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March 2024Are you looking for ways to get out of the house this spring? You’re in luck - the Library has you covered this month! |
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March events |
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🎶 Save the dateThe Platteville Library Foundation’s annual fundraiser is coming up Saturday, April 6. Get LOUD at the library with a night of live music by the Fever River String Band (opening act by Darin and Amber). Food is included with admission; beer and wine will be available for purchase. Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 the week before the event. Stop by the front desk to get your tickets early! |
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👩🌾 Around the Farm Table with Inga WitscherJoin Inga Witscher, host of the PBS Television series Around the Farm Table for an educational and entertaining cooking demonstration featuring local, seasonal ingredients. Registration is not required. Seating is limited to 60. This event is sponsored by the Platteville Library Foundation. |
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💙 Community Involvement FairLooking for ways to connect to others in your community? Talk to representatives from over two dozen different organizations and learn how you can meet new people and become more involved locally at our fifth annual Community Involvement Fair. |
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🦻 Beyond Hearing Aids: Advice to Make Your Ears SmileJoin renowned audiologist Dr. Juliëtte Sterkens for an informative discussion on Over the Counter (OTC) hearing aids. With her extensive expertise in the field, Dr. Sterkens will explore the latest advancements, benefits, and considerations surrounding OTC hearing aids. Following her presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to engage in a Q&A session facilitated by Southwest Health's esteemed ENT specialist, Dr. Kyle Quillin. Attendees can expect to become informed consumers and learn about best practices, how to overcome hearing aid limitations, and what’s new in hearing technology. Presented with the Hearing Loss Association of America - Southwest Wisconsin chapter. |
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🎨 Egg dyeingYou bring the eggs, we bring the the dye (and paint, and glitter, and some more dye…). Sign up for the Library’s longest running program and leave the egg dye mess at the Library instead of your kitchen table this year. |
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⛏ Teen Minecraft ArchitectureExplore Minecraft architecture and building and its tie-ins to Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin. Computers will be available or you can bring your own tablet or laptop. Presented by local educator Jay Gesin. For ages 12-18, registration required. |
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😎 (Nearly) Total Eclipse of the LibraryAre you ready for the April 8 solar eclipse? The eclipse will peak at .88 magnitude at 2:04 pm in Platteville. Find out more about eclipses and prepare to safely watch the 2024 solar eclipse by picking up a take & make project and a pair of eclipse glasses starting two weeks before the eclipse. Limit of one pair of glasses per visitor, while supplies last. |
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🧸 Spring StorytimeAfter a winter hiatus, storytime is back! Drop in for our weekly all-ages family storytime at the Library. |
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🎼 Musical StorytimeMiss Deborah returns for a morning of books, music, and sign language fun. Designed for ages 2-5 with an adult. |
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🎈 Afterschool funWe’re excited to have another fantastic group of local university students planning a series of fun drop-in programs for young children, grade school children, and teens this spring. Check the Library calendar for program themes. |
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🌷 Spring Break funMake and a movie (ages 12-18): Kick off Spring Break by watching a movie and enjoying a movie-themed craft and snacks. Please bring a plain white T-shirt for decorating, or use one provided by the library (while supplies last).
Wonka Wednesday: Drop in for our morning or afternoon showing of Wonka and find how out the legendary chocolatier started out. Rated PG.
Crafternoon (all ages): Stop by the library during Spring Break for a variety of craft projects. Children 8 years and younger must be with an adult. |
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🏛 Let’s Pretend: Community HelpersHang out in the Children’s Space for some imaginative play! This month, we’re playing Community Helpers. |
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🧶 Let’s get craftyUnwind: We’ll make the tea, you bring the conversation and a project to work on.
*New time* Make it Midweek Planetary Art: Get ready for April's solar eclipse with a space-themed project. We'll be painting planetary art on notecards using this project as inspiration. Make it Midweek will be starting at 5:45 pm to give everyone more time to get creative! |
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💥 Teen anime clubJoin us for fun, food, and fandom as we eat snacks and watch anime. Ages 12-18 |
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📚 Let’s talk booksStop by the library to pick up a copy of one of this month’s book club titles: Kid’s Book Club is reading Super Mario Adventures and Super Mario: Manga Mania Teen Book Club is reading the Maze Runner series by James Dashner Adult Book Club is reading Trust by Hernan Diaz Monthly Morning Book Chat is sharing their current reads
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🌳 Delve into the pastDig up some history in your own family tree. Trade tips, share stories, and learn about resources for doing your own research into the past at our monthly Genealogy Table. |
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The more you know… |
🌟 Spotlight on Puzzle Kits |
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Did you know the Library has kits available to check out and enjoy at home? This month's featured kit is our Puzzle Kits. Each kit contains one puzzle. Find puzzles for kids of all ages, whether you're looking for baby's first puzzle, a giant floor puzzle, or something in between. |
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📰 Platteville 100 years agoDid you know that you can search digitized local historical newspapers on the Library’s computers? Here’s a look at a few of our favorite headlines from the front pages of The Platteville Journal in March1924: Death Takes Mrs. Rountree Smith Mrs. Rountree Smith passed away at her home on Tuesday afternoon. No arrangements have been made for the hour of the funeral. Friends are asked to omit flowers. Death entered the Rountree-Smith home the second time in two weeks, yesterday, when the mother was called to be with the daughter, whose death she so deeply mourned. (March 5, 1924) A Real Treat It has been a long time since the public has had the opportunity to listen to a concert given by the Platteville Legion band. On March 25th, this fine organization will stage a high class program at the Opera House. The city can well afford to be more than proud of this band, as we may safely state that there is not another band in the radius of one hundred miles that can compete with ours. H. E. Schulz, Mgr. (March 5, 1924) Plans to have Grads Make Their Own Gowns — Samples to be submitted — Silk to be tabooed The teachers of the High School are proposing and working out a plan to have the girls who graduate there this June make their own gowns for graduation. The idea is to have the material of a similar texture and price as possible, barring silk, and of a color to suit and please the individual wearer. Samples are to be submitted to the committee, if the plan carries, and suggestions given the girls as to the most appropriate costume to make. Heretofore, the pupils have worn middy costumes for graduation. Since this sort of outfit is not so greatly worn as formerly, to have a middy suit just for the occasion, appears extravagant, and does just the thing the Faculty wishes to avoid—the useless expenditure on graduation dresses. (March 26, 1924)
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⛔ Library closingsThe Library will be closed Sunday, March 31 for Easter. |
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🔮 Looking aheadKeep an eye out for our April and May events, including: |
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