Milwaukee Public Library's' Acquisitions Librarian, Tom Olson, talks with
Jane Hampden on WUWM's Lake Effect about popular books in the true
crime genre. The books discussed are;
Manhunt: The Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer;
Henry and Clara;
Assassination Vacation ;
The Best American Crime Reporting 2007.
Feel free to comment on his recommendations and list
some of your own suggestions.
Click the play button to listen to the original 11.8.07 broadcast segment.
What makes a family? Think your family has secrets? In this novel, which spans 24 hours see how choices made in seconds can affect others for a lifetime. Former mayor of Boston, Bernard Doyle has 3 sons; Sullivan, 33, and African American Tip, 21, and Teddy, 20, brothers adopted 20 years earlier. On a snowy night Tip is pushed out of the way of an oncoming SUV by a woman who is hit and severely injured. She is the boys' birth mother and, along with her 11-year-old daughter Kenya has been watching the boys for years. Become part of their lives as the story progresses and issues of race, religion and duty are explored.
The Senator's Wife: A Novel by Sue Miller
Two unconventional women, neighbors in adjacent New England townhouses--Meri Fowler, pregnant, newly married, and discovering the gap between reality and expectation, and Delia Naughton, wife of a notoriously unfaithful liberal senator--confront the costs and challenges of love.
The state of Wisconsin is Zone 5 of the USDA hardiness chart. Therefore, around this time of year the buds begin to show on the trees and winter turns to spring in this climate. If you are hoping to identify a plant in your yard or you're interested in planning a garden, take a look at this site called the USDA PLANTS Database. Maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture, this database can be searched by common or scientific name, plant family or genus. Searches can also be limited by state. In addition, there is a browsable and searchable image gallery of over 1,000 plants; Fact Sheets and Plant Guides.
Are you looking for Farmer's Markets? Planning a road trip or vacation in Wisconsin? Hoping to find the freshest cheese curds in the State? Take a look at SavorWisconsin.com. The vendors and manufacturers featured on this site produce, manufacture and grow their products in Wisconsin. The site is searchable by region/county, restaurant, business type or keyword. So don't leave home without knowing where the freshest and most local items can be found statewide.
There are many phone directories available on the Internet. A couple of sources that the librarians at Ready Reference find particularly helpful are Whitepages.com and ReferenceUSA.
Not only does Whitepages.com have a powerful search feature for finding individuals, but I find its most valuable aspect is its Reverse Lookup feature. If you are interested in finding out someone's information based on a phone number, this is a great tool. What makes this particularly valuable is the feature that will tell you if the number you have entered is unlisted, or a cell phone.
While Whitepages.com is great for finding residential information, MPL subscribes to a great database for looking up preliminary business information.
ReferenceUSA is a database that allows you to look up both residential and business information. It is especially helpful for business information. You can sign on to it from MPL's website under Research Resources, and then by clincking on Featured Databases. You do need to have a current library card to access ReferenceUSA remotely, and it's also available within all City of Milwaukee libraries.
Is the high cost of gasoline impacting your household budget? Check out fueleconomy.gov to explore different types of vehicles and how they impact the costs both to you and to the environment. Learn about gas mileage (MPG), greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution ratings, and safety information for new and used cars and trucks. The site also links to websites that monitor local gasoline prices. Are you eligible for a tax incentive for your alternative energy vehicle? Find out at fueleconomy.gov.
Looking for a great gift book to give family and friends this holiday season? Or are you searching for something to read during your winter vacation?
With the end of 2008 approaching, the lists of year's best books are being published.
National Public Radio's best books of 2008 lists include top fiction picks, best foreign fiction, best graphic novels, best political and current affairs books, and more.
The New York Times has published its ten best books of 2008 from a list of 100 notable books of the year.
Publishers Weekly and Library Journal have also released their selections for the top fiction, non-fiction, children's books, and genre titles of the year.
Feel free to share your favorite books of 2008 by commenting on our blog!
Happy Holidays and Happy Reading!
On Jan. 27, 2009, Fox 6 Contact 6 aired a piece that talked about ways to save money in this economic crunch. The story focused on the Milwaukee Public Library as the place to save money! Katrina Cravy reports. Click the Icon below to watch.
