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Re-Scheduled: Amtrak and Michigan Central Station Transformation |
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Wednesday, February 4, 7:00pmPresented by Angela Wyrembelski from Quinn Evans. With the last Amtrak train departing Michigan Central Station in 1988, the historic structure stood abandoned for 30 years before Ford Motor Company purchased the building in 2018. Learn about its extraordinary transformation process and how adaptive reuse of the historic station connects Detroit's past to its promising future.
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Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30am |
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Friday, February 6, 10:15am or 11:15am - Sloan Museum of Discovery staff are bringing us a Sensory Exploration Playgroup for families with toddlers and preschoolers aged 0-4 years old. Sessions are 30 minutes long.
- Our littlest learners will use their senses and tools to explore seasonal sensory bins with their grown up. Families can make a sensory bottle or sound shaker to take home.
- Registration is required. Please choose one session: 10:15am [FULL] or 11:15am.
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Meeting at Teresita Mexican Grill |
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Harlem Rhapsody
by Victoria Christopher Murray
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR A gripping narrative, don't miss this historical fiction about the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance. The extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance, written by Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian. In 1919, a high school teacher from Washington, D.C arrives in Harlem excited to realize her lifelong dream. Jessie Redmon Fauset has been named the literary editor of The Crisis. The first Black woman to hold this position at a preeminent Negro magazine, Jessie is poised to achieve literary greatness. But she holds a secret that jeopardizes it all. W. E. B. Du Bois, the founder of The Crisis, is not only Jessie's boss, he's her lover. And neither his wife, nor their fourteen-year-age difference can keep the two apart. Amidst rumors of their tumultuous affair, Jessie is determined to prove herself. She attacks the challenge of discovering young writers with fervor, finding sixteen-year-old Countee Cullen, seventeen-year-old Langston Hughes, and Nella Larsen, who becomes one of her best friends. Under Jessie's leadership, The Crisis thrives...every African American writer in the country wants their work published there. When her first novel is released to great acclaim, it's clear that Jessie is at the heart of a renaissance in Black music, theater, and the arts. She has shaped a generation of literary legends, but as she strives to preserve her legacy, she'll discover the high cost of her unparalleled success.
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Lovely One
by Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, chronicles her life story and her extraordinary path to becoming a jurist on America's highest court in this inspiring, intimate memoir. Growing up, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's parents taught her that she could achieve anything she wanted, and be whoever she wanted to be. In high school, she dreamt of being a Supreme Court judge. In 2022, her dream came true: she was sworn in as the first African American woman judge. Lovely One is Justice Jackson's journey to making her dreams a reality, the hurdles she faced, and the lessons she learned along the way. She recalls feeling different and lonely as one of the few Black kids at her high school. At Harvard University, she was homesick and grappled with imposter syndrome. She took on the difficulties of working in the legal field as a Black woman, and the challenges of balancing a career and relationships. But Justice Jackson persevered. She found like-minded people at her high school's speech club and Harvard's musical theatre group. With support from her family and strength from friends, she took on the world with optimism, determination, and hard work. Justice Jackson's story will resonate with dreamers everywhere, spreading hope and inspiration for generations to come.
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Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King
by Preston Lauterbach
... [Preston] Lauterbach examines the lives, music, legacies, and interactions with Elvis Presley of the four innovative Black artists who created a style that would come to be known as Rock 'n' Roll: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur Big Boy Crudup, and mostly-unknown eccentric Beale Street guitarist Calvin Newborn. Along the way, he delves into the injustices of copyright theft and media segregation that resulted in Black artists living in poverty as white performers, managers, and producers reaped the lucrative rewards.--Provided by publisher.
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Do you love reading, books and libraries? Help out our Friends' group!
What you can do:
- Volunteer to organize all of the donations that are dropped off to the library
- Assist in setting up the annual book sales 3 or 4x a year
- Volunteer to run the book sales
- Help recruit new Friends to the group
- Share ideas for special events to fund raise and support the library!
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