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. 

Your Summer Reading is CHANGING... We are CHANGING WITH YOU!

You do not need to be a current customer.
We are accepting all libraries!

Hello from Colossal Fossils!

We have all seen many changes in the last few weeks.  It hasn’t been easy to cancel programs, but that’s the world we live in right now.

Colossal Fossils has worked with many of you in the past, and we had over 80 libraries that we were planning to visit this summer, but the reality is that many of the programs will have to be cancelled due to reasons that we have no control over.

It is my hope to create a silver lining out of all this.  ​Using Facebook, Colossal Fossils is offering live programs that are designed for libraries.  We are offering them at an extremely low cost, and this will have multiple benefits:

• Budget-friendly
• Up to five different programs to help you plan your summer.
• Your community can watch the live videos and submit their questions throughout the program.

​As libraries consider what sort of summer programming they might offer their home-bound patrons, some have reached out to me seeking online performing arts content. To help meet this need, I have transformed three of my best workshops into self-paced online experiences focused on three topics:

• The Science of Shadow Puppets,
• Poetry-writing, and
• Shadow Puppet Creation.

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

​Glas House Coffee Shop; Shawano, WI

​College of Menominee Nation Library; Keshena, WI

Participate in the Wisconsin DNR's 2nd annual Keep Wildlife Wild poster contest!

​The poster design contest starts on November 1, 2019 and the deadline for submitting all poster designs is 5PM on February 14, 2020.

The poster design contest is open to all students in 4-6th grade attending public, private, parochial or home schools in Wisconsin.

Contest theme is "A young wild animal's best chance for survival is with its mother!"

​Winners' posters will be used to highlight Keep Wildlife Wild efforts throughout the year on the Wisconsin DNR's social media pages, and displayed at state facilities (service centers, education centers, state parks). 

​Refer to information on the Keep Wildlife Wild webpage to help with representing the Keep Wildlife Wild topic.

In 2020 the theme for the summer reading program is imagination. And that’s what Magic Scott​ is bringing – a brand new magic show filled to the magic-hat brim with imagination.  There’s color and flash, and so much strong magic! Moms, Dads, children of all ages will be delighted with and amazed by this show.  That’s not rhetoric . . . that’s a promise!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milkbreakmusic
Email: David.Landau75@gmail.com
​Phone: 608-246-2057

Please see the following email note from David Daniels, the executive director of Colossal Fossils, a non-profit, traveling museum from Wausau, Wisconsin.

I am including our 2020 Summer Library Program brochure, which includes a mythology-themed program titled "Dinosaurs and Dragons."  This is going to be an exciting one for us, and we are looking forward to working with many of you.
 
One note: Last year, after sending this brochure out, we filled our 2019 summer schedule within a few weeks.  I recommend booking your summer programs early, especially because we are offering a 10% Early Bird discount until January 1st, 2020.
 
If you have questions, feel free to call or email me.  All the best!
 
David Daniels
Executive Director, Colossal Fossils Inc.
dave@colossalfossils.com ~ 715-303-9407
www.colossalfossils.com

Are you looking for a fun, engaging program that not only entertains but promotes reading? Well, look no more! Jeff Quinn's SRP Library magic show is just what you want!

The 2020 show will feature tricks and routines based around a Fairy tale/Mythology theme. There's lots of audience participation, family-friendly humor and (of course) amazing magic.

Not only is Jeff a winner of the North American Children's Magician of the Year competition, but he's also the 100th President of the Society of American Magicians (Houdini was #11), so you KNOW you're going to get a top-notch magical performance at your library.

For more information, go to www.bestlibrarymagician.com.