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What's Your Plan for 2020?
Adults & Teens Drop-in Make a personalized journal or planner for the coming year!
Adults & Teens Drop-in Make a personalized journal or planner for the coming year!
Children Bring your entire family to story time! Children of all ages and parents/guardians are welcome to this 30-minute program. Enjoy learning with all of your children through stories, songs and other literature-based activities.
Children Children of all ages are invited to use their imagination and creativity! These fun, 60-90 minute programs feature a different story each week, followed by songs and supplemental activities. Offered in partnership with the Family Resource Center.
Adults Are you interested in researching family history, but could use some pointers? Interested in some socializing with your research? Join us for a new monthly genealogy program in Stratford!
Children Drop-in Participate in monthly building challenges during this drop-in event!
Adults & Teens Drop-in Make a tile coaster with a personal picture on it!
Adults Stop by the library for a lively discussion of this fun holiday murder mystery!
Children Kids can make holiday crafts!
Adults & Teens Recycling and reducing waste can be confusing, especially during the holidays. Hear tips to reduce waste over the holidays and also how to correctly recycle what's left when gifts are unwrapped!
Adults Stop by the library and take part in a lively discussion of this classic novel!
Children Kids can create a colorful collage resembling a snowy winter forest!
Children Drop-in Children of all ages and their families are invited to build creative projects using LEGO blocks! All blocks will be provided.
All-Ages Drop-in Patrons of all ages can make their own handmade holiday cards using a variety supplies!
Adults Take part in a lively discussion of this novel, about a man who must reevaluate himself as his son sees him, before he makes a deal to help others.
Adults Drop by the library for a lively discussion of this book, about two people who pretend to be a couple at Christmastime.
All-Ages Drop-in Hobby and craft enthusiasts are welcome to join us every month for a night of creating and socializing!
Adults Make an oil diffuser necklace during this craft night for adults!
Adults Discuss this title during one of the monthly book club meetings at the library!
Children Hear stories about winter and snowmen, sing songs, and make crafts!
Children Make a sparkly icicle using recycled plastic and other supplies!
Adults & Teens Drop-in Drop by the library to work on fiber arts projects such as knitting, crocheting and quilting!
Children Families of homeschooled children can hear stories, read, and participate in various activities related to the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
Adults Drop-in If you're a fan of the card game cribbage, stop by the library to play some games with others. If you've never played before, here's a chance to learn!
Adults & Teens Stop by the library during our weekly Needle Arts group and learn how to create your very own knitted or crocheted mittens.
Adults & Teens Join us for a night with author and researcher Chad Lewis and hear strange tales that arise from the depths of the cold, dark winter months!
Adults Take part in a friendly discussion of some of history's greatest written works, including this collection of short stories!
Kids & Teens Registration Drop-in Kids, tweens and teens can learn how to do dry felting and make their own project!
Children If you LOVE the "Warriors" series by Erin Hunter, join us for a fun night of Warriors activities!
Children Join us for a special story time filled with relaxing stories, music and movement - pajamas, blankets and stuffed animals encouraged!
Children Drop-in Learn about penguins through crafts, games and books!
Children Bring your best stuffed friend to the library for a sleepover! Drop off and story time starts at 6:30pm, with pick-up the following day!
All-Ages Drop-in Play a variety of card games and learn new ones!
All-Ages Drop-in Bring your family to the library for a fun day of gaming! Board and card games for all ages will be available.
Children Registration Try to escape one of our winter-themed escape rooms!
Children Learn hands-on about animals and their winter habits!
All-Ages Drop-in Make folded paper creations during this event for all ages!
Children Get ready for 2020 with this end-of-the-year story time!
All-Ages Drop-in Add to our community weaving project throughout the winter months!
Children This 30-minute program will help prepare your preschooler for kindergarten with stories, songs, rhymes and other early literacy activities.
Children Join fellow Pokemon fans for a monthly gathering of all things Pokemon, including new activities each month and the opportunity to play the Pokemon trading card game!
All-Ages Drop-in Play a variety of classic and new board games all week long!
Children Join us for 20 minutes of "lap sit" story time for children birth to 23 months! Listen and interact with your baby through books, songs, rhymes and other activities.
Adults Registration Learn how to access thousands of e-books and audiobooks available to download for free with your library card!
Adults Adults are invited to join us for a fun, kid-free night of crafts and socializing! In January we'll try the art of origami!
Teens Drop-in Teens are welcome to meet others, volunteer and help plan library programs through our Teen Advisory Group (TAG). Meetings monthly
Adults Find out the latest on what's happening in Spencer with Spencer Police Chief Shawn Bauer and Village Administrator Paul Hensch!
