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Sweet Justice
A Special Reception
Honoring
the Legacy of
Dr. Ossian Sweet |
Please join the Michigan Humanities Council as we get a taste of the 1920s with National Book Award Winner Kevin Boyle – Author of the 2011-12 Great Michigan Read Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age.
Receptions are taking place in Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit. Tickets are available for $35 and can be purchased online through Eventbrite or by contacting the Humanities Council at (517) 372-7770. Please RSVP by Thursday, October 20, 2011.
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| Grand Rapids |
Lansing |
Detroit |
| Monday, October 24, 2011 |
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Fountain Street Church
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4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
State Capitol Building
1st Floor, North Corridor |
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History - Rotunda |
| Buy tickets to the Grand Rapids Reception |
Buy tickets to the Lansing Reception |
Buy tickets to the Detroit Reception |
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| Following the reception, you are invited to join the Humanities Council for the Author’s Night with The Michigan Humanities Council and Kevin Boyle. |
7:00 p.m.
Grand Rapids Public Library Hosted by the Grand Rapids Public Library in partnership with Michigan Humanities Council |
6:00 p.m.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Hosted by Capital Area District Library in partnership with Michigan Humanities Council |
7:00 p.m.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History - General Motors Theater
In partnership with Michigan Humanities Council
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| Additional Author's Night Events |
Saturday, October 22, 2:00 p.m.
Alpena County Library
211 N. 1st St., Alpena
(989) 356-6188 |
Sunday, October 23, 2:00 p.m.
Peter White Public Library
217 North Front St., Marquette
(906) 226-1783 |
Wednesday, October 26,
6:30 p.m.
Flint Public Library
1026 E. Kearsley St., Flint
(810) 232-7111 |
Grand Rapids
Monday, October 24, 2011
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Fountain Street Church
24 Fountain Street., NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
The Grand Rapids Reception will be held at the Fountain Street Church, adjacent to the Grand Rapids Public Library on Fountain Street. Map: click here.
Buy tickets to the Grand Rapids Reception.
Parking
Public Parking is available at the Library. 1-hour of free validated parking in the gated lot next to the Main Library. Parking rates are $1.10 per half hour during the week, free on weekends and for Library events. Map: click here.
Please note that Fountain Street is a one-way street, only allowing eastbound traffic (coming from Division Ave.). Limited handicapped parking is available at the GRCC ramp to the northeast of Fountain Street Church, or by permit at the lot across from the church entrance.
Author’s Night
The Author’s Night discussion will take place at the Grand Rapids Public Library, a one-block walk from Fountain Street Church. The discussion will begin at 7:00 p.m.
This Author’s Night event is open to the public and hosted locally by the Grand Rapids Public Library in partnership with the Michigan Humanities Council.
Lansing
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
State Capitol Building, 1st Floor – North Corridor
Capitol Avenue
Lansing, MI 48922
The Lansing Reception will be held at the State Capitol Building in the First Floor, North Corridor, adjacent to the Capitol Rotunda. Map: Click here.
Buy tickets to the Lansing Reception.
Parking
Public Parking is available at the Ellis Parking Garage at the corner or Capitol and Allegan St. 205 West Allegan Street, Lansing, MI 48933 Map: click here.
Author’s Night
The Author’s Night discussion, hosted by the Capital Area District Library and Cooley Law School, in partnership with the Michigan Humanities Council, will take place at Cooley Law School at 300 N. Capitol, a 2-block walk from the Capitol. The discussion will begin at 6:00 p.m. This Author’s Night event is open to the public. Map: click here.
Detroit
Thursday, October 27, 2011
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48201. Map: click here.
The Detroit Reception will be held in the rotunda of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Buy tickets to the Detroit Reception.
Parking
Secure parking is available behind the museum at the Cultural Center parking lot. Enter from John R Street, a one-way street heading south. PLEASE NOTE: metered parking on Warren and Farnsworth is now being enforced until 10 pm Monday through Saturday. There is free parking on Brush Street, and the Cultural Center parking lot is $5 before 4 pm and $3 afterwards. Map: click here.
Author’s Night
The Author’s Night discussion, in partnership with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and Michigan Humanities Council, will take place in the General Motors Theatre, adjacent to the rotunda, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The author's night is free and open to the public.
