Tri-ARTs Calendar

Humanity for Prisoners, Fr. Greg Boyle
2017-10-12 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit) | Lakeshore Middle School, 900 Cutler, Grand Haven
The Bookman is proud to continue our support for Humanity for Prisoners. HFP welcomes Fr. Greg Boyle, Tattos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion to Lakeshore Middle School.

Kekla Magoon, X: A Novel at Loutit District Library
2017-10-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
The Bookman supports Loutit District Library as we welcome Kekla Magoon, co-author of X: A Novel. Presented by The Great Michigan Read, Michigan Humanities Council
The Ebony Road Players will present excerpts from “The Meeting” at the event.

Kekla Magoon at The Bookman
2017-10-11 16:30 - 17:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Meet Author Kekla Magoon at the Bookman!
Co-Author of “X: A Novel” stops by the book store for a brief visit.
Come check out the 2017-2018 Great Michigan Read and meet the author. She can also sign your book!

Poetry Lives!
2017-10-10 18:30 - 20:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Poetry Lives Poetry Club at The Bookman
Share original or favorite poems. All are invited!

October Curiosities
2017-10-06 17:30 - 20:00 | Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington St., Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Gallery Uptown First Friday, October 6, 2017, 5:30-8:00 pm
Quirky, amusing, amazing works of art that will wonder and delight! Come and enjoy light refreshments and wine, stroll the art work and spend some time pondering our curiosities! ARTISTS: CHIP VANDERWIER, MARIE MARFIA, KRIS CAMPAU, SUZANNE MOYNIHAN, DAVID LANCASHIRE AND RAIN PLATTNER
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Detroit Poet Laureate Naomi Long Madgett to read at Loutit District Library
2017-10-05 19:00 - 20:30 | MI
Detroit Poet Laureate NAOMI LONG MADGETT will come to Grand Haven for a reading at Loutit District Library at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 on LDL’s Upper Level Lobby. She will be joined by Detroit poet Sonya Pouncy, and Grand Rapids pianist Robin Connell. And all of them will be welcomed and introduced by Grand Rapids’ Poet Laureate, Marcel “Fable, the Poet” Price.
The free event is sponsored by Loutit District Library (LDL) and The Bookman, Grand Haven’s independent bookseller. Oct. 5 at 7 p.m.
In addition to appearing at the Library, Madgett, Pouncy, and Connell also will be presenting to students at Grand Haven High School on Friday, October 6 as part of their visit to West Michigan.
Dr. Madgett’s books of poetry include Songs to A Phantom Nightingale (1941), One and the Many (1956), Star by Star (1965) Pink Ladies in the Afternoon (1972), Exits and Entrances (1978), Octavia and Other Poems (1988), Remembrances of Spring (1993), Phantom Nightingale: Juvenilia (1981), Octavia: Guthrie and Beyond (2002), Connected Islands: New and Selected Poems (2004). In addition she has edited any number of collections, perhaps the most notable Adam of Ife: Black Women in Praise of Black Men (2006). Her poems appear in numerous journals and more than 180 anthologies both here and abroad. Several have been set to music. She also has written her autobiography, Pilgrim Journey (2006). As founder and editor of Lotus Press (1972) she has published more than 90 collections, most of them first books for up-and-coming poets.
Dr. Madgett has served as Poet Laureate of the City of Detroit since 2001 and is the recipient of the 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist Award. Among her other honors are an American Book Award, induction into three halls of fame, four honorary degrees, and several lifetime achievement awards. She has recorded some of her poems for inclusion in the collections of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. When William Milliken was elected Governor–and at the request of Helen, his wife–Dr. Madgett wrote a poem for his 1975 inauguration and read it there. As Poet Laureate, she read her poem celebrating the tri-centennial of Detroit and watched it sealed in a time capsule Dec. 31, 2001, to be opened in a hundred years.
She was born was born in Norfolk, Virginia on July 5, 1923, the youngest of three children and only daughter of the Rev. Dr. Clarence Marcellus Long and Maude Hilton Long. Dr. Madgett earned a Master of Arts in English Education from Wayne State University and her Doctorate at Eastern Michigan University. She taught in Detroit Public Schools for 12 years prior to her appointment as Professor of English at Eastern Michigan University, from which she retired in 1984 as Professor of English Emeritus.
In 1993, the national Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award was established to recognize and publish an outstanding manuscript by an African American poet. This annual award continues under the sponsorship of Broadside Lotus Press.
SONYA MARIE POUNCY is a Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop Fellow and holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Central Michigan University. Her work has appeared in Callaloo, Temenos, the Central Review, Aunt Chloe: A Journal of Artful Candor; and Drum Voices Revue; as well as the anthologies Poet in the House; Abandon Automobile; and Eclipsing A Nappy New Millennium. She was a Broadside Press poet-in-residence for the Detroit Public Library and an InsideOut poet-in-residence for the Detroit Public School District. Currently, Sonya is working on a collection of poems about the life of Mrs. Henrietta Lacks, progenitor of the immortal HeLa cell line.
ROBIN CONNELL, originally from Detroit, is the West Michigan Jazz Society’s 2017 Musician of the Year. She follows in the tradition of singer‐pianists Shirley Horn, Diana Krall, and Blossom Dearie, leading her own jazz trio in original arrangements of time-honored jazz standards, such as those heard on her CD, A Beautiful Friendship. Honing her craft for over a decade in New York City, at places such as The Waldorf-Astoria and The Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, she brings the sophistication of The Great American Songbook to life in her own charming and inimitable way.
In 2016, Robin co-produced a concert series, Jazz at The Harris with her trio backing a different artist each week. In addition to leading her own groups, Robin is in demand as first-call pianist.
FABLE THE POET is the author of Adrift in a Sea of M&M’s. He is a bi-racial North American writer, teacher, community activist, performer, motivational speaker, and is the second place winner of The 2016 Missouri Review Audio Poetry Contest. A national touring artist, he is known for his audience interaction. He also is noted for his work with youth. He is an official partner of Mental Health America and has sat on panels across the country.
The evening’s performance will run through 8:30 and is intended to allow the poets/musicians to talk with members of the audience before the library’s 9 p.m. closing time.
For more information, visit the library’s website http://loutitlibrary.org or call 616-842-5560, ext. 212; or visit The Bookman’s website https://bookmanbookstore.indielite.org/ or call 616-846-3520.
Loutit District Library is located at 407 Columbus Avenue in Grand Haven, Michigan. LDL serves 345,187 residents of the City of Grand Haven, the City of Ferrysburg, Grand Haven Charter Township, Robinson Township and that part of Port Sheldon Township in the Grand Haven Area Public School District. LDL offers a collection of over 145,581 items and provides educational, informative, cultural, and recreational programs for all ages. LDL is a member of the Lakeland Library Cooperative.

