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February 2015
Baraboo Public Library
230 Fourth Avenue, Baraboo, WI 53913
608-356-6166
www.baraboopubliclibrary.org
Volume III, Issue 2
Will you
be our
Valentine?
Love your library? We hope
you do — and that you’ll
consider making a library
Valentine gift this year. Your
gift will last longer than roses
… and have fewer calories
than chocolate! We have gift
trees upstairs and downstairs,
with an assortment of “wishes” on paper hearts — each represents a title we’d like to
acquire for everyone’s enjoyment. Your gift can be your Valentine to the library — or
a donation in honor of someone special. We’ll send a handwritten Valentine card to
your honoree notifying him or her of your “everlasting” present, and the item will also
be labeled with a bookplate to commemorate your gift.
Music with Friends:
Old Soul Society
This month’s free concert
is Thursday, February 12,
at 7pm featuring Old Soul
Society. Derek Ramnarace
and friends will present a
program ranging from
blues to bluegrass, folk,
rock, and country.
New Play Group
Drop in for an informal
morning of play with toys
and puzzles. For children
birth to 5 with parent or
adult caregiver. Adults can
chat and connect while
supervising their child.
February highlights
Our February calendar is packed with programs to enlighten, enrich, entertain, and
inspire you. We hope you will join us for these free events (see reverse for times).
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2/19
2/24
2/26
2/28
Teens write and direct their own movie trailers based on favorite books
Make chocolate truffles and take some home for your valentine ...
Watch and discuss “Loving Story,” a documentary about interracial marriage
Enjoy Music with Friends and Old Soul Society: folk, blues, rock, soul, reggae
New play group will launch! For parents/caregivers and their little ones.
Learn all about organic gardening from Gretchen Kruse of Hickory Hill Farm
Teen fans talk about Percy Jackson’s books
Join Police Chief Mark Schauf et al. for a discussion of heroin use in Baraboo
Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday and “Read Across America” in youth services
Now read this … We hope you’ll enjoy these reading recommendations
from our Friends of the Library board in honor of Valentine’s Day:
For romantic inspiration, Friends treasurer Carol Fleishauer suggests Garrison
Keillor’s Good Poems, “a wonderful collection” that includes a long section for lovers.
Merri Lindgren, Friends of the Library vice president and librarian at the
Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the UW-Madison, says Pierre in Love by Sara
Pennypacker is one of her favorite tales of romance: “Pierre may be a rat (literally) and
Catherine a rabbit, but they are classic star-crossed lovers despite their species. Pierre
admires Catherine from afar, but knows he isn't worthy of her. And in fact, when he
does finally confess his devotion, he discovers that she loves another. Catherine has
also been living in unrequited misery, certain that she doesn't measure up to the
creature of her affections. Passion cloaked in two cases of mistaken identity resolves
itself to the complete satisfaction of readers of all ages. Humor keeps the romance
from becoming too saccharine, evidenced in priceless passages such as ‘His face melted
into a loopy smile whenever he heard her name-Catherine!-or even a word that
sounded like Catherine: aspirin, for example, or bathroom.’"
Hats Off!
Special thanks to Beth
Persche, Maia Persche, and
Merri Lindgren for serving
coffee, tea, and cookies to
our patrons at our January
Fridays with Friends. This
weekly hospitality service is
a courtesy of the Friends of
the Library, with support
from patron donations.

Laurie Dummer outdid
herself (again!) with the
lovely table setting and
homemade cookies at
January’s Music with
Friends Concert. The
wonderful treats gave the
audience a chance to chat
with each other and our
visiting musicians, Rambler,
following the concert. And
that’s what Friends are for!
Thank you, Laurie.
Baraboo Public Library
February 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
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5
Italics = youth
bold = adults/all
Tween Scene 4pm
Coffee/Play 6:30pm
Coffee/Play 10am
Coffee/Play 11am
Teen Tuesday 4pm
Coffee/Play 9:30am
Coffee/Play 11am
Lego Club 1:30pm
Homeschooling 2pm
CrafterNoon 3:45pm
Fri
Sat
6
7
14
Palm of the Hand 6:30pm
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* Oak Park Place
800 Waldo Street
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10
11
12
13
Tween Scene 4pm
Twilight Tales 6:30pm
Booker’s Buddies 10am
Rhyme Time 11am
Teen Tuesday 4pm
Babygarten 9:30am *
Puppy Club 11am
Lego Club 1:30pm
CrafterNoon 3:45pm
Play Group 9 - 11am
Chocolate Truffles 7pm
“Loving Story” 6:30pm
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17
18
19
Tween Scene 4pm
Twilight Tales 6:30pm
Booker’s Buddies 10am *
Rhyme Time 11am
Teen Tuesday 4pm
Babygarten 9:30am
Puppy Club 11am
Lego Club 1:30pm
CrafterNoon 3:45pm
** St. Clare Meadows
1414 Jefferson Street
15
Friends Concert 7pm
Valentine’s Day
20
21
Organic Farming 7pm
Palm of the Hand UWBSC 12:30pm
Board Meeting 5:30pm
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23
24
25
26
27
28
Tech Help 9 - 11am
Booker’s Buddies 10am
Rhyme Time 11am
Teen Tuesday 4pm
Babygarten 9:30am
Puppy Club 11am
Lego Club 1:30pm
CrafterNoon 3:45pm **
Read Dog 6pm
Play Group 9 - 11am
Read Across America 10am
Tween Scene 4pm
Twilight Tales 6:30pm
Heroin Epidemic 7pm
Tech Help 6 - 8pm
Book Art 6:30pm