CANCELLED. Being involved after retirement is important for a persons emotional and physical well being. A panel of active individuals will share why and how they became involved with local organizations.
Everyone is welcome to attend library programs. There is no right way to join in! If accommodations are needed to participate, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6301 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents "Bizarre History of Wisconsin: Strange Stories from Our Past" with paranormal researcher, Chad Lewis. "This presentation showcases over 100 bizarre newspaper stories from Wisconsin that have not been seen in over 100 years. These unbelievable stories were not lost, they were simply hidden. This program provides a time portal back to the early days of the state when it was filled with strange deaths, ghosts, sea serpents, peculiar people, medical anomalies, oddities, psychic phenomena, and UFOs. This will change the way you view the good ol’ days of WI."
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
If accommodations are needed to participate, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6301 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.
About the Author
"Chad Lewis is a paranormal researcher and author for Unexplained Research. Chad holds a Master's of Science degree in Applied Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Chad had trekked across the world in search of the paranormal. From tracking vampires in Transylvania and chasing the Chupacabras in Puerto Rico, to searching for the elusive monster in Loch Ness, and pursuing ghosts in Ireland's castles, Chad brings over 18 years of research experience to his presentations."
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents an event with author, Susan Amond Todd. "Susan loves to share her journey and process from the little girl to the of publishing her first book White Lake with the desire to inspire others to reach for whatever their dream is at anytime in their life."
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
About the Author
"Susan Amond Todd, a native of Neenah, is the author of the Contemporary Women’s Fiction novel White Lake. Since leaving Neenah after she was married, her home has been in North Carolina, raising a family and working in the banking industry. Writing a book had been a dream since she was a little girl after overhearing a conversation between her parents about her grandmother writing a book, deciding she was going to write one also. Susan loves to share her journey and process from the little girl to the of publishing her first book White Lake with the desire to inspire others to reach for whatever their dream is at anytime in their life."
Everyone is welcome to attend library programs. There is no right way to join in! If accommodations are needed to participate, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6301 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.
With today’s busy lifestyle it can be difficult to read an entire book in one month. That’s why the Neenah Public Library started Short Story Night. Join us at the Lion’s Tail Brewing Co. in downtown Neenah, Monday, October 9th, at 7:00pm as we discuss Karl Ove Knausgaard's new collection of mini essay's titled "Autumn." In this collection, written for his soon to be born daughter, Karl Ove Knausgaard looks at everyday objects in an attempt to illuminate the peculiarities of life. Read the letter to his daughter, and several of the mini essays before the next meeting. Join us for a relaxed hour of discussion, trivia, and more. Read the stories online before Monday’s discussion at www.neenahlibrary.org/shortstory or pick up a copy at the Neenah Public Library reference desk. No registration required.
For more information, please contact the Neenah Public Library adult reference desk by phone: 920-886-6315 or e-mail: Library@neenahlibrary.org.
Everyone is welcome. If accommodations are needed to attend, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6301 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents, "The Power of Speaking Up: The Writing of and Reaction to Speak. In a world where hateful rhetoric and deceit have become the norm, finding your voice, summoning your courage, and speaking your truth is more critical than ever. Highlighting themes from her award-winning novel Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson explores the profound power of words, the importance of art and literature in the healing process, and the life-changing grace of speaking up for oneself."
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
About the Author
"Laurie Halse Anderson is the New York Times-bestselling author who writes for kids of all ages. Known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity, her work has earned numerous ALA and state awards. Two of her books, Speak and Chains, were National Book Award finalists. She is also the author of Forge, Wintergirls, Twisted, Prom, and many other titles.
"On July 11, 2009, the Young Adult Library Services Association presented Laurie with the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award for Catalyst, Fever 1793, and Speak. In doing so, YALSA “recognizes an iconic and classic storyteller who in her character development has created for teens a body of work that continues to be widely read and cherished by a diverse audience.” In 2008, Laurie received the ALAN Award from the high school English teachers of America for her “outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature.” The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) chose Laurie to be their School Library Month spokesperson for April of 2010."
