You and your little ones won’t want to miss out on our Summer Reading/ Forest Service Adventure next Wednesday, July 24. Join us as we collaborate with the U.S. Forest Service in an offsite adventure at Valley Spur. We will all meet in the Valley Spur parking lot at 1:00 p.m. and Smokey Bear will be on hand as we explore the outdoors! We are all excited to wish Smokey a Happy 80th Birthday, hear some great stories in the outdoors, and explore while we learn! This is a great event for the whole family! Hey Kids! Don’t forget to log your reading times and earn some great prizes!
Be sure to RSVP for the Eggroll Making Workshop that will take place at 6 p.m. on July 25. Ming Louie spent years in the restaurant business and is famous for his eggrolls. Come learn the secrets of how to make the best egg rolls with this hands-on workshop. The best part is that you get to eat what you make during this fun-filled event. Space is limited! Call 906-3872125 to RSVP and get on the list.
If you have the urge to spout some poetry, the podium awaits you at our monthly Beatnik Café on July 25 from 3:30 to 4 p.m. Recite a poem, show off your rap, or improvise a haiku! It’s all for fun until someone busts out a couplet. Seriously, get over your fear of public speaking by jumping in and sharing a poem in a no judgment zone. It will be way more fun if you are here.
NEW BOOK: Silk: A World History by Aarathi Prasad. Some four thousand years ago, the cultivation of silkworms began, the practice spreading to the far reaches of civilization. With it came a growing obsession with unlocking silk’s secrets to understand how the strongest biological material ever known could be harnessed. Explorers and scientists, including groundbreaking women who pushed the boundaries of societal expectations, dedicated— even sacrificed—their lives to investigate the anatomy of silk-producing animals. They endured unbelievable hardships to discover and collect new specimens, leading them to the moths of China, Indonesia, and India; the spiders of Argentina, Paraguay, and Madagascar; and the mollusks of the Mediterranean. Rich with the complex connections between humans and nonhuman worlds, Silk not only peers into the past but also reveals the fiber’s impact today, inspiring new technologies across the fashion, military, and medical fields, and shows its untapped potential to pioneer a more sustainable future. The culmination of author and biologist Aarathi Prasad’s own lifelong passion and grounded in years of research and writing, Silk is an intoxicating read that provides an essential illumination of nature’s most glamorous thread. (Provided by publisher).
Rep. Jenn Hill will be at the Munising Library for the Quarterly Legislative Update and office hour on July 20 at 10:30 AM. This coffee hour provides an opportunity for people to ask questions, get information, and receive current legislative updates affecting our area. All are welcome to attend.
