Upcoming Events at HPL

Getting Ready for Christmas 2:00 pm, Saturday, December 3 Add some really cool ornaments to your Christmas tree or ours. We will be making our own ornaments. While you are here you can get that list to Santa written and have a Christmas treat.

Sailing Faith 6:00 PM Tuesday, December 6 Sailing Faith: The Long Way Homeis a memoir. Gregg Granger, his wife and their two teenage daughters and young son, spent 4 � years sailing around the world. The journey was about travel and culture, but more about relationships. Relationships with God, with each other, with people on similar journeys, and with others in the thirty-eight countries they visited during their four and a half years abroad. Mr. Granger, a West Michigan resident, will be at HPL to talk about his trip. Brought to you through the generosity of the PNC Foundation.

Tech Wednesday-Skype or Google 2:30 PM, Wednesday, December 7 Tech Wednesdays are 30-60 minute long mini watch-and-learn classes on technical topics. They are held in the Julia Hackley Room twice a month at 2:30 pm and are free and open to the public. Feel free to bring your own laptop and follow along.

Reindeer Petting Program 2:00 pm, Saturday, December 10 Ever seen a reindeer up close and personal? Learn as much as you can about reindeer and then join us on the Hackley lawn to pet and take pictures with the reindeer. Parents bring your cameras.

True Crime: Michigan 6:00 pm Tuesday, December 13 True Crime: Michiganexamines crime in the state and explores the landmark cases of robbery, mob activity and murder that have received national attention. They’re all here – some of the most notorious fiends in Michigan’s inglorious criminal history: *Arthur Warren Waite, who attempted to inherit a fortune by poisoning his in-laws. *Northern Peninsula terrors Dan Dunn and Jim Summers, criminal kings of Michigan’s wild frontier. *Andrew Kehoe, the “Michigan Maniac,” who blew up a school full of children in Bath, Mich. *Raymond Bernstein, the engineer of Detroit’s “Collingwood Manor Massacre.” *Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, the “Lonely Hearts” killers. *John Norman Collins, the “Co-ed killer”. *A line-up of hit men who all claimed to have murdered Jimmy Hoffa. *Coral Watts, “The Sunday Morning Slasher.” *Plus many others. “Tobin Buhk’s roundup of Michigan misdeeds includes fascinating true tales of the Great Lakes State’s darker side and more,” writes Michigan author Mardi Link, author of When Evil Came to Good Hart and Isadore’s Secret. Tobin T. Buhk is a Grand Rapids-based freelance writer and coauthor (with Dr. Stephen D. Cohle, Kent County Medical Examiner) of Cause of Death: Forensic Files of a Medical Examiner (2007) and Skeletons in the Closet: Tales from the County Morgue (2008). For more information : www.TobinBuhk.com Brought to you through the generosity of the PNC Foundation.

Storytime with Santa 2:00 pm, Saturday, December 17 Listen to a story or two and decorate your own cupcake. Then tell Santa about all those toys on your list. Parent's bring your cameras for a great photo opportunity.