Upcoming Events

All community teens are welcome to join in on Maker Monday, an art club for teens ages 12-18. Every Monday, a new art project will be presented, though some weeks may build on previous weeks.

Please join us to enjoy stories, songs, and other fun activities with the seniors at Meadow Ridge Assisted Living. This program will take place at Meadow Ridge and is open to children and their adults.

A traditional lap-sit story time intended for children ages 0-2. During the last week the month, we'll focus on loose parts or sensory play for babies and toddlers. Siblings are welcome to attend.

We'll read a graphic novel as a group, discuss themes and talk about the book as a group. Literacy skills will include visual and textual interpretation, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and visual literacy.

Play games centered around words: Scattergories, Taboo, and more!

For their April meeting, the Lit Wits Book Club will be discussing Everyone on this Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson.

An active story time with stories, songs, and movement followed up with a sensory or process art activity. This program is intended for families with children. 

A wide range of STEAM and maker projects will be done throughout the summer. 

Tweens will play games that are associated with numbers: UNO, Skip-Bo, Racko, and more!

Bring your picnic lunches and a blanket for a movie that the whole family can enjoy! Popcorn will be provided at a halfway point in the movie. Intended for children and their adults. 

July 24- Rio (Rated G) 

Teens will discuss any book, graphic novel, or manga they've read recently, get a snack, and make a book-related craft. 

All community teens are welcome to join in on Maker Monday, an art club for teens ages 12-18. Every Monday, a new art project will be presented, though some weeks may build on previous weeks.

Children ages 3-11 and their adults are invited to this STEM based program focusing on creating a cardboard canoe.

A traditional lap-sit story time intended for children ages 0-2. During the last week the month, we'll focus on loose parts or sensory play for babies and toddlers. Siblings are welcome to attend.

We'll read a graphic novel as a group, discuss themes and talk about the book as a group. Literacy skills will include visual and textual interpretation, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and visual literacy.

Overwhelmingly the teens' favorite program, play Super Smash Bros on the library's Nintendo Switch. 

The Library’s own Robin Gewehr will teach us to make a delicious tomatillo salsa!

We will have containers to bring your salsa home in, but we encourage you to bring your own jar or container.

An active story time with stories, songs, and movement followed up with a sensory or process art activity. This program is intended for families with children. 

A wide range of STEAM and maker projects will be done throughout the summer. 

Tweens will get the chance to play Super Smash Bros on the library's Nintendo Switch. 

Dr. Lowell Brower of the UW-Madison Folklore Program is coming to Baraboo for a presentation on Tall Tale Tourism, Sensationalistic Storytelling, and Cryptid Currency in Wisconsin on July 31.

Grab a bookmark at the library to keep track of your reading this summer. Halfway through your challenge, grab a prize, and when you're finished, you get a raffle ticket to enter into the drawing of your choice!

Meet live snakes of Wisconsin and learn a bit about them with Eric Roscoe from Specialty Serpents. Each participant who will be in attendance must register as seating is limited. 

First Monday of the Month

1:00-3:00 PM in the Historic Reading Room

Join a table of mahjong and get to know other local players