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YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN HEIDE PIEHLER RETIRING

After 41 years, Youth Services Librarian Heide Piehler is retiring this month. Heide's personal and professional investment in the Shorewood community has created a love of reading for families over multiple generations. She will be profoundly missed by all of us at the library, by our patrons, and by the Shorewood community. Please join us in celebrating her inspirational career at the Shorewood Public Library and wishing her well on her next chapter. You can read Heide's farewell blog on our website HERE.


There is a collection box at the library near the children’s information desk for anyone who would like to drop off a card, drawing, photo, or favorite memory for Ms. Heide.  

STONE SOUP SHAKESPEARE RETURNS OCTOBER 7TH

Stone Soup Shakespeare returns on Saturday, October 7th at 5:00 PM with a performance of Pericles, Prince of Tyre. This rarely performed romance features one of the bard’s more adventurous melodramas, and it’s perfect for the whole family. There will be puppets, pirates, and more! The troupe will explore some of Shakespeare's themes – mortality, deception, fate and free will - with the energy and inventiveness of the troupes of players popular in Shakespeare’s day.


The performance will be held on the library lawn, so feel free to bring a lawn chair or blanket and let the play take you away! This event is generously funded by the Friends of the Shorewood Public Library.

NEW EPISODE OF THE SHOREWOOD STACKS PODCAST

The Shorewood Stacks podcast has returned for Season 4! Tune in this month as librarian cohosts Quinn and Lizzie sit down with staff members Isaac, Kayla, and Rosa to discuss their favorite summer reads. Their favorites range from translated Norwegian fiction and scientific nonfiction to science fiction, fantasy and gothic horror.


New episodes will be released monthly, and you can find the Shorewood Stacks on Podbean, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. A full list of books mentioned this season is available on our website HERE.

JEANNEE SACKEN AUTHOR VISIT

Join us on Wednesday, October 11th at 6:30 PM in Shorewood Village Center to meet Milwaukee author and photojournalist Jeannee Sacken! Jeannee will discuss her new book, The Rule of Thirds, as well as her research and writing process.


The Rule of Thirds is the third and final book in the Annie Hawkins Series after Behind the Lens and Double Exposure. The series explores friendship and family, danger, and romance set amidst cultural upheaval in modern day Afghanistan.


Registration for this event is encouraged, and you can register online HERE. This event is co-sponsored with Boswell Book Company.

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT: PRESSREADER

PressReader provides access to digital newspapers and magazines across 25 categories, including business, science, design, and more! Available online or via app on your smart device, PressReader lets you translate articles into 18 different languages, share articles with your friends, and allows unlimited downloads of your favorite publications.


Good news: The Economist is now available on PressReader at the Shorewood Public Library!


PressReader is available to everyone from inside the library, and to Shorewood residents from home. Learn more about getting started with PressReader on our website HERE or talk to a librarian next time you visit the library.

FROM THE FRIENDS

If you love books and learning, if you value community, if you believe in the free exchange of ideas, then you are a friend of the library in the truest sense. And the week of Oct. 15-23 - National Friends of Libraries Week - is a time for celebrating people like you.


This special week, designated by the American Library Association, is also a time for encouraging you to take your appreciation of the library to a new level by joining the Friends of the Shorewood Library. The Friends, a long-standing, non-profit organization with over 150 members, provide the library with financial and volunteer support.


Contributions from the Friends fund the popular Lucky Day books and many other additions to the adult and children’s collections, electronic resources, and a collection of fiction books published in their original languages that is unparalleled in the state. The Friends underwrite much of the cost of library programming, including reading programs for adults and children, Stone Soup Shakespeare in Shorewood, and Shorewood Reads.


Used book sales, both onsite and on eBay, and donations from members allow the Friends to offer this critical support. Also, the Friends recently received three very generous bequests from the estates of Sonja Ivanovich, Mary Lou Fiedler, and Elizabeth Malone. 


The Friends provide additional backing by helping to staff events and by running the Adopt-a-Shelf program to keep library shelves in order. 


This October, please consider becoming a Friend. You can join on the library website HERE or pick up a membership form in the library lobby. Make your commitment to our library official and pledge to help sustain this vital part of our village. 

THE GREAT PUMPKIN HUNT RETURNS

All are invited to join us for the annual Great Pumpkin Hunt from October 23rd-31st as specially decorated pumpkins haunt the windows of Shorewood businesses! Children who find at least seven pumpkins can pick up a trick-or-treat bag from the library, while teens and adults can enter into a gift card drawing.


Pick up a pumpkin guide from the library or print one off online beginning Monday, October 23rd.

PROGRAM PREVIEW
FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Rhyme & Read Lapsit continues this month beginning Tuesday, October 3rd at 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM. Registration is required.


Story Time continues this month starting Thursday, October 5th at 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM. Registration is required.


Lego Club meets on Thursday, October 19th from 3:30 - 5:00 PM. No registration required, just drop-in and play!


Art Cart In-Person will be held on Wednesday, October 11th from 2:30 - 4:30 PM. No registration required, just drop-in!


Learn more about events for families at the library on our website.

FOR ADULTS

This month's PM Book Club fiction pick follows a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. Read

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley and join the conversation on Wednesday, October 4th at 7:00 PM.


October's AM Book Club fiction pick is a story of spirit, obsession, and injustice in 1850s Kentucky. Read Horse by Geraldine Brooks and join the conversation on Thursday, October 19th 11:00 AM.


Celebrate wellness at this month's Yoga for All guided session on Saturday, October 14th at 12:30 PM.

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