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2008

Permanent Exhibit
Greeks of Berrien County permanent display at the Annunciation and St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Church. New Buffalo

May 1 - Sept. 1, 2008
Motor City Voices: Race, Labor, and De-Industrialization. Exhibit at Ford Rouge Factory Tour Visitor Center, Dearborn. Exhibit open: Monday -- Saturday, 9:30 AM -- 5:00 PM. Tours begin at the Henry Ford Museum building, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn. Tickets: $8.50 - $14 (child/youth/adult/senior). Visit: www.thehenryford.org or 313-982-6001.

May 31-July 26, 2008
Corporate Wasteland: Photographs by David Lewis. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo.

June 6 - September 7, 2008
Perspective on Place: Artists’ Visions of Michigan's Land and Lakes, exhbit. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo

July 2008
The Great Michigan Read events throughout Michigan. Visit www.greatmichiganread.org

July 15, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, South Haven Memorial Library, South Haven.

July 22, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, South Haven Memorial Library, South Haven.

July 26-27, 2008
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Open House, Niles.

July 29, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, South Haven Memorial Library, South Haven.

Summer 2008
Film documentary public presentation on the Hennepin’s discovery. TBA

August 1 - November 30, 2008
U.S. Weather Bureau Building exhibit, Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Sault Ste. Marie.

August 5, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, South Haven Memorial Library, South Haven.

August 6, 2008
The Rise of the Self-Unloaders and Working Waterfronts. Public event, Heritage Museum and Cultural Center, St. Joseph.

August 6, 2008 - April 2010
The Rise of the Self-Unloaders and Working Waterfronts exhibits, Heritage Museum and Cultural Center, St. Joseph

August 8, 2008
4:00 p.m. Dedication Ceremony: Farm Tool Skills Center, Mason County Historical Society, Ludington.

August 12, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, South Haven Memorial Library, South Haven.

August 13-17, 2008
Hemingway in Mid-Michigan (The Great Michigan Read). Nick Adams impersonations by Les Sellers. Ogemaw County Fair, West Branch

August 15, 2008
4:00 p.m. Farm Tools Skills Learning Center dedication ceremony. Historic White Pine Village, Ludington.

August 15 - November 30, 2008
Michigan Minutes public broadcasts on Michigan Television, WFUM-TV.

August 19, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, South Haven Memorial Library, South Haven.

August 27, 2008
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Book Discussion Group: Exodus. Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature-Identity and Imagination. "Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming." Kellogg Community College Emory Morris Library. Contact: Martha Stilwell, 269-965-4122, ext. 2380 or stilwellm@kellogg.edu

September 1 - November 30, 2008
Public screening of Michigan Minutes, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor.

September - November, 2008
Gathering Our Community's Voices, For Now and Always: Life Journey with Books and Biography reader discussion series, Cascade Branch, Kent District Library, Grand Rapids.

September 7, 2008
Sixth Annual Kerrytown BookFest, Ann Arbor

September 10, 2008
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Book Discussion Group: Lost in Translation. Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature-Identity and Imagination. "Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming." Kellogg Community College Emory Morris Library. Contact: Martha Stilwell, 269-965-4122, ext. 2380 or stilwellm@kellogg.edu

September 24, 2008
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Book Discussion Group: Centaur in the Garden. Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature-Identity and Imagination. "Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming." Kellogg Community College Emory Morris Library. Contact: Martha Stilwell, 269-965-4122, ext. 2380 or stilwellm@kellogg.edu

September 24, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Butman-Fish Branch, Public Libraries of Saginaw, Saginaw.

October - November 2008
Jaume Plesna exhibit and programs, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids

October 1, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Butman-Fish Branch, Public Libraries of Saginaw, Saginaw.

October 1, 2008
5:30 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Detroit Public Library, Campbell Branch Library at Lawndale Station, Detroit.

October 7, 2008
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Book Discussion Group: Kaaterskill Falls. Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature-Identity and Imagination. "Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming." Kellogg Community College Emory Morris Library. Contact: Martha Stilwell, 269-965-4122, ext. 2380 or stilwellm@kellogg.edu

October 8, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Butman-Fish Branch, Public Libraries of Saginaw, Saginaw.

October 8, 2008
5:30 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Detroit Public Library, Campbell Branch Library at Lawndale Station, Detroit.

October 15, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Butman-Fish Branch, Public Libraries of Saginaw, Saginaw.

October 15, 2008
5:30 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Detroit Public Library, Campbell Branch Library at Lawndale Station, Detroit.

October 18, 2008
Michigan Story Festival, Mt. Pleasant

October 18, 2008
Hemingway in Mid-Michigan (The Great Michigan Read). Gateway to Writing workshop with keynote speaker, Judy Kerman. Northeast Michigan Arts Council, Standish.

October 22, 2008
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Book Discussion Group: Out of Egypt. Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature-Identity and Imagination. "Between Two Worlds: Stories of Estrangement and Homecoming." Kellogg Community College Emory Morris Library. Contact: Martha Stilwell, 269-965-4122, ext. 2380 or stilwellm@kellogg.edu

October 22, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Butman-Fish Branch, Public Libraries of Saginaw, Saginaw.

October 22, 2008
5:30 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Detroit Public Library, Campbell Branch Library at Lawndale Station, Detroit.

October 29, 2008
6:00 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Butman-Fish Branch, Public Libraries of Saginaw, Saginaw.

October 29, 2008
5:30 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Detroit Public Library, Campbell Branch Library at Lawndale Station, Detroit.

November, 2008
Premier and panel discussion, Regional Roots: The Birth and Evolution of Detroit and Its People, Detroit.

November 2008
Open House: A Community Celebration of Theodore Roethke’s Centennial, Saginaw.

November, 2008-November 2009
"Following the West Michigan Pike to Michigan’s Beachtowns,” traveling exhibit. Southwest Michigan.

November 5, 2008
5:30 p.m. Prime Time Family Reading Time, Detroit Public Library, Campbell Branch Library at Lawndale Station, Detroit.

February 2009
"Reflection of White Lake – Its People, Their Stories," exhibit premier.
Nuveen Community Center for the Arts, White Lake.

April 2009 - March 2010
Michigan Authors, Michigan Books broadcasts, WCMU Radio
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