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Altered Books Contest Registration

03/15/2025 @ 6:00am to 04/15/2025 @ 7:30pm
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Event Details:

Create a work of art using a book. Pick up a book, get creative, and display your art at the library.Pick up a book to alter at the Reference Desk starting Books March 15 and drop ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Other
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
Create a work of art using a book. Pick up a book, get creative, and display your art at the library.

Pick up a book to alter at the Reference Desk starting Books March 15 and drop off your artwork no later than April 15.

April Teen Lit Crate Registration

All Day
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

Hi! Looking to sign up for a Lit Crate? Follow the appropriate link and fill out the form to register. Don't forget to include your library card!Registration link for Teen Lit Crat...

Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Hi! Looking to sign up for a Lit Crate? Follow the appropriate link and fill out the form to register. Don't forget to include your library card!

Registration link for Teen Lit Crates:

Teen Advisory Board

Monday, April 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen Room at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group:
Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

Are you in 6th-12th grade? Do you have great ideas for teen events at the library? What about books you'd like to see? Do you need volunteer hours for school or a club? Do you just...

Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

Are you in 6th-12th grade? Do you have great ideas for teen events at the library? What about books you'd like to see? Do you need volunteer hours for school or a club? Do you just want to hang out and eat a snack?

Mutt-i-grees at GADML

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Story Room at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Event Details:

All About CatsJoin us to learn about shelter cats, their amazing senses, needs and body language.Mutt-i-grees is a program that is designed to teach social and emotional learning i...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

All About Cats

Join us to learn about shelter cats, their amazing senses, needs and body language.

Teen Takeover

Friday, April 11, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
YS Area at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Activity
Age Group:
Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

AFTER HOURS TEEN EVENT!Prepare for a one-of-a-kind library experience - Teen Takeover! An after-hours event designed exclusively for teens looking to socialize, unwind, and have fu...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: YS Area
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: Activity
Required
Seats Remaining: 47
Event Details:

AFTER HOURS TEEN EVENT!

Prepare for a one-of-a-kind library experience - Teen Takeover! An after-hours event designed exclusively for teens looking to socialize, unwind, and have fun!

What's in store:

Pizza and Pages: A Picture is Worth 1000 Words

Pizza and Pages

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Maker Space- YS at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

Join us every month as we eat pizza and share our favorite books with each other!Pizza and Pages: A Picture is worth 1000 Words! Choose your favorite graphic novel and come ready t...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Maker Space- YS
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 27
Event Details:

Join us every month as we eat pizza and share our favorite books with each other!

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MidLab - Teen club

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
MidLab Maker Space- AS at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
MidLab
Age Group:
Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

The Teen Club is for young adults (ages 12-16) to come and learn how to use the MidLab equipment. On the second Tuesday of each month, Katie will highlight a different piece of equ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: MidLab
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

The Teen Club is for young adults (ages 12-16) to come and learn how to use the MidLab equipment.

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Lego Spike Prime

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Maker Space- YS at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group:
Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Event Details:

Join us on the third Tuesday of March, April and May, 5:30-6:30, as we explore the exciting world of robotics with LEGO® Spike Prime!LEGO® Spike Prime kits are part of the LEGO® Ed...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Maker Space- YS
Age Group: Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Join us on the third Tuesday of March, April and May, 5:30-6:30, as we explore the exciting world of robotics with LEGO® Spike Prime!

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Kids Lit Crates - April 2025

04/25/2025 @ 10:00am to 05/03/2025 @ 5:00pm
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Event Details:

Too busy to browse? Want to discover authors you might not have read before? Sign up for a Kids Lit Crate!You tell us what you like, and we'll put together a box full of goodies an...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Program Type: Other
Required
Seats Remaining: 23
Event Details:
Too busy to browse? Want to discover authors you might not have read before? Sign up for a Kids Lit Crate!

You tell us what you like, and we'll put together a box full of goodies and books chosen just for you.

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Teen Cuisine: Waffles!

Monday, April 28, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Community Room at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Activity
Age Group:
Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

Waffle Mania! Teen Waffle Making Program at GADML!Get ready to whip up some delicious sweet and savory waffles at our Waffle Mania program! We'll have all the fixings: sweet toppin...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: Activity
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Waffle Mania! Teen Waffle Making Program at GADML!

Teen Advisory Board

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen Room at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group:
Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

Are you in 6th-12th grade? Do you have great ideas for teen events at the library? What about books you'd like to see? Do you need volunteer hours for school or a club? Do you just...

Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

Are you in 6th-12th grade? Do you have great ideas for teen events at the library? What about books you'd like to see? Do you need volunteer hours for school or a club? Do you just want to hang out and eat a snack?

Pizza and Pages: Survival Edition!

Pizza and Pages

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Maker Space- YS at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

May 12 - Join us every month as we eat pizza and share our favorite books with each other!Pizza and Pages: Survival edition! Choose your favorite book featuring a character who nee...

Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Maker Space- YS
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

May 12 - Join us every month as we eat pizza and share our favorite books with each other!

Mutt-i-grees at GADML

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Story Room at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Event Details:

Enriching Tails for Dogs and CatsUncover ways to engage with a pet's natural senses with enrichment activities while we craft snuffle mats for shelter animals.Mutt-i-grees is a pro...

Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Enriching Tails for Dogs and Cats

Uncover ways to engage with a pet's natural senses with enrichment activities while we craft snuffle mats for shelter animals.

Homeschool Meetup

Friday, May 16, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Maker Space- YS at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Activity
Age Group:
Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Event Details:

Do you think you can build something taller than you? Lauren Saj, from the Michigan Learning Channel, will join us and teach about the Engineering Design Process. Kids select a pro...

Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Maker Space- YS
Age Group: Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Program Type: Activity
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Do you think you can build something taller than you? Lauren Saj, from the Michigan Learning Channel, will join us and teach about the Engineering Design Process.

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Lego Spike Prime

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Maker Space- YS at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group:
Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Event Details:

Join us on the third Tuesday of March, April and May, 5:30-6:30, as we explore the exciting world of robotics with LEGO® Spike Prime!LEGO® Spike Prime kits are part of the LEGO® Ed...

Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Maker Space- YS
Age Group: Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Join us on the third Tuesday of March, April and May, 5:30-6:30, as we explore the exciting world of robotics with LEGO® Spike Prime!