April Happenings at SPL 🌷 | | |
April is here, and we have much to celebrate, including:
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National Poetry Month, celebrating poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters, as well as
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National Library Week (April 6th - 12th), an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities.
Read on to find out all the ways we're celebrating libraries, community, and poetry this month, and join in the celebration at the library! 🎉
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In celebration of National Poetry Month, we invite you to help us compile a list of our library patrons’ favorite poems.
To share your love of poetry with our community, click the button below to fill out a brief online form with your favorite poem. We'll share the list we compile of your favorite poems in our May 2025 e-newsletter! 🌷
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Switch Gaming Lab
Wednesday,
April 2nd, April 16th
and April 30th
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: Library Program Room (Upstairs)
🌟 No registration required
Join us for an afternoon of friendly Switch gaming competition! We will have a few games to play on our big screen. Simply drop-in any time during our session to play a round and have some fun!
This program is geared toward children ages 8-11.
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Thursday, April 3rd
2:00 PM
Location: Village Center Meeting Room (Lower Level)
🌟 No registration required
We invite you to celebrate poetry with us at this workshop entitled Authenticity and Originality in Writing Poetry: How to Stand Out from the Crowd and Be Authentically...You!
This workshop is designed for poets and writers seeking to create unique and impactful work that stands out in an increasingly crowded literary landscape. So please, grab your favorite writing implement and join us and writer James Hamilton in this informal yet transformative workshop! Together, we will learn how to stand out from the crowd and create poetry that is unmistakably, uniquely you.
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Friday, April 4th
11:30 AM
Location: Meet at Shorewood Public Library and walk in Shorewood
🌟 No registration required
Our April First Friday Walk with Shorewood Longevity Project is a special, historical walk! We'll meet at the library and walk to what once was a steel bridge that connected the Town of East Milwaukee (modern-day Shorewood) to the Village of Humboldt (a German settlement that no longer exists). We'll build community and wellness and share an enriching bit of history for new and returning walkers alike 💗
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LEGO Club
Monday, April 7th
and April 21st
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Library Program Room (Upstairs)
🌟 No registration required
Join us to build awesome creations using our large LEGO collection! Each session we will provide a prompt or challenge to spark ideas. Participants can use these prompts or they can work on their own ideas to build their own masterpiece.
This program is geared toward children ages 4-12, with an adult (siblings are welcome). Drop-in anytime during our designated meeting time and have some fun building!
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Free for All:
The Public Library
Film Screening
Monday, April 7th
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Village Center Meeting Room (Lower Level)
🌟 No registration required
To kick off National Library Week, join Shorewood Public Library for an Indie Lens Pop-Up of Free for All: The Public Library by Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor. Learn more about how public libraries shaped the country and continue to be a sanctuary for Americans everywhere.
This film screening is part of PBS Indie Lens Pop-Up, a community series that brings people together for film screenings and community-driven conversations. The screening will be followed by a brief community discussion to engage with the topics and themes of the film. Light refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Shorewood Public Library.
Free for All: The Public Library premieres on Independent Lens on Tuesday, April 29th.
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Wednesday, April 9th
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Village Center Meeting Room (Lower Level)
🌟 No registration required
This presentation from Keith Stachowiak, AIA, owner of KSK Architects, will cover his experiences working with homes of the 1920s era within Shorewood as well as his own 1929 Tudor. He will also share lessons learned on what to look for and what to cherish about your historic home!
This program is made possible in partnership with the Shorewood Historical Society.
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Thursday, April 10th
Drop-in between 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Shorewood Public Library
Join us in celebrating the Shorewood School District's Annual Art Show which features student art from kindergarten through 12th grade. This is the school district's only event combining all grade levels in one grand exhibition.
Light refreshments will be served. The exhibit will be on display through Thursday, May 8th.
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Sunday, April 13th
1:00 PM
Location: Village Center
Meeting Room (Lower Level)
🌟 No registration required
In collaboration with the Budding Playwrights' Workshop and Shorewood Recreation Department, Shorewood Drama Jr.'s Readers' Theatre Touring Troupe will perform the works of Dr. Seuss at the library!
At this performance of "The Lorax", help save the trees and celebrate Earth Day AND Arbor Day with a special treat for young audience members! ✨
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Entry in the PEEPS®
"Strange and Unusual" Diorama Contest Begins! 🎉
Monday, April 14th
All Day
Location: Shorewood Public Library
Starting April 14th, pick up your entry form and *a packet of PEEPS® marshmallow bunnies or chicks *(while supplies last). Then, start creating your diorama based on this year's theme: "Strange and Unusual".
The deadline for entries is May 7th. All ages are invited to participate.
The dioramas will be displayed in the Library May 12th through May 25th. Come see all fantastic entries and vote for your favorite in each category: Adult, Children, Mixed Ages, and, NEW this year: Shorewood Village Department.
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Parent Social Group with North Shore Health Department
Thursday, April 17th
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Library Program Room (Upstairs)
🌟 No registration required, but is available here (via QR Code)
Join us at our Parent Social Group, hosted by North Shore Health Department (NSHD)!
This social group, led by NSHD's Maternal Child Health Specialists, is an opportunity for parents and caregivers to be part of a community of peers. NSHD staff will lead these groups, answer any questions, present on a variety of child-related topics, and provide light refreshments and entertainment for kids.
