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Sub Rosa selects: Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor

The Sub Rosa reading group will meet at Book Beat on Saturday July 25 at 6:30pm to discuss Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor....

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July 26: Dispatches from the Avant-Garage: Rebecca Kosick and Ken Mikolowski on the Alternative Press

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July 17: Photography field trip

The photo group will be hosting a field trip to Hamtramck on Friday, July 17, at 7pm to hear an artist talk by Roger Martin at the Barbershop art and book gallery. The Barbershop is located at 3432 Caniff St. in Hamtramck, MI, 48212. The talk is free and open to the public. Roger Martin ...→ READ MORE