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Programming for Grownups Too

Programming for Grownups Too

6-12-2026 Summer programming, it’s not just for kids anymore. Actually, it never was we are just better at promoting the children’s portion. First of all, adults are always welcome to join in on the reading portion of our summer programming. While we don’t have raffle...

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Summer Begins

Summer Begins

6-5-2026 It’s officially Summer (Reading Program) at the ETLPL. Sign up, elementary school visits, and massive amounts of programs are beginning. Here’s what we have for you to do this upcoming week. The first Monday 1:30 family program is Rope Warrior on June 8th....

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Books N Bites

Books N Bites

5-29-2026 Memorial Day weekend is about remembering, saying thank you, and in East Troy finding good deals. The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend tends to be one of the longest days of my year, but so worth it.  This year marked the Friends of the ETLPL's fourth...

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Unearth a Bookmark

Unearth a Bookmark

5-22-2026 This week we announced the winners of the fourth-grade bookmark design competition. Each year the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) selects a theme and slogan and then commissions art work to illustrate that theme. Libraries across the county,...

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New Skills

New Skills

5-15-2026 New and special programs receive the majority of this weekly article. I can testify to the continued health and welcome nature of ongoing programs. This winter I moved from 1700 square feet to 835. Doing so without going mad or needing tunnels to move around...

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On Display

On Display

5-8-2026 The recent monsoon rains and brisk winds blew in a celebrity guest last week. Dorothy stopped by the L Frank Baum Birthday Party on May 1st to sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and take pictures with partygoers. Elizabeth Hernes, an East Troy resident and...

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Reasons to be a Friend

Reasons to be a Friend

5-1-2026 The month of May will likely fly by as we spend Friends of the Library money, fundraise for the Friends of the Library, and thank the Friends of the Library. The single largest program funded by the ETLPL Friends of the Library is our Summer Reading Program....

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Finding Joy

Finding Joy

4-17-2026 National Library Week begins on Sunday, April 19th. This year’s theme is Find Your Joy at the Library. Of course, libraries give joy the other 51 weeks of the year with every notification of an available hold, checkout of an experience pass, or discovery of...

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