Meet another exciting up-and-coming author in the young adult scene at our pizza party celebrating the release of The Dead Tossed Waves, a companion title to the critically acclaimed novel The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Carrie Ryan earned praise from critics and teens alike with her debut novel and its literary exploration of a post-apocalyptic society attempting to exist in the midst of a constant threat of zombie invasion.

Lyrical and captivating like it predicessor, the tory continues within the confines of a world devastated by a deadly virus. But The Dead Tossed Waves (On sale March 9) takes a distinctive narrative turn, conveying the same world from a different, and wholly original, point of view - Mary's daughter - in this gripping story bound by rules and fences. Unlike her mother, Gabry  is content with her quiet life by the sea. But life after the Return is never safe and there are threats even the Barrier can't hold back. And when a simple childhood dare opens up a dangerous and terrifying world full of Mudo, Soulers, and a tangled web of love, hurt, andger, and mystery, Gabry begins to question everything and trust no one.

Open to the Public. Join in the fun!

Join us for a monthly book club sponsored by the Michigan State University Association for Women in Science (MSU AWIS). they will be discussing Chapters 5 and 6 of Mothers on the Fast Track: How a Generation Can Balance Family and Careers, by Mary a. Mason. MSU AWIS is an organization that advocates for and provides a network of resources adn information for women in science with the goal to help them achieve their full potential. Membership is open to men and women at any career stage who advocate for or want to learn more about women in science.

Join us in the Chapbook Cafe on the third Thursday of each month for our Bananagrams night! Fans and novices alike are welcome to play the hot new word game that pits you in a timed race to see who can take their lettered tiles and most quickly create a crossword grid of connecting and intersectiong words. For mor information, visit www.bananagrams-intl.com/index-us.asp.

Join us in the Studio (or cafe if Studio is in use) for a round of everyone's favorite word game... Scrabble. All age groups and skill levels welcome.

Enjoy the sounds of this all American rock band featuring: Brent Shirey (Vocals/Guitar/Harmonica), Scott Rider (Percussion/Vocals) and Eric Kehoe (Bass/Vocals) create a sound that's been compared to Neil Young, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Kinks and Wilco. www.valentigermusic.com

In her first historical novel, Voyage to Muscovy, M.J. Rigg brings to life the dangerous and often fatal wooden world of sixteenth-century seamen. With a self-supporting career in dental hygiene, author M.J. Rigg returned to school in her mid-forties and graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies. Each class was specifically chosen for its content pertaining to sixteenth-century England and Europe. Rigg discovered that history is a treasure box filled with stories waiting to be told.

Booksinging with Mary DeVoir for her new book, A Bartender's Guide to a Happy Life. "Every good party guest should be able to rattle off a witty quote, some time-tested advice, or at least a joke or two. Furthermore, every good party host should have ample cocktail recipes on hand (try more than 250). Now a book filled with all of the above - and a Honey Dew Martini recipe - is out, and let's put it this way: this book should be dancing unabashedly while wearing a lampshade on its head..." reviewed by Melissa Black, On the Town

Book Fair for East Grand Rapids' Breton Elementary.

Join us on the Steketee Stage for an artist reception with local artist Charles LaRue as he curates this temporary exhibit. Works will be on display until April 12.

Join spiritual mystic John Murphy and Naturopath Crystal Machiele for a casual discussion fielding questions around body, mind and spirit - relating to Let Be, Let Go, Let See and Let Flow.

How would a werewolf conjugate a verb? Did Romans really not use apostrophes? these and other linguistic conundrums discussed on Thursday, March 25th at 7:30 p.m. Critique session to follow. For mor information, contact planet.fic@gmail.com

Travis' eclectic style will stimulate your mental musical sensory organs. From the hip-hop to soul and folk ballads to satirical songs, Travis will keep a smile on your face, a warm fireplace log burning in your heart and an anticipatory question mark over your head. Travis's first solo album, Reverse Commute is a folk-infused compilation of songs he wrote during his years in Chicago.