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Teen & Tween Anime Club
Thursday, April 17th
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Library Program Room (Upstairs)
🌟 No registration required
Calling all Anime Fans in 5th - 12th grade!
Join us once a month to watch anime on our big screen, make anime themed crafts, and enjoy various snacks from around the world!
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Thursday, April 24th
5:30 PM
Location: Library Program Room (Upstairs)
🌟 No registration required
Do you enjoy board games? Looking to learn how to play something new? Join us for casual evenings of board game fun on select Thursdays. Various games will be provided, and everybody is encouraged to bring their own games too. Both experienced and new board game enthusiasts ages 16 and up are welcome!
This program has been made possible in part by the Friends of the Shorewood Public Library.
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Wednesday, April 30th
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: Village Center Meeting Room (Lower Level)
🌟 No registration required
Celebrate Shorewood's 125th Anniversary with us!
Join us to explore Shorewood's growth, from planned streets to expanding neighborhoods with duplexes, apartments, and homes. Enhance your ability to identify architectural styles that shape the village’s historic character.
The short film we'll screen, The American House: A Guide to Architectural Styles, will teach you to recognize common American house styles and give you the vocabulary to discuss them with confidence.
This program is co-sponsored by the Shorewood Public Library and the Shorewood Senior Resource Center, and presented by Shorewood Historical Society President Kathy Kean.
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Story Times
Join us for fun, music, stories and lots of learning! 🌟 No registration required.
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✨All-Ages Story Time
Thursdays at 9:30 AM
April 3rd, April 10th
Location: Village Center Meeting Room (Lower Level)
This 40 minute story time is geared toward children ages 6 months to 6 years but is open to all ages, with an adult (siblings are welcome). We will share stories, songs, flannel stories, fingerplays and much more!
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✨Music & Movement Story Time Tuesdays at 4:00 PM
April 15th, April 22nd, April 29th
Location: Village Center Meeting Room (Lower Level)
This 40 minute story time is geared toward children ages 2 to 6, with an adult (siblings are welcome). These sessions incorporate music and movement into all books, songs, and rhymes. Get ready to sing and dance along!
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Library of Things:
Radon Detector
Did you know Shorewood Public Library has Radon Detectors in our collection for check out? They're part of our Library of Things, a type of resource-sharing library where members can borrow various non-traditional items, like tools, equipment, or kits, rather than solely books.
Milwaukee County Federated Library System libraries offer many different items for check out as part of their Library of Things collections as well. You can check out these items with your Shorewood Public Library card! 😊
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NEW
Attraction Passes! 🎉
Just in time for spring, Shorewood Public Library has NEW attraction passes for check out! New attraction passes include:
Stop in at the library to check them out!
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Show Your Appreciation!
Get Your
Library Yard Sign!
National Library Week kicks off on April 6th. Here in Shorewood, the library Friends are spearheading a plan to show appreciation for the library all month long with a community yard sign campaign 🎉
If you would like to join the celebration and display a sign honoring the library in your yard, click here: Library Yard Sign Request. The Friends will place the signs in yards in early April and collect them at the end of the month. The yard signs will feature a new slogan - Great Things Are Happening at Shorewood Public Library. Thanks to Karl Pradel for submitting the winning slogan idea as part of a Friends-sponsored contest earlier this year.
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READ-IT! Children's Winter Reading Program Pizza Party
In March we celebrated the end of our READ-IT! Children's Winter Reading Program with a pizza party! 🍕 We had a lot of fun celebrating everyone's reading accomplishments this winter.
We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the Winter Reading Program, and Kiwanis North Shore Milwaukee for their generous sponsorship!
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The Great Library
Treasure Hunt
The Great Library Treasure Hunt is on! ✨ All Milwaukee County public libraries are participating in this fun, scavenger hunt-style event.
Visit as many Milwaukee County libraries as you can, and at each library write down your favorite library feature and get your Treasure Hunt map stamped for a chance to win prizes 🏆
This system-wide program is being coordinated by Milwaukee County Federated Library System (MCFLS) staff and ends on Sunday, May 3rd, 2025.
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The library will be closed all day for the Easter holiday on Sunday, April 20th 🐣
Holiday week hours:
Monday - Thursday
April 14 - 17th:
Open 9:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday, April 18th:
Open 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Saturday, April 19th:
Open 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Sunday, April 20th:
CLOSED
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See all of our upcoming April programs in our online events calendar! You can filter by age group, view events in a list format, or do a keyword search to find a specific event you're looking for.
Click a button below for all April events by age group:
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Our Library Book Clubs are welcoming gatherings for book lovers to explore diverse genres, share insights, and foster a sense of community!
Book Clubs take place in the Library Program Room 🌟 No registration required.
Pick up a copy at the customer service desk or give us a call at 414 847-2670 and we would be happy to put one on hold for you!
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Friends of the Shorewood Public Library provides financial and volunteer support to Shorewood Public Library. They are wonderful advocates and strive to ensure the library remains a vital and essential part of village life.
Do you love Shorewood Public Library? Click a button below to see how you can join the Friends, or check out the Friends' online bookstore!
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SHOREWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
3920 North Murray Avenue
Shorewood, WI 53211
414 847-2670
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