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Tech Tuesday

Bring your device and questions. Sit down with one of the CRDL IT Staff, who'll do their best to answer questions and walk you through any fixes.Complicated questions may require scheduling a 1-on-1 appointment to address your problem.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Virtual Author Talk: America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis with Author Shoshana Walter

This event is a virtual-only presentation. Register here to receive the event link, watch live or later, and submit questions for the author.Would you like to read the author's work before the program? Place a hold here.Join us for a special conversation between award-w......More

This event is a virtual-only presentation. Register here to receive the event link, watch live or later, and submit questions for the author.Would you like to read the author's work before the program? Place a hold here.Join us for a special conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat about Walter’s book Rehab: An American Scandal. In this work, Walter, a Pulitzer finalist, exposes the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis, and the malfeasance, corruption, and snake oil which blight the drug rehabilitation industry.Today, more people have access to treatment than ever before. So why isn’t it working? The answer is that in America—where anyone can get addicted—only certain people get a real chance to recover. Despite record numbers of overdose deaths, our default response is still to punish, while rehabs across the United States fail to incorporate scientifically proven strategies and exploit patients. In this book, you’ll find the stories of four people who represent the failures of the rehab-industrial complex, and the ways our treatment system often prevents recovery. April is a black mom in Philadelphia, who witnessed firsthand how the government’s punitive response to the crack epidemic impeded her mother’s recovery—and then her own. Chris, a young middle-class white man from Louisiana, received more opportunities in his addiction than April, including the chance to go to treatment instead of prison. Yet the only program the judge permitted was one that forced him to perform unpaid back-breaking labor at for-profit companies. Wendy is a mother from a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles, whose son died in a sober living home. She began investigating for-profit treatment programs—yet law enforcement and regulators routinely ignored her warnings, allowing rehab patients to die, again and again. Larry is a surgeon who himself struggled with addiction, and would eventually become one of the first Suboxone prescribers in the nation, drawing the scrutiny of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Be sure to register now to participate in this urgent conversation and learn insight on how we might fix the system to save lives.About the Author: Shoshana Walter is a reporter for the Marshall Project covering the criminal justice system. Her reporting has been honored as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Selden Ring, and she has won the Knight Award for Public Service, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. She started her work on the treatment system at The Center for Investigative Reporting, where her work appeared in The New York Times Magazine, in newspapers, and on NPR stations across the country. She is based in Oakland, California.About the Guest Host: Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments. This event is sponsored by the Friends of Veterans Memorial Library.

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LIVE Virtual Author Visit: Shoshana Walter with Special Guest Host Barbara Kingsolver

If you would like a reminder email, please register below.  Join us at the library for conversation, refreshments, and a special LIVE virtual conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as the......More

If you would like a reminder email, please register below.  Join us at the library for conversation, refreshments, and a special LIVE virtual conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat about Walter’s book Rehab: An American Scandal. Attendees will have a chance to win a copy of Shoshana's book as well as Barbara's book Demon Copperhead. In this work, Walter, a Pulitzer finalist, exposes the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis, and the malfeasance, corruption, and snake oil which blight the drug rehabilitation industry.Today, more people have access to treatment than ever before. So why isn’t it working? The answer is that in America—where anyone can get addicted—only certain people get a real chance to recover. Despite record numbers of overdose deaths, our default response is still to punish, while rehabs across the United States fail to incorporate scientifically proven strategies and exploit patients. In this book, you’ll find the stories of four people who represent the failures of the rehab-industrial complex, and the ways our treatment system often prevents recovery. April is a black mom in Philadelphia, who witnessed firsthand how the government’s punitive response to the crack epidemic impeded her mother’s recovery—and then her own. Chris, a young middle-class white man from Louisiana, received more opportunities in his addiction than April, including the chance to go to treatment instead of prison. Yet the only program the judge permitted was one that forced him to perform unpaid back-breaking labor at for-profit companies. Wendy is a mother from a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles, whose son died in a sober living home. She began investigating for-profit treatment programs—yet law enforcement and regulators routinely ignored her warnings, allowing rehab patients to die, again and again. Larry is a surgeon who himself struggled with addiction, and would eventually become one of the first Suboxone prescribers in the nation, drawing the scrutiny of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Be sure to register now to participate in this urgent conversation and learn insight on how we might fix the system to save lives.About the Author: Shoshana Walter is a reporter for the Marshall Project covering the criminal justice system. Her reporting has been honored as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Selden Ring, and she has won the Knight Award for Public Service, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. She started her work on the treatment system at The Center for Investigative Reporting, where her work appeared in The New York Times Magazine, in newspapers, and on NPR stations across the country. She is based in Oakland, California.About the Guest Host: Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments. This event is sponsored by the Friends of Veterans Memorial Library.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Read with a dog!

