Featured Events

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Musical Performance by The Silver Morning Duo

Monday, July 21, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Main Area
Age Group: School Age, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Music, Performance
Event Details:

Back by popular demand and rescheduled from 7/14! Come pass the early part of a summer evening listening to the beautiful stylings of this flute and guitar duo.  This time, there will be a vocalist as well.

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Hive Talkin': The Buzz on Bees

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: School Age, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Food, STEM
Event Details:

All ages.

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Famous Painting Remix

Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: School Age
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 8-11. Registration requested.

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THUNDERHeads Robotics

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: School Age
Program Type: STEM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 5-13. Registration required.

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Guided Zen Meditation

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Participants will receive instruction in basic Zen meditation from a trained practitioner, including:

fun cut-out looking text in the style of Eric Carle with colorful sun, caterpillar, butterfly, and flower.

Eric Carle Story Time

Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Birth to Pre-K
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Ages 2-6.

Join us for Eric Carle-themed stories and songs! Designed for ages 2-6. No registration.

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Author Talks: Rex Ogle

3:00pm–3:45pm
School Age, Teens, Adults
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: School Age, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Author Event
Event Details:

You’re invited to join us online with award-winning author Rex Ogle as he talks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book Free Lunch. 

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This program is part of The Betty J. Karweick Virtual Author Talks Series. For more information, visit veronapubliclibrary.org/betty-j-karweick.

Author Talk: The Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

You’re invited to virtually attend a fascinating conversation with neurologist and author Pria Anand to chat about her new book The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains.

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This program is part of The Betty J. Karweick Virtual Author Talks Series. For more information, visit veronapubliclibrary.org/betty-j-karweick.

Author Talk: Stories, Science, & History of Birds

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

Dr. Jay Jinsing Falk is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Colorado. He is an evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist fascinated by the diversity that can be found within species.

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This program is part of The Betty J. Karweick Virtual Author Talks Series. For more information, visit veronapubliclibrary.org/betty-j-karweick.

Author Talk: Returning to Romance with Casey McQuiston

6:00pm–7:00pm
Teens, Adults
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Author Event
Event Details:

Bring an appetite for sizzling drama as we discuss New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, The Pairing. 

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This program is part of The Betty J. Karweick Virtual Author Talks Series. For more information, visit veronapubliclibrary.org/betty-j-karweick.

Author Talk: How to Thrive in a World of Constant Chaos

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Are you working too much but feel like it’s never enough? Have you turned the act of pretending you’re “fine” into an art form? Does self-care feel like one more item on your already long to-do list?

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This program is part of The Betty J. Karweick Virtual Author Talks Series. For more information, visit veronapubliclibrary.org/betty-j-karweick.

On Writing Darkly Charming, Villainous Love: An Author Talk with Hannah Nicole Maehrer

6:00pm–7:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event
Event Details:

Embrace your dark side (and your best evil laugh) and join us in conversation with Hannah Nicole Maehrer, creator of the New York Times bestselling Assistant to the Villain series. 

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This program is part of The Betty J. Karweick Virtual Author Talks Series. For more information, visit veronapubliclibrary.org/betty-j-karweick.

Author Talk: Argue Less and Talk More with Jefferson Fisher

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Education
Event Details:

Join us (and be ready to take notes) for an afternoon virtual conversation with communication expert Jefferson Fisher, as we chat about his book, The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More. 

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This program is part of The Betty J. Karweick Virtual Author Talks Series. For more information, visit veronapubliclibrary.org/betty-j-karweick.

Author Talk: Making English Eezier to Spell with Gabe Henry

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Verona Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event, Education
Event Details:

Anyone who has the misfortune to write in English will, every now and then, struggle with its spelling.

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This program is part of The Betty J. Karweick Virtual Author Talks Series. For more information, visit veronapubliclibrary.org/betty-j-karweick.

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