International Game Day at Steenbock

Steenbock Memorial Library is celebrating International Games Day @ Your Library by hosting a game day!

This Saturday, November 3, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Steenbock will have a gaming area on first floor stocked with a variety of new and classic board games.  There will also be ice cream! 

So, if you're looking for a fun time and tasty ice cream treat, head to Steenbock this Saturday!

Scary Movie Night at Steenbock Memorial Library

To celebrate Halloween, Steenbock Memorial Library is having a scary movie night!

The evening will feature The Little Shop of Horrors, a humorous scary movie about a harmless little Venus flytrap that becomes a giant man-eating menace!  The movie will be shown on Halloween night, Wednesday October 31, at 7:00 p.m. and then again at 9:00 p.m.  The showings will take place on the first floor in the space near office room 119.  Snacks will be provided!

So, stop by on Halloween night and enjoy a showing of The Little Shop of Horrors!

Photo credit: 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/asw909/2033463375

Raise the Woof with Dogs on Call

What better way to relieve the stress of studying than to meet wet-nose to nose with a wiggling, wagging member of the canine corps, Dogs on Call?! "Dogs on Call" is a local member of Pet Partners--an organization devoted to improving human health through the existing bond between people and companion animals. These companion animals are specially-trained to gently-interact with their human counterparts in any number of environments including schools, hospitals, libraries and special-care facilities.

Steenbock staff welcomes Dogs on Call and their companion handlers to the library, Monday, October 29, from 6:30-8:00 PM. The dogs will be available for a pat near the front, main entrance to the library (second floor).

Please visit the sites for Dogs on Call and Pet Partners to learn more about their services.

Food Day with Slow Food UW

Celebrate Food Day 2012 with Slow Food UW!  National Food Day (October 24), as conceived by CSPI and a coalition of leaders in the movement toward just and sustainable food-ways, presents an opportunity to appreciate a good meal and to engage with the issues and policies that speak to heath, hunger, and agricultural practice. 

Slow Food UW events include:

• Introductory remarks from Barlett Durand regarding products from Black Earth Meats as well as his involvement with Red Meat Market
• "Meet your Meat" spin board for prizes
• Information table and raffle with REthink Wisconsin to support its Farm Mobbing project
• Free samples from Bloom Bake Shop (bacon brownies and other treats--including options for vegetarians)
• Visit from Bucky Badger
• Free swag from the Office of Sustainability and We Conserve

When:  October 24 (11:30 AM - 2:00 PM)
Where: Slow Food UW Café (1127 University Avenue)

Eat Real!  Health + Sustainable + Affordable + Fair

Third Annual Prospective Graduate Student Online Chat

On October 23 from noon until 1:30 p.m., the UW-Madison Graduate School is hosting its third annual online chat for prospective graduate students.

This year's topic is entitled "High Impact Application: Make An Impression with your Graduate School Application."  The chat will be located at http://www.grad.wisc.edu/education/chats.  Prospective graduate students attending the chat may ask questions about the application process, how to write a statement of purpose, who to pick to recommend you, what the campus and Madison are like, and more.  Questions will be answered in real time by panelists representing the Graduate School and a variety of the programs it offers.

If you're a student considering graduate school, click on here on the 23rd to join the chat and ask your questions!