Events of Thursday, February 4, 2021

Jackson County Chamber of Commerce presents the Chamber’s Community Awards Week.  The Chamber’s Community Awards Week, presented by JTV, NewsTalk 970/ 101.5, and Jackson Magazine, is dedicated to celebrating exceptional individuals and organizations whose business and leadership demonstrate significant contributions to Jackson.

SCHEDULE OF AWARDS PRESENTATIONS:

Sunday, Jan 31st, 8pm, The Athena Award presented by Dawn Foods  (Congratulations to Mindy Bradish-Orta)

Monday, February 1st, 8pm, The Omonetashi Award presented by Experience Jackson (Congratulations to Henry Ford Allegiance Health)

Tuesday, February 2nd, 8pm, The Brick Awards presented by Jackson Commercial Contractors (Congratulations to The 200 and Christoff & Sons Floor Covering)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 8pm, The Reach Hire Award presented by Michigan Works Southeast (Congratulations to TRUE Community Credit Union)

Thursday, February 4th, 8pm, Small Business POY Award presented by County National Bank

NEW AWARD

Friday, February 5th, 8pm, The Chamber’s Community Enthusiast Award &

The Jackson Community Foundation’s Carter Wickwire Philanthropy Award

ALL AWARD PRESENTATIONS WILL AIR ON THE CHAMBER’S, JTV’S,
AND NEWS TALK 970’S, AND JACKSON MAGAZINE’S FACEBOOK PAGES

VITA Tax Preparation.  Community Action Agency provides free Federal, state and city income tax preparation services through the IRS sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. CAA provides trained IRS certified volunteer tax preparers to complete and e-file returns.  Tax preparers work with each client to ensure the client receives all of the money they are entitled to receive. This money could be from the Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Homestead Property Tax Credit, Home Heating Credit, among others. To learn more about the EITC visit the IRS EITC homepage.  Returns are electronically filed (e-filed) to speed up the receipt of the refund. Returns for prior years may be able to be completed for you.  Residents who have household incomes of less than $57,000 can get their tax returns prepared for free.  To schedule an appointment, call 517-247-2099.  caajlh.org

Frida Kahlo’s Garden Exhibit at Ella Sharp Museum.  Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) is considered one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century. Her body of work, consisting of some 250 paintings and drawings, is at once intensely personal and universal in scope, and relies heavily on the natural world.  The exhibition “Frida Kahlo’s Garden”, presented by Ella Sharp Museum in partnership with Jackson School of the Arts, transports visitors to Kahlo’s garden to experience her world of inspiration as she did.  The exhibition features several freestanding units focused on thematic areas incorporating a selection of objects, artifacts, photographs, and paper ephemera; audio/video features; interactive stations; and wall-mounted graphics.  This exhibition is made possible by NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Frida Kahlo’s Garden is adapted from the exhibition, FRIDA KAHLO: ART, GARDEN, LIFE, organized by guest curator Adriana Zavala at The New York Botanical Garden. It was made possible with major funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Karen Katen Foundation, The LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, MetLife Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and Gillian and Robert Steel. It was adapted and toured for NEH on the Road by the Mid-America Arts Alliance.  ON VIEW AT ELLA SHARP MUSEUM  January 28 – March 16, 2021  Learn More: ellasharpmuseum.org/exhibits/frida-kahlos-garden/

Winter Reading Challenge.  The Jackson District Library encourages you to bundle up with a book and join our winter reading challenge. It’s just like our Summer Reading Program … only colder!  Continuing through Mar. 15, JDL is hosting a winter reading challenge to promote a healthy reading habit. Join the program on the library’s website at the link here.  Reading just 25 minutes a day will result in a total of 18 hours of reading come Mar. 15, and a total of eight entries into our grand prize drawing for a Visa gift card.  After reading for four hours, each reader will receive a coffee mug and will be entered into a drawing to win our grand prize gift card. Every additional two hours read will earn readers another entry into the grand prize drawing. Prizes will be mailed to your address associated with your JDL library card – please make sure that your information is up-to-date before the end of the program.