Week Calendar

Featured Events

The words Glow Paint in neon over a black background with other glowing neon shapes around them

Glow Paint

Monday, February 16, 2026 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Open

Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library

Room: Storytime Room

Age Group: Teen / Preteen

Registration Required

Event Details:

Teens and preteens (grades 5 and up), we're painting in the dark! Come paint with neon paint under a black light and watch your art shine! Registration required.

Blue yoga mat on wood floor. Slow Flow Yoga

Slow Flow Yoga

Monday, February 23, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Open

Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library

Room: Community Hall

Age Group: Adults

Registration Required

Event Details:

Slow Flow Yoga is a gentle, breath-focused practice with slow, mindful movement. Poses encourage deep awareness and relaxation, restoring calm and balance to the body and mind. All levels are welcome, ages 16+.

Community Blood Drive with the American Red Cross

Community Blood Drive

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 12:30pm - 5:30pm

Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library

Room: Community Hall

Age Group: Adults

Event Details:

Share your whole heart with patients in need this winter! The Library is hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive from 12:30 to 5:30pm in Community Hall.

Photo of a man next to the book Smithson's Gamble

Smithson’s Gamble: The Incredible History Behind the World’s Largest Museum with Smithsonian Curator Emeritus Tom Crouch

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library

Room: Zoom / Virtual

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Virtual

Event Details:

Tom D. Crouch, a Smithsonian veteran of almost 45 years, paints a robust picture of a unique American establishment and its lasting legacies in his book Smithson’s Gamble.

the word Crafternoon over colorful splotches

Crafternoon: Mini Beaded Curtains

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library

Room: Storytime Room

Age Group: Teen / Preteen

Event Details:

Teens and preteens (grades 5 and up), make mini decorative beaded curtains! We'll have patterns available or you can design your own tiny wall hanging.

Tut's Tomb and the Valley of the Kings

Tut's Tomb and the Valley of the Kings with Joe Fahey

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library

Room: Community Hall

Age Group: Adults

Event Details:

For 500 years royal mummies of the New Kingdom were interred in elaborate underground tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Joe Fahey will show you the secret chambers and colorful hieroglyphs created for the afterlife of Egypt’s greatest p

Bilingual Storytime

Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe

Friday, February 27, 2026 at 9:45am - 10:15am

Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library

Room: Storytime Room

Age Group: Kids, Birth to Pre-K

Program Type: Storytime

Especially Stroopwafels Show and Tell

Especially Stroopwafels Show and Tell

Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library

Room: Community Hall

Age Group: Teen / Preteen, Adults

Event Details:

Join us for a demonstration of Stroopwafel-making! Stroopwafels are delicious caramel-filled wafers from the Netherlands, prepared here in Waunakee, from scratch, by our team of young adults with cognitive disabilities.

the word Crafternoon over colorful splotches

Crafternoon: Mini Beaded Curtains

Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library

Room: Storytime Room

Age Group: Teen / Preteen

Event Details:

Teens and preteens (grades 5 and up), make mini decorative beaded curtains! We'll have patterns available or you can design your own tiny wall hanging.

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Time	Sun (4/12)	Mon (4/13)	Tue (4/14)	Wed (4/15)	Thu (4/16)	Fri (4/17)	Sat (4/18)
9 am					This event is in the "Adults" group Good Morning Games 9:00am–11:00am Adults This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library Room: Community Hall Age Group: Adults Event Details: Join us for an adult game group where we play Mahjong (Filipino style)! Don't know how to play, but want to learn? We are happy to teach! See you there!
10 am			This event is in the "Adults" group Color & Puzzle 10:00am–11:00am Adults This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library Room: Board Room Age Group: Adults Event Details: Join us for some community coloring and puzzling! Stop in the library board room between 10am-11am on the second Tuesday of the month for a calm, welcoming hour.	This event is in the "Adults" group A Good Yarn 10:00am–12:00pm Adults This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library Room: Living Room Age Group: Adults Event Details: Bring your current knitting/crochet project for a social hour with a group of like-minded fiber friends! Meets in the Library's cozy Living Room.
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1 pm					This event is in the "Adults" group How Exploration, Uncertainty, and Risk Help Us Find Meaning with Author Alex Hutchinson 1:00pm–2:00pm Adults Virtual Event This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library Room: Zoom / Virtual Age Group: Adults Program Type: Virtual Event Details: In The Explorer’s Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map, Alex Hutchinson dives headfirst into a fascinating and provocative new field of research, examining how explo
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6 pm			This event is in the "Adults" group On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft with Brad Taylor 6:00pm–7:00pm Adults Virtual Event This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library Room: Zoom / Virtual Age Group: Adults Program Type: Virtual Event Details: Join us in conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work, Shadow Strike, book 20 (yes, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series.&nbsp This event is in the "Adults" group April Wellness: Climb Your Mountain with Keith Batenhorst 6:30pm–7:30pm Adults This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library Room: Community Hall Age Group: Adults Event Details: Presented as part of the April Wellness Series with Waunakee Community Cares Coalition.	This event is in the "Adults" group The Milton House and the Underground Railroad in Wisconsin 6:30pm–7:30pm Adults This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Waunakee Public Library Room: Community Hall Age Group: Adults Event Details: Kevin Scannell from the Milton House Museum will be presenting on the founding of the town of Milton and the building of the Milton House, and the role of the Milton House as part of the Underground Railroad "Network to Freedom." He will als