Just before our free screening of HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, we invite you to prepare yourself with a Beaver Bonanza! Join us at 3pm on Friday, June 28 for... Fearsome beaver stories and facts featuring some of the best minds the Northwoods has to offer, each given a generous 10 minutes to fill your head with beaver knowledge! Jeff Wilson, author of Wrong Tree: Adventures in Wildlife Biology, with harrowing tales of beavers in the wild Jenna Richardson, Discovery Center naturalist, asking if you have what it takes to survive as a beaver Jim Bokern of the Manitowish Waters Historical Society, with the real story of how trappers shaped northwoods history Free popcorn! Photo booth with hundreds of beavers! Door prizes, including movie merch and a fantastic beaver Float-Eh! Stick-y snacks! It's all free and open to everyone! Bring a friend! Bring your neighbor! Bring that cousin you hardly ever see and don't really know very well! Come for the snacks, stay for the free screening of HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS. It's an event you won't soon forget! This event is made possible by the Friends of the Mercer Public Library and with the generosity of Mike Chesik and the HUNDREDS OF […]

"Exists at the crossroads of Looney Tunes, Benny Hill, Cannibal: the musical, Blazing Saddles, and Adult Swim mindsets." -- Slashfilm Friday, June 28th at 4:00 p.m... All the finest minds in the northwoods will gather... for a screening of the supernatural winter epic HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS. Filmed in Wisconsin, this is the northwoods as you've never seen it before. JEAN KAYAK finds himself stranded in a surreal winter landscape with nothing but his dim wits to guide him. Against a backdrop of ruthless elements and sinister creatures - all played by actors in full-sized mascot costumes – KAYAK develops increasingly complex traps in order to win the hand of a mischievous lover. - hundredsofbeavers.com The Mercer Library is excited to present a free screening of HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, directed by Mike Chesik and starring Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, and Wes Tank. It's action... it's adventure... it's comedy... it's free popcorn... it's not for small children! It's a slapstick epic about a frostbitten battle between JEAN KAYAK and DIABOLICAL BEAVERS—hundreds of them—who stand between him and survival. They Gnaw Where You Live! Just before the screening, don't miss our Beaver Bonanza featuring fearsome beaver stories and facts, door prizes, and […]

Jerri Sokol, Elder Benefit Specialist with the ADRC of the North, will be holding monthly outreach hours at the Mercer Public Library on the first Wednesday of the month at 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The Aging and Disability Resource Center of the North provides information and assistance related to aging or adults living with a disability. Their service area includes Ashland, Bayfield, Iron, Price, and Sawyer Counties as well as members of the Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Red Cliff tribes. The Elder Benefit Specialist can assist area residents with Medicare open enrollment, Medicare supplemental insurance, SSI, Medical assistance, housing, Food Share, Medicaid, Senior Care prescription drug coverage, medical remedials, and more. She can also help direct you to other ADRC services or other area resources. Anyone interested in these services or other ADRC assistance is welcome to drop in during Jerri’s outreach hours. You can also make an appointment by calling 715-561-2108 ext. 5.