Our 2019 Summer Program runs June through August and features educational and entertaining activities for children, teens and adults! Summer events for all ages are listed below, or pick up our summer brochure at any MCPL location. Printer-friendly pages of summer events by location are available as follows:
Please note: Groups of 10 or more planning to visit the library are asked to complete our Group Visit form at least one week in advance. This ensures we have enough staff, space and resources to serve all of our patrons.
Summer Reading Club
Join our Summer Reading Club to earn rewards for reading! Pick up a book review or activity sheet at your local MCPL starting May 28, or print your own using the links below. Return completed sheets to the library by the end of August for a reward.
Summer Events
Craft Week: Create a Flying Saucer!
Children Drop-in Kids can craft their own flying saucer using provided household and craft supplies!
Outer Space Craft Week
Children Drop-in Stop by the library any time during the week to make flying saucers and paper rocket ships!
Craft Week: Create Your Own Alien!
Children Drop-in Kids can make their own aliens using cardboard tubes and other craft supplies!
Needle Arts
Adults & Teens Drop-in Drop by the library to work on fiber arts projects such as knitting, crocheting and quilting!
Colossal Fossils Presents: The Mammoth Hunter
Children Touch mammoth tusks, bear skulls, and more as Sean the Mammoth Hunter talks about life in the Ice Age!
Fiber Arts
Adults Drop-in Knitters, crocheters, and crafters of all ages and experience levels are invited to gather to create and socialize!
PAWS to Read
Children Drop-in Children can practice and improve their literacy skills by reading to friendly, well-behaved therapy dogs!
Play & Learn
Children Children of all ages are invited to use their imagination and creativity! These fun-filled, 60-90 minute programs feature a different story each week, followed by songs and supplemental activities. Offered in partnership with the Family Resource Center.
- Wed., 7/24/19, 10–11:30am @ MCPL Spencer
- Wed., 7/24/19, 10–11:30am @ MCPL Mosinee
- Wed., 7/24/19, 10:45am–12pm @ MCPL Stratford
- Thu., 7/25/19, 10–11:30am @ MCPL Edgar
- Thu., 7/25/19, 10–11:30am @ MCPL Hatley
- Fri., 7/26/19, 9:30–10:45am @ MCPL Wausau
- Tue., 7/30/19, 10:30am–12pm @ MCPL Athens
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Family Story Time
Children Bring your entire family to story time! Children of all ages and parents/guardians are welcome to this 30-minute program. Enjoy learning with all of your children through stories, songs and other literature-based activities.
Preschool Story Time
Children This 30-minute program will help prepare your preschooler for kindergarten with stories, songs, rhymes and other early literacy activities.
Book Club: "Before We Were Yours"
Adults Take part in a lively discussion about two families, generations apart, forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice. New people always welcome!
Planetary Pasta Rovers
Children Drop-in Create a planetary pasta rover using different types of pasta and glue as we celebrate "A Universe of Stories" (and crafts) during our Summer Library Program!
Paper Beads
All-Ages Join us for an evening at the library and learn how to make your very own paper beads.
LEGO® Block Party
Children Drop-in Children of all ages and their families are invited to build creative projects using LEGO blocks! All blocks will be provided.
Family Game Day
All-Ages Drop-in Bring your family to the library for a fun day of gaming! Board and card games for all ages will be available.
Craft Week: Torn Paper Planets
Children Drop-in Kids can create their own planets out of torn paper and other craft supplies!
Craft Week: Make Your Own Rocket Ship!
Children Drop-in Drop by the library to craft your own paper rocket ship!
Book Babies
Children Join us for 20 minutes of "lap sit" story time for children birth to 23 months! Listen and interact with your baby through books, songs, rhymes and other activities.
Weeks & Weeks of SLP Crafts!
Children Drop-in Stop by the library all summer long to work on different crafts to go along with our summer reading theme. A new craft each week to keep things interesting!
Escape From the Deathday Dungeon: A Harry Potter Escape Room Experience
All-Ages Registration Back by popular demand! Bring your friends or family and see if you can solve the puzzles in time to escape Nearly Headless Nick and the Dungeon!
Intro to Pinterest
Adults Registration Learn how to create a free Pinterest account and how to navigate the website! Registration required.
Ollivander's Wand Shop
All-Ages Celebrate Harry Potter's birthday by making your own magic wand at the library!
Friends of MCPL Book Sale
All-Ages Drop-in Browse through thousands of items for sale at low prices during this quarterly book sale!
Outside the Lines: A Family Coloring Party
Children Drop-in Bring the whole family to work on coloring projects for both children and adults!
Constellation Craft
Children Drop-in Children are invited to the library to create their own craft constellations all week!
Constellation Sensory Bag
Children Drop-in Children are invited to the library for a fun hands-on craft project that will have them "seeing stars."
