231-258-9411
247 S. Cedar  Kalkaska, MI.
49646

kalkaskalibrary@yahoo.com

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The Kalkaska County Library provides free WiFi service to our patrons! 

 

 

 

KCL Online Public Access Catalog.  Click on the card catalog to see what books are at the library!

 

 

Click on the MeLCat button to browse the Michigan Electronic Library: borrow & renew books using your library card.

 

The Kalkaska County Library is on Facebook.  Click the link above to join!

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Park and Read 2012

Kalkaska County Library cardholders will be able to check out a day pass to any of the 98 state parks from April 1 through October 1, 2012. The Department of Natural Resources and Environment and The Library of Michigan are offering Park and Read for a fourth year.

Park & Read allows library card-holders the ability to "check-out" a one-day pass into any Michigan state park or recreation area in lieu of the resident daily motor vehicle permit. This $6 savings also provides free access to the more than 500 events taking place in state parks throughout the summer.

 

 

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Check here to see what new titles are being offered at the library!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lights, Camera, Action!  Stop into the KCL and check out our new additions to our classic movie collection.  

 

 

Movie	Director
Hugo	Martin Scorsese
Pan's Labyrinth	Guillermo del Toro
Taxi to the Dark Side	Alex Gibney
Waste Land	Lucy Walker
Aguirre: The Wrath of God	Werner Herzog
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall	Nick Morris
The Big Lebowski	The Coen Brothers
Downton Abbey: Seasons 1 & 2	Julian Fellowes
My Dinner with Andre	Louis Malle
Apocalypse Now	Francis Ford Coppola

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Summer Reading 2012 is here!

This year's theme is "Dream Big - Read!"  We hope to see all of you this summer at our fun and exciting events.  Bring the whole family!

Registration opens June 11
Program begins June 25

June 26th at 3:00pm  Disc Golf at Log Lake Park
June 29th at 10:00am  Preschool Storytime
July 11 at 11:00am  Kalamazoo Nature Center presents "While You Dream, Who Is Up In The Sky?"

July 21st at 11:00am  Paleo Joe the Dinosaur Hunter

July 25th at 11:00am   Learn Origami: The Japanese Art of Paper Folding
July 27th at 10:00am Preschool Storytime

July 30th at 5:00pm  Joel Tacey Pajama Jam Comedy Show

August 3rd at 10:30am   Pool Party at The Kaliseum

For more information, call us at 231.258.9411.

Let Them Eat...Bread!

June 5th @ 6:00pm

The Friends of the Kalkaska County Library will host "Let Them Eat Bread!", a bread making demonstration featuring well known local restaurant owner Shirley Avery Tracey.  Homemade bread is one of her specialties, and she insists it is easy and economical to make.

In addition to the demonstration there will be samples of breads for tasting, and Shirley is sure to entertain with stories of growing up in the restaurant business.

Join us on June 5th at 6:00pm!

Tickets are limited to the first 50 persons, available in advance at the Kalkaska County Library.  The cost is $10.00 with proceeds going toward the New Library Building Fund.

A Month of Quilts - July 2012

Antique, collectible & new quilts on display!

Quilting Lectures begin at 6:00pm three Wednesdays in July (7/11, 7/18, 7/25).  Fee for all three lectures are $10.00 at registration, otherwise $5.00 per individual lesson.

Experts in the field of quilting will demonstrate a particular quilt strategy followed by an Q&A period.

Quilting demonstrations by local quilters will take place on Saturday, July 28 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. The public is invited to watch and ask questions.

Anyone wishing to display a quilt may bring it to the Library during the last week of June.  Attach any known information about the quilt along with a contact name and phone number.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Kalkaska County Library.  For more information on this event or how to join The Friends, call 231.258.9411.

Computer Help!

 

Scratching your head at the new laptop you bought? We can help! Eyes glazed over trying to figure out your new Kindle? We can help! Outsmarted by your Smartphone? We can help!

 

Computer Help is here!  Back by popular demand…stop in any Saturday between 9:00am and 12:00pm and you can get assistance with any technical help you need. 

 

Even if you have never used a computer before…we can help.  The hardest part of learning anything new is asking for help, so come on in and ask for Bradley.  No appointment necessary.

 

 

 

 

Advance Order Forms available for Dawn Triplett’s new book, Brave Boys Were They!

Brave Boys Were They!  contains the biographies of over four hundred Civil War veterans who lived in Kalkaska County. This 8-1/2 x 11, 375 page soft cover book chronicles the events and the activities of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Women’s Relief Corps in Kalkaska that were an active and vital part of the community from the 1880’s through the 1930’s.  The book is indexed with over 1,600 surnames.

Stop into the KCL and fill out your advance order form today!
Brave Boys Were They! can be purchased for only $22.99 for each postpaid copy.

 
 

Don't play boring games...play BOARD GAMES!

Remember when playing games meant gathering around the dining room table and interacting with your parents, siblings and friends? Me neither. But I hear it was a lot of fun! So put down those controllers and unplug yourself from the gaming mainframe and make a pilgrimage to the Kalkaska County Library where you can play the classic board games such as Risk, Monopoly, Scrabble, Chess, Checkers and Backgammon.  Heck, why not even start clubs of your own!

All games are located in the Teen Center in the lower level of the library.

Board games, like libraries, are not going away anytime soon.  Read this article in CNN Money.

 

 

 

Invitation To All Preschoolers! 

Bring a grown-up and come to story time.  The Kalkaska County Library is offering Story time for preschoolers every Friday at 10:00am (except holidays). Our goal is to develop a relationship with preschoolers and motivate them to enjoy books and to take care of them.  We want to encourage young people to use our library. There will be a different theme each week with fresh new ideas.  A simple craft will be offered followed by a snack.

For more information call 231-258-9411.

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