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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

March 20, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. A Free Life by Ha Jin, led by Dr. Catherine Frerichs of Grand Valley State University. Cascade Township branch, Kent District Library.  2870 Jack Smith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids.

April 1, 2008
7:00 p.m. A Free Life by Ha Jin. Lecture by author Ha Jin, Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids.  

April 3, 2008  
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped Save Europe by Greg Behrman. Cascade Township branch, Kent District Library.  2870 Jack Smith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids.

April 10, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel. Led by Dr. Kathleen Blumreich of Grand Valley State University. Cascade Township branch, Kent District Library.  2870 Jack Smith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids.

May 8, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography by David Michaelis. Cascade Township branch, Kent District Library.  2870 Jack Smith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids.

May 15, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.  Led by Dr. Wendy Wenner of Grand Valley State University. Cascade Township branch, Kent District Library.  2870 Jack Smith Ave. SE, Grand Rapids.

Sept. - Nov, 2008
Life Journey with Books and Biography reader discussion series, Cascade Branch, Kent District Library, Grand Rapids.

Gathering Our Community's Voices, For Now and Always -- (2007)

Grant Awarded: November 2007

Type of Grant: Michigan People, Michigan Places ... Our Stories, Our Lives

Sponsors: Grand Rapids Area Council for the Humanities

Collaborators: Aquinas College, Calvin College, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Valley State University, Kent District Library

Contact: Cheryl Van Til, 616-774-1776, grhuman@gvsu.edu

Award: $15,000

Website: www.grhumanities.org

A yearlong series of activities is proposed that build on previous public humanities programming. An electronic magazine, "Through the Third Eye," will be launched to gather the voices of young people. This electronic magazine will be fashioned with poetry, commentary, and literary news created by students ages 13-22 under the mentorship of Poet Laureate Rodney Torreson. Popular reading and discussion programs will be continued which primarily serve senior citizens, and a life journey with books and biographies focusing on how literature intersects with these areas for audience members. Selected titles for the latter will involve video-recorded sessions in which participants will interview a woman important to them during Women’s History Month in March, 2008.