"Since her groundbreaking novel Speak was published in 1999, Laurie has spoken in front of hundreds of thousands of teens, college students, and adults. She is often asked to discuss the challenges of speaking to teens and pre-teens about challenging topics such as sexual assault and eating disorders, and censorship."
Everyone is welcome to attend library programs. There is no right way to join in! If accommodations are needed to participate, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6301 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.
Join us for Tech Talk Tuesday to learn about a variety of tech topics. We will discuss everything from e-readers to online security to social media!
2nd Tuesday of each month, October to April, 1:30 p.m. in the Alyward Room
All interested individuals are welcome to attend this free event, registration is not required.
Tuesday, October 10, 2017: Meet Libby! A Guide to the New Digital Library App
If accommodations are needed to participate, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6301 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.
Join The Mill: A Place for Writers for the presentation of its annual short fiction and poetry awards.
"The Mill Prizes are an annual literary contest sponsored by The Mill: A Place for Writers. Started in 2013, prizes have been awarded in both short fiction and poetry. The contest is open to all writers in the Fox Cities in Wisconsin as well as to previous students of The Mill."
"The Mill: A Place for Writers was founded to encourage the growth of the literary community and provide learning opportunities for writers at all levels by offering a broad range of classes and workshops for interested adults. The Mill offers classes in the writing of Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction taught by experienced teachers, themselves accomplished and widely-published writers."
Everyone is welcome to attend library programs. There is no right way to join in! If accommodations are needed to participate, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6301 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents, A Reading and Conversation with author Tricia Clasen. She will discuss her debut novel, “The Haunted House Project" and will read selections from her book to illustrate the relationship between senses and memory in fiction and in real life. Audience members will explore their memories and experiences in order to understand how both in books and in our relationships, senses filter emotion."
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
About the Author
"Tricia is a college professor of communication at University of Wisconsin-Rock County. She is co-editor of "Gendered Identities: Critical Readings of Gender in Children's and Young Adult Literature", 2016 by Routledge. She grew up in a small town in Wisconsin. Always a lover of a good story, she spent her days reading and dreaming of being a writer, though she never wrote any fiction until much later. After many years off exploring, she returned to her much-too-frigid home state where she lives with her husband and two girls, her parents, and what seems like small zoo. Most of her time goes to shuttling her kids to dance and trying to get the glitter off the kitchen floor as well as planning trips to much warmer destinations. Her debut novel, THE HAUNTED HOUSE PROJECT, published in 2016 by by Sky Pony Press."
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents an event with author, Jerald Podair. "The opening of Dodger Stadium in April 1962 launched Los Angeles on a path to becoming a twenty-first century global supercity. But the bitter arguments over whether, where, and how to build the stadium nearly tore the city apart. Jerald Podair will read from his new book, City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles and discuss how a ballpark built on a hill overlooking downtown Los Angeles created seemingly intractable racial and class divisions in the city but also set the stage for Los Angeles to shed its provincial image and take its place as the world city we recognize today. What is a city for? What purposes should it serve? How much should “progress” cost? The people of Los Angeles fought over the answers to these questions as Dodger Stadium was built between 1957 and 1962. That battle continues in the 21st century in a modern “LA” that the stadium helped create, offering lessons to any American city wrestling with the price – human and otherwise – of growth and change."
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
About the Author
"Jerald Podair is professor of history and the Robert S. French Professor of American Studies at Lawrence University, where he has taught since 1998.
He is a native New Yorker and former practicing attorney, who received his undergraduate degree from New York University, a law degree from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in history from Princeton University.
He is the author of The Strike That Changed New York: Blacks, Whites, and the Ocean Hill Brownsville Crisis and Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer and co-author of American Conversations: From the Centennial through the Millennium. He also co-edits The Routledge History of the 20th Century United States.
He is presently co-writing ‘The People’s Party’: Spiro Agnew and the Birth of the New GOP for the University of Virginia Press.
He received the Society of American Historians’ Allan Nevins Prize for “literary distinction in the writing of history” and Lawrence University’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship. He is also a Fellow of the New York Academy of History.
His most recent book is City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles, published this year by Princeton University Press."
