<div dir="ltr">Hi all, <div><br></div><div>Here is information about The Big Read Keynote Lecture:</div><div><b style="text-indent:0.5in"><br></b></div><div><b style="text-indent:0.5in">Darwinian Issues
in <i>The Call of the Wild</i></b></div><div><span style="text-indent:0.5in">Henry Ford
Centennial Library Auditorium</span></div><div><span style="text-indent:0.5in">16301 Michigan Ave., Dearborn</span></div><div><span style="text-indent:0.5in">Tuesday, March 18,
2014, 7 – 8 pm</span></div><div><br></div><div>London devoted his whole career to
grappling with the implications of Darwinian thought. Join us for this lecture
presented by Dr. Lawrence I. Berkove, a University of Michigan-Dearborn
emeritus professor and internationally recognized authority on Jack London. </div><div><br></div><div>Visit <a href="http://bigreaddearborn.org">bigreaddearborn.org</a> for a list of over 35 "Call of the Wild" events, most of which are for ALL AGES. (The ones that aren't for all ages are for teens.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Do You Hear the Call? </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div><br></div><div>Henry</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Henry Fischer</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Adult Services Librarian</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Dearborn Public Library </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">16301
Michigan Ave.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Dearborn, MI 48126 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">(313) 943-2341 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:hfischer@ci.dearborn.mi.us">hfischer@ci.dearborn.mi.us</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">The Big Read is coming to Dearborn! Do you hear the Call?
Fun-filled activities and events centered on Jack London’s <i>The Call of the Wild</i> will take place in and around Dearborn in
March through May 2014. The adventure – <i>Call
of the Wild: EmBARKING on Discovery – </i>begins with a BIG kickoff free and
open to the public at The Henry Ford in Anderson Theater on Saturday, March 8,
2014, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.: <a href="http://www.thehenryford.org/events/thebigread.aspx">http://www.thehenryford.org/events/thebigread.aspx</a>.
Sign up for email updates at <a href="http://www.bigreaddearborn.org/">www.bigreaddearborn.org</a>!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)">Then
we have the Keynote Lecture:<i> Darwinian Issues in The Call of the Wild </i>on
Tuesday, March 18, 7-8 pm in the auditorium at </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)">Henry Ford Centennial
Library<i>. </i>London devoted his whole career to grappling with the
implications of Darwinian thought. Join us for this lecture presented by
Dr. Lawrence I. Berkove, an
internationally recognized authority on Jack London. <i></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Another date to save is Saturday, April 26, 1-3 p.m. That’s when
George Guidall, renowned actor and audiobook narrator, will give a presentation
on “The Art and Artifice of Audiobook Narration,” and he will do a dramatic
reading from <i>The Call of the Wild</i>.
This event will take place in the auditorium at Henry Ford Centennial Library. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">The Big
Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with
Arts Midwest. The program is designed to revitalize the role of literature in
American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and
enlightenment.</span></i></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"></p></div></div>