Create Plastic Bag Yarn
2022-07-19 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Dwight Foster Public Library – Storytime Room
For grades 6-12 only. Help the Earth and oceans by repurposing plastic. Learn how to make yarn (a.k.a. plarn) for craft projects out of plastic grocery bags.

CJCC Drivers License Renewal
2022-07-21 15:00 - 18:00 | Dwight Foster Public Library – Rotary Room
The Jefferson County CJCC has partnered with LIFT Wisconsin to assist County residents, who don’t have a valid driver’s license, to restore their driving privileges. We will hold a Drivers License Restoration Clinic at the Dwight Foster Library in Fort Atkinson on Thursday, July 21, 2022 from 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm.

Red Cross Blood Drive
2022-07-22 09:30 - 14:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room
Blood drive is from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the FCCU Community Room (1st floor).
Donate in July for chance to win a Shark Week merch package thanks to Discovery! rcblood.org/shark

Lego Ocean Community Build
2022-07-26 14:00 - 15:00 | Dwight Foster Public Library – Storytime Room

Mermaids and Pirates Storytime
2022-07-28 13:30 - 14:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room
Join us for an interactive storytime with a pirate and everyone’s favorite red-headed mermaid. A meet and greet will follow the storytime.

Anniversary of the US Coast Guard
2022-08-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room
Commander Thomas T. Pequignot of the Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan will be our guest speaker. His presentation will include the history of the Coast Guard and its importance to the US military.
Brought to you by the US Veterans Project Library.
To join the Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84888124515?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 848 8812 4515
Passcode: [REDACTED]

New Lunchtime Cooking Club!
2022-08-16 13:00 - 13:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room
Informational Meeting.
Stop by the FCCU Community Room to learn about this fun new adult program. Please contact Deb Bauer, Adult Services Librarian, if you have any questions at dbauer@fortlibrary.org or 920-563-7790 ext. 200.

Baby Time
2022-09-01 10:00 - 10:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – Storytime Room

Toddler Time
2022-09-06 10:00 - 10:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – Storytime Room

September Adult Book Club
2022-09-06 14:00 - 15:00 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room
This month’s title for the Adult Book Club will be Send for Me by local author Lauren Fox. Books will be available in multiple formats at the Circulation Desk in mid-August or by request. Discussion will be led by Adult Services Librarian Deb Bauer.
As an added bonus, please join the Friends of Dwight Foster Public Library at their annual meeting on Thursday, September 15 at 6pm as Lauren Fox will be their guest speaker that evening. Limited copies of the book will be available for purchase and may be signed by the author.
Contact: Deb Bauer
Email: dbauer@fortlibrary.org

Family Storytime
2022-09-07 10:00 - 10:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – Storytime Room

Lunch Bunch for Homeschoolers
2022-09-13 11:30 - 12:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – Storytime Room

Pajama Storytime
2022-09-13 18:30 - 19:00, 2022-10-11 18:30 - 19:00, 2022-11-08 18:30 - 19:00 | Dwight Foster Public Library – Storytime Room

Food Truck Festival
2022-09-18 11:00 - 14:00 | Dwight Foster Public Library
We will host a Food Truck Festival on Sunday, September 18, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. We invite area food truck operators and local restaurants to participate in this fun, family-friendly event, which will take place rain or shine. Enjoy music by Three Thin Dimes,
Enjoy music, food, and drinks from: Frostie Freeze, Steve’s Deli Dogs, Inmoxicated, Jmakin Jamaican, Melted, Beauty and the Bean, MKE Taters, Fresh, Fast, & Delicious, Bocadillos, Karol’s Kitchen, Arepa’s Place, El Famoso Jalisco’s MKE.
The event will take place both in the Dwight Foster Public Library and on the 200 block of Merchant Street, which will be closed off for the event. Food trucks will be parked on Merchants Street (view the map). The library’s community room will be set up as a place where people can sit and eat.
To participate in this community event as a Food Truck, please complete the registration form, which can be found here by clicking Reserve Your Space. Reservations for space is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Kindergarten Round-Up
2022-09-19 | Dwight Foster Public Library
Kindergarten Buckaroos: If you get a library card during these two weeks or use the library card you already have to check out five or more books, you will receive a cowboy hat and a bag of goodies.

