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A Sensory Experience with Speaker Tom Springer
Tuesday, November 3 at 7 pm
Join author Tom Springer on a sensory journey through Michigan's rich natural environment. Hear the author of Looking for Hickories: The Forgotten Wildness of the Rural Midwest read excerpts from his award-winning book. Taste sweet samples of serviceberry jam, smell aromatic sassafrass root, and see and touch the rough texture of the virgin bur oak tree and other natural artifacts found in Michigan. Springer is a senior editor at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and holds a master's degree in environmental journalism from Michigan State University. Looking for Hickories, Springer's first book, is a Library of Michigan 2009 Michigan Notable Book.
Free for Meijer Gardens Members and GRAHC members. Included with paid admission for non-members.
This lecture is made possible in collaboration with the Grand Rapids Area Humanities Council.