July/August 2014 Volume 14, Issue 6 The Bookworm6:00 Geocaching 101 6 9:30 Storytime Fun 10:30...

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July/August 2014 Volume 14, Issue 6

WELCOME AMY PERRY! The Middleton Public Library staff is pleased to welcome Amy Perry, our long-term substitute for Head of Youth Services, Amanda Struckmeyer, during Amanda’s maternity leave. Amy comes to Madison from San Francisco, where she worked as a children’s librarian for eight

years in a variety of settings, including a bookmobile. She is passionate about providing excellent library services to children and families, and she is excited to join our staff. Amy looks forward to facilitating pro-gramming for ‘tweens, including science-based pro-

gramming, arts and crafts, and events incorporating physical movement. A jewelry maker in her spare time, Amy hopes to hold jewelry making events for ‘tweens. Two of Amy’s favorite authors are Neil Gaiman and Suzanne Collins, and she loves the Pete the Cat books by James Dean. She enjoys running, cooking, garden-ing, art projects, and playing the ukulele. If she can muster the courage, she says she’ll bring her ukulele in for storytime! Amy is an animal lover; she has four cats at home. She lived in the Madison area in 1996, and she’s very happy to be back. Be sure to say hello to Amy the next time you’re at the library!

PERFORMING ARTISTS AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES AT THE MIDDLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY

Movie Matinee: A Bug’s Life Tuesday, July 8 at 2:00pm - All Ages Join us to watch A Bug’s Life (rated G) on the big screen! All ages are welcome, and no

registration is needed. Kitchen Band Monday, July 14 from 6-6:45pm - Open to all ages John Duggleby presents his Beat Generation Kitchen Band show! Sign up is not required. It’s Magic! Magic Show for All Ages Thursday, July 17 from 6:30-7:15pm - All Ages Join us for an amazing evening of magic! You won’t believe your eyes! No registration needed.

Friday Family Afternoon Concert Series Open to all ages. Sign up is not required. Friday, July 18, 2pm: Stagedoor Singers – Crash, Boom, Sing! Friday, July 25, 2pm: Traveling Lantern Theater Company – The Industrious Mr. Franklin Friday, August 1, 2pm: Bubble Wonders with Geoff Akins Movie Matinee: Frozen Thursday, August 14 at 2:00pm - All Ages Join us to watch Frozen (rated G) on the big screen! All ages are welcome, and no registration is needed.

For a full and detailed listing of all events, visit www.midlibrary.org , call (608)827-7402, or stop by the Main Level Help Desk.

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The Friends of the Library will pilot new book sale room hours during the next three months. We will open the sale room on Thursdays and Fridays, beginning June 19th, from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. A number of volunteers have stepped forward to help with this effort - thank you! There are still open shifts, between 9:00am and 3:00pm for this pilot effort. In addition, the Friends are seeking vol-unteers who would work later shifts: Thursdays, 3:00 - 6:00 or 6:00 - 8:00, and Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00. Please contact Anna Biermeier ([email protected]) if you are willing to volunteer during the next three months.

SUPPORT THE LIBRARY, VOLUNTEER!

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LIBRARY EVENTS FOR ADULTS TWO AUTHOR EVENTS IN THE MONTH OF JULY: Historian and Archivist Michael Edmonds discusses Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader Wednesday, July 9th at 7:00 PM Risking Everything documents the 1964 Freedom Summer project, when SNCC and CORE workers and volunteers went to Mississippi to challenge segrega-tion. More than 60,000 black Mississippians risked everything to join them. In the 44 original documents in this anthology, you'll read their letters, eavesdrop on their meetings, shudder at their suffering, and ad-mire their courage. These vivid primary sources, col-lected by the Wisconsin Historical Society, provide firsthand accounts of this astounding grassroots struggle. Copies of the book will be offered for sale courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Author and Poet Dale Kushner discusses her debut novel The Conditions of Love Thursday, July 19th at 7:00 PM The Conditions of Love traces the journey of a girl from childhood to adulthood as she reckons with her parents’ abandonment, her need to break from socie-ty’s limitations, and her overwhelming desire for love. In 1953, ten-year-old Eunice lives in the backwaters of Wisconsin with her outrageously narcissistic mother, a manicurist and movie star worshipper. Abandoned by her father as an infant, Eunice worries that she will become a misfit like her mother. Rescued from a freak storm by the shaman-like Rose, Eunice’s odyssey be-gins.

