DALNET @ MLA, November 4-5

 

Visit DALNET at the MLA Annual Conference, Booth #322

 Learn more about the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET), pick up your free DALNET reusable eco-tote, and enter to win one of five free 8 GB USB drives.

                                                     

    

September 1, 1939 Commemoration

From http://www.polishmission.com/ :

The Polish Mission at Orchard Lake Schools, SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary & Michigan Polonia present

IT ALL BEGAN IN POLAND
September 1, 1939
COMMEMORATION
September 1, 5-6 2009

HONORING
Polish Veterans, Polish-American Veterans, United States Veterans, Holocaust  Survivors, Children In Exile, Displaced Persons

You are invited to participate in our weekend event designed to commemorate those who witnessed World War II in Poland. We want the community at large to know of Poland’s suffering and strength during WWII. Please, tell us your stories and submit the names of those who should be honored.

Schedule
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
6:00 PM      Sunset Wypominki & Candle Service at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes,
Mass follows in the Shrine Chapel   

Saturday, September 5, 2009
10:00 – 11:30         Reunion with Sybiracy – Polish Refugees
Anthony Walawender MA, speaks of his personal experience as a “Chlopcy z Polski”; Photo history of the Sybiracy experiences and the launch of the oral history website; Selected Interviews with Survivors of German work camps; Poet John Guzlowski PhD  reads his poetry

11:30 – 12:15       Lunch   

12:15 – 2:15        Opening of the Art Exhibition
Peggy Grant, BFA presents the History and Symbolism of Artist Adam Grochowski; Cecile Wendt Jensen, MA presents the History and Symbolism of Artist Jan Komski; Polish Photographer  Marcin Chumiecki speaks about his Assignment Auschwitz Portfolio

2:15 – 2:30            Break                   

2:30 – 3:30            Guy Stern PhD, Director of the Holocaust Museum and Director of the International Institute of Righteous pays tribute to the Polish Catholics who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II and Sue Krolikowski PhD pays tribute to the Polish Catholic nuns who sheltered Jewish children.

3:30 – 3:45           Break

3:45 – 4:45           Poet John Guzlowski PhD discusses his work “ Lightening and Ashes”  and “Third Winter of War: Buchenwald”

7:00                   Polish Evening Concert in the Shrine Chapel with Curtis Posuniak, organist at St. Patrick Church in Carleton, Michigan.

Sunday, September 6, 2009
1:00 -  2:00           Mass at the Shrine Chapel to honor the Polish Army Veterans and Camp  Survivors           

2:00 – 3:00           The Filarets Chorus, led by David Troiano, presents a repertory of patriotic and military songs for the Veterans

3:00 – 3:15            Group Photo of Veterans                            

3:15 – 4:15            William Krul, President, Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan, outlines the required governmental steps he took to obtain the proper military  recognition for his father William Krul, Sr. who died in combat during WWII.

4:15 – 4:30         Break

4:30 – 5:30         Hands on training to retrieve U.S. military, refugee, and naturalization documents via the ancestry.com database and documents via the Kresy-Siberia website.  Adam Cardinal Maida Library

September 5 – 6, 2009
We are honored to have Mr. Zygmunt Matynia, Consul General of the Republic of Poland (Chicago) join us for the events on Saturday and Sunday.  Throughout the weekend there will be ongoing activities including:   Batilion Burza a living history re-enactment group of Polish & American military men and women, Assembling a Time Capsule – Collection of WWII and commemoration materials to be opened in 2039, the Time Capsule will be registered with the Smithsonian Institute.  Personalization of  Pewabic Memorial Tiles with signatures of Polish Veterans and Displaced Persons, and Księga Pamiątkowa – Guest Book Signing.

The Polish Mission
3535 Indian Trail Rd.
Orchard Lake, Michigan 48324

This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Orchard Lake Fine Arts Show, July 25-26

Visit the Orchard Lake Fine Art Show this weekend at St. Mary’s Schools!

July 24 – 26, 2009 – Orchard Lake, MI
Friday 6pm – 9pm Ticketed Artist Pre-Party
Saturday 10am – 7pm
Sunday 10am – 5pm

http://www.hotworks.org/orchardlakefineartshow/index.php

Visit the DIA for free!

On Sunday, July 19, 2009, general admission to the Detroit Institute of Arts is free. 

It is Target Free Family Sunday! 

 http://www.dia.org/calendar/friday_nights/item.asp?webitemid=1919

Free Admission to Detroit Historical Museum during July

During the month of July 2009, admission to the Detroit Historical Museum is FREE thanks to PVS Chemicals.

Hours to the Museum are Wed. – Fri. 9:30 AM to 3 PM, Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM, and Sunday 12 PM to 5 PM.

For more details:  http://detroithistorical.org/main/dhm/hours.aspx

In addition, celebrate Detroit’s 308th birthday at the museum on Sunday July 26th from 1 to 4 PM.  Admission to this event is also free (and there will be cake)!

Visit http://detroithistorical.org/main/calendar_item.aspx?ID=116 for more event details.

Global Women’s Conference at WCCCD

Wayne County Community College District’s Northwest Campus will be hosting A Global Women’s Conference on Saturday July 11, 2009.   The time will be 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at 8200 W. Outer Drive, Detroit, MI 48219.  The event is free and open to the public.

“The Global Women’s Conference will be a full day of speakers, panels, and presenters who address issues currently facing women of all cultures and ethnicities. It provides educators, students, and health service providers with best practices for interfacing with women’s global issues in the areas of health, education, socio-economics and youth development. Participants will also learn about IT Career Opportunities (bring resumes), Speed Networking, interviewing and much more.” (from the event flyer)

Click here for more information.

Free Admissions around Detroit

Museums on us© from Bank of America

Present your ID and a Bank of America ATM, credit, or check card at participating museums on the first full weekend of every month and your admission is free!

In the Detroit area, participating museums are:

• The Henry Ford (no Sundays)
• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (no Sundays)
• Motown Museum (closed Sundays)
• Detroit Science Center

For more information and a calendar, go to http://museums.bankofamerica.com.

Target sponsored events

• The Henry Ford – Free admission and parking on Labor Day 2009 (Monday, September 7)
• Arab American National Museum –Free admission every Sunday
• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History – Free admission every first Sunday. For dates, click here.

Museum Adventure Pass

Don’t forget the Museum Adventure Pass available for check out at local libraries (a list of participating libraries is here).

Guidelines from the Museum Adventure Pass website:

“Check out a Museum Adventure Pass using your valid library card at any library location. Libraries have a limited number of passes for each participating organization. Passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be reserved, renewed or requested through interlibrary loan. One Museum Adventure Pass may be checked out per person, per loan period. The loan period is SEVEN DAYS. Up to two or four people may be admitted on each pass. (See the list for which organizations admit 2 and which admit 4.) Choose the museum you would like to visit and bring the card for that museum to the circulation desk. The library will give you a date-due slip that admits you into the museum through the date printed on the slip. After this date, the pass expires. You do not need to return it to your library.”

Others

• Detroit Institute of Arts - free admission on Fridays for Detroit residents
• Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Belle Isle – admission is always free; donations accepted
• Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit – free admission unless otherwise indicated
• Detroit Children’s Museum – general admission is free
• Dearborn Historical Museum – admission is always free; donations accepted
• River Raisin Battlefield
• Holocaust Memorial Center – free admission; donations appreciated

UM-Dearborn Second Life Conference

The University of Michigan-Dearborn will be hosting a one day conference titled “Using the Virtual World to Improve Our World: A Conference on the Use of Virtual Environments and Social Networking to Effect Societal Change” on Wednesday June 3, 2009. Registration will be at 9:00 AM. Catered lunch will be at 12:00 PM and closing remarks will be at 3:15 PM. The conference will take place at the University of Michigan – Dearborn, Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems, 1101 Borg Warner Auditorium, 4901 Evergreen Rd., Dearborn, MI.

There is no cost to attend the conference either in person at UMD or online via Second Life. RSVP to Deborah Knight-Stark by May 28th.

Conference overview: “Inspired and sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund’s College Community Challenge project, the University of Michigan-Dearborn is proud to host a conference dedicated to examining the issues and opportunities that technology in general and virtual environments in particular provide for addressing pressing social needs. This conference will include presenters from industry, non-profits, government, and universities who are using various forms of technology to change society. This forum and discussion will provide for the exchange of best practices and innovative ideas that can accelerate the pace of change.” 

For more information, visit http://groups.engin.umd.umich.edu/hpceep/slc/FMC3flyer.htm.

Michigan Information Literacy Initiative

The Michigan Information Literacy Initiative (MILI) workshop will take place Friday, June 19, 2009 from 9 AM to 4 PM at Oakland Community College’s Orchard Ridge Campus (27055 Orchard Lake Rd., Farmington Hills, MI).

At the workshop, you will learn to improve library/faculty collaboration, “preplan talking points, identify prime opportunities to engage, and pinpoint library champions, all to better promote library instruction and better serve your customers.”  

The agenda will include a panel discussion on teacher/librarian collaboration and three breakout sessions titled “Information Literacy Assessment and the First-Year Experience,” “Elevator Chat: Promoting Information Literacy and Library Instruction in 5, 10, or 15 Minutes” (Caryn Noel, Library Director, Adam Cardinal Maida Alumni Library, Orchard Lake Schools and DALNET Board Member will be participating in this session), and “Insight into a Successful Librarian-Faculty Collaboration.”

Registration is $85 for members and $170 for nonmembers.  Register at http://www.mla.lib.mi.us.

Fr. Jan Liesen at Adam Cardinal Maida Alumni Library

The Adam Cardinal Maida Alumni Library in Orchard Lake will be hosting a presentation in the St. Paul series titled St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans.  It will take place on April 27, 2009 at 7 PM.  The presenter will be Fr. Jan Liesen, Librarian, Professor of New Testament Exegesis, Professor of Biblical Theology, and Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Seminaire Rolduc in Kerkrade, Netherlands and also author of many books and articles on the deuterocanonical book Sirach.  The Adam Cardinal Maida Alumni Library is located at 3535 Indian Trail, Orchard Lake, MI. For driving directions and Dr. Liesen’s biography, click here.