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Novel Motion Circus

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children, Tweens

Enjoy a show and hands-on experience of the circus arts! Learn new skills and work on body awareness, strength, and balance while connecting and collaborating with others.

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Event Details:

Enjoy a show and hands-on experience of the circus arts! Learn new skills and work on body awareness, strength, and balance while connecting and collaborating with others.

two jugglers holding clubs, doing acrobatics and balancing

Novel Motion Circus

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children, Tweens

Enjoy a show and hands-on experience of the circus arts! Learn new skills and work on body awareness, strength, and balance while connecting and collaborating with others.

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Event Details:

Enjoy a show and hands-on experience of the circus arts! Learn new skills and work on body awareness, strength, and balance while connecting and collaborating with others.

musician with a guitar

Rockin' and Reading with Leonardo

Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children, Tweens

Bring your dancing shoes and best air guitar moves--it's time to go Rockin' and Reading with Leonardo!

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Event Details:

Bring your dancing shoes and best air guitar moves--it's time to go Rockin' and Reading with Leonardo!

musician with a guitar

Rockin' and Reading with Leonardo

Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children, Tweens

Bring your dancing shoes and best air guitar moves--it's time to go Rockin' and Reading with Leonardo!

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Event Details:

Bring your dancing shoes and best air guitar moves--it's time to go Rockin' and Reading with Leonardo!

A very young child in a blue shirt holds the hand of a taller person who is wearing a yellow-and-white striped shirt.

Family Time

Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Courtyard at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Storytime & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Children

Ages 0-12: Stories, songs, action rhymes, and fingerplays! Please bring a blanket to sit on.

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Courtyard
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Activities, Storytime & Early Literacy
Event Details:

Ages 0-12: Stories, songs, action rhymes, and fingerplays! Please bring a blanket to sit on.

Please note:

Caregivers required.

Outside weather permitting; inside if necessary.

Arch with Welcome to Hogsmeade sign

A Visit to a Wizarding Village - Ages 6-17

Monday, July 28, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Family Activities
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens

Join fellow Hogwarts students (and maybe some muggles) on an (unauthorized) visit to Hogsmeade. Can you complete the tasks to decipher the secret message and head back to Hogwarts before Filch and Mrs. Norris find you?

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Family Activities
Event Details:

Join fellow Hogwarts students (and maybe some muggles) on an (unauthorized) visit to Hogsmeade. Can you complete the tasks to decipher the secret message and head back to Hogwarts before Filch and Mrs. Norris find you?

Selfie Stick

Wizard Photo Station

Monday, July 28, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Rotary Club of Brookfield Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens

A chance for wizards and witches to take a photo for the muggles in their lives featuring Harry Potter themed props.

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Rotary Club of Brookfield Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Family Activities
Event Details:

A chance for wizards and witches to take a photo for the muggles in their lives featuring Harry Potter themed props.

Three city vehicles including a front loader, fire engine, and a police cruiser

Touch-a-Truck

Monday, July 28, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
East Parking Lot at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

All Ages: See a variety of City vehicles up close, along with the heroes who drive them. 

Chillwaukee Pops will have frozen treats available for purchase (cash or card). 

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: East Parking Lot
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Family Activities
Event Details:

All Ages: See a variety of City vehicles up close, along with the heroes who drive them. 

Chillwaukee Pops will have frozen treats available for purchase (cash or card). 

Please note:

Caregivers required.

Weather permitting.

Selfie Stick

Wizard Photo Station

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Rotary Club of Brookfield Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens

A chance for wizards and witches to take a photo for the muggles in their lives featuring Harry Potter themed props.

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Rotary Club of Brookfield Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Family Activities
Event Details:

A chance for wizards and witches to take a photo for the muggles in their lives featuring Harry Potter themed props.

Board Game Barrister logo

Family Game Day

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children

Ages 5-12: Play a variety of family-friendly games!

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Event Details:

Ages 5-12: Play a variety of family-friendly games!

Please note:

Caregivers required.

Color the Courtyard Party Thursday, July 31 Ages 3-12

Color the Courtyard Party

Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Courtyard at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities
Age Group:
Children

Come to the Courtyard for colorful games, fun, activities, and more! Weather permitting.

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Courtyard
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Activities
Event Details:

Come to the Courtyard for colorful games, fun, activities, and more! Weather permitting.

Please note:

Caregivers required.

