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"Meet the Beatles"
Beatles scholar and author Aaron Krerowicz will present "The Beatles: Band of the Sixties" on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. Explore the music of The Beatles in this 60-minute multimedia presentation (part history and part musical analysis) spanning the full 1960s: beginning with the band's seminal visits to Hamburg, continuing through Beatlemania, and concluding with Abbey Road. The program will be supplemented with audio clips of music and excerpts from interviews with the band members.
 Despite being born 15 years after the band broke up, Aaron Krerowicz is the only full-time professional Beatles music scholar in the US. He won a research grant through the University of Hartford in 2011 to study the band and since has
presented his findings through more than 250 Fab Four presentations throughout the US and England. Aaron has authored four Beatles books, and in January 2016 released an album of original music.
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footnotes
Volume 25, Number 11
November 2016
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Library System Merger Underway
Public libraries in Wisconsin have been able to offer better service while saving money by working together as part of a library system. Mead Public Library is a member of Eastern Shores Library System (ESLS) which is now merging with the Mid-Wisconsin Federated Library System (MWFLS) to do even more to save money and improve service. This represents the first system merger in Wisconsin and will be called the Monarch Library System.
The Eastern Shores Library System, which has its headquarters in Sheboygan, includes Mead Public Library in Sheboygan and other libraries in Ozaukee and Sheboygan counties: Cedar Grove, Cedarburg, Elkhart Lake, Grafton, Kohler, Mequon-Thiensville, Oostburg, Plymouth, Port Washington, Random Lake, Saukville, Sheboygan Falls, the Bookmobile and Lakeland University.
The Mid-Wisconsin System includes public libraries in Dodge and Washington counties: Beaver Dam, Brownsville, Fox Lake, Germantown, Hartford, Horicon, Hustisford, Iron Ridge, Juneau, Kewaskum, Lomira, Lowell, Mayville, Reeseville, Slinger, Theresa, Waupun, and West Bend.
In the new system, the shared library catalog will double the number of holdings now in the current ESLS catalog which should decrease the need for interlibrary loans. The merged system also will have a new "in-demand" collection. Additional copies of popular items will be purchased to fill requests throughout the system.
A new policy of "local holds" has already begun. For example, if someone reserves a book for pickup at Mead Library, and the book is owned by Mead Library, the request will be filled for the Mead patron before the item is shipped fill requests at other libraries. The result will be fewer items shipped, reducing transport costs. This change will likely decrease the waiting time for library patrons who reserve items for pickup at Mead Library.
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New Desk on Library's Second Floor
Thank you to the Mead Public Library Foundation for funding the purchase of a new service desk for the second floor.
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Program about Frank Lloyd Wright Chairs
Let's Talk About Work. Come to this ShopTalk event to hear ideas and stories about work, and share your own. ShopTalk conversations are about the past, present, and future of work in Wisconsin. All are welcome. Free and open to the public. This event is brought to you by the Wisconsin Humanities Council and hosted by Mead Public Library.
Join retired UW-Extension faculty member and woodworker Alan Anderson for this presentation, "The Unknown Craftsman Creating, and Re-creating, Furniture Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright," on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m Wright's iconic barrel chair was built for the house of Darwin Martin in Buffalo, NY. The original chairs were built in Milwaukee by the Matthews Brothers Company Furniture. Alan will share the story of how he studied not only the chairs, but also the history of furniture making and the Martin House, in order to learn the old masters' woodworking techniques necessary to recreate these works of art.
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Couple to Discuss Insights After Diagnosis
Come hear Wisconsin author Gary Beyer and his wife and caregiver Julie's inspirational and hope-filled presentation. He is the author of "I Promise I'll Pay Attention: Inspiring Hope in the Face of Life-Altering Circumstances" and the program will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 1:30 pm in the Rocca Meeting Room.
Gary Beyer shares his experiences and insights after he was diagnosed with an untreatable type of muscle disease, shortly after the start of 2008. He points out that living with a progressively debilitating disease doesn't make you progressively less relevant. It makes you progressively less presumptive. Gary and Julie will be available for comments, questions and book signing afterwards.
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Read to Faith, the Therapy Dog 
"Make It @ Mead"
Poetry Circle with Karl Elder
Inspiring Hope in the Face of Life-Altering Circumstances