Monday, October 21, 2019

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Name: Undocumented: Poets on Social Justice
Start: 2019-10-22T14-14-00-00
End: 2019-10-22T15-15-30-00
Location: Howell Carnegie District Library - Meabon Room

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tue22oct2:00 pm3:30 pmUndocumented: Poets on Social Justicewith Lansing Poet Laureate Dennis Hinrichsen and Ron Riekki2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Howell Carnegie District Library - Meabon Room, 314 W Grand River

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Join us for an afternoon of poetry focused on social justice issues with Dennis Hinrichsen, inaugural Poet Laureate of the Greater Lansing area, and host Ron Riekki, co-editor of Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice (Michigan State University Press, 2019). Readings will include those from Undocumented as well as the poets’ own poems on social justice issues.

Dennis Hinrichsen’s most recent work is [q / lear], a chapbook from Green Linden Press, and Skin Music, winner of the 2014 Michael Waters Poetry Prize from Southern Indiana Review Press. His previous books include Rip-tooth (2010 Tampa Poetry Prize), Kurosawa’s Dog (2008 FIELD Poetry Prize), and Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights (1999 Akron Poetry Prize). Other awards include the 2015 Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Prize from Map Literary for Electrocution, A Partial History as well as the 2016 Third Coast Poetry Prize and a 2014 Best of the Net Award. From May 2017 – April 2019, he served as the first Poet Laureate of the Greater Lansing area.

Ron Riekki wrote My Ancestors are Reindeer Herders and I Am Melting in Extinction (Loyola University Maryland’s Apprentice House Press), U.P.: a novel (Ghost Road Press), and Posttraumatic: A Memoir (Small Press Distribution). He edited Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice (Michigan State University Press), And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing, 1917-2017 (MSU Press), Here: Women Writing on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (MSU Press, Independent Publisher Book Award), The Way North: Collected Upper Peninsula New Works (Wayne State University Press, Michigan Notable Book), The Many Lives of The Evil Dead: Essays on the Cult Film Franchise (McFarland).

A book signing will follow the reading, with copies available for purchase.

No registration required

Seating begins 15 minutes before event start.

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(Tuesday) 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location

Howell Carnegie District Library - Meabon Room

314 W Grand River

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Howell Carnegie District LibraryAdult Services 314 W Grand River

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tue22oct5:00 pm6:00 pmGrief Yoga5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Be Our Guest Adult Day, 2020 E. Grand River #103

tue22oct5:00 pm9:00 pmFriends' Anniversary Fall Book Sale Offers Deals15,000 Books and Media Items for All Ages and Tastes5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Brighton District Library, 100 Library Drive

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Book lovers young and old are
invited to the Friends’ of the Brighton District Library 35^th anniversary
Fall Book Sale October 22-27.

The sale offers 15,000 books plus
a large assortment of media items. Just in time for the holidays, there
will be a nice selection of Christmas books, fiction and nonfiction, and
Christmas CDs, all at reduced prices. Whether it’s current, classics,
collectable, or nostalgic, the sale offers something for all tastes and styles
and everything is priced from 50 cents to a dollar.

Friends’ membership night is Tuesday, October 22 from 5 – 9 pm. Memberships will be available at the door. The sale opens to the public Wednesday, October 23 through Sunday, October27. Sale hours are 10am – 9pm, October 23 and October 24; 10am to 5pm, October 25 and October 26 (October 26 is BAG DAY-$5/bag); 1pm – 3pm, October 27 (Free Day). Scanners will be allowed every day except Members Night, Tuesday, October 22.

This year, in celebration of the Friends 35^th anniversary, there will be a special giveaway during the book sale. Individuals who make a $35 donation through the Friends for the new Youth Department remodel will receive a commemorative pin and an entry into the Friends’ end of year gift drawing. Donors do not have to belong to the Friends for this one-time donation.

The Fall Book Sale will take place
at the Brighton District Library, 100 Library Drive. For information about the
sale or becoming a member of the Friends of the Brighton Library, call
810-229-6571 or visit brightonlibrary.info/FOL.

Time

(Tuesday) 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location

Brighton District Library

100 Library Drive

Organizer

Brighton District Librarymrvergith@brightonlibrary.info 100 Library Drive, Brighton, MI 48116

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wed23oct10:00 am9:00 pmFriends' 35th Anniversary Book and Media Sale Offers Deals15,000 Books and Media Items for All Ages and Tastes10:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Book lovers young and old are
invited to the Friends’ of the Brighton District Library 35^th anniversary
Fall Book Sale October 22-27.

The sale offers 15,000 books plus
a large assortment of media items. Just in time for the holidays, there
will be a nice selection of Christmas books, fiction and nonfiction, and
Christmas CD’s, all at reduced prices. Whether it’s current, classics, collectible, or nostalgic, the sale offers something for all tastes and styles
and everything is priced from 50 cents to a dollar.

Friends’ membership night is Tuesday, October 22 from 5 – 9 pm. Memberships will be available at the door. The sale opens to the public Wednesday, October 23 through Sunday, October 27. Sale hours are 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., October 23 and October 24; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., October 25 and October 26 (October 26 is BAG DAY-$5/bag); 1 pm – 3 p.m., October 27 (Free Day). Scanners will be allowed every day except Members Night, Tuesday, October 22.

Time

(Wednesday) 10:00 am - 9:00 pm

Organizer

Brighton District Librarymrvergith@brightonlibrary.info 100 Library Drive, Brighton, MI 48116

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wed23oct1:00 pm3:00 pmWatercolor Painting Classes1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Howell Opera House, 123 W. Grand River Ave.

thu24oct10:00 am9:00 pmFriends' 35th Anniversary Book and Media Sale Offers Deals15,000 Books and Media Items for All Ages and Tastes10:00 am - 9:00 pm Brighton District Library, 100 Library Drive

thu24oct5:00 pm7:00 pmHarvest Dinner5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Pinckney Community Congregational Church of Christ, 125 E. Unadilla St., Pinckney, Mi 48169

thu24oct6:30 pm7:30 pmMichigan Haunts: Public Places, Eerie SpacesMeet Authors Gail Offen and Jon Milan 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Hamburg Township Library, P.O. Box 247

thu24oct7:00 pm9:00 pmBrighton City Council Candidate ForumCo-sponsored by LWVAAA-Brighton/Howell, WHMI and Livingston Post7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Brighton City Council Chambers, 200 North 1st Street

fri25oct10:00 am5:00 pmFriends' 35th Anniversary Book Sale Offers Deals15,000 Books and Media Items for All Ages and Tastes10:00 am - 5:00 pm Brighton District Library, 100 Library Drive

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