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SUMMARY:Fables\, Folklore\, and Legends Night
DESCRIPTION:Throughout Homegoing\, characters exchange fables\, folklore\, and beliefs. How are fables and folklore connected to belief throughout the novel? What forms of belief are depicted in the book and what purpose do these beliefs seem to serve for the characters? We will also share Michigan urban legends; what do our own stories and legends say about us?
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/folklore-and-legends-night/
LOCATION:Cook Library\, Western Theological Seminary\, 101 E. 13th St.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Big Read,Middle Read
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SUMMARY:Preschool Storytime: Change Sings by Amanda Gorman
DESCRIPTION:Come read Change Sings at Herrick North Branch Library\, and explore early literacy skills by sharing stories\, singing\, and other activities!
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/preschool-storytime-change-sings-by-amanda-gorman/
LOCATION:Herrick District Library – North Branch
CATEGORIES:Little Read
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UID:24377-1699376400-1699380000@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:Herrick Library’s North Branch Art Project Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The collaborative art piece created by participants of our North Branch Art Project will be unveiled at a special gallery celebration. Join us to learn about this month-long series\, meet the young artists\, and view both individual and group projects. Funding for this event 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-librarys-north-branch-art-project-celebration/
LOCATION:Herrick District Library – North Branch
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231107T150000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T171100Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Pan Africa Student Association at Hope College
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the Big Read and in partnership with Hope’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion and the Kruizenga Art Museum this event will feature the Motherland Culture Connections who will showcase different African cultures by performing music\, dancing\, and spoken word. After this presentation\, the audience will walk over to the KAM for a small kick-off reception for the Parallels Art Exhibit.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/celebrating-pan-africa-student-association-at-hope-college/
LOCATION:Hope College Maas Auditorium 264 Columbia Ave Holland\, MI 49423
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231107T110000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T170725Z
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SUMMARY:Parallels Art Gallery Walk and Book Discussion at the KAM
DESCRIPTION:Charles Mason\, KAM director\, will lead a gallery walk of the Focus Exhibition Parallels after which there will be a book discussion of Homegoing.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/parallels-art-gallery-walk-and-book-discussion-at-the-kam/
LOCATION:Kruizenga Art Museum 271 Columbia Ave\, Holland\, MI 49423
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231107T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231107T103000
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SUMMARY:The More We Get Together: A Musical Adventure with Allegan County Play-and-Learn
DESCRIPTION:Come listen to our Mini Read book put to music!
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/the-more-we-get-together-a-musical-adventure-with-allegan-county-play-and-learn/
LOCATION:Dorr Townhip Libary Community Room
CATEGORIES:Mini Read
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SUMMARY:Baby Storytime: The More We Get Together by Celeste Cortright
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a reading of “The More We Get Together” and explore early literacy skills like stories\, bouncing\, and music! For children ages 0-18 months with a caregiver.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/baby-storytime-the-more-we-get-together-by-celeste-cortright/
LOCATION:Herrick District Library – North Branch
CATEGORIES:Mini Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231104T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231104T183000
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SUMMARY:Genealogy Series: Going Home with Homegoing: Discover Your Roots Chapter 3: Coming Full Circle--Genealogy using Physical Resources
DESCRIPTION:Round out your genealogy experience and join us for a presentation on genealogy research using physical resources at the Hackley District Library. This presentation from the Muskegon County Genealogical Society will include a tour of Torrent House and a demonstration of how to use a microfilm machine. Attendees will also get a chance to get crafty and create a family tree they can take home!
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/genealogy-series-going-home-with-homegoing-discover-your-roots-chapter-3-coming-full-circle-genealogy-using-physical-resources/
LOCATION:Hackley Public Library\, 316 W Webster Ave\, Muskegon\, MI\, 49440\, United States
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231104T150000
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SUMMARY:Dancing Through the Pages at the SCA: Change Sings!
