ADULTSUMMER EVENTSCALENDAR 2013

ART ENCOUNTERS: A FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, ART DEMONSTRATIONS, AND INTERACTIVE ART AND CRAFTS FOR ALL AGESSaturday, August 10th • 1:00 -3:00 PMLocations: Portage Senior Center & Portage District Library

At the Portage Senior Center you may create your own sundae while listening to tunes by the Portage Senior Band and Golden Rods, a high school blues and rock band, then learn the basics from local artisans from knitters to wood carvers. The events culminate at Portage District Library with music from local musicians ranging from blues to bluegrass, Celtic tunes to rock and roll. Librarians, teachers from Soga Japan Center, the Modern Chinese School of Kalamazoo and members of the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center will provide interactive art for all ages. Members of the Chinese Ladies Art Club will host an art exhibit and artist demonstrations featuring traditional Chinese art. These events are free and are sponsored by the Portage Summer Entertainment Series and Portage District Library. Free. No registration is required.

LUNCHES OF NOTEThursday, August 15th • 12:00 – 1:00 PMKIMCHI 101

Catch the fermentation fever sweeping Michigan with local farmer, forager and fermenter extraordinaire, Nabe, as she shares her secrets for preparing Korea’s national dish. Kimchi is prepared with vegetables and seasonings, and while there are hundreds of variations, Nabe transforms Asian and other veggies from SW Michigan – some harvested from the wild and all available at area farmers’ markets – into locally fermented and healthful deliciousness. Please register by calling the library at 269-3294542 ext 600 or accessing the library website: www.portagelibrary.info. Free. Location: Portage District LibraryREGISTRATION REQUIRED.

All summer programming is generously supported by the Friends of Portage District Library.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR ADULTSJune 5th – August 14th

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Portage District Library and the City of Portage with us by participating in our annual Summer Reading Program for adults. Every time you complete a book, you are entered into a raffle for fantastic prizes. Anyone 18 and over is eligible to join.

Sign up for any of the reading programs online at www.summerfun.portagelibrary.info or visit the Portage District Library starting June 5th for a summer full of good reads! Happy Reading!

Adult Summer Reading is sponsored by the Friends of Portage District Library and Kazoo Books with additional donations from Superior Business Solutions and Craftsman Chop Company.

BEYOND FIFTY SHADES: TWO LIBRARIANS SHARE THEIR FAVORITE SEXY BEACH READSWednesday, June 12th • Noon-1:30 PM

Nicolette Sosulski and Jessica Enget, librarians at the Portage District Library, will offer their picks for simmering summer reads from E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey to Jennifer Cruise’s Be Mine. You will leave with a list to insure a summer full of romance. Prepaid registration is required at the Portage Parks Department (329-4522)

Location: Stuart Manor, Portage Celery Flats

TRAVELING OFF THE BEATEN PATH AND CLOSE TO HOMEWednesday, June 19th • Noon-1:30 PM

Steve Ellis, publisher of Spark Magazine, has spent the last 45 years traveling all over Michigan and its’ neighboring states searching for interesting and out of the ordinary destinations. He will present a lively photographic presentation of some of his favorite spots. Steve will also bring a display of vintage travel memorabilia from around the state. Prepaid registration is required at the Portage Parks Department (329-4522)Location: Stuart Manor, Portage Celery Flats

MOVIES OF THE 1960’SThursday, June 19th • 6:30-8:30 PMGoldfinger

Goldfinger is the third film in the James Bond series and also the third to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Released in 1964, it is based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film’s plot has Bond investigating gold smuggling by gold magnate Auric Goldfinger. Goldfinger was the first Bond film to win an Academy Award. Rated PG. Introduced by Mike Marchak, President of the Kalamazoo Film Society. No registration required.

CLASSIC FILM FEST Saturday, June 29th • 2:00-4:00 PMRoad to Morocco (1942)

Jeff and Turkey, two wild and crazy guys adrift on a raft in the Mediterranean, are cast away on a desert shore and hop a convenient camel to an Arabian Nights city where Turkey soon finds himself sold as a slave...to luscious Prin-cess Shalmar of Karameesh. Naturally, Jeff would like to rescue Turkey from this “dire” fate, even if it means taking his place! But they haven’t figured on virile desert chieftain Mullay Kassim, who has designs on the princess him-

self.. Starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Plus shorts and a cartoon. No registration required.

FILMS OF THE 1960’SThursday, July 11th • 6:30-8:30 PMMagnificent Seven

A bandit terrorizes a small Mexican farming village each year. Several of the village elders send three of the farmers into the United States to search for gunmen to defend them. They end up with 7, who must pre-pare the town to repulse an army of 40 bandits. An Americanization of the film, Seven Samurai (1954). Has an all star cast including Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson. Introduced by Mike Marchak,

President of the Kalamazoo Film Society. Not Rated. No registration required.

FILMS OF THE 1960’SThursday, July 25th • 6:30-8:30 PMGuess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner is a 1967 groundbreaking movie about an interracial romantic relationship starring Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton. It follows the story of a young white woman (Houghton) who brings her fiancé (Poitier), an African-American doctor, home to meet her parents, played by Hepburn and Tracy in their last film together. Introduced by Mike Marchak, President of the Kalamazoo Film Society. Rated PG No registration required.

CLASSIC FILM FEST Saturday, July 27th • 2:00-4:00 PMHorse Feathers

The film revolves around a football game between the fictional Darwin and Huxley Colleges. Groucho plays Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley College, and Zeppo is his son Frank, who convinces his father to recruit professional football players to help Huxley’s team. Baravelli (Chico) and Pinky (Harpo) are “icemen,” who delivers ice and bootleg liquor from a local speakeasy. Baravelli and Pinky are recruited

to play on Huxley’s football team; this requires them to enroll as students at Huxley, which creates chaos throughout the school. No registration required.

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