Angie and Brad Schugel of New Ulm said they haven’t danced much other than an occasional wedding dance. Things are about to change. The Schugels will represent Brown County at the 2B Continued 5th Annual Gala to benefit suicide prevention and mental health awareness April 12 in ...
Here are few of my favorite recent reads. Library staff would be happy to help you place requests on these or any other titles. If you’d like to place your own request, visit www.newulmlibrary.org and choose Library Catalog. May, Kelsey, and Lauren are meeting up in the Hamptons for a long-awaited girls’ trip. When they’re cut off in traffic, Kelsey leaves a prank note on the offending couple’s car windshield: “He cheated. He always does.” But a few days later the same man from the couple goes missing and their girls’ trip goes sideways. Each of them has been hiding ...
The Daum glass factory of Nancy, France, is famous for its cameo glass, but that isn’t the only kind it made. When Jean Daum founded the factory in 1875, he made cut and enameled glass. His sons Auguste and Antonin started an art glass department in 1885, adapting to the art glass movement and art nouveau style of the time. The company started making more ornate types of glass like cameo glass and pate-de-verre. These were very old techniques, but newly popular as they experienced a resurgence in the 19th century. Pate-de-verre was made in ancient Egypt. The term means “glass ...
NEW ULM – The New Ulm Figure Skating Club (NUFSC) invites the public to join them under the sea—and on the ice, with the 37 annual ice skating show. This year’s ice show is “Little Mermaid on Ice,” and will feature a full cast skating to the music of the classic Disney version of ...
Did you know that sharing a wordless picture book can be a powerful way to build important literacy skills? Wordless picture books are books without text that rely solely on the pictures to convey the story. They are often dismissed as being too easy for any age reader. But they are outstanding tools to promote comprehension, vocabulary, listening skills, and they aid in the understanding of character development and story structure. A good reader needs good comprehension skills. They need to remember what has already happened and be able to predict what may happen next. Wordless ...
I love a good story! The question that each of us must ask, however, is what makes a story good? Your mind might hark back to lessons in grammar and writing to come up with answers like flowing dialogue, relatable characters, character growth, conflict, an easy to follow structure, and so on. You might also point to less defined things like making you laugh, being unable to put it down, or making you forget the passage of time. All of these can be elements of a good story, and I’m sure you could have several stories come to mind from just these elements I’ve listed. We love hearing ...
