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June 28: Photo group meeting at Hatch Gallery

Sunday, June 28 at 2 PM, the Photo Revisited group will meet at the Hatch Gallery for the closing of Looking Forward, Looking Back: Photographs by Rob Kangas. Photographer Rob Kangas will present an artist talk at the meeting and we can discuss his retrospective. The event is free and open to the pu...

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Book Beat May Newsletter

News from the Book Beat for the month of May, with links to all upcoming events....

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June 1: Cooler than Cool: the Life and Works of Elmore Leonard

Join author C.M. Kushins at the Caroline Kennedy Library, on June 1, 7:00-8:30 PM to hear him talk about famed Michigan author, Elmore Leonard and his own award-winning book, “Cooler Than Cool: the Life and Works of Elmore Leonard.”...

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May 28: Author Aram Mrjoian at the Oak Park Library

Aram Mrjoianwinner of the Michigan Notable Book Award for 2026 for his novel Waterline will be at the Oak PArk Library ....

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