PLEASE NOTE holiday closings: Munising Public Library will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 23rd through Monday, Dec. 25th. We will also be closed Saturday, Dec. 30th through Monday, Jan. 1st. Please see our website for further details on shortened hours during the week following Christmas. Thank you for your understanding, and happy merrymaking!
Our annual Holiday Book ‘Sale’ is still running through Fri., Dec. 29. The library book ‘sale’ has something for everyone and the price is right because nothing is priced and the ‘sale’ is by donation only; give what you can, if you can.
The deadline for recipe submissions to the “Battle of the Recipe Box” cook-off contest is Dec. 31. Those interested in participating will need to complete the submission form found on the website under events or drop a copy off at the library and include their favorite original recipe along with a paragraph or two as to why this recipe is special. Voting begins on Jan. 10 and runs through Jan. 31. The top five vote getters will create their dishes for a taste off on Sat. Feb. 17 at 10:30 a.m. at Munising Library.
NEW BOOK: Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem. On the streets of 1970s Brooklyn, a daily ritual goes down: the dance. Money is exchanged, belongings surrendered, power asserted. The promise of violence lies everywhere, a currency in itself. For these children, Black, brown, and white, the street is a stage in shadow. And in the wings hide the other players: parents; cops; renovators; landlords; those who write the headlines, the histories, and the laws; those who award this neighborhood its name. The rules appear obvious at first. But in memory’s prism, criminals and victims may seem to trade places. The voices of the past may seem to rise and gather as if in harmony, then make war with one another. A street may seem to crack open and reveal what lies behind its glimmering façade. None who lived through it are ever permitted to forget. Written with kaleidoscope verve and delirious wit, Brooklyn Crime Novel is a breathtaking tour de force by a writer at the top of his powers. Jonathan Lethem… has crafted an epic interrogation of how we fashion stories to contain the uncontainable: our remorse at the world we’ve made. (Provided by publisher).
