Brooklyn 207 N. Main St. Brooklyn, MI 49230 517-905-1369 Carnegie 244 W. Michigan Ave. ChaptersNovember December 2014 Jackson, MI 49201 517-788-4087 Concord Digital Studio Available 108 S. Main St. Concord, MI 49237 for Creative Projects! 517-905-1379 Eastern 3125 E. Michigan Ave. Jackson, MI 49202 517-788-4074 Grass Lake 130 W. Michigan Ave. Grass Lake, MI 49240 517-522-8211 Hanover 118 W. Main St. e are delighted to inform you that the Digital Studio in the expanded Meijer Branch Hanover, MI 49241 Wlibrary is equipped with desktop Mac computers and various digital media technologies 517-905-1399 to aid users in all of their creative endeavors. Here are just some ways that residents have used the Studio: Henrietta 11744 Bunkerhill Rd. • Recording music using the midi keyboard, guitar and software such as Pleasant Lake, MI 49272 Garage Band and Logic Pro. 517-769-6537 • Scanning old photographs and doing touch-ups with Adobe Photoshop. Meijer • Converting old slides into digital images 2699 Airport Rd. Jackson, MI 49202 • Converting music from cassette tapes to digital media 517-788-4480 • And many more fun projects… Napoleon ontact Anna and Chad at the Meijer Branch 517-788-4480 or [email protected] to 6755 Brooklyn Rd. Cexplore several fun ways to use the Digital Studio or if you would just like a tour. We Napoleon, MI 49261 look forward to serving you! 517-536-4266 Parma “I work with an early childhood literacy program called Energizing Education. The 102 Church St. program uses volunteers as literacy mentors who read with students twice a week. Parma, MI 49269 I’m making a training video for volunteers to watch before they attend mentor 517-531-4908 training with our Literacy Specialist. It would serve to provide Spring Arbor some insight into our program, highlight the importance 113 E. Main St. of mentoring, and discuss the different strategies to use Spring Arbor, MI 49283 during reading sessions. The footage I took consists of brief 517-750-2030 interviews with the Manager, one of our Site coordinators, and the Lliteracy Specialist. Springport I am far from a videographer and don’t have access to film 116 Mechanic St. Springport, MI 49284 editing software, so the Digital Studio with its software and 517-905-1459 services at the JDL Meijer Branch was exactly what I needed to put my footage together and knit it into a video. The JDL Summit employees Anna and Chad were extremely helpful and willing to assist me with 104 W. Bird St. the programs and I really appreciate their help. They were awesome!” Jackson, MI 49203 ~ Ben Bundy, Americorps Vista Volunteer 517-783-4030 1 Collaborations 5 Healthy Towns Healthy Cooking Classes Something’s Fishy Wednesday, Nov 12, 6 pm Say goodbye to frozen fish entrees! Chef Brad West shares tips on how to prepare fish and Larry Martin returns to bring our nation’s history to the other creatures from under the present and foster an appreciation for the hardships sea. endured by our veterans. Pizza Prep Join us for an interview on Saturday, November 1, Wednesday, Dec 10, 6 pm at 10 am at the First United Methodist Church, 275 W. Michigan Avenue, featuring Jim Lewis. Jim was a Ditch the take out pizza and learn US Navy Submariner stationed in the Pacific Theater of a healthy approach to this favorite Operations. food from Chef Brad West. Options for vegetarian toppings included. Jim shares his experiences being several hundred feet below the Pacific Ocean while a Japanese Destroyer Taste samples, get recipes, and was dropping depth charges on his submarine. He also connect with others. tells his story of the time when he and two other sailors were transferred off of one submarine that then went Both programs will be held at the historic Whistlestop out on a War Patrol and sank with the loss of the entire Depot, 218 E. Michigan Ave, Grass Lake. RSVP by crew. Jim will be present for a Q&A. Come early to calling the Grass Lake Branch at 517-522-8211. view Larry’s WW II memorabilia. These programs are made possible in part by a This presentation is free and open to the public. Larry grant from the Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation can be reached at [email protected]. His website and hosted by JDL’s Grass Lake Branch. is at LMWW2.com. Free Help for Small Business Owners! Bring your lunch and have dessert on us while learning about ways to improve your business outcomes. To reserve your spot or for more information, please call 788-4087 ext. 1339. Small Business Communications Online provide tips on expanding Wednesday, Nov 12, Noon your following to secondary Carnegie Library, Clare H. Sergeant Auditorium connections and beyond, the benefits of time (and financial) investment into In today’s digital market, it is essential for small social