Mead Public Library

10/24/2026

Sheboygan Zine Fest is just over two weeks away! Here’s another session to add to your list:

🖋️ Creating a Comic Anthology: Tips, Tricks, and Discussion with Elliot from Comix Social

Learn how to run a comic anthology, create comics for one, and contribute to anthologies made by Milwaukee’s Comix Social creators!

📅 Saturday, Nov. 7
🕦 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
📍 Rocca Room, Mead Library

View the full schedule: www.meadpl.org/event/sheboygan-zine-fest-46284

10/23/2026

🎨 It was another full house for our popular kids painting workshop today with Create it on Canvas! If you weren't able to join us, we'll be bringing the class back in January. Stay tuned!

10/23/2026

Sheboygan Zine Fest is just over two weeks away! Here’s another session to add to your list:

🎲✏️ Play Mangaka: The Fast and Furious Game of Drawing Comics

Get fun and silly prompts and draw a short comic with Jilly Foo, a Midwest comic artist, zinester and webcomic creator!

🗓 Saturday, Nov. 7
🕐 10:15–11 a.m.
📍 Mead Library

Recommended for ages 12 and older, but all ages are welcome if they’re up for a challenge. View the full schedule: www.meadpl.org/event/sheboygan-zine-fest-46284

10/23/2026

Calling all ACOTAR fans! Join us at WordHaven BookHouse, LLC on Monday, Oct. 26, from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. for a Midnight Release Party for “A Court of Splintered Harmony.” Be among the first to get your hands on the latest in Sarah J. Maas’ ACOTAR series!

📚 Books will be available to purchase at midnight, and Mead staff will have copies for checkout.

Featuring:

— ACOTAR-themed refreshments from Through the Looking Glass & Cheesecakes from Megan
— Block printing courtesy of Bite Size Studio
— Activities & crafts

▶ Preorders are recommended through WordHaven.

10/22/2026

The Brewers are headed to the World Series for the first time in 44 years! Kids and families can drop by the Children’s Library anytime between 1-4 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 23, to make a free custom pennant or sign to cheer them on. We’ll provide the supplies. You bring the team spirit. Let’s go, Brew Crew!

10/22/2026

Get ready for a glow-tastic Halloween party on Monday, Oct. 26, in the Story Garden, featuring glowing decorations, music, dancing and hands-on activities. Wear your costume or your brightest neon colors, and glow!

◾ GloSlow (3–4 p.m.): A lower-light, lower-sound sensory hour for children with sensory sensitivities. 📝 Registration required: www.meadpl.org/event/glo-slow-party-sensory-senstive-hour-45592

◾ GloParty (4–6 p.m.): A high-energy dance party with UV-reactive and glow-in-the-dark STEAM activities. ✅ No registration required

10/22/2026

The City of Sheboygan has wrapped up its draft Transportation Safety Action Plan. See the plan and learn more at an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, in the Rocca Room at Mead Library.

10/22/2026

Make your own custom pennant or sign to cheer on the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series during this free- drop-in craft for kids and families. We’ll provide the supplies—you bring the team spirit. Let’s go, Brew Crew!

📅 1-4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 23
📍 Children’s Activity Center, Mead Library

10/21/2026

Sheboygan Zine Fest is less than three weeks away! Here’s a session to add to your list:

🍜✏️ Good Enough to Eat: Recipe Comics with Sarah Becan

Learn to draw recipe comics with Sarah Becan, coauthor and illustrator of “Let’s Make Ramen!,” “Let’s Make Dumplings!” and “Let’s Make Bread!” and the author and illustrator of “Let’s Make Cocktails!”

🗓 Saturday, Nov. 7
🕐 11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
📍 The Loft, Mead Library

Event is free. No registration required. All experience levels and ages are welcome. If you can, bring a simple recipe you’d like to draw.

View the full schedule: www.meadpl.org/event/sheboygan-zine-fest-46284

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10/21/2026

Help us celebrate the Imaginarium’s 10th anniversary! Join us for makerspace tours, equipment demos, STEM activities, crafts and a visit from Mayor Ryan Sorenson.

Drop in anytime from 3–7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Want to enter the mini pumpkin competition? Pick up a pumpkin at the second-floor desk and submit your finished entry there by Oct. 24.