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Celebrating Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Namesake"

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Kickoff

Lucas in the aisle
Lucas hand up
Lucas animated
Crafting with Poe
Mayor John B. O'Reilly, Jr. speaks
Dearborn Symphony musicians
Superintendent Glenn Maleyko with a family celebrating Poe
Library Commissioner Arrwa Mogalli and children with Poe
high schoolers read Poe
honorable mention artists
Couple with Poe
Aro the cat with Jill Chochol and Dearborn Animal Shelter volunteers
Janet Kondziela with top three artists
The Welcoming Crew (from left to right: EmmaJean Woodyard, Janet Kondziela, Teresa Lousias, Carol Radke, and Beth Weyer-Utley)
Tabloid reader
Students who made the tabloid with faculty advisor Phil McMullen
Library Director Maryanne Bartles speaks
Lucas performs
Anthony Lucas
Dearborn Symphony musicians
Big Read teens with Dearborn Board of Education President Roxanne McDonald and faculty advisors, Greg Viscomi and Phil McMullen
Anthony Lucas
Library staff guarding the cookies
Janet Kondziela with top three artists
Aro the cat
Kickoff attendees
Library volunteers
Library staff member Rebecca Hermen as Poe
Couple with Poe
Library staff member Jim Knapp as Poe
Restocking tabloids
Poe Craft in Youth Services
Student reading Poe
The crowds
Crafting
Council President Susan Dabaja and her daughter, Joël, take a picture with Poe era couple, Poe, and library staff member Henry Fischer
Anne Gautreau and Jane Scoboria at the Partner and Sponsor Table
Library Administrator Steve Smith with Dearborn Library Foundation volunteers at Tickets Table
Library staff members Jim Knapp and Nicki Goran with FOLD member Carolyn Cicero at T-shirt and Poe House draw slips Table
Dearborn Symphony Orchestra President Sandy Butler

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