Storytime meets this coming Monday at 10:30 a.m. Preschool- aged children and their caregivers are invited to attend this 30-minute activity for ages 7 and under. This storytime’s theme is Earth Day and is hosted by Headstart. We hope to see you and your little one there.
Celebrate Earth Fest at the library from April 21 to 25. We will have the Carbon Capture Forest Program with Steve Waller at 6 p.m. Tuesday; the Pumping Heat program with John Forslin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday; and Climate Change Jeopardy with Waller at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Come in early and see the displays.
Looking for a great evening event? Join the Munising Library at 7:30 p.m. on April 23 at By George Brewery for a Poetry on Tap event with award-winning poet Jeff Kass, whose newest collection of poetry will be featured. Jeff will have books available to purchase for signing. Hear what everyone is raving about with this dynamic poetry performance. You will not be disappointed.
New book
This week’s new book is “The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits” by Jennifer Weiner. Here is the publisher’s synopsis: Sisters Zoe and Cassie Grossberg were born just a year apart but could not have been more different. Zoe, blessed with charm and beauty, yearned for fame from the moment she could sing into a hairbrush. Cassie was a music prodigy who never felt at home in her own skin and preferred the safety of the shadows. In the early 2000s, when they were on the brink of adulthood, destiny intervened, catapulting Zoe and Cassie into the spotlight as the pop sensation the Griffin Sisters, hitting all the touchstones of early-aughts fame — SNL, MTV, Rolling Stone magazine — along the way.
However, after a whirlwind year in the public eye, the band abruptly broke up.
Two decades later, Zoe is a housewife; Cassie’s off the grid. The sisters are not speaking, and the real reason for the Griffin Sisters’ breakup is still a mystery. Zoe’s teenage daughter, Cherry, who’s determined to be a star in spite of Zoe’s warnings, is on a quest to learn the truth about what happened to the band all those years ago.
As secrets emerge, all three women must face the consequences of their choices: the ones they made and the ones the music industry made for them. Can they forgive each other — and themselves? In addition, will the Griffin Sisters ever make music again?
