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March-April 2011 L I B R A R Y L I N K
meet tracy kidder
what’s your story?
March 10, 7 pm, Chenery Auditorium, 714 S Westnedge Ave In his best-known books, Tracy Kidder has shown himself to be adept at creating works of nonfiction that, as he told Amanda Smith of Publisher’s Weekly, “do a lot of the things that novels do.” By using similar research and writing techniques for all of his works, Kidder has discovered a formula for success, yet his books are far from formulaic.
Stories are read, retold, written, and created every day at your library. This April 10-16, 2011, National Library Week celebrates the role our nation’s libraries play in inspiring stories of all kinds with the theme “Create Your Own Story.”
Critics have complimented Kidder’s ability to transform the ordinary and everyday into something fascinating. As informative and entertaining as those journeys may be, the focus of Kidder’s energy is on the people who inhabit his books. He revealed to Smith that one of his purposes is “to bring people to life on the page.” Readers and reviewers agree with Phyllis Theroux, The New York Times, who proclaimed Kidder’s works “full of the author’s genuine love, delight and celebration of the human condition.” Tracy Kidder will give a lecture, answer questions, and sign books on March 10. Doors open at 6 pm. Open seating; no ticket required. Our grateful thanks to the following for their sponsorship of Tracy Kidder’s visit to Kalamazoo.
earth week celebration April 23, 3 pm, OSH The Earthwork Music Collective, a Michigan-based, grassroots organization that seeks to foster both community and self-awareness through original music, will present a family-friendly showcase of the Collective’s musicians to celebrate Earth Day. The concert will feature some of the best in Michigan’s blossoming roots music scene!
www.earthworkmusic.com
Enjoy Brandon and Bethany Foote of Gifts or Creatures, Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo of Red Tail Ring, May Erlewine and Seth Bernard, Rachel Davis, Dominic John Davis and Joshua Davis of Steppin’ In It, Jen Sygit and Sam Corbin, and Michael Shimmin of Red Sea Pedestrians. They’ll share Earth Day reflections through personal stories and songs in a concert to delight earth lovers of all ages.
KPL patrons use the library in many different ways, depending on their needs and interests. Tell us why you use and love your library! Read other patrons’ stories online, www.kpl.gov/your-story, then click “What’s your story?” to add yours. We would especially like stories from KPL’s READ poster subjects! Are you in a READ poster? Please tell us your library story! Learn more about KPL’s READ posters here, www.kpl.gov/read.
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events
march & april
books & more Help Kids Write Poems Art Hop Images of Burundi March 4, 5-8 pm CEN The Reading Together 2011 opening event! Village Health Works photos depict the VHW clinic in Kigutu, Burundi, plus the people and landscape of Burundi.
March 1, 4:30-6:30 pm, OSH Professional writers and veteran teachers offer a hands-on, interactive workshop for teachers, K-12. Soup supper and cookies. Registration required, symeph@gmail.com or 365-9772.
Reading Range March 9, 6 pm, CEN April 13, 6 pm, CEN Bring a brown bag meal (optional) then talk about The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein in March and Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris in April. RSVP—call 568-8004 or online at readingrange.wordpress.com.
Village Health Works Photo Exhibit March 4 through April 15
Friends Book Sale March 11 & 12, 10 am-4 pm, OSH
Art Hop – Neil Jacobs March 4, 6-7:30 pm CEN
Neil Jacobs
Award-winning performer and composer Neil Jacobs will complement the exhibit with his exotic hybrid of gypsy jazz, flamenco, Celt, Balkan, and Greek folk. A virtuoso on the 12-string guitar, Neil’s been hailed as a brilliant soloist, an acoustic phenom with an intense, expressive, and impossibly intricate style that leaves an audience begging for more. www.neiljacobs.com
Don’t miss this rare treat—a chance to add great books to your personal library! This HUGE sale includes fiction, nonfiction, and many children’s picture books. Most items will be priced between 50¢ to $2.50. Come early for the best selection!
