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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Bring puppets into your
library in a whole new way. Based on techniques developed by the folks behind
the production of <i>War Horse, </i>you’ll
use big pieces of newsprint to create a low-fi version of traditional <i>bunraku </i>puppets. In <i>bunraku, </i>puppets are essentially life-sized creatures controlled
with a team of visible operators, not string. Learn to make them “breathe,”
move, and come to life. We’ll also explore a smaller, tabletop version. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Join us for a free workshop
on <b>Wednesday, May 31, from 10am - noon at North Quad on the University
of Michigan campus </b>and see how these super-simple materials can create
surprisingly lifelike motion!</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial">We’ll
even send you back to your library with as much newsprint as you like so you’ll
be ready-to-go with your next program.<span></span></span></p>

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here to see a sample tabletop puppet video.</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="https://youtu.be/vXT3gPef8zo?t=2m37s">Click here to see how simple
techniques can animate life-sized paper puppets.</a><span></span></span></p>

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up soon:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><div><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></div>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial">June 6 - U-M campus - Google Cardboard - virtual reality for under $10!</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Wish you could stand under the Eiffel tower and look around but can’t afford
the ticket to France? Instead, why not go there via Virtual Reality? All you
need is a $10 cardboard box fitted with lenses and your smartphone (headphones suggested).
The first 20 who register by 6/1 will leave the workshop with a Google Cardboard viewer for their library!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></p>

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you know that some of the largest thrift stores in the U.S. are right in suburban
Detroit? They’re bursting at the seams, often offering their secondhand
clothing for as little as 99 cents after a few weeks lingering on the rack.
Turn those low-cost secondhand finds into new creations for less than the cost
of a trip to the fabric store. Sewing is one of the hottest programs in many
public libraries! Registration here.<span></span></span></p>

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a full schedule of our summer workshops throughout Michigan, <a href="http://makinginmichiganlibraries.eventbrite.com/">visit our Eventbrite page</a>. We'll be in Niles (near the
Indiana border), Marquette (Upper Peninsula), Frankenmuth (mid-Michigan),
Benzonia (near Traverse City), Houghton Lake (mid-Michigan), Alpena (Northeast
Lower Peninsula), Ann Arbor (Southeastern Michigan, and Coopersville (near
Grand Rapids).<span></span></span></p>

<div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kristin Fontichiaro<br>University of Michigan School of Information<br>4427 North Quad<br>105 S. State St.<br>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">734.647.3593</span><br><a href="http://fontichiaro.com/activelearning" target="_blank">Blog</a> | <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/selfsched?sstoken=UUFHX1E5cXRtYUVQfGRlZmF1bHR8YmY3NDdlYzA4ZDM2MjFmMzAzMDM2OTA3NGM3NjliMzQ" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Book an Appointment (school year only) </a></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Projects:</b></div><div><a href="http://michiganmakers.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Michigan Makers</a> | <a href="http://makinglibraries.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Making in Michigan Libraries</a> </div><div><a href="http://dataliteracy.si.umich.edu" target="_blank">Data Literacy in High School</a> | <a href="http://ai.umich.edu/portfolio/public-library-management/" target="_blank">Public Library Management MOOC</a><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div>
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