The Bayfield Carnegie Library is turning 120! We are celebrating with a January Jubilee. January 13th, 2024 5-7pm
The Bayfield Carnegie Library is turning 120! We are celebrating with a January Jubilee. January 13th, 2024 5-7pm

Bayfield Carnegie Library will be hosting a special event in honor of the historical building’s 120th anniversary. The January Jubilee will be held on Saturday, January 13th, from 5-7 pm at the library in Bayfield. Tickets are $25 each, or two for $40. A limited number of tickets (100) are available, so purchasing in advance is recommended. Proceeds will benefit the ongoing needs of maintaining and restoring the building and adjacent grounds, including lamp posts, tuckpointing, and retaining wall.

The celebratory event includes live acoustic music; appetizers by Chef Lars; wine, beer, and alcohol-free beverages; a silent auction including items donated by local businesses; and interactive library-associated historical characters Andrew Carnegie, Henry Wildhagen, Winnie Robinson, Eleanor Knight, Carl Larson, and Hope Atkinson.

Tickets may be picked up at the library, 37 North Broad Street. Contact Library Director Teresa Weber at 715-779-3953 to find out about opportunities to help sponsor this event.

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Apply Now to Become Our 2024–2025 Bayfield Poet Laureate!
Apply Now to Become Our 2024–2025 Bayfield Poet Laureate!

The Library encourages poets 18 and over, living within 10 miles of the City of Bayfield, to apply. Preference is given to year-round Bayfield area residents, including Red Cliff and the Towns of Russell and Bayfield. Summer residents are eligible. We are looking for poets who have shown or demonstrated a passion for poetry, including but not limited to publication in a book, journal or anthology—on paper or online. Live events are included. We are looking for poets prepared to bring their poems and projects to life in our community. We hope to engage the community, students and local writers in our Poet Laureate’s poems, events and projects.
Applications are due December 15, 2023. Click Read More for details and to download/print the application!

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Passport Program @ Libraries in Northern WI.
Passport Program @ Libraries in Northern WI.

Stop by the Bayfield Library or any Northern waters library and pick up your passport to the Northern Waters Library Network. This spring and summer travel around the Northern Waters Library Network gathering passport stamps, learning about our northern Wisconsin communities, and you could be a prize drawing winner!

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Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Dasha Kelly Hamilton visits the Bayfield Library
Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Dasha Kelly Hamilton visits the Bayfield Library

The Bayfield Carnegie Library Presents: Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Wisconsin Poet Laureate, on Wednesday April 27th at 6 pm with a poetry writing workshop, “A Line Meant” and again on Thursday, April 28th at 6 pm at the Lakeside Pavilion for “A Reading with Dasha” The workshop is limited to the first 30 people who call and reserve a place. All are encouraged to attend the program at the Pavilion. Both programs are offered at no cost.

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