Peeps!!!

Do you like the marshmallow treats known as Peeps? Well, the library is having a Peeps diorama contest in March. Use your Peeps to make a scene-maybe your favorite book, or a summer day at the lake. Follow this link for the guidelines and entry form. Get your peeps on!

Grand Rapids Library to host author of Sisterhood of War

Sisterhood of War


Thursday, February 21st, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

With a passion for history of the 1960's, author Kim Heikkila discusses a dramatic story largely overlooked in the literature of that time period: the experiences of women who served as military nurses in the Vietnam War. Heikkila shares the compelling story of what these women did after the war to heal from the traumatic stresses they survived. Heikkila is a professor of history at the College of St. Catherine.

Teens Read

Teens that participated in winter reading read 70,845 pages! Way to go teens! Keep reading!

Grand Rapids Library to host Filmmaker

Cavavanserai: Culture of Morocco


Wednesday, February 20th, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Moroccan-American Filmmaker, Hakim Belabbes, talks about the culture of his home country using excerpts from his documentary film, A Nest in the Heat. This personal and challenging look at the issues of separation, independence and return, chronicles Belabbes' journey from his "hometown of Boujad to his new home" in Chicago. It explores domestic spaces and religious rituals of intra-family relationships, especially when compounded by one member's break with traditional values.

Grand Rapids Library Receives Muslim journeys bookshelf

The Grand Rapids Area Library is one of 840 libraries and state humanities councils across the country selected to receive the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA). The program aims to familiarize public audiences in the United States with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world.