Event List

Bring your favorite tabletop game or play one from the Library’s collection. You bring the competition and we’ll bring the snacks! We'll meet in the Community Room on the Lower Lev...

Come to the library every Monday night this summer for fun programs exclusively for teens. Join Jeff Wawrzaszek as he reveals the secrets behind commonly performed tricks of top...

Enjoy connecting with your baby using songs, dances, and stories! This programs is for ages 0-18 months and will take place in the Story Room. Tickets for this program will b...

Enjoy connecting with your baby using songs, dances, and stories! This programs is for ages 0-18 months and will take place in the Story Room. Tickets for this program will b...

Introducing sensory friendly movies at the library, where every person is welcome to enjoy a movie in our theater. Our Sensory Friendly Movies are shown without previews, with the ...

Come to the library on Wednesday, July 24th between 9:30-11:30 AM to learn about and look at the different trucks that keep our city running at our annual Touch-a-Truck event. R...

Spend quality time at the library with family and enjoy open-ended interactive activities!

Young ones and their families are invited to the Youth Services Story Room for a Family Night building with Blue Blocks! What are Blue Blocks? They are a variety of lightweight lar...

Build active bodies and minds! Dance to fun action songs and participate in movement activities.

Read, sing, and dance at Move and Groove! Our friends from Mid Michigan Community Action Agency/Coleman Early Head Start will be joining us! We meet Thursdays at 10:30 in the libra...

Stop into Youth Services Makers Space to enjoy a cool truck craft! This craft is a great way to make trucks that resemble those from Touch-A-Truck! Materials for these crafts will ...

En garde! Join the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library and the Bay Regional Fencing Alliance in a fun fencing demo! Afterwards create your own foam sword! Parent supervision required....

Fencing Demonstration with Bay Regional Fencing Alliance- En garde! Join the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library and the Bay Regional Fencing Alliance in a fun fencing demo!

Here at the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library we believe in reading the book before you watch the movie. Join us for our summer book club series where you read the book, and then we sh...

Choose a day and time that works for you to come to the library parking lot to pick up your holds. Holds will be sitting on a table under the portico near the auditorium in a bag l...

Oh no! We're trapped in the Space Station and we need your help to get out! Join us in the Teen Room in groups of 2-6 to try the newest escape game at the library! This is a dro...

Library Lemonade and more! Join our Outreach team at different community locations throughout the summer. Arrive at 10:00 AM, grab a cold glass of lemonade and learn about all your...

Enjoy connecting with your baby using songs, dances, and stories! This programs is for ages 0-18 months and will take place in the Story Room. Tickets for this program will b...

Enjoy connecting with your baby using songs, dances, and stories! This programs is for ages 0-18 months and will take place in the Story Room. Tickets for this program will b...

Introducing sensory friendly movies at the library, where every person is welcome to enjoy a movie in our theater. Our Sensory Friendly Movies are shown without previews, with the ...

Spend quality time at the library with family and enjoy open-ended interactive activities!

Join us Wednesdays from 6-7pm for Family Nights at the library! They will take place in either the Youth Services Story Room or Maker Space! This is a drop-in program, so no reg...

Join fellow book lovers for a book club … with a twist! Each month, we'll pick a different theme or genre. Instead of everyone having to read the same book (whether they want to or...

Build active bodies and minds! Dance to fun action songs and participate in movement activities.

Read, sing, and dance at Move and Groove, as we are joined by Michigan Learning Channel! We meet Thursdays at 10:30 in the library lawn under the west portico of the parking lot. I...

Stop by the Youth Services Maker Space to create an olympic torch using a paper plate! Materials will be provided between 11 am and 7 pm. This is a drop-in program, no registrat...