Reading Together Events

The Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibition, Vietnam: Journey of the Heart, features a stunning collection of 52 color photographs of Vietnam taken by acclaimed photographer Geoffrey Clifford. 
February 14 - April 8

Aspects of War

Original prints from Kalamazoo Institute of
Arts’ permanent collection depicting imagery
of war and its aftermath throughout the centuries
March 9 – April 12

“War in the First Person”

Photographs influenced by the stories relayed in The Things They Carried, interviews with those affected by war and images of Vietnam

Mary Whalen & Students
black & white photography
March 9 – April 15

Reception - music by Sojourn

“Aspects of War”
Original prints from Kalamazoo Institute of Arts’ permanent collection depicting imagery of war and its aftermath throughout the centuries

“War in the First Person”
Photographs by Mary Whalen and students - influenced by the stories relayed in The Things They Carried, interviews with those affected by war and images of Vietnam
        

A Community Access screening of a 43 minute filmed talk by Phan Thi Kim Phuc, the Canadian/Vietnamese woman whose picture, as a 9-year-old, was seen across the world as she ran down a road screaming in pain away from her napalmed village.  She tells her story (at a local church service) which is also illustrated with film and still pictures from the war era and her specific "moment."