The Lab by Jack Heath
In a future where all 9 billion people of Earth take refuge on a single walled island, a ruthless corporation called Chaosonic rules everything. Agent Six of Hearts works for The Deck, a secret organization that fights the rule of Chaosonic. He has been engineered to have super powers and he considers himself a machine. It takes an encounter with someone with powers like his own to teach him about his humanity. A fast paced story along with lots of spy gadgets and action should keep the reader absorbed until the exciting ending. Good character development from an author who wrote the novel while still in high school. Reviewed by TF
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Jacki Potratz is the fiction selector for the Milwaukee Public Library. Recently she was a featured guest of UWM's Lake Effect radio program. She discussed The Milwaukee Book Festival which runs from Oct. 9th through October 19th, and the Central Library's hosting of a vampire-themed discussion on Tuesday Oct. 13th. She further discussed this month's reading suggestions on historical fiction.
Click on the audio link above to hear the discussion.
The end of the year is right around the corner, and the lists of year's best books are being published.
National Public Radio's best books of 2009 lists include selections from indie booksellers, including Daniel Goldin from Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee!
The New York Times has published its ten best books of 2009 from a list of 100 notable books of the year.
Publishers Weekly and Library Journal have also released their selections for the top fiction, non-fiction, children's books, and genre titles of the year.
Happy Holidays and Happy Reading!
If your New Year's resolution is to jump start a diet and exercise plan, let the library's collection of health-related books and DVDs guide you in the right direction. For the beginner, books such as The Mayo Clinic Fitness for Everybody and Walking: a complete guide to the complete exercise can show you how to get started. If you are unsure of what type of exercise program appeals to you, the library has a wide variety of exercise DVDs for you to sample. A DVD like Urban beat: Hip-hop workout is geared for those who like a fast-paced workout, while Dosha yoga with Hemalayaa may work for those of you who are looking for a bit of enlightenment with your exercise. Browse the entire collection of exercise DVDs on MPL's library catalog, and let the library help you keep your New Year's resolution!
Celebrate the 125th Anniversary of women's rights leader Alice Paul's birthday! Born January 11, 1885, Alice Paul led the campaign for women's suffrage that resulted in the passage of the nineteenth amendment in 1920. From equal suffrage to equal rights : Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party, 1910-1928 chronicles Paul's struggle to pass the nineteenth amendment as well as her work on the defunct Equal Rights Amendment. If watching a movie is more your style, check out Hilary Swank's portrayal of Alice Paul in Iron Jawed Angels. If either of these piques your curiosity about the history of women's rights activists, check out our library catalog for more options.
February is Black History Month! Did you know that Black History Month is celebrated in February to honor the births Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass? Celebrate Black History Month by following Milwaukee Public Library's chronology of important people, events and resources of African-American history. You can check the chronology daily though February 28. Also, check out the library catalog to find more books and DVDs about the history of African Americans.
Did you know that the name "February" originated from the Roman festival Februa or Februatio, which took place on the fifteenth day of the Roman month? In Latin, the word Februare means purifying with water and is associated with the rainy weather ushering in spring. Therefore, the festival of Februa was dedicated to ritual purification. Februa was a time set aside for spring cleaning. In the spirit of this ancient festival, you can find books at the library to assist with your own spring cleaning and ritual purification. If you would prefer to do something a little less strenuous in honor of this festival, you can read about the customs Rome.
March 15 is the Ides of March in the Roman calendar. While the term ides refers to the 15th day of any month, The Ides of March is known as the day Julius Caesar was assassinated. The ominous warning "Beware the Ides of March" became famous through William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. You can experience all the intrigue of this time period through works of fiction like Robert Harris's Conspirata: a novel of ancient Rome, or nonfiction, like Jeffery Tatum's Always I am Caesar. For a visual retelling of this story, you can check out the HBO series Rome, and experience this time period through the eyes of both the patrician class and the proletariat.
March 8 is international Women's Day. International Women's Day was created by the Socialist Party of America in 1909 to commemorate the women garment worker's strike in 1908. Clara Zetkin, a German Socialist, intoduced the idea of International Woman's Day to the First International Women's Conference in Copenhagen. In 1911, several countries celebrated the first International Women's Day on March 19. It wasn't until 1975 that International Women's Day was celebrated on March 8. In the spirit of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, you can read more about the this day and the works of feminist movements around the globe.
