Grand Rapids Public Library
Grand Rapids Public Library engages adults in summer reading
by (Ana Olvera)
Submitted 07-11-2013 under NEWS
The theme for the Grand Rapids Public Library's (GRPL) fourth annual GR Reads adult summer reading program is "You Are Here." The 10 books featured in the program have themes involving sense of place or state of mind, says Kristen...
GRPL kicks off Summer Reading Challenge with construction trucks
by (magical)
Submitted 06-19-2013 under NEWS
June 1 was the first day of the Summer Reading Challenge sponsored by Grand Rapids Public Libraries, and GRPL held a construction truck petting zoo event to help kick it off. The Grand Rapids Public Library and the Grand Rapids Children Museum...
Grand River floods to record heights, held back by flood walls downtown
by (magical)
Submitted 04-30-2013 under NEWS
The month of April proved to be one of the rainiest seasons on record for the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. A total of almost 11 inches of rain fell, making it the third wettest month in recorded history. The Grand River was one of the most...
City-wide reading program fosters community of young readers
by (Kschmitty)
Submitted 03-29-2013 under NEWS
Every year the Grand Rapids Public Library hosts the One Book, One City reading program for Grand Rapids 4th graders. The program allows the public library to collaborate with individual school libraries for the benefit of Grand Rapids youth....
Grand Rapids Public Library presents Michigan author Michael Moore
by (nancyfinney)
Submitted 07-30-2012 under NEWS
On July 26, Michael Moore spoke to the Grand Rapids community for Grand Rapids Public Library’s GR Reads program. This adult summer reading program is in its third year and features 10 different books. It is funded entirely by the Grand Rapids...
Michael Moore to speak at Fountain Street Church
by (yuengerr)
Submitted 07-24-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
This Thursday at 7:00 p.m., award winning documentarian and bestselling author Michael Moore will be reading from and talking about his latest book “Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life,” a series of vignettes chronicling his life...
Beatles tribute band, author Wade Rouse highlight Bookfest
by (yuengerr)
Submitted 06-07-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
At 2:00 p.m. this Saturday, the folk-pop band Ribbons of Song took the stage at Bookfest to a crowd of both friends and strangers. Bookfest, an adjunct to Festival of the Arts, took place in a tent outside the Grand Rapids Public Library. The...
Cuts to library, public goods hit home
by (Jeremy Moore)
Submitted 03-12-2012 under OPINION
The Grand Rapids Public Library has announced it will be cutting staff. The proposed re-budgeting will undergo approval in March, hopefully eradicating $494,199 of expenses. The library is pressing ahead with plans for a digital book-checking system...
Reading paves the way to college for students at Harrison Park School
by (Community Liter...)
Submitted 01-26-2012 under NONPROFITS
In collaboration with Kristin Brace Mayor Heartwell sat down on the gymnasium floor at Grand Rapids Public Schools' Harrison Park School and asked, “Does anyone know what the mayor does?” The first response from the crowd of first-...
Black Elk Lives: Conversations with the Black Elk Family
by (Rob Cole)
Submitted 11-08-2011 under NEWS
"Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the...