Excuse me, are you Listening? 7-14
I hope that your summer is going well. I’ve finally calmed down after my son Gianni’s graduation. I don’t remember a time when I was more joyful.
Blackflix Movie News Presents: The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
Studio: Warner Bros. (2 hrs. 35 mins.)
Plot: The Caped Crusader returns, protecting Gotham City from the mad criminal mastermind, The Joker.
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ****
Book Reveiw 7-14
Live What You Love
By Bob and Melinda Blanchard
ISBN: 1-4027-2842-5
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Available: Bookstores everywhere
‘Black in America’ Misses the ‘Why’ Teen Talk 7-14
CNN devoted two nights of coverage July 23-24 to being Black in America. The news coverage was the subject of discussion and writing done by young participants in Youth Speak South Shore, a Chicago-based media
literacy and writing
program.
Ask the Business Librarian 7-14
Q: My biggest challenge is marketing my small business. Are there any books at the library that can help me with this?
Two Events Highlight a Weekend: African American Parade and Festival and JazzFest
Grand Marshall Mrs. Dorothy Kennedy surrounded by children at the Letts Community Center during a press
conference about the parade and
festivities.
Photo by Michael Jennings
Granholm Signs Food Bank Tax Credit Bill offers income tax credit for in-kind food donations
LANSING, MI – Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today signed legislation that offers a Michigan income tax credit to individuals who make in-kind food donations to food banks, food pantries, and homeless shelters as part of a matching program with a participating food retailer.