Dance party, visit from Santa, holiday craft project on library’s list of events

A family dance party will kick off the December events at the Oscar Grady Library in Saukville, which will also host a number of holiday programs.

The party at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, is for children 6 and younger and their families.

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, Santa will visit the library from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Children are invited to make Grinch Dust, as well as write a letter to Santa and present it to him.

Registration is not required for this free event.

The library will host two gardening webinars from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Horticulture Extension.

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, festive houseplants will be the topic of the recorded program shown in the library’s community room from 11 a.m. to noon.

The session will provide instruction for keeping poinsettia, Christmas cactus, Norfolk Island pine and other popular seasonal plants thriving with  proper light, watering, fertilizer and humidity.

Managing a hobby greenhouse will be the topic of the Wednesday, Dec. 13, webinar.

From 11 a.m. to noon, Johanna Oosterwyk, manager of the D.C. Smith Greenhouse at UW-Madison, will explain the challenges of creating a greenhouse and the factors that need to be considered, including temperature, humidity and light.

The Recipe Club will be tasting Crock-pot meals when it meets at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 14.

Participants should bring their favorite slow-cooker meal and the recipe to share.

To register, call the library at (262) 284-6022.

Also on Thursday, Dec. 14, the library will host a pine cone gnome craft project from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Participants will create holiday gnomes using pine cones and colorful felt. All materials are provided.

“The Christmas Book” by Jenny Colgan will be the subject of the library’s adult book club’s discussion from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19.

Colgan’s character Carmen finds herself out of a job just in time for the holidays, and with little money and few options is forced to move in with her perfect sister and take a job at a bookstore that desperately needs her help and helps her in return.

Reserved copies of the book are available at the library or can be reserved using the online Monarch Library System catalog at www.monarchcatalog.org.

Families are invited to the library on Wednesday, Dec. 27, for “Step Inside the Movie: Elf Interactive Experience” at 2 p.m.

The program makes the endearing and humorous Christmas movie more exciting by involving the audience in the story.

The Oscar Grady Library is at 151 S. Main St.