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Join Us for the George Culver Community Library's 100th Anniversary Celebration!
Celebrate a century of knowledge, community, and growth at our special anniversary reception on Saturday, October 19 from 11:00am to 12:30pm. Enjoy music across the decades, light refreshments and coffee, a chance to relive the library and Sauk City’s history through historical pictures, and test your knowledge with fun trivia!
Stay until 12:00pm to witness the sealing of a time capsule filled with memories and artifacts from the library's 100th year. 

The Friends of the George Culver Library will also hold a Silent Auction as a fundraiser for the library. Starting Wednesday, October 9 stop by the library to take a look at the auction items and start making your bids. You’ll find exciting items from local artists and businesses, such as John Joseph Coffee, Vintage Brewing Co., Paul’s Chocolates, Flaxen Fleece and more! Final bids will close at 12:00pm at our reception event on October 19 and we will announce the winners live.

We can't wait to celebrate the beautiful history of the library and our community with you all!

Music & Movement will begin on Wednesday, September 18.

It will be held bi-weekly on Wednesdays at 3:00pm.

Children, ages 5 and under, and invited to Music & Movement! Get your wiggles out with scarves, instruments, movement, and games! Fun activities for ages 5 and under. No registration required.

The upcoming dates are Sept. 18, Oct. 2 and 16.

Ms. Tori is here and ready to begin storytime!

Staring Monday, September 16, there will be two Storytimes offered each week. On Mondays, there will be Toddler Storytime at 10:00AM, aimed at children ages 1-2, it will have shorter stories, activities and focus on early developmental and motor skills. It will last 20-25 minutes.

On Wednesdays at 10:00AM, there will be Preschool Storytime. This storytime will be for children ages 3-5 and will have longer stories, songs and a craft. It will last 25-30 minutes.
 

COMING SOON

TO A LIBRARY NEAR YOU!

Fall 2024

PLACE YOUR HOLDS ON THESE NEW

BOOKS OR SOON TO BE AVAILABLE BOOKS

 

Alam, Rumaan – Entitlement 

Andrews, Donna - Rockin’ Around the Chickadee: Meg Langslow

Archer, Jeffrey – An Eye for an Eye: William Warwick 

Baldacci, David – To Die For: 6:20 Man

Beaton, M. C. – Killing Time: Agatha Raisin

Bowen, Rhys – We Three Queens: Royal Spyness 

Bradley, Alan – What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust: Flavia de Luce

Brown, Rita Mae – Time Will Tell: Sister Jane 

Child, Lee – Safe Enough 

-- & Andrew Child – In too Deep: Jack Reacher 

Connelly, Michael – The Waiting: Ballard & Bosch 

Cornwell, Patricia – Identity Unknown: Scarpetta

Dailey, Janet – Evergreen Christmas: Frosted Firs Ranch 

Dave, Laura – The Night we Lost Him 

Deaver, Jeffery & Isabella Maldonado – Fatal Intrusion: Sanchez & Heron

Ellison, J.T. – A Very Bad Thing 

Erdrich, Louise – The Mighty Red

Evanovich, Janet – Now or Never: Stephanie Plum 

Evans, Richard Paul – Christmas in Bethel 

Flynn, Vince & Don Bentley – Capture or Kill: Mitch Rapp

Gaylin, Alison – Robert B. Parker’s Buzz Kill: Sunny Randall

Graham, Heather – Legacy of Blood: Blackbird Files 

Griffiths, Elly –The Man in Black: Ruth Galloway

Haig, Matt – The Life Impossible 

Harris, Robert – Precipice 

Hawkins, Paula – The Blue Hour 

Hoag, Tami – Bad Liar 

Jance, J. A. – Den of Iniquity: J.P. Beaumont

Johansen, Iris – On the Hunt: Kira Drake

Johnson, Craig – Tooth and Claw: Longmire

Johnston, Anna – The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

Kinsella, Sophie – What does it Feel Like? 

Klune, T. J. – Somewhere Beyond the Sea: Cerulean Chronicles 

Koontz, Dean – The Forest of Lost Souls 

Kushner, Rachel – Creation Lake 

Lupica, Mike – Robert B. Parker’s Hot Property: Spenser

Macomber, Debbie – A Christmas Duet 

Mallery, Susan – One Big Happy Family

Margolin, Phillip – An Insignificant Case 

McCall Smith, Alexander – The Great Hippopotamus Hotel: No.1 Ladies Detective Agency

