Tour Historic Central Library
Tour the Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., with the Friends. Free tours begin at 11 a.m. each Saturday afternoon in the rotunda. Tour goers receive a coupon for a free book at the end of the tour in the Bookseller Store and Café. To arrange for a special tour call (414) 286-TOUR.
EVENTS
An American Naturalist in Afghanistan
Wehr Nature Center Naturalist Howard Aprill shares his recent experience as a military advisor to Afghan National Security Forces at the Tippecanoe Branch, 3912 S. Howell Ave., Monday, June 20, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Treasures of the Great Lakes Marine Collection
Learn about a different aspect of the Milwaukee Public Library’s Great Lakes Marine Collection at Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Tuesday, June 21, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Of special interest to divers and genealogists, the program is free and open to anyone interested in learning more about Great Lakes history.
MLK Fiber Arts Social
Bring your knitting, crocheting, beading, or other needlework project and join others at the Martin Luther King Library, 310 W. Locust St., Tuesday, June 21, 5:30-7 p.m. while you work on your own project. This is a great opportunity to meet new people and to share and learn new skills.
Bad Art Night: Create Something Truly Awful
Bring a friend to an alternative arts and crafts night where the objective is to make the worst portrait imaginable. Create a portrait of your friend or a celebrity using ridiculous materials at the East Branch, 2320 N. Cramer St., Tuesday, June 21, 6-7:30 p.m. Prizes will be offered to the worst artists and judged by MPL’s art librarian Maria Cunningham.
BYOD – Bring Your Own Device
Learn how to set up your iPad, Kindle, Nook or tablet to download free eBooks, audiobooks and magazines available to you as a Milwaukee Public Library card holder. Please bring your Milwaukee Public Library card and all passwords.
Tippecanoe Branch, 3912 S. Howell Ave., Tuesday, June 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Also June 21, 28.
East Branch, 2320 N. Cramer St., Wednesday, June 22, 6-7:30 p.m. Also June 22, 29.
Chess Club
Bring your chess set and love of strategy to a drop-in chess club at the East Branch, 2320 N. Cramer St.,
Wednesday, June 22, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Meet new chess enthusiasts while improving your strategy.
Green Home Series: Sharing Solar with Milwaukee Shines
Learn how the solar group buy partnership between the City of Milwaukee Environmental Collaboration
Office’s Milwaukee Shines program and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association program can help
Milwaukee residents invest in lower cost solar installations through the power of volume purchasing at the Tippecanoe Branch, 3912 S. Howell Ave., Wednesday, June 22, 6-7 p.m.
Patent Searching 101
Central Library business librarians will explain the seven-step strategy for conducting a patent search at the Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Thursday, June 23, 12 noon-1:30 p.m. in the second floor Krikelas Room. This program is free and offered monthly. While librarians cannot do a patent search for you, these monthly programs will demonstrate how to get started by following the USPTO guidelines.
Go By Bike
Presented by the Wisconsin Bike Fed. An introductory biking course that covers bicycling laws, essential gear, and how to plan and ride your route safely and confidently. Includes a fast-paced, one-hour class followed by an optional on-bike practice ride through the neighborhood. Bring your bike and helmet if you can to the East Branch, 2320 N. Cramer St., Friday, June 24, 4-6 p.m.
Enhancing Your Family History with Patent Documents
More than 6 million patents have been granted in the U.S. since the Patent Office was established in 1790, many credited to more than one name. Could one of them include a member of your family? Wouldn’t that make an interesting artifact to include in your family history? Learn how to navigate patent resources to find these unique documents at the Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Saturday, June 25, 1 p.m.
Skeins of Milwaukee
Bring your needles and/or hooks, your yarn and your enthusiasm to share and learn with others who knit and crochet to the Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Saturday, June 25, 1:30-3:30 p.m. There is free 2-hr. street parking on Saturdays.
When Milwaukee Had Rapid Transit
Commuters drive on it every day. The Marquette Interchange rises above its uncompleted subway entrance. Larry Sakar, author of Speedrail: Milwaukee’s Last Rapid Transit?, will present a history of Rapid Transit interurbans in the Milwaukee area until service ended 65 years ago at a program in Centennial Hall, 733 N. Eighth St., Saturday, June 25, 2-3:15 p.m. Please register online at mpl.org or call (414) 286-3011. Street parking is free on Saturday, but time limits apply.
ASK: Mental Health Help
What do you know about mental health? Are you or a loved one feeling hopeless or overwhelmed? ASK:
Access, Support and Knowledge is a free series on mental health help that will present information on signs and symptoms, advocacy, and where to turn for help in facing issues involving mental illness at Atkinson Library¸1960 W. Atkinson Ave., Saturday, June 25, 2-3:30 p.m.
BOOK DISCUSSION
East Branch Book Club
Join the discussion of The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds at the East Branch, 2320 N. Cramer St., Tuesday, June 21, 7 p.m.
FOR FAMILIES
Secret Garden Story Time
Explore night-themed stories outside in our Secret Garden! We’ll read about nocturnal animals, stars, and more in this pajama story time for children 4 and up at the Tippecanoe Branch, 3912 S. Howell Ave., Monday, June 20, 6:30-7 p.m. Space is limited so please arrive early. Program will be held indoors in case of inclement weather. Also June 27.
