6 pm in the Kunkel Creation Station
Get ready to explore, create, learn, and experiment in our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) monthly meetups. STEM activities are a great way to discover concepts and promote skills that are scientific, creative, and collaborative. Each STEM program includes concept learning and experimentation or creation of a project based on the topic. Recommended ages 8 - 10 years old. Registration required.
November - Anthropology in the field: Ethnography  

10 am in the Community Room
Get ready to explore, create, learn, and experiment in our STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) monthly meetups. STEAM activities are a great way to discover concepts and promote skills that are scientific, creative, and collaborative. Adult Supervision required. Recommended ages 3 - 5 years old. No Registration required.
 

Kunkel Creation Station  

This program is all about diving into the science of animals. Learn about categories, behaviors, ecology, physiology, and more. Recommended ages 10-12 years old. Registration required.

November: Pandas

7 pm, Small Meeting Room & Zoom 

The books we're reading are award winners or have been featured in the public space as a good read. Join us as we discuss these literary gems. You are welcome to attend whether or not you have read or listened to the selection. Ages 18+. Books selected for Fredricksen Reads will be listed on the Fredricksen Library online events calendar.

Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry (2023) 261 pages. Recently retired policeman, Tom Kettle, settles into the quiet of his new home overlooking the Irish Sea, but when two former colleagues turn up at his door with questions about a decades-old case, Tom finds himself pulled into the darkest currents of his past. Long-listed for The Booker Prize 2023. Registration required 

Small Meeting Room  

Join with fellow book lovers as we take a look at works from a period in a language or culture's history that was particularly creative and productive. You do not have to read the selection before the meeting date. No registration required.

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway - Get ready for Thanksgiving with this memoir focuses on Hemingway’s years as a struggling expatriate journalist and writer in Paris during the 1920s. Many of the bars, cafes, and hotels mentioned in the book are still in existence in Paris.

This program is sponsored in memory of Marie Schleicher.

1 pm - 3 pm in the Lower Level Parking Lot
The Friends of Fredricksen will hold Donation Station on the first Saturday of each month to accept donations of books and media for their Book & Media Sales. To drop off donations, please park in the lower parking lot off Walnut Street close or near the sidewalk. Donations of one box or less can be brought to the Reference Desk whenever the Library is open. Thank you for thinking of the Friends when you have extra books.

1:00 pm, Community Room 

Join us for an afternoon of board games, card games, games of skill and strategy. Fun for the entire family. The library has a stash of games to choose from or you are welcome to bring your own. Ages 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. No registration necessary. 

1 pm - 3 pm in the Lower Level Parking Lot
The Friends of Fredricksen will hold Donation Station on the first Saturday of each month to accept donations of books and media for their Book & Media Sales. To drop off donations, please park in the lower parking lot off Walnut Street close or near the sidewalk. Donations of one box or less can be brought to the Reference Desk whenever the Library is open. Thank you for thinking of the Friends when you have extra books.

10 am, Community Room
Yoga classes and story times designed just for kids! Join Ann Fields, founder of Peaceful Poses Kids Yoga, for some mindful movement, deep breaths, and ways we can learn about our feelings. We read books, listen to music, and move our bodies. Ages 2.5 - 5 years old. Registration required.