Upcoming Events at HPL

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets

1:00 pm, Wednesday, February 28

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.
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STORYTIME MARCH 1, THURSDAY, 10:30 Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, and a craft just for little ones. Event Calendar

HPL OFF THE WALL ANNUAL WRITING AND DRAWING CONTEST MARCH 1 THROUGH MARCH 31 Spring is just around the corner and so is our annual writing and drawing contest.  Students in grades 7-12 are invited to submit any original, creative work.  This includes poems, stories, drawings, and comics!  Stop by the library for more information or check out our website.  The contest runs from March 1 to March 31.  All entries are due by 5:00 pm Saturday, March 31. Event Calendar

Computer Class-Facebook 10:30 am, Saturday, March 3 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 to register.  Registeration opens one month before the class date. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Introduction to Facebook.  Learn how to set up an account, friend people, and post. Event Calendar

MINECRAFT MARCH 3, SATURDAY 2:00-4:00 Sharpen your axe--it's time to mine for all the supplies you need in Minecraft! This computer-based activity is open to the first 20 participants.  Registration is required. Save your seat by going online at http://www.hackleylibrary.org/events or calling 231-722-8014.  Event Calendar

GIRLS WHO CODE MARCH 5, MONDAY 5:30-6:30 Did you know Hackley Public Library has 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 through the end of May. Event Calendar

Hackley Craft Club 6:00 pm, Monday, March 5 Join the fun!  Our craft club meets the first Monday of each month. This month will be paper beads and quilling. Led by Nancy Hartman. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Event Calendar

Uneven Ground 6:00 pm, Tuesday, March 6 "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.    Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Event Calendar

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, March 7 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. Event Calendar

STORYTIME MARCH 8, THURSDAY, 10:30 Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, and a craft just for little ones. Event Calendar

Genealogy/Family History Workshop 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Saturday, March 10 Presented by the Muskegon County Genealogy Society. For anyone who is excited about researching their family history. You must pre-register; limited to 6 individuals for each workshop. Held in the Local History & Genealogy Department at the Torrent House. Please call 722-7276 ext. 240 to register. Event Calendar

WATERCOLOR PAINTING 101 MARCH 10, SATURDAY 2:00-3:00 Children's book illustrator Lori McElrath Eslick will teach us the ins and outs of painting with watercolors. Come ready to paint with green and make a project for St. Patrick's Day! Event Calendar

GIRLS WHO CODE MARCH 12, MONDAY 5:30-6:30 Did you know Hackley Public Library has 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 through the end of May. Event Calendar

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, March 14 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. Event Calendar

Computer Class-Intro to Computers 10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Saturday, March 17 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. Event Calendar

MONTHLY MAKERS:  DINO DIG MARCH 17, SATURDAY 2:00 Do you have what it takes to unearth dinosaur bones? We're pulling on our paleontology hats and excabating dinosaur skeletons! All supplies will be provided.  Registration is required. This program is open to the first 20 participants. Save your spot today by going online at http://www.hackleylibrary.org/events, or calling 231-722-8014. HPL Events

New Fiction at HPL

This Fallen Prey By Armstrong, Kelley 2018-02 - Minotaur Books 9781250159892 Check Our Catalog In This Fallen Prey, the next installment of New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's thriller series, Casey Duncan is about to face her toughest job as police detective in Rockton yet. When Casey first arrived at the off-the-grid town, an isolated community built as a haven for people running from their pasts, she had no idea what to expect, with no cell phones, …More

Complicated By Ashley, Kristen 2017-09 - Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 9781974503810 Check Our Catalog When small town Nebraska sheriff Hixon Drake meets Greta Dare, the connection couldn't be stronger, but the timing couldn't be worse. Dealing with the fallout of a divorce he never wanted and setting up a new home for his kids, Hix becomes that guy, that one he never wanted to be, and puts a stop to things before they can even start. Protecting his kids, and himself, is his only priority. Greta, …More

The Tangled Lands By Bacigalupi, Paolo Author Buckell, Tobias S. 2018-02 - Saga Press 9781481497299 Check Our Catalog From award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias Buckell comes a fantasy novel told in four parts about a land crippled by the use of magic, and a tyrant who is trying to rebuild an empire--unless the people find a way to resist. Khaim, The Blue City, is the last remaining city in a crumbled empire that overly relied upon magic until it became toxic. …More

Death of an Honest Man By Beaton, M. C. 2018-02 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455558315 Check Our Catalog Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--returns in M.C. Beaton's new mystery in her New York Times bestselling series. DEATH OF AN HONEST MAN Nobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul had moved to a house in Cnothan, a sour village on Hamish's beat. …More