Lego Club
2022-09-19 15:30 - 16:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – Storytime Room

DFPL Cooking Club Kick-Off!
2022-09-20 13:00 - 14:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room
The new DFPL Cooking Club will meet on the third Tuesday of each month from 1-2:30 p.m. The selected cookbook will be on display at the 2nd Floor Service Desk so simply stop by the library to choose a recipe and then bring the dish you make to the Cooking Club. We will eat together in the Community Room while we talk about the recipes we made and then choose the next month’s cookbook.
Hope you can join us for a delicious afternoon of food and fun!
Contact: Deb Bauer
Email: dbauer@fortlibrary.org

Play Pokemon!
2022-09-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – Storytime Room
Come play the Pokemon Trading Card Game with other Pokemon trainers! You can bring your own cards or borrow a deck from the library to learn how to play. Kids in grades 3-9 are encouraged to join us.

Naloxone (Narcan) Training
2022-10-05 17:30 - 18:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room
Learn how to:
* Prevent an overdose
* Recognize an overdose
* Respond to an overdose

Memory Cafe - Pumpkin and Spice
2022-10-10 10:30 - 11:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room

DFPL Cooking Club
2022-10-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room
The DFPL Cooking Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 1-2:30 p.m. in the Community Room. The selected cookbook will be on display at the 2nd Floor Service Desk so simply stop by the library to choose a recipe and then bring the dish you make to the Cooking Club. We will eat together while we talk about the recipes we made and then choose the next month’s cookbook.

Hope you can join us for a delicious afternoon of food and fun!

Contact: Deb Bauer
Email: dbauer@fortlibrary.org

StoryCorps
2022-10-21 | Fort Atkinson, WI, 53538, United States
Two microphones. Two people. One incredible conversation. We’re collecting stories in partnership with StoryCorps, a national oral history program, and we’re inviting you to be part of it! Click here for more information.

Movie - Flags of Our Fathers
2022-11-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room
Join us for the Marine Corps birthday where we will be putting on a viewing of “Flags of Our Fathers.” This will take place in the FCCU Community Room on the 1st floor from 6 pm – 8pm.

Book Discussion - Killers of the Flower Moon
2022-12-06 14:00 - 15:00 | Dwight Foster Public Library – FCCU Community Room
December 6th at 2 p.m. & December 8th at 6 p.m
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
The group will alternate between fiction, nonfiction and YA titles and the discussion will be led by Adult Services Librarian Deb Bauer. Copies of each title will be available in multiple formats at the Circulation Desk the month prior to each event. We are currently planning the remaining dates and titles for 2023 so those will be announced soon.
Contact: Deb Bauer
Email: dbauer@fortlibrary.org

Veterans Café - Pearl Harbor Remembrance
2022-12-07 09:00 - 13:00 | Fort Atkinson, WI, 53538, United States
The US Veterans Project Library and the Dwight Foster Public Library invite you to attend an event commemorating the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor in the FCCU Community Room.

Winter Reading Challenge
2022-12-12 | Dwight Foster Public Library
Cozy up with a good book this winter. From December 12 to January 31, the Dwight Foster Public Library in Fort Atkinson will offer a winter reading challenge for all ages. Read books, complete activities, and log your progress on our Beanstack site. Participants will be entered in weekly drawings for a mug and a small gift card and the grand prize drawing for a $25 Fort Atkinson Chamber of Commerce gift certificate. Happy reading, Fort Atkinson!

Elf on the Bookshelf
2022-12-19 | Fort Atkinson, WI, 53538, United States
Stop in at the Dwight Foster Public Library on December 19 to December 23 to find the elf on the bookshelf! Each day you find the elf, get your card stamped AND you get a prize! If you find the elf all 5 days, you will receive a goody bag & an entry into the grand prize!

Christmas Sing-a-long
2022-12-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Dwight Foster Public Library – Jones Gallery
Join Guitarcheology, a group of local acoustic guitar players, as they perform Christmas and Holiday classics in the Jones Gallery at the Dwight Foster Public Library the evening of Thursday December 22, 2022.
