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SUMMARY:Herrick Library Art Project (series #1)
DESCRIPTION:Over the course of four Tuesdays in October\, come and participate in the North Branch Art Project! This project will use Change Sings and New Kid to see how art can be used to explore themes like empathy\, growth\, change\, and community. Young artists will work with local art educators and library staff to develop both individual and group projects. A final\, collaborative art piece will be unveiled on November 7 at a special celebration and will be displayed at the North Branch Library. Registration required at herrickdl.org/events starting Sept. 19. Artists are required to attend the majority of sessions and complete project assignments. Space is limited. Funding for the series is made possible in part by a grant from the Michigan Humanities\, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/herrick-library-art-project-series-1/
LOCATION:155 Riley St. Holland\, MI 49424\, 155 Riley St\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Little Read,Middle Read
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SUMMARY:Teens ONLY: Jerry CRAFT(S) and Pizza
DESCRIPTION:Calling all teens ages 12-18! Come for pizza and crafts using pages from graphic novels while discussing the Middle Read book\, “New Kid” by Jerry Craft. You could even win a copy of the book. Registration required at this link.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/teens-only-jerry-crafts-and-pizza/
LOCATION:8778 Ferry St. #2 Montague\, MI 49437\, 8778 Ferry St. #2\, Montague\, MI\, 49437\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle Read
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SUMMARY:Teens Only: Jerry CRAFT(S) and Pizza
DESCRIPTION:Teens ages 12-18\, join us for PIZZA and crafts using pages from graphic novels while discussing the Middle Read book\, “New Kid” by Jerry Craft. You could even win a copy of the book. Registration required HERE \n 
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/teens-only-jerry-crafts-and-pizza-2/
LOCATION:316 W Webster Ave\, Muskegon\, MI 49440\, 316 W Webster Ave\, Muskegon\, MI\, 49440\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle Read
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SUMMARY:Herrick Library Art Project (series #2)
DESCRIPTION:Over the course of four Tuesdays in October\, the North Branch Art Project will use the 2023 Little and Middle Read selections\, Change Sings and New Kid\, to see how art can be used to explore themes like empathy\, growth\, change\, and community. Our young artists will work with local art educators and library staff to develop both individual and group projects. A final\, collaborative art piece will be unveiled on November 7 at a special celebration and will be displayed at the North Branch Library. Registration required at herrickdl.org/events starting Sept. 19. Artists are required to attend the majority of sessions and complete project assignments. Space is limited. Funding for the series is made possible in part by a grant from the Michigan Humanities\, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/herrick-library-art-project-series-2/
LOCATION:Herrick District Library – North Branch
CATEGORIES:Little Read,Middle Read
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SUMMARY:Jerry CRAFT(S) and Pizza: Teens only!
DESCRIPTION:Teens ages 12-18\, join us for PIZZA and crafts using pages from graphic novels while we discuss the Middle Read book\, “New Kid” by Jerry Craft. You could even win a copy of the book. Registration required at madl.org/calendar.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/jerry-crafts-and-pizza-teens-only/
LOCATION:1522 Ruddiman Dr. North Muskegon\, MI 49445\, 1522 Ruddiman Dr.\, Muskegon\, MI\, 49445\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle Read
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SUMMARY:Big/Little Read Community Art Project
DESCRIPTION:Kids\, teens\, and adults add your creativity to a community art piece that will be displayed around Muskegon this fall!  \nCome to your local library branch and create a canvas. The canvas tiles will be put together as one piece of community art\, inspired by the Little Read Lakeshore book “Change Sings.”  \nRegistration Required. 
