Legion Memorial Library

Tempura Day
2025-01-07 | Legion Memorial Library, 106 Iron Street, Mellen, WI, 54546, United States
National Tempura Day
“Japanese food makes me feel particularly good.” – David Mitchell

Bean Day
2025-01-06
National Bean Day
“I came to love my rows, my beans, though so many more than I wanted. They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antaeus.” – Henry David Thoreau

Whipped Cream Day
2025-01-05
National Whipped Cream Day
“Whipped cream isn’t whipped cream at all if it hasn’t been whipped with whips, just like poached eggs isn’t poached eggs unless it’s been stolen in the dead of night.” – Ronald Dahl

Spaghetti Day
2025-01-04
National Spaghetti Day
“Friends are like spaghetti, they should stick together. The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fruit Cake Toss Day
2025-01-03
National Fruit Cake Toss Day
“The easiest way to make a fruit cake is to buy a darkish cake, then pound some old, hard fruit into it with a mallet. Be sure to wear safety glasses.” – Dave Barry

Swiss Cheese Day
2025-01-02
National Swiss Cheese Day
“Swiss cheese is a rip-off. It’s the only cheese I can bite into and miss.” – Mitch Hedberg

Bloody Mary Day
2025-01-01
National Bloody Mary Day
“Sometimes you need coffee, and sometimes you need a Bloody Mary.” —-Mike Dirnt

Library Closed
2025-01-01, 2024-12-31, 2024-12-25, 2024-12-24

New Year's Day
2025-01-01

New Year's Eve
2024-12-31

Monday Morning Movie
2024-12-30 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Join us for “Wild Robot” (If I’m able to purchase for us. Otherwise we’ll be showing an alternative. I’ll keep you updated.) You are welcome to bring a camp chair, snacks, and beverage if you’d like. Come and enjoy this family fun movie with friends.

Bacon Day
2024-12-30
National Bacon Day
“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.” – Doug Larson

Pepper Pot Day
2024-12-29
National Pepper Pot Day
“Stew’s so comforting on a rainy day.” – Dodie Smith

Chocolate Candy Day
2024-12-28
National Chocolate Candy Day
“I like all sorts of chocolate. Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, anything.” – Freddie Highmore

Fruit Cake Day
2024-12-27
National Fruit Cake Day
“The ultimate in longevity is the Christmas fruitcake. It is a cake made during the holidays with fruits that make it heavier than the stove it is cooked in.” – Erma Bombeck

Candy Cane Day
2024-12-26
National Candy Cane Day
“Christmas is like candy. It slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” – Richelle E. Goodrich

Christmas Day
2024-12-25

Christmas Eve
2024-12-24

Monday Morning Movie
2024-12-23 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for “Elf”. You are welcome to bring a camp chair, snacks, and beverage if you’d like. Come and enjoy this family fun movie with friends.

Pfeffernusse Day
2024-12-23
National Pfeffernusse Day
“I’ll eat one cookie, not a whole box of cookies. But I’ll still eat the one cookie…sometimes two, or even three. But not the whole box.” – Kate Winslet

Date Nut Bread Day
2024-12-22
National Date Nut Bread Day
“When you have a healthy appetite there is no such thing as bad bread.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Kiwi Fruit Day
2024-12-21
National Kiwi Fruit Day
“Someone once threw me a small, brown, hairy Kiwi fruit, and I threw a wastebasket over it until it was dead.” – Erma Bombeck

Sangria Day
2024-12-20
National Sangria Day
“Wine is bottled poetry.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

Hard Candy Day
2024-12-19
National Hard Candy Day
“I have to confess I can’t have the holiday season without “Hard Candy Christmas”. For some reason, it makes me think of the sticky ribbon candy bowl my mid-western grandma always had.” – Hank Stuever

Morning Book Club
2024-12-18 09:00 - 10:00
Camino Island is our discussion book for December
The morning book club meets the third Wednesday of the month at the library at 9am. A book list for the 2024-25 season may be found on this website. Or you may pick-up a book mark with all the dates and titles on it at the library. There is no need to purchase books. They are ordered through interlibrary loan and available at the library. You do need to register for the book club by contacting the library by phone, 715-274-8331 or stopping by. The library staff will then order copies for book club members.

Roast Suckling Pig Day
2024-12-18
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
“Long live sausage! Long live salami! Long live pork, Coppa, and pancetta!” – Matteo Salvini

Maple Syrup Day
2024-12-17
National Maple Syrup Day
“In Vermont, there is maple syrup in it- it doesn’t matter what it is. Cake, ice cream, coffee, soup, mustard, concrete.” – Maureen Johnson