The Deceivers By Berenson, Alex 2018-02 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399176166 Check Our Catalog The Russians don't just want to influence American elections--they want it all. Former CIA agent John Wells confronts a plot of astonishing audacity as New York Times-bestselling author Alex Berenson goes beyond today's headlines to tomorrow's all-too-real threats. It was supposed to be a terrorist sting. The guns were supposed to be disabled. Then why was …More

White Houses By Bloom, Amy 2018-02 - Random House 9780812995664 Check Our Catalog For readers of The Paris Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue comes a love story inspired by "one of the most intriguing relationships in history"*--between Eleanor Roosevelt and "first friend" Lorena Hickok. Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential campaign. Having grown up worse than poor in South Dakota and …More

Daphne By Boast, Will 2018-02 - Liveright Publishing Corporation 9781631493034 Check Our Catalog Elegantly written and profoundly moving, this spellbinding debut affirms Boast's reputation as a "new young American voice for the ages" (Tom Franklin). Born with a rare (and real) condition in which she suffers degrees of paralysis when faced with intense emotion, Daphne has few close friends and even fewer lovers. Like her mythic namesake, even one touch can freeze her. But when Daphne meets …More

Zero Day By Boone, Ezekiel 2018-02 - Atria Books 9781501125102 Check Our Catalog In the thrilling, nerve-wracking finale of Ezekiel Boone's "hair-raising" (Parade) Hatching series, the United States goes to war against the queen spiders that threaten to overtake the human race forever. The world is on the brink of apocalypse. Zero Day has come. The only thing more terrifying than millions of spiders is the realization that those spiders work as one. But among …More

Semiosis By Burke, Sue 2018-02 - Tor Books 9780765391353 Check Our Catalog Human survival hinges on an bizarre alliance in Semiosis, a character driven science fiction novel of first contact by debut author Sue Burke. SyFy Wire--9 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels to Read in February The Verge--18 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read in February Unbound …More

The House of Impossible Beauties By Cassara, Joseph 2018-02 - Ecco Press 9780062676979 Check Our Catalog NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY Buzzfeed - The Wall Street Journal - The Millions - Southern Living - Bustle - Esquire - Entertainment Weekly - Nylon "Cassaras's …More

Next Year in Havana By Cleeton, Chanel 2018-02 - Berkley Books 9780399586682 Check Our Catalog After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity--and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution... Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest--until …More

Halsey Street By Coster, Naima 2018-01 - Little a 9781503941168 Check Our Catalog A modern-day story of family, loss, and renewal, Halsey Street captures the deeply human need to belong--not only to a place but to one another. Penelope Grand has scrapped her failed career as an artist in Pittsburgh and moved back to Brooklyn to keep an eye on her ailing father. She's accepted that her future won't be what she'd dreamed, but now, as gentrification has …More

The Trumpets of Jericho By Dolan, J. Michael 2017-09 - Bookbaby 9780998700809 Check Our Catalog The Trumpets of Jericho is the first book, and only novel, devoted in its entirety to one of the more remarkable episodes in the annals of Jewish resistance to the Nazis-- the defiant 1944 uprising at the SS death camp Auschwitz-- and the just as inspiring account of the four young female conspirators arrested and savagely tortured by the Gestapo during the investigation that followed. As one of …More

The Ghost Notebooks By Dolnick, Ben 2018-02 - Pantheon Books 9781101871096 Check Our Catalog A supernatural story of love, ghosts, and madness as a young couple, newly engaged, become caretakers of a historic museum. When Nick Beron and Hannah Rampe decide to move from New York City to the tiny upstate town of Hibernia, they aren't exactly running away, but they need a change. Their careers have flatlined, the city is exhausting, and they've reached a relationship stalemate. Hannah …More

The Storm King By Duffy, Brendan 2018-02 - Ballantine Books 9780804178143 Check Our Catalog "Deeply atmospheric, breathlessly suspenseful, with a ticking clock like no other--a terrific thriller."--Lee Child Haunted by dark secrets and an unsolved mystery, a young doctor returns to his isolated Adirondacks hometown in a tense, gripping novel in the vein of Michael Koryta and Harlan Coben. Burying the past only gives it strength--and …More

The French Girl By Elliott, Lexie 2018-02 - Berkley Books 9780399586934 Check Our Catalog I Know What You Did Last Summer meets the French countryside in this exhilarating psychological suspense debut about a woman trapped by the bonds of friendship--perfect for fans of The Widow and The Woman in Cabin 10. We all have our secrets... They were six university students from Oxford--friends and sometimes more than friends--spending an idyllic week …More

