November @ the Grand Rapids Library

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What’s Happening at the Grand Rapids Area Library

November 14,  2011

 

This week at the Library:

 

Zany Fimo Puppets

Tuesday Nov. 15 at 3:30

Let's check out author Carlo Collodi who wrote Pinocchio! With Creativity Tank artists, you'll learn the features of the face as we sculpt our own puppets with fimo clay and create zany people or animal puppet faces. While the clay is hardening, you can create a story line for your zany character! Open to all ages. Children 0-6 must be accompanied by adult. This is a FREE Children First! Event. Registration required. Please register online www.getlearning.org Select Children First! or call ISD 318 Comm. Ed. 327-5730 or the Children's Library at 327-8823. School bus #41 arrives at the library at 3:30 p.m.

 

Contribute on Give to the Max Day

The third annual 'Give to the Max Day' is Wednesday, November 16.  This on-line event is a statewide GiveMN.org day-long opportunity. This year the on-line donations received for the Grand Rapids Area Library Foundation on 'Give to the Max Day' will be dedicated to the Riverfront Energy Center 'Dashboard'. On November 16, simply go to www.GiveMN.org  and enter Grand Rapids Area Library Foundation in the “search for a cause”  box - or click on “donate” and then enter Grand Rapids Area Library in the box that pops up.

Thank you for your support. (You can give any time, not just on the 16^th!)

 

The Lowdown on Eating Disorders from the Trenches 

Thursday, Nov 17  7 pm

Becky Henry, award winning author of Just Tell Her to Stop: Family Stories of Eating Disorders, is a nationally recognized expert on eating disorders.
What once was thought to be a problem for teen and college-aged girls now also affects middle schoolers-senior adults and males. Through Hope Network, an organization Henry founded, families become better educated about eating disorders, stop feeling alone and/or blamed and learn strategies for living with an eating disorder.
Hope Network also helps health care providers understand the basics of eating disorders, red flags to watch for, and how to cut through shame and secrecy to make needed diagnoses and referrals

 

Holiday Hours

The Library will be closing early on Wednesday November 23, and closed all day on Thanksgiving day, November 24.  We will be open regular hours on Friday (9-5) and Saturday (10-2). 

 

Coming Soon:

Goldie’s Bucket List (Mary Shideler shares stories and photographs)

Tuesday, November 29  7 pm

Goldie, at eighty-nine years plus has not let a broken hip stop her from trying new and interesting adventures. From riding elephants and camels to skydiving or cruising town in a banana car at last June's Blues Fest, Goldie and her daughter, Mary Shideler, have seen and experienced over 70% of the wishes on the bucket list Goldie started at age 80.
Mary shares stories and pictures highlighting their escapades and inviting audiences to adopt her mother's mantra, "Life is for living!"Maybe their stories will inspire your bucket list!

 

Family Movie Night   Thursday, December 1, 6:00 pm 

This month we will present "Cars 2" on the big screen in the community room! Bring dinner or a snack and join us!

 

Story times!  Bring the little ones for a fun morning with stories, songs, rhymes, a snack and craft.

Saturdays at 10:30  and Mondays 9:30 and 10:30. 

 

Great things in the Friends of the Library Book Store

The Friends of the Library Book Store now has a foreign language section, a home-school section, and many children’s books.  Books are constantly being added, so stop in regularly to see what’s new! 

There will be a holiday sale set up in the meeting room on Wednesday, December 7 with many holiday books and many books suitable for gift giving (including books to give yourself!)

 

Find more upcoming events on our Event Calendar

A direct link to the Library’s online event calendar is here.  A link to just the events for children is available by clicking on the “kids” button on the Library's web site

 

You can renew or request material online through our web site at www.grandrapids.lib.mn.us.  You can also call the automated renewal line at 218-741-9085

 

For more details on any of the programs, go to the Library’s Web Site: www.grandrapids.lib.mn.us  You can also find a calendar on the left side of the page.   Click on “Calendar” for a link to the complete list of events at the library.