Nicholas James was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Mi. His songs are a folksy blend of rock, pop, and bluegrass firmly rooted in a bed of deep country and traditional folk. Wearing his heart on his sleeve his songs are about real life, true love and heartbreaking loss. Michigan is certainly listed as an influence and the Great Lakes State shines proudly through his music. Barefoot is his first full length solo album. Subject matter includes traveling, love in the summertime, the heartbrake associated with being left for an older man, prescription drugs and settling down and singing babies to sleep. The record is pure Folk and is decorated by some of the finest musicians in Michigan, including Bruce Ling (of Hawks and Owls), Mark "Huggy Bear" Lavengood and Nathan Kalish. More information is available at www.reverbnation.com/nicholasjamesthomasma

Author and Speaker Denise Rowe loves to use symbolism and the creative arts to inspire and help people heal inwardly. As a licensed mental health practitioner, she believes in casting truth in childlike terms in order to reach the deep places of the heart. Dragonfly Denny: the pursuit of Destiny is exquisitely illustrated from cover to cover in pen and ink and watercolor by award-winning artist Violet Freeland. This metaphor story poem is about daring to dream big, finding a faith that fosters inner healing, courageously risking the unfamiliar, and persevering to own one's destiny. Because we never outgrow our need to dream, Dragonfly Denny is a tale of inspiration for all ages.

Horror readers unite! This month the Schuler horror reading group is looking at the blatant, yet entertaining historical revision in Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter by A.E. Moorat (the pseudonym of author Andrew Holmes). Each monthly selection is 20% off.

Each month a member of our staff facilitates this reading group. If you have never joined a book group, this one is a great one to start with. This group picks books in all genres and is welcoming to many newcomers each month!

Topic: "Getting the Spin - Searching for Lost Asteroids from the VanderVeen Observatory" - Dell Paielli, Leader, GRAAA Veen Observatory Research Team

Join us in the Chapbook Cafe on the first and third Thursday of each month for our Bananagrams night! Fans and novices alike are welcome to play the hot new word game that pits you in a timed race to see who can take their lettered tiles and most quickly create a crossword grid of connecting and intersecting words. For mor information, visit www.bananagrams-intl.com/index-us.asp

The Lansing Comfort Bear Project was begun by a Lansng resident whose husband works in the Lansing Police Department. When officers encounter children in the course of investigations, they give them comfort bears to help ease what is often a difficult situation. Join us for a knit-in and learn how to easily knit bears for donation. Rae's Yarn Boutique has donated bear kits -- including the pattern, yarn and needles - for us to distribute to the first 50 knitters who arrive. Knitters should bring size 6 knitting needles and washable wool, cotton or acrylic yarns for ease of washability. For more information on the Lansing Comfort Bear Project, email lansingcomfortbear@gmail.com.

Evil Genes is the first book to tie together the cutting edge neuroscientific and genetic results that explain human evil. Unlike other popular books about human evil, Evil Genes goes far beyond explaining psychopathic behavior using old-fashioned psychological theories or religious dogma. Instead, the book centers on what neuroscience and genetics are revealing about not only psychopathy, but also the more subtly devious and malevolent behavior of seemingly ordinary people.

Barbara Oaklry, PhD, has been dubbed a female Indiana Jones - her writing combines worldwide adventure with solid research expertise. Among other adventures, She has worked as a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers in the Bering Sea, served as radio operator at the South Pole Station in Antarctica, and risen from private to regular army captain in the U.S. Army. Currently an associate professor of engineering at Oakland University in Michigan, Oakley is a recent vice president of the world's largest bioengineering society and holds a doctorate in the integrative discipline of systems engineering.

Learn to play this Japanese strategy game with others! Open to the public. Join in the fun!

Grand Rapids author and poet Keleigh Wolf will be reading from her second collection of poems, Bacchus' Bachelorette, a creative amalgam of free-verse and traditional poetry. What better way to spend a beautiful spring evening than to enjoy a glass of wine while sharing an evening of verse with other poetry lovers? Stop in and experience one of GR's most popular ongoing literary series.

Barbara is the author of three wonderful books: Sophia's Lost and Found, The Dynamic Great Lakes, and The Wilderness Within.

Come meet conservative icon Sean Hannity, who will be live in our studio signing his newest best seller, Conservative Victory.

Join us as we kick off the 23rd Annual Rally of Writers with a panel discussion on "The Effect of the Internet on Publishing." Featured panelists will include Bill Castanier -- literary journalist for the Lansing City Pulse and founding blogger of mittenlit.com - discussing methods of harnessing New Media in publishing and promotion (websites, Social Networking, e-publishing and self-publishing); Karen Dionne, author of environmental thrillers, co-founder of the online writers' community Backspace, and managing editor of The Big Thrill, a webzine with over 1,100 members in a dozen countries; and Bonnie Bucqueroux, a web pioneer who recently retired from Michigan State University's School of Journalism to devote herself to building new models of online journalism.

