Friends of the Library, Dearborn
Newsletter
February 2017
The purpose of this non-profit organization shall be to foster closer relations between the Dearborn Department of Libraries, the Dearborn city government, and the people
of Dearborn; and further to promote knowledge of, and informed interest in, the functions, services, resources and needs of the public library.
History of Michigan Women’s
Hall of Fame
Dr. Caitlyn Perry Dial
Guest Speaker
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
7:00 p.m.
Henry Ford Centennial Library
"Celebrating Michigan Women"
From pioneer days, to suffrage, to civil rights,
Michigan women were there to lead the charge. In this
presentation, please join Dr. Caitlyn Perry Dial,
Interim Executive Director of the Michigan Women's
Hall of Fame, as she shares the history of the Hall of
Fame and the incredible stories of Michigan's women.
You can find out more ahead of time about the Hall of
Fame at www.michiganwomen.org.
Caitlyn Perry Dial is currently the Interim Executive
Director at the Michigan Women’s Historical Center
and Hall of Fame. For nearly a decade, Caitlyn has
worked in small museums and organizations across the
state of Michigan, working directly with the public as
an educator and curator. She is passionate about
women’s history and her role in telling the stories of
Michigan’s incredible women.
Caitlyn received her PhD in Public History at Western
Michigan University. Her dissertation, about the
Eastland Disaster, studies how personal memories of
survivors, victims, and rescuers, have the ability to
inform public memory and narrative several decades
after a traumatic event occurs. She received her MA in
History from Wayne State University where she wrote
her Masters thesis on the labor of cross-dressed female
sailors during the long 18th century.
During her free time, she enjoys playing with her twoyear-old son, bingeing Netflix, and being a selfproclaimed beer snob.
FOLD WELCOMES NEW MEMBER
Maya Soden
Used Book Sale
Welcome back, faithful FOLD members! We hope
everyone enjoyed the holiday season and the fairly
mild January weather. Our sales total for December
was $2,720, and includes sales of items on our
second-floor shelves, the showcase, online, and at
Bryant branch library. Since the last sale, the FOLD
volunteers have been very busy preparing for the first
sale of 2017, which will be on Wednesday,
February 1st, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hopefully,
the weather will cooperate and we will see lots of
smiling faces on book sale day.
The main feature for February will be a blowout
media sale! All music CDs will be sold for 50 cents
each, all DVDs will be $1 and all VHS tapes will be
sold for $1 per bag. Many of the media items were
donated to the library and are in excellent condition,
certainly worth scooping up at these prices. Any
connoisseurs of world/ethnic/folk music will be
especially interested in this sale as one donation included a huge selection of compact discs featuring
music from many different countries. We also have a
large selection of pop, rock, jazz, classical, etc.
The children’s area will have many new non-fiction
books and media items. FOLD has received a large
number of recently withdrawn library books for
children and the shelves are fully stocked.
Of course, we have also restocked all other sale areas
including; cookbooks, biographies, art, sports, health
and fitness, records, magazines, bargain fiction and
nonfiction, dollar surprise bags, etc. We even have
some surprise bags with 5 DVDs for just one dollar!
We are hoping you will all brave the cold, come out
to the library, and support the sale on Wednesday,
February 1st, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
By the way, keep FOLD in mind for your gentlyused, relatively-new book and media donations. We
are always looking for quality material to offer at
future sales. We especially need children’s books,
recent textbooks, and jazz and/or rock albums.
Thanks for your continued support of FOLD and
your local library.
Laura Litterio
FOLD Book Sale Coordinator
BLOCKBUSTER FILMS
7:00 p.m. Henry Ford Centennial Library
January 23 - Louder Than Love - The Grande
Ballroom Story (2012)
An award winning documentary about the legendary
Grande Ballroom in Detroit. “Louder Than Love” is
the greatest untold story in Rock & Roll history as
revealed by the musicians, artists and people that lived
it. While the West Coast was groovin’ to the sounds
of the “Summer of Love” in 1967, Detroit was
pumping out a hard-driving, gritty, raw sound that was
“Louder Than Love.” (Not rated, 75 min.)