DESCRIPTION:StrikeTime Dance Theatre will celebrate Amanda Gorman’s\, Change Sings\, A Children’s Anthem.  \nThrough dance and music\, this interactive performance invites the audience to join in and embrace community and one’s individual voice. The audience will experience themes of change\, hope\, dream\, unity and love. We can hear change coming. Won’t you dance along? \nTo compliment the performance\, afterwards families will be invited to engage in hands-on art-making activities\, movement and story together. This event is suitable for all families with elementary aged children. \nRegistration required at SCA website. \nOne General Admission ticket is good for a maximum of 4 attendees. After selecting your ticket on the SCA website\, you will be able to add up to 4 attendee names. Please purchase an additional ticket at $5 each for each additional guest. \n 
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/dancing-through-the-pages-change-sings-showing-2/
LOCATION:Saugatuck Center for the Arts\, 400 Culver Street\, Saugatuck\, MI\, 49453\, United States
CATEGORIES:Little Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231104T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231104T120000
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SUMMARY:Lunch with The New Kid
DESCRIPTION:Join other local students to eat pizza and talk about the graphic novel The New Kid by Jerry Craft. Free copy of the book for the first 10 kids to register. 25 kids; https://www.wlclib.org/calendar#/events/
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/lunch-with-the-new-kid/
LOCATION:White Lake Community Library\, 3900 White Lake Dr.\, Whitehall\, MI\, 49461\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231104T110000
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CREATED:20230919T171402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T171402Z
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SUMMARY:Animal Sounds: Little Read Lakeshore
DESCRIPTION:Animals communicate in amazing ways! They can change colors\, make themselves bigger\, use smells\, and they can make some silly sounds! Join us as we learn about the different sounds we can hear from our animal friends and some other amazing communication techniques. \nWe are partnering with the Little Read Lakeshore (https://neabigreadlakeshore) for this conservation program to go along with the book Change Sings by Amanda Gorman. \nSuggested age range: 5-12 yo \nRegistration is not required\, but appreciated. The first 10 families to arrive receive a free copy of Change Sings (one book per household). \nFee: FREE – sponsored by the Little Read Lakeshore
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/animal-sounds-little-read-lakeshore/
LOCATION:Outdoor Discovery Center 5675 142nd Ave. Holland\, MI 49423
CATEGORIES:Little Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231104T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231104T100000
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SUMMARY:Dancing Through the Pages at Hope College: Change Sings!
DESCRIPTION:StrikeTime Dance Theatre will celebrate Amanda Gorman’s\, Change Sings\, A Children’s Anthem. Through dance and music\, this interactive performance invites the audience to join in and embrace community and one’s individual voice. The audience will experience themes of change\, hope\, dream\, unity and love. We can hear change coming. Won’t you dance along?
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/dancing-through-the-pages-change-sings/
LOCATION:Hope College\, Dow Center\, Studio 207 168 E 13th Street Holland\, MI 49423
CATEGORIES:Little Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231103T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231103T163000
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CREATED:20231002T161849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T161849Z
UID:24510-1699023600-1699029000@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:Talk\, Read\, and Sing in Everyday Places
DESCRIPTION:Little Read/Mini Read book give away\, Family Fun and Talking is Teaching Scavenger Hunts\, visit www.muskegonisd.org/earlychildhood/rero/calender-events for details\, or text or call 231-299-0182
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/talk-read-and-sing-in-everyday-places/
LOCATION:Muskegon Apple Goodwill Retail Store\, 1501 E Apple Ave\, Muskegon\, MI\, 49442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Little Read,Mini Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231103T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231103T110000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20230919T171114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T171114Z
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SUMMARY:Play and Learn
DESCRIPTION:Stories\, art\, music\, and more for kids 2-5 & their caregivers\, featuring the book The More We Get Together by Celeste Cortright.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/play-and-learn/
LOCATION:White Lake Community Library\, 3900 White Lake Dr.\, Whitehall\, MI\, 49461\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mini Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231102T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231102T183000
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UID:24216-1698946200-1698949800@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:New Kid Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Kids in Grades 4-8 are invited to come and discuss the graphic novel “New Kid” by Jerry Craft. Books will be availible at the youth desk. Registration required at https://www.loutitlibrary.org/. 
