Mount Horeb Public Library

The human fascination with winged creatures has been around for centuries. Michael Edmonds shares how and why people have worshipped, feared, studied, hunted, and protected the birds that surrounded them.  Drawn from archaeological reports, missionaries' journals, travelers' letters, early scientific treatises, the memoirs of American Indian elders, and the folklore of hunters, farmers, and formerly enslaved people throughout the Midwest, Edmonds reveals how our ancestors thought about the very same birds we see today. 

Mindfulness:  Many of us find our stress levels creeping upwards during this time of year.
Jennifer Dean teaches mindful techniques to help.

Registration required.  

Chances are, you’ve had one – more than one. They can be inspiring, terrifying, tedious, nauseating, and profound.  Jobs.   Jobs put food on our tables, roofs over our heads, and (sometimes) anxiety in our hearts.

The Someone's Gotta Do It monologues introduce you to characters telling their work stories: the exhilarating, the necessary, and the outlandishly absurd.

Author visit with Terese Allen.

Terese will be talking about her newest book,  The Flavor of Wisconsin, which discovers the sources of culinary traditions throughout Wisconsin. (Beyond delicious fish frys and cheese!)

Food samples provided. Registration required.

NEW TIME. The event is now at 5:30pm.  Hope you can still join us!!

Author “visit” (via Skype) with Tara Westover, the author of our library’s Big Read choice for 2018, Educated.

The library’s annual Big Read encourages people to come together around a book. Offering free books, multiple programs and a community book discussion, this exciting programming series offers a multitude of ways to connect with a book, and each other.

Come meet author Patricia McConnell as she talks about her book, The Education of Will.

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Singers from Four Seasons Theatre explore the art of lyric writing through the work of a master lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Join us as we use Sondheim’s own words and performances of his songs to learn about the lyricist’s craft.

This program is free and open to the public.

Artist and educator Wayne Valliere (Mino-giizhig) describes the ways in which Ojibwe are recovering ancient arts and traditions on the Lac du Flambeau reservation in northern Wisconsin. Traditions that were suppressed or abandoned—including the making of birch bark canoes—are becoming re-established on the reservation, and with them, a greater sense of cultural identity and resilience.

Iroquois Raised Beadwork is an ancient art form of the Eastern Great Lakes. The symbols in the beadwork are much like an early form of writing, holding stories from the earliest days of the Haudenosaunee. Karen Ann, a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, shares her Nation’s beadwork and stories. 

The Wisconsin Dells Singers' songs, stories, drumming and traditional clothing shine a light on Ho-Chunk heritage. Elliot Funmaker, the group's leader, will have an open, honest discussion of the Ho-Chunk people's lives in Wisconsin. Immediately followed by the Big Read Community Book Discussion.