Upcoming Events at HPL

SPRING CRAFTS 2:00 PM, SATURDAY, APRIL 2 It's warming up. Celebrate the season with some easy and fun Spring crafts for ages 3 to 100. We'll pull out all our craft supplies and see what fun things we can make for this change of season.

STORYTIME TOYBOX 6:30 PM, MONDAY, APRIL 4 Come play at HPL! Listen to a story or two, play and sing and have a full "Ready to read" experience with Ms. Cassandra. Call to register:  231-722-7276, ext. 230

POPSICLE SCULPTURE 2:00 PM, TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Spring Break is here and art is in the air with water color popsicle stick sculptures. Use paint and glue to create spectacular masterpieces.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, April 6 Want to learn more about your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

BOARD GAMES 2:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Drop in anytime between 2:00 and 4:00 to play a game or two. Bring in your favorite or play one of ours.

STORYTIME TOYBOX 6:30 PM, MONDAY, APRIL 11 Stop, Look, Listen and Feel with stories, crafts, playtime and a snack at HPL. Have fun and build reading skills at the same time. Call to register:  231-722-7276, ext. 230

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, April 13 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

THINGS THAT FLY

2:00 PM, SATURDAY, APRIL 16
We're making paper airplanes and other things that fly. Join in the fun with distance challenges and silly prizes during a program where you can demonstrate your aeronautical skills.

What to read while waiting for...

Private Paris By Patterson, James Author Sullivan, Mark 2016-03 - Little Brown and Company 9780316407052 Check Our Catalog Someone is targeting the most powerful people in Paris--only Jack Morgan can make it stop. When Jack Morgan stops by Private's Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip. But Jack is quickly pressed into duty after getting a call from his client Sherman Wilkerson, asking Jack to track down his young granddaughter, who is on the run from a brutal drug …More

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

Foreign Affairs By Woods, Stuart 2015-10 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399174674 Check Our Catalog Stone Barrington returns in the new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author. When he's apprised at the last minute of a mandatory meeting abroad, Stone Barrington rushes off to Europe for a whirlwind tour of business and, of course, pleasure. But from the start the trip seems to be cursed, plagued by suspicious accidents and unfortunate events, and …More

The Bones of Paris By King, Laurie R. 2013-09 - Bantam 9780345531766 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling author Laurie R. King, beloved for her acclaimed Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, consistently writes richly detailed and thoroughly suspenseful novels that bring a distant time and place to brilliant life. Now, in this thrilling new book, King leads readers into the vibrant and sensual Paris of the Jazz Age--and reveals the darkest secrets of its denizens. …More

Murder on the Quai By Black, Cara 2016-06 - Soho Crime 9781616956783 Check Our Catalog The world knows Aimee Leduc, heroine of 15 mysteries in this "New York Times" bestselling series, as a "tres chic," no-nonsense private investigator the toughest and most relentless in Paris. Now author Cara Black dips back in time to reveal how Aimee first became a detective . . . November 1989: Aimee Leduc is in her first year of college at Paris's preeminent medical school. She …More

Upcoming Events at HPL

Computer Class-Intro to Email 10:30 am, Saturday, March 26 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register.  This weeks' topic--Intro to Email.  Learn how to set up an email account.  Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

RAINBOW EASTER EGGS 2:00 PM, SATURDAY, MARCH 26 Bring your own hard-boiled eggs, and we will supply the beautiful colors to take your egg coloring to the next level just in time for Easter morning.

STORYTIME TOYBOX 6:30 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 28 Creative play is a great way to get ready for reading. Let's play and read and sing. Call to register:  231-722-7276, ext. 230

Uneven Ground 6:00 pm, Tuesday, March 29 "Uneven Ground" is a four-piece traditional Celtic band that blends vocals with instrumentals to bring their listeners on a unique musical journey.  They play Celtic, Irish, English, Scottish music.  The members are Courtney Hutson, fiddle,vocals; Dave Closz, guitar,vocals; Tim Staudacher, mandolin,guitar; and Larry Halverson, whistle, flute. For more info check out:  https://www.facebook.com/unevengroundceltic/app_178091127385 Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Trouble with Tablets 1:30 pm, Wednesday, March 30 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

SPRING CRAFTS 2:00 PM, SATURDAY, APRIL 2 It's warming up. Celebrate the season with some easy and fun Spring crafts for ages 3 to 100. We'll pull out all our craft supplies and see what fun things we can make for this change of season.

STORYTIME TOYBOX 6:30 PM, MONDAY, APRIL 4 Come play at HPL! Listen to a story or two, play and sing and have a full "Ready to read" experience with Ms. Cassandra. Call to register:  231-722-7276, ext. 230

POPSICLE SCULPTURE 2:00 PM, TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Spring Break is here and art is in the air with water color popsicle stick sculptures. Use paint and glue to create spectacular masterpieces.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, April 6 Want to learn more about your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

BOARD GAMES 2:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Drop in anytime between 2:00 and 4:00 to play a game or two. Bring in your favorite or play one of ours.

What to Read while waiting for...

