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December 2020
Wednesday Storytime – Online!
Join Ms. Pat every Wednesday at 10am for storytime fun! Enter the online storytime room by clicking here.
Find out more »Wednesday Storytime – Online!
Join Ms. Pat every Wednesday at 10am for storytime fun! Enter the online storytime room by clicking here.
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Library Closed for Winter Holiday
The Walter E. Olson Memorial Library will be closed December 24 and December 25 for the winter holiday. Use our book drop to return items while we're closed, or the Merlin catalog to place holds, check your record, or renew items you've checked out. While we're closed, check out our always-accessible OverDrive ebooks and downloadable audiobooks. The library will resume normal hours after December 25.
Find out more »Wednesday Storytime – Online!
Join Ms. Pat every Wednesday at 10am for storytime fun! Enter the online storytime room by clicking here.
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Library Closing early for New Year’s Eve (Hours 9 AM to Noon)
The Walter E. Olson Memorial Library will be closing at Noon on December 31st for New Year's Eve. Use our book drop to return items while we're closed, or the Merlin catalog to place holds, check your record, or renew items you've checked out. While we're closed, check out our always-accessible OverDrive ebooks and downloadable audiobooks. The library will resume normal hours after January 1.
Find out more »January 2021
Library Closed for New Year’s Day
The Walter E. Olson Memorial Library will be closed on January 1 for New Year's Day. Use our book drop to return items while we're closed, or the Merlin catalog to place holds, check your record, or renew items you've checked out. While we're closed, check out our always-accessible OverDrive ebooks and downloadable audiobooks. The library will resume normal hours after January 1.
Find out more »Fact & Fiction Book Club
The Fact and Fiction Book Group will discuss the book "The Only Woman in the Room" by Marie Benedict. All interested readers are invited to attend. Please let us know if you need to borrow a copy of the book. Fill out the form below to get instructions to join us online! Loading…
Find out more »Lincoln Among the Badgers: an evening with author Steven Rogstad
This event is over but you can view the recording HERE. Blending history, tourism, & public art, Steven Rogstad covers the legacy of the Lincolns in Wisconsin from Bayfield to Waukesha. In stories and images ranging from amusing, disturbing, informative, and sometimes downright weird, Rogstad reveals things few of us ever knew or could hardly imagined about the Lincolns and Wisconsin and their impacts on one another. This event is cosponsored with the Eagle River Historical Society.
Find out more »Afternoon Book Group
The Afternoon Book Group will discuss the book "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek" by Kim Michele Richardson. All interested readers are invited to attend. Please let us know if you need to borrow a copy of the book. Loading…
Find out more »OML Board of Trustees Meeting
The Walter E. Olson Memorial Library's Board of Trustees meets monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 9am. Meeting agendas can be viewed here. While the Library is closed due to COVID-19, the Board will meet remotely, and directions for joining the meeting can be found on the meeting agenda. This meeting is open to the public.
Find out more »February 2021
Fact & Fiction Book Club
The Fact and Fiction Book Group will discuss the book "Sultana, The Worst Maritime Disaster in American History" by Alan Huffman. All interested readers are invited to attend. Please let us know if you need to borrow a copy of the book. Loading…
Find out more »Afternoon Book Group
The Afternoon Book Group will discuss the book "American Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton. All interested readers are invited to attend. Please let us know if you need to borrow a copy of the book. Loading…
Find out more »OML Board of Trustees Meeting
The Walter E. Olson Memorial Library's Board of Trustees meets monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 9am. Meeting agendas can be viewed here. While the Library is closed due to COVID-19, the Board will meet remotely, and directions for joining the meeting can be found on the meeting agenda. This meeting is open to the public.
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Mindfulness & Qi Gong with Dottie Reeder (Online)
Quieting the mind can be challenging and elusive. Qi Gong, an ancient system of moving meditation, offers tools and resources to find mindfulness through movement. Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese practice of meditation with synchronized movements and breathing. Qi Gong is beneficial to one’s health and improvement of balance, body strength, and energy. Join us HERE! Dottie Reeder began practicing Qi Gong in 1990. Since then, she has practiced and learned under a variety of instructors and through many…
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“Send for Me” – Wisconsin Author Event with Lauren Fox (Online)
Join us, and libraries across the state, as we celebrate Wisconsin author Lauren Fox’s new novel Send For Me. An achingly beautiful work of historical fiction that moves between Germany on the eve of World War II and present day Wisconsin, unspooling a thread of love, longing, and the ceaseless push and pull of family Register HERE!
Find out more »March 2021
Fact & Fiction Book Club
The Fact and Fiction Book Group will discuss the book "The First American" by H.W. Brands. All interested readers are invited to attend. Please let us know if you need to borrow a copy of the book. Loading…
Find out more »Afternoon Book Group
The Afternoon Book Group will discuss the book "Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. All interested readers are invited to attend. Please let us know if you need to borrow a copy of the book. Loading…
Find out more »OML Board of Trustees Meeting
The Walter E. Olson Memorial Library's Board of Trustees meets monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 9am. Meeting agendas can be viewed here. While the Library is closed due to COVID-19, the Board will meet remotely, and directions for joining the meeting can be found on the meeting agenda. This meeting is open to the public.
Find out more »April 2021
Afternoon Book Group
The Afternoon Book Group will discuss the book "The Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver All interested readers are invited to attend. Please let us know if you need to borrow a copy of the book. Loading…
Find out more »Fact & Fiction Book Club
The Fact and Fiction Book Group will discuss the book "Bubble in the Sun" by Christopher Knowlton. All interested readers are invited to attend. Please let us know if you need to borrow a copy of the book. Loading…
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