Upcoming Events at HPL

STORYTIME! JANUARY 11, THURSDAY, 10:30 Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, and a craft just for little ones.

LEGOS! JANUARY 13, SATURDAY, 2:00 Stay cozy and warm. Drop in anytime after 2:00 and build your own winter wonderland with Legos. We'll have plenty of blocks to go around. Once you're done, we'll put your creation on display!

Hackley Public Library is closed on January 15, 2018 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

BLACK HISTORY CALENDAR CONTEST JANUARY 16 - FEBRUARY 7 HPL's annual calendar uses student artwork to celebrate African American achievements. Artists in grades 3 - 12 are invited to submit drawings. To enter, draw a picture from African American history and ask a trivia question about it. the best pictures and questions will be published in a free calendar which will be available throughout Muskegon. Each page in the calendar will feature a question (maybe yours) about a famous person or event. answers will be printed on the back. Don't forget to pick up an entry form! all submissions are due by Wednesday, February 7. We'll announce the winners at our Awards Ceremony on February 24.

BLACK HISTORY COLORING CONTEST JANUARY 16 - FEBRUARY 7 Show off your best coloring skills! Young artists in grades Pre-K - 2 can take home an entry form or color one at the library. Fill out your name and age, then turn in your coloring page by Wednesday, February 7. We'll select the best ones for our Awards Ceremony on February 24.

Tech Tuesday 12:00 - 7:00 pm Tuesday, January 16 Reserve your 30 minute appointment to have your computer/tech questions answered by our in-house IT people. We will answer questions on using computers and apps-anything from how to navigate Windows to how to upload pictures to Facebook.  Call 231-722-8012 at least 24 hours in advance to reserve your spot.  By appointment only, walk-in spots will not be available.

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, January 17 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

STORYTIME! JANUARY 18, THURSDAY, 10:30 Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, and a craft just for little ones.

Computer Class-Intro to Computers 10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Saturday, January 20 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-8000 or visit HPL Events to register.   Registeration opens one month before the class date.  Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Intro to Computers:  Intro 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.

MONTHLY MAKERS:  ICE PAINT! JANUARY 20, SATURDAY, 2:00 The cold doesn't bother us! Throw on your lab coat and experiment with creating new colors out of frozen paint. Each color will start off as a frozen ice cube. As you paint the cube will melt and will change your artwork.

GIRLS WHO CODE JANUARY 22, MONDAY, 5:30-6:30 Hackley Public Library is excited to launch a coding club just for girls! We are an official host site for the international Girls Who Code organization. The club is open to students grade 6 and up. In the club, girls will master the basics of coding like loops, variables, functions, and conditionals to name a few. We will meet every Monday evening starting in January through the end of May. Registration is required. Please register online at hackleylibrary.org or by calling 231-722-8014.

Yooper Talk 6:00 pm, Tuesday, January  23 Kathryn Remlinger, author of the forthcoming book Yooper Talk, will be at HPL to talk about her new book. “Yooper Talk is a fresh and significant contribution to understanding regional language and culture in North America. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is historically, geographically and culturally distinct. Struggles over land, labor and language during the past 150 years have shaped the variety of English spoken by resident Yoopers, as well as how they are viewed for outsides. Drawing on sixteen years of fieldwork, including interviews with seventy-five lifelong residents of the UP, Kathryn Remlinger examines how the idea of a unique Yooper dialect emerged. Considering UP English in relation to other regional dialects and their speakers, she looks at local identity, literacy practices, media representations, language attitudes, notions of authenticity, economic factors, tourism, and contact with immigrant and Native American languages. The book also explores how a dialect becomes a recognizable and valuable commodity: Yooper talk (or "Yoopanese") is emblazoned on t-shirts, flags, postcards, coffee mugs, and bumper stickers. Yooper Talk explains linguistic concepts with entertaining examples for general readers and also contributes to interdisciplinary discussions of dialect and identity in sociolinguistics, anthropology, dialectology, and folklore. For more information about the book, the author, and UW Press, please visit https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5561.htm.” Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, January 24 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00  to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

STORYTIME! JANUARY 25, THURSDAY, 10:30 Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, and a craft just for little ones.

DRAWING DROIDS JANUARY 27, SATURDAY, 2:00 Professional illustrator Corine Roberts is coming to the library to share her love of drawing and teach us how to draw our favorite Star Wars characters! This program works best for children 6 years old and up. Adults should plan to stay if bringing younger children.

Computer Class-Word

10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Saturday, January 27

De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-8000 or visit HPL Events to register.   Registeration opens one month before the class date.  Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.
Word:  Learn the basics of word processing, including opening and saving a document, entering text and making changes.