The United Nations General Assembly declared March 22, 1993 the first International World Water Day. International World Water Day is a reminder of how important freshwater resources are to the world. International World Water Day also serves to focus on advocating for sustainable management of freshwater resources. Since 1993, each International Water day focuses on a particular aspect of water resources. The theme in 2010 is "Clean Water for a Healthy World". Milwaukee Public Library has many books that can help you understand the issues surrounding the lack of clean water in certain areas of the globe and what can be done about it. Milwaukee Public Library also has many books for children on these topics.
On May 3, 1978, the first unsolicited bulk email, or "spam", was sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. ARPANET was a Department of Defense network, and the predecessor of the internet. Although it was not referred to as "spam" at the time, this event preceded the arrival of trillions of spam messages in email inboxes around the world. You can read more current articles about spam on the website CNET. The link to this site is also available through MPL's website.
If you would like to read more about the historical aspects of this infamous computer concept, try reading Brian McWilliams Spam Kings.
On May 24, 1961, Freedom Riders were arrested for trying to use a whites-only facility at the bus depot in Jackson, Mississippi. The purpose of the Freedom Riders' trip was to test the Supreme Court decision, Boynton v. Virginia. Boynton v. Virginia overturned the conviction of an African American law student cited for tresspassing in a restuarant in a bus terminal deemed "whites only".
The violent treatment the riders endured in prison, the harsh treatment by southerners, and the demands of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., prompted Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy , to petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to comply with a ruling that desegregated buses. The cumulative effect of these events was to end the Jim Crow era in the south. To learn more about this time period, check out the many books the library has about the Freedom Riders as well as books about the Civil Rights Movement.
Flag Day commemorates the day the Second Continental Congress of 1777 adopted the United States flag. June 14th was officially declared Flag Day by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Although not an official federal holiday, Flag Day is celebrated all over the United States with a variety of parades and parties. Celebrate Flag Day by reading Marla R. Miller's new book Betsy Ross and the Making of America, or any of the myriad books the library has about the history of the United States flag.
As the summer heat slogs on and the population of Milwaukee moves outside, those pesky critters known as mosquitoes appear to make our lives miserable. These insects from the Culicidae family are not only annoying, but are also disease vectors. Fortunately, you can learn more about mosquitoes and how to control them through the Badgerlink databases with a valid library card! Simply plug in your search terms in the "Search Databases" box at the top of the screen. Not only will results appear in the center of the screen, but you can limit your search to different databases by clicking on the links on the left hand side of the screen. You can find scientific articles about mosquitoes, or look for hints on how to control them. There are even links to databases to help your children learn about mosquitoes. Of course, if you would rather avoid mosquitoes all together and hang out in the comfort of air conditioning with a good book, check out Andrew Spielman's Mosquito: a natural history of our most persistent and deadly foe.
On August 9, 1945 a B-29 Superfortress named Bockscar dropped an atomic bomb codenamed "Fat Man" on the city of Nagasaki. Three days earlier, on August 6, the atomic bomb codenamed "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. It is estimated that 60,000 to 80,000 people died in Nagazaki from the atomic bomb, while 90,000 to 160,000 died in Hiroshima. Several of those who died were unintended victims, including U.S. POW's and foreign students studying in Japan.
These events ushered in a new era of warfare that changed the geopolitical landscape of the 20th and 21st century. You can learn more about these events by either reading documents available at the Harry S. Truman library, browsing Milwaukee Public Library's collection of books on the topic, or watching the award winning White Light/Black Rain.
On August 16, 1888, Thomas Edward Lawrence, also known as T.E. Lawrence or Lawrence of Arabia, was born in Tremadog, North Wales. Lieutenant Colonel T.E. Lawrence was a British army officer that served as a liason during the Arab revolt against the Ottoman rulers. He was a prolific letter writer, and he also wrote an autobiographical account of his time in the Middle East called The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. You can learn more about the amazing life of T.E. Lawrence by reading his collections of letters, reading one of his biographies, or checking out any of the movies detailing his life.