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/big-little-read-community-art-project-6/
LOCATION:1910 E Apple Ave D Muskegon\, MI 49442
CATEGORIES:Big Read,Little Read,Middle Read,Mini Read
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SUMMARY:Middle School “New Kid” Book Club Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Come join other middle school readers from Muskegon County as we come together to discuss the book “New Kid” by Jerry Craft at the Coffee Factory in Muskegon.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/middle-school-new-kid-book-club-discussion-2/
LOCATION:The Coffee Factory\, 1402 Hudson St\, Muskegon\, MI\, 49441\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle Read
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SUMMARY:Middle School “New Kid” Book Club Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Come join other middle school readers from Muskegon County as we come together to discuss the book “New Kid” by Jerry Craft at the Book Nook & Java Shop in Montague.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/middle-school-new-kid-book-club-discussion/
LOCATION:The Book Nook and Java Shop\, 8744 Ferry St.\, Montague\, MI\, 49437\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle Read
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SUMMARY:Holland Story Project - Oral History Project
DESCRIPTION:The Holland Story Project\, an oral history project by Herrick District Library\, will be collecting stories about what makes home a home. This storytelling celebrates the Lakeshore area and the Big Read by sharing and preserving their unique stories\, experiences\, and histories. Come join be part of this project with us by sharing your stories.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/holland-story-project-oral-history-project/
LOCATION:Herrick District Library 300 S River Ave\, Holland\, MI 49423
CATEGORIES:Big Read,Little Read,Middle Read
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SUMMARY:Kick-Off Event: Why Do Stories Matter?: Engaging History\, Black Identity\, & Return Migration in Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing.
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick-off our Big Read month! This lecture by Hope College’s Ernest Cole (English department) and Dr. Fred Johnson (History department) will focus on the legacies of slavery in the context of history\, culture\, and identity. It explores the role of neo-slave narratives in engaging official historical narratives of the past and their representations of the human experience. It examines the attempts of African Americans to negotiate the struggle for integration and gestures to the possibilities of returning to their ancestral homeland\, as both a recognition of a hybridized identity with Africans and the projection of an alternate and futuristic form of existence. \nDr. Ernest Cole is the John Dirk Werkman Endowed Professor and Chair of English at Hope College\, Holland\, Michigan\, where he teaches Postcolonial literatures of Sub-Saharan Anglophone Africa\, India\, and the Caribbean. Previously he taught African literature at Fourah Bay College\, University of Sierra Leone; The Gambia College; and the University of The Gambia. He has published two monographs — Theorizing the Disfigured Body (2014) and Space and Trauma in the Writing of Aminatta Forna (2017)\, and two collected volumes — Emerging Perspectives on Syl Cheney Coker (2014)\, with Eustace Palmer\, and Ousmane Sembene\, Writer\, Filmmaker\, & Revolutionary Artist (2016)\, with Oumar Cherif Diop. His essay “Decentering Anthropocentrism: Human-Animal Relations in Aminatta Forna’s Happiness” won the Abioseh Porter Prize for the best article on African literary studies published in a major peer-reviewed journal in 2019. His current research is on return migration of the African diaspora and his monograph (under review) is titled Black Bodies in White Spaces: The Challenges to Migration and Possibilities of Return. He is married to Everetta Cole\, and they have two daughters\, Ernesta\, and Tunde. \nDr. Fred Johnson III is the Guy Vander Jagt ’53 Endowed Professor of History at Hope College\, and has taught there since 2000. Dr. Johnson’s primary field of study is 19th century U.S. history\, specifically\, the Civil War. His other areas of expertise are 20th century U.S. history\, U.S. military history and African history. Dr. Johnson is also an award-winning public speaker. A member of the Michigan chapter of the National Speakers’ Association and a member of Toastmasters since 2004\, he advanced to the semifinal round of the Toastmasters World Series of Public Speaking in 2007\, 2008\, 2010\, 2016\, 2017 and 2018\, taking second place in 2017 and 2018. Prior to his career in higher education\, Dr. Johnson served in the United States Marine Corps as a Communications-Electronics Officer and as an Infantry Officer in the Marine Reserves. He subsequently worked as a production scheduler for Packard – Electric Division of General Motors\, an operations specialist for Con-Tel Page Telecommunications\, and as a corporate trainer for Aircraft Braking Systems (formerly Goodyear Aerospace) in Akron\, Ohio.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/2023-big-read-lakeshore-program-kickoff/
LOCATION:Hope College Maas Auditorium 264 Columbia Ave Holland\, MI 49423
CATEGORIES:Big Read,Middle Read
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