Exploring Nature at Washington Park
Join us as the Urban Ecology Center and the Washington Park branch collaborate for an afternoon of fun and discovery on Wednesday, June 22, 1-3 p.m.! We’ll start out learning about science and nature at the Washington Park Library, 2121 N. Sherman Blvd., then head over to Washington Park and use what we’ve learned to explore the park. For children of all ages, parents welcome!
Pajama Story Time
Families with young children are invited to have fun sharing stories, songs and rhymes designed to develop early literacy skills and encourage a love of reading at the East Branch, 2320 N. Cramer St., Monday, June 20, 6:30-7 p.m. Come dressed in your coziest PJs and bring a stuffed animal friend. Also June 27.
Play & Learn
Imaginative play for families with young children at Washington Park Library, 2121 N. Sherman Blvd.,
Saturday, June 25, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Bugs, Bugs, Bugs. Listen to stories, sing songs and do finger plays all about bugs! There will also be a butterfly craft and bug games to play.
Playgroup With Stories
A 20-minute story time for children and their parents or guardian is followed by open play time with a variety of age-appropriate, educational toys.
Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Wednesday, June 22, 9:30-11 a.m. For children ages 2 and under with a parent or guardian. Also June 29.
East Branch, 2320 N. Cramer St., Thursday, June 23, 10-11:30 a.m. For children ages 2 and under with a
parent or guardian. Also June 30.
Tippecanoe Branch, 3912 S. Howell Ave., Friday, June 24, 10:30-11:30 a.m. For children ages 1-4 with a
parent or guardian. Also July 1.
Zablocki Library, 3501 W. Oklahoma Ave., Thursday, June 23, 10:30-11:30 a.m. For children ages 1-4
with a parent or guardian. Also June 30.
FOR CHILDREN
Summer Reading Programs
Atkinson Library, 1960 W. Atkinson Ave., Monday, June 20, 2 p.m.: Ready Readers.
Bay View Library, 2566 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Tuesday, June 21, 12:45 p.m.: Ms. Kim’s Amazing Animals. Program is repeated at 2 p.m.
Capitol Library, 3969 N. 74th St., Wednesday, June 22, 12:30 p.m.: Ready Readers. Program is repeated at 1:45 p.m.
Center Street Library, 2727 W. Fond du Lac Ave., Wednesday, June 22, 2 p.m.: Mind, Body and Soul.
Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Thursday, June 23, 2 p.m.: Fox and Branch.
East Branch, 2320 N. Cramer St., Tuesday, June 21, 2 p.m.: Fire and Ice.
Forest Home Library, 1432 W. Forest Home Ave., Wednesday, June 22, 2 p.m.: Juggler Steve Girman.
M.L.King Library, 310 W. Locust St., Tuesday, June 21, 2 p.m.: Jeremy Bryan of Figureheads.
Mill Road Library, 6431 N. 76th St., Tuesday, June 23, 1 p.m.: Jeremy Bryan of Figureheads. Program is repeated at 2:15 p.m.
Tippecanoe Branch, 3912 S. Howell Ave., Wednesday, June 22, 2 p.m.: Fox and Branch.
Villard Square Branch, 5190 N. 35th St., Monday, June 20, 2 p.m.: Juggler Steve Girman.
Washington Park Library, 2121 N. Sherman Blvd., Monday, June 20, 12:30 p.m.: Fox and Branch. Program is repeated at 1:45 p.m.
Zablocki Library, 3501 W. Oklahoma Ave., Monday, June 20, 12:30 p.m.: Ms. Kim’s Amazing Animals.
Program is repeated at 1:45 p.m.
Saturdays at Central
Storylore with Jean-Andrew at Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Saturday, June 25, 10:30 a.m. Enjoy a rollicking program of family fun with interactive tales told by storyteller Jean-Andrew.
Saturday Afternoons at Central for ‘Tweens
LEGO Club at Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Saturday, June 25, 2-3 p.m. We provide the LEGOs, you provide the imagination. Join other LEGO enthusiasts for an afternoon of building based on a monthly theme.
Preschool Story Time
Preschoolers are invited for fun stories, songs, and finger plays designed to help them develop important
literacy skills needed prior to learning how to read. Child care centers are welcome.
Atkinson Library, 1960 W. Atkinson Ave., Thursday, June 23, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Also June 30.
Bay View Library, 2566 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., Thursday, June 23, 10:30-11 a.m. Also June 30.
Capitol Library, 3969 N. 74th St., Thursday, June 23, 10:30-11 a.m. Also June 30.
Center Street Library, 2727 W. Fond du Lac Ave., Thursday, June 23, 10:30-11 a.m. Also June 30.
Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Tuesday, June 21, 10:30-11 a.m. Also June 28.
Forest Home Library, 1432 W. Forest Home Ave., Thursday, June 23, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Also June 30.
M.L. King Library, 310 W. Locust St., Friday, June 24, 10-10:30 a.m. Also July 1.
Mill Road Library, 6431 N. 76th St., Thursday, June 23, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Also June 30.
Villard Square Branch, 5190 N. 35th St., Friday, June 24, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Also July 1.
Washington Park Library, 2121 N. Sherman Blvd., Thursday, June 23, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Also June 30.
Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities. For additional information or to request services contact the Library Director’s Office at (414) 286-3021, 286-2794 (FAX), or mail to Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233 Attn: Accommodation Request.
BOOKSELLER and COFFEE SHOP
Visit the Bookseller, the library’s used book store, located at Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., and
R Café, the library’s coffee shop. Call 286.2142 for hours of service.