The sounds of my September Vogue and W magazines thudding through the mail slot reminded me of the terrific documentary about editor Anna Wintour and artistic director Grace Coddington's struggle to publish the biggest issue of Vogue ever - The September Issue in 2007. The contrast between these two powerful women is fascinating as their personalities and visions clash and deadlines loom. Andre Leon Talley and designers John Galliano, Vera Wang, Thakoon and Karl Lagerfeld are interviewed about their fall collections and the power Wintour wields.
The clean and sober, physically fit Marc Jacobs of today bears little resemblance to the skinny, chain smoking obsessive seen in Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton. The notoriously secretive designer gave what seems to be near total access to the film maker who follows him through the creation of his own collection and the work he does for Louis Vuitton. The contrast between his vision and the needs of the international corporate giant is often poignant, but Jacobs never compromises.
Valentino is the king overthrown by market forces as seen in Valentino: the last emperor. This incredible documentary traces history of The House of Valentino and the two years before its final runway shows. Most intriguing are the hundreds of women and men behind the scenes who actually realize his fashion vision and allow him to enjoy a lifestyle lavish beyond belief. From hand stitching gowns to arranging hundreds of vases of flowers or herding Valentino's pugs and dyeing his lawn - these are the people who 'made it work'. His business partner of more than fifty years, Giancarlo Giammetti is especially insightful as he reflects on the cutthroat, high stakes world of haute couture today and his own long, often unappreciated role in Valentino's success.
Submitted by Christine P.
The ASPCA declared the month of October adopt a shelter dog month. If you ever considered adopting a dog from the humane society or from a rescue, the library has books and DVDs about how to to help you choose a breed that works with your lifestyle, what to look for in a shelter dog, how to help your dog adjust to life with you, and how to train your new friend. If you already have all the animals you can handle, but like heartwarming stories about shelter animals finding good homes, the library has a variety of books and DVDs on that topic as well.
Search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing offer simplicity with their big search boxes, but what if your searches don't give you many or any helpful results? You can do a more advanced search, which Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines offer, although you often have to look closely to figure out how to do one.
Another option is to learn some shortcuts to make your searches more focused. Here are some examples:
• Site Searches
You can type in the words you want to search then add site: and search a specific Website. For example, the search technology site:nytimes.com will give you results for the word technology on The New York Times Website. You can do the same sort of search if you only want results from a certain domain. For example, the search exercise site:.gov will give you results for the word exercise on Websites that end in .gov.
• Built-in Features
Many search engines allow you to type in a math problem (9568+4568) and the first result is your answer. They also do conversions (2 cups in ounces), time (time Hong Kong), definitions (define audacious) and offer other helpful features.
For a more complete list of shortcuts, check out this great cheat sheet from people who don't work for Google, but maintain Google Guide, a Website dedicated to making searching easier (thank you, Nancy Blachman!).
Most of us remember the housing bubble bust in 2008 and the subsequent collapse of large financial enities that came to be termed "The Great Recession". But only those of a certain age remember the days of economic collapse that occurred during the month of October in 1929. On October 29, 1929, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed, spiralling the country into a ten year economic slump known as the Great Depression. You can find similarities between the two crashes by watching the American Experience The Crash of 1929 . Also, see how the crash of 1929 and following depression changed our country's fundamental ideas about capitalism with The hellhound of Wall Street : how Ferdinand Pecora's investigation of the Great Crash forever changed American finance by Michael Perino.
On November 12, 1929, Grace Kelly, also known as Princess Grace of Monaco, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before she became Her Serene Highness the Princess of Monaco, she was an Academy Award winning actress. She starred in the Alfred Hitchcock films Dial M for Murder and Rear Window. In celebration of her birthday, check out biographies about this facinating woman, or watch her interview with Merv Griffin. While her life was tragically cut short by an auto accident in 1982, her legend lives on in a variety of media.
2010 is almost at an end, which means it's the perfect time to review the year's best books. Fortunately, there is no shortage of best book lists to choose from!
National Public Radio offers its selections, including the year's best cookbooks, teen reads, gift books, books of winter, and the five books everybody's talking about!
The New York Times offers its pick of the ten best books from a list of 100 notable books of the year. The Times also provides a list of the best illustrated children's books.
Publishers Weekly and Library Journal have also released their selections for the top fiction, non-fiction, children's books, and genre titles of the year.
