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Nancy Drew 90th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition

10/28/2020

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The booking deadline is NOVEMBER 30, 2020.

Reservations are limited and access is being offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Please complete the Booking Inquiry at nancydrewexhibition.com/index#booking-inquiry.
"Dear Nancy Drew Fan,
 
This year, Nancy Drew is celebrating 90 years of adventure, mysteries, and empowerment of generations of girls and young readers!
 
To honor her legacy, we are presenting an innovative, virtual streaming celebration, available exclusively to your library and museum members and supporters.

The celebration will stream to libraries and museums across the country from April 28, 2021 and continue through Mother’s Day, May 9, 2021."
Celebration Highlights
exclusive virtual streaming celebration
"The program will feature:
  • Interviews, commentary, and rare glimpses into the authors and evolution of the characters and stories
  • Celebrity contributions
  • Special streaming events ranging from quizzes to nostalgic recollections
  • Film and TV clips from Nancy Drew on the screen over the years
  • Curatorial insights into the beloved covers and illustrations
  • Discussions with fans and collectors of Nancy Drew books and memorabilia
  • Comments from authors, journalists and critics on the Nancy Drew phenomenon over the years
THE DEADLINE TO LOCK IN YOUR PARTICIPATION IS NOVEMBER 30TH, 2020. DON'T DELAY! 

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Abraham Lincoln by Kevin Wood: Virtual Visits Available

9/30/2020

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The following information was provided to NFLS by Kevin Wood aka “Mr. Lincoln”:
"I am “Mr. Lincoln”, a professional first-person historical presenter of our nation’s 16th President based in the Chicago area, with a very strong resemblance to Mr. Lincoln and a very extensive knowledge of his life and times. 
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This is to let you know that I now offer programs via various forms of virtual programming (in addition to old-fashioned in-person programming!):

  •  video conferencing via Zoom;
  • live-streaming via Facebook Live or YouTube Live; and
  • pre-recorded videos available online via YouTube.

Note that when I do a “live” virtual program, I also authorize the recording of it so that it can be made available online for a period of one week; pre-recorded videos likewise may be made available for one week.


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Wildlife In Need Center: Connecting Communities through Wildlife Education

9/3/2020

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Visit the Wildlife In Need Center
Nestled in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, the Wildlife In Need Center (WINC) is a non-profit organization that provides free medical care for our sick, injured, or orphaned wild neighbors with the intention of returning them to their natural habitat. WINC offers virtual educational programming, as its program may be a fun fit for members of the library community! ​
WINC staff, a bird, and participants participating in virtual program via Zoom
WINC's virtual programs allow participants to meet its live Animal Ambassadors very up close and personal as you learn about their unique stories, species ecology and ways to promote Wisconsin native wildlife from its educators. The program provides an interactive experience through the use of polls, visual display, and an open platform for questions. What better way is there to learn about wildlife than from the animals themselves?! 
 
WINC's programs can be hosted on its Zoom platform or staff can work with you if you have another platform you prefer. In addition, its team can assist you in advertising your program and organizing the list of participants to ensure a safe online experience. 
 
The cost of WINC's virtual program is $100, and can last anywhere between 30 and 60 minutes, depending on your needs. For more information, please visit its website at http://www.helpingwildlife.org/educate/wildlife-education/ 
 
Please do not hesitate to contact the WINC Education Team with any inquiries. They hope to work with you and share their knowledge of native Wisconsin wildlife!

Education Team
Wildlife In Need Center
W349 S1480 S. Waterville Rd.
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
Phone: (262) 965-3090
www.helpingwildlife.org
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/wildlifeinneedcenter/
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Wisconsin Author Jeff Nania's Figure Eight Mystery takes Gold in Midwest Book Awards

7/1/2020

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From the publisher:

We are excited to share with you that Figure Eight (2019, Little Creek Press) tied for first place in the Mystery/Thriller category of the Midwest Book Awards announced on Saturday!
 