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents an event with local Neenah author, Roberta Capasso discussing the story behind her book, Sky Woman Lives in Me. "A photo of an elderly Native American woman on exhibit in a museum captures the attention of a child. Forty years later, this child, now an adult, finds the photo again and learns the old woman is a relative. She begins to research her past-only to discover the pain endured by her relatives as they resisted a governmental campaign to eradicate Native American cultures, languages, and communities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
About the Author
"This book took me fifteen years to research and write. I agree with Dawn Walschinski, Editor of the Oneida Newspaper, Kalihwisaks, that my process of writing this book probably started when I saw a photo of an elderly Oneida woman in the Milwaukee Museum when I was seven years old. Why I couldn’t stop seeing the image of this elderly lady in my mind for years haunts me. Ironically, four decades later in the year 2000 I see the same photo, hanging on a wall in my sister’s home."
Join the Neenah Public Library the second Thursday of each month for a free workshop hosted by local business Stellar Blue Technologies. Located in Neenah, Stellar Blue Technologies specializes in internet marketing, web design, and social media. Let the staff of Stellar Blue Technologies share their expertise with you while you learn at your own pace here at the Neenah Public Library. These workshops are perfect for beginner and intermediate users, and require no registration. The best part of all is that they are free! So take advantage of this opportunity and join us this fall and winter for a free workshop. New this year, by popular request, the library will be offering special encore evening classes in the spring. See the schedule below for complete details.
Taking and Storing Digital Photos 10/12/17 @ 3:00pm
Online Safety 11/9/17 @ 3:00pm
Emerging Gadgets 12/14/17 @ 3:00pm
Must Have Apps 1/11/18 @ 3:00pm
iPhone Tips 2/8/18 @ 3:00pm
Taking and Storing Digital Photos 3/8/18 @ 6:00pm
Intro to Facebook 4/12/18 @ 6:00pm
Online Safety 5/10/18 @ 6:00pm
Spend the second Thursday of every month honing you ukulele skills with us for an hour to an hour and a half.
Bring music you're working on, something you're having trouble with, play a solo or a duet for the group, play along with your fellow ukers. All skill levels welcome!
We'll meet in the Story Time Room.
Everyone is welcome to attend library programs. There is no right way to join in! If accommodations are needed to participate, please contact the library administrative office at 920-886-6301 or by email at library@neenahlibrary.org at least 24 hours in advance of the program.
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents, The Three Major Life Mistakes I've Made that Force me to Write Fishing Mysteries with author Victoria Houston where she will give an honest (often humorous) look at the process of developing a mystery series.
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
About the Author
"Victoria Houston: A Biographical Sketch"
"She is the author of the Loon Lake Mystery Series -- DEAD ANGLER, DEAD CREEK, DEAD WATER, DEAD FRENZY, DEAD HOT MAMA, DEAD JITTERBUG, DEAD BOOGIE, DEAD MADONNA, DEAD HOT SHOT, DEAD RENEGADE. DEAD DECEIVER, DEAD TEASE, DEAD INSIDER, DEAD LIL’ HUSTLER, DEAD RAPUNZEL, DEAD LOUDMOUTH and DEAD SPIDER, seventeenth in the series, published June 2017 in hardcover, trade paperback and as an eBook from Simon & Schuster. The mysteries are set in the Northwoods of Wisconsin against a background of fishing – fly fishing as well as fishing for muskie, bass, bluegill and walleyes."
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents an event with author, BJ Hollars. After stumbling upon a book of photographs depicting extinct animals, author and UW-Eau Claire English professor B.J. Hollars became fascinated by the creatures that are no longer with us; specifically, extinct birds. How,he wondered, could we preserve so beautifully on film what we’ve failed to preserve in life? Join Hollars for a reading from “Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds” as well as a conversation on what we can do to save threatened species, as well as ourselves.
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
About the Author
"B.J. Hollars is the author of several books, most recently "Flock Together: A Love Affair With Extinct Birds", "From the Mouths of Dogs: What Our Pets Teach Us About Life, Death, and Being Human", as well as a collection of essays, "This Is Only A Test". Additionally, he has also written "Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence and the Last Lynching in America", "Opening the Doors: The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa", "Dispatches from the Drownings: Reporting the Fiction of Nonfiction", and "Sightings." Hollars serves as a mentor for Creative Nonfiction, a contributing blogger for Brain, Child and Michigan Quarterly Review, and the founder and executive director of the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild. An associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, he lives a simple existence with his wife, their children, and their dog."
