Events of Thursday, November 9, 2017

The Jackson Community Foundation is hosting their 2017 Annual Meeting at the Michigan Theatre.  Learn who we are, what we do and how we help the community!  Refreshments 5:15 PM to 5:45 PM.  Presentation 6 PM to 7 PM.  All are welcome and there is no charge.  RSVP by email to imcdaniel@jacksoncf.org. 

Preserve and Transform Your Memories at the Carnegie Branch, Jackson District Library.  Learn how to transform your digital memories into scrapbooks, keepsakes or home décor. Join us on Thursday, November 9 & Wednesday, November 15 from 6-8 p.m. for a two-session program that will educate you on all these cool possibilities. Intended for adults.

Jackson Emergency Response Team presents Gun Violence Community Forum at the Martin Luther King Center at 7 PM.  Coming together to create solutions.  A panel of city, county and state officials; local leaders, pastors and business owners.  Bring your solutions!  Because of the sudden rash of shooting deaths involving young African-American men recently, this forum was organized to discuss the issues, hear from local authorities and work together on solutions.  Free event, all are welcome.  Martin Luther King Community Center, 1107 Adrian Street, Jackson.

Region II Planning Commission presents their 2017 Annual Dinner, 6 PM at Johnny T’s “Next Door” Banquet Facility, 173 East South Street, Hillsdale.  Cost is $30 per person, buffet dinner.  Featured speaker:  Bernard Swiecki, DIrector, Automotive Communities Partnership, Center for Automotive Research.  “The Future of Connected and Automated Vehicles”.  Reservations:  517-768-6701.

Jackson District Library Summit Branch Fall Book Sale.  Presented by the Friends of the Summit Branch Library.  Stop by the Summit Branch on Thursday and Friday, November 9 & 10 during open hours for adult fiction, children’s fiction and lots more. All ages welcome.

JXN Community Forum:  Human Trafficking.  Human Trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery affecting men, women, and children- both citizens and immigrants. Local and state experts will speak about Human Trafficking and the surprising local impact it has on Jackson County.  Diane Baird from the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force will join local experts to educate and inform the community about what Jackson residents can do to be aware and break the silence. For more information about the task force visit http://mhttf.org/.  The JXN Community Forums are free and open programs to facilitate dialogue about challenging issues of our day. The forums are co-sponsored by The League of Women Voters and the Jackson District Library.  6:30 to 8 PM, Carnegie Branch, Jackson District Library.

The Eastern Branch of the Jackson District Library presents Matt Damon movies Thursdays in October at 2 PM.  Today’s movie is Good Will Hunting (1997, R) .  Free admission and free popcorn.  Intended for adults.  Widescreen and comfortable seats too!

The Hurst Planetarium at Ella Sharp Museum presents Phantom of the Universe, The Hunt for Dark Matter.  Join us as we showcase an exciting exploration of dark matter, from the Big Bang to its anticipated discovery at the Large Hadron Collider. See the first hints of its existence through the eyes of Fritz Zwicky, the scientist who coined the term “dark matter.” From there explore the astral choreography witnessed by Vera Rubin in the Andromeda Galaxy and then plummet deep underground to see the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth, housed in a former gold mine. Finally journey across space and time to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, to learn how scientists around the world are collaborating to track down the constituents of dark matter.  6:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

Free Matthew Parker Concert at Spring Arbor University.  HOME.fm artist Matthew Parker presents a FREE concert at Spring Arbor University on Thursday, November 9 at 9:00 pm in the Cougar Den. The Cougar Den is a coffee-house style setting in the lower floor of the Kresge Student Center on SAU’s main campus.  No tickets required.  FREE concert.

Jackson School of the Arts presents Waltz (17 and up).  The Waltz is a smooth and elegant dance often put to 3/4 timing. It can be danced several different ways, but the approach this class will take is a classic three-step with added variations of movement and steps to create a romantic and lovely dance.  8:30 to 9:30 PM, Jackson School of the Arts, 634 North Mechanic Street, Jackson.

Holiday Cards for Service Men and Women at the Springport Branch of the Jackson District Library.  Stop by the Springport Branch between November 6-11 during open hours to decorate a card for those in the Armed Forces and Veterans at home. All materials provided. All families welcome.