Event date: April 11, 2021
Event Time:12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Location:
Manitowoc, WI 54220
Description:
Gone are the days of feeling the pressure to make good art. Now is the time to make bad art on purpose! Think Picasso meets “Sharknado!” Or Monet meets “Plan 9 from Outer Space.” It’s the awful artistic expression equivalent of watching a bad movie—painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, or whatever way you decide to express yourself creatively. Email a picture of your appalling artwork to [email protected] between March 17 and April 15. Everyone will be able to cast their vote for the best of the worst artwork in each category (Family, Teen, and Adult) on MPL's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/manitowoclibrary) via reaction (“Like,” Love,” etc.) starting on April 19. Winners will be generously rewarded for their stinky art skills! Visit www.manitowoclibrary.org/badart for all the details. Disclaimer: This contest is intended strictly for lighthearted fun!

Event date: April 11, 2021
Event Time:12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Location:
Manitowoc, WI 54220
Description:
When ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ creativity ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ collides with the unforeseen ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ a single outcome ¦¦¦¦ infuses ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ the imagination: ¦¦¦¦¦¦ inspiration.

A blackout poem is created when a poet takes a marker to an already established text—like a romance novel—and starts redacting words until a new poem is formed.

Here’s an easy guide to creating Blackout Poetry:
• Skim your page
• Go through and circle the words or phrases you want to use
• Go through and boldly box the words you’re keeping with pen or Sharpie
• Read through your final poem
• Go through and blacken all of the material not used
• Bask in the glory of your creation

To participate, send a photo of your completed Blackout Poem to Therese at [email protected] or drop it off at MPL’s Service Desk. Poems will be shared on MPL’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/manitowoclibrary) and also displayed at the Library through the end of April in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Event date: April 11, 2021
Event Time:12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Location:
707 Quay Street
Manitowoc, WI 54220
Description:
Spring has sprung and the need for diversion is in the air. And what better way to feed that need than with some New-To-You music, movies, and books on CD? With DVDs and Books on CD available for $2 apiece and music CDs only setting you back $1 each. It’s a veritable, reasonably-priced feast for the eyes and ears running from Tuesday, April 6 through the following Tuesday, April 13, during all regular MPL operating hours! So, head to MPL and get stocked up on all the distraction from the everyday you could ask for!

All of the City of Manitowoc park restrooms are open for the season, with the exception of Rheaume Park (which requires more extensive maintenance before it opens).

Features artwork from high schools in the Big East Conference

Dates for Spring Clean-up 2021 have been scheduled. The first two weeks of spring cleanup will be for BRUSH ONLY. Brush includes clean woody vegetative material, branches, and bushes/shrubs without root bulbs, not to exceed five (5) feet in length or