Color the Courtyard Party Thursday, July 31 Ages 3-12

Color the Courtyard Party

Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Courtyard at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities
Age Group:
Children

Come to the Courtyard for colorful games, fun, activities, and more! Weather permitting.

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Courtyard
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Activities
Event Details:

Come to the Courtyard for colorful games, fun, activities, and more! Weather permitting.

Please note:

Caregivers required.

A very young child in a blue shirt holds the hand of a taller person who is wearing a yellow-and-white striped shirt.

Family Time

Friday, August 1, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Courtyard at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Storytime & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Children

Ages 0-12: Stories, songs, action rhymes, and fingerplays! Please bring a blanket to sit on.

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Courtyard
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Activities, Storytime & Early Literacy
Event Details:

Ages 0-12: Stories, songs, action rhymes, and fingerplays! Please bring a blanket to sit on.

Please note:

Caregivers required.

Outside weather permitting; inside if necessary.

Pirate Children with treasure

Captain Will Ness (wellness) and the Pirates of Your Health

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun, Health & Wellbeing
Age Group:
Children

Arrr! Captain Will Ness will talk about the Pirates of ye Health; 
things that steal ye health, like germs, not exercising, and 

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun, Health & Wellbeing
Event Details:

Arrr! Captain Will Ness will talk about the Pirates of ye Health; 
things that steal ye health, like germs, not exercising, and 

Curt Strutz smiles and holds Velociraptor model

Meet the Dinosaurs

Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities
Age Group:
Children

Dinosaur Dimensions presents a special show featuring four awesome and fearsome dinosaurs!

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Activities
Event Details:

Dinosaur Dimensions presents a special show featuring four awesome and fearsome dinosaurs!

Please note:

Caregivers required.

A very young child in a blue shirt holds the hand of a taller person who is wearing a yellow-and-white striped shirt.

Family Time

Friday, August 8, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Courtyard at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Storytime & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Children

Ages 0-12: Stories, songs, action rhymes, and fingerplays! Please bring a blanket to sit on.

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Courtyard
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Activities, Storytime & Early Literacy
Event Details:

Ages 0-12: Stories, songs, action rhymes, and fingerplays! Please bring a blanket to sit on.

Please note:

Caregivers required.

Outside weather permitting; inside if necessary.

LEGO bricks in many colors

LEGO Club

Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children, Tweens
LEGO Club:

Build your own creation and complete our challenge!

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun

Build your own creation and complete our challenge!

Young child eating an ice cream cone

Ice Cream Social

Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Courtyard at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Enjoy music and ice cream in our Courtyard, sponsored by the Friends of the Brookfield Public Library!

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Courtyard
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Family Activities
Event Details:

Enjoy music and ice cream in our Courtyard, sponsored by the Friends of the Brookfield Public Library!

The tips of a few dozen colored pencils in a bundle, with a fuzzy colorful background

Craft Saturday

Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 9:00am - 3:00pm
Harnischfeger Activity Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Family Activities
Age Group:
Children, Tweens
Craft Saturday:

Make a seasonal craft!

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Harnischfeger Activity Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Family Activities

Make a seasonal craft!

Please note:

Available while supplies last.

monarch butterfly on yellow flowers

Monarch Butterflies: Royal Pollinators

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Home & Garden, Science & Technology
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Family Activities, Home & Garden, Science & Technology

Library Building Closed

All Day
Brookfield Public Library

The Library building will be closed on this day. We are always open online! brookfieldlibrary.com 

Closing
Branches:
Brookfield Public Library
Description:

The Library building will be closed on this day. We are always open online! brookfieldlibrary.com 

LEGO bricks in many colors

LEGO Club

Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children, Tweens
LEGO Club:

Build your own creation and complete our challenge!

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun

Build your own creation and complete our challenge!

A very young child kneeling, looking up, smiling, and clapping

Babytime

Monday, September 15, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Community Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Storytime & Early Literacy
Age Group:
Children
Babytime:

Ages 0-24 months: Join us for twenty minutes of stories, songs, rhymes, and more!

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Activities, Storytime & Early Literacy

Ages 0-24 months: Join us for twenty minutes of stories, songs, rhymes, and more!

A child's hands holding a stack of Duplo-style bricks

Playgroup

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Harnischfeger Activity Room at Brookfield Public Library
Program Type:
Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun
Age Group:
Children
Playgroup:

Ages 0-24 months: Play with toys and make new friends!  

Library Branch: Brookfield Public Library
Room: Harnischfeger Activity Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Family Activities, Music, Games & Fun

Ages 0-24 months: Play with toys and make new friends!