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Kelly Church – Sustaining Traditions | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

Kelly Church is an Ottawa and Pottawatomi artist belonging to the Matchi-be-nash-she-wish tribe in Hopkins, MI. A member of the Gun Lake Band in Michigan and a Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Ojibwe descendent, she comes from an unbroken line of black ash basket makers and from the largest black ash weaving family in the Great Lakes region. Her artistic journey is deeply intertwined with the woodlands and forests of Michigan, where she harvests and works with a variety of natural fibers including black ash, birch bark, cedar bark, spruce roots, and basswood. These materials serve as the foundation for her distinctive woven sculptures, [...]

Mike Ford & Jason Carter to Speak: How DO we Run Fair, Safe Elections? | Policy Talks @ The Ford School

Policy Talks @ The Ford School Policy Talks @ the Ford School Presents: Join the Ford Presidential Foundation and their partners, The Carter Center, More Perfect, and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at University of Michigan, as they examine the inner workings of the election process as well as expectations for staff conduct around elections. This series has been developed in partnership with Principles for Trusted Elections and More Perfect's Sustainable Democracy Goals. Co-chaired by Mike Ford (son of President Ford) and Jason Carter (grandson of President Carter), the Principles for Trusted Elections is an effort to bring [...]

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Fred Wilson – The Silent Message of the Museum | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

Fred Wilson is a conceptual artist whose work investigates museological, cultural, and historical issues, which are largely overlooked or neglected by museums and cultural institutions. Since his groundbreaking exhibition Mining the Museum (1992) at the Maryland Historical Society, Wilson has been the subject of more than 40 solo exhibitions around the globe, including the retrospective Objects and Installations 1979-2000, which was organized by the Center for Art and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.His work has been exhibited extensively in museums including the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Allen Memorial Museum at [...]

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Mystery, Murder & Magic Audiobooks – Booklist Reader

Program Description: To get in the Halloween mood, PBS Books and the American Library Association’s Booklist Reader are teaming up to help you find your next big scare! Public Librarian and National Director Heather-Marie Montilla will speak with audiobook editor Heather Booth to explore the best mystery, magic and horror audiobooks released over last few years. Audiobooks are rapidly growing in popularity. While a majority of audiobook readers are between 25 and 44 years of age, the immersive audiobook experience is attracting people of all ages. Join us to learn about what to look for when selecting an audiobook [...]

PBS Books Readers Club – “The Marlow Murder Club” by Robert Thorogood

Readers Club Home Episodes Episode Description:Author, screenwriter, and producer Robert Thorogood joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss the murder-mystery book The Marlow Murder Club, soon to be a Masterpiece drama series on PBSTo solve an impossible murder, you need an impossible hero…The Marlow Murder Club follows the adventures of unlikely amateur sleuth Judith Potts, a crossword puzzle setter living happily on her own in the quaint town of Marlow. Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there’s no man in her life to tell [...]

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