Do you need legal forms or guidance related to divorce, child custody, child support, landlord/tenant disputes, name changes, or small claims? The new website of the Milwaukee Justice Center may be able to help. The Milwaukee Bar Association and the Marquette University Law School have formed a partnership to provide services to low-income people who need to represent themselves in court. Legal advice is not provided, but their extensive guides should help people navigate Milwaukee County's court system on their own. In addition, volunteer staff are available in Room G9 of the County Courthouse. They also host free, walk-in legal clinics for civil cases:
Family Law Clinic:
Monday 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Wednesday 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Small Claims & Foreclosure Clinic:
Thursday 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Submitted by Jacki @ MPL Central.
On January 21, 1789, the first American novel was published in Boston. The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature, by William Hill Brown advocates rational thinking and moral education to avoid dangerous situations caused by giving into one's base instincts.
The Milwaukee Public Library owns a copy of a later printing of this famous novel. Patrons can request this material at the information desk. The text of this novel is also availabe through archive.org, which is run by Cornell University. Many critics believe the text mirrors the political situation of the infant United States. Experience a piece of history by reading the first American novel!
Many people remember where they were on January 28, 1986 when the spaceshuttle Challenger exploded about a minute after take-off. The explosion caused the death of all seven on board, including Christa McAulliffe, a New Hampshire educator chosen to be the first teacher in space. The explosion shocked the nation and cooled over two decades of national interest in space exploration.
Much has been written about that fateful day, and the teacher that wanted to push the boundaries of education. The library also has a documentary about space exploration, with a chapter about the Challenger disaster.
The Milwaukee Public Library wants to help you get smart about money! Stop by any Milwaukee Public Library for your very own Get Smart about Money kit. The kit includes a folder with a Money Smart Resource Guide that lists suggestions and agencies to assist you with personal finance topics. There is also a notebook and pen in each kit so you can keep track of your expenses and receipts.
Additional information and suggested websites and titles are available at the new Get Smart about Money @ MPL website.
This is all made possible by a grant from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation through Smart Investing @ your library®, a partnership with the American Library Association.
Bessie Smith, also known as "The Empress of the blues", was born on April 15. There is conflicting census information about the year of her birth. The 1900 census states Smith was born that year, but the 1910 census states she was born in 1894, which is the year used by her family. The daughter of a part-time laborer and preacher, Bessie had lost her father, mother and a brother by the time she was nine years old. Bessie turned to street performance in order to earn money for the remainder of her family. Bessie sang and danced while her brother played the guitar. She eventually became the biggest headliner for the Theater Owners Booking Association, the vaudville circuit for African American performers.
Pay tribute to the empress by checking out CDs and listening to her rich voice, reading about her tragic life, or watching her perfomances.
June is Great Outdoors Month and there are a lot of ways you can celebrate:
Maurice Sendak, famous author and illustrator best known for Where the Wild Things Are, was born on June 10, 1928. From an early age Sendak wanted to be an illustrator, and his love of books was intiated by several health problems that confined him to bedrest. He became an internationally acclaimed writer and illustrator with the publication of Where the Wild Things Are, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1964. Sendak has won numerous other awards for his work, including the National Book Award and the National Medal for the Arts.
Tributary books have been written about him, and Where the Wild Things Are was made into a feature film in 2009
Did last week's heat wave catch you by surprise? To avoid this in the future keep up with the weather using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's website (NOAA, for short). It's easy to type in your city or zip code and get 7-day forecasts, radar and satellite images and detailed lists of hazardous weather conditions.
NOAA has a lot of other information on its website, so it's worth poking around. Highlights include archived weather information, all-time climate extremes data and weather safety tips.
On August 26, 1920, the nineteenth amendment, permitting women the right to vote, became law. Suffrage for women was first proposed during the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention in 1848. The nineteenth amendment was endorsed by the United States Senate on June 4, 1919, and sent to the states for ratification. Wisconsin was one of the first states to ratify the amendment.
The Library of Congress's American Memory has a large collection of resources relating to women's fight to gain the vote. Milwaukee Public Library also has a variety of material available.
January 20, 1937 was the first time the presidential inauguration was held in January. Franklin D. Roosevelt first inauguration was held on March 4, 1933. The constitution originally set the March inauguration date to allow enough time after Election Day to ensure a smooth transistion. However, with advances in communication and transportation, inauguration day was moved up to January 20 with the passage of the 20th amendment in 1933.
