Get yourself a coffee and read our Morning Links. In either order:
- Are you Folk Fairing it this weekend? The three-day Milwaukee cultural event — offering food, music, dance, artisan crafts and more — runs Fri-Sun, Nov. 21-23.
- Mike Nichols, the director of such films as The Graduate and Silkwood, died Wednesday night. He was 83 years old. He was married to TV journalist Diane Sawyer.
- The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Brooklyn Nets in a triple-overtime game at the Barclays Center. Rookie Jabari Parker scored 23 points – a career high.
- The National Book Awards, which names winners in categories ranging from fiction and nonfiction to poetry, named the 2014 winners last night.
- The rebuilt East Branch of the Milwaukee Public Library opens Saturday, Nov. 22. Festivities include a ribbon-cutting at noon, followed by live entertainment.