A Universe of Stories: Writing Your Own Story
Adults & Teens If you've ever thought about writing the story of your life, or would like to help a family member do it, join us in Marathon City to get an idea what it takes to write an autobiography or memoir!
TAG - Teen Advisory Group
Teens Drop-in Teens are welcome to meet others, volunteer and help plan library programs through our Teen Advisory Group (TAG). Meetings monthly
A Journey Through Adoption: A Story of Hope & Faith
Adults Join us for a fascinating program as author and father Adam Schnabel talks about the process, and the ups and downs, of adopting his child from Bulgaria.
Eat Your Veggies Story Time
Children Join us for a vege-tastic story time with tales promoting the produce, songs celebrating celery and other veggies and games!
Fruit & Vegetable Printing
Children Drop-in Encourage kids to eat their fruits and veggies with this fun and easy craft!
Free Family Pool Day!
Kids & Teens Drop-in Children and their families can enjoy a FREE day at Wausau's outdoor pools just by showing their library card! One card per family.
Understanding Alzheimer's & Dementia
Adults Registration Join us for a presentation on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with JoAnn Janikowski of the Alzheimer's Association.
GrapeVine Session: Better Brain Health
Adults Registration Stop by the library to learn from a registered nurse what to do to lower the risk of dementia and keep the brain healthy.
DIY Galaxy Jars & Slime
Kids & Teens Drop-in Make your own slime and mini galaxy in a jar during this tween/teen event!
Astronaut Training
Children Children of all ages are invited to join us to learn a little bit of what it takes to be an astronaut!
Nonfiction @ Night: "Educated"
Adults Discuss our monthly book club pick about a woman who pursues an education after being raised by survivalist parents who isolated her and her siblings from mainstream society.
Shine Like the Sun Story Time
Children Kids can hear stories about the sun and conduct an easy, educational science experiment!
Book Club: "Send Down the Rain"
Adults Stop by the library for a lively discussion of Martin's 2018 novel!
Stuffed Animal Sleepover
Children Bring your best stuffed friend to the library for a sleepover! Drop off and story time starts at 6pm, pickup starts the next day at noon!
Book Club: "Washington Black"
Adults Stop by the library and take part in a lively discussion of this best-selling 2018 novel!
Galaxy Bottle Charm Necklace
Children Capture a galaxy in a bottle during this unique craft program for kids!
Outer Space Craft Week
Children Drop-in Stop by the library any time during the week to make spaceships and paper plate aliens!
Book Club: "The Astronaut Wives Club"
Adults Go beyond the book with lively discussion at the library's book club!
Book Club: "I'll Be Gone in the Dark"
Adults Take part in a lively discussion of McNamara's award-winning true crime book!
MCPL & POV Movie Night: "Farmsteaders"
Adults & Teens Join us for this special documentary screening - before it airs on public television - about one family's journey to resurrect a dairy farm in rural America.
CANCELED: See the Night Sky Inside the Library!
All-Ages This event has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
- CANCELED:
Thu., 8/15/19, 5–7:30pm @ MCPL Athens
Create a Paper Airplane!
Kids & Teens Drop-in Make paper airplanes in honor of National Aviation Day!
Book Club: "The Orphan's Tale"
Adults Join us for a discussion of this book, about a teenage girl who joins a German circus in order to save children during WWII.
Book Club: Small Great Things
Adults Drop by the library for a lively discussion of this best-selling book by Jodi Picoult!
Hobbies & Crafts Night
Adults Drop-in Hobby and craft enthusiasts are welcome to join us every month for a night of creating and socializing!
"The Nest"
Adults Drop-in Take part in a lively discussion of a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction with the Women's Night Out book club!
Early Stage Alzheimer's & Preparing for the Future
Adults All are welcome to join us for a presentation on questions and preparations that arise when a friend or loved one is in the early stage of Alzheimer's Disease.
Galaxy in a Bottle
Kids & Teens Registration Kids, tweens and teens can combine art and science to make their own mini galaxy!
Aromatherapy & Essential Oils Discussion Group
Adults Drop-in If you're interested in learning more about aromatherapy, essential oils and natural or homemade health products - or if you have tips and concoctions to share with others - join us each month to talk about it!
Tiny Chicken Pin Cushions
Adults Some crafts can be elaborate and intricate, but others can be a fun, relatively simple project - like our chicken pin cushion!
Medicare Basics
Adults Registration It's never too early to learn about Medicare, whether you or someone you love plan to use the system. Join us for a free information session about this important service!
10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's
Adults Registration Alzheimer's Disease affects millions of people each year, including those directly affected by it as well as family, friends and caregivers who help. Join us to learn about some of the warning signs of the disease.
Cupcake Factory Craft
Children Drop-in It's going to be a busy summer across the MCPL system - and maybe in your own lives, too - so why not finish off the summer with a sweet craft?
