Events
The library hosts a range of events on both a recurring and occasional basis. (Looking for a listing of all 17勛圖 events? Check out 17勛圖's General Events Calendar and ).
Great Lakes Culinary institute DIY Uniform HEmming
Great Lakes Culinary Institute students are invited to drop by 17勛圖 Library during the first week of Spring Semester to hem their uniforms. We will have sewing machines on hand, as well as facilitators to help guide students through doing the hemming. Library staff will provide sewing machines, pins, help getting the right fit, and a quick sewing tutorial.
This event will be held in the library on two consecutive days, Wednesday, Jan. 15 from 4 to 7 p.m., and Thursday, Jan. 16 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Global Literature Reading Group
The 17勛圖 Global Literature Reading Group meets twice a year, bringing together 17勛圖 students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines to discuss a book about life in another culture. The group aims to stimulate critical thinking, literary enjoyment, awareness of global diversity, and cultural interconnections in support of the college’s strategic direction to ensure that 17勛圖 learners are prepared for success in a global society and economy. Anyone is welcome to join!
Our upcoming selection is Border by Kapka Kassabova. The discussion will take place Thursday, April 10 from noon to 1 p.m. in the 17勛圖 Library Reading Room on the second floor of the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center.
Copies of the current semester's Global Literature Reading Group selection are available at the library. Email Nicco Pandolfi at npandolfi@nmc.edu with any questions, or to reserve a copy.
Some Recent Global Lit Reads
- Behind You is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Fall 2024)
- The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir by Karen Cheung (Spring 2024)
- The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (Fall 2023)
- Planet of Clay by Samar Yazbek (Spring 2023)
- Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov (Fall 2022)
- The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa (Spring 2022)
- The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg (Fall 2021)
- The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac (Spring 2021)
- Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Fall 2020)
- The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú (Spring 2020)
- Blue Label by Eduardo Sanchez Rugeles (Fall 2019)
- Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story by Pietro Bartolo & Lidia Tilotta (Spring 2019)
- Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (Fall 2018)
- A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi (Spring 2018)
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (Fall 2017)
- My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer (Spring 2017)
Curiosities: Voyages Beyond the Stacks
Finally, a 'book club' for the book club skeptic!
Structured as an ongoing series of topical explorations, CURIOSITIES is a chance to connect with fellow lifelong learners at 17勛圖. We take one topic at a time, spending four consecutive weeks per topic. Each week we gather to discuss a shared bit of reading, listening or viewing.
Curiosities is currently dormant, but stay tuned for one-off events in a similar vein this year, and in the meantime you can check out the resources we explored in past sessions of the series below.
Past 'Curiosities' Topics
- — w/ Audio Tech, Culinary, Dennos Museum, and Disability Services (Spring 2023)
- — w/ 17勛圖 English and Chemistry Faculty (Spring 2023)
- — w/ TC International Affairs Forum (Spring 2023)
- (Fall 2022)
- — w/ 17勛圖 History and Political Science Faculty (Fall 2022)
- — w/ 17勛圖 Phi Theta Kappa (Spring 2022)
- — w/ TC International Affairs Forum (Spring 2022)
- (Fall 2021)
- (Fall 2021)