Categories of Art Savvy
2017-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
It’s Art Walk! Learn about some different ways to view art from Holland-based artist, TJ Aitken. This event takes place at Loutit District Library.

Placing X: A Novel
2017-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Dr. Michelle S. Johnson, “Placing X: A Novel.” This is suggested for background information on the upcoming presentation by Kekla Magoon, co-author of X: A Novel, chosen by the Michigan Humanities Council for the Great Michigan Read. This event takes place at Loutit District Library.

A $500 House in Detroit
2017-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Spring Lake District Library, 123 E. Exchange St., Spring Lake, MI, 49456, United States
Book Signing/Reading. Drew Philip will share his story and book A $500 House in Detroit, Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City. This event takes place a the Spring Lake Public Library (123 E. Exchange St.).

Bookman Book Club
2017-09-27 19:00 - 20:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Discussion of Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly. All are welcome to join the discussion led by Liz Lystra. This event beings at 7pm at The Bookman.

Art Beneath the Bark at Gallery Uptown
2017-09-01 17:30 - 20:00 | Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington St., Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Art Beneath the Bark opens at Gallery Uptown Friday, September 1, 2017.
201 Washington Avenue, Grand Haven, Michigan
Opening Reception: Fri. Sept. 1 , 5:30 pm – 8 pm

It is time for the annual Art Beneath the Bark at Gallery Uptown, a show of cotton fabrics, wood workings, and wooded scenes.
There will be quilts by Lana and Ron Campbell, watercolors of Catherine McClung, wood working and wood turning pieces from Steve Lohr, Doug Brinks, Tom Sampson, Jeff Grill, and Mike McClung. The public is invited to attend this free event. The show runs from August 30 – September 30, 2017.

