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Join us for a live virtual event featuring author Stuart Turton. Find out how to get a copy of the book here!
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Many folks know that our modern-day Santa Claus had his start as St. Nicholas, but what happened on the journey to make us think of a "jolly old elf," rather than a pious Christian Bishop? Where, exactly, did Santa Claus come from, and why does his popularity remain so high in modern American popular culture?
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Meet one of America's most inspirational women, Helen Keller, as portrayed by Jessica Michna. Helen Keller, the first deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, was also a world-famous speaker and author who met every U.S. President from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon Johnson. You are invited to participate via Zoom. Visit the websites of the Center or the Library to register.
Be brave! Try to risk doing something photographically that you have not tried before. Study up and make it work out well.
Send 4–6 photographs to jhenze [at] deforestlibrary.org by November 16 and ask how to attend via Zoom.
This group is sponsored by the library and is open to the public. New members and visitors are always welcome!
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Join fellow book lovers to talk books and authors.
Everyone is invited to attend, whether you're in a book club or just trolling for new book ideas.
If you have a disability and require accommodation in order to fully participate, please contact library staff.
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Put on your zoot suit and follow in the footsteps of America's most infamous gangsters as they turn Wisconsin into their personal crime vacation land.
Filled with deadly bank robberies, explosive shootouts, brutal murders, and daring kidnappings, Chad Lewis will point out the grisly locations where the gangster history will never die.
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Listen as Héctor Colón shares the story of his life, beginning with his challenging childhood and his introduction to the boxing ring.
Follow the path to his Olympic trial fight, to his present-day work as President- CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, one of the Midwest’s largest non-profits. Be entertained by the anecdotes and be moved by the stories, as only Héctor can tell them.
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Author David Benjamin has a lifetime of stories to tell!
Regarded as a masterwork of storytelling, David Benjamin knew he was a writer when he was in grade school. He started his first novel in elementary school at St. Mary’s School in Tomah. He adapted (and embellished he says) some of that experience in his memoir, The Life and Times of the Last Kid Picked.
Join us for a wonderful evening full of laughter and storytelling.
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Meet author Susan Marshall to hear her experience with her father’s Alzheimer’s journey and her mother’s lightning fast dementia decline.
Sibling tensions, a bewildering array of healthcare, financial and legal decisions, reconciliation of lifelong hurts, and the emotional tsunami that surges through it all are part of the story.
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Explore the basic techniques of making stone tools in this hands-on course for grown-ups. A limited number of starter kits will be available at the library; email ctollefson [at] deforestlibrary.org to reserve your kit before 11/17; kits may be picked up at the library beginning 11/21.
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