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  • 15th Annual Community Literary Awards Featuring Jaimy Gordon

    Posted April 14, 2011 in  Books and MoreEvents
    Fifteen years ago, the Kalamazoo Gazette began a program called the Community Literary Awards to encourage aspiring writers and poets by giving them a chance to submit their short stories and poems in a juried competition. This writing competition and awards ceremony are sponsored by the Kalamazoo Continue…
  • April Book Sale Date

    Posted April 11, 2011 in  Books and MoreEvents
    The next Friends of the Portage District Library book sale will happen Saturday, April 16th, from 9 am to 3 pm. Welcome spring with a new book! Held at the Portage District Library, the book sale is always in the lower level meeting rooms. If you are a member of the Friends, you are also eligible Continue…
  • Friends of the Portage District Library: Easter Egg Hunt Event Ends

    Posted April 6, 2011 in  EventsParents and KidsGeneral
    For the past six years, the Friends of the Portage District Library has sponsored a community Easter Egg Hunt. After the 2010 event, the Board of the Friends organization re-evaluated their sponsorship of the Easter Egg Hunt in terms of the time, effort and financial commitments provided by the Continue…
  • Our Business Information Center on the Web

    Posted March 14, 2011 in  Events
    For those of you who are business information center users, and maybe even those of you who did not realize we have a business information center at the Portage District Library, we want to announce a new Facebook page for the Business Information Center. Our business librarian has been posting Continue…
  • National Reading Month for Kids!

    Posted March 1, 2011 in  Books and MoreEventsParents and KidsTeens
    In March, the Youth Department is Celebrating National Reading Month with Reading Programs for all ages! The Preschool Reading Program has a Dr. Seuss theme and kicks-off at our Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss event on March 2nd. The Elementary Reading Program has a western theme, Wanted: Readers. Both Continue…