McFadden, Freida –The Boyfriend 

Michaels, Fern – Santa’s Secret: Santa’s Crew 

Moriarty, Liane – Here One Moment 

Novak, Brenda – The Banned Books Club 

Oates, Joyce Carol – Flint Kill Creek 

Osman, Richard – We Solve Murders 

Patterson, James – House of Cross: Alex Cross

-- Raised by Wolves 

-- & David Ellis – Lies He Told Me

-- & Brian Sitts – Murder Island   

Penny, Louise – The Grey Wolf: Inspector Gamache

Powers, Richard – Playground 

Prose, Nita – The Mistletoe Mystery: Molly the Maid

Rankin, Ian – Midnight and Blue: Inspector Rebus 

Robb, J. D. – Passions in Death: Eve Dallas

Roberts, Nora – The Mirror: Lost Bride

Robbins, Lawrence – The President’s Lawyer 

Rooney, Sally – Intermezzo 

Rosenfelt, David – The More the Terrier: Andy Carpenter

Sparks, Nicholas – Counting Miracles 

Steel, Danielle – Triangle

-- Trial by Fire  

Stephenson, Neal – Polostan: Bomb Light

Strout, Elizabeth – Tell me Everything 

Williams, Beatriz, Lauren Willig & Karen White – The Author’s Guide to Murder 
 

September is Library Card Sign-up Month!

Kids that sign up for a library card this month can get a free vinyl sticker. Kids with a card can show it at the desk to get a free sticker, too!

The Library will be closed on Monday, Septmber 2 in honor of Labor Day.

During this time, the book drop in the parking lot will remain open. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, Setember 3.

Have a happy Labor Day weekend and enjoy the Cow Chip Festival!

Join us at the library for an antiques and collectibles appraisal event featuring author and antiques expert Mark Moran on Saturday, August 10 from 10am to 1pm! Bring an item to have appraised (registration required, see details below) or come have fun simply watching the process!

Moran bought and sold antiques for more than 30 years, specializing in vintage folk art, Americana, and fine art. He has been active as an appraiser of antiques and fine art for more than 20 years. He was formerly senior editor of Antiques and Collectibles Books for Krause Publications in Iola, WI and was a guest expert on the PBS program, Antiques Roadshow, for 9 seasons. His vast experience and knowledge makes the appraisal process entertaining for everyone, even if you don’t have an antique for appraisal!

To register for an appraisal spot, please call the library at 608-643-8346. 

Opinions of value are informal, and may not be used for insurance or charitable donations, which require a certified appraisal.

Categories of objects for appraisal may include:

Americana, including autographs and historical documents.
Fine art, including paintings, drawings, prints and statuary.
Furniture (usually smaller pieces are best).
Ceramics, including figural pottery, vases, dishes, kitchenware and stoneware. Glassware, including marbles and souvenir items. Vintage photographs, including snapshots, tintypes, ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. Advertising, including posters, lithographed tin, paper and figural objects.
Folk art, including carvings, quilts, weathervanes, windmill weights and "outsider" art.
Assorted toys, including dolls (bisque, composition and plastic), windups and mechanical banks. Metalware, including iron, bronze, brass, pot metal, silver, silver plate. Clocks, including mantel, hanging and figural.
Costume jewelry, including brooches, bracelets, earrings. Musical Instruments, including string, wind and reed instruments. Antique and vintage lighting of all kinds.
Books.
Sports Memorabilia.

Excluded items: all weapons, including swords and knives (though folding knives with advertising are accepted); traps (like leg-hold); Nazi memorabilia; coins and paper money; fine jewelry, including precious gems; Beanie Babies.

Questions about objects not covered here can be submitted to Kylee in advance to determine if they are appropriate. Suggested categories for advance inquiry include, but are not limited to: Oriental, Native American and other tribal objects (African, Oceanic); ancient artifacts (Egyptian and other early cultures); fossils and minerals; automotive items; nautical and military-related objects; records; antique tools and technological objects (typewriters, cameras, assorted machinery or instruments for scientific measure, like sextants, telescopes, microscopes, etc.).

Contact: kylee [at] saukcitylibrary.org

The Summer Reading Program is coming to a close. Please turn in all reading logs, bookmarks, and bingo sheets by Saturday, August 10 to be entered into the grand prize drawings.

The summer sessions of Books and Beyond Storytime and Music & Movement will end on Wednesday, July 24.

Come say goodbye to Miss Margie during her last week.

 

Paul Kinzer, director of Seeing Stars, is bringing his Starlab Portable Planetarium to the library on Saturday, July 13 at 11:30 am.


Get inspired to learn about the world around you with a visit inside a portable and immersive planetarium. Discover a world of knowledge that includes astronomy, geology, physical geography, and more! 

Space is limited and registration is required. Call 608-643-8346 or visit the library to register today!