Events

April 2013 R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) Meeting

Book: “That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back” by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum.
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 1210 Mardigian Library

Ask for R.E.A.D. titles at the Circulation Desk; both the Kindles and print books are kept there, and the print copies are on reserve for us.

Light refreshments are provided. Please join us!

The University of Michigan - Dearborn will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the song "Precious Lord" on Wednesday, March 6. There will be a keynote presentation facilitated by Dr. Tammy Kernodle, Associate Professor of Musicology at Miami University, along with other special invited guests.

• See the Student Engagement website for more details.
• Listen to Precious Lord and other songs by Thomas A. Dorsey through the Naxos database
• See some of the research by Dr. Kernodle in the Summon research tool
• Check out the e-book Encyclopedia of African American Music, edited by Dr. Kernodle.

The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive and the Mardigian Library at the University of Michigan-Dearborn are co-sponsoring the traveling exhibit “Architecture of Murder: The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints.” The exhibit features photographs, documents, text panels, and blueprints of the camp that document both its development and expansion. There is also poetry by Paul Celan and a short audiovisual presentation. All materials are on loan from the American Society for Yad Vashem.

The exhibit runs through Feb. 22, 2013 and will feature a closing ceremony on Feb. 24 with a discussion of both the camp and the exhibit by award winning author Robert van Pelt, Professor of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. Van Pelt’s presentation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on the second floor of the library. (Due to the university's spring break, the library will only be open from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Feb. 24 for this event.) Light refreshments will be served.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Free parking is available.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend the presentation on Feb. 24: (313) 583-6300 or e-mail holocaust@umd.umich.edu

The exhibit and presentation are on the second floor of the library. The exhibit is open during library hours.

Directions to UM-Dearborn

Anyone requiring accommodations under the provisions of the ADA should contact (313) 593-5236 prior to February 20, 2013 to allow time for arrangements to be made. The University of Michigan-Dearborn does not necessarily endorse speakers’ views.

February 2013 R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) Meeting

Book: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 1210 Mardigian Library

Ask for R.E.A.D. titles at the Circulation Desk; both the Kindles and print books are kept there, and the print copies are on reserve for us.

Light refreshments are provided. Please join us!

Upcoming book: "That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back" by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum (Wednesday, April 3, 2013)

                    

Display cases: Check out the new exhibit Survival of the Spirit: Art Inspired by the Holocaust. This exhibit is in the display cases on the first floor by the elevator.

Second floor: See the traveling exhibit Architecture of Murder: The Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints. This exhibit will be on display until February 24.
Opening Reception will be on January 20 at 1:00 p.m.
Closing presentation by award-winning author Professor Robert Jan van Pelt will be held on February 24 at 2:00 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public, but please RSVP for the opening reception and the closing presentation (holocaust@umd.umich.edu or 313.583.6300).

December 2012 R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) Meeting

Book: The Dressmaker: A Novel by Kate Alcott
Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 1210 Mardigian Library

Ask for R.E.A.D. titles at the Circulation Desk; both the Kindles and print books are kept there, and the print copies are on reserve for us.

Light refreshments are provided. Please join us!

Upcoming book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)

                    

The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive recently worked with Irene Miller to publish her Holocaust memoir, “Into No Man’s Land: A Historical Memoir.” Ms. Miller recounts her family’s efforts to survive during World War II. Robbed and stranded in a frozen field outside Warsaw by the man hired to help them escape to Soviet-occupied territory, the family must separate in order to cross the border. When Irene’s mother is rounded up with other families abandoned in the field, she must make a desperate and daring escape from the train of Jews being sent “who knows where.” The family is reunited, but then is shipped off to forced labor camps in Siberia where years of hard work and near starvation take a toll on the family.

Miller will be a highlighted local author at the Jewish Book Fair at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield on Sunday, November 18 (10 a.m. to noon).

“Into No Man’s Land” is available for sale at Amazon.com.

     

Do you enjoy reading and discussing interesting books? Join the Read, Eat, and Discuss (R.E.A.D.) group that meets several times a year in the Mardigian Library.

Below is a list of the books we are reading this year and the dates we will discuss them. The library will have copies of all the titles, both in print and on our Kindles.

The title for the first book discussion on October 30 is In the Garden of Beasts. Both print and Kindle versions are available in the library.

