Past Events
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Oct 28Great Lakes, Great Read – The Gales of November webinar
John U. Bacon
Join us for a conversation with author, John U. Bacon, author of The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, when he discusses the definitive account of the Edmund Fitzgerald disaster, drawing on more than 100 interviews with the families, friends, and former crewmates of those lost.
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Oct 19Wisconsin Science Festival – Water is Life!
Anne Moser
Rosemary Garfoot Public Library Learn more
Water is life! And one of our most precious resources. Come take a trip around the water cycle and learn about some cool properties of this wet resource. There will be lots of hands-on activities – prepare to get wet!
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Oct 17SciFest: Science Extravaganza – Secchi Disk Art and Sturgeon
Ian Vierck, Titus Seilheimer, and Anne Moser
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Oct 15Science on the Square – Secchi Disk Art!
Ian Vierck and Anne Moser
State Street in Madison, WI (a exact location forthcoming) Wisconsin Science Festival event page
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Oct 14Great Lakes, Great Read – Saving Our Sturgeon webinar
Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
Join us for a conversation with author, Rebecca Wojahn, author of Saving Our Sturgeon, the Great Lakes, Great Read choice for middle school readers for 2026.
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Oct 7Dive Into History book club
Kendra Kennedy, Wisconsin Historical Society
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For this inaugural meeting of our book club, guest speaker Kendra Kennedy will talk about maritime history and archaeology in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes. Visit our webpage to learn more and to register.
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Sep 23Maadagindan / Start Reading Book Club
Jenny Van Sickle, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Join us for a conversation with Jenny Van Sickle when she presents for us an introduction to Treaty Rights. She will use the GLIFWC publication, “A Guide to Understanding Ojibwe Treaty Rights” to explain pertinent treaties, discuss the nature of treaty rights, provide historical background on the treaty rights, and detail tribal resource management and …
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Sep 21Spooky Rivers: a conversation with Geo Rutherford
Geo Rutherford (author) and Anne Moser
UW-Madison, Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum Spooky Rivers, Wisconsin Book Festival
Take the plunge into the strangest, spookiest, and most fascinating rivers around the world (if you dare) in this beautifully illustrated companion to Spooky Lakes—the New York Times and Indiebound bestseller from TikTok star and educator Geo Rutherford. From Geo Rutherford—the creator of the hit series Spooky Lake Month (over 79 million likes!)—comes this thrilling …
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Sep 21Kenosha Public Library: Our Great Lakes in the 21st Century
Kenosha Public Library, Southwest Neighborhood Library Link to event at library
Just 3% of the water on earth is freshwater and the Great Lakes have 20% of that supply. Two million people worldwide today face some sort of water-supply shortages and 5 million die from water-borne diseases. What are the specific stressors that face our Great Lakes today and what are we doing about it? Anne …
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Sep 3Shorewood Public Library: Our Great Lakes in the 21st Century
Shorewood Public Library, Shorewood, WI
Just 3% of the water on earth is freshwater, and the Great Lakes have 20% of that supply. Two million people worldwide today face some sort of water-supply shortages, and 5 million die from water-borne diseases. What are the specific stressors that face our Great Lakes today, and what are we doing about it? Anne …