Learn songs, rhymes, and stories to share with your baby, then chat with other caregivers while your little one plays. Open to ages 0-24 months. Siblings and other children welcome.

Do you collect Pokémon cards or want to get started? Come to the library and talk with fellow Pokémon fans about your favorite characters! We will have snacks and space for you to play and trade. Recommended for ages 5-10, but all ages welcome with parent support.

Monthly meeting of the Columbus Area Quilt Guild. The group’s main focus is sharing a new block each month with the idea that they will learn new things from each other. They also partner with a local nonprofit to make weighted blankets several times a year. Quilters of all skill levels are encourage to come. from which he may never return.

An evening storytime for the whole family. Read stories, sing songs, and do a craft or activity. Kids of all ages are encouraged to bring their adults and older siblings.

Books, songs, and crafts that help your child develop important early literacy skills. Recommended for ages 2 and up. *Storytime is best when shared! We ask that caregivers remain with their children at all times.

A book study with discussion about basic mindfulness practices. The book currently being studied is The Art of Happiness by The Dalai Lama. Books available for check out at desk.

Author Ken Hansen will on hand to read and discuss his book The Light of Our Yesterdays. As a U.S. Homeland Security investigator becomes ensnared in a thicket of terrorist puzzles and codes unraveling his troubled past, his counterpart in a parallel Earth without Christianity experiences strange visions of our world after meeting a charismatic preacher with a new message of peace and forgiveness. Author Ken Hansen graduated from CHS in 1980 and is a writer, pilot, biker, woodworker and occasional scuba diver but never again attorney. He retired in 2013 to once again explore that seemingly simple question posed so many years ago in a philosophy class: “Why?” Luckily, his incredibly patient wife of thirty years, who helped him raise three great kids, keeps asking him, "Why not?" All are welcome.

Books, songs, and crafts that help your child develop important early literacy skills. Recommended for ages 2 and up. *Storytime is best when shared! We ask that caregivers remain with their children at all times.

Stop by the Friends Book Sale and find some cool reads while you’re out enjoying the Farmers Market.

Learn songs, rhymes, and stories to share with your baby, then chat with other caregivers while your little one plays. Open to ages 0-24 months. Siblings and other children welcome.

Bring your own board games or play ours! Recommended for ages 5-10, but all ages welcome with parent support.

We invite you to join the discussion at a different kind of book club where we get to MEET the author and ask them direct questions about their story, inspiration, writing process and so much more in a fun, casual environment. Anyone who is interested is invited to attend. We suggest (of course) reading the book in advance, but often many of us have not had the time to do so. The conversation is still interesting and informative either way. This month local author Susan Pare will be join us to discuss her book "The House on Ludington Street".

Bi-montly meeting of the Sci-Fi Book club. Talk about the current book, what else you are currently reading and anything else geeky that transpires. September's book: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chamers When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn’t expecting much. The patched-up ship has seen better days, but it offers her everything she could possibly want: a spot to call home, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy and some distance from her past. And nothing could be further from what she’s known than the crew of the Wayfarer.

The Friends of the Library Book Store will open for people to come in and browse donated books, with the proceeds funding new projects at the library.

he works of local artists and authors will be on display for viewing and purchase.

Come and learn more about the history of German WWII POWs in Wisconsin and the writing of this book, the fascinating story of the people in a small Midwestern town where German POWs have been brought in to work on farms. Bill, who lives in Mazomanie, is retired after 35 years as a columnist and feature writer for the Chicago Tribune, the Wisconsin State Journal, the Milwaukee Journal, and the Stevens Point Daily Journal. This is his first novel. All are welcome.