Children Enjoy books, songs and fingerplays with your toddler at this fun and lively story time!
Adults Discuss this riveting true tale during our monthly book club for nonfiction lovers!
Adults Registration Learn how to navigate the Internet! Registration is required.
Children Drop-in It's time for slime at the library! Drop in during this event and learn how to make slime with common household ingredients!
Adults You're invited to read a fictitious twist about Charles Dickens and join us to discuss the book at the library's book club!
Adults Stop by the library and to discuss this autobiographical nonfiction tale!
Adults Attend a lively discussion at the library book club's pick for the month of January!
Children Wausau School District students can prepare for the 2020 Book Bowl with fun games centered around this year's selections!
Children Join us for a fun night of stories and crafts with that ever-curious monkey and the man in the yellow hat!
Adults Join the library Book Club in January to discuss this book by A.J. Finn!
Children Learn about puppetry and make your own sock puppets!
Adults & Teens Join us for a free screening of a new movie that's been called "a modern-day Mark Twain fable!"
Adults Discuss this title during one of the monthly book club meetings at the library!
Adults Registration Library staff can provide one-on-one assistance in a variety of areas, including basic computer skills, using Microsoft Office, social media and more!
Children Drop-in Learn about blizzards through crafts, games and books!
Children Join us for a building-themed story time, followed by free play with a wide variety of blocks.
Adults Drop-in Adults can drop by the library to learn the basics of needle felting!
Children Drop-in Experiment with 3-D pens during this week of STEAM!
Children Hear Pete the Cat tales and make a craft during this special story time!
Adults Join us for a lively discussion of this book, about a woman who forgets the last decade of her life after suffering an accident.
Adults Drop-in Join a lively group of lit lovers for an engaging discussion of a wide variety of books!
Adults Join us to discuss this riveting, mystical novel by Chloe Benjamin!
Adults Registration Crafting and needle arts lovers: Want to take your sewing skills to the next level? Add some spark your projects (literally) with electricity!
Adults Registration Take your sewing to the next level by creating a stuffy that uses electricity and LED lighting!
Adults Patrons are invited to the library to listen to, and discuss, a popular environment-focused podcast!
Adults Join us for a presentation by an Alzheimer's Association representative about legal and financial planning for someone who has Alzheimer's Disease.
Children Hear winter-themed stories and make a variety of crafts during this event, part of Wausau Events' Winter Fest!
All-Ages Drop-in Take a library selfie and tag the library on social media!
Adults Take part in a lively discussion of this novel, about museum curator who investigates the mysterious death of one of her customers.
Adults Learn how to use pine cones as a natural fire starter!
Children Drop-in Make festive winter paintings using free craft supplies!
Children Put your heart into a unique piece of art during our "Inspire Your Heart with Art Day" at the library!
All-Ages Drop-in All ages can make handmade cards for upcoming holidays and events!
Children Drop-in Visit the library throughout February to build with LEGO® blocks!
Adults Create nature-inspired designs using sun paper!
Adults Meet Spencer's K-9 officer and hear all about her training and her job!
Adults Discuss this riveting true tale during our monthly book club for nonfiction lovers!
Children Design your own marble roller coaster using craft supplies!
All-Ages Drop-in Browse through thousands of items for sale at low prices during this quarterly book sale! Please note some new days and times!
Adults Registration It's never too early to learn about Medicare, whether you or someone you love plan to use the system. Join us for a free information session about this important service!
Children Make this creative spinning paper toy!
All-Ages Drop-in All ages can paint a wooden heart inspired by folk art designs!
Kids & Teens Drop-in Make your own friendship bracelets!
Children Registration You might know the chemical combination to make a volcano erupt, but what about an erupting heart? Join us to find out!
All-Ages Make cards and letter to be given to local veterans returning on the next Honor Flight!
Adults Attend a lively discussion at the library book club's pick for the month of February!
Adults Join us for a screening of a documentary filled with love, longing, a friendship that spanned fifty years and a beloved singer-songwriter!
Children Hear stories and make fun crafts related to all things LEGO® during our monthly Family Adventure Night!
Adults Join the library Book Club in February to discuss this book by Lisa Wingate!
Children Join us at the library for a special story time that's all about the love!
Adults Drop-in Join us to create your own unique, beautiful vase to share with someone special!
Adults Stop by the library for a lively discussion of this true tale!
Adults Registration Learn how to use Microsoft Excel during this free class for beginners!
