am Southwest Southwest Storytime Room Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Storytime
11am				Preschool Storytime 11:00am - 11:30am Northside Northside Storytime Room (Activities Room B) Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Storytime Preschool Party! 11:30am - 12:00pm Northside Northside Storytime Room (Activities Room B) Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Class Description Guide your little explorer as they dig in to a variety of science, technology, engineering, art, math, and early literacy activities. The program includes physical play, toys, sensory experiences, dramatic play, games and crafts....		Preschool Party 11:00am - 11:30am Southwest Southwest Activities Room AB Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Class	Bilingual Stories with Kay Elmsley Weeden 11:00am - 12:00pm Bilingual Stories with Kay Elmsley Weeden 11:00am - 12:00pm Mar 23, 2019 Offsite Age Group: Family, School Age, Program Type: Big Read, Bilingual, Description Bring your family and join us for Storyteller Kay Elmsley Weeden, who will share stories in English and Spanish. ... Kid Kitchen: South of the Border (Grades K-5, registration required) 11:00am - 12:30pm Registration Required Kid Kitchen: South of the Border (Grades K-5, registration required) 11:00am - 12:30pm Mar 23, 2019 Northside Northside Activities Room A Age Group: School Age Program Type: Big Read, Class, Registration Required Seats Remaining: 24 Description Learn to prepare an easy Mexican-style meal that you can make at home. Of course, you'll get to eat it, too! This program is inspired by our Big Read book "Into the Beautiful North." Registration required. ... Café con Leche 11:00am - 12:00pm Registration Required Southwest Southwest Activities Room B Age Group: Adult Program Type: Bilingual, Special Event, Registration Required Description Traiga a un amigo/a y aprenda sobre los recursos y servicios de la biblioteca, mientras disfruta de un cafe. Luego haremos un recorrido por nuevas áreas de la biblioteca. ...
12pm	Fiction Writers Group 12:30pm - 4:00pm Northside Northside Activities Room A Age Group: Adult Program Type: Club, Workshop, Description Are you working on a novel and need some motivation? Join fellow writers in a guided “write-in” session. Our meetings start with a short presentation, followed by open time for everyone to work on their own writing....		Sonnenberg Consultation 12:30pm - 2:30pm Northside Northside Conference Room Description Consultation Meeting....		Thursday Afternoon Movie: Magnificent Seven (2015) 12:30pm - 3:00pm Thursday Afternoon Movie: Magnificent Seven (2015) 12:30pm - 3:00pm Mar 21, 2019 Southwest Southwest Activities Room AB Age Group: Adult Program Type: Big Read, Film Screening, Description Every other Thursday, alternating with Throwback Thursday Movies, KPL shows highly rated feature films on DVD. For more information, call 262-564-6130....
1pm						Friday Fun Day (Grades K-5) 1:00pm - 3:00pm Northside Northside Activities Room A Age Group: School Age Program Type: Club Description It’s Friday! Relax and have fun with a big variety of games, crafts, building toys, and tech. You never know what kind of fun you will find! ...
2pm	Family Reading Club: Bud, Not Buddy (for families with children, registration required) 2:00pm - 3:00pm Registration Required Family Reading Club: Bud, Not Buddy (for families with children, registration required) 2:00pm - 3:00pm Mar 17, 2019 Southwest Southwest Activities Room AB Age Group: Family Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Seats Remaining: 13 Description Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Award by reading an award-winning book as a family and discussing it with others at the library. This month we will read "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis....		Book Discussion @ Northside 2:30pm - 4:00pm Book Discussion @ Northside 2:30pm - 4:00pm Mar 19, 2019 Northside Northside Activities Room A Age Group: Adult, Teen, Program Type: Big Read, Book Club, Description Join Sue Paskiewicz and Patty Bajabir of the Kenosha Public Library to discuss and explore themes within Into the Beautiful North. ...	Afternoon Coffee Break Book Club 2:00pm - 3:00pm Northside Northside Activities Room A Age Group: Adult Program Type: Book Club Description Join us for this monthly book club featuring great contemporary novels, along with thoughtful, candid discussion, and refreshments, too!...	Teach Yourself: Pronunciator & ProCitizen 2:00pm - 3:00pm Northside Northside Activities Room A Description Learn any of 80 languages, free with your library card! Plus, ESL for 50 non-English languages. Pronunciator teaches the full range of language skills -- reading, writing, listening, and speaking -- in a structured, building-block approach. Lea...	The Big Read Book Cover Challenge 2:00pm - 5:00pm Southwest The Hub - Station 1 Description Create an all-new book cover that reflects your ideas and feelings about Into the Beautiful North, the 2019 Big Read selection, by Luis Alberto Urrea.... After-School Fun: Flower Power (Grades K-5) 2:00pm - 4:00pm After-School Fun: Flower Power (Grades K-5) 2:00pm - 4:00pm Mar 22, 2019 Southwest Southwest Activities Room AB Age Group: Family, School Age, Program Type: Class Description Spring is coming! Celebrate with us by making beautiful flower crafts. ...	RG Productions Presents The Magnificent Seven 2:00pm - 4:00pm RG Productions Presents The Magnificent Seven 2:00pm - 4:00pm Mar 23, 2019 Offsite Age Group: Adult, Teen, Program Type: Big Read, Performer, Description RG Productions presents a multi-media readers theater presentation of The Magnificent Seven, the story that inspires the characters of Into the Beautiful North to begin their epic journey....