Classics Revisited March 17, 7 pm, CEN April 21, 7 pm, CEN Join lovers of classic literature to discuss Selected Short Stories by John Cheever in March and Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf in April. www.classicbookgroup.blogspot.com
Registration required. Call location listed or register online starting 30 days before event. Program offered/sponsored by partner organization. Contact info at www.kpl.gov/calendar. 2
music GLAMA Slow Jam March 2, 6:30 pm, CEN April 6, 6:30 pm, CEN Can you play basic chords? Then join a slow jam with the Great Lakes Acoustic Music Association.
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Ask a Lawyer
Power of Forgiveness
March 10, 6-8 pm, CEN March 11, April 8, 11:30 am-1 pm, CEN April 5, 6-8 pm, POW
Best Documentary 2007 Sun Valley Spiritual Film Fest
Free legal clinic with Bar Association lawyers. Call 553-7920 for a 20-minute appointment.
Free Tax Preparation March 12, 10 am–2:30 pm, CEN March 26, 10 am–2:30 pm, CEN Free tax preparation for those with a household income under $49,000. Appointment required. Call 211 to learn more.
history & genealogy Genealogy Lock-In April 8, 6-10 pm, CEN
Richard Shindell in Concert March 15, 7 pm, CEN This master of American roots music tells stories with haunting acoustic melodies, morphing into the varied personalities he casts as narrators.
Delilah DeWylde and the Lost Boys in Concert April 20, 7 pm, CEN Delilah Dewylde and the Lost Boys march to a bygone era, playing self-penned songs, old country hits, and unknown gems by such artists as Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, and Buck Owens.
After-hours event for genealogists. Registration required; call 553-7808 starting March 21.
Kalamazoo’s Civil War Heroes
New to KPL’s collection—a documentary produced by the Fetzer Institute’s Campaign for Love & Forgiveness features compelling true stories of individuals who practiced forgiveness after devastating personal losses. Researchers who study the physical and psychological effects of forgiveness build on these personal examples with expert testimony. Learn how forgiveness can transform your life. Copies of the DVD and the companion book now available at all KPL locations.
April 26, 7 pm, CEN To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, hear fascinating stories of forgotten valor about many of the 125 Civil War veterans buried in the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Plot at Riverside Cemetery. Presented by Gary Gibson, member of Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War for 32 years.
Sweetness of Freedom April 27, 7 pm, CEN Martha Aladjem Bloomfield and Steve Ostrander will discuss their book Sweetness of Freedom, winner of a 2011 Michigan Notable Book Award. This eclectic grouping of narratives, personal artifacts, historical documents, and photographs reveals how immigrants established new lives far away from home, what they gave up and what they gained to emigrate to Michigan. Book sale/signing follow.
introducing! Conversation in a Bag Host a screening of The Power of Forgiveness. Watch the DVD, then follow the guided workbook to hold conversations about love, forgiveness and compassion. Call 553-7880 for information.
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reading together The Immigrant Story
Rebuilding Burundi
March 6, 2 pm, Reception; 3 pm, Panel Discussion, PDL
March 29, 6:30 pm, CEN
The stories of local immigrants and global neighbors in photos curated by Erik Holladay and Bruce Hood. Features panel discussion and music by Dunuya Drum and Dance Ensemble. Exhibit runs February 1 – March 31.
History of Burundi & Rwanda March 14, 7 pm, CEN Kalamazoo College African studies professor Joseph Bangura offers a geopolitical survey, including the region’s colonial history, civil wars, and current events.
The Power of Forgiveness March 15, 12:30 pm, OSH
Howard Wolpe, the Clinton and Obama administrations’ special envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes region, will discuss the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Leadership Project and post-conflict reconstruction process in Burundi.
The Art of Creative Nonfiction March 31, 6:30 pm, PDL Learn how the art and craft of creative nonfiction draws on memoir, biography, journalism, and more with English professors Gail Griffin, Kalamazoo College, and Katherine Joslin, WMU.
Moving Beyond Tragedy April 4, 2 pm, OSH
Screening of a documentary produced for the Fetzer Institute’s Campaign for Love & Forgiveness followed by discussion. Barry Burnside, Gryphon Place, facilitator.
