Did you know that not only can you keep up with your favorite Library on Twitter and Facebook, but you can also check out images of our programs and other fun stuff on our Flickr Photostream? Flickr is where we share with you our most favorite photos of programs and other fun goings on around [...]
So you’ve decided to participate in Curiouser & Curiouser: An Alice Inspired Art Contest for Teens but you want to guarantee that you win that Wacom Tablet. Don’t forget to sign up for our Artist Workshop, hosted by Kendall College of Art & Design’s Drawing Club, Vitamin D. Bring your in-progress submissions for the competition [...]
Your kids or grand kids brought home a Summer Reading Program flyer from school. You saw the blue SRP t-shirts and the lawn signs. You attended one or more of the 88 programs offered for youth this summer. It was fun, but do you realize that according to the results of The Dominican Study: Public [...]
I adore zombie movies, zombie novels, zombie graphic novels…and my dearest dream is to star as a zombie film extra. I also happen to be a history major who loves apocalyptic scenarios. So when I discovered World War Z by Max Brooks a couple of years ago, it was like I’d died and gone to [...]
Looking for a leg up on the competition for the upcoming contest, Curiouser & Curiouser: An Alice Inspired Art Contest for Teens? Then sign up for our Artist Workshop, hosted by Kendall College of Art & Design’s Drawing Club, Vitamin D. Bring your in-progress submissions for the competition and Vitamin D members will be there [...]
Last night was a wonderful event with the editors and eight of the writers from Thin Ice: Coming of Age in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Editor Gordon Olson read selections from the historical writings of Albert Baxter and Charles Belknap. Editor Reinder Van Til read selections from Roger Wilkin’s “Technicolor Paddy” and Max Apple’s “Rocky and [...]
Calling all teens! Do you have an artistic streak? Or possibly a great love of all things Wonderland related? If you answered yes to both then the library has the perfect contest for you! The Grand Rapids Public Library is proud to present Curiouser & Curiouser: An Alice Inspired Art Contest for Teens. Here’s [...]
OK…some of you might already know this but there has been some changes with the GRPL’s got Talent showcase. It was decided that instead of having separate nights of different types of performances we are going to just have one mind-blowing evening of total teen talent! So… scratch the “Wow off” from your calendar and [...]
Thin Ice: Coming of Age in Grand Rapids, Michigan is one of the GR Reads selections. Don’t miss the program on August 17th at 7:00pm in the auditorium at the Main Library. Several local writers will read from their piece in the collection: John Otterbacher, Glen Peterson, Robert Vander Molen, Hank Meijer, Charles Honey, Tom [...]
The African American Heritage Committee is asking that any local speakers and performers interested in participating in Taste of Soul Sunday on February 20, 2011, or other related events, send an email to opencall@grpl.org. The Committee seeks to provide programs that celebrate the rich cultural heritage of African Americans and meet the specific interests and [...]
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