The Friends Bookstore at the Main Library is having a great sale now through the end of the year. Receive up to 20% off new books and gift items. The Friends Bookstore offer new books by local authors, books about local history, art, and more. It is the right time to stock up on gifts [...]
The City of Grand Rapids encourages residents, businesses, and community organizations to attend one of six community budget gatherings. These gatherings are designed to engage attendees in a conversation about government serving as a “platform” that provides a basic level of essential services and relies on collaboration with residents, businesses, and customers to provide additional [...]
Do you use the Michigan Electronic Library (MeL), or the services it provides like online databases or the Michigan Electronic Catalog (MeLCat)? MeL is looking for patron input on its services. Take a moment to take this online survey and share your thoughts.
Perhaps you don’t think of yourself as a caregiver but, according to the National Family Caregivers Association, “more than 50 million people provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during any given year.”
November is National Family Caregivers Month and the Grand Rapids Public Library has partnered with the Caregiver [...]
What does caregiving have to do with teens and young adults? When the typical caregiver is an older female we may not think that teens are involved in caregiving. But they are. The National Family Caregivers Association reports 1.4 million children ages 8 to 18 provide care for an adult relative with 72% caring for [...]
GRPL Volunteer Carl Bajema Awarded State Distinguished Volunteer Service Award from the Historical Society of Michigan.
For more than two decades Carl Bajema has spent hours in the local history department of the Grand Rapids Public Library reading microfilm of old newspapers. Bajema, a retired biology professor from Grand Valley State University, developed a penchant for [...]
Kids, as part of our Celebration of the Book festivities on Saturday, October 17th, come to the following.
11:00 a.m. Take a Native American Journey with Debra Muller. Explore the culture of local American Indian tribes through the tradition of storytelling, crafts, music and games. Participate in a craft project.
12:00 noon. Listen to Musical Folktales with [...]
Three years ago the Grand Rapids Public Library adopted its new mission: Connecting people to the transforming power of knowledge. At the same time we developed vision statements, and we’re excited about where these have brought us so far!
Now the Library is looking ahead to the next three years, and we’d like your opinion on [...]
Best-selling author Connie Briscoe is coming to town for Celebration of the Book! Or at least she’ll be here through a special Skype video feed from her home into our auditorium. Connie will be reading from her new book Sisters and Husbands and taking audience questions after her presentation. We hope to have signed copies [...]
If you have a taste for dark and edgy thrillers, come down bright and early to Celebration of the Book to meet Gillian Flynn! I’ve read both of her books, Sharp Objects and Dark Places, and they kept me enthralled (and horrified, but in a good way) to the end.
At 10:00 a.m. on October 17th, [...]
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