The event will conclude with a Q&A and book signing. Copies of Ms. Kushner’s novel, recently released in paperback, will be available for sale at the event.

AND FOR THOSE APPROACHING RETIREMENT AGE: “Retirementology” Tuesday, July 15th at 6:00 PM Retirementology is a class designed to prepare cur-rent and future retirees for their retirement years and provide the skills necessary to accomplish the number one goal amongst retirees – to not run out of money. This class is a broad overview of items that retirees need to be cognizant of in planning their retirement. It will help answer questions such as: What types of decisions will I encounter in planning my retirement and what are my options? How do I figure out how much I need to have saved in order to retire? How can I make sure I cannot run out of my retirement savings? How will I be taxed in retirement? Getting to Know Medicare Thursday, July 17th at 10:00 AM Whether you're new to Medicare or have had it for years, most people have questions. Come join us and learn the details of Medicare. There are always changes happening, so bring your questions and have them answered by licensed professionals. This is an educational seminar. There will be no products mar-keted or sold. Please feel free to bring a family mem-ber or friend.

Let’s Talk About Texts: Middleton Public Library’s Other Book Group will discuss Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami on July 31st at 7:00 PM. Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibili-

ties of life unbearable. As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman. A poignant story of one college student's romantic coming-of-age, Norwegian Wood takes us to that distant place of a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love. We meet in the upstairs room at the Craftsman Table & Tap, 6712 Frank Lloyd Wright Ave in Middleton. Everyone is welcome!

Introduction to Audacity, the free audio editing software Thursday, August 21st at 6:00 PM - Archer Room Audacity is a free, open source software program that can record music; convert it to other formats; and mix, copy, or change the speed of a recording. Learn how to use its many functions with our instructor, Chip Van Dan, an electronic musician and open-source software enthusiast who’s been combining these passions for over a decade. Open to everyone age 13 and up. (Several laptops will be available for attendees to use during and after the class, but participants are encouraged to download the free soft-ware and bring their own laptops as well).

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fr iday Saturday

1 9:15 Toddler Storytime

10:00 Toddler Storytime

4:00 Mancraft 360 & Pinterest Crafts

2 9:30 Storytime Fun

10:30 Storytime Fun 2:00 Ed-Zoo-Cation: A

Visit from the Henry Vilas Zoo

3 9:30 Baby Storytime.

10:30 Baby Storytime 6:30 DIY Summer Celebrations Craft

Workshop

4 Independence

Day Library Closed

5 2:00 Movie

Matinee & Ice Cream Social

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7 9:30 Friends Book

Sorting 6:00

Pajama Storytime


10:00 Toddler Storytime 2:00 Movie Matinee: A

Bug’s Life 6:30 Library Board

Meeting


10:30 Storytime Fun 7:00 Michael Edmonds

discusses “Risking Everything: A Freedom

Summer Reader”


10:30 Baby Storytime 6:00 Pizza Taste Test

for Teens

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10:00 - 4:00 Friends Book Sale (first hour - Friends Only)

2:00 PAWS to Read

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14 Deadline for Teen

Contest Entries 3:00 Bug Out! Insects

Up Close 6:00 Kitchen Band

6:30 Friends Book Sorting



6:00 Retirementology


10:30 Storytime Fun 2:00 Kids Book Club:

Doodle Day!