The second Northern Lakes Mystery, Spider Lake, was released in January. If your library doesn't yet have it, or if you need additional copies, both Figure Eight (2019) and Spider Lake (2020) are available through Baker and Taylor or Ingram. You may also order directly from us or the publisher, Little Creek Press. 
 
We have seen many libraries hold virtual events this year. If you are interested in holding a book talk with Jeff, please let us know. Or, if you have recommendations for organizations, podcasts, blogs, or other media outlets we could contact to share these books more widely, drop us an email! 
 
We truly appreciate your support over these past 18 months and the role you have played in the success of these Northern Lakes Mysteries. We hope to bring you book 3 soon!


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The Packers Century Project

5/8/2020

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On August 11, 2019, the Green Bay Packers celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding.
 
If a pictorial history of the Green Bay Packers would interest you, consider The Packers Century project.  This 50-60-minute presentation includes photos of Jim Rice's extensive Packer memorabilia collection that traces the team’s history from 1919 to present-day, from Lambeau to LaFleur.  All the great games, players, and moments are included.  
 
Please visit packerscentury.com or the document below for more the details. 
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Miss Wisconsin Summer Library Program (available through 8/22/2020)

5/7/2020

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 I would love to make an appearance at one of your library summer program days and present my Inclusion Program: Teaching Acceptance and Kindness. I can also assist in promoting the program event prior to the event taking place on our social media platforms.
Download Miss Wisconsin Summer Program Flyer
Download Miss Wisconsin Summer Program Flyer
My name is Alyssa Bohm, a Racine native, I am currently serving as Miss Wisconsin 2019. As a state titleholder, it’s my job to volunteer, make appearances throughout the state and promote my social impact initiative, "Embracing Special Needs, Building Inclusive Communities" which focuses on enhancing the lives of those with disabilities and creating inclusivity within or communities.

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Ben's Bubble Show

5/7/2020

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Ben Jimenez is offering an online version of Ben's Bubble Show to libraries for viewing.
The video is 30 minutes long and is:
  • for all ages
  • available through BensBubbleShow.biz
  • a condensed version of his indoor entertainment show with a bit of an educational slant
The cost is $250 per library. No deposit or contract required.

Each library will be given a password to share with their patrons. Go to the website and enter the password to see the video. It will be continuously available for two consecutive days,  starting at 9AM on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 and will stop at 9PM on Thursday, June 25, 2020.

Patrons can view it as much as they like during the two days.

Ben will also be offering more individualized times and dates as requested. Feel free to share this information with any other libraries, schools, etc.

Please contact Ben Jimenez with any questions or to participate: 773-499-6782 or info@bensbubbleshow.biz.

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Shipwreck Program by WI Photographer Cal Kothrade

3/10/2020

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Cal Kothrade in a wetsuit, holding an underwater camera, kneeling on a dock
Frozen In Time: The W.C. Kimball story.
Cal filming
Are you looking for an exciting and dynamic speaker for the 2020 presentation season?  Now is the perfect time to schedule a presentation by Wisconsin diver, artist and underwater photographer Cal Kothrade. His latest presentation details the recent discovery and identification of the most intact schooner shipwreck in the world.

The new hour-long presentation features underwater photos and video of the lake schooner W.C. Kimball, a two masted sailing vessel that vanished with all hands in northern Lake Michigan in 1891. Michigan area shipwreck hunter Ross Richardson found the wreck in late 2018. Using actual footage from multiple dives on the 300' deep wreck by Wisconsin diver Steven Wimer, and Cal’s artwork, this fascinating show discusses the forensic clues that not only led to the identification, but the conclusion of what the ship's ghostly final hours may have been like. This highly significant and timely story has recently been featured by several news outlets including 13 News Grand Rapids, Milwaukee's own Fox Six news, and others.

Cal has presented and delivered keynote speeches at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Lake Huron Coastal Conservation Convention (Ontario, CA), GLSRF's Ghostships Conference, Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival in Canton Michigan, Milwaukee's North Point Lighthouse, Wisconsin Marine Historical Society galas, various libraries, yacht clubs, nursing homes, even dive club meetings!  No matter if it's ten people or two hundred, your audience will be spellbound from the very first minute until the end.

