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Upcoming Events At This Venue
May 18, 2013
Celebrate Press Here by Herve Tullet
It is Children’s Book Week and the library has partnered with the Cook Art Center to explore the interactive book Press Here by Herve Tullet. Hear the book and then do an art project based on the book with an artist from the Cook Art Center operated by Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities.
May 20, 2013
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 21, 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.
June 3, 2013
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!
June 19, 2013
Bugs, Beetles, & Bookworms
Join the Science Alliance for this fast-paced insect safari that makes learning about entomology fun! Investigate the life stories of monarch butterflies, dragonflies, bees, spiders and more. Learn the body parts of insects by labeling a gigantic eight-foot-long ant and praying mantis. Look through crazy goggles to see the world through a bug’s compound eye. Experience preserved and live insects close up! Scientist Bill Bosworth will help you have a blast learning about wings and stings and crawly things!
June 27, 2013
Pre-Reading Classes for Kids
Parents and caregivers are invited to bring their preschool children, ages 3 to 5, to 45-minute classes featuring literacy-rich activities such as interactive storytelling using puppets, dramatic play, and hands-on fun. Related songs, fingerplays, and activities are interspersed between books. Classes end with a fun and creative art activity.
July 10, 2013
RockGarden Party
“There’s magic in the music, inside of you. Use its power to bring the rain.” Suspend your disbelief, harness your imagination and enter the garden with SkaterDude. ROCKgarden Party is an interactive, fun, and educational performance about our changing environments. Charlie Kert and Little Fingers Music bring lots of instruments and teach you (Garden Pixies) how to bring the rain by getting them to sing, dance, and drum (GardenGames). Come and help us throw a ROCKgarden Party.
July 13, 2013
Henna Runes
Come recreate the protection runes used by characters in The Mortal Instruments that help them fight creatures of the underworld.
July 24, 2013
Kevin Kammeraad: A Hole in the Ground and Other Puppet Vignettes
Two artists, a cast of puppets, a variety of vignettes, a suitcase of songs, and a bundle of energy all come together to interact, invigorate, and leave audiences feeling great! Vignettes flow from a dancing garden of fruits and vegetables, puppets becoming puppeteers, a talking shovel, and more!
July 25, 2013
Animals Under the Surface
John Ball Zoo will bring live animals that dig, burrow, and/or live “under the surface.”
August 14, 2013
Mayor’s Book Club for Kids Kick-off Party
Join us for stories and fun with Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell to kick-off another great year of listening and learning! Get your Mayor’s Book Club button, poster, and brochure to keep track and read aloud with the Mayor all year! Refreshments will be served. For kids preschool through 3rd grade.
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