Program Archive

Dr. Arthur & Ursula Rathburn

Thursday, October 15, 2009, 3-5 pm

The Rathburns, author of No More Tears Left Behind, tell the story of Holocaust survivor Eva Deutschkron. Part of the Meet Wisconsin Authors series, this presentation was funded by the Friends of Appleton Library.

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Amanda Saylor: Greening Your Life

Thu, Mar 12, 2009, 6:30 - 7:30 pm

• What is “sustainability”?
• Basic concepts in living “green”.
• How to become more “green” in your everyday life.

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Kao Kalia Yang

Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 7-8:30 pm

During her visit, Ms. Yang referred to the video below.

The Place Where We Were Born from John OBRIEN on Vimeo.

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The Electoral College

Presented by Professor Arnold Shober

Thursday, September 18, 2008, 7 - 8 pm

Lecture on the Electoral College, followed by a question-and-answer period. Presented by Arnold Shober, Assistant Professor of Government, Lawrence University.

Want to read more about this topic? Find titles in our Electoral College booklist.

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Bill Jamerson

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 2 - 3 pm

Presentation by Bill Jamerson, filmmaker, songwriter, and author of Big Shoulders, a historical novel that follows a year in the life of a seventeen-year-old youth from Detroit who enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1937.

Reserve Bill Jamerson's film Camp Forgotten: the Civilian Conservaton Corps in Michigan - "Camp Forgotten explores the role of the CCC in Michigan. Some of their projects included the building of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Caberfae Ski Area, and the transport of moose from Isle Royale to the Upper Peninsula. The only Native American CCC camp in the nation was also in the state, Camp Marquette. Camp Forgotten includes interviews with over a dozen CCC members who vividly describe life in camp and how the experience changed their lives. Combining archival footage and photographs with location cinematography of CCC-built structures, this timeless program tells the dramatic story of how young men discovered their potential as productive citizens while restoring Michigan's devasted wilderness"--Container.

Learn more about the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), including a brief history. Browse the American Memory Collection from the Library of Congress, or visit the CCC Museum in Rhinelander, WI.

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Jess Riley

Thursday, August 28,2008, 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Wisconsin native Jess Riley spent much of her childhood sitting at her desk during lunch hour for lying and/or passing notes during class, both of which qualified her for a possible future as a novelist. Between bad haircuts, she wrote poetry and fiction in middle school.

She was nominated by a high school English teacher to attend a summer camp for budding artists and writers, where she realized she needed a whole new wardrobe. Also, she needed to work on her creative writing skills.

She won her first short story contest a year later for a tale told through the point of view of a seven year-old black boy living in Cabrini Green because as a middle-class white teenager, she knew a lot about that kind of life.

Jess has been a waitress, a blue cheese packager, and currently, a grant writer for local school districts. She worked at a mall-based toy store during the Tickle Me Elmo craze of 1995 and lived to tell about it. She has also worked as a teaching assistant at a medium-security men's prison, which was much less stressful.

Jess graduated from UW-Oshkosh in 1998 with dual degrees in English and history. She now lives in a drafty old house in Oshkosh, Wisconsin with her husband and a neurotic dog that despises public radio.

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Lesley Kagen: Whistling in the Dark

Thursday, July 10, 2008, 4 - 5 pm

Presentation by Lesley Kagen, author of "Whistling in the Dark."

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