Since 2010, libraries in Michigan have participated in Michigan Libraries for Life. This entails providing our communities with information on how to become an organ and tissue donor. In the last seven years, Libraries for Life has helped to register over 3,500 donors! If you would like further information on what it means to be…
Arr! September 19 be talk like a Pirate Day!
"Avast! We be swashbucklers!" means "Stop! We're pirates!" in pirate! As part of your membership to East Lansing Public Library, you have access to Mango Languages. With Mango you can learn many different languages - 71 languages to be exact! Can you guess what one of them is? PIRATE! You can learn very practical phrases…
Yet Another Reason to Read BookPage
You may or may not know about BookPage. This is a free monthly publication that we have here in the library. It has reviews of upcoming titles, author interviews, and literature related articles. Every year, they have a reader's survey where you can enter to win one box of books, every month, for a whole…
American Heart Month 2018
This year, the CDC Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Million Hearts®, invite younger people to gain more awareness and participate in heart healthy ventures. According to the CDC, "adults ages 35 to 64" are a high risk demographic. They have made some simple suggestions to get more involved in care for your heart…
What is Digital Literacy?
Every year, September 8 is designated as International Literacy Day from UNESCO. In their 51st year, the theme is Literacy in a Digital World. What does that mean? According to the American Library Association, "Digital Literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and…
Celebrate the Great Lakes Folk Festival
In its current existence, the Great Lakes Folk Festival has been running annually since 2002. A cooperation between the City of East Lansing and the MSU Museum, this weekend festival is a celebration of folk art both locally and nationally. There will be exhibits of dance and music "showcas[ing] performers who learned their skills within…
Do You Know About M.A.P.?
Summer is here! Which is totally amazing! What are you going to do with your free time? What if I told you that you could gain access to hundreds of attractions and locations at a free or discounted rate, just by using your library card? Through the Library of Michigan and other supporters, they have…
A Different Way to Look at Fairy Tales
Most of us read - or were read - fairy tales as children. In honor of National Tell A Fairy Tale Day, take a look at these titles that take a different approach to some well known stories. Cinder is a take on Cinderella. Cinder is an orphaned android living in New Beijing, China somewhere in…
What is Art?
Who's ready for the East Lansing Art Festival 2017? What is impressionism? Learn about it here. Is mixed media art as tricky as it seems? Have you ever wanted to learn how to create your own pottery? What do you think about art you can do yourself? DIY Art is very empowering! Or look at…
Getting to Know Your Jazz
What do you know about jazz? According to Dictionary.com, it's a style of music that originated in New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th century. This style is "generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality." If…
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