It’s a terrible thing to admit but I discriminate against books. I don’t want to read books from the bestseller list (with a very, very few exceptions). I don’t want to read romance or chick lit or urban fiction. I can live with all these self-imposed limits, except one: I especially don’t want to read [...]
Happy Star Wars Day!
Happy Star Wars Day!Come to the main library and check out our collection of Star Wars books, movies, and music on display. We have the originals, we have the dreaded prequels, we have cartoons, we have comics. There may also be an R2D2 coming out of our new book shelves so keep an eye out, [...]
Reporting a Lost or Stolen Library Card
If you’ve ever lost your wallet you know that reporting all the important cards missing can be time consuming. We are trying to make that process a little more painless. We have some new options for reporting your library card lost or stolen that will make it easier than ever! If you know your username [...]
Medicare 101
A, B, C, D. What are all those parts? What is the right Medicare coverage for you? Working through the Medicare maze often seems complicated. What do you get with each of the Medicare parts and how do you choose? Join Karen Rozelle, the Michigan Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program (MMAP) Regional Coordinator, for a Medicare overview [...]
Take A Picture…It’s Prom Time!
Wouldn’t you want your prom pictures taken over again? Without the feather bangs? Maybe minus the weird kid that you went to the dance with because you felt bad for them. Maybe your eyes were closed? You still might have had to wear your headgear. It could be you were ashamed of your [...]
Making history come alive
A couple of websites that are fairly new to the scene offer sound, sight and video, making past events interesting to more than just history buffs. The Oyez (say “oh yay”) Project is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. You can listen(!) to the cases being [...]
Celebrate Children’s Book Week at GRPL
Children can create a work of art during the month of May on these dates at one of Grand Rapids Public Library’s eight branches. We will read the book “Press Here” by Herve Tullet and create art with an artist from Cook Art Center operated by Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities based on that book. [...]
Check It Out: Opera Grand Rapids Tickets
Opera Grand Rapids has once again generously donated tickets to the dress rehearsal of La Traviata on May 1 at 7:30 pm. The performance will take place at DeVos Hall. Verdi’s opera tells the tale of Parisian courtesan Violetta who lives a life of grandeur, filled with parties and high society thrills. That is until [...]
The Green Market and Info Expo Is Tomorrow!
Come to the Main Library tomorrow for the Green Market and Info Expo! We’ll have over twenty tables featuring local green and recycled art artists, earth friendly organizations WMEAC and Veg West Michigan, and Grand Rapids foodies Aura, of the food blog Dinner with Aura, and Sheri from Nourish Organic Market. After you’re done with the [...]
New Titles of the Week!
The Hit by David Baldacci Decadence by Eric Jerome Dickey Fly Away by Kristin Hannah Wedding Night by Sophia Kinsella The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick Paris by Edward Rutherfurd Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris
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