3pm					MHOMS 3:15pm - 5:00pm Southwest Southwest Activities Room A Description MHOMS Meeting...
4pm			Exploring Theatre (Grades K-2) 4:30pm - 5:30pm Southwest Southwest Storytime Room Age Group: Kids Program Type: Class Description Learn how to use your voice, body, and imagination to create a story and perform it together with a group. ...	Book Discussion at Jack Andrea 4:00pm - 6:00pm Offsite Age Group: Adult Program Type: Big Read, Book Club, Description Jack's will make a food creation inspired by the book for attendees to nosh on while discussing Into the Beautiful North. Hosted by Laura Kastelic. Jackandrea.com ...	Kidding Around Yoga Jr. (Ages 3-4, registration required) 4:00pm - 4:45pm Registration Required Kidding Around Yoga Jr. (Ages 3-4, registration required) 4:00pm - 4:45pm Mar 21, 2019 Northside Northside Activities Room A Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Class Registration Required Seats Remaining: 14 Description Shake, sing, and be silly while learning basic yoga poses, mindfulness, and meditation! Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) is a fun and engaging practice for young yogis. Led by Miss Heather, a KPL Librarian and certified KAY teacher....
5pm			Teen Video Game Club 5:00pm - 7:00pm Southwest Southwest Activities Room B Age Group: Teen Program Type: Club Description Like retro gaming? Want to try our Playstation Virtual Reality Headset? Come to try out these and more and pwn some n00bs with your friends! Snacks provided. ...	Grupo de Lectura 5:00pm - 6:00pm Grupo de Lectura 5:00pm - 6:00pm Mar 20, 2019 Offsite Age Group: Adult, Teen, Program Type: Big Read, Bilingual, Book Club, Description Este año la comunidad está leyendo Rumbo Al Hermoso Norte. Únase a nosotros para una conversion sobre el libro y una exploración de los temas presentados por el autor Luís Alberto Urrea. ...	Girl Scout Troop 9434 Library Research Meeting 5:45pm - 8:15pm Southwest Southwest Activities Room A Description we are earning a badge that requires research. The girls will be looking for books on influential women in history and giving a short presentation on what they have learned. ...
6pm		Paint and Pints 6:00pm - 10:00pm Registration Required Offsite Age Group: Adult Program Type: Big Read, Workshop, Registration Required Seats Remaining: 1 Description Join artist Kelly Witte for a special Big Read edition of Paint and Pints! We will be painting a scene inspired by Into the Beautiful North. No art experience necessary!... Novels at Night Book Club 6:00pm - 7:00pm Southwest Southwest Activities Room A Age Group: Adult Program Type: Book Club Description The first rule of Book Club is: tell everyone about Book Club! We meet monthly to talk about an edgy contemporary novel that is slightly off the beaten path. This group is genre fluid and will choose fun and challenging authors and subjects.... ¡Escribelo! 6:00pm - 8:00pm Northside Northside Conference Room Age Group: Adult Program Type: Bilingual, Workshop, Description Whether you write every day, or have always dreamed of writing but have yet to give it a try, join us at our bilingual writing group! Bring your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or homework and join us at the Kenosha Public Library.... Toddler Storytime 6:30pm - 7:00pm Southwest Southwest Storytime Room Age Group: Toddler Program Type: Storytime Description Toddler storytime is for walking one and two-year-old children and their caregivers. Early listening and literacy skills are developed during 20 minutes of books, fingerplays, and songs. ...	Social Work Meeting 6:00pm - 7:00pm Southwest Southwest Conference Room Description Social Work Meeting... NEA Big Read Book Discussion 6:30pm - 7:30pm Offsite Age Group: Adult Program Type: Big Read, Book Club, Description Join us for a book discussion featuring Into the Beautiful North--our NEA Big Read Title! ... Social Justice Book Club 6:30pm - 8:00pm Northside Northside Activities Room A Age Group: Adult Program Type: Book Club Description This book club meets to explore books about race, gender, immigration, poverty, and criminal justice issues. It is intended to give readers the opportunity to explore current social issues more deeply.... Preschool Storytime 6:30pm - 7:00pm Southwest Southwest Storytime Room Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Storytime Description Preschool Storytime is designed for three to five-year-old children. Children enjoy 30 minutes of books, songs, fingerplays, and more during this classic storytime. ...	