Freshwater By Emezi, Akwaeke 2018-02 - Grove Press 9780802127358 Check Our Catalog Ada has always been unusual. As an infant in southern Nigeria, she is a source of deep concern to her family. Her parents successfully prayed her into existence, but something must have gone awry, as the young Ada becomes a troubled child, prone to violent fits of anger and grief. But Ada turns out to be more than just volatile. Born "with one foot on the other side," she begins to develop …More

Judgment Road By Feehan, Christine 2018-01 - Berkley Books 9780451488510 Check Our Catalog An outlaw motorcycle club sets up shop next door to Sea Haven in the dangerously sexy new series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan. A brutal education in a Russian training facility for assassins has taught this group of men one thing: It's a long road to redemption. JUDGMENT …More

The Bad Daughter By Fielding, Joy 2018-02 - Ballantine Books 9780399181528 Check Our Catalog A gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller of family intrigue and dark secrets, from the author of Someone Is Watching and See Jane Run. There was no shortage of words she could use to describe her father, almost none of them complimentary. Serves you damn right, she thought. A voice mail from her estranged sister, Melanie, sends Robin's heart racing and …More

Raspberry Danish Murder By Fluke, Joanne 2018-02 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9781617732249 Check Our Catalog Thanksgiving has a way of thawing the frostiest hearts in Lake Eden. But that won't be happening for newlywed Hannah Swensen Barton--not after her husband suddenly disappears . . . Hannah has felt as bitter as November in Minnesota since Ross vanished without a trace and left their marriage in limbo. Still, she throws herself into a baking frenzy for the sake of pumpkin pie and …More

Sunday Silence By French, Nicci 2018-01 - William Morrow & Company 9780062819840 Check Our Catalog It started with Monday. But it doesn't end with Sunday. Read Sunday Silence, the new novel in the series that LOUISE PENNY calls "fabulous, unsettling, and riveting" -- and brace yourself for the breathtaking series finale in …More

Sunday Silence By French, Nicci 2018-01 - William Morrow & Company 9780062819840 Check Our Catalog It started with Monday. But it doesn't end with Sunday. Read Sunday Silence, the new novel in the series that LOUISE PENNY calls "fabulous, unsettling, and riveting" -- and brace yourself for the breathtaking series finale in …More

Look for Me By Gardner, Lisa 2018-02 - Dutton Books 9781524742058 Check Our Catalog "An utterly absorbing story about troubled families and twisted fates. You won't be able to put it down--and it will haunt you long after you turn the final page."--Shari Lapena "A complex crime scene, a missing girl, a ticking clock: no one writes a more page-turning, gut-wrenching thriller."--Tess Gerritsen In #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner's latest …More

A Perfect Place to Pray By Goodwin, I. L. 2009-08 - Genesis Press (MS) 9781585712991 Check Our Catalog Winner of the 2006 "Romantic Times" First African-American Fiction Novel award, this is the harrowing tale of a woman who is hunted down by her abusive husband after she and her daughter escape and make a new life. …More

What to read while waiting for...

An American Marriage By Jones, Tayari 2018-02 - Algonquin Books 9781616201340 Check Our Catalog One of the most anticipated novels of 2018 according to Entertainment Weekly * Goodreads * Esquire * Elle * Cosmopolitan *BBC * Huffington Post * Bustle * Southern Living * Newsday * Bookish * Nylon * iBooks Store The author of Silver Sparrow returns with a stunning novel about race, loyalty, and love …More

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

The Way Forward Is With A Broken Heart By Alice Walker 2000-10 - Random House 0679455876 Check Our Catalog Fictional stories based on Walker's life, "The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart" is a wise and moving treasure about love and life by the author of "The Color Purple" and "By the Light of My Father's Smile". …More

Friends and Lovers By Dickey, Eric Jerome 1998-08 - Dutton Books 9780451188038 Check Our Catalog In this sexy, soulful tale of love, betrayal, and friendship set in modern-day Los Angeles, the lives of four young African Americans--two men and two women--are chronicled through the love and the laughter, as well as the heartache and pain of not-so-everyday life. A witty, honest portrait of contemporary mores and humanity in which the gender gap isn't merely investigated but celebrated. …More

Gathering of Waters By McFadden, Bernice L. 2012-01 - Akashic Books 9781617750311 Check Our Catalog Following her best-selling, award-winning novel "Glorious, " McFadden produces a fantastical historical novel featuring the spirit of Emmett Till. …More

Upcoming Events at HPL

Computer Class-Intro to Powerpoint 10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Saturday, February 24 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. This weeks' topic--Powerpoint.  Learn how to create a slide show. Event Calendar