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents an event with author, Sagashus T. Levingston. "This talk focuses on the resilience, power, and grit of women we love to judge most: Infamous Mothers. Join me in this talk about challenge, triumph, and subversive heroes who work every day to change our society."
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
About the Author
"Sagashus T. Levingston was born in Chicago and raised in the area now known as Bronzeville, but known before gentrification as the Low End. She holds a bachelor’s in English Literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has been attending graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There she earned a master’s in Afro-American Studies and is currently a PhD Candidate in the Department of English. Her dissertation is titled Infamous Mothers: Bad Moms Doing Extraordinary Things. While her research focuses primarily on literature, it is informed by theory and criticism from rhetoric, motherhood studies and black feminism. Her coffee table book, simply titled Infamous Mothers, is inspired by this work and so is Infamous Mothers, LLC, a social enterprise where Sagashus offers personal and professional development training meant to empower women who mother from the margins of our society. She also delivers programming to the organizations and professionals that make an impact on these women's lives. Sagashus is a proud button-wearing member of the Doyenne Group, Inc. located in Madison, WI. She also sits on the WWBIC South Central Ambassadorial Advisory Committee. As the proud mother of six children—three boys and three girls, and partner of Tosumba, she and her family lives in Madison, WI."
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents an event with author,Jerry Apps as he, "shares his memories of water, from its importance to crops and cattle to its many recreational uses — fishing trips, canoe journeys , and the simple pleasures of an afternoon spent dreaming in the haymow as the rain patters on a barn roof."
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
About the Author
"Jerry Apps, born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of seven novels and more than 35 nonfiction books. His most recent nonfiction books are: Whispers and Shadows, Wisconsin Agriculture: A History, Never Curse the Rain and Old Farm Country Cookbook. Recent novels include The Great Sand Fracas of Ames County, and the soon to be published Cold as Thunder. Jerry is a former publications editor for UW Extension, and an acquisitions editor for the McGraw-Hill Book Company. Jerry has also done four hour-long documentaries for Public TV."
The 10th Annual Fox Cities Book Festival presents an event with author James M. Campbell discussing his newest book, "Braving It: A Father, A Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild (Penguin-Random House) was chosen by Amazon as one of May 2016’s top nonfiction books and was a finalist for the Banff Mountain Book Competition. Campbell is also the co-Executive Producer of the hit Discovery Channel series, The Last Alaskans, which was inspired by The Final Frontiersman. In his presentation, Campbell will be telling stories from Alaska and sharing photographs."
This Fox Cities Book Festival event is free and open to all interested individuals. The presentation will take place in the first floor Shattuck Community Room at the Neenah Public Library, please join us for a wonderful event!
About the Author
"James Campbell is a native of Wisconsin, where he lives with his wife and three daughters. He has written stories for Outside, National Geographic, and many other magazines and newspapers. His first book, The Final Frontiersman was chosen by Amazon in 2004 as the #1 Outdoor title of the Year and one of the Top 50 books of the Year and by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association as one of the Top 2 nonfiction titles of the year. His fascination with New Guinea and the war in the South Pacific led him to the story of the Ghost Mountain Boys, and his book of the same name. In 2006, he followed their route across New Guinea and shot a documentary film in the process. His story, “Chasing Ghosts,” (Outside magazine) about that expedition, was chosen for The Best American Travel Writing 2008. The Ghost Mountain Boys won the 2008 RR Donnelley Literary Award, given for the highest literary achievement by a Wisconsin author. Campbell’s newest book, Braving It: A Father, A Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild (Penguin-Random House) was chosen by Amazon as one of May 2016’s top nonfiction books and was a finalist for the Banff Mountain Book Competition. Campbell is also the co-Executive Producer of the hit Discovery Channel series, The Last Alaskans, which was inspired by The Final Frontiersman."
