Helping Michigan Wildlife
Valentina Cruz helped the animals on her Galápagos Island. How can we help the wildlife in our part of the world? Go to the Outdoor Discovery Center and join Joy...
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Why Read Moby Dick? With Dr. Kathleen Verduin
Virtual Event
Dr. Kathleen Verduin, Professor of English at Hope College, will answer the question “Why read Moby Dick?” As an American literature professor, Verduin regularly reads Herman Melville’s Moby Dick with...
Ocean Adventures with Alison Teal: the female Indiana Jones
Virtual Event
Alison Teal, the Female Indiana Jones shares her adventures across the globe. Alison Teal spent her childhood exploring remote corners of the Earth, encountering exotic people and places and investigating...
Little Read Author Event with Marsha Diane Arnold
Virtual Event
Our Little Read Lakeshore program is thrilled to virtually host this year’s Little Read author, Marsha Diane Arnold. She will share about the inspiration, research and writing of her bilingual...
Ethics Aboard the Essex: Character and Consequences
Virtual Event
What would you have done on board the ship, Essex? What moral and ethical choices would you have made? Join Dr. David Stubbs and Dr. Daniel Flores from Western Theological...
A Trip Down Memory Lane with Hope Professors
Virtual Event
Come join us and listen to Hope College professors’ crazy adventure stories. The NEA Big Read’s very own Deb Van Duinen will be talking about her experience with landmines? President...
Little Read Literacy Days
Virtual Event
Reading our Little Read book is only half of the fun! Getting together with others to enjoy our love for the book adds to the fun! Head out to Patmos...
Letting Go of Literary Whiteness Webinar with Dr. Carlin Borsheim-Black
Virtual Event
Want to learn more about racial literacy, ways to think about it, and talk about it whilst reading literature? Well, look no further, we’re thrilled to have Dr. Carlin Borsheim-Black,...
Nantucket Historical Association Lecture with Daniel Elias
Virtual Event
Join Daniel Elias from the Nantucket Historical Association, as he discusses race as it relates to In the Heart of the Sea. Race on the island of Nantucket is as...
Hidden Giants: The Mysterious Lives of Whales with Danny Kosiba
Virtual Event
Whales are awe inspiring giants of the sea. Come and learn more about them by listening to marine biologist and conservationist, Danny Kosiba (Hope College ‘17). Danny has worked on...
In the Heart of the Sea Book Discussion – ACEH
Virtual Event
Members of the Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony (ACEH) an organization dedicated to promoting unity, justice, equal opportunity, ethnic awareness, cross-cultural understanding and appreciation for diversity. We invite you...
Galápagos Girl / Galapagueña StoryWalk®
Leave your screens behind and walk with our friends at Loutit District Library on a Galápagos Girl/Galapagueña StoryWalk® at Rosy Mound Natural Area in partnership with Ottawa County Parks. Walk...