Ask for R.E.A.D. titles at the Circulation Desk; both the Kindles and print books are kept there, and the print copies are on reserve for us.

Meetings are held from noon - 1:00 p.m. in room 1210 of the Mardigian Library. Light refreshments are provided. Please join us!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012: The Dressmaker: A Novel by Kate Alcott.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013: "That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back" by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum.

Join us as fantasy author Saladin Ahmed discusses his debut novel Throne of the Crescent Moon. Throne is one of the year's most anticipated fantasy novels and is reminiscent of The Arabian Nights. Ahmed will bring his novel to life through discussion of its images of Arab folklore.

Ahmed's short stories have been nominated for several writing awards and have been translated into five languages. His previous writings have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies.

Thursday, April 12, 2012
2nd floor of the Mardigian Library
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Ahmed will be selling and signing his debut novel.
Light refreshments will be served.

For more information about Saladin Ahmed, visit his website: www.saladinahmed.com.

Contact Sue Flannery at sasbury@umd.umich.edu or (313)593-5236 if you have questions.

Join us as fantasy author Saladin Ahmed discusses his debut novel Throne of the Crescent Moon. Throne is one of the year's most anticipated fantasy novels and is reminiscent of The Arabian Nights. Ahmed will bring his novel to life through discussion of its images of Arab folklore.

Ahmed's short stories have been nominated for several writing awards and have been translated into five languages. His previous writings have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies.

Thursday, April 12, 2012
2nd floor of the Mardigian Library
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Ahmed will be selling and signing his debut novel.
Light refreshments will be served.

For more information about Saladin Ahmed, visit his website: www.saladinahmed.com.

Contact Sue Flannery at sasbury@umd.umich.edu or (313)593-5236 if you have questions.

April 2012 R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) Meeting

Book: "The King’s Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy" by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 1210 Mardigian Library

Join us as we discuss the New York Times bestselling book about George VI of the United Kingdom at the brink of World War II. "The King’s Speech" is available for checkout in both print and on Kindle. You can ask for both print and Kindle copies at the Circulation Desk.

On Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m., the Mardigian Library and the Holocaust Memorial Center are cosponsoring a performance by Ethan Bortnick. Only 11 years old, Ethan Bortnick already has made history as the youngest musician, composer, and entertainer to headline a concert tour. He has shared the stage with Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, the Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé, and Justin Bieber. Ethan also stars in, and wrote the music for, the film Anything is Possible, to be released later this year.

On Saturday, March 24, at 8:30 p.m., the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, along with the Jewish Gay Network, is co-sponsoring an evening with Detroit’s own Don Was. As half of the satiric R & B duo Was (Not Was), Don became one of the most prolific and sought-after producers in contemporary music. He has produced such legendary artists as Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Glenn Frey, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Seger, and the B-52s. In 1995, he received a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year.

The evening will be hosted by award-winning music journalist Gary Graff and will feature a discussion and a musical performance focusing on the producer’s extraordinary career.

Both musical performances are part of the Jewish Community Center’s Stephen Gottlieb Music Festival (running from March 15 through March 25, 2012). Both events sponsored by the Mardigian Library and Voice-Vision Archive will be held at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts on the West Bloomfield campus of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit.

For more information, including tickets, please visit, http://50.28.88.26/~musicfes/

Join us as fantasy author Saladin Ahmed discusses his debut novel Throne of the Crescent Moon. Throne is one of the year's most anticipated fantasy novels and is reminiscent of The Arabian Nights. Ahmed will bring his novel to life through discussion of its images of Arab folklore.

Ahmed's short stories have been nominated for several writing awards and have been translated into five languages. His previous writings have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies.

Author of :
Throne of the Crescent Moon

Thursday, April 12, 2012
2nd floor of the Mardigian Library
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Ahmed will be selling and signing his debut novel.
Light refreshments will be served.

For more information about Saladin Ahmed, visit his website: www.saladinahmed.com.

Contact Sue Flannery at sasbury@umd.umich.edu or (313)593-5236 if you have questions.

February 2012 R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, and Discuss) Meeting

Book: "At the Dark End of the Street" by Danielle L. McGuire

Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

Location: Room 1210 Mardigian Library

“At the Dark End of the Street” is available for checkout in both print and on Kindle. You can ask for print and Kindle copies at the Circulation Desk.

Upcoming book: "The King’s Speech" by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi (Wednesday, April 11, 2012)