Library News
Meet Another Cool Library Service Provider
Meet Sallie Poindexter. Sallie has been an employee at the Redford Branch for over 10 years. She stated, "I love the work I do and the people I meet!"
Next time you're in the Redford Branch stop and say hello.
Math Tutor
Wednesdays
January 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
5:30 - 7 pm
Get help with Algebra, Geometry, Trig & Precalc
Teens & Adults
Toastmasters
Wednesdays
January 3 & 17
6:30 - 8 pm
Whether you’re a professional, student, stay-at-home parent or retiree,
Toastmasters is the best way to improve your communication skills. Toastmasters can help you lose the fear of public speaking and learn skills that will help you be more successful in your chosen path. You’ll be a better listener. You’ll easily lead teams and conduct meetings. You’ll comfortably give and receive constructive evaluation. Even if you already have some or all of these skills, you will enhance them in Toastmasters. Did you make a commitment to become a better you in 2013? This is an excellent place to begin.
Adults
Gloryfierz Youth
Wednesdays
January 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
4 - 7 pm
Youth and children's community empowerment group
Ages 11 - 17
Strategic Builders Inc.
Wednesdays
January 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
Beautiful careers: assessment and development
Young ladies, Ages 13 - 18
Youth Producers
Wednesdays
January 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
5 - 7 pm
Teaching/discussing arts & crafts
Ages 11 - 17
Hollywood Golf is Back!
Saturdays
January 5, 12, 19 & 26
10 - noon
Learn about educational opportunities through the sport of golf. Emphasis is on golf, citizenship and good living.
Children & young people ages 4 -23
4-H Robotics
Saturdays
January 5, 12, 19 & 26
3 - 5pm
Beginning robotics
Ages 7 - 12
Yoga
Mondays
January 7, 14 & 28
7:30 pm
Adults
Computer Classes
Saturdays
January 12 & 26
11: - 1 pm
Pre-registration is not required
Space is limited, please arrive 5 - 10 minutes early to insure you
have a place in the class.
Jan 12 - Basic Computer Skills
Jan 26 - Resume Writing 101
CCS (College for Creative Studies) Art for
Middle School Students
Saturdays
January 5, 12, 19 & 26
10:30 - 1 pm
This workshop helps students prepare their personal art portfolio and encourages them to apply to Detroit's quality high school art programs.
Middle School Students
Knit & Crochet Club
Mondays
January 7, 14 & 28
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Link to Learning
Tuesdays & Thursdays
January 8, 10, 15 & 17
4:30 - 5:45 pm
Academic tutoring and study skills for upper elementary age students
Ages 11 - 14
Maat' - African American Studies for Families
Saturday
January 12
1:30 - 5 pm
An historic look at Ancient African facts reflected in current events with today's issues and concerns.
Adults & Families
Sewing
Saturday
January 26
2 - 4 pm
Teens - Adults
Top Ladies
Wednesday
January 16
2 - 4 pm
Adults
Redford Book Club
Saturday
January 26
11:30 - 1 pm
It tells the tragic story of the romantic but empty-headed Emma Rouault. When Emma marries Charles Bovary, she imagines she will pass into the life of luxury and passion that she reads about in sentimental novels and women's magazines. But Charles is an ordinary country doctor, and provincial life is very different from the romantic excitement for which she yearns. In her quest to realize her dreams she takes a lover, Rodolphe, and begins a devastating spiral into deceit and despair. And Flaubert captures every step of this catastrophe with sharp-eyed detail and a wonderfully subtle understanding of human emotions.
Information taken from http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2175.Madame_Bovary
Pick up your copy of this month's read, and join us for the discussion.
Community News
Free Creating Confident Caregivers Education Workshop
The Alzheimer's Association Greater Michigan Chapter in partnership with the Detroit Area Agency on Aging is offering the free and beneficial caregiver workshop. Creating Confident Caregivers (CCC) is a once a week for six consecutive weeks workshop, where caregivers will learn new information, skills and attitudes to manage stress and increase effective care giving skills.
CCC will begin Tuesday January 8 through Tuesday February 12 beginning at 2:00 to 4:00pm. The location of the workshop will be held at the Detroit Senior Care and Rehab Center.