This Intermediate through Young Adult book club meets monthly and focuses on the fantasy genre.

Millions of readers have fallen in love with Little Women, Louisa May Alcott's enduring and treasured classic. But how could Louisa May Alcott - who never married or fell in love, as far as we know - have written so convincingly about young love and heartbreak without having experienced it herself? In The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, Kelly O'Connor McNees gracefully mixes fact and fiction as she imagines a secret love affair Louisa experienced in the summer of 1855, an episode lost to history, which would ultimately inspire Jo and Laurie's relationship in Little Women. Join us for a night of great women's fiction and our traditional grab-bag book drawing!

As the national campaign manager for Ralph Nader's historic runs for president in 2000 and 2004, Theresa Amato had a rare ringside role in two of the most hotly contested presidential elections this country has seen. In Grand Illusion, she gives us a witty, thoughtful critique of the American electoral system, as well as a powerful argument for opening up the contest as if people and their daily lives mattered.

Looking beyond the Nader story to campains waged by challengers John Anderson, Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, and others, Amato shows how limiting ourselves to two candidates deprives our country of a robust political life, strips would-be contenders of their free speech and association rights, and cheats voters out of meaningful political choices.

This group learns about the Italian language and culture in the casual setting of the Studio.

Join us for a meeting of our monthly Comic Book Discussion Group, exploring and investigating the publishing industry's biggest boom medium - comics and graphic novels! This month's selection is Ball Peen Hammer by Adam Rapp and George O'Connor. Each Monthly suggestion is 20% off.

At her heaviest, Michigan author Nancy Makin weighed 703 pounds. Since May 2003, she has shed 530 of them and has kempt it off for five years. She didn't diet, take pills or have pre-made meals delivered to her. There was no fitness trainer nor did she land herself on a reality competition. She did it all with the click of a mouse.

Because of her weight, Nancy had been homebound for over a dozen years. Imagine being imprisoned in your own home - not noticing changes in your neighborhood or even changes in the world. Everything she did, from sleeping to using bathroom, was a life-threatening challenge. One day, her sister bought her a computer. A techno-phobe, Nancy ignored it for months, until finally boredom and curiosity got the best of her. And there, in a chat room, she found the friendliness and human interaction she had been missing for so long.

A moving tale of losing your sense of self and then rediscovering it in the most unlikely of places, Nancy's story will bring you tears of grief, laughter and joy. Don't miss this inspiring event!

This monthly knitters group meets by the fireplace.

This group is open to the public. Grab your instrument and work through the writing process with other area songwriters.

In Rosemary Harris' enjoyable third Dirty Business book, lovable amateur sleuth and gardening professional Paula Holliday learns that one of her best clients, Caroline Sturgis, is actually Monica Jane Weithorn, and escaped convict! Things really get muddy when Caoline's husband hires Paula to discover who turned his wife into the authorities!

Rosemary Harris'  debut novel, Pushing Up Daisies, was a Mystery Guild selection and was nominated for an Agatha Award for best first novel. Rosemary is a member of Sisters In Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and CMGA (Connecticut Master Gardners Association), and is also a Board member of MWA/NY and President of Sisters In Crime, New England.

We'll have delicious refreshments and lots of mystery books to give away so don't miss this Get-A-Clue Mystery event!

See what this mystery genre reading group is investigating monthly.

Join us in the Chapbook Cafe on the third Thursday of each month for our Bananagrams night! Fans and novices alike are welcome to play the hot new word game that pits you in a timed race to see who can take their lettered tiles and most quickly create a crossword grid of connecting and intersecting words for more information, visit www.bananagrams-intl.com/index-us.asp

Have some great fun at Schuler's own game night. This month's game is Killer Bunnies.

We're continuing our increasingly popular series of artist exhibitions in April with the unveiling of the photographic excellence of Jim Gebben. Those of you who know Jim's whimsical and provocative work from his association with Destination 1111 Gallery will need no convincing to join us in a celebration of his recent work. For those unfamiliar with Jim's work, the evening will serve as a perfect introduction to his unique creative sensibility.