Asahi Nordic Exercise
2025-06-04 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Legion Memorial Library, 106 Iron Street, Mellen, WI, 54546, United States
ASAHI-A Simple And Healthy Idea: This exercise practice is for all ages and all abilities. No special equipment needed. Just come in comfortable clothes you can move in. Movements are completed while standing, although if you’d like to participate seated, you are welcome to do so. We’ll be meeting outdoors in The Friends Place at the library. If the weather is poor or the bugs are too much we will move indoors.

Cheese Day
2025-06-04
National Cheese Day
“The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.” —Gilbert K. Chesterton

Bicycle Day
2025-06-03
National Bicycle Day
“Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” —Charles M. Schulz

Summer Reading Begings
2025-06-02
The Summer Reading theme is “Color Our World”. Start recording reading points for patches & medals on Monday, June 2nd through August 30th. For each 25 points you may pick a patch and when you earn 50 points you’ll receive your 2025 Summer Reading Medal. Pick up a Summer Reading Brochure with a list of additional events and activities. In person programming will take place for six weeks for the Middles (Grades 1-5) and the Littles (3-5 years old). The dates for the Middles are Tuesday mornings at 10:30 am: June 17 & 24, July 1, 8, 15, and 22. The dates for the Littles are Thursday mornings at 9am: June 19 & 26, July 3, 10, 17, and 24. There are contests and paint opportunities for our Teens in addition to reading points for patches & a medal. Adult programming includes a monthly paint night, book club discussion, and movie night. During these six weeks, June 16-July 26, visit the library and participate in a weekly drawing for a movie gift certificate. Stop by the library and pick up a paint palette sheet or bookmark according to your age grouping. There are library & reading related challenges listed. Complete the challenges and return the sheet or bookmark to the library to be entered into the drawing for a gift certificate to the Ashland Bay Cinema. Drawing entries will start fresh each week.

Rotisserie Chicken Day
2025-06-02
National Rotisserie Chicken Day
“Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat.” —Joe Bastianich

Go Barefoot Day
2025-06-01
Go Barefoot Day
“If I can be somewhere with sunshine and have bare feet and a book, I’m happy.” KT Tunstall

Macaroon Day
2025-05-31
National Macaroon Day
“I make a mean Coconut Macaroon.” —Melissa McCarthy

Paint Night
2025-05-30 18:00 - 21:00
We will paint along with The Art Sherpa to create “Little Boy Fishing on Pier”. Call or stop by the library to register and receive the supply list.

Mint Julep Day
2025-05-30
National Mint Julep Day
“and I’ll make you a Mint Julep. Then you won’t seem so stupid to yourself…” —F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)

Biscuit Day
2025-05-29
National Biscuit Day
“Biscuits are sweet things in Britain, and apparently in America a biscuit is something like a scone, something savory that you’d have with soup.” —Mini Grey

Asahi Nordic Exercise
2025-05-28 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-21 16:00 - 17:00
Asahi Nordic Exercise meets weekly on Wednesdays at 4pm here at the Mellen Library. Join us for this “A Simple And Healthy Idea” gathering. No special equipment needed. The focus is on movement, breathing, and balance. We have been doing the exercises while standing. You may choose to do exercises from a chair. There is no need for a mat or getting up and down from the floor. Come and see if this is something that would be a good fit for you.

Brisket Day
2025-05-28
National Brisket Day
“Brisket will improve your life.” —Stephanie Pierson

Library Board Meeting
2025-05-27 17:00 - 18:00

Food Fun Drawing
2025-05-27 17:00
Food Fun Drawing will take place on May 27th at 5pm. Check out the Library calendar on our website or Facebook page and bring in a food item from one of the National Food Celebration Days from May. That item gets you a drawing ticket entry. Non-perishable items only please. Creativity is encouraged. The winner of the drawing gets all the items collected that month to enjoy.

Grape Popsicle Day
2025-05-27
National Grape Popsicle Day
“People can do great things. However, there are some things they can’t do. I, of instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.” —Brandon Sanderson

Library Closed
2025-05-26

Memorial Day
2025-05-26

Cherry Dessert Day
2025-05-26
National Cherry Dessert Day
“Cherry cobbler is shortcake with a soul.” —Edna Ferber

Iced Coffee Day
2025-05-25
National Iced Coffee Day
“I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.” —Abigail Reynolds

Asparagus Day
2025-05-24
National Asparagus Day
“Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.” —Charles Lamb

Taffy Day
2025-05-23
National Taffy Day
“Be like a taffy-sweet, long-lasting, tough, flexible, and colorful.” —Kailin Gow

Summer Reading Storytime for 3-5 yr. olds
2025-05-22 09:00 - 10:00
Programs are planned for 3-5 yr. olds. Those a bit older & younger are welcome, but not all activities will be suitable for the littlest of our littles. Programs will last about an hour.
June 26th, Thursday at 9am
Celebrating the Color Green
& Making Frogs on a Log

Vanilla Pudding Day
2025-05-22
National Vanilla Pudding Day
“The man who invented instant pudding was moved to action by an inability to wait for pudding.” —Dana Gould

Morning Book Club
2025-05-21 09:00 - 10:00
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus is our discussion book for May
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.

Strawberries and Cream Day
2025-05-21
National Strawberries and Cream Day
“Personally, I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. I thought about what they wanted. I didn’t bait the hook with strawberries and cream.” —Dale Carnegie

Quiche Lorraine Day
2025-05-20
National Quiche Lorraine Day
“I am convinced that I am the one who introduced quiche to America.” —James Beard

Devil’s Food Cake Day
2025-05-19
National Devil’s Food Cake Day
“I bake a chocolate cake from scratch every week.” —Victoria Osteen

Cheese Souffle Day
2025-05-18
National Cheese Souffle Day
“Aspiring to a souffle, he achieves a pancake at which the reader saws without much appetite.” —John Leonard

Walnut Day
2025-05-17
National Walnut Day
“They say that there are moments that open up your life like a walnut cracked, that change your point of view so that you never look at things the same way again.” —Jodi Picoult
