My LINKcat AccountPressed Flower Gift Boxes*
Where
The Workshop
Registration: Register
Learn about the process of preserving flowers and use pressed flowers to decorate a wooden gift box.
Adults
Book Club Bash 2025
Where
Community Room
Whether you attended an adult book club in 2024 or are wanting to join a club for the first time in 2025, this is a party for YOU!
All adults are welcome to join us as we kick off the new year with a celebration of our book clubs. During the party we’ll have previews of the 2025 books, revealing of each book club’s favorite books from 2024 books, snacks, and some book club swag.
Author Talk with Laura Dave: On Pulse-Pounding, Family Driven Mysteries*
Where
Online Virtual Event
Registration: Register
Past event recordings are available without registration.
Join us for a captivating conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave, as she chats with us online about her newest book The Night We Lost Him.
Author Talk with Dr. Jeffrey Post - Unearthed: Exploring the Smithsonian National Gem Collection*
Where
Online Virtual Event
Registration: Register
Past event recordings are available without registration.
Join us for an absolutely dazzling presentation with the emeritus curator of the Smithsonian's National Gem Collection, Dr. Jeffrey E. Post as he talks about The Smithsonian National Gem Collection Unearthed: Surprising Stories Behind the Jewels.
Library's Anniversary Trivia Night*
Where
Community Room
Registration: Register
Grab your friends and join us for a fun night of trivia to celebrate 60 years of the DeForest Public Library!
Author Talk with Mona Susan Power: Native Rights and Culture in Fiction*
Where
Online Virtual Event
Registration: Register
Past event recordings are available without registration.
You’re invited to join us as Mona Susan Power chats about her newest novel A Council of Dolls. This conversation highlights how her work explores Native Rights and Native American culture, in particular using an important symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls.
Author Talk with Javier Zamora: On Childhood Migration from Central America*
Where
Online Virtual Event
Registration: Register
Past event recordings are available without registration.
Tune in for a special conversation with New York Times bestselling author Javier Zamora as he chats with us about his riveting tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memoir Solito.
Go Big Read Discussion: Sitting Pretty
Where
Community Room
Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
Winter Card Making for Adults*
Where
Room C
Registration: Register
Join us for a Winter Card Making program with Shirley Merker! We'll be making holiday/winter inspired greeting cards. All materials will be provided. No card making experience is necessary.
Cards by Shirley Merker, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. All images copyright Stampin’ Up!
Veterans Day Concert 2024
Where
Cornerstone Community Center
The Retro Swing Band will perform a special concert in honor U.S. veterans. Prior to the music, Cornerstone Community Center is hosting a lunch program starting at 11:30, please call 608-846-9469 to RSVP for lunch by November 7th.
The concert is co-sponsored by: The Cornerstone Community Center, American Legion Post 348, and The DeForest Area Public Library