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BHM Programs/Events:

Black History Month – Gospel Kick-Off Event!
Tuesday, February 1 at 6:00pm
Celebrate the beginning of Black History Month with a kick-off event at Hackley Library!  We’ll embrace an evening of music from Chiquette “Chi Chi” Woods and Jeremy Jake Harris, with samplings of Black History trivia throughout the night.  **Limited seating is available – PLEASE REGISTER if you’d like to enjoy this event in-person.  You can also register to enjoy this event virtually via Zoom. 
Register on the online events calendar at hackleylibrary.org, call 231-722-8000, or visit Hackley Library.  Free.

BHM Trivia Contest
Saturday, February 5 at 2:00pm
How well do you know Black History??  Register your team for an in-person contest at Hackley Library!  Teams will be asked questions relevant to Black History, and prizes will be awarded to the winners. 
**Limited participation is available – PLEASE REGISTER your team for this in-person event.  If you’d like to be a viewer of the contest, you can register to enjoy the contest virtually via Zoom.  Register on the online events calendar at hackleylibrary.org, call 231-722-8000, or visit Hackley Library.  Free.

Open Mic Poetry Night
Monday, February 7 at 6:00pm
Delight in an evening of compelling inspiration and sweet poetry during HPL’s Open Mic Poetry Night.  Step up to the mic for this fun and casual in-person event to share your favorite poetry, poems you have written, or examples from favorite Black History/Black Experience/African American poetry.
**Limited participation is available – PLEASE REGISTER to share your poem(s) for this in-person event.   If you’d like to enjoy Poetry Night as a viewer, you can register to enjoy this virtually via Zoom.
Register on the online events calendar at hackleylibrary.org, call 231-722-8000, or visit Hackley Library.  Free.

Sweet Soul Food Dessert Contest
Saturday, February 12 at 2:00pm
Look through your recipes, find your best soul food dessert, and compete in Hackley Library’s Sweet Soul Food Dessert contest!  Bring enough for the judges and participants to taste.
**Limited participation is available – PLEASE REGISTER to compete with your dish during this in-person event.  If you’d like to enjoy this contest as a viewer, you can register to enjoy this virtually via Zoom.
Register on the online events calendar at hackleylibrary.org, call 231-722-8000, or visit Hackley Library.  Free.

Upcycled Poetry for Teens
Saturday, February 19 from 12:00-3:00pm
Always wanted to write a poem but didn’t know where to start… You know your voice is there but you haven’t found the words… We’ve got the place.
Drop in to Hackley Library’s Young Adult room and create a poem/art/masterpiece!  Using an existing text, you can eliminate words to create what you’ve always wanted.
We’ll provide the “words,” you provide the imagination!  Free.

Black Hair Care Clinic
Monday, February 28 at 6:00pm
Learn the secrets to beautiful black hair from expert Nietra Hood!  During this in-person Black Hair Care Clinic, Nietra will share helpful tips and guidance on caring for your own hair, as well as for a young person’s hair.
**Limited seating is available – PLEASE REGISTER to enjoy this in-person event.
You can also register to enjoy this event virtually via Zoom.
Register on the online events calendar at hackleylibrary.org, call 231-722-8000, or visit Hackley Library.  Free.

BHM Scavenger Hunt
Ongoing through February
Go on an adventure inside Hackley Public Library!
Using fun clues and helpful tidbits, you’ll find and discover details about several African American authors in HPL”s collection.  Every person who completes the scavenger hunt will be entered into a grand prize drawing.
This Scavenger Hunt will be ongoing through February inside HPL.  Free.

Quilt Squares Take and Make
Available beginning February 1
Learn a little about the rich history of textile making in Africa and how those roots manifested in African American quilting traditions in a display in the Youth Services Department.
Take a no-sew quilt square kit home and create your own work of art, but wait, bring it back to the library to become a part of our unity quilt.
Take and make kits will be available beginning February 1. We will be adding to our unity quilt throughout the month of February (final squares needed by February 25) and will have a drawing on February 28 for 3 quilt square prizes!

Hackley Public Library has new hours!

Main Hackley Library Building
Mon-Tues: 9-7pm
Wed-Sat: 9-5pm
Torrent House (Local History/Genealogy Department)
Tues-Sat: 10-5pm