Upcoming Events at HPL

TODDLER PLAYDATE FOR AGES 18 MONTHS - 3 YEARS 11:00 AM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 Listen to HPL's Youth Services Librarian, Ms. Cassandra, tell a great story! Also participate with your toddler in imaginative activities including action songs and fingerplays. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CALL 231-722-7276, EXT. 230.

Saturday Computer Class-Basic Computers 11:00 am, Saturday Feb 28 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Basic Computers. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Basic Computers 12:15 pm, Saturday Feb 28 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Basic Computers. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

FAMILY LEGO MANIA AT THE LIBRARY 2:00 PM, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2015 KIDS! What can YOU build with LEGOs? Bring the whole family out for this family-friendly activity. The most creative builds win a candy prize. We provide the LEGOs; you provide the imagination!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2015 DEADLINE FOR "OFF THE WALL" TEEN POETRY AND WRITING CONTEST ENTRIES CONTEST WINNERS WILL BE HONORED WITH AN AWARDS PROGRAM, 6:30 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015.

Hackley Handicrafts 6:00 pm, Monday, March 2 Learn a new craft with Nancy Hartman! This month make a quilt square.

I ve Gotta Pack 6:00 pm, Tuesday, March 3 Adventure traveler or armchair traveler, either way join local author Laura Holmes as she relates her travel adventures. Her book is called, I've Gotta Pack, and is a collection of true travel and adventure trip stories. She also has a monthly blog which can be found at http://contentqueens.net/blog

Trouble with your Tablet? 1:30 pm, Wednesday, March 4 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Please register in advance by calling 231-722-7276.

CINDERELLA'S BALL SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015 HPL's Cinderella's Ball turned out to be remarkably popular on January 24! We are so sorry we were unable to accomodate everyone who came. AND SO---we are very happy to announce Cinderella has graciously agreed to return! She will help us host four sessions particularly for folks unable to attend before, but anyone can call to register for a session. Each session will include a royal dance, games, crafts, treats and be limited to 40 children. Morning session: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Afternoon session: 2:00 – 3:30 PM IS MARCH 7TH INCONVENIENT FOR YOU? CINDERELLA WILL BE BACK AGAIN ON MARCH 21ST FOR ANOTHER TWO SESSIONS. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CALL 231-722-7276, EXT. 230.

Saturday Computer Class-Intro to Excel 11:00 am, Saturday, March 7 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Intro To Excel. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Intro to Excel 12:15 pm, Saturday, March 7 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Intro to Excel. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Quintessence 6:00 PM, Monday, March 9 Quintessence is comprised of musicians from the Muskegon and Whitehall area: flutist Karen Burek, clarinetist Sondra Cross, bassoonist Nick Mosely, oboist Bonnnie Bierma, and horn player Randy Turgeon. Their music is varied, from Baroque to the present. Some is standard repertoire, while some pieces are arrangements. It will be an evening of beautiful music.

How to Start a Nonprofit 5:30 pm, Tuesday, March 10 It doesn’t matter if you are in business to make a profit or if your business is to change the world, you still have to do it right. While profit is not the main motivation of nonprofits and community organizations, you must be fiscally solvent to remain in operation. This workshop is designed to guide the successful start-up and development of nonprofit organizations, by focusing nonprofit leaders on the business side of a successful nonprofit organization. Lead by Will Meier of Parmenter O’Toole Law Firm. Please call 231-722-7276 to register by phone, or visit http://www.hackleylibrary.org/pg/EVENTS/score_workshop_registration.html to register online. [score_workshop_registration] Brought to you through Score, a national organization of active and retired businessmen and women who volunteer their time to share their expertise with small businesses as well as new business start-ups. Their objective is to help America’s small businesses grow and prosper.

Trouble with your Tablet? 1:30 pm, Wednesday, March 11 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Please register in advance by calling 231-722-7276.

Tech Wednesday-Skype 3:00 - 4:00 pm, Wednesday, March 11 Bring your laptop or tablet and follow along while we explain tech topics in an informal setting. Today we will look at Skype, a free online video chat program.

MINECRAFT AT THE LIBRARY FOR AGES 6 - 12 2:00 - 4:00 PM, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2015 THIS PROGRAM WILL BE LOCATED IN THE LIBRARY'S BASEMENT LEVEL MEETING ROOMS. ALL SEATS FOR THE MARCH MINECRAFT PROGRAM ARE RESERVED, AND REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. REGISTRATION FOR THE APRIL MINECRAFT PROGRAM WILL BEGIN AT NOON, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015.

Book Review-As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

Flavia is back in As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, the latest in the Flavia de Luce series, and this time she's in a girl's boarding school in Canada.  It is the school her mother, Harriet, attended, which is somewhat intimidating for Flavia, if one could say that Flavia could be intimidated.  No sooner does she arrive than a body is found...in her chimney!  As everyone else around her nearly panics, Flavia, ever the scientist, takes note of salient points about the body.  She does not expect to be able to share information with the Toronto police, as she does in her home village, so she finds different ways of ferreting out information.  Even out of her normal habitat, Flavia is Flavia, and the story is another fun adventure.  Read these in order to get the full effect!

