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Genealogy 101
Eastern Branch 3125 E. Michigan Ave., Jackson, MI, United StatesLearn how to do genealogy research. Explore your family’s past using the Ancestry and HeritageQuest websites. In addition, find out about the library’s local history collection housed in the Minter-VanOrman Room. Registration Required. Call the hosting branch to reserve a spot. Sunday, Nov. 18 @ 2 p.m.
“Edmund Fitzgerald – The Stories, The Song”
Lost Railway Museum 142 W. Michigan Ave., Grass Lake, MI, United StatesJoin the Lost Railway Museum and Mike Fornes for a tribute to the Edmund Fitzgerald. Mike Fornes presents a story-telling, musical program about the loss of a Great Lakes ship, its crew, and the song telling the ship's haunting tale. Hear the stories of the crewmembers, their families, and the ironies of a doomed ship […]
Restoring the Village – the Importance of Rebuilding the Black Community
Carnegie Library Jackson, MI, United StatesYou're invited to a Dynamic Speakers Lecture Series, a Black History Month special event series. Monday, February 4th at 6 pm @ Carnegie Library Join Pastor Fred Parker, Jr. and Quinnette Pledger as they discuss the Role of Faith & the Importance of Women. Monday, February 11th at 6 pm @ Carnegie Library Join Katena […]
African American Read-In Chain
Meijer Branch 2699 Airport Rd., Jackson, MI, United StatesThe Jackson District Library and the Jackson Branch of the NAACP will host the first African American Read-In Chain for Jackson County on February 23, 2019. During the month of February, schools, churches, libraries, community and professional organizations are urged to make literacy a significant part of African American History Month by displaying and promoting […]
Restoring the Village – the Importance of Rebuilding the Black Community
Carnegie Library Jackson, MI, United StatesYou're invited to a Dynamic Speakers Lecture Series, a Black History Month special event series. Monday, February 4th at 6 pm @ Carnegie Library Join Pastor Fred Parker, Jr. and Quinnette Pledger as they discuss the Role of Faith & the Importance of Women. Monday, February 11th at 6 pm @ Carnegie Library Join Katena […]
Exploring DNA
Meijer Branch 2699 Airport Rd., Jackson, MI, United StatesCelebrate Women's History with science! Learn about Rosalind Franklin and her DNA discoveries, extract DNA from a strawberry, and make paper Origami DNA. Intended for tweens and teens age 10 and older. MEIJER BRANCH Saturday, March 16th @ 2:00 pm EASTERN BRANCH Thursday, March 21st @ 6:00 pm SUMMIT BRANCH Wednesday, March 27th @ 5:00 […]
Exploring DNA
Eastern Branch 3125 E. Michigan Ave., Jackson, MI, United StatesCelebrate Women's History with science! Learn about Rosalind Franklin and her DNA discoveries, extract DNA from a strawberry, and make paper Origami DNA. Intended for tweens and teens age 10 and older. MEIJER BRANCH Saturday, March 16th @ 2:00 pm EASTERN BRANCH Thursday, March 21st @ 6:00 pm SUMMIT BRANCH Wednesday, March 27th @ 5:00 […]
Exploring DNA
Summit Branch 104 W. Bird Street, Jackson, MI, United StatesCelebrate Women's History with science! Learn about Rosalind Franklin and her DNA discoveries, extract DNA from a strawberry, and make paper Origami DNA. Intended for tweens and teens age 10 and older. MEIJER BRANCH Saturday, March 16th @ 2:00 pm EASTERN BRANCH Thursday, March 21st @ 6:00 pm SUMMIT BRANCH Wednesday, March 27th @ 5:00 […]
Exploring DNA
Brooklyn Branch 207 N. Main St., Brooklyn, MI, United StatesCelebrate Women's History with science! Learn about Rosalind Franklin and her DNA discoveries, extract DNA from a strawberry, and make paper Origami DNA. Intended for tweens and teens age 10 and older. MEIJER BRANCH Saturday, March 16th @ 2:00 pm EASTERN BRANCH Thursday, March 21st @ 6:00 pm SUMMIT BRANCH Wednesday, March 27th @ 5:00 […]
Irene Miller: Into No Man’s Land
Carnegie Library Jackson, MI, United StatesIrene Miller, a Holocaust survivor, author, speaker, and educator will take you on a survival journey little written and known about. You will sleep in the winter under an open sky on the no man's land; you will freeze in a Siberian labor camp where the bears come to your door front. In Uzbekistan, you […]