Adults Stop by the library and to discuss this contemporary fiction novel!
Adults Join our staff and other writers at the library as we discuss creative nonfiction, with time for participants to work on their own projects!
Children Drop-in Learn about narwhals through crafts, games and books!
Children Introduce the whole family to the Fab Four with this special Beatles-themed Family Story Time
Adults Take part in a lively discussion of this novel, about a newlywed couple who must cope when the husband is sent to prison for a crime he swears he didn't commit.
Adults Discuss this title during one of the monthly book club meetings at the library!
Adults Drop-in Take part in a lively discussion of a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction with the Women's Night Out book club!
Adults Join us for a lively discussion of this gripping novel, about a man who unearths a family mystery while caring for his dying uncle.
Kids & Teens Kids, tweens and teens are invited to learn the basics of finger knitting and make their own knitted accessories!
Children Drop-in Kids of all ages are invited to spend this no-school day at the library playing a variety of board games and card games!
Adults Registration Antiques expert Mark Moran is coming back to the library for his seventh appraisal program! Sign up to learn the value of your antique or collectable item!
Adults Join us at the library for an afternoon talk and discussion on living off grid, including reasons it appeals to some people and ways to get started!
Adults Join us to discuss this riveting novel by Matt Haig!
Children Drop-in Young ones and their parents or caregivers are welcome to drop in and create mysterious art together!
Kids & Teens Drop-in Tweens and Teens are welcome to join us on a no-school day in Mosinee to get creative with duct tape!
Children Drop-in Make Dr. Seuss-themed crafts all week long!
Children Drop-in Kids can celebrate National Craft Month with a different craft project each week and coloring pages all month long at the library!
Adults Learn how to protect yourself from scams and fraud from reps from AARP's Fraud Watch Network!
Adults Discuss this riveting true tale during our monthly book club for nonfiction lovers!
Adults Attend a lively discussion at the library book club's pick for the month of March!
Adults Join the library Book Club in March to discuss this book by Chris Bohjalian!
Adults Welcome spring by making a bright and cheerful decoration for your front door!
Adults Stop by the library and to discuss this contemporary fiction novel!
Adults Take part in a lively discussion of this novel, about a woman who returns to the summer camp where all of her bunk mates disappeared years before.
Adults Discuss this title during one of the monthly book club meetings at the library!
Adults Drop-in Join a lively group of lit lovers for an engaging discussion of a wide variety of books, including Smarsh's look at intergenerational poverty.
Adults Join us for a lively discussion of this best-selling memoir by former first lady Michelle Obama!
Adults Adults are welcome for a fun, pressure-free night of creating art that may be hard to look at, but fun to make!
Kids & Teens Drop-in Make your own bracelets and other creations using a Rainbow Loom®!
Adults Join us to discuss this best-selling novel by Celeste Ng!
Adults Discuss this riveting true tale during our monthly book club for nonfiction lovers!
Adults Stop by the library and to discuss the latest novel by best-selling author Erin Morgenstern!
Adults Attend a lively discussion at the library book club's pick for the month of April!
Adults Join the library Book Club in April to discuss this book by Tom Brokaw!
Adults Discuss this title during one of the monthly book club meetings at the library!
Adults Join us in Rothschild for writing programs exploring creative nonfiction, including ways to write about difficult topics and trauma.
Adults Take part in a lively discussion of this novel, about one of America's most notorious real-life scandals!
Adults Drop-in Take part in a lively discussion among lit lovers during the Women's Night Out book club!
Children Join us for a lively discussion of this best-selling book, about the son of a Nazi officer who befriends a boy living in a concentration camp.
Adults Join us to discuss this historical fiction novel by Barbara Kingsolver!
Children Drop-in Make a bird feeder out of recycled milk jugs!
Adults Get a historical look at aprons during this event with the Marathon County Historical Society!
Children Drop-in Kids are invited bring back the tradition of May Day by crafting their own decorative basket!
Adults Learn different tips for staying healthy during this free talk!
Adults Discuss this riveting true tale during our monthly book club for nonfiction lovers!
Adults Join the library Book Club in May to discuss this book by Angie Thomas!
Adults Stop by the library and to discuss this best-selling mystery novel!
Adults Take part in a lively discussion of this novel, about what happens after the president of the United States vanishes without a trace.
Adults Discuss this title during one of the monthly book club meetings at the library!
Adults Join us for a lively discussion of this novel, about a heated legal case involving Thomas Edison and one of his rivals.
Adults Join us to discuss this suspense novel by Dennis Lehane!