Grand Rapids Public Library

Don’ miss all the summer fun we have planned for you!

Babies, kids, teens – sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge! The more levels you complete the more prizes you earn! Plus, check out all our awesome events!

The Main Library is closed on Sundays starting Sunday, May 27, 2013 (Memorial Day weekend) and continuing through Sunday, September 1, 2013 (Labor Day weekend).

Madison Square, Ottawa Hills, Van Belkum, and West Side are also closed on Saturday, May 25.

All Grand Rapids Public Library locations will be closed on Sunday, March 31, 2013 for Easter.

The inaugural Write Michigan Contest is finishing up with a festive Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, March 19 at 7:00 pm featuring none other than the funny memoirist Wade Rouse. He’s a great supporter of new writers and he generously agreed to write the foreword for the 2013 Write Michigan Anthology. His humorous foreword is reason [...]

Besides the all-important literacy skills that we feed hungry minds, pre-reading classes offer your kids the chance to fall in love with their neighborhood library!

Sign up today for our free ACT Prep Workshop on Saturday, February 9 at 12:00 pm

Grand Rapids Ballet has generously donated a four-pack of tickets to the Nutcracker. Enter at your local branch by December 5. The winner will be drawn on December 10 and contacted by the Ballet. The Nutcracker will be performed December 14 – 16 & 21 – 23. If you’d like to purchase tickets, visit the Ballet [...]

Need a little culture and an excuse to dress up in something other than a Halloween costume these next few weeks? Look no further than our Check It Out program! Opera Grand Rapids has graciously donated tickets to their dress rehearsal of Samson + Delilah on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:30 PM. Opera Grand Rapids writes: “A grand opera [...]