January 30 - Alice Through the Looking Glass
(2016)
Alice returns on a wild ride back to Wonderland! The
adventure begins when Alice embarks on a daring
quest to save her dear friend the Hatter (Johnny Depp).
Plunging back into the whimsical, topsy-turvy world
of Wonderland with all her old companions and a host
of zany new ones, Alice must take on Time himself to
right a past wrong, find her muchness…and remember
that nothing is impossible. (Rated PG, 113 min.)
February 6 - Spotlight (2015)
The gripping true story about the Pulitzer Prizewinning investigation that uncovered a scandal which
rocked one of the world’s oldest and most trusted
institutions. Delving into allegations of child abuse
within the local Catholic Archdiocese, a tenacious
team of Boston Globe reporters exposes a decadeslong cover-up that reaches the highest levels of
Boston’s
religious,
legal,
and
government
establishment. (Rated R, 128 min.)
February 13 - Born To Be Blue (2016)
A re-imaging of jazz legend Chet Baker’s musical
comeback in the late ‘60s. Ethan Hawke lights up the
screen as jazz legend and icon of cool, Chet Baker,
whose comeback from heroin addiction is thrillingly
told with wit, verve, and style to burn. With actors
Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, and Callum Keith
Rennie. (Rated R, 97 min.)
February 20 - No program
Presidents’ Day holiday
President’s Message
Happy New Year! We have quite a variety of
programs and movies planned for the coming months.
This month’s program about the Michigan Women’s
Hall of Fame should be very interesting. Come to the
used book sale on February 1 and select some new
reading material - the proceeds from the sale provide
the funding for our programming.
Don Valocik
Library News
As always, there is a lot going on at the library.
Check the website at www.dearbornlibrary.org. for a
complete listing.
New library hours in effect January 1, 2017
Bryant Branch and Esper Branch new hours will be
Monday and Tuesday, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.;
Wednesday and Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.;
Friday - closed; and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The Henry Ford Centennial Library new hours will
be Monday to Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.;
Friday and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and
Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Closed Sundays
in June, July and August.)
Winter Reading Program
January 17, 2017 to February 26, 2017
Adults, 18 and over, may register online for adult
winter reading by visiting www.dearbornlibrary.org
with their Dearborn Public Library card. Each week,
record your hours read and/or an event attended and
earn a chance to win a gift card to Barnes and Noble
for what else, books! Some of the program offerings
for Winter Reading include (all programs held at
Henry Ford Centennial Library):
Wednesday, February 1st - 6:30 p.m.
Get Your Garden in Shape - An expert from English
Gardens will be here to tell you what you can do
during the winter to keep your garden growing in the
spring and summer.
Wednesday, February 8th - 6:30 p.m.
The Detroit Institute of Arts - A docent from the Art
Institute will be here to talk about the diversity,
quality and the world-class status of the Museum’s
collection.
Wednesday, February 15th - 6:30 p.m.
Metro Detroit Travel - Michael O’Callaghan, Chief
Operating Officer of the Metro Detroit Convention
and Visitors Bureau, will be here to talk about all the
exciting tourist destinations that the Southeast
Michigan area has to offer.
Whatever happened to Idlewild?
Thursday, January 26 - 6:30 p.m.
View a documentary film by Coy Davis, Jr. about
Idlewild, Michigan, which was once a thriving
community steeped in African American culture and
entertainment. Afterward, the filmmaker will be on
hand for a question and answer session.
Editor - Jane Scoboria
Contributors: Laura Litterio, Don Valocik,
Pat Bill, Julie Schaefer
Printed by C&A Printers
Mailed by FOLD Volunteers
Phone - 313-943-2023
History of
Michigan Women’s
Hall of Fame
Presented by
Special Guest Speaker :
Dr. Caitlyn Perry Dial
Interim Executive Director
Tuesday
February 7
7:00 p.m.
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Henry Ford Centennial Library Auditorium
16301 Michigan Ave.
Dearborn, MI 48126
313-943-2330 / dearbornlibrary.org
Our program is free and presented as a
community service.
Light refreshments will be served in the rotunda
following the program.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1
9:30 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M.
NEWLY STOCKED
FICTION
HENRY FORD CENTENNIAL LIBRARY
16301 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn
FOR AGES 2-22!
2017
All sale proceeds benefit Dearborn Public Library.