Fr. Kenneth Schmidt, Sharon Froom, and Olga Bonfiglio will share their recent experience leading trauma recovery workshops for priests, medical and school personnel in the Cyangugu region of southeastern Rwanda.
Medicine, Here and Abroad
A Tour of World Literature
March 16, 12:30 pm, WMU, CHHS
April 5, 6:30 pm, WSQ
Kalamazoo Valley Museum, 230 N Rose St
A diverse panel will discuss the challenges of providing medical care in developing countries as well as how that care differs from serving the poor at home in the U.S.
Tour the growing genre of world literature— stories by foreign voices that capture life on other parts of the globe—with Elizabeth Amidon, WMU English professor.
OSH – Oshtemo Branch Library, 7265 W Main St
Hotel Rwanda
Refugee Resettlement
March 18, 7:30 pm, KVM
April 12, 6:30 pm, UCC
The true story of an ordinary man’s courage. Don Cheadle stars as Paul Rusesabagina, the hotel manager who saved thousands of refugees during Rwanda’s 1994 civil war. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Admission, $3.
How do refugee resettlement programs operate? A Rwandan mother and son tell the story of their family’s arrival in the U.S. and how the Portage United Church of Christ community helped them make their new home.
Multimedia Showcase
Solar Em-Power-ment
March 23, 7 pm, CEN
April 14, 7 pm, K-Stetson
KRESA Education for the Arts digital media and advanced multimedia students will present animation, graphic design, and video inspired by Strength in What Remains.
Meet a Michigan family impelled to action by their experiences after the Rwandan genocide. Learn how a Michigan company’s Solar Lantern lights African villages.
CEN – Central Library, 315 S Rose St
K-Stetson – Stetson Chapel, Kalamazoo College
KVM – Stryker Theater,
PDL – Portage District Library, 300 Library Lane
UCC – Portage United Church of Christ, 2731 W Milham Ave WMU, CHHS – Room 1010, College of Health and Human Services, Western Michigan University
WSQ – Washington Square Branch Library, 1244 Portage St
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tween/teen teen tech week
march 6-12, 2011
Karaoke Revolution! Glee for Wii March 7, 6-7:30 pm, CEN Mix and Mash with your favorite Glee characters. Prizes, snacks. Registration required. Gr 7-12.
Games @ POW March 8 & April 12, 6-7:30 pm, POW We’re more than books!! Wii, video games, music, prizes, snacks. Registration required. Gr 5-12.
ReCraft: Mix and Mash March 8, 4:30-6 pm, CEN
Art Attack After School March 10, 4-5 pm, EAS Drop in downstairs for a Mix and Mash art project, games, food, and fun! Gr 5-8.
J-Pop: Hands-on Manga en jji
March 11, 3:30-5 pm, CEN March 12, 1-3:30 pm, KIA, 314 S Park St Spend an afternoon with acclaimed Japanese manga artists Konohana Sakuya! Learn from a master with a hands-on demonstration. Space limited; registration required. WMU and KPL, cosponsors. Gr 5-12.
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Make cool projects with computer parts, magnets, clips, buttons, more. Registration required. Gr 7-12.
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T.A.B. March 2, April 6, 3:30-5 pm, CEN
Hero Tournament Day March 19, 2-4 pm, CEN Become your inner hero with our music games. Compete in DJ Hero, Rock Band 3, and more! Food, prizes. Registration required. Gr 7-12.
J-Pop Club March 28 & April 25, 3:30-5 pm, CEN Enjoy Japanese Anime, manga, Pocky and food. Drop in any time during the event! Gr 7-12.
Cartooning with Kenjji April 7, 4-5 pm, POW April 14, 4-5 pm, EAS April 21, 4-5 pm, WSQ
Lego Club for 7 Ups
Teen Advisory Board (T.A.B.) members help Teen Services staff plan and promote great events, work on community service projects, have snacks, play games, and just have fun! Membership looks great on resumes, job and college applications. Gr 7-12.
April 9, 10:30-11:30 am, OSH Build, create, race, inspire, and imagine with other Lego fans. All bricks provided. Registration required. 7-12 yrs.
KPL Racing League April 16, 2-4 pm, CEN Put the pedal to the metal with all-racing games! Compete in Mario Kart, Blur, Need for Speed, and more! Registration required. Gr 7-12.
