April events at Reedsburg Public Library
Reedsburg Public Library will observe National Poetry Month and National Library Week with an Exploring Poetry presentation on Saturday, April 17, and a month-long library April Beanstack Challenge.
Author and instructor Christopher Chambers, a frequent guest of the Reedsburg Public Library, will help the library commemorate National Poetry Month with his Zoom presentation. Currently the editor of Midwest Review, Chambers has taught writing for over 25 years at the University of Alabama, Loyola University and UW-Madison. His April 17 class, held from 10 a.m. to noon, will introduce participants to the art of reading and writing poems. This online presentation is appropriate for any adult who’s curious about poetry as well as for working poets looking to expand their poetic horizons. During the session, participants will read and discuss a wide variety of poems looking at techniques and forms, approaches to finding subjects and finding your own voice. Register for the free program on the library’s homepage at www.reedsburglibrary.org.
National Library Week, celebrated each year in April, is observed all month through the library’s online April Beanstack Challenge, available to all ages. Readers are challenged to read any titles of their choice for six hours during the month, write at least one review and earn eight other badges of your choice. Each activity badge can be earned by doing just one of the choices listed under the activity heading. Examples of activity badges include National Poetry Month, Explore Your Library and even Celebrate Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! Go to the library’s homepage to sign up for Beanstack.
One of the activities listed for the Celebrate National Library Week badge is to view an online slideshow about the library. Learn about the library’s early beginning in 1899, the building of the Carnegie library in 1911 and the move to the new building in 1998. The final slides show the most recent updates to the library’s interior. This presentation is on the library’s homepage.
Finally, youth services programs for spring began on April 5 and will continue through May 21. Enjoy new sessions of the weekly Multilingual Mondays for all ages on Facebook, featuring Dutch, Spanish and American Sign Language. After School Book Club is available for students from 4K through grade 4 via Zoom at 4:30 on Thursdays. Preschool storytime continues on Zoom at 10 a.m. on Fridays. Zoom is also the format for Teen Time for grades five through twelve at 4:30 on Tuesdays. Lastly, Family Fun Night is now held monthly on Facebook at 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month.
For questions about any library program or service call 768-READ (7323) or email the library at info@reedsburglibrary.org.
