Edible Book Festival returns @ the Library

March 2018

Edible Book Festival returns for the 5th year on March 7 from 6-7:30pm. What is an Edible Book? An edible book is an item that looks like a book, puns on a title, refers to a character, or just has something to do with books. The only rule is that entries must be made from edible ingredients. The Edible Book Festival is open to anyone: the young, the old, and everyone in between. Interested in making an edible book for the festival? Or if you're not the creative type you can stop by and vote on your favorites. Find out all the details.

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We're nominated for the best library in the best of greater Milwaukee reader's choice awards from M: Milwaukee's Lifestyle Magazine. We've got some tough competition from the Shorewood Public Library and the Milwaukee Public Library- Central Downtown Location. You can vote for here. Make sure you read the guidelines to ensure that your vote counts.

In This Issue

Events for Adults

Events for Kids

Events for Teens

Events for Adults

Strategies for Social Security and Retirement Income

Tuesday, March 20, 6pm
Please register

Strategies for Social Security and Retirement Income is a class designed to help accomplish the most prevalent goal among retirees - to not run out of money. This class will provide education on the varying methods of filing for Social Security and inform of strategies that can be used to optimize it. The class will also provide a process one might use to calculate what their retirement income need is and introduce a few options on structuring income in retirement.

Strategies for Social Security and Retirement Income will help answer questions such as:

How are my Social Security benefits calculated and taxed?
How can I maximize my Social Security Income?
How do I calculate how much I need to retire?
How can I ensure myself not to run out of money?

Presented by the Retirement Classroom

Events for Kids

Loose Parts Storytime

Saturday, March 10, 11am-12pm

Ages 2-5 (Younger siblings are welcome with an adult caregiver)

Join us for stories and songs and a special "loose parts" playtime. What are loose parts? They're open ended materials with endless possibilities for play.No registration required.

Discovery Time: Magnets
Monday, March 12, 4pm
Grades K4-K5

Please register

Learn all about magnets, why they push and pull, stick together and more in this exciting hands-on science storytime.

Paper Engineering Part 1: Pop-Up Cards

Wednesday, March 14, 4-5pm

Grades 3-5
Please register

Be a paper engineer and design your own 3D popup card and learn more about the science and art of paper "works."

Art in Action: Greek Poetry
Wednesday, March 21, 4pm
Grades 2-5
Please register

People have been creating art for thousands of years. Broken and intact pieces of pottery are one of the biggest clues we have about what life was like in Ancient Greece. This month, we're traveling back in time to learn about pottery design and Greek life long ago.

Science Explorers: 3 Little Pigs Science
Thursday, March 22, 4pm
Grades 1-2

Please register

Using the "Three Little Pigs" idea of building their houses with straw, sticks, and bricks, try your hand at constructing the strongest structure out of a variety of materials. Can it stand against the "huff and puff, and blow your house down" winds?

Events for Teens

Meet-Up Monday
Monday, March 5, 3:30-4:30pm
Grades 6-up

Our monthly teen drop-in after school program. Open to teens 12-up. Join us in the Storytime Room to make something fun. Snacks and supplies provided. No need to register.

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