T H E B I - M O N T H L Y N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E M I D D L E T O N P U B L I C L I B R A R Y

November/December 2017 Volume 17, Issue 2

The Bookworm The Bookworm

The Friends of the Middleton Public Library will be having a holiday book sale during their Saturday, November 11th book sale. The sale will feature many quality books for gifts. The sale runs from 11am - 4pm, but Friends Members can shop early at 10am. Memberships are available anytime at the sale. Become a member of the Friends for 2018 and shop early at the November and December 2017 book sales, in addition to all of next year. The Saturday sale in December will be Dec. 9th from 10am - 4pm. Proceeds from all book sales go to fund programs at the library for all ages.

HOLIDAY BOOK SALE

EFNFOUJB!GSJFOEMZ!NJEEMFUPO!The Middleton Public Library is co-sponsoring a free community resource fair called Living Well with Dementia on Sunday, November 19th, from 12:00 – 5:30PM at the Middleton Performing Arts Center, 2100 Bristol St., Middleton. Highlights include four panel discussions throughout the afternoon and a keynote ad-dress at 12:30 by Susan H. McFadden, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Psychology at UW-Oshkosh, and founder of the Fox Valley Memory Project. The panel discussions will be: 1:15 PM Doctoring Well: Medical best practices and advocating for yourself

2:15 PM Connecting Well: Strategies for staying ac-tive and independent

3:15 PM The Care Continuum: Finding your best living arrangement

4:15 PM Legal & Financial Planning: Honoring preferences Additionally, a resource fair will be held in the lobby of the PAC featuring advocates, attorneys, care communities, and community organizations. For a complete schedule of the day’s events, visit: tinyurl.com/dementia-friendly-middleton Additional sponsors include Heritage Senior Living, Middleton Senior Center, and The Alz-heimer’s and Dementia Alliance of WI.

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FWFOUT!GPS!BEVMUT!JO!OPWFNCFS!'!EFDFNCFS!Kathleen Ernst Author Event Wednesday, November 8th, at 7:00 PM Kathleen Ernst returns to the Library to read from and discuss her latest Chloe Ellefson mystery, Mining for Justice, the eighth book in the series, set at the histor-

ic Pendarvis site in Mineral Point, WI. Kathleen's books will be available for purchase at the event, and the evening will conclude with a book-signing.

My Scrappy Little Cookbook: A Craft Event for Adults Thursday, November 9th, at 6:30 PM What do you do with all those recipes that you’ve printed, cut out, or copied? Are they crumpled in a ball or tucked

away in a cluttered folder? Come and craft with us and let’s organize them into a recipe scrapbook for you or your loved ones. Space is limited so regis-tration is required. Age 16 and over, please.

Film Screening: Things to Come (L’avenir) Tuesday, November 28th, at 6:30 PM Join us for our 3rd annual Wis-

consin Film Festival Pop-up Screening sponsored by the Beyond the Page endowment! This year, we'll be screening the 2016 French film Things to Come (L'avenir), in which a passionate middle-aged philosophy professor (Isabelle Huppert) re-thinks her already much-examined life after an un-foreseen divorce. The film played to sold out audi-ences at the 2017 Wisconsin Film Fest earlier this year. Drinks, popcorn, and movie concessions will be provided!

Author Event: The Great War Comes to Wisconsin Wednesday, November 29th, at 7:00 PM In recognition of the centennial anniver-sary of America's entry into The First

World War, the Library is pleased to welcome au-thor, historian, and archivist Richard L. Pifer to dis-cuss his new book, The Great War Comes to Wis-consin: Sacrifice, Patriotism, and Free Speech in a Time of Crisis. This book captures the Ameri-can home front experience through a Wisconsin lens: the political debates over war policy, the worry over loved ones fighting overseas, the countless everyday sacrifices, and the impact of a wartime hysteria that drove dissent underground. The book

also includes letters and accounts from soldiers fighting the war from Wisconsin's famed 32nd Divi-sion. Copies of the book will be available for pur-chase courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society Press, and the evening will conclude with a book signing.