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/new-kid-book-discussion/
LOCATION:loutit district library\, 407 Columbus Avenue\, Grand Haven\, MI\, 49417\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231102T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231102T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20230919T170206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T170206Z
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SUMMARY:Ghanaian Food Event at Phelps Dining Hall
DESCRIPTION:Come to Phelps Dining Hall for a Globe station takeover of Ghanaian food to celebrate Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing! Dinner is $16 for the public\, and $9 for Hope faculty/staff.\n\nMenu:\nGroundnut Soup\nThe internationally popular soup made from Peanut Butter!Garden Egg Stew\nA stew featuring eggplant (garden egg)\, tomatoes\, scotch bonnet chilies\,  and aromatic spices \nRed Red\nBlack Eyed Peas\, Tomatoes and Tilapia cooked together with a zesty blend of spices\nWaakye\nSlow simmered rice and beans with savory herbs\nKelewe\nBite sized pieces of deep fried Plantain tossed with a sweet sour glaze of sugar and vinegar
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/ghanaian-food-event-at-phelps-dining-hall/
LOCATION:Phelps Dining Hall 264 Columbia Ave Holland\, MI 49423
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231102T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231102T100000
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CREATED:20230919T165137Z
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SUMMARY:Story time: Mini Read “The More We Get Together”
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Preschool Storytime to celebrate this year’s Big Read Lakeshore Mini Read title\, “The More We Get Together\,” by Celeste Cortright. This program is geared towards children ages 3-6 with their caregivers. Stories\, songs\, fingerplays and a simple craft will be enjoyed by all. Drop-in program\, no registration required.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/story-time-mini-read-the-more-we-get-together/
LOCATION:Howard Miller Public Library 14 S Church St\, Zeeland\, MI 49464
CATEGORIES:Mini Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231101T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231101T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20230919T163953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T163953Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Ernest Cole: Why Do Stories Matter?: Engaging History\, Black Identity\, and Return Migration in Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing
DESCRIPTION:The lecture focuses 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. \nErnest Cole\, PhD 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.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/dr-ernest-cole-why-do-stories-matter-engaging-history-black-identity-and-return-migration-in-yaa-gyasis-homegoing/
LOCATION:loutit district library\, 407 Columbus Avenue\, Grand Haven\, MI\, 49417\, United States
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231101T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231101T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20230929T153837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230929T153900Z
UID:24412-1698858000-1698861600@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:Homegoing Book Discussion at the Book Nook and Java Shop
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss Homegoing with other Lakeshore readers at the Book Nook & Java Shop in Montague! Enjoy delicious food\, a cozy atmosphere\, and good conversation at this book discussion event!
