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Young Writers Club – Summer Session

Stirling Books and Brew 119 North Superior St., Albion, MI, United States

Is your middle schooler creative? Do they enjoy writing or would you like to see them exercise and grow their writing skills? The spring session of Young Writers Club will run six weeks from Wednesday July 10th through Wednesday, August 14th. Author Peggy Grigowski of Marshall, Michigan will be leading these dynamic sessions, providing opportunity for your student to grow ...

$20.00

Albion’s Big Read Kickoff Parade

Holland Park / West Ward 100 North Albion St., Albion, United States

Albion's 2019 Big Read begins with a parade on W. Cass Str. from City Hall to Holland Park/West Ward, led by our 2019 Big Read Leaders. At Holland Park/West Ward, you will find live music, circus performers, food vendors, community organizations, and more! Come celebrate the beginning of a wonderful month!

Free

Step Afrika

Washington Gardner Junior High School 401 E Michigan Ave, Albion, United States

Step Afrika is one of the top ten African-American dance companies in the United States. In an electrifying performance, they will blend percussive dance styles practiced by historically African-American fraternities and sororities, African traditional dance, and influences from a variety of other dance and art forms. Check them out at www.stepafrika.org. Albion's own 4H Creative and Expressive Arts will open ...

Free

Coy James Lecture

Albion College Bobbitt Auditorium

Historian Daniel J. Clark will give a lecture entitled "Detroit Autoworkers & the Elusive Postwar Boom."

Free

Marilyn Crandell Schleg Memorial Lecture: Ben Blackwell

Albion College Bobbitt Auditorium

Co-founder and co-owner of Third Man Records, Ben Blackwell will give a lecture entitled "I Had No Idea What I Was Doing: Tales of Rock and Roll Archiving in the Modern Era."

Free

Big Read Film: Amazing Grace

Bohm Theatre 201 S. Superior St., Albion, MI, United States

Winner of the 2019 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary, this live concert film documents Aretha Franklin's transcendent recording of her 1972 album Amazing Grace. In it, she sings with the Southern California Community Choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkKOIQwTiKE

Free

Rock and Roll Spins Albion College’s Marilyn Crandell Schleg Memorial Lecture

Albion College Bobbitt Auditorium

Drummer, label founder and White Stripes archivist Ben Blackwell recounts "I Had No Idea What I Was Doing: Tales of Rock and Roll Archiving in the Modern Era", at the Marilyn Crandell Schleg Memorial Lecture on Thursday, October 10 at 7p.m. in Bobbitt Visual Arts Center. Blackwell is the co-founder and co-owner of Third Man Records along with his uncle, ...

Free

Big Read Celebration!

Bohm Theatre 201 S. Superior St., Albion, MI, United States

Come celebrate the amazing work of the 2019 Big Read leaders and hear from novelist Ibi Zoboi, two-time National Book Award finalist and author of this year’s Big Read book. Ms. Zoboi will be talking about the power and beauty of literature and young people.

Free

Rebecca McLaughlin Book Launch

Stirling Books and Brew 119 North Superior St., Albion, MI, United States

Join us for a visit from local Albion author and Albion College Alumna Rebecca McLaughlin, with her new book "Nameless Queen". In this Young Adult royal fantasy, one girl must make a name for herself--or die trying -- where an unknown peasant becomes the ultimate ruler. But how long can she keep the crown if everyone wants her dead? The ...

Free

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