Grosse Pointe Public Library

Upcoming Events
2014 Short Story Writing Contest
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Love to Write?
The Grosse Pointe Public Library is continuing its celebration of local writers with a Short Story Contest. Writers aged 16 & up can enter from now until March 15, 2014. A panel of library staff members will judge the anonymous entries, and the top ten finalists will be invited to read their stories at a program during National Library Week (April 14 -19), and prizes will be awarded to the top three story writers.
Click here for complete Contest Rules and Entry Form.(pdf)
Books, Bags and Bagels
Books Bags and Bagels
WANTED: Gently Used Handbags
For the Friends of the Grosse Pointe Public Library's
BOOKS, BAGS AND BAGELS
Gently used handbags can be donated at the circulation desks of all three libraries through March 22, 2014.

Sale of handbags will be held
Saturday March 29
10:00am - 1:00pm
Early admittance (9:40am) for Friends members
Woods Branch
All proceeds benefit the Grosse Pointe Public Library
Tuesday Night at the Movies
Captain Phillips
Two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks teams with Oscar-nominated director Paul Greengrass and screenwriter Billy Ray to tell the true story of Richard Phillips, a U.S. cargo-ship captain who surrendered himself to Somali pirates so that his crew would be freed.

Tuesday, February 18
6:30pm
Woods Branch
The Butler
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.

Tuesday, February 25
6:30pm
Woods Branch
Nebraska
After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous father thinks he's struck it rich, and wrangles his estranged son into taking a road trip to claim the fortune. Getting waylaid in the father's hometown in Nebraska, the son tries to reconnect with his impenetrable father.

Tuesday, March 4
6:30pm
Woods Branch
12 Years A Slave
The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to contact his family, and fearing for his life if he told the truth, Solomon Northup was sold from plantation to plantation in Louisiana, toiling under cruel masters for twelve years before meeting Samuel Bass, a Canadian who finally put him in touch with his family, and helped start the process to regain his freedom.

Tuesday, March 18
6:30pm
Woods Branch
Philomena
In 1952, a young Philomena was sent to the convent of Roscrea in Ireland, after giving birth to her first child. When her son became a toddler, the nuns sent him to America for adoption. Philomena then spent the next fifty years searching for him in vain.

Tuesday, March 25
7:00pm
Woods Branch