Bookman Book Club
2017-08-30 19:00 - 20:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
This month we’re reading The Charm Bracelet by Viola Shipman. All are welcome to join in our discussion.

Amy Young! A New Friend for Sparkle!
2017-08-26 10:30 - 11:30 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
On Saturday, August 26, celebrated children’s book author and illustrator, Amy Young, will visit The Bookman from 10:30 to 11:30!
She will read, draw, and chat about her newest book about Sparkle the Unicorn, A New Friend for Sparkle!
Stop into The Bookman to get your copy, and join us when we welcome Amy on August 26!
(Don’t miss this opportunity to meet a real live “unicorn!”)

Kathryn Remlinger Book Launch
2017-08-19 11:00 - 13:00 | MI
Save the date! The Bookman is pleased to host a book release party for Yooper Talk by Kathryn Remlinger!
Join us on Saturday, August 19 from 11:00 to 1:00! Kathryn will present her book, and do a signing.
Yooper Talk is a fresh and significant contribution to understanding regional language and culture in North America. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan–known as “the UP”–is historically, geographically, and culturally distinct. Struggles over land, labor, and language during the last 150 years have shaped the variety of English spoken by resident Yoopers, as well as how they are viewed by outsiders.
Stop into The Bookman and pick up your copy, and be sure to join Kathryn for the signing and talk, which are sure to be interesting and leave you thinking more deeply about our remarkable state.

Not Your Mom's Bookclub
2017-08-15 19:00 - 20:00 | MI
Bring your own book—Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Love to read? Tell others what you’re reading? Swap stories and books with friends? How about with strangers? We’re celebrating the release of How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry and celebrating love of reading!
Come join us at The Bookman’s first ever Meet Up! Bring your own book to gush about, exchange it with someone else and make some connections with like-minded people.
We’ll have door prizes and light refreshments. The event is free to attend!
A portion of the proceeds of the entire day’s sales will benefit R.E.A.D. (Reading Enables Adult Development), so you can have fun and help others all at once!

Poetry Lives
2017-08-08 18:30 - 20:00 | The Bookman, 715 Washington, Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Poetry Lives at The Bookman. If you enjoy poetry, whether or not you also write, YOU ARE INVITED.
We are a small group of gentle folk and enjoy sharing original poems as well as our favorites.

Literary Luncheon
2017-08-07 11:30 - 13:00 | MI
On Monday, August 7, from 11:30 to 1:00, The Bookman is hosting a Literary Luncheon at The Momentum Center!
Prepare to enjoy a wonderful meal provided by Anything Goes Catering while you meet and chat with “local authors”!

Melanie Hooyenga
Suzanne (Borsum) Kamata
Tricia McDonald
Jacquelyn Vincenta
Margaret Willey

Only $14! Sign-up in the store, as seating is limited!