New! T.A.B. Plus March 16, April 20, 3:30-5 pm, CEN
Registration required. Call location listed or register online starting 30 days before event.
Illustration by Kenjji
Bring your cartooning skills to the next level with local comics master Kenjji Jumanne-Marshall. Registration required. Gr 5-12.
All the fun of T.A.B. but with a special twist. Hear from a teen librarian about new books for young adults. Share what YOU like to read. Help Teen staff turn other teens on to great books, movies, and music. Gr 7-12.
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kids prime time Dunuya Drum and Dance April 5, 2 pm, POW Dunuya invites the audience to sing, dance, or play along in the rich cultural tradition of West Africa and the Diaspora (including Cuba, the Caribbean, North Africa, and Brazil). All ages. Ticket required; pick up starting at 1 pm.
Western Dance Project April 6, 11 am, CEN Western Michigan University Dancers present amazing dance performances in the Central Library Rotunda. All ages.
Mondays, April 11–May 16, 6:30 pm, POW PRIME TIME Family Reading Time encourages families with children ages 6 to 10 years to read, enjoy and talk about books together. Brothers and sisters under six years may also come and enjoy their own storytime and activities. Families receive a selection of books for their home library plus library cards for the whole family. Call 553-7804 to register for PRIME TIME. Musicians and teachers Robin Nott and Ruth Heinig lead the FREE six-week series. Each evening starts with supper, then Robin and Ruth read from beautifully illustrated children’s books, tell stories, lead sing-a-longs, and perform puppet shows. Adults and kids all join in the fun. Each week features a new theme, like “Do the Right Thing,” “Dare to Dream,” and “No Guts, No Glory.”
New! Toddler Talk March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 10 am-12 pm, OSH April 6, 13, 20, 27, 10 am-12 pm, OSH Toddlers play while adults share joys/challenges of the 1-3 year old. Connie Koning, RN, facilitator.
New! Baby Talk March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 1:30–3:30 pm, OSH April 6, 13, 20, 27, 1:30–3:30 pm, OSH Talk about care of babies up to 1 year with other parents/caregivers. Connie Koning, RN, facilitator.
Lyle the Crocodile March 5, 10 am, CEN March 12, 10 am, CEN March 19, 1 pm, Parish Theatre Learn about acting and creative movement in storytelling in this series with the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre. Ages 5-7. Registration required.
Reading with Bailey March 7-April 25, 3:30-5:30 pm, OSH Kids enjoy reading to Bailey, a Schnauzer/Poodle. Call 553-7980 to make an appointment.
LEGO @ the Library New! March 8, 4:30 pm, CEN March 19, 10 am, CEN April 23, 10 am, CEN New! April 12, 4:30 pm, CEN Build by yourself or with others using our colorful LEGO collection! Registration required. 5-10 yrs. New afternoon time!
X-Men of the Wild April 1, 11 am, WSQ Meet super heroes of the sky—raptors from the Kalamazoo Nature Center! Interactive program for all ages.
Bats of the World April 4, 2 pm, EAS Meet real live bats from around the world! The Organization for Bat Conservation, presenter. Family. Ticket required; pick up starting at 1 pm.
Make It, Take It Spring Fling April April April April
4, 1 to 6 pm, EAS 5, 1 to 8 pm, EAS 6, 1 to 8 pm, EAS 7, 10 am to 6 pm, EAS
Drop in to make special springtime craft projects. 5–11 yrs.
Registration required. Call location listed or register online starting 30 days before event. Space limited; ticket required. Pick up FREE ticket one hour before event; one ticket per person. 6
storytimes
winners
Storytimes for kids from birth to 5 years!
The American Library Association celebrated
Librarians consider developmental stages
the best children’s and young adult literature in
when planning stories, songs, fingerplays,
February. Check out the winners!
roundtables
and crafts. Register at location listed.
Baby Lapsit March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 10:15 am, OSH April 7, 14, 21, 28, 10:15 am, EAS For babies from birth through walking.
Baby Steps March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 11 am, OSH April 7, 14, 21, 28, 11 am, EAS For walking babies up to two years.
