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Dare
to Dream Theater Presents: Dora’s Pirate Adventure
Wednesday, December 11 6:30 PM
This delightful musical features the characters
from the popular Nickelodeon television series. Young
Audiences age 18 months to 6 years (and their parents) will
set sail on a pirate adventure with Dora the Explorer, her
best buddy Boots the monkey, and the rest of their friends! No
registration required.
Lester Public Library is pleased to
offer an exciting new online product called Zinio for
Libraries. This wonderful service will allow you to
download magazines to your smart phone, tablet, laptop and
computers at home and enjoy them any time you want—for
FREE. You will be able to check out as many
magazines, current and (if available) back issues as you’d
like and keep them as long as you’d like; no need to
return them and no overdue fines, no matter how long you
keep them.
To get started click on the Zinio logo,
or read the
User
Guide if you want step by
step instructions.
Kindle Fire users
click here
for special instructions and a link to the app you'll need
to get started.
The
Hatrack Storytellers Inc. Presents:
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Monday, December 16 7:00 PM
Join special guests the Hatrack
Storytellers Inc. for an evening of laughter and fun.
Storytelling at its finest, you won’t want to miss it! This
90-minute program is suitable for children ages 7 and up.
Tickets are required and may be picked up at the Lester Public
Library’s Help Desk.
Social
Security Planning
Tuesday, December 17 6:00 PM
At this workshop, you will
learn important rules and strategies for collecting your
retirement benefits and coordinating Social Security with
other sources of income. Find out why advance planning is
essential and how some little-known rules can help you make
the most of this valuable benefit. This program is sponsored
by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
Voluntary
Simplicity
5-Week Course
Beginning Wednesday, February 5
6:00-7:30 PM
Discover new ways to live an
enriched life through the practice of Voluntary Simplicity.
This course created by the Northwest Earth Institute, offers
participants a chance to look at alternatives to the fast pace
of mainstream culture. In each class, participants will share
without debate or argument, as they take part in a simple and
well-designed process led by a mentor. Thought provoking
questions provide for lively personal responses. Participants
are strongly encouraged to attend each class.. There is a
$26.00 fee to cover the cost of the course book. To register,
stop by the Help Desk or call (920)793-7114.
Click here to download weekly course
description.
Kindle
Fire E-readers now available
Lester
Public Library is now circulating 3 Kindle Fires. These
e-readers are available to anyone 18 years or older with a
valid MCLS library card and a photo ID. Kindles may be
reserved by calling the Help Desk at 793-7114 or by searching
the catalog for "Kindle Fire Two Rivers".
E-readers must be picked up and returned to the LPL Help
Desk. Each Kindle has dozens of books
available. Check out one today!
Go Green @
Your
Lester Public Library
Check out the library's solar panel
project. You can track energy saved and stored at:
www.sunnyportal.com
Learning
Express
Preparing for
you ACT exam? Just bought a new laptop and want help
getting started? We can help!
The Lester
Public Library is proud to offer a new database of test prep
study guides and computer
training programs to patrons free of charge! Whether you're
studying for your GED, College admissions exam or
want to practice for your firefighter, nursing or police exam,
you can do it with this database.
You can also
learn computer skills and programs with Learning
Express. Learn basics with Intro to the Internet or
Getting Started with Computers, brush up on Word, Excel or
Powerpoint or even take classes in using Dreamweaver software
for web design.
Available at the
library or from home or work all you need to do is follow the
link below to get started! When
creating an account for the first time, please use your
library card number as the user id and create whatever
password you like.
www.learningexpresslibrary.com
If you want a
step by step user's guide to get you started, read this:
Learning
Express User's Guide
Historic
Two Rivers Photos
The Lester Public Library is pleased to announce that the Wentorf Photograph Collection is now available online. Housed in a locked cabinet at the library to protect this valuable collection of photographs, some from the 1800s, anyone can now access, search or simply enjoy these wonderful photos. To access this collection use the following link:
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.TwoRiversLocHist
Mr. Wentorf was both a local photographer and a collector of historical photographs. His images focus on local landmarks, industries and institutions, and people going about daily life in Two Rivers. Many of his photographs include group shots of organizations and civic groups.
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