Somos Latinas: Voices of Wisconsin Latina Activists
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United States"Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world," states Civil Rights Activists, Dolores Huerta, in the book’s foreword. These stories share how 25 Latinas from Wisconsin helped build community against many odds.
Lost Fox Cities
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesRediscover the vanishing history of the Fox Cities through vintage and contemporary photography, journalistic accounts, letters and memoirs accompanied by art created by KC Wilson.
Poetry Reading by Gaochi Vang
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesPoetry reading from Gaochi Vang's collection,Building Walls to Break Down composed of poems that embody topics surrounding mental health, identity collision, self-love, and self-acceptance.
I am my Sister’s Keeper
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesI am my Sister's Keeper: Inspired Encouragement for Women of God. I have some tools and wisdom, in this book, to help you succeed in your daily Christian walk.
Tea & Legacies
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesJoin Wisconsin author Carrie Sue Barnes for a cup of tea and an interactive discussion of the significance of every individual's personal story. Carrie Sue's debut novel The Hidden Legacy is driven by one woman's urgent need to tell her untold story, and the need of another to hear it.
Things that Go Bump When You Write
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesPart memoir and part journalism, Midwestern Strange offers a fascinating, funny, and quirky account of flyover folklore. By confronting monsters, Martians, and a cabinet of curiosities worth of strange phenomena, Hollars challenges readers to look beyond their presumptions and acknowledge that just because something is weird doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
Don’t Make Me Pull Over! The History of Family Road Trips
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesFake wood-paneled station wagons. 8-Track tape decks. Noogies delivered by older siblings. Those great family road trips we took way back when were the BEST. But how did the Great American Road Trip experience come to be?
Latino Style Watercolor Selfies
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesLearn to draw and paint your own portrait in the style of famous Latino artists like Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Pablo Picasso and more!
YA Author Workshop
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesStrasburg will moderate a discussion/workshop on being a YA Author. Topics like rewriting your book, balancing home, work and writing, finding a publisher, finding an editor, finding your voice, and a successful book launch will be discussed at this roundtable.
Debussy’s Paris with Catherine Kautsky
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesPolitics, art, literature, not to mention racism, orientalism, and nationalism – a potent mix in fin-de siècle Paris. Come hear how Claude Debussy, who died precisely 100 years ago, combined them all in music.
Enjoy Your Ride
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesToday, I’m going to share the three things that have helped me to enjoy my ride and can, in turn, help you enjoy your ride even more.
Can There Be a Biography of a Lake? If So, How Would You Write One?
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesHistory is not there to find; it is there to create.
Deluged by Foxes: Thoughts From An Aging Scribbler
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesWriting is a calling, a form of marriage, not a job. The calling lasts until death do us part.
The Education of Will
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesJoin Patricia McConnell as she talks about her newest book, The Education of Will. The book is very different from her previous ones—it’s a memoir about trauma in both people and dogs, and how a messed up, crazy puppy named Willie taught her that will power is not enough to heal you when you are broken.
The Fox Cities Meets Hollywood
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesAppleton author Amanda Lauer presents her Heaven Intended series and how her first novel garnered a movie contract and what it takes to bring a book to the big screen.
Stories from Alaska
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesCampbell’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.
Dave Cubiak Door County Mysteries
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesThe first three books in the series each had different starting points The first was inspired by Door County. The second by the characters, and the third by the plot.
The Story of Our Stories
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesDo you wonder where authors get ideas? Connie and Peter have caught piranhas, paraded with penguins, and even kissed whales doing research. Dive into the world of Roop books!
Pigeons and Publishing
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United States"The strangest part about birds falling from the sky? The fact that they're doing it on purpose . . ."
How Books Help Us Have Life’s Difficult Conversations
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesIn this personal and heartfelt lecture, Will Schwalbe talks about how books help people, to talk about things too painful to address directly.
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Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesThis event has been cancelled. Young Adult author Liz Czukas talks about her twisty-turny path to becoming published and the things she's learned along the way.
Then and Now
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesDuachaka Her will share the inspiration and making behind Then and Now, a comic book about a girl’s desire to escape her ordinary farm life and the years that follow.
City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesJerald Podair will read from his new book and discuss how Dodger Stadium both divided Los Angeles and set it on course to become a 21st century global supercity.
Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer who Died Defending Robert E. Lee
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesA riddle in Robert E. Lee's correspondence against the backdrop of a record-breaking German cold case.
Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesElizabeth’s story is about the history of her great-grandfather’s art, her family’s Holocaust story, her search for the lost and missing paintings, and where her family’s story fits within the larger issue of Holocaust era looted art and issues of restitution.
Transitions: Stories of How to Help Mom and Dad with their Stuff
Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St., Appleton, WI, United StatesPost Crescent columnist, Jean Long Manteufel shares positive and thought-provoking stories for both seniors and their boomer children, as they navigate the life-changes that come with aging.