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust By Bradley, Alan Author Bradley, C. Alan 2015-01 - Delacorte Press 9780345539939 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER Flavia de Luce--"part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events"" ("The New York Times Book Review")--takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools in the captivating new mystery from "New York Times "bestselling author Alan Bradley. "Banished " is how …More

Other books by the same author.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery By Bradley, Alan 2010-01 - Bantam 9780385343497 Check Our Catalog Awards: Agatha Awards (2009), Anthony Awards (2010), Dilys Award (2010), Macavity Award (2010), Young Reader's Choice Award (2012) It is the summer of 1950, and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events. For Flavia, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. …More

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: A Flavia de Luce Novel By Bradley, Alan Author Bradley, C. Alan 2011-02 - Bantam 9780385343459 Check Our Catalog Flavia de Luce, a dangerously smart eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop's Lacey are over--until beloved puppeteer Rupert Porson has his own strings sizzled in an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity. But who'd do such a thing, and "why"? Does the madwoman who lives in Gibbet …More

A Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia de Luce Novel By Bradley, Alan 2011-10 - Bantam 9780385343466 Check Our Catalog "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER Alan Bradley, author of the most award-winning series debut of any year, returns with another irresistible Flavia de Luce novel In the hamlet of Bishop's Lacey, the insidiously clever and unflappable eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce had asked a Gypsy woman to tell her fortune--never expecting to later stumble across the poor soul, bludgeoned almost to …More

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows By Bradley, Alan 2012-10 - Bantam 9780385344029 Check Our Catalog It's Christmastime, and Flavia de Luce--an 11-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry--is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick. But she is soon distracted when a film crew arrives at the de Luces' decaying English estate, to shoot a movie. …More

Speaking from Among the Bones: A Flavia de Luce Novel By Bradley, Alan 2013-01 - Delacorte Press 9780385344036 Check Our Catalog From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by "USA Today" as "one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature." HPL patron:  #5 and most recent of the Flavia de Luce novels.  Makes for good summer reading as they are engrossing, not hard and fun to read.  Do read …More

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches By Bradley, Alan 2014-01 - Delacorte Press 9780385344050 Check Our Catalog Poisoning prodigy Flavia de Luce's sixth brush with murder carries her back to the most consequential death of all: that of her long-missing mother, Harriet, whose returning corpse is promptly joined by another, fresher specimen. Harriet de Luce's three daughters have always been told that their mother vanished from the Himalayas back in 1941. Now her body has been recovered from a glacier after …More

Complimentary Reads

Not All Tarts Are Apple By Granger, Pip 2002-10 - Poisoned Pen Press 9781590580332 Check Our Catalog Awards: Agatha Awards (2002) A first novel serves up an inimitable slice of British life from Coronation Summer, 1953, in a city not much different than that familiar to Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist. Seven-year-old Rosie lives happily with Uncle Bert and pillow-plump Aunt Maggie above their cafe on Old Compton Street. The Soho neighborhood is rife with tough and sinewy London life including pimps and prostitutes, …More

The Spellman Files By Lutz, Lisa 2009-01 - Pocket Books 9781416594178 Check Our Catalog In her irresistible, laugh-out-loud debut novel, Lutz introduces Isabel Izzy Spellman, a 28-year-old private eye working for her family's investigative business--a family that puts the fun in dysfunctional. …More

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Obsession in Death By Robb, J. D. 2015-02 - Putnam Adult 9780399170874 Check Our Catalog Lieutenant Eve Dallas walks the thin line between love and hate in this fabulous 40th thriller from #1 "New York Times"-bestseller J. D. Robb... Eve Dallas has solved a lot of high-profile murders for the NYPSD and gotten a lot of media. She--and her billionaire husband--are getting accustomed to being objects of attention, of gossip, of speculation. But now Eve has become the object of …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions!

Closer Than You Think By Rose, Karen 2015-02 - Signet Book 9780451466730 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Watch Your Back" and "Did You Miss Me" comes the newest novel by "the queen of romantic suspense" ("Crime and Punishment"). Psychologist Faith Corcoran is desperate to escape the stalker who's made her life a nightmare for the past year--desperate enough to run to the one place that has been her nightmare far longer. Both boon and bane, her …More

Eyes on You: A Novel of Suspense By White, Kate 2014-06 - Harper 9780061576638 Check Our Catalog A rising media star must battle a diabolical enemy in this riveting tale of psychological suspense from Kate White, the New York Times bestselling author of The Sixes and Hush. After a painful divorce and losing her on-air job two years ago, Robin Trainer has fought hard to regain her career. Now, as the popular cohost of a nightly entertainment show and the author of a hot new bestseller, …More