Morning Book Discussion: A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman Thursday, November 30th, at 10:00 AM In September, our Thursday morning book group will discuss Swedish author Fredrik Backman’s international bestseller, A Man

Called Ove. Everyone is welcome to join us in the lower level Archer Room.

“Let’s Talk About Texts” Book Discus-sion: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Thursday, November 30th, at 7:00 PM At The Free House Pub, 1902 Parmenter St. in Middleton

Our bi-monthly book discussion group will meet at The Free House Pub in downtown Middleton to dis-cuss Thinking Fast and Slow, psychologist Daniel Kahneman’s bestselling book about decision-making and cognitive biases. All adults are wel-come to join us for drinks, appetizers, and great conversation.

Get Started Needle Felting: A Craft Event for Adults Thursday, December 9th, at 6:30 PM Want to play with fluffy wool and sharp

objects? Try needle felting! Learn the basic tech-nique by using cookie cutters to create felted shapes. After class, use them as decoration or turn them into ornaments, magnets, mobiles--the possi-bilities are endless. All materials provided free of charge. Ages 16+ only please; needles are very sharp! All events will take place in the Archer Room on the library’s lower level unless otherwise noted. Regis-tration is appreciated: Online via our events calendar at midlibrary.org/events or by email at info@midlibrary.org. All Library events are made possible by the generosity of the Friends of the Middleton Public Library. Learn more at www.midfriends.org

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fr iday Saturday

9:30 Little Kids Storytime

10:30 Little Kids Storytime 4:30 Dungeons and

Dragons 6:30 'Tween Dungeons &

Dragons

1 9:00 Friends Book Sale

6:00 Minecraft Club 6:30 3DSwitch

7:00 John Dunne: 'An Interdisciplinary Ap-

proach to Mindfulness'

2 9:00 Friends

Book Sale 9:30 Baby Lapsit

Storytime

3 2:00 Young

Entrepreneur's Craft Fair

4

Daylight Saving Time Ends

5 9:30 Friends Book Sorting 10:30 little om BIG

OM: Family & Toddler Yoga

4:15 Teen Advisory Committee

6 9:30 Big Kids Storytime

10:30 Big Kids Storytime 7:00 Flickr Photos

7:00 Friends Board Meeting

7 9:30 Little Kids Storytime

10:30 Little Kids Storytime 6:30 'Tween Dungeons &

Dragons 7:00 Kathleen

Ernst Author Event

8 9:30 Tiny Tots Storytime

10:30 Tiny Tots Storytime 6:00 Minecraft Club

6:30 Adult Craft Event - My Scrappy Little Cook-

book

9 9:30 Baby

Lapsit Storytime

10 10:00

Friends Book Sale - Holiday Sale

3:00 Candy Sushi

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12 10:30 i9Sports:

Soccer & Basketball

4:00 Adulting 101: Safety 6:00 'Tween Mystery

Night 6:30 Friends Book Sorting

13 9:30 Big Kids

Storytime 10:30 Communication Innovations Storytime

5:30 Library Board Meeting

6:00 Tech Tuesday: Scratch Coding

14 9:30 Little Kids Storytime

10:30 Little Kids Storytime 6:30 'Tween Dungeons &

Dragons 6:30 Creative Writing

Group for Adults

15 9:00 Friends Book Sale

9:30 Tiny Tots Storytime 10:30 Tiny Tots Storytime

4:15 LC3 = Loosely Controlled Chaos Club

6:00 Minecraft Club

16 9:00 Friends Book Sale

9:30 Baby Lapsit Storytime 10:30 Full STEAM Ahead

Storytime 4:00 Donuts & Dystopias:

Lunar Chronicles

17 10:00 Fire Station

Storytime 3:00 John Becker

in Concert

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12:00 Living Well with Dementia Resource

Fair @ Middleton PAC 1:30 Chess Club

19 4:00 Adulting 101:

Survival Hacks 7:00 Gmail &

More

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Closing Early at 6pm 9:30 Friends Book

Sorting

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Adulting 101: Conversation,

Writing, & Courtesy 6:00 Pajama Party

Storytime!