Teen Anime Club 6:00pm - 7:00pm Southwest Southwest Activities Room B Age Group: Teen Program Type: Club, Film Screening, Description Love watching Yuri skate across the ice, Asura spreading chaos, and Goku going Super Saiyan? Come to watch anime, talk about manga, eat Japanese snacks, and enjoy fun activities! Most importantly...subs or dubs? ... Intro to Coding for Grades 1-2 (registration required) 6:00pm - 7:00pm Intro to Coding for Grades 1-2 (registration required) 6:00pm - 7:00pm Mar 20, 2019 Northside Northside Conference Room Age Group: Kids Program Type: Technology Class Description Create computer programs that will help you learn to collaborate, develop problem solving skills, and persist through difficult tasks. Registration required. Must attend all 4 sessions. ... Chess Night 6:30pm - 8:00pm Southwest Southwest Atrium Age Group: Everyone Program Type: Club Description Play chess in the company of fellow enthusiasts and the Kenosha Chess Association! Everyone is welcome: beginners to experts of all ages (kids under 9 must be accompanied by an adult). Bring your own chess set or use one of ours....	Plant based nutrition group 6:00pm - 7:30pm Southwest Southwest Activities Room B Description Plant based nutrition meeting... Preschool Storytime 6:30pm - 7:00pm Northside Northside Storytime Room (Activities Room B) Age Group: Preschool Program Type: Storytime Description Preschool Storytime is designed for three to five-year-old children. Children enjoy 30 minutes of books, songs, fingerplays, and more during this classic storytime. ... Russian language study group 6:45pm - 8:45pm Southwest Southwest Conference Room Description Russian language study group...	Celebrate Hispanic Culture: Mi Gente 6:00pm - 7:30pm Celebrate Hispanic Culture: Mi Gente 6:00pm - 7:30pm Mar 22, 2019 Offsite Age Group: Family, Kids, School Age, Program Type: Big Read Description Celebrate Hispanic culture for this year's NEA Big Read with activities & fun for families with children in grades K-5. ...	NEA Big Read Trivia Bash 6:30pm - 8:30pm Offsite Age Group: Adult Program Type: Big Read Description The NEA Big Read Trivia Bash is a fun 10 round trivia contest for individuals or teams. No cell phones or Google allowed!...
7pm		Kidding Around Yoga (Grades K-5, registration required) 7:00pm - 7:45pm Registration Required Kidding Around Yoga (Grades K-5, registration required) 7:00pm - 7:45pm Mar 18, 2019 Northside Northside Activities Room A Age Group: School Age Program Type: Class Registration Required Seats Remaining: 14 Description Shake, sing, and be silly while learning basic yoga poses, mindfulness, and meditation! Kidding Around Yoga (KAY) is a fun and engaging practice for young yogis. Led by Miss Heather, a KPL Librarian and certified KAY teacher.... Adult Coloring Group 7:00pm - 8:00pm Adult Coloring Group 7:00pm - 8:00pm Mar 18, 2019 Southwest Southwest Conference Room Age Group: Adult, Everyone, Program Type: Club, Craft, Description Coloring generates wellness, quietness, and also stimulates the brain areas related to motor skills, the senses, and creativity....	The "Magnificent" Women of Into the Beautiful North 7:00pm - 8:30pm The "Magnificent" Women of Into the Beautiful North 7:00pm - 8:30pm Mar 19, 2019 Offsite Age Group: Adult, Teen, Program Type: Big Read, Book Club, Description Tres Camarones, Mexico is a city without men. Its women and girls are inspired by American Films--especially The Magnificent Seven--and head to the U.S. to find champions to save their community from the looming threat of thugs and drugs....		Book Discussion and Zine Creation 7:00pm - 9:00pm Offsite Age Group: Adult Program Type: Big Read, Workshop, Description UW-Parkside professor Sarah Piña will give a talk on some of the major themes of Into the Beautiful North, followed by a book discussion....

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