Upcoming Events at HPL

Computer Class-Email and Internet Thursday, January 19, 10:00am Learn how to "surf the net", set up an email account, and find your away around cyberspace.Class size is limited. Please call ahead to register (231-722-7276). Registration is now open. Computer Class-Email and Internet Thursday, January 19, 1:00 pm Learn how to "surf the net", set up an email account, and find your away around cyberspace.Class size is limited. Please call ahead to register (231-722-7276). Registration starts on January 26. Storytimes 6:45 PM Monday, January 23 For children 3-7. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Kids learn to love stories and reading. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. Storytimes 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 24 For children 3-7. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Kids learn to love stories and reading. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. Basic Recording Techniques 6:00 PM Tuesday, January 24 Join David Rucks as he explains how to do digital recording. David will have hardware and software and discuss the best ways to get the results you want. David is a local musician. Meets in the Julia Hackley Room. Free and open to the public. Brought to you through the generosity of the PNC Foundation. Tech Wednesday-Spreadsheets 2:30 pm, Wednesday January 25 Each class runs from 30 – 60 minutes. No registration is required, just show up! All classes will start at 2:30 pm in the Julia Hackley Room. If you have your own laptop feel free to bring it along, otherwise these are watch and learn classes. Wednesday Knitters 5:30 – 7:00 pm, Wednesday, January 25 Meets in the Julia Hackley Room Open to knitters of all skill levels, from beginners to advanced. Learn to knit, hone your skills, help other knitters! For more information call 231-722-7276 and ask for Jocelyn. Special topic in January: Socks! Toe up/knit on 2 circulars or magic loop. Bring yarn of your choice and needles-either 4 or 5 double points, 2 circulars, or one really long circular. Computer Class-Resumes Thursday, January 26, 10:00 am This class will step you through creating a resume. Students will learn about formating and the importance of tailoring their resume to fit the job to which they are applying. Registration starts on January 12. To register call Hackley Library at 231-722-7276. Computer Class-Resumes Thursday, January 26, 1:00 pm This class will step you through creating a resume. Students will learn about formating and the importance of tailoring their resume to fit the job to which they are applying. Registration starts on January 12. To register call Hackley Library at 231-722-7276. Storytimes 6:45 PM Monday, January 30 For children 3-7. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Kids learn to love stories and reading. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. eReader Class Monday, January 30, 6PM Did you get an eReader for Christmas? The helpful staff at Hackley Public Library is having an eReader Class to help people learn to download eLibrary books. Storytimes 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 31 For children 3-7. Storytelling, picturebooks, fingerplays, holiday tales, and special fun. Kids learn to love stories and reading. Each session ends with a craft project. Signup required. Postcards to Michigan's Past 6:00 pm Tuesday, January 31 Before email and text messages, postcards were the premier way to send a quick message to family and friends. Fortunately, these cards have been preserved and saved from generation to generation — offering a glimpse into a simpler time of carefree vacations around the Great Lakes State. Postcards actually offer double the fun — with the beautiful scenic image on one side and the heartfelt message on the back. A long-time Michigan-themed treasurer hunter, Dianna greatly expanded her postcard collection throughout the summer of 2010 when she was laid up with a broken ankle and found solace among the virtual shopping market known as eBay. The collection, at more than 100 to date, spans from Michigan’s coast to coast and from one season to the next. While many seem to focus on the waters, boating and lighthouses, the primary theme in the collection is that the postcards hold ties to Dianna’s home state of Michigan — for which she is undoubtedly passionate. Since 1997, Dianna has been presenting lively and upbeat programs about the area’s historic lighthouses, ghost towns, islands and other unique destinations and activities in her home state of Michigan. Dianna is a passionate professional speaker, with a degree in communications from Western Michigan University and 20+ years experience in radio broadcasting and public speaking. An established freelance writer, Dianna is a regular contributor to Michigan Blue Magazine and Grand Rapids Family Magazine, Michigan Home & Lifestyle Magazine and has also been published in Michigan Living, Michigan Travel Ideas, Lake Michigan Circle Tour & Lighthouse Guide, Country Lines, Tasters Guild International and Grand Rapids Magazine, among others. Over the years, she has held memberships in the Great Lake Lighthouse Keepers Association, Michigan One Room Schoolhouse Association and Historical Society of Michigan. She is currently active with the Allegan County Tourist Council, Kent County Lodging Association, Ferris State University Hospitality Advisory Board and Michigan Culinary Tourism Alliance. For more information check her website at promotemichigan.com Brought to you through the generosity of the PNC Foundation. Wednesday Knitters 5:30 – 7:00 pm, Wednesday, February 1 Meets in the Julia Hackley Room Open to knitters of all skill levels, from beginners to advanced. Learn to knit, hone your skills, help other knitters! For more information call 231-722-7276 and ask for Jocelyn. Computer Class-Basic Computing Thursday, February 2, 10:00 am Introduction to computers will offer an introduction to what a computer is and how to use it. It is designed for beginners with little or no knowledge of computers. Topics covered will include an explanation of Windows and files, how to turn on a computer, and how to use the mouse. Class size is limited. Please call ahead to register (231-722-7276). Registration starts on January 19. Computer Class-Basic Computing Thursday, February 2, 1:00 pm Introduction to computers will offer an introduction to what a computer is and how to use it. It is designed for beginners with little or no knowledge of computers. Topics covered will include an explanation of Windows and files, how to turn on a computer, and how to use the mouse. Class size is limited. Please call ahead to register (231-722-7276). Registration starts on January 19.