Something for every age coming to the library this month

You won’t want to miss the library’s second annual “Love Your Local Artist” gala 5:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 10 in the library’s chandelier area. This free event features music and refreshments. Support our local artists as they discuss, display, and sell their work. The event also features an “adopt-a-book” sale.

Come buy the library a much-needed title, and your name will be inscribed as the book’s donor. You’ll also get first dibs in checking the book out when it’s shelf-ready. It’s a great way to show your support and enhance our library’s book budget.

The Children’s Room hosts its annual Book Bingo for school-age children 2-3 p.m. Feb. 10 in the Storyboat. No registration is necessary.

We have lots of fabulous prizes to give away, and no child will leave empty-handed. Also, Bailey the Dog will be back to listen to young readers 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the library’s classroom. Reading to Bailey is a great way for new readers to increase their confidence. No registration is necessary.

The library continues to offer federal and state tax forms and instructions to the public. In its effort to have people e-file, the state of Wisconsin is now limiting the number of printed forms available at libraries. Our library is already running low on tax forms, so please only take what you need. If you don’t use your forms or instructions, the library would welcome the return of any unused forms.

Tax forms are also available on the IRS (www.irs.gov) and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (www.revenue.wi.gov) websites. A gentle reminder: library staff is not allowed to give out tax advice, including what forms you need to file.

New DVDs: “Dear John,” “The Debt,” “Dolphin Tale,” “Bored To Death (second season)” “Midnight in Paris,” “Glee: The concert,” “The Help,” “Beginners,” “Our Town,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Heat” and “Margin Call.”

New fiction: “V” is for Vengeance” by Sue Grafton, “Gun Games” by Faye Kellerman, “77 Shadow Street” by Dean Koontz, “Deadline” by Fern Michaels, “Breakdown” by Sara Paretsky, “Private: No. 1 Suspect” by James Patterson.

New Nonfiction: “Knitting Around the World,” “Tourbook: Western Canada & Alaska,” “Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking,” “Pearl Harbor: FDR leads the nation into War” and “And so it goes: Kurt Vonnegut: a life.”

New juvenile books: “Red Sled,” “Old MacDonald has No Farm EE-I-Anymore,” “Landslides, Mudslides, & Avalanches,” “Matter and its Properties,” “The Sea & its Marvels,” “Ice Storms” and “Pandemics.”

New paperback: “Dangerous Mercy” by Kathy Herman, “Holiday in Stone Creek” by Linda Lael Miller, “In Close” by Brenda Novak, “Wyoming Tough” by Diana Palmer, “Bad Blood” by John Sandford and “Inferno” by J. A. Johnstone.

Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in Superior; 2-7 p.m. Monday and 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Solon Springs; and 2-7 p.m. Wednesday in Lake Nebagamon. Call (715) 394-8860 in Superior, (715) 378-4452 in Solon Springs, or (715) 374-3477 in Lake Nebagamon.

Sue Heskin is the director of the Superior Public Library.

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