NEA Big Read Lakeshore

Catch the Bus with MADL
2022-10-19 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Detroit) | Norton Shores Branch
Join the Norton Shores Branch of MADL library staff as they read the book Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena (Little Read Lakeshore). Librarians will read the book to the group before everyone gets on a MATS bus for a short ride to explore the community. Come back to the library to do a fun activity afterwards. Registration required on madl.org calendar.

Myth Crushers: The Science of Super Powers
2022-10-18 17:00 - 18:00 | Holton Branch, 8776 Holton-Duck Lake Rd, Holton, MI, 49423, United States
Talk about what superpowers could be real, plausible, or busted. Kids will be able to use science to test theories on how these powers work. Registration required on madl.org calendar.

Catch the Bus with MADL
2022-10-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Montague Branch
Join the Montague Branch of MADL library staff as they read the book Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena (Little Read Lakeshore). Librarians will read the book to the group before everyone gets on a MATS bus for a short ride to explore the community. Come back to the library to do a fun activity afterwards. Registration required on madl.org calendar.

Take it, Make it Happen
2022-10-16 - 2022-10-21 | Multiple Venue
Stop in and pick up our random acts of kindness activity where kids and families can pick up ideas of what they can do to help others. This includes all 11 MADL branches.

Library Launch Day
2022-10-14 - 2022-10-15 | MI
Come to your local library for a NEA Big Read Lakeshore book giveaway and pick up a copy of your NEA Big Read Lakeshore event calendar.

Myth Crushers: The Science of Super Powers
2022-10-13 15:30 - 16:30 | Montague Branch

Catch the Bus with MADL
2022-10-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Dalton Branch
Join the Dalton Branch of MADL library staff as they read the book Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena (Little Read Lakeshore). Librarians will read the book to the group before everyone gets on a MATS bus for a short ride to explore the community. Come back to the library to do a fun activity afterwards. Registration required on madl.org calendar.

Myth Crushers: The Science of Super Powers
2022-10-12 15:00 - 16:00 | North Muskegon Branch

Superhero Movie: Lego Justice League: Gotham City Breakout
2022-10-11 15:00 - 16:00 | North Muskegon Branch
Celebrate a hero’s journey by watching Superhero Movie: Lego Justice League: Gotham City Breakout at the North Muskegon Branch of MADL

Superhero Family Night
2022-10-08 17:00 - 18:00 | Holton Branch, 8776 Holton-Duck Lake Rd, Holton, MI, 49423, United States
Do you have a Marvel or D.C. fan in your life? Celebrate their favorite characters with a night of comics and crafts. This family event is sure to bring out your inner superhero. Registration is required on the madl.org.

North Branch Story Project
2022-10-06 17:30 - 18:30 | Herrick District Library – North Branch
In partnership with Big Read Lakeshore, the North Branch Story Project will take young authors on a hero’s journey. Over the course of five Thursdays our authors will read and study current and past Middle Read and Little Read selections like Zita the Spacegirl and Last Stop on Market Street, workshop and storyboard ideas, and learn from library staff and local writers and educators. Each author will complete the project by writing their own picture book or graphic novel that will be put into the library’s circulation through the end of the 22/23 school year. Registration required beginning September 22. Authors do not have to attend each session, but there will be weekly requirements that must be completed in order to have a book catalogued. For more information, please email rcarpenter@herrickdl.org.

Myth Crushers: The Science of Super Powers
2022-10-06 15:30 - 16:30 | MI

Crusin' with MADL: Book and Cheese Tasting
2022-10-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Muskegon, 560 Mart St, Muskegon, MI, 49440
As a kick off to Big Read events in Muskegon, MADL invite you to join them aboard the AquaStar as they cruise Muskegon
Lake, sample amazing cheese courtesy of the Cheese Lady, and their librarian guides give you awesome book recommendations themed around Circe. You will have the option of purchasing wine/cocktails aboard the Aquastar to go with your cheese samplings. This event is free, but space is limited, and registration is required on the MADL.org calendar.
Please arrive in plenty of time to board.

Superhero Movie: Lego Justice League: Gotham City Breakout
2022-10-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Holton Branch, 8776 Holton-Duck Lake Rd, Holton, MI, 49423, United States
Celebrate a hero’s journey by watching Superhero Movie: Lego Justice League: Gotham City Breakout at the Holton Branch of MADL

Myth Crushers: The Science of Super Powers
2022-10-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Egleston Branch

Pre-K Storytime at Dorr Township Library
2022-10-04 09:30 - 10:30 | Dorr Townhip Libary Community Room
Participate in Pre-K Storytime at Door Township Library where The Last Stop on Market Street will be one of the featured stories

Myth Crushers: The Science of Super Powers
2022-10-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Norton Shores Branch

Thor Movie Showing
2022-10-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Library for the Blind and Visually Disabled
Come watch Thor at the library and discuss what it means to be a hero.