As a photographer/artist, it's no wonder his shows are a visual odyssey, often utilizing maps, archival images from his 20 year dive career, and dozens of his world renown shipwreck photos with a healthy dose of humor sprinkled in to keep things light.  Presentations typically run about 45 minutes with Q&A sessions afterwards.  Event organizers should expect larger than normal turnouts, his talks routinely draw record crowds. Past sponsors have touted the show as fascinating, and his natural, storytelling style of speaking is reminiscent of sitting around with an old friend listening to tales of their latest adventure.

A digital projector and screen are required of the venue.  If you have a microphone system great, otherwise for small to medium sized venues he can vocalize enough to not need a mic/PA.  Promotional images and copy can be provided upon request to aid in your advertising efforts.

Cal is based in the Milwaukee, WI area, and is available for presentations virtually any evening of the week.  In town rate is $250 for one hour.  Out of town rates vary based on distance, please contact him regarding availability and other requirements. Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Racine counties are considered 'in town'.

More information can be found at www.calsworld.net

Replies and inquiries:  calkothrade@gmail.com
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Shetan Noir: Author, Public Speaker and Cryptozoologist

10/29/2019

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Shetan Noir, a great lakes based author and journalist, is available for lectures at libraries in spring/summer/fall of 2020. She has written many books and is working on several more upcoming book projects.

Her book 
Mothman and other flying creatures of the midwest was released in September 2019.

​She Noir also wrote 
Lake monsters and odd creatures of the Great lakes in 2018.
Mothman and other flying creatures of the midwest
Lake monsters and odd creatures of the Great lakes
Shetan Noir, great lakes based author & journalist
Shetan Noir is a cryptozoology researcher and has spent 25 years researching the Paranormal and Cryptozoology fields. Her fascination began with lake monsters at an early age when she first learned about the Loch Ness monster, then hearing reports of lake monsters in her own state of Michigan. Her research has since grown to include Michigan's own Dogman and Nain Rouge, Bigfoot and ghost hunting.

Shetan Noir is currently the lead investigator for the Michigan chapter of the North American Dogman Project, and also runs the paranormal investigation team of Michigan center for unexplained events and phenomenon.


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Figure Eight: A Northern Lakes Mystery by Jeff Nania

10/21/2019

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Update: Wisconsin Author Jeff Nania's Figure Eight Mystery takes Gold in Midwest Book Awards
Figure Eight: A Northern Lakes Mystery by Jeff Nania
Figure Eight: A Northern Lakes Mystery (ISBN-10: 1942586558) was published in January 2019 by Little Creek Press in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. It's a perfect pick for patrons who read authors like C. J. Box, William Kent Krueger, Victoria Houston, Nick Petrie, Patricia Skalka, and John Sandford, or readers who just love plot twists and a fast-paced story! (See reviews.) It is a book with high regional interest. The second book in the series, Spider Lake, is expected January 2020. 
 
Figure Eight has been featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Here are four outdoors-related books with a Wisconsin flavor to consider as holiday gifts” by Paul Smith and other media outlets. Jeff is a dynamic speaker and has spoken at dozens of events over the past eleven months and would love to support your public library with an author presentation. He has also been interviewed on WRCO Radio and you can watch him in action at Ocooch Books.
 
Jeff Nania is a feature writer for Wisconsin Outdoor News and other publications. In Figure Eight, the first book in the Northern Lakes Mystery series, Nania draws upon careers in law enforcement and conservation to weave together a thrilling tale of murder and deceit, family and traditions, and second chances and make readers wonder who is on the right side of the law in the Northwoods. Read more. 