AWARDS CEREMONY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALENDAR AND COLORING CONTESTS FEBRUARY 24, SATURDAY, 2:00 You submitted your best artwork, and we chose the winners! Find out if you won at our awards ceremony. Then stay to listen to In the Tradition, a great jazz band from Detroit performing for the whole family. Refreshments will be provided. Event Calendar

In the Tradition Jazz Ensemble 2:00 pm, Saturday, February 24 In The Tradition began in Detroit in the early 1990's when 5 members of the Neal Henry Septet formed the Christopher James/Charles Hopkins Quintet.  Over the years they became In the Tradition and found their calling.  Through the works of In The Tradition they “seek to educate listeners around the world about the African story, and hook the culturally disenfranchised members of the 'Diaspora' back into their heritage, laying on them [the] ensemble's refined expression of African-American classical music, in as authentic a presentation as they can muster.” (Matt Ward, Detroit Jazz Magazine, 10-16-13) “This band's métier is straight-ahead Jazz, unplugged and resplendent in all its acoustic simplicity and textural earthiness, and underpinned by rhythms inspired by all parts of the far-flung reaches of the African Diaspora”...Matt Ward, Detroit Jazz Magazine, 10-16-13. Brought to the community through a generous bequest from Bess Commodore. WUVS 103.7 "The Community Station" the Beat is the media sponsor. Event Calendar

GIRLS WHO CODE FEBRUARY 26, 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. Event Calendar

THE SWEETEST SOUND:  SHERRI WINSTON AND THE PATHFINDERS LAKESHORE COMMUNITY YOUTH CHOIR FEBRUARY 26, MONDAY, 6:00 Local Author Sherri Winston hosts a multi-media presentation incorporating an imaginative PowerPoint display, music, lively discussion and Black History trivia. The program will weave together black history, literary and gospel figures and how their presence impacted our lives. The MHHS alumna's recent book The Sweetest Sound has been named one of Kirkus magazine's best books of the year. The paperback edition is coming out in January and will be available for autographs and purchase. Event Calendar

Black Hair Care 6:00 pm, Tuesday, February 27 Learn the secrets to having beautiful hair.  Nietra Hood from the Unity Hair Salon on Clay Ave in Muskegon will be on hand to answer all your hair care questions. Brought to the community through a generous bequest from Bess Commodore. WUVS 103.7 "The Community Station" the Beat is the media sponsor. Event Calendar

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, February 28 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. Event Calendar

STORYTIME MARCH 1, THURSDAY, 10:30 Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, and a craft just for little ones. Event Calendar

HPL OFF THE WALL ANNUAL WRITING AND DRAWING CONTEST MARCH 1 THROUGH MARCH 31 Spring is just around the corner and so is our annual writing and drawing contest.  Students in grades 7-12 are invited to submit any original, creative work.  This includes poems, stories, drawings, and comics!  Stop by the library for more information or check out our website.  The contest runs from March 1 to March 31.  All entries are due by 5:00 pm Saturday, March 31. Event Calendar

Computer Class-Facebook 10:30 am, Saturday, March 3 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 to register.  Registeration opens one month before the class date. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Introduction to Facebook.  Learn how to set up an account, friend people, and post. Event Calendar

MINECRAFT MARCH 3, SATURDAY 2:00-4:00 Sharpen your axe--it's time to mine for all the supplies you need in Minecraft! This computer-based activity is open to the first 20 participants.  Registration is required. Save your seat by going online at http://www.hackleylibrary.org/events or calling 231-722-8014.  Event Calendar

GIRLS WHO CODE MARCH 5, MONDAY 5:30-6:30 Did you know Hackley Public Library has 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 through the end of May. Event Calendar

Hackley Craft Club 6:00 pm, Monday, March 5 Join the fun!  Our craft club meets the first Monday of each month. This month will be paper beads and quilling. Led by Nancy Hartman. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Event Calendar

Uneven Ground 6:00 pm, Tuesday, March 6 "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.    Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Event Calendar

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, March 7 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. Event Calendar

STORYTIME MARCH 8, THURSDAY, 10:30 Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, and a craft just for little ones. Event Calendar

Genealogy/Family History Workshop 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Saturday, March 10 Presented by the Muskegon County Genealogy Society. For anyone who is excited about researching their family history. You must pre-register; limited to 6 individuals for each workshop. Held in the Local History & Genealogy Department at the Torrent House. Please call 722-7276 ext. 240 to register. Event Calendar

WATERCOLOR PAINTING 101

MARCH 10, SATURDAY 2:00-3:00

Children's book illustrator Lori McElrath Eslick will teach us the ins and outs of painting with watercolors. Come ready to paint with green and make a project for St. Patrick's Day!

Event Calendar