The Atrium

Mark your calendars!

• Indoor Farmer's Market and Film Festival

  Saturday, April 19
  1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  Level 3

  A showcase of West Michigan Co-op members will be on hand to sell their goods. Shop for local meats, cheese, vegetables, fruits, soap, syrup and more! While you are here, stop by the auditorium to watch films about the impact of large factory farms on small, family-owned farms and the environment.

• Film schedule:

  1:15 pm As We Sow
  2:00 pm Through Farmers' Eyes: Impacts of Industrial Agriculture
  2:35 pm The True Cost of Food
  3:00 pm The Future of Food

• Author Visit: Peter Annin

  Monday, April 21
  7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  Ryerson Auditorium, Level 3

  Peter Annin, author of The Great Lakes Water Wars will talk about the stories behind the battle for our lakes. The first 100 people in the door will be given an energy efficient compact florescent bulb! The lecture will be followed by a book signing.

• Celebrate Earth Day @ Your Local Library

  Tuesday, April 22
  11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  Youth Services, Level 2

  Find ways to save the planet and celebrate Earth Day with some fun activities, stories and environmentally friendly crafts. For ages 6 and up.

• Rain Garden Groundbreaking

  Tuesday, April 22
  11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  East side of building

  Grand Rapids Public Library staff and Calvin College biology students will begin work on our Rain Garden. The Rain Garden will collect run off from the Library's roof, sidewalks, and surrounding areas, diverting it into a natural filtration system that will clean the pollutants out of it, rather than letting it go directly into the sewer, which flows directly into the Grand River and out to our Great Lakes.

• Earthwork Music Collective featuring Seth Bernard and Daisy May

  Thursday, April 24
  7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  Ryerson Auditorium, Level 3

  The Earthwork Music Collective believes in the intrinsic and historical power of music to raise both community and self-awareness and serves to facilitate and encourage original music in Michigan and beyond. This concert is free and open to the public. The first 100 people in the door will be given an energy efficient compact fluorescent bulb. Check out their myspace pages: Daisy May, Seth Bernard.

• Recycle your old cell phone!

  April 19, Through April 26, 2008
  Information Desk on Level 1

  Drop off your old cell phone at the Main Library and in return, get an energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulb (while supplies last). Your old cell phone will be donated to Secure the Call Foundation and converted into a 911 emergency only phone.

  For more information or to obtain a receipt for tax purposes, please visit:http://www.donatemycellphone.org