Greek Cuisine and Cooking Program
2022-09-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Montague Branch
Eat delicious Greek food and even learn how to make some with the Montague Branch of MADL

Superhero Movie: Lego Justice League: Gotham City Breakout
2022-09-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Montague Branch
Celebrate a hero’s journey by watching Superhero Movie: Lego Justice League: Gotham City Breakout at the Montague Branch of MADL

Myth Crushers: The Science of Super Powers
2022-09-19 17:00 - 18:00 | Library for the Blind and Visually Disabled

Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are
2022-09-13 - 2023-01-23 | Saugatuck Center for the Arts, 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, MI, 49453, United States
Come to the Saugatuck Center for the Arts and experience the amazing art from the Ubuntu: I am Because We Are collection and see what it means to be a local hero.
*Please note Eventbrite requires a ticket to be made, but you DO NOT need a ticket to attend this event.

Bilingual Storywalk of Last Stop on Market Street
2022-09-13 07:00 - 16:00 | Hemlock Crossing

An Evening with Leif Enger
2022-04-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Winants Auditorium, Graves Hall, Hope College, 263 College Avenue, Holland, MI, 49423, United States
Join the NEA Big Read Lakeshore and Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination for An Evening with Leif Anger!
Leif Enger grew up in Osakis, Minnesota and currently resides in Duluth, Minnesota with his wife, Robin. He began his career as a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio before writing his bestselling debut novel Peace Like a River. The novel won the Booksense Award for Fiction and was also named as one of the Year’s Best Books by Time Magazine and the LA Times.
Enger’s second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome, was also a national bestseller. It won the High Plains Book Award for Fiction and was a Midwest Booksellers Honor Book. He recently published Virgil Wander which has also received national recognition.
Registration is not required for this event, but is free and encouraged!

Strike Time Dance Performance: Fry Bread Themes Part 2
2021-11-20 09:00 - 10:00 | Hope College, Dow Center, Studio 207 168 E 13th Street Holland, MI 49423
StrikeTime Dance Theatre will perform and present work inspired by the story Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story. Participants will learn about recipes and traditions through the lens of dance and the creative process. There will be a live performance, video presentation, and a creative movement exploration. FryBread is food. FryBread is History. FryBread is Us.

Striketime Dance Performance: Fry Bread Themes Part 1
2021-11-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Hope College, Dow Center, Studio 207 168 E 13th Street Holland, MI 49423
StrikeTime Dance Theatre will perform and present work inspired by the story Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story. Participants will learn about recipes and traditions through the lens of dance and creative process. There will be a live performance, video presentation, and a creative movement exploration. FryBread is food. FryBread is History. FryBread is Us.

"W@nderings with children and families: developing place-based approaches to teaching and learning" with Dr. Charlene Montaño Nolan
2021-11-19 14:00 - 15:00
Join the Hope College Education department in their monthly Diversity and Equity in Education speaker series with this virtual event featuring Dr. Charlene Montaño Nolan (Western Washington University). Her talk will address the need for place-based early childhood education to strengthen connections to the social and natural world. She will explore the practices of both wandering in our social-environmental contexts with caring others, and wondering about the past, present, and future workings of our world as processes that engage us in transformative teaching and learning. Charlene Montaño Nolan, Assistant Professor, teaches as part of the WWU-ECE Bremerton BAE program focusing on concept development and cognition in early childhood (birth-5) with an emphasis on culturally thriving, play-based, and place-based learning. Her scholarship focuses on developing equity-oriented theories of human learning that build upon diverse family and community leadership, teacher innovation, and child creativity and interest. Charlene earned her Ph.D from the University of Washington, with her dissertation entitled New Terrains for Familiar Places: Reconceptualizing Families Engaged in Educational Changemaking. Charlene enjoys learning outdoors and discovering how nature and culture support robust and meaningful educative experiences for children and adults. Charlene has diverse teaching and professional development experiences, including as an early childhood educator (birth to age five), a college instructor, and as a program “co-designer” with working teachers and families. She also has extensive experience in designing informal science-based learning programs for urban, Indigenous youth.
For more information: https://wce.wwu.edu/user/nolanc2

TV Show Discussion and Drinks: Rutherford Falls and An American Sunrise
2021-11-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Our Brewing Company 76 E 8th Steet Holland, MI 49423
Join us at Our Brewing Company to talk about the TV show Rutherford Falls (Peacock) and its connections to An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo.

Documentary Film Event: Gather
2021-11-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Knickerbocker Theater 86 E 8th Street Holland, MI 49423
Join us as we watch the documentary Gather. This documentary follows Native Americans who not only try to reclaim their spiritual and cultural identities but do it through food sovereignty. Use this link to register for the screening!

Cynthia Leitich Smith: Journey to Inclusion: Native and First Nations Books for Young Readers
2021-11-15 18:00 - 19:00
Cynthia Leitich Smith is the editor of Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, the author of the Hearts Unbroken series, and the curator of HarperCollins’ Native-focused imprint, Heartdrum. Her passion is celebrating Indigenous children’s-YA literature over time as part of a broader movement toward equity. Registration is required on Herrick District Library’s website.