9:30 Baby Storytime 17 10:00 Getting to Know

Mediare 10:30 Baby Storytime

6:30 Magic Show (All Ages)

7:45 Magic Secrets Revealed!

18 9:30 Bilingual

Spanish-English Storytime

2:00 Stagedoor Singers

19 2:30 Krafty Kids:

Craft-O-Rama!

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23 9:30 Friends Book Sorting 6:00 LibCon

24 7:00 Dale

Kushner Author Event

25 9:30 Bilingual


2:00 Traveling Lantern Theater Company Presents

The Industrious Mr. Franklin

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28 3:00 Mad Science 6:00 Mad Science

6:00 Pajama Storytime


10:00 Toddler Storytime 3:00 How to Make

Your Own Video Game (Kodu)

30 9:30 Friends Book Sorting

9:30 Storytime Fun 10:30 Storytime Fun 2:30 Body Science

6:30 Creative Writing for Adults


10:30 Baby Storytime

7:00 Let’s Talk About Text

Middleton Public Library Phone: (608) 831-5564 Email: [email protected] 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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1 9:30 Bilingual


2:00 Bubble Wonders

2 2:30 Body

Science

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4 9:30 Friends Book

Sorting 6:00 Pajama Storytime

6:30 Seeing Stars: Indoor Planetarium



6:00 Geocaching 101


10:30 Storytime Fun 2:00 Bring a Book to Life

with the Children’s Theater of Madison!



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10:00 - 4:00 Friends Book Sale (first hour - Friends Only)

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6:30 Library Board Meeting


10:30 Storytime Fun



2:00 Movie Matinee: Frozen

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18 4:00 Multilingual

Mondays: Japanese

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20 9:30 Friends Book

Sorting 9:30 Parent & Child

Yoga 6:30 Creative Writing for

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21 10:00 Special Edition

Storytime 4:00 Geek Crafty

6:00 Introduction to Audacity

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Middleton Public Library Phone: (608) 831-5564 Email: [email protected] 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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TEEN EVENTS IN JULY & AUGUST Whether you would like to judge pizzas, learn a magician’s secrets, create your own video game, celebrate fan culture, or learn Japanese, the Li-brary is offering quite a variety of unusual pro-grams for teens this summer!

Magic Secrets! After our magic show on July 17, magi-cian Steven Dickinson is offering a spe-cial opportunity: he will teach a teens-

only workshop where he will reveal some of the secrets behind his magic tricks. Be sure to regis-ter soon as space is limited! Fan Culture: Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Anime/Manga Make the Muggles jealous! Dress up (cosplay) as your favorite character and join us at LibCon on July 23! Fan art and fan video contest entries are due July 16 and we will have an art gallery at the event, along with speakers from the Madison Area Costuming Society, karaoke, Weeping An-gels tag, a trivia contest, and a manga swap!

Makerspace! Learn some basic wiring skills to make a light up LED bracelet or try light painting photography at our Geek Crafty event on Aug. 21! Nick from ManCraft 360 will also show how to make guitar tabs and bottlecap magnets on July 1st (and we will try out some of our favorite Pinterest ideas: from no-sew t-shirt totes to shrinky dink rings!) If your tastes run more toward gaming, don’t miss our How To Make Your Own Video Game program on July 29 (registration required)! Finale! Did you read a ton this summer for the Sum-mer Reading Program? Be sure to have all of your entry slips in by August 30 for the Grand Prize Drawing! Join us that day for the Summer Reading Picnic Finale behind the library for food, games, and live teen bands from 11am -1pm! Check our summer reading fliers for more fun programs and details!

FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK Inspired Visiting with library users always inspires me. The ones I remember the most challenge my under-standing of how libraries impact people in a per-sonal way. Whether it’s reading a poem or a lengthy novel, hearing a lyric or a new language, learning about a new concept or trading parent-ing tips, creating an art project or seeing a paint-ing on display, these stories are powerful remind-ers that the community benefits from library ser-vices, the encounters we have with one another in a shared space and the exposure to culture, arts, music, technology and literature. Thanks to all who have shared your stories!