Figure Eight is available through both Ingram and Follet/Baker Taylor​.

subscribe to updates from Jeff Nania 
www.feetwetwriting.com
facebook.com/jeffnaniaauthor

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​Host a Community Screening with Wisconsin Public Television

5/21/2019

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​Partner with WPT and Host a Community Screening Exploring the Lasting Impacts of Trauma and New Approaches to Care

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Wisconsin Public Television has had a decades-long relationship with Wisconsin’s libraries and childhood resource agencies through their popular Reel to Real community event partnership with the Wisconsin Library Association.
 
As part of this powerful community partnership, they’re asking public libraries to consider hosting a free community screening and dialogue around a critical topic impacting our youngest – childhood trauma, and the need for trauma-informed care awareness, support and training.

Libraries are encouraged to partner with WPT and host a screening of Not Enough Apologies: Trauma Stories, an original Wisconsin Public Television news documentary examining the "childhood welfare to adult prison pipeline," and the positive impacts of trauma-informed care.
 
For more information, including details on how to request a screening kit, view: https://dpi.wi.gov/wilibrariesforeveryone/host-community-screening-wisconsin-public-television
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Too Soon to Forget: The Journey of Younger Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

4/12/2019

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PictureToo Soon to Forget: 2 DVD Disk Collection
An award winning documentary selected by American Public Television
Too Soon to Forget: 
The Journey of Younger Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

For those offering dementia-related CE and programming, Rush University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago has developed an amazing set of two DVDs that explores the impact that younger onset Alzheimer’s has on the affected person and their family. 

Narrated by Celebrity Chef and Supermodel B. Smith and her husband, the documentary is being shown on PBS stations across the country.  In addition to adding these DVDs to your circulating collections, librarians might consider using the DVDs as the basis for a program open to the public on this important topic… or for staff training.  There are no restrictions on its use. 


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Immigration in Wisconsin: Free Programming Offered by Wisconsin Humanities Council

3/28/2019

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Immigration to Wisconsin is not new. But the issues are complicated. Current concerns can make them hard to fully comprehend. This series of ShopTalk offers history, stories, and the law to help us think about immigration today.

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Author & Motivational Speaker: Michael Schnitzka

3/27/2019

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Michael Schnitzka's timeless message of “tomorrow is promised to no one” has been embraced by people of all ages – from schools and social groups to businesses and professional organizations.

Michael is a masterful sales coach and charismatic public speaker with over 25 years of professional experience. As a world-record holding ultramarathon athlete and all-around adventurer extraordinaire, he’ll guide you through his journey of a lifetime while encouraging you to make the most of your own. 
 
Come along on a wild ride as Michael Schnitzka recounts more than 30 years of exhilarating highs and soul-crushing lows as a competitive paddler and endurance athlete. Jump on board when the happy-go-lucky college student double-dog-dares a friend to embark on a “Huck Finn” canoe adventure down the Wisconsin River.
Michael's book, Escaping the Velvet Rut: An Adventurer's Guide to Chasing Your Dreams is available for purchase on Amazon.
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Escaping the Velvet Rut: An Adventurer's Guide to Chasing Your Dreams

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Nick Scott: Published Author & Professional Speaker

3/7/2019

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"What's the one thing you gain when you lose everything? PERSPECTIVE!" -Nick Scott
At the age of 16, Nick Scott was an ordinary teenager with an interest in athletics, when a near fatal traffic accident changed life as he knew it... forever. After the accident Nick became overweight and discouraged, but somehow found the determination, mindset and personal strength to transform his life from a debilitating tragedy into a personal triumph. Now he uses those hard-won insights to help others awaken the beast within themselves and achieve their personal goals.

As a professional speaker, author, professional bodybuilder, wheelchair ballroom dancer, and personal trainer, Nick Scott uses his enthusiasm, vision, convictions, abilities, and life experience to reach out, to inspire and give hope to others, especially those unaware of the personal strength they can tap into if only they will believe and try. Nick's sheer strength of will has helped transform thousands of individuals -from professional athletes to senior executives -as well as organizations and corporations across the country. Nick inspires others to break through to new levels of peak performance and success.
Learn About Program Opportunities with Nick Scott

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