Friday, August 1 - The library’s Summer Challenges end! This is the last day for:
• Handing in book reviews for the teen/adult reading challenge. The prize drawing will be held on Monday, August 2.
• Claiming a prize for completing the kid’s reading challenge.
• Picking up Take and Make art projects.
• Showing pictures of work created for the teen/adult art challenge. The prize drawing will be held on Monday, August 2.
• Bringing in any art completed during the kids or teen/adult art challenges. We would love to show these projects during the Owen Public Library Art Show August 4-8.
Saturday, August 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Curtiss Corners Quilt Club 35th Anniversary Quilt Show at Curtiss Community Hall. Owen librarian Loralee Petersen will present “Quilting by the Book” at 12:30 p.m.
Monday, August 4 - Friday, August 8 - Owen Public Library Art Show. Stop by and see pieces created for the library’s Summer Art Challenge. The library will also display pieces created by Karen Grow Horan and Dustin Fredrick. Karen grew up in the Owen-Withee area, was a professor of art in education at UW-Eau Claire and the author of Eulogy to the Wisconsin Barn. Dustin is an Owen area resident whose work was recently featured at the Pablo Center’s Fabulous Florals and Fine Arts 2025 event.
Thursday, August 7, 3 to 6 p.m. - Feria de Salud/Community Health Fair for Spanish Speakers at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Curtiss. This event is sponsored by Vecina a Vecino/Neighbor to Neighbor, an ELCA Lutheran ministry in our area. Owen Public Library will be in attendance.