Canine Good Citizen Teams are coming to the library, and they want to read with you! Stop by the Veterans Memorial Library children's area to say "Hi" to our furry friends and read a story with one of them. Bring your own book, or choose from available books. Canine Goo......More

Canine Good Citizen Teams are coming to the library, and they want to read with you! Stop by the Veterans Memorial Library children's area to say "Hi" to our furry friends and read a story with one of them. Bring your own book, or choose from available books. Canine Good Citizen teams are certified through AKC standards, and all CGC dog/handler teams present are members of the Mt. Pleasant, MI Kennel Club. Reading individually with a dog will be available on a first-come, first-served basis and may be subject to time limits.

301 S. University Ave, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Story Learning with Maggie

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning pla......More

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning playlist is available here.

257 W Wright Ave, Shepherd, MI, 48883, US

Story Learning with Tony

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning pla......More

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning playlist is available here.

4035 N Mission Rd, Rosebush, MI, 48878, US

Cookbook Club: Lidia's The Art of Pasta: An Italian Cookbook

Join us as students from the GI-TEC Culinary Arts class present a live cooking demonstration featuring a pasta recipe. One lucky attendee will win a copy of the book Lidia's The Art of Pasta: An Italian Cookbook. The intended audience is high school and adult patrons. S......More

Join us as students from the GI-TEC Culinary Arts class present a live cooking demonstration featuring a pasta recipe. One lucky attendee will win a copy of the book Lidia's The Art of Pasta: An Italian Cookbook. The intended audience is high school and adult patrons. Samples are while supplies last. Please read or familiarize yourself with the featured book before attending. Request a copy of the book Lidia's The Art of Pasta: An Italian Cookbook online, ask the Help Desk, or call 989-773-3242 ext. 202. In partnership with the Gratiot-Isabella Technical Education Center: Culinary Arts Class.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Babytime

Join us for a special story learning experience just for babies and young toddlers. If you would like to experience CRDL Story Class in the comfort of your own home, a playlist of our Virtual Story Classes is available to view here.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Story Learning with Christie

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning pla......More

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning playlist is available here.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Indivisible Central Michigan

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

The Minecraft Movie: an Interactive Movie Kit

Each kit includes action prompts, novelty items, and popcorn for up to four participants. The Minecraft Movie is rated PG and available to stream or borrow from your library. Find a copy online, visit the Help Desk, or call 989-773-3242, ext. 202 if you need assistance.......More

Each kit includes action prompts, novelty items, and popcorn for up to four participants. The Minecraft Movie is rated PG and available to stream or borrow from your library. Find a copy online, visit the Help Desk, or call 989-773-3242, ext. 202 if you need assistance. NO REGISTRATION! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Pick up your movie kit at your branch library, while supplies last.

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Sea Shanties Sing-along!

Stop by and join in the fun or simply sit back and be entertained during this all-ages program! Sea Shanties are simple songs designed to be sung in a community. In this program, listeners will be taken on a participatory journey across both the High Seas and the Great ......More

Stop by and join in the fun or simply sit back and be entertained during this all-ages program! Sea Shanties are simple songs designed to be sung in a community. In this program, listeners will be taken on a participatory journey across both the High Seas and the Great Lakes, singing together, learning the roles shanties played on the ship, and the cultural seeds that sprouted into this maritime tradition. Ben Traverse is a performer of Traditional Folk Music from the Mystical Mitten Land.

301 S. University Avenue, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, US

Create, Make & Take

Join us for after-school crafting fun!Can't make it to the event? Stop by the Shepherd Community Library to pick up a kit version of this month's craft.

257 W Wright Ave, Shepherd, MI, 48883, US

Story Learning with Maggie

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning pla......More

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning playlist is available here.

257 W Wright Ave, Shepherd, MI, 48883, US

Story Learning with Tony

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning pla......More

Babies to preschoolers will learn through stories, songs, and dancing while building vital early literacy skills! This story experience is for children ages 0 to 5. If you want to experience CRDL Story Learning in the comfort of your home, our Virtual Story Learning playlist is available here.

4035 N Mission Rd, Rosebush, MI, 48878, US