Woodchopper's Ball at Baker Lumber to benefit the Salvation Army
2017-07-13 17:45 - 21:00 | MI
D. Baker & Son Lumber Company Partners with The Salvation Army of Grand Haven for Woodchopper’s Ball dance fundraiser
Two local institutions, D. Baker and Son Lumber Company and The Salvation Army of Grand Haven are teaming up for a big-band benefit dance to help raise funds for The Salvation Army’s $1.1 million Capital Campaign to expand its current facility.
On Thursday, July 13 D. Baker and Son Lumber Company, located at 720 Pennoyer Avenue, will serve as host to The Woodchopper’s Ball. “We have raised about $770,000 of our goal,” states Captain Jay Davis. “We have approximately $330,000 left to raise and we are hoping The Woodchopper’s Ball will help us to raise some of those remaining funds.”
The July 13 evening will begin at 5:45 p.m. with an hour of music provided by The Heritage Hill String Quartet.
Dancing will be from 7:00-9:00 p.m. and will feature the music of The Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Bob Nixon. While the GRJO is a contemporary big band, for this event it will be playing from its dance book, to include tunes that are well known and long appreciated.
Tickets for the event are available now online at www.sagrandhaven.org and also will be available at the door. Tickets are $25 per person and $15 per person for high school and college students. There will be light refreshments provided.
A dance at the D. Baker and Son lumberyard is more than appropriate and it all goes back musically to the late Doug Baker, both a lumberman and a professional sax player.
“Doug was a great talent and plenty good enough to have earned his living as a musician in any major market,” said event co-organizer David Schock, who had plenty of opportunities to play with the elder Baker. “And he chose to play as a serious avocation and work in the family business. I think it was he who—in honor of the legendary Woody Herman tune ‘Woodchopper’s Ball’—dubbed his lumberyard the ‘Home of the Woodchopper.’ And now this event brings it all together again, maybe even as he intended.”
Nada Edson (née Baker) co-owns the lumberyard with her uncle, Bruce Baker. She is one of three fifth-generation descendants who now work at the lumberyard. “Gramps and Grama instilled a sense of community, goodwill, appreciation of music and all other arts that runs deep through our entire family,” she said. “We are proud to be Bakers and to be able to support the community and the Salvation Army by hosting The Woodchopper’s Ball. I think my grandparents, great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents would be happy with us!”
The lumberyard is no stranger to community events. There have been a series of “pop up” arts shows, Art at the Yard, to benefit not only art lovers and local artists but also the Grand Haven Schools Foundation.
The Salvation Army of Grand Haven is in the midst of a $1.1 million Capital Campaign to raise funds to expand its current facility. The expanded facility will include a new multi-purpose room, three classrooms, kitchen, restrooms, office and storage space. “We are so thankful for how the community has supported us so far during this campaign,” stated Captain Sally Davis. “Our hope is this building expansion will allow us to have the space to continue to provide current and new programs and services to this community like we have done for the last 90 years.”
Along with D. Baker and Lumber Company, The Salvation Army of Grand Haven is grateful for D&W Fresh Market, Dessert by Design, and Christian Haven Independent and Assisted Living Center for their support of this event.

July 2017 Show "Musings in Paint and Stone" opens at Gallery Uptown Friday, July 7
2017-07-07 08:00 - 2017-08-06 17:00 | Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington St., Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
Reception at Gallery Uptown Friday, July 7, 2017 5:30-8:00pm

“Musings in Paint and Stone” opens at Gallery Uptown Friday, July 7, 2017 from 5:30-8pm. Enjoy wine and horse d’oeuvres as artists Maggie Bandstra, Marlan Cotner, Jackie Helder and Brian Meuser talk about their work.
The public is invited to attend this free event. The show runs from July 1 – 31, 2017.

Painting by Brian Meuser

Painting by Brian Meuser

Painting by Brian Meuser

Painting by Marlan Cotner

Painting by Marlan Cotner

Painting by Maggie Bandstra

Jewelry by Jackie Helder

INTIMATELY PUBLIC Friday, June 2 Gallery Uptown
2017-06-02 17:30 - 20:00 | Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington St., Grand Haven, MI, 49417, United States
“INTIMATELY PUBLIC” Opening Art Reception
When: Friday, June 2, 2017, 5:30 -8:00pm
Gallery talk at 7:00 pm

Where: Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington St,
Grand Haven, MI. 616-846-5460
Please join us on the first Friday of June, June 2nd, for the opening of this exhibit of recent works by featured artists:
Margaret Benefiel, Adam Dahlstrom, Jan McLaughlin, and Sandy Meyer. Come and enjoy seeing more than 40 works recently created.
Ask questions of the artists, they love to talk about the struggles to get to the finished work of art. Open to the public. This is a free event.

"Inspired" May 5 Opening at Gallery Uptown
2017-05-05 17:30 - 20:00 | MI
“Inspired” opens at Gallery Uptown Friday, May 5, 2017 from 5:30-8pm. Enjoy wine and horse d’oeuvre as artists Laura Whitesides Host, Mary Lanka, Helen Percy Lystra, Colleen Rockey and Glenda VanRaalte speak about what inspires their work.
The public is invited to attend this free event. The show runs from May 5 through May 27, 2017.
The Gallery Uptown is located at 201 Washington Ave. in downtown Grand Haven. Gallery hours are 10am – 6pm, Monday through Saturday. For more information about Gallery Uptown, the show, or the artists:
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or call us at 616-846- 5460.

