KRAEMER LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTER BIMONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR June 9, 2014

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Everyone is invited to the Community Park Demonstration by Helga Flowers Pavilion in Plain on Friday, June 13 at 7:00 pm for from the desk of Mary Frances the first event of a year-long celebration of the Nachreiner Library’s 50th anniversary. The Mazomanie Movement Arts Center crew will entertain guests Watercolor artist and author Helga Flowers will with their Wild Rumpus World Circus Program. be at the Clarion Convention Center in Baraboo on Sunday, June 15 from 2:30 to 5:00 pm. She is New Email Addresses for the author of the autobiographical work War Library Child which has a local readership. Flowers’ is enthusiastic about introducing herself to the local Library Director: [email protected] area, and the event will include examples of her work and a demonstration of her painting style. General Inquiries: [email protected] The public is welcome to attend. Be sure to update your records! Father’s Day Facts Plain Page Turners Book Club From: The Plain Page Turners Book Club will http://www.indobase.com/fathersday/fathers- meet on Tuesday, June 17 at 7:30 pm day-trivia.html in the library. They will discuss the  It was President Woodrow Wilson who first novel Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett. said that Father's Day should be given the Contact Gwen Kraemer at 546-3161 or status of a national holiday in the year 1916. [email protected] if you plan to  Card making company Hallmark says that attend. Father's Day is the fifth largest card selling Upcoming Literary Events occasion n America.  The most popular gift of Father's Day in the US Tuesday, June 10, 6:00 pm, Arcadia Books, Spring is a necktie. Green. Margaret Lukas discusses her novel Farthest House, a generational story of deceit, Read and Win! survival, and love from beyond the grave. Adults and children are invited to Friday, June 13, 6:30 pm, Arcadia Books launches sign up for the reading program their new cookbook, In the Kitchen at Arcadia starting Monday, June 16. We’ll Books. give you 50 opportunities to read and win! Sunday, June 15, 2:00 pm, Arcadia Books, Spring Green. Dale Kushner discusses The Conditions of

Kraemer Library & Community Center – 546-4201 – www.kraemerlibrary.org Celebrating 50 Years in Plain - 1964-2014 Capsule Profile - The Tulip another family, but hid this fact from them for 50 Eaters years, until sharing the news with her daughter. Every year on Anthony’s birthday, Philomena by Niki Johnson traveled to to find out where Anthony was and if he was happy, but was never The Tulip Eaters is a 2013 novel by Antoinette van successful. Heugten. This fast-paced novel begins with the gruesome revenge murder of Anneke and In 2005, when meets Philomena kidnapping of her six-month old granddaughter, Lee, he is at loose ends. A former BBC journalist, Rose. From there the plot follows two story lines he had recently lost his job with the British - the efforts by Anneke’s daughter Nora deJong Labour government and was thinking about to determine who killed Anneke and kidnapped writing a book about Russian history. Philomena’s Rose and Nora’s related efforts to uncover facts daughter met Martin at a party and suggested about her mother’s past as the daughter of a that he meet her mother and listen to her story. high-level Dutch Nazi official and clandestine Although not interested in writing human interest member of the Dutch Resistance that she stories, Martin was intrigued by Philomena’s believes will lead her to the murderer. In my story, agreed to assist in her search for Anthony opinion, the historical story line is much more and secured support for the story from a British believable and well-developed than the murder- publication. kidnapping story line. After exhausting leads in the UK, Martin and DVD Profile - “Philomena” Philomena travel to the United States where her questions about Anthony are answered and she by Niki Johnson feels at peace. By the end of the film, Philomena consents to allow Martin to write her story, and “Philomena” was released in November 2013 and the resulting 2009 book served as a catalyst for directed by . The story is based on other adopted Irish children and their mothers to true events in the life of (played tell their stories. by ), as depicted in the 2009 book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith “Philomena” received numerous award (played by ). nominations, including four Academy Awards and three Golden Globes. In my opinion, the In 1951, Philomena Lee met a performances by Judi Dench and Steve Coogan young man at a county fair. After were outstanding, as was the score and she became pregnant, her father cinematography. To learn more about the film, sent her to in visit the official website, philomenamovie.com. Roscrea, . After her son Anthony was born in 1952, Philomena was bound to work in the laundry for four years to cover the cost of her care and Anthony’s birth. Philomena and the other girls in residence were permitted to see their children for only one hour each week. Without Philomena’s knowledge, Anthony was adopted in 1955 and taken to the United States, and Philomena lost all contact with him. She eventually married, became a nurse, and had

Kraemer Library & Community Center – 546-4201 – www.kraemerlibrary.org Celebrating 50 Years in Plain - 1964-2014