Due to popular demand, there will be two History at Home programs in April at the Fond du Lac Public Library. Both programs are free; no registration required.
The program on the history of the Fond du Lac Children’s Home, originally presented on March 19, will be repeated at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at the Fond du Lac Public Library. Presenter Sally Powers-Albertz agreed to a reprise to satisfy the dozens turned away from the standing-room-only turnout.
Kids are a big part of what Money Smart Week is all about. The annual program is a one-week campaign to promote the importance of financial literacy. Kids have fun Money Smart opportunities at the Fond du Lac Public Library:
The “Ultimate Cheapskate” Jeff Yeager will present Finding Wholesale Happiness in a Retail World, at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Fond du Lac Public Library. He’ll give tips on how to spend less and enjoy life as the final event in the annual Money Smart Week celebration. The program is free. No registration required.
Ten members of the Open Door Artist organization will present, Out of the Blue, their seventh annual themed show, April 1 through May 6 at the Langdon Divers Gallery at the Fond du Lac Public Library.
Fond du Lac’s only used book store – The BookCellar in the lower level of the Fond du Lac Public Library, 32 Sheboygan St. – has two great sales in April:
DVD Bonus Sale: Free kids’ DVD with the purchase of any teen book, Saturday, April 4, and Monday, April 6 Includes fiction and nonfiction.
If you’re not from Wisconsin, you might think supper clubs are members-only. But natives know that a supper club is the place for a brandy old fashioned and the best fish fry or prime rib around.
D.E.A.R. me! Its Drop Everything And Read at the Fond du Lac Public Library. Fun for all ages will be on hand on Saturday, April 11, to help usher in National Library Week (April 12-18):
Wisconsin author Lesley Kagen, who wrote the popular books Whistling in the Dark and Good Graces, has 2 new books with Milwaukee area settings. The first is a novella, The Undertaking of Tess, and the second is a novel, The Resurrection of Tess Blessing. The Undertaking of Tess is set in Milwaukee in August 1959.