Toddler Storytime March 4, 11, 18, 25, 10:30 am, WSQ April 7, 14, 21, 28, 10:30 am, OSH Stories, songs, simple crafts for 2-3½ year olds.
Preschool Storytime March 7, 14, 21, 28, 10 am, CEN April 8, 15, 22, 29, 10:30 am, WSQ Stories, crafts, fun activities for 3½-5 year olds.
Family Storytime March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 3:30 pm, POW March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 10:30 am, EAS April 4, 11, 18, 25, 10 am, CEN April 5, 12, 19, 26, 3:30 pm, POW Fun for the whole family!
Singalong Storytime March 17, 6:30 pm, CEN Sing along or listen. Enjoy favorite singalong songs, puppets, and a craft. Family. Now with a special guest.
John Newbery Medal Moon Over Manifest Clare Vanderpool Abilene Tucker, 12, spends the sum summer of 1936 with an old friend of her father’s in Manifest, Kansas. She hopes to learn about his past.
Offered by ONEplace@kpl, these informal peer-network meetings offer people in similar roles at nonprofit organizations a time to build skills and to talk about issues, solutions, trends, and recommended practices.
Michael L. Printz Award Ship Breaker Paolo Bacigalupi In the Gulf Coast region of the future, teenage Nailer scavenges beached tankers for scrap metal. After a hurricane, he discovers a wreaked sailboat.
Randolph Caldecott Medal A Sick Day for Amos McGee Philip C. Stead, author Erin E. Stead, illustrator When zookeeper Amos McGee is too sick to make it to the zoo, his animal friends of many species, shapes and sizes ride the bus to pay him a visit.
Coretta Scott King Author Book Award One Crazy Summer Rita Williams-Garcia
If you fill one of these roles at a nonprofit—new executive director, board leader, communications, programs and operations, or fund development—learn when your peer group meets online. Visit www.kpl.gov/ONEplace. ONEplace services are available to Kalamazoo County nonprofits thanks to continued funding from Irving S. Gilmore and Kalamazoo Community foundations.
In 1968, a father sends three black sisters from Brooklyn to visit their mother in California. She sends them to a Black Panthers’ summer camp.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave Laban Carrick Hill, author Bryan Collier, illustrator Step by step, while he creates a pot, we learn about Dave, an extraordinary artist, poet, potter—and a real-life 19th-century South Carolina slave.
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kpl’s nonprofit support supports local economy
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Library Board
During our strategic planning process, ‘support for nonprofit enterprises’ emerged as a community need that KPL can help meet. We provide that support through ONEplace@kpl, offering Opportunities for Nonprofit Excellence to Kalamazoo County nonprofits. At ONEplace, nonprofit staff, board members, volunteers, and donors find resources, one-on-one help, skill-building training, and peer networks. Through ONEplace services and programs, area nonprofits are building staff and infrastructure capacities to better serve their constituents at a time of rapidly rising demands for services of all kinds. I didn’t realize until recently how important the nonprofit sector is to our local economy. Last October, a 2009 Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society report revealed that 14,000+ people worked for private, non-governmental nonprofits in Kalamazoo County. Locally, during the recession, for-profit employment fell by 8% while nonprofit employment rose 4% to meet service demands. Nonprofit payroll, employment and personal income taxes, and spending all add to our local economy. Foundation, corporation, and individual donations add millions of dollars to the community through the
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Lisa A. Godfrey President Valerie Wright Vice President James VanderRoest Treasurer Fenner Brown II Secretary nonprofit sector. In addition, volunteer time is valued at just under $21/hour — imagine that economic contribution! It’s not hard to see the vital impact of nonprofits in Kalamazoo County. We at KPL are delighted to support the nonprofit sector through ONEplace, which soon celebrates its second anniversary with major funding by the Gilmore and Kalamazoo Community Foundations. If you don’t know about ONEplace and you’re involved with any kind of nonprofit, we hope you will explore how its services, programs, and resources can help you!
Ann Rohrbaugh Library Director
Cynthia Addison Cheryl TenBrink Robert Paul Brown Trustees
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