# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Great Michigan Read Launch Party!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 05 Jan, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Mon, 05 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Find out about this year’s Great Michigan Read: "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir" by Curtis Chin at our Great Michigan Read Launch Party! 

Drop by the library for an open-house event introducing the book. Watch a short video of author Curtis Chin. Pick up a bookmark and enter a drawing to win a copy of the book.

The launch party is an open-house format, so stop by any time between 4:00 and 6:00 pm.

Monday, January 5, 4:00-6:00 pm at the Parchment Community Library.

This event is part of the Great Michigan Read program. The 2025–26 Great Michigan Read is presented by Michigan Humanities. Additional support is provided by national, statewide, and local partners, including the Library of Michigan and MSU Federal Credit Union. This program is made possible in part by a grant from Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

#GreatMichiganRead #CurtisChin #libraryevents #librarynews
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kalamazoo/great-michigan-read-launch-party/200029410749049
- **Event Categories**: parties, entertainment, art, fine-arts, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029410749049?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=kalamazoo-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Kalamazoo
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Parchment Community Library
- **lat**: 42.324826459254
- **long**: -85.569248488869
- **full address**: Parchment Community Library, 364 Maple St, Kalamazoo, MI 49004-1237, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Parchment Community Library (https://allevents.in/org/parchment-community-library/25988299)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 05 Jan, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Parchment Community Library, 364 Maple St, Kalamazoo, MI 49004-1237, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Parchment Community Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** parties, entertainment, art, fine-arts, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Great Michigan Read Launch Party! ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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