[Michlib-l] BIG READ 2015 at Cromaine Library in Hartland!

[Ceci Marlow]

The 2015 Big Read at Cromaine Library kicks off tomorrow, Saturday, 
March 28, at 10:00 am at the Cromaine Library in Hartland. This is the 
library's seventh Big Read and we are VERY excited since this year we 
are able to bring author, Tobias Wolff, of the Big Read book "Old 
School" to Michigan. He'll speak Wednesday, April 22 at 7:00 pm at the 
Hartland Music Hall. Many thanks to our sponsors--National Endowment for 
the Arts and Arts Midwest, Friends of Cromaine Library, First National 
Bank, Hartland Area Chamber of Commerce, Meijer, Walmart, Ranger's 4-H, 
Livingston Daily and Marketing Impact/PrintComm.

Tomorrow, not only will we give away about 250 copies FREE of "Old 
School" but we'll enjoy the music of the 1960s from our partners the 
Livingston Women's Chorus from 11:30-12:30. The nine winners of the Big 
Read Writing Contest will read their works aloud beginning at 10:00 am. 
And, you can really immerse yourself in the lighter parts of the 60s by 
playing Twister, Game of Life, painting a paint-by-number kit and dining 
on the beverage of the astronauts--TANG!--while enjoying appetizers that 
were faves--grape jelly meatballs, shrimp cocktail, asparagus roll-ups 
and more!

Please be sure to check out our amazing line-up of events at 
www.cromaine.org. We are fortunate to have three MSU scholars 
coming--Kirsten Fermaglich to talk about name-changing in the 20th 
century on April 2, and Stephen Rachmann and Ann Larabee in the April 15 
panel called "An Evening with Hemingway, Frost, and Ayn Rand"--right out 
of "Old School." M.L. Leibler and the "Beatles" will provide an 
exceptional evening April 17, also at the Hartland Music Hall, with a 
multimedia presentation (as only Leibler, slam poet and WSU prof can do).

Need more info? Call us at 810-632-5200. Register for events at 
www.cromaine.org. We'd love to share this terrific series with you!