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August 2026

Find wellness support at your libraries!

Support your wellness journey at your library. Libraries across Bridges Library System offer resources to support your physical, mental, and emotional well-being.


Find books, digital materials, and welcoming spaces to help you focus on feeling your best. Explore topics like nutrition, healthy living, mindfulness, fitness, and stress relief, or simply stop by to connect and learn at your own pace.

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Free library wellness programs to explore:

  • Aug. 18: Trail Running Film Festival at Waukesha Public Library

  • Aug. 18 & 25: Chair Yoga at Jefferson Public Library

  • Aug. 19 & 26: Senior Chair Exercise at Karl Junginger Memorial Library in Waterloo

  • Aug. 27: Somatic Prescence at Whitewater Public Library

  • Sept. 2: Teen Time - Therapy Dogs at Watertown Public Library

  • Sept. 9: Beginner Yoga at Hartland Public Library

  • Sept. 22: Cup of Health - Emergency Preparedness as We Age at Elm Grove Public Library

  • Sept. 30: Green Cleaning Workshop at Brookfield Public Library

  • Sept. 30: Frequency Medicine at Jefferson Public Library

  • Sept. 30: Grief Support Group at Menomonee Falls Public Library

Find Your Library & Events

Browse the Systemwide Event Calendar

Final weeks to hunt!

Tracks in the Stacks Bigfoot Hunt ends August 21

There’s only one week left to find all 24 library bigfoots! Visit participating libraries, track down each bigfoot, and submit your prize entry forms at every library you visit before the hunt ends on August 21.

Tracks in the Stacks Bigfoot Hunt Details

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Around the Libraries

Blood drop

Community Blood Drives

  • Aug. 21: Hartland Public Library
    9 am - 2 pm

  • Aug. 21: Oconomowoc Public Library
    9 am - 3 pm

  • Aug. 24: Menomonee Falls Public Library
    12 - 4 pm

  • Aug. 24: Waukesha Public Library
    2 - 6 pm

Memory Cafés

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Upcoming Memory Cafés

  • Aug. 17: Story Stones • Menomonee Falls Public Library

  • Aug. 26: Flower Painting • Waukesha Public Library

  • Sept. 4: Severe Weather with Drew Burgoyne • Oconomowoc Public Library

  • Sept. 10: Monarch Magic • Mukwonago Community Library

  • Sept. 14: Football Fun • Dwight Foster Public Library in Fort Atkinson

View the Memory Café Events Calendar

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Fall Family Day

Sunday, September 27

Open House: 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Retzer Nature Center, Waukesha

This free open house event offers a welcoming afternoon of activities, connection, and fun for the whole family. Guests may enjoy any or all of the day’s activities, including live music from the Civic Broadway Singers, Lotería, a planetarium show, an educational nature program led by a Retzer Nature Center naturalist, a family photo booth, a handwarmer craft to keep or give to a friend, and refreshments.

Fall Family Day Information


On The Shelf

Fantasy Reads

The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar

The Magician of Tiger Castle

by Louis Sachar

A Promise of Sirens by V. L. Barycz

A Promise of Sirens

by V. L. Barycz

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown

How to Survive Camping: The Man with No Shadow by Bonnie Quinn

How to Survive Camping: The Man with No Shadow

by Bonnie Quinn

Sycorax by Nydia Hetherington

Sycorax

by Nydia Hetherington

A Tale of Mirth & Magic by Kristen Vale

A Tale of Mirth & Magic

by Kristen Vale

Find Your Library

Jefferson County

Dwight Foster Public Library (Fort Atkinson)
Jefferson Public Library

Johnson Creek Public Library

Karl Junginger Memorial Library (Waterloo)
L.D. Fargo Public Library (Lake Mills)
Powers Memorial Library (Palmyra)
Watertown Public Library

Whitewater Public Library


Waukesha County

Alice Baker Library (Eagle)
Big Bend Public Library
Brookfield Public Library
Butler Public Library
Delafield Public Library
Elm Grove Public Library
Hartland Public Library
Menomonee Falls Public Library
Mukwonago Community Library
Muskego Public Library
New Berlin Public Library
Oconomowoc Public Library
Pauline Haass Public Library (Sussex)
Pewaukee Public Library
Town Hall Library (North Lake)
Waukesha Public Library

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