To register for this free and informative workshop, please call Theresa Russo at 1.248.996.1053 or email trusso@alz.org
Charles H Wright
Museum of African
American History
Community Cinema Presents "Soul Food Junkies" Film Screening & Discussion
Thu, Jan 03 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
In Soul Food Junkies, award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt explores the health advantages and disadvantages of soul food, a quintessential American cuisine.
n Soul Food Junkies, Hurt sets out on a historical and culinary journey to learn more about the soul food tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. Through candid interviews with soul food cooks, historians, and scholars, as well as with doctors, family members, and everyday people, the film puts this culinary tradition under the microscope to examine both its positive and negative consequences. Hurt also explores the socioeconomic conditions in predominantly black neighborhoods, where it can be difficult to find healthy options, and meets some pioneers in the emerging food justice movement who are challenging the food industry, encouraging communities to “go back to the land” by creating sustainable and eco-friendly gardens, advocating for healthier options in local supermarkets, supporting local farmers' markets, avoiding highly processed fast foods, and cooking healthier versions of traditional soul food.
This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information on the event, please call (313) 494-5800.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201
The Wright Museum™ | TheWright.org
150th Anniversary of the Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation at Detroit Historical Museum
Event Date/Time
Jan 6, 2013
1:00 pm until 4:00 pm
Description
Join the Society's Black Historic Sites Committee for a special event that commemorates the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in Detroit on January 6, 1863 at historic Second Baptist Church. The event will feature poetry readings by authors from Detroit-based Broadside Press, a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by a local minister and tours of the new Doorway to Freedom exhibit. Due to anticipated demand and limited seating in the Booth Auditorium, this program will be offered twice. Cost Free Location
Detroit Historical Museum
5401 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI
Detroit Future City Exhibit in Detroit
EVENT DATE/TIME
Jan 15, 2013 to Jan 29, 2013
2:00 pm until 7:00 pm
This event occurs weekly on Tuesday.
DESCRIPTION
After hundreds of meetings, 30,000 conversations, connecting with people over 163,000 times, over 70,000 survey responses and comments from participants and countless hours spent dissecting and examining critical data about our city -- Detroit Works Project Long Term Planning (DWPLTP) will be introducing Detroit Future City; the completed Strategic Framework Plan for Detroit's Future.
A series of Open Houses begins at the DWPLTP HomeBase for the community to view the Detroit Future City Exhibit.
LOCATION
ADDITIONAL INFO
SPONSOR Detroit Works Project Long Term Planning PHONE 313-259-4407 CONTACT EMAIL info@detroitlongterm.com WEBSITE http://www.detroitlongterm.com
Math Tutor
3 - 5pm
Computer Classes
SaturdaysJanuary 12 & 26
11: - 1 pm
Pre-registration is not required
Space is limited, please arrive 5 - 10 minutes early to insure you
have a place in the class.
Jan 12 - Basic Computer Skills
Jan 26 - Resume Writing 101
10:30 - 1 pm
Pick up your copy of this month's read, and join us for the discussion.
Community News
Free Creating Confident Caregivers Education Workshop
The Alzheimer's Association Greater Michigan Chapter in partnership with the Detroit Area Agency on Aging is offering the free and beneficial caregiver workshop. Creating Confident Caregivers (CCC) is a once a week for six consecutive weeks workshop, where caregivers will learn new information, skills and attitudes to manage stress and increase effective care giving skills.
CCC will begin Tuesday January 8 through Tuesday February 12 beginning at 2:00 to 4:00pm. The location of the workshop will be held at the Detroit Senior Care and Rehab Center.
To register for this free and informative workshop, please call Theresa Russo at 1.248.996.1053 or email trusso@alz.org
Charles H Wright
Museum of African
American History
Community Cinema Presents "Soul Food Junkies" Film Screening & Discussion
Thu, Jan 03 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
In Soul Food Junkies, award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt explores the health advantages and disadvantages of soul food, a quintessential American cuisine.
n Soul Food Junkies, Hurt sets out on a historical and culinary journey to learn more about the soul food tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. Through candid interviews with soul food cooks, historians, and scholars, as well as with doctors, family members, and everyday people, the film puts this culinary tradition under the microscope to examine both its positive and negative consequences. Hurt also explores the socioeconomic conditions in predominantly black neighborhoods, where it can be difficult to find healthy options, and meets some pioneers in the emerging food justice movement who are challenging the food industry, encouraging communities to “go back to the land” by creating sustainable and eco-friendly gardens, advocating for healthier options in local supermarkets, supporting local farmers' markets, avoiding highly processed fast foods, and cooking healthier versions of traditional soul food.
This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information on the event, please call (313) 494-5800.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201
The Wright Museum™ | TheWright.org
315 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201
The Wright Museum™ | TheWright.org
150th Anniversary of the Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation at Detroit Historical Museum
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Jan 6, 2013
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| Cost | Free |
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Detroit Historical Museum
5401 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI |
Detroit Future City Exhibit in Detroit
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Jan 15, 2013 to Jan 29, 2013
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| DESCRIPTION |
A series of Open Houses begins at the DWPLTP HomeBase for the community to view the Detroit Future City Exhibit.
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