27 9:30 & 10:30 Big Kids Storytime 1:30 Drop-in Job Help

6:00 Tech Tuesday: 3D Art & Design

6:30 Film Screening: 'Things to Come'

28 9:30 Friends Book Sorting

9:30 Little Kids Storytime 10:30 Little Kids Storytime

7:00 Author Event: 'The Great War Comes to

Wisconsin'

29 9:00 Friends Book

Sale 9:30 Tiny Tots Storytime

10:00 Adult Book Discussion 10:30 Tiny Tots Storytime

6:00 Minecraft Club 7:00 Let's Talk About Texts -

Thinking, Fast and Slow

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Middleton Public Library Phone: (608) 831-5564 Email: info@midlibrary.org Monday - Thursday 9am-9pm

7425 Hubbard Avenue Fax: (608) 836-5724 http://www.midlibrary.org Friday 9am-6pm : Saturday 9am-5pm

Middleton, WI 53562 TeleCirc: (608) 242-4700 midlibrary.org/facebook midlibrary.org/twitter Sunday (Sept-May) 1pm-5pm

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November 2017 EV ENTS AT THE MIDDLETON P UBL IC L IBRARY

Thanksgiving

Library

Closed

Library Closed

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fr iday Saturday

9:00 Friends Book Sale

9:30 Baby Lapsit Storytime

4:00 Teen Book Discus-sion: the Hate You Give

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1:30 Chess Club

3 9:30 Friends Book Sorting

10:30 little om BIG OM: Family & Toddler Yoga

4:15 Teen Advisory Committee

6:00 Mason Jar Edibles

4 9:30 Big Kids Storytime

10:30 Big Kids Storytime 7:00 Tweeting with

Twitter 7:00 Friends Board

Meeting

5 9:30 Little Kids

Storytime 10:30 Little Kids

Storytime

6 9:30 Tiny Tots Storytime

10:30 Tiny Tots Storytime 6:00 Minecraft Club

6:30 Adult Craft Event - Get Started Needle Felting

6:30 3DSwitch

7 9:30 Baby

Lapsit Storytime

8 10:00

Friends Book Sale 3:00 Ugly Sweaters &

White Elephant Gifts

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10 10:30 i9Sports:

Soccer & Basket-ball

6:00 'Tween Books & Cooks: Take & Bake

Cookies! 6:30 Friends Book Sorting

11 9:30 Big Kids

Storytime 10:30 Communication Innovations Storytime

5:30 Library Board Meeting 6:00 Tech Tuesday: Green

Screen Video

12 9:30 Little Kids

Storytime 10:30 Little Kids

Storytime

13 9:00 Friends Book Sale 9:30 Tiny Tots Storytime

10:30 Tiny Tots Storytime

6:00 Minecraft Club

14 9:00 Friends Book Sale

9:30 Baby Lapsit Storytime

10:30 Full STEAM Ahead Storytime

15 2:30 'Krafty' Kids: Ginger-

bread!

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6:00 Winter Wonderland

Storytime Event

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19 6:30 Creative

Writing Group for Adults

20 9:00 Friends Book Sale 9:00 Friends Book Sale

6:00 Minecraft Club

21 9:00 Friends

Book Sale

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26 9:30 Friends Book

Sorting 1:00 MAD Science of

Milwaukee: Wacky Winter

27 9:00 Friends

Book Sale

28 9:00 Friends Book Sale

11:00 Leonardo's Rockin' Noon

Year's Eve!

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New Year’s Day

Library Closed

Middleton Public Library Phone: (608) 831-5564 Email: info@midlibrary.org Monday - Thursday 9am-9pm

7425 Hubbard Avenue Fax: (608) 836-5724 http://www.midlibrary.org Friday 9am-6pm : Saturday 9am-5pm

Middleton, WI 53562 TeleCirc: (608) 242-4700 midlibrary.org/facebook midlibrary.org/twitter Sunday (Sept-May) 1pm-5pm