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/homegoing-book-discussion-at-the-book-nook-java-shop/
LOCATION:The Book Nook and Java Shop\, 8744 Ferry St.\, Montague\, MI\, 49437\, United States
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231030T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20230907T215553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230916T212622Z
UID:24113-1698692400-1698692400@bigreadlakeshore.com
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231030T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231030T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20231002T171048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T171048Z
UID:24550-1698685200-1698688800@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:MADL Crafters: Big Community Art Project
DESCRIPTION:Create two pieces of art: a cut paper illustration of this year’s Big Read\, Homecoming by Yaa Gaysi to take home\, and a mini canvas that will be part of the community art project. Registration required. https://madl.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=8105&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2023/10/01
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/madl-crafters-big-community-art-project/
LOCATION:North Muskegon Branch
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231027T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231027T163000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20231002T170855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T170855Z
UID:24547-1698418800-1698424200@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:Talk\, Read\, and Sing in Everyday Places
DESCRIPTION:Little Read/Mini Read book give away\, Family Fun and Talking is Teaching Scavenger Hunts\, visit www.muskegonisd.org/earlychildhood/rero/calender-events for details\, or text or call 231-299-0182
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/talk-read-and-sing-in-everyday-places-3/
LOCATION:North Muskegon Goodwill Retail Store\, 1169 Whitehall Rd\, Muskegon\, MI\, 49445\, United States
CATEGORIES:Little Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231027T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231027T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20231002T170622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T170622Z
UID:24544-1698400800-1698408000@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:Wash & Learn - Little Read Laundry & Literacy Time
DESCRIPTION:Free family fun while you do your laundry. Lunch\, crafts\, music\, storytime\, FREE DRY TIME and free Little Read and Mini Read books to take home.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/wash-learn-little-read-laundry-literacy-time-2/
LOCATION:Suds of West MI\, 2719 Sanford St\, Muskegon\, MI\, 49444\, United States
CATEGORIES:Little Read,Mini Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231025T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231025T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20231002T170317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T170317Z
UID:24542-1698253200-1698256800@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:Book Club: Homegoing
DESCRIPTION:Every month we will pick a book for our community of readers to read together and talk about. Our goal is to pick a plethora of books from a wide variety of genres and authors. This month\, our book is in partnership with NEA Big Read Lakeshore as we read Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Feel free to stop in and check it out or look at some similar reads.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/book-club-homegoing-2/
LOCATION:Dalton Branch
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231025T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231025T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20231002T170126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T170126Z
UID:24540-1698253200-1698256800@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:Migration\, Identity\, and Return: the African Diaspora & the African American Experience
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Ernest Cole of Hope College for a presentation that explores the experiences of African Americans in the context of legacies of slavery\, racial exclusion\, and marginalization\, liberation\, and the struggle for integration. Dr. Cole will cover the intersections of history\, literature\, and culture to argue for an understanding of cultural identity\, human rights violations\, and possibilities of return to the African continent. Registration required on the www.madl.org/calendar.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/migration-identity-and-return-the-african-diaspora-the-african-american-experience/
LOCATION:Norton Shores Branch
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231025T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231025T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20231002T165930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T165930Z
UID:24535-1698247800-1698253200@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:Let's Do It Again! Learn\, Play & Grow at Orchard View
DESCRIPTION:Family dinner\, drafts\, activities & storytime featuring BOTH Change Sings and The More We Get Together. For kids birth to 5. FREE books to take home.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/lets-do-it-again-learn-play-grow-at-orchard-view-2/
LOCATION:Orchard View Community Education Building\, 1765 Ada St.\, Muskegon\, MI\, 49442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Little Read,Mini Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231025T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231025T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20231002T165325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T165325Z
UID:24531-1698246000-1698249600@bigreadlakeshore.com
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! Come 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.” Registration Required. https://madl.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=8011&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2023/10/01
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/big-little-read-community-art-project-10/
LOCATION:Holton Branch\, 8776 Holton-Duck Lake Rd\, Holton\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Big Read,Little Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231024T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231024T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20231002T162411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T162411Z
UID:24517-1698166800-1698172200@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:North Branch Art Project (series #4)
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/north-branch-art-project-series-4/
LOCATION:Herrick District Library – North Branch
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231024T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231024T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20231002T165051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T165051Z
UID:24529-1698166800-1698170400@bigreadlakeshore.com
SUMMARY:Book Club: Homegoing
DESCRIPTION:Every month we will pick a book for our community of readers to read together and talk about. Our goal is to pick a plethora of books from a wide variety of genres and authors. This month\, our book is in partnership with NEA Big Read Lakeshore as we read Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Feel free to stop in and check it out or look at some similar reads.
URL:https://bigreadlakeshore.com/event/book-club-homegoing/
LOCATION:Holton Branch\, 8776 Holton-Duck Lake Rd\, Holton\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Big Read
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231024T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231024T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T032252
CREATED:20230919T164820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T164820Z
UID:24193-1698163200-1698166800@bigreadlakeshore.com
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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