Archive for the ‘Library Events’ Category

Michigan Notable Books 2011

April 27, 2011
Lord of Misrule

Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon

Find this year’s Michigan Notable Books at Baldwin! Click here to get our Michigan Notable Books booklist to see the titles and get descriptions.

For more information on the Michigan Notable Books program, click here.

You’ll note that our recent guest, Heather Sellers, is included on this list for her book You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know: A True Story of Family, Face-Blindness, and Forgiveness. To watch a video of her presentation click here.

Hampton Sides at the Baldwin Public Library

June 22, 2010

Last week Hampton Sides, author of “Hellhound on His Trail”, stopped by the library to give a reading and answer questions. You can watch the program here.

You can also listen to a podcast here.

Hampton Sides at Baldwin

Hampton Sides at Baldwin (photo by Carroll DeWeese)

Baldwin in the Beverly Hills Memorial Day Parade

June 2, 2010

Baldwin participated in this year’s Memorial Day Parade in Beverly Hills. Check out some of the photos that we took!

Beverly Hills Memorial Day Parade

Baldwin Lovers in the Memorial Day Parade

And, in case you missed it, check out our photos from the Celebrate Birmingham parade as well!

Scott Turow in Birmingham

April 16, 2010

Did you miss Scott Turow when he spoke at The Community House as a part of this year’s Everyone’s Reading?

Scott Turow

Scott Turow poses with Doug Koschik, Library Director, and Sarah Ormond, Adult Services Librarian

Don’t worry, we’ve put it online for you! Check it out here: Baldwin on Vimeo

You can also listen to the podcast here.

Kevin Kammeraad at the Baldwin Public Library

April 16, 2010

Watch Kevin Kammeraad do a plug for his book The Tomato Collection.

Don’t want to watch? Listen in with our podcast of the event.

You can also watch his full visit here: Baldwin on Vimeo

Travelin’ Man: On the Road and Behind the Scenes with Bob Seger

November 17, 2009

On November 17, Tom Weschler and Gary Graff, authors of Travelin’ Man: On the Road and Behind the Scenes with Bob Seger stopped by the Baldwin Public Library.

Gary Graff and Tom Weschler

Gary Graff and Tom Weschler

You can watch their presentation here or you can listen to the podcast here.

The New Deal Debate

October 20, 2009

Was FDR’s enormous public works program a boom for the country or a bust? Detroit journalist and professor Jack Lessenberry and Hillsdale College professor Burton Folsom debated this very question.

You can watch the video here or listen to a podcast of the event.