Fascinated by this fact? Learn how the modern office of the president was shaped through book and documentaries.
Are you craving rhubarb? MPL's Historic Recipe File contains 17 recipes using this love it or hate it crop. If you're looking to use up your harvest or don't know what to do with rhubarb from your neighbor or CSA, try some new (old!) recipes. You might want to try rhubarb tea or bread or cake or cobbler or torte or cheesecake or flameri.
Bebop-A-Reebop Rhubarb!
All City of Milwaukee libraries will be closed from Friday, May, 25 through Monday, May 28th in observance of Memorial Day. If you feel lost without the library over the long weekend, try these tips:
-Check out enough materials to hold you over through the weekend
-Try one of our many e-books through OverDrive or NetLibrary
-Visit some of our Digital Collections
-Download some free tunes with Freegal
-Show your library pride with some of our apparel and merchandise
If these don't help, make sure to visit your library bright and early on Tueday morning. We'll be waiting for you!
Watch the Transit of Venus with telescopes. Tomorrow, June 5th, the planet Venus will cross in front of the Sun for last time in 105 years! It's a rare, remarkable, and fascinating astronomical event! This event will take place on the Rooftop at Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Gather at Meeting Room I. If completely cloudy, the event will move to the Daniel M. Soref Planetarium at Milwaukee Public Museum (800 W. Wells St.) where you will see stunning full dome animations of Venus, the transit, and live images from the worldwide web.
Location: Central Library's Rooftop (first meet in Meeting Rm 1)
Date: June 5, 2012
Time: 5:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. The Central Library will close for business at 8:00 P.M.
Other Information: Solar events need to be viewed safely! To see Venus in front of the Sun, you will need a telescope with a proper filter or special solar glasses. Such glasses can be purchased at the Milwaukee Public Museum Marketplace for $2.00. The Venus Transit starts at 5:04 p.m. Viewing ends in Milwaukee with the sunset at 8:26 p.m. (Venus will continue to cross the solar disk until 11:49 p.m.)
In Mozart's Grove this Saturday, August 4th, we welcome Keith Scott for a concert. Singer, guitarist and songwriter Keith Scott has been a part of the Chicago blues scene since 1981. in addition to working with Johnny Littlejohn, Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor and Hip Linkchain, Scott traveled the world as part of a distinguished lineup of the Jimmy Dawkins Blues Band in the 1980s and '90s. After honing his guitar style and familiarity with the stage behind Dawkins, Scott embarked on a solo career, presenting his trademark heavy blues in the highly amplified Dawkins' style, as well as forms reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix' Band of Gypsys and Johnny Winter. While still gigging with his rocking band, Scott has quieted things down on his most recent studio effort, the 10-song World Blues.
Location: Mozart's Grove near the Media Room in Central Library
Date: Saturday, August 4th, 2012
Time: 1 P.M. to 2 P.M.
Are you curious about how your credit history affects your purchasing power? Come find out this Saturday, November 3rd, at the Atkinson Library. Lynette Jarreau from BMO Harris Bank will present Your Credit, Your Home, & Your Future. She will answer questions on how your credit report affects you and your ability to purchase a home. This program is free and no registration is required.
Location: Atkinson Library
Date: Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
Time: 3 P.M. to 4 P.M.
Hear about the best books 2012 has to offer for gift-giving. Suggestions from Milwaukee Public Library librarians Tom Olson and Jacki Potratz will make holiday gift-giving a breeze. This is your chance to ask questions before you buy. Many genres, including children's and young adult recommendations, will be presented. All books on display at the program will be available for checkout. This program is open to the public and is also part of the MPL docents' ongoing enrichment training. For more information, please call (414) 286-8720, or email Friends@mpl.org.
Date: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Time: 10:30 A.M. to 12 P.M.
Location: Central Library's Meeting Room 1
Did you know that if you spend $6.00 a day less on fast food, you can save $2,190 dollars a year or $43,830 over 20 years? Learn more tips that can help you control your financial future at www.moneysmartweek.org visit any Milwaukee Public Library year-round to pick up a copy of the Money Smart Week Resource Guide.
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