Off the Grid By Box, C. J. 2016-03 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399176609 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling author C. J. Box returns with a suspenseful new Joe Pickett novel. Nate Romanowski is off the grid, recuperating from wounds and trying to deal with past crimes, when he is suddenly surrounded by a small team of elite professional special operators. They're not there to threaten him, but to make a deal. They need help destroying a domestic terror cell in …More

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

Dry Bones By Johnson, Craig 2015-05 - Viking 9780525426936 Check Our Catalog The latest installment of Craig Johnson s"New York Times"bestselling Longmire series the basis forthe hit drama series "LONGMIRE" now on Netflix When Jen, the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found surfaces in Sherriff Walt Longmire's jurisdiction, it appears to be a windfall for the High Plains Dinosaur Museum until Danny Lone Elk, the Cheyenne rancher on whose …More

Windigo Island By Krueger, William Kent 2015-05 - Atria Books 9781476749242 Check Our Catalog The award-winning author of the best-selling Cork O'Connor series, William Kent Krueger pens novels with pulse-racing suspense. In Windigo Island, the corpse of an Ojibwe girl washes ashore, and locals at the Bad Bluff reservation believe it to be the work of the mythical Windigo. But the dead girl's friend is also missing, and sheriff-turned-PI Cork O'Connor will brave any danger to bring her …More

Harder Ground: More Woods Cop Stories By Heywood, Joseph 2015-03 - Lyons Press 9781493009022 Check Our Catalog A treasure chest of stories for Joseph Heywood fans, featuring the women game-warden colleagues of his mystery series star Grady Service. With Heywood's trademark ability to capture the eccentric characters of the Michigan wilderness, his wonderful ear for dialogue, and his vivid descriptions of hunting, fishing, and outdoorsmanship, these stories will delight Heywood fans and entice any reader …More

        

Upcoming Events at HPL

Computer Class-Intro to the Internet 10:30 am, Saturday, March 19 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register.  This weeks' topic--Intro to the Internet. Learn how to "surf the net" and find your away around cyberspace. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

LEGO FAMILY FUN DAY 2:00 PM, SATURDAY, MARCH 19 Buld something great with LEGOs. Show of your creative construction skills and enter our family fun competition for prizes. Afterwards, you can place your sturcture on display for all to see.

STORYTIME TOYBOX 6:30 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 21 Play is a great way to learn. Add a story, finger pla and craft and your toddler is on the way to loving books. Join HPL for playing with a purpose.  Call to register:  231-722-7276, ext. 230

Book Discussion-Station 11 6:00 PM, Monday, March 21 Station Eleven is the story of the Traveling Symphony, a troupe of Shakespearean actors and orchestral musicians traveling through Michigan 20 years after an apocalyptic pandemic.  They go from outpost to outpost bringing Shakespeare and music to the residents because “Survival is insufficient.”   Read, or reread, the book, and discuss it with others.  Led by a Professor from Muskegon Community College.

Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company-Station 11 6:00 PM, Tuesday, March 22 In partnership with the Michigan Humanities Council's Great Michigan Read program, the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company will offer a program of scenes from multiple Shakespeare plays designed to tie in with Station Eleven, the 2015-2016 Great Michigan Read.  Emily St. John Mandel's novel features a touring Shakespeare company that travels through Michigan after a global flu epidemic, bringing art and culture into the lives of small communities of survivors.  Like the companies of Shakespeare's own time period, this troupe of actors does not rely on modern technology to create its performances.  Rather it engages the imagination of its audiences, demonstrating the ways in which the arts allow people to retain their humanity and dignity in trying circumstances.  Pigeon Creek's program includes scenes from King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry V, and several other plays in a lively and audience-interactive performance. The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company is a touring professional company based in West Michigan.  The company was founded in 1998 by Chicago area actor and director Frank Farrell, and a cast of actors from the West Michigan area.  While the company started as a summer-only production company, it now produces 5 plays a year which tour to multiple venues within Michigan, and occasionally out of state.  Pigeon Creek's actors have a high level of training in using Shakespeare's language, and a reputation for making the plays lively, accessible, and understandable. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Trouble with Tablets 1:30 pm, Wednesday, March 23 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

Tech Wednesday-Linkedin 3:00 PM, Wednesday, March 23 Bring your laptop or tablet and follow along while we explain tech topics in an informal setting.  This week we'll look at LinkedIn.

Computer Class-Intro to Email 10:30 am, Saturday, March 26 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register.  This weeks' topic--Intro to Email.  Learn how to set up an email account.  Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

RAINBOW EASTER EGGS 2:00 PM, SATURDAY, MARCH 26 Bring your own hard-boiled eggs, and we will supply the beautiful colors to take your egg coloring to the next level just in time for Easter morning.

STORYTIME TOYBOX 6:30 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 28 Creative play is a great way to get ready for reading. Let's play and read and sing. Call to register:  231-722-7276, ext. 230

Uneven Ground 6:00 pm, Tuesday, March 29 "Uneven Ground" is a four-piece traditional Celtic band that blends vocals with instrumentals to bring their listeners on a unique musical journey.  They play Celtic, Irish, English, Scottish music.  The members are Courtney Hutson, fiddle,vocals; Dave Closz, guitar,vocals; Tim Staudacher, mandolin,guitar; and Larry Halverson, whistle, flute. For more info check out:  https://www.facebook.com/unevengroundceltic/app_178091127385 Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Trouble with Tablets 1:30 pm, Wednesday, March 30 Having trouble with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:30 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

SPRING CRAFTS

2:00 PM, SATURDAY, APRIL 2
It's warming up. Celebrate the season with some easy and fun Spring crafts for ages 3 to 100. We'll pull out all our craft supplies and see what fun things we can make for this change of season.