Summer Opportunities for Scholars
WEEK OF JUNE 19
- June 21: GRAM Family events: Gallery chat
- June 21 and 23, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm: OnBase baseball with GRPD at Richmond Park
- June 21, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
- June 21, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR MLK Park
- June 21, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
- June 21, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
- June 22, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
- June 22: Animals of Blandford Nature Center with GRPL
- June 23, 10:30am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
- June 23 9:00 am – 3:00 pm: MLK Freedom School + Garden
- June 25: GRAM Family events: drop in studio
WEEK OF JUNE 26
- Summer of Success
- June 27-30: WMCAT Session
- June 28 and 30, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm OnBase baseball with GRPD at Martin Luther King Park
- June 28, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
- June 28, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Lincoln Park
- June 28, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
- June 28, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
- June 29, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
- June 30, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
- June 30, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Relax and Rosa, Rosa Parks Circle
- July 2: GRAM Drop-In Studio: Monoprints
- July 2: City of Grand Rapids Fireworks Show
- May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
WEEK OF JULY 3
- July 4: Hollyhock Lane Parade
- July 5-8: New City Kids Summer Day Camp
- July 5, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
- July 5, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR MLK Park
- July 5, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
- July 7, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Relax and Rosa, Rosa Parks Circle
- July 7, 4:00 pm -8:00 pm: Park Party at MLK Park
- July 8, 7:30 – 10:00 pm: GRPL Movies on the Lawn, Raya and the Last Dragon, Yankee Clipper Branch
- July 9: GRAM family events: Gallery Chat: Sketching
- May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
WEEK OF JULY 10
- July 11-15: New City Kids Summer Day Camp
- July 11, 11:00 am: Outdoor Storytimes with GRPL Roosevelt Park
- July 12, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
- July 12, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Lincoln Park
- July 12, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
- July 12, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
- July 13, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
- July 14, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
- July 14, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Relax and Rosa, Rosa Parks Circle
- July 15 9:00 am – 3:00 pm: MLK Freedom School + Garden
- July 16: Comic Geek Out with GRPL
- May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
WEEK OF JULY 17
- July 18-22: New City Kids Summer Day Camp
- July 18 at 11:00 am: Outdoor Storytimes with GRPL, Briggs Park
- Jul 19: GRAM family events: Gallery Chat: An Extraordinary Legacy: The Miner S. and Mary Ann Keeler Collection
- July 19, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
- July 19, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR MLK Park
- July 19, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
- July 19, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
- July 20, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
- July 20-21, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Union Football Camp, 3rd-8th grade
- July 21, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
- July 21, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Relax and Rosa, Rosa Parks Circle
- Jul 23 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: GRAM family events: Gallery Chat: In A New Light: American Impressionism 1870-1940
- Jul 23 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm GRAM: Drop-in Studio: Monoprints
- May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am -10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
WEEK OF JULY 24
- July 25: GRPL Breakout Box Challenge
- Jul 26, 1:00 -2:00 pm: GRAM family events: Gallery Chat: Portraits
- July 26, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
- July 26, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Lincoln Park
- July 26, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
- July 26-July 28 (T-Th), 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Public Works Camp for 6th – 9th Graders!
- July 26, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
- July 27, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
- July 28, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
- July 28, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Relax and Rosa, Rosa Parks Circle
- Jul 30, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: GRAM family events, Drop-In Studio: Monoprints
- May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
WEEK OF JULY 31
- August 2, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
- August 2, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR MLK Park
- August 2, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
- August 2, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
- August 3, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
- August 4, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
- August 4 9:00 am – 3:00 pm: MLK Freedom School + Garden
- August 4, 4:00 pm -8:00 pm: Park Party at MLK Park
- August 5, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm: GRPL Movies on the Lawn, Moana, Yankee Clipper Branch
- May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
- August 5-6: Festival Hispano Calder Plaza
WEEK OF AUG 7
- May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am -10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
- Monday August 8, 11:00 am: Outdoor Storytimes with GRPL Roosevelt Park
- August 9, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
- August 9, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Lincoln Park
- August 9, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
- August 9 – 11, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Public Works Camp for 6th – 9th Graders!
- August 9, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
- August 10, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
- August 11, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
- August 13, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm: El Informador Backpack Event at City
WEEK OF AUG 14
- August 15 at 11:00 am: Outdoor Storytimes with GRPL, Briggs Park
- August 16, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
- August 16, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR MLK Park
- August 16, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn West Side Branch
- August 16-19, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm: Camp Always Raise Youth Voices (ARYV) for middle schoolers
- August 16, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rosa Parks Circle Swing Dance
- August 17, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Seymour Branch
- August 17, 5:00 – 6:30 pm: Enrollment Day for Northeast and Southeast quadrants
- August 18, 10:30 am: GRPL Family Storytime on the Lawn Yankee Clipper Branch
- August 18, 11:30 am-1:00 pm: Enrollment Day for Northwest and Southwest quadrants
- August 19, 1:00 -4:00: Family Fiesta at Roosevelt Park
- May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
WEEK OF AUG 21
- August 23, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
- August 23, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Lincoln Park
- August 25 9:00 am – 3:00 pm: MLK Freedom School + Garden
- May 28-Sept 3, every Saturday, 10:00 am – 10:45 am: Free Kids Yoga at Pleasant Park
WEEK OF AUGUST 28
- August 30, 6:30 – 8:00 pm: Storytime in the Park with Storytime GR Garfield Park
And There’s More…
GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY EVENTS
KENT ISD
- City of Grand Rapids Pools will be open June 10 through August 20.
- Splash pads will be running from June 10 to September 11.
DAY CAMP, ENRICHMENT AND OVERNIGHT CAMPS:
- Summer Opportunities 2022 – assembled by Kent ISD Career Readiness.xlsx