FADL’s very cool Live @ the Library Series has been bringing a wide variety of events to the ever-popular downtown information emporium. This week a trio of intriguing opportunities await those of us who love to be entertained while we learn. The first one sounds like a doozy. Any fan of true crime (including those who might still be closeted about their ongoing intrigue with it) should find this in their interest wheelhouse. Tuesday, March 19th at 7:00 p.m. Tobin Buhk Presents Blood & Lipstick: Inside the Minds of Michigan's Most Lethal Women Meet the women who covered the pages of Michigan history with blood spatter. These felonious females include the infamous Michigan Borgia, who used strychnine to lop off an entire branch of her family tree; three sirens who lured a rich lawyer to his death; an heiress whose obsession with an earthy mechanic turned deadly; and many others. Angry wives, jilted lovers, and sociopathic serial killers all gather in this presentation that will surprise, shock, and stun even the most ardent true crime fan. This presentation will draw from Tobin Buhk's forthcoming book, Killer Women of Michigan. Buhk has been described as ‘a connoisseur of crime, a gourmet of the ghastly, an aficionado of the atrocious, a fanatic of the felonious and a maven of misdeeds.’. The second salvo in the series goes off on Thursday and if you enjoy those Victorian era films and TV shows and have pondered the multi layered wardrobes worn by the ladies at the time, well… Wendy Batchelder Presents: The Victorian Lady Thursday, March 21st at 7:00 p.m. Experience firsthand what it took for women in the late 1800s to get dressed, layer by layer! Watch as each vintage or reproduction piece is added, and how and why each layer is worn. Beautiful antique fashions, items, and wedding gowns will be displayed for guests to examine at the end of the program. Questions and interaction are welcome as we enjoy a fascinating peek into the lives of Victorian women. All ages welcome. Wrapping up a busy week is an autobiographically based writing workshop. A chance to put those memories in a format that can be easily referenced rather than sitting sporadically about in our hippocampus with occasional random eruptions. Who knows, perhaps a book awaits? Sherwood De Visser Writing Workshop: Intro to Telling Your Life Story Saturday, March 23rd from 10:00-12:00 p.m. Everyone has a story. Everyone has told their stories. But most everyone has not written their stories. Sherwood De Visser's aim in this memoir writing workshop is to get you over the first hurdle to whatever is stopping you from getting your life stories down on paper, and even to print. He is the author of the memoir, Raspberry Wars: My Boyhood through Berries, Bullying, and Bravery, which he successfully presented at the Fremont Area District Library. Nicely done FADL. A great Mid March mix as we tumble toward Spring.
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