Remote Control By Isaka, Kotaro Translator Snyder, Stephen 2011-03 - Kodansha 9784770031082 Check Our Catalog Set in a near-future Japan, Isaka's remarkable thriller adroitly shifts between the extended pursuit of handsome Masaharu Aoyagi, a former deliveryman accused of killing Prime Minister Sadayoshi Kaneda by dropping a bomb from a remote-control toy helicopter onto the official motorcade, and several other characters associated with Aoyagi, who's been mercilessly set up by high-placed persons …More

Zero History By Gibson, William 2012-10 - Berkley Books 9780425259450 Check Our Catalog Hollis Henry, former rock singer-turned-journalist, has very reluctantly agreed to work for the secretive Belgian finance genius Hubertus Bigend againNonly to find herself entangled in a threatening mesh of postmodern marketing, corrupt American military contractors, and belated romance. Available in a tall Premium Edition. …More

Upcoming events at HPL

TODDLER PLAYDATE FOR AGES 18 MONTHS - 3 YEARS 11:00 AM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015 Listen to HPL's Youth Services Librarian, Ms. Cassandra, tell a great story! Also participate with your toddler in imaginative activities including action songs and fingerplays. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CALL 231-722-7276, EXT. 230.

Saturday Computer Class-Publisher 11:00 am, Saturday Feb 21 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Publisher. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Publisher 12:15 pm, Saturday Feb 21 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Publisher. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

BLACK HISTORY CALENDAR CONTEST AWARDS CEREMONY 2:00 PM, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2015 The winning student artists of the Hackley Public Library's Black History Calendar Contest will be honored during this event. Attendees will get a sneak preview of the artists' work scheduled to be published in the 2015 Spring issue of the Hackley Public Library Black History Calendar.

WINTER STORYTIME FOR AGES 3 - 7 6:45 PM, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 Storytelling! Picture books! FIngerplays! And each session ends with an interesting craft project. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. CALL 231-722-7276, EXT. 230.

Church of the Living God Choir 6:00 pm, Tuesday, February 24 In honor of Black History month, the Church of the Living God Choir will perform.

Trouble with Tablets 1:30 pm, Wednesday, February 25 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Please register in advance by calling 231-722-7276.

Tech Wednesday-Gimp 3:00 pm, Wednesday, February 25 Bring your laptop or tablet and follow along while we explain tech topics in an informal setting. Today we will look at Gimp, a free alternative to Photoshop.

TODDLER PLAYDATE FOR AGES 18 MONTHS - 3 YEARS 11:00 AM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 Listen to HPL's Youth Services Librarian, Ms. Cassandra, tell a great story! Also participate with your toddler in imaginative activities including action songs and fingerplays. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CALL 231-722-7276, EXT. 230.

Saturday Computer Class-Basic Computers 11:00 am, Saturday Feb 28 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Basic Computers. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Basic Computers 12:15 pm, Saturday Feb 28 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes this fall on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Basic Computers. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

FAMILY LEGO MANIA AT THE LIBRARY 2:00 PM, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2015 KIDS! What can YOU build with LEGOs? Bring the whole family out for this family-friendly activity. The most creative builds win a candy prize. We provide the LEGOs; you provide the imagination!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2015 DEADLINE FOR "OFF THE WALL" TEEN POETRY AND WRITING CONTEST ENTRIES CONTEST WINNERS WILL BE HONORED WITH AN AWARDS PROGRAM, 6:30 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015.

Hackley Handicrafts 6:00 pm, Monday, March 2 Learn a new craft with Nancy Hartman! This month make a quilt square.

I ve Gotta Pack 6:00 pm, Tuesday, March 3 Adventure traveler or armchair traveler, either way join local author Laura Holmes as she relates her travel adventures. Her book is called, I've Gotta Pack, and is a collection of true travel and adventure trip stories. She also has a monthly blog which can be found at http://contentqueens.net/blog

Trouble with your Tablet? 1:30 pm, Wednesday, March 4 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Please register in advance by calling 231-722-7276.

CINDERELLA'S BALL SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015 HPL's Cinderella's Ball turned out to be remarkably popular on January 24! We are so sorry we were unable to accomodate everyone who came. AND SO---we are very happy to announce Cinderella has graciously agreed to return! She will help us host four sessions particularly for folks unable to attend before, but anyone can call to register for a session. Each session will include a royal dance, games, crafts, treats and be limited to 40 children. Morning session: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Afternoon session: 2:00 – 3:30 PM IS MARCH 7TH INCONVENIENT FOR YOU? CINDERELLA WILL BE BACK AGAIN ON MARCH 21ST FOR ANOTHER TWO SESSIONS. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CALL 231-722-7276, EXT. 230.

Saturday Computer Class-Intro to Excel 11:00 am, Saturday, March 7 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Intro To Excel. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Saturday Computer Class-Intro to Excel 12:15 pm, Saturday, March 7 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays at 11 am and 12:15 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register. This weeks’ topic--Intro to Excel. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.