THE STAIRWELL GALLERY By Phil Nelson, Designer of the Community Canvases mosaic In this life we seek to find that which gives us joy.

Times with friends, family, a sunny day, a rainy day, seeing the first snowfall, a smile on a child’s face, or a relaxing cup of coffee or tea. For each of us joy comes in many forms. Whether we realize it or not, we create those moments and memories. They are part of our story. Creating in itself is a joy we’ve all experienced from the idea, to the planning, to its finish. To have put one’s self into the creation and then be appreciated by others is an added joy. This gallery is a bringing together of our commu-nity in a testimony to the creative human spirit and a glimpse into the life story of each person whose work hangs upon this wall. My hope is that as you view these works separately and as a whole you will find a bit of joy that each individual had in making these unique works of art.

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

Middleton Public Library Board Members Angela West Blank, Library Board

President; Jeremiah Tucker, Library

Board Vice President; Lisa Helmuth,

Library Board Secretary; Miriam

Share, Library Board Council Liai-

son; Christopher Clay, Joan Gillman,

Anne Irish, Deborah Smith, Steve

Soeteber

Middleton Public Library

7425 Hubbard Avenue

Middleton, WI 53562

(608) 831-5564

www.midlibrary.org

[email protected]

Open to Serve you:

Monday - Thursday 9am-9pm

Friday 9am-6pm

Saturday 9am-5pm

Sunday (Sept-May) 1pm-5pm

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

• AJ Sue Consulting LLC • American Transmission Company

• Atterbury, Kammer & Hagg, S.C. • Ballweg Chevrolet, Inc.

• Burman Coffee Traders • Clasen Quality Coatings Inc.

• CPU Solutions • Cress Funeral Service

• Fish & Associates Inc • Goben Cars • Gordon Flesch Co.

• Hubbard Avenue Diner & Bakery • James A Lord, D.D.S, S.C.

• Madison Community Montessori School • McLellan Orthodontics

• Menchie's Frozen Yogurt • MHK Retirement Partners

• Middleton Sports and Fitness • Murphy Desmond S.C.

• Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation • Sofra Family Bistro

• Stark Realtor - Mary Lockyer Browning • State Bank of Cross Plains

• Summers Christmas Tree Farm • Sutter Photographers

• Swimwest • TDS • Upbeat-Alz Activities • West Bend Mutual

Insurance Company Charitable Fund • Willy Street Co-op-West

• Wussow Chiropractic • Zimbrick of Middleton

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

THANK YOU!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATE STAFF MEMBERS Kate Javenkoski has worked at Middleton Public Library for fours years. She is a member of the Teen Advisory Commit-tee and volunteers for Krafty Kid's programing, as well as her job as a Page. She is going to attend UW-Madison and will be pursuing Environmen-

tal Science and German in her studies

Grace Schjonberg has worked for a bit more than three years here at the Mid-dleton Public Library as a Page. She will be attending the UW-Oshkosh in the fall and will be studying Pre-Nursing.

Thank you Kate and Grace! Congratulations to you both!

YOUR LIFE IS WAITING! THE LIBRARY IS HERE TO HELP Are you returning to school, working towards your GED or refreshing your skills for work? Great things in life are ahead of you and Middleton Public Li-brary’s Tutor.com service will

help you achieve your goals. Get anonymous, private, online tutoring for any kind of academic question in math, science, English, social studies and writing from the privacy of your own home or anywhere you have an internet connection.

Tutors are available every day from 3pm to 12am by simply visiting www.midlibrary.org/tutor from any computer or mobile device with internet con-nection. Enter your library card and click on the Adult Education Center to get started. The expert tutors can help you on anything from learning how to add fractions to understanding your col-lege-level statistics class. Don’t be afraid to get the help you need. Your LIFE is waiting. Middleton Public Library is here to help!

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