New Year’s Eve

Library Closed

Christmas

Library Closed

Christmas Eve

Library Closed

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Make stuff! Do you have homemade craft items that you’d like to sell? Would you like to pick up

some great gifts? Our Young Entrepreneurs Craft Fair is on Nov. 4th! (All ages are wel-come to shop at the Fair; cash only, please.) Would you like to learn how to make Candy Sushi? Join us on Nov. 11 to test your culi-nary creativity and chopstick skills! Sugar rush included. For those with a more archi-tectural bent, our Holidays Unraveled event on Dec. 9 will feature gingerbread house dec-orating, as well as an ugly sweater contest, a hot cocoa bar, and a white elephant ex-change! (We’ll also have a multicultural holi-day trivia contest!) Registration recommend-ed.

Learn Life Hacks! Do you feel clueless about adult-y things? Wish you had a cheat sheet of life

hacks? In November, we are continuing our Adulting 101 classes to offer CPR and safe-ty on Nov. 13, Survival Hacks (car emergen-cies, child emergencies, survival cooking) on

Nov. 20, and Conversation and Writing on Nov. 27. We’ll have door prizes at each ses-sion, and if you come to all the sessions, you’ll receive an “Official Adult” card!

Books with Buzz! Science fiction and fairy tale fans, here is the series you’ve requested most for a book

discussion: The Lunar Chronicles! Have you read Cinder, Scarlet, Winter, or Heartless? Whether you’ve read just one or have read them all, you’re welcome to stop by our next Donuts & Dystopias on Nov. 17th to dis-cuss them! In a futuristic city, a cyborg Cin-derella meets the granddaughter of a missing military pilot… On December 1st, our teen book discussion will focus on The Hate U Give, arguably one of the most important teen books published in the last year. A New York Times bestseller with a movie adaptation underway, this book was inspired by the Black Lives Matter move-ment. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the book! (A limited number of copies availa-ble at the Help Desk, as supplies last.) We hope to see you soon at the library!

...and discover your next great read! Visit www.midlibrary.org/subscribe to choose from a variety of updated book lists to be sent to your inbox. You can select from fiction & non-fiction bestsellers, new books in mystery, science fiction, romance and more! Some lists are published monthly, others weekly, and you can unsubscribe anytime. The lists have descriptions, reviews, and comments, along with links to check our online catalog. You can also visit www.midlibrary.org/booklists to browse a collection of assembled book list categories for all ages.

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The Friends of the Middleton Public Library wishes to thank all members  for suppor ng the library, including these corporate sponsors:

• AJ Sue Consul ng LLC     • Aquire Restora on, Inc.      • Assemblage Architects     • Bristled Boar Saloon      

• Burman Coffee Traders     • Clasen Quality Chocolate     • CPU Solu ons     • Cress Funeral Service      

• Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.     • Imperial Garden     • Infinity Mar al Arts    • James A Lord, D.D.S. 

    • Keva Sports Center      • Madison Community Montessori School     • Mid Town Pub      • Middleton Community Bank     • Murphy Desmond Lawyers 

     • PDQ     • Ripp Sewer and Drain Cleaning      • Sam Simon Real Estate LLC     • State Bank of Cross Plains      • Summers Christmas Tree Farm     • Willy Street Co‐op

All Programs at the library are funded by the Friends of the Middleton Public Library.

THANK YOU!

UFDIOPMPHZ!DMBTTFT!GPS!OPWFNCFS!'!EFDFNCFS!Register online at www.midlibrary.org/events, call 608-827-7403, or see the Reference Desk.

Flickr Photos - Tuesday November 7 at 7:00pm We will be learning how to sign up for a flickr account, navigate the website, upload photos, save them, and share them with friends and family. Managing your digital photos can be tedious; this is just one website that can help you out!

Gmail & More - Monday November 20 at 7:00pm Join us as we explore Gmail and other applications Google has to offer, such as: Google Drive, Google Calendar, and more! You are welcome to bring your tablets and laptops if you have them.

Tweeting with Twitter - Tuesday December 5 at 7:00pm Join us as we learn what Twitter really is, what tweeting means, and why you would want to use it! We will go through setting up an account, navigating our way through the website, and also talking about the app version for mobile phones!

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