media marketing, and the proper utilization of a businesses to understand the options to enhance business website (compared to social sites). communications online, whether it is through social media or other promotional forums. Kyle Liechty, Co-op / Intern Coordinator with The Center for Spartan Engineering at Michigan State University This session will cover topics such as reach and will present this program. The presentation will run immersion through the various portals of social media about 45 minutes with 15 minutes for questions. For (Facebook vs. Twitter vs. Instagram vs. YouTube vs. more information, call 517-788-4087, ext. 1339. Flickr vs. Foursquare vs. whatever else). It will also 2 Collaborations Created Equal: Slavery by Another Name Meet ALICE in Jackson Join us on Wednesday, November 12, at 6:30 pm at Thursday, Nov 13, 6:30 pm the Carnegie Library for “Slavery By Another Name,” a documentary that reveals the new systems of Meet ALICE in Jackson: Asset involuntary servitude that came after the Civil War. The Limited, Income Constrained, film documents how thousands of African Americans, Employed – these are our often guilty of no crime at all, were arrested, compelled friends, families and neighbors. to work without pay and repeatedly bought and sold for Over 40% of working Jackson more than 80 years. This forced County households are labor lasted well into the 20th struggling financially, according century. to a study commissioned by the Michigan Association of United Ways. What does this Following the documentary, mean for Jackson? What does this mean for you? Professor Mark Edwards of Spring Arbor University will lead Ken Toll from United Way of Jackson County and Toby a discussion on freedom and Berry from Community Action Agency will introduce equality. us to ALICE, thanks to CMS Energy, which donated $25,000 to the county-by-county study this year. This program is part of the ”Created Equal” grant made possible by the National Hunger in America 2014 Endowment for the Humanities, the Gilder Lehrman Thursday, Dec 11, 6:30 pm Institute of American History, and Bridging Cultures. It is co-sponsored by the Jackson Area Civil Rights The 2014 study of Hunger in America reports that 50 Awareness Association and the Jackson District Library. million Americans will go hungry tonight. Over 22,000 of them are in Jackson County. Almost 8,000 of them For more information, please contact Debby Sears at are children. 517-788-4087. Join us to learn more about Hunger in America in 2014. The showing of this documentary is co-sponsored by Jackson area food pantries. Poets The documentary runs 52 minutes, followed by discussion. Among Refreshments will be provided. All forums are held at the Carnegie Library. The JXN Us Community Forum series is co-sponsored by the Universalist Unitarian Church of East Liberty (UUCEL). Be sure to watch for the Young Poets 2015 Contest Information and Registration Packet coming soon to all Please contact Debby Sears at 517-788-4087 for more the branches and Myjdl.com. information. The contest is open to all Jackson County school age JXN Community Forums are held monthly from children in grades Kindergarten through 12th Grade. September through May. The forums are free and open Deadline for entries will be January 23, 2015. Questions programs to facilitate dialogue about the challenging should be directed to Jean Dailey, [email protected] issues of our time and community. or 517.788.4099, Extension 1308. 3 Authors! Ken LaZebnick Hollywood Digs: An Archaeology of Shadows Playwright and screenwriter Ken LaZebnik has unearthed shards of film history that have rarely seen the light of day in his book Hollywood Digs. Join us for an evening of stories of Hollywood’s greatest legends expressed by Ken. The evening will include a talk and book sale and signing. Friday, November 14 6:30 pm Carnegie Library Ken LaZebnik writes for television, film and the theater. His work includes collaborating with Garrison Keillor on Robert Altman’s last film, A Prairie Home Companion, many years of writing for hour-long television dramas, and ten plays, two of which have won citations from The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA). LaZebnik wrote the film Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage, which featured Peter O’Toole and Marcia Gay Harden. For television, he has written for series as varied as Touched By An Angel, Army Wives, When Calls The Heart, Providence, and Star Trek: Enterprise. During his seven-year tenure on Touched By An Angel, he wrote over twenty episodes. He wrote three PBS specials for their series “In Concert at the White House,” which were filmed in the East Room of the White House. For more information, please call 517-788-4087.