Poetic Voices of Detroit
2017-04-28 12:30 | Spring Lake District Library, 123 E. Exchange St., Spring Lake, MI, 49456, United States

Poetic Voices of Detroit
2017-04-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, 49417, United States
Loutit District Library, The Bookman, C3 – West Michigan’s Inclusive Spiritual Connection, and Spring Lake District Library are excited to present “Poetic Voices Of Detroit.” This special event will feature two public readings by award winning Detroit based poets Nandi Comer, Sonya Marie Pouncy, and Willie Williams.
NANDI COMER received a joint MFA/MA in Poetry and African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University. She has received fellowships from the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, Cave Canem, Vermont Studio Center, and Virginia Center for the Arts. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in To Light a Fire: 20 Years with the InsideOut Literary Arts Project, Detroit Anthology, Crab Orchard Review, Green Mountains Review, Pluck!, Prairie Schooner, and Southern Indiana Review. She is a recipient of a 2016 Write A House Permanent Residency in Detroit award. Nandi will read from her forthcoming chapbook American Family: A Syndrome a series of poems that examines the history of race, mental and physical illness in America. Through clinical descriptions some of the poems highlight the disturbing reality of race as a social construct while lyrical work seeks to unearth the complexities illness and treatment.
SONYA MARIE POUNCY is a Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop Fellow and holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Central Michigan University. Her work has appeared in Callaloo, Temenos, the Central Review, Aunt Chloe: A Journal of Artful Candor; and Drum Voices Revue; as well as the anthologies Poet in the House; Abandon Automobile; and Eclipsing A Nappy New Millennium. She was a Broadside Press poet-in-residence for the Detroit Public Library and an InsideOut poet-in-residence for the Detroit Public School District. Currently, Sonya is working on a collection of poems about the life of Mrs. Henrietta Lacks, progenitor of the immortal HeLa cell line. She will read from this work in progress.
WILLIE WILLIAMS has served as a Broadside Press poet-in-residence at the Jefferson and Chandler Park branches of the Detroit Public Library and is a former director of the Broadside Press Poets’ Theater. His poetry has appeared in various anthologies including HIPology, Poet in the House, and Abandon Automobile. New work from Mr. Williams is forthcoming in the much anticipated Heaven Was Detroit. Willie is also an editor, a photographer and a life-long Detroiter. In honor of National Poetry Month, Willie will read from his developing collection of poems about women poets who have inspired him over the years.
The three visiting poets will offer a public reading at Loutit District Library at 7:00pm on Thursday, April 27th. On Friday, April 28th, they will visit Reeths Puffer Schools for an event with students, followed by a lunchtime public reading at Spring Lake District Library at 12:30pm the same afternoon. The two library events are free and open to everyone.
For more information please call Loutit District Library, The Bookman, C3 – West Michigan’s Inclusive Spiritual Connection, or Spring Lake District Library or visit their websites.

Southwest Michigan Printmakers Exhibit at Gallery Uptown Friday, April 7
2017-04-07 17:30 - 20:00 | MI
Southwest Michigan Printmakers will present an exhibit of diverse printmaking techniques, including relief, intaglio, screen printing, and lithography. The exhibit will include work on the theme of TEN and additional new work created by this diverse group of artist printmakers dedicated to the creation of handmade and fine art prints.

An opening reception for the show will be Friday, April 7 from 5:30 – 8:00pm. The artists
will be on hand for the event and will speak about their work at 7pm. The public
is invited to attend this free event; wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
The Gallery Uptown is located at 201 Washington Ave. in downtown Grand
Haven. Gallery hours are 10am – 6pm, Monday through Saturday. For more
information about Gallery Uptown, the show, or the artists, please visit the gallery
website at http://www.galleryuptown.net, find us on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/galleryuptown, follow us on Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/galleryuptown or call us at 616-846- 5460.

FOOTPRINTS: NATIVE AMERICANS OF WEST MICHIGAN WITH DR. WALLY EWING
2017-03-09 19:00 - 20:30 | MI
The Indians whose presence shaped the history of Western Michigan are marginally represented in books and articles about the past, if they are mentioned at all. Dr. Wally Ewing’s presentation, Footprints, attempts to correct that omission by telling the stories of individual Native Americans who once walked the Grand River Valley, Lake Michigan’s wooded dunes, and the land between. Included are the chiefs, their tribal members, those who claimed both Native American and European descent, and a few of the Whites who played critical roles, for better or worse, as they interacted with Indians in the early years of settlement.
