Calendar of Events
May 14, 2013
TSU: Volunteer Orientation
Apply starting May 1: Apply at your favorite GRPL location or online! Have fun behind the scenes at the Library while earning your required volunteer hours. Spaces are limited.
TSU: Volunteer Orientation
Apply starting May 1: Apply at your favorite GRPL location or online! Have fun behind the scenes at the Library while earning your required volunteer hours. Spaces are limited.
Ask-the-Lawyer: Social Security Disability
Do you have a legal question? Are you interested in finding out how the courts handle a particular topic? Here’s an opportunity to connect with a legal expert for free. Each Ask-the-Lawyer session at the Grand Rapids Public Library will feature a member of the Grand Rapids Bar Association along with an expert attorney in the featured topic. A 10-minute summary will be followed by a 45-minute question and answer period. May’s topic: Social Security Disability. Refreshments served.
Basic Typing Class
You might be lightning-fast at texting but how are your typing skills? Don’t let lack of training slow down your ability to crank out research papers, short stories, and novels.
This 9-session class will get you up to speed in just one month. Learn to love your homekeys and type your way through the alphabet without peeking at the keyboard. Space is limited so sign up today.
Registration required: www.grpl.org/register.
Adult Computer Class: Introduction to Computers
This basic course is designed to provide students with an introduction to various aspects of personal computing. Attention will be focused on understanding the basic hardware components and operating systems, using the mouse, and saving files to storage devices. If you are just beginning to use computers, start with this class.
May 13, 2013
Adult Computer Class: Basic Word Processing
Designed for those who have some experience with using the mouse, this class covers the basics of using a word processing program similar the Microsoft Word. You’ll learn such fundamentals as simple document formatting, saving, and printing. This class is for true beginners of word processing.
Michigan’s Vanishing Train Stations: Architecture, History & Sense of Place
In the 2013 Michigan Notable Book, Michigan’s Historic Railroad Stations, journalist Michael H. Hodges photographed and profiled 31 depots across the state, from Detroit to Three Oaks to Iron Mountain. Discover the evolution of the train station and the styles architects employed to both tame and exalt rail transportation. Touching on news accounts, literature, and film, Hodges also considers the central role the depot once played as the nation’s principle crossroads: a much-used, much-loved public space that has no real analog in American life today. A book-signing will follow the presentation.
TSU: Flash Mob, Dance Party
Teens, are you looking for a great event to kick off your summer? Wanna brag to your friends how you just showed up somewhere to dance? Need a fun way to earn community service hours? Look no further! The library will hold rehearsals in May and June for teens to participate in a community dance party event. Join Brandi Angelosanto from Artistic Grace for two nights of fun a week (at either location) to learn simple steps for our first flash mob. No dancing experience or skill required. Grab some friends and let’s make it a party!
May 11, 2013
Reading Rally
Reading is important for the whole family! Come get geared up for the Summer Reading Challenge! There will be a musical performance from WaZoBia, local speakers, crafts, contests, snacks, prizes, and a book giveaway.
Adult Computer Class: Introduction to Library Resources
Designed for those who already have a working knowledge of computers and some experience with using the mouse, GRPL offers a wide variety of electronic resources from research databases to access to the Michigan Electronic Library catalog (MELCAT). Find out how to search the library’s catalog and place holds, access ebooks, request items through MELCAT and surf GRPLpedia, the library’s wiki.
This library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents.