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Tuesday, 3/2 @ 11 am: Grandfather's Journey Story Time. Bayport Public Library, Bayport. Free.
Tuesday, 3/2 @ 3:30: Community book discussion of The Latehomecommer. Join in a conversation about the book and theme of "Welcome Home." Sylvan Learning Center, Hudson. Free.
Tuesday, 3/2 @ 6 pm: Meet author Kao Kalia Yang. Book discussion & signing. A story time for young readers will be held. E.P. Rock Elementary, Hudson, WI. Free.
Wednesday, 3/3 @ 11:15 am: Welcome Home Story Time featuring Grandfather's Journey. Hudson Area Join Library, Hudson. Free.
Thursday, 3/4 @ 6:30 pm: "Hmong Traditions: Storytelling Through the Arts." Choir performance, art, and traditional clothing of the Hmong culture. Boutwells Landing, Oak Park Heights. Free.
Thursday, 3/4 @ 11:15 am and 1 pm: Welcome Home Story Time featuring Grandfather's Journey. Hudson Area Join Library, Hudson. Free.
Friday, 3/5 @ 6:30 pm: PJ story time featuring Grandfather's Journey: The Valley Bookseller, Stillwater. Free.
Saturday, 3/6 @ 1 pm: Intergenerational Discussion. Group discussion of The Latehomecommer, Weeping Under This Same Moon and Grandfather's Journey. The Phipps Center
for the Arts, Hudson. Free.
Wednesday, 3/10 @ 6- 8 pm: Community discussion of The Latehomecommer and Hmong art. Join in the conversation of home, immigration, belonging and family. A special discussion will take place around traditional Hmong art featuring Hudson Hospital & Clinics recent exhibit addition of paj ntaub (pronounced pan dow) or flower cloth artwork by award-winning artist Xao Yang Lee. Registration is recommended, but not required. Call (715) 531-6070 to register. Hudson Hospital, Hudson. Free.
Thursday, 3/11 @ 7 pm: Welcome Home. Join authors Yang & Laiz in a discussion of writing, immigration and
home. Hmong cultural group dance performances, music and Hmong food to sample. Boutwells Landing. Tickets $10.
Friday, 3/12 @ 6 pm - 8 pm: Reception for the Welcome Home gallery show featuring work by regional artists that explore immigration and resettlement. Join the artists and author Jana Laiz while taking in the new visual arts show. The St. Croix Galleries at ArtReach, Stillwater. Free.
Saturday, 3/13 @ 11:30: Teen book discussion with author Jana Laiz of her book, Weeping Under This Same Moon. Stillwater Public Library, Stillwater. Free.
Thursday, 3/18 @ 6 pm: Meet author Jana Laiz. Jana will be available to sign her book, Weeping Under This Same Moon. The Valley Bookseller, Stillwater. Free.
Thursday, 3/18 @ 6:30: The Valley Bookseller's Thursday Evening Book club meets to discuss The Latehomecommer. Free and open to the public. Join in the conversation! All are welcome. The group will be meeting at ArtReach in the St. Croix Galleries. ArtReach, Stillwater.
Event locations are accessible. For addresses, please visit the LOCATIONS page.
View all the Valley Reads 2010 photos here.
Partners: ArtReach Alliance, Back to Books, Bayport Public Library, Boutwells Landing, Hudson Area Joint Library, Hudson School District, The Phipps Center for the Arts, River Falls Public Library, Stillwater Area Public Schools Community Education, Stillwater Public Library, and The Valley Bookseller
2010 Sponsors:Hugh J. Andersen Foundation, Hudson Rotary, Windows of Stillwater program of ArtReach, Minnesota Council of Teachers of English, MinuteMan Press (Hudson), Back to Books, The Foundation for Bayport Public Library, Friends @ Stillwater Public Library and Sylvan Learning Center Hudson.
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