Milwaukee Public Library - Late Night With Harry Potter

Late Night With Harry Potter presented by CHASE

Book Release Event
Friday, July 20
9 p.m. to midnight
(doors open at 9 p.m.)

Countdown to the release of
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows "

“Late Night with Harry Potter” presented by Chase at Central Library is a free family event celebrating the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J. K. Rowling.

If you Like Harry Potter...Booklist

Magic Science Show with thrilling tricks and enchanting magic potions to intrigue all ages by Mad Science. (9:15 p.m. and 11:15 p.m.)

See Owls up close and learn more about these amazing creatures from the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center. (9-11 p.m.)

Make your own golden snitch or an owl puppet with Artists Working in Education. (9-11:45 p.m.)

Turn simple Potions into a creeping slime or confounding crystal under the direction of our potion masters from Discovery World.
(9-11:45 a.m.)

Think you know as much magic as Harry? Test your knowledge by taking our O.W.L.S. (Outstanding Wizard Levels) (recommended for children ages 8-17)
(9-11:45 p.m.)

The Ministry of Magic presents the amazing and mystifying Rick Allen and his “Wizard I” Magic Show. (10:10 p.m.)

Take a break and sit back to enjoy the first Harry Potter movie, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

Visit horticultural experts from the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory to see, touch and learn more about real-life mystcal plants in Herbology class.

Learn what the heavens hold with our astronomy instructor from the Wehr Astronomical Society. (9-11:45 p.m.)

Live music by local band Rutabaga Blu.

Fortune Telling - Stop by and see what your future holds. (For children in grade 12 and younger. One reading per child.)

Mrs. Weasley has left gifts! Free lightning bolt tattoos and Harry Potter glasses. (while supplies last)

Purchase snacks and beverages at the outdoor Hogwarts Café or
candy treats from Honeydukes Candy Store. (while supplies last)

At 12:01 a.m. check out the book from the Central Library
OR
Purchase a copy at the library from Harry W. Schwartz Books:
Price: $24.49 (30% discounted price) – with tax: $25.86.
Pre-order a copy of the book in person at any Schwartz Bookstore;
by phone: 414.332.1181; or through the Schwartz Web site.
On July 20, you can also pay for the book any time during the evening at the Central Library. At 12:01 a.m., pre-ordered and pre-paid books will be distributed.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Activities subject to change.

Parking is available downtown or Free bus service for displaced wizards and witches will run continuously from the Chase parking structure on the southwest corner of
Water Street and Michigan Avenue to the Central Library. Parking in the structure is $3.
The "Knight Bus" should arrive about every 15 minutes. 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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