KickstART Farmington and the Farmington Community Library are pleased to present the 2024 Farmington Author & Book Festival (FAB) on Saturday, June 1st, highlighted by a reading by the acclaimed poet and writer Carolyn Forché at 5 pm, followed by a conversation with poet Joy Gaines-Friedler. Carolyn Forché grew up with her family in the … Continue reading Award-winning Poet and Writer Carolyn Forché Headlines 2024 Farmington Author & Book Festival
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2024 Farmington Author & Book Festival Schedule
The 2024 FAB Festival takes place on Saturday, June 1st, from 10am until 7 pm, with over forty authors and publishers taking part and a full day of readings and conversations with award-winning writers, including keynote presenter Carolyn Forché. All events are free and everyone is welcome. Check out the schedule of events below: 2024 … Continue reading 2024 Farmington Author & Book Festival Schedule
The Library Seeks Your Design Skills!
The Farmington Community Library is looking for artists and designers of all ages to contribute design ideas for a new library card! Anyone with a current FCL card is eligible to submit an original design following the theme of “Books & Beyond”. Your design may be selected as a limited edition FCL Card. A winner … Continue reading The Library Seeks Your Design Skills!
5 Reasons to See “Kid Flicks” at the 2022 GFFF
Kid Flicks is presented in partnership with the New York International Children’s Film Festival and made possible by the Farmington Community Library and the Friends of the Library. Lively collections of short animation, live action, and documentary films reflect NYICFF’s commitment to storytelling and diversity and are sure to spark meaningful conversations. This FREE screening … Continue reading 5 Reasons to See “Kid Flicks” at the 2022 GFFF
Join Us for the 2022 Greater Farmington Film Festival
We’re pleased to announce the lineup for the 9th annual Greater Farmington Film Festival taking place October 6-9, 2022 at the Riviera Cinema, Farmington Community Library, and the Zekelman Holocaust Center. This year we again present a slate of good films for a better world, films that will challenge and inspire us to be better … Continue reading Join Us for the 2022 Greater Farmington Film Festival
Five Ways the Arts Contribute to a Strong Community
At KickstART Farmington our aim has always been to build community through the arts and to support a vibrant and thriving arts scene in the Farmington/Hills community. Over the years, our events and activities have been developed with this purpose in mind, from the Gratitude Photo Project at Art on the Grand, to the Greater … Continue reading Five Ways the Arts Contribute to a Strong Community