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serene silent reading at live oak coffeehouse! join us on thursday august 21 and thursday september 18th from 6pm-8pm to share a space with other readers, relax, and read!

Serene Silent Reading at Live Oak Coffeehouse!

Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Off-site at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)

Join GADML @ Live Oak Coffeehouse for Serene Silent Reading!

Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Off-site
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join GADML @ Live Oak Coffeehouse for Serene Silent Reading!

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Curbside Pick Up

Friday, September 19, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Parking Lot at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Curbside Pick Up
Curbside Pick Up:

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...

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Parking Lot
Program Type: Curbside Pick Up
Registration Required

Curbside Pick Up

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 labeled with your last name. If you received more than one notification you will still only reserve one time slot. We will gather all of the holds that are ready at this time.

Toddler Time

Monday, September 22, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years)

This session is a bookclub style storytime. Talk, Sing, Read, Write, and Play! Enjoy books, songs and movement followed by 10-15 minutes of play!

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

This session is a bookclub style storytime. Talk, Sing, Read, Write, and Play! Enjoy books, songs and movement followed by 10-15 minutes of play!

Baby Time

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies (0 - 18 months)

Enjoy connecting with your baby using song, dance, and stories!

This program is for ages 0-18 months.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Babies (0 - 18 months)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Enjoy connecting with your baby using song, dance, and stories!

This program is for ages 0-18 months.

Baby Time

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies (0 - 18 months)

Enjoy connecting with your baby using song, dance, and stories!

This program is for ages 0-18 months.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Babies (0 - 18 months)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Enjoy connecting with your baby using song, dance, and stories!

This program is for ages 0-18 months.

Choose Your Own Book Club - PBS 100 Books

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults (18 and up)

Join fellow book lovers for a book club … with a twist! Each month, we'll pick a different theme or genre.

Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join fellow book lovers for a book club … with a twist! Each month, we'll pick a different theme or genre.

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Off-site at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool (3 - 5 years)

Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs at Preschool Storytime! This program is for ages 3-5 years! 

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Off-site
Age Group: Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs at Preschool Storytime! This program is for ages 3-5 years! 

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Off-site at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool (3 - 5 years)

Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs at Preschool Storytime! This program is for ages 3-5 years! 

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Off-site
Age Group: Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs at Preschool Storytime! This program is for ages 3-5 years! 

Students with laptops in a computer class

Computer Class Library Online Resources

Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Off Site
Age Group:
Adults (18 and up)
Computer Class:

Learn computer skills that can be useful in your business or personal life.

Learn how to use the Library’s popular databases, Consumer Reports and Midland Daily Newspaper.

Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Registration Required
Event Details:

Computer Class

Learn computer skills that can be useful in your business or personal life.

Learn how to use the Library’s popular databases, Consumer Reports and Midland Daily Newspaper.

floats with goats, september 25, 5:30pm, Emerson Park

Floats with Goats at Emerson Park

Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Activity
Age Group:
Everyone (all ages)

Celebrate Being a Neighbor with Library staff! In honor of Neighboring Week in Midland, join us at Emerson Park for a fabulous ice cream float social with adorable goats!

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Everyone (all ages)
Program Type: Activity
Event Details:

Celebrate Being a Neighbor with Library staff! In honor of Neighboring Week in Midland, join us at Emerson Park for a fabulous ice cream float social with adorable goats!

Knitting/Crochet Club

Friday, September 26, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)

Join Ilia as she crochets and meet with others who also love fiber arts on Tuesday nights and Friday mornings each month. While the library renovation is going on, the club will take place at the City Hall.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join Ilia as she crochets and meet with others who also love fiber arts on Tuesday nights and Friday mornings each month. While the library renovation is going on, the club will take place at the City Hall.

car

Curbside Pick Up

Friday, September 26, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Parking Lot at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Curbside Pick Up
Curbside Pick Up:

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...

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Parking Lot
Program Type: Curbside Pick Up
Registration Required

Curbside Pick Up

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 labeled with your last name. If you received more than one notification you will still only reserve one time slot. We will gather all of the holds that are ready at this time.

Tween Club

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Technology
Age Group:
Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)

Welcome to Tween Club, THE PLACE for kids in grades 4-8 who love crafts, activities, and just hanging out. Bring a friend and join in the fun!

Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Program Type: Technology
Registration Required
Event Details:

Welcome to Tween Club, THE PLACE for kids in grades 4-8 who love crafts, activities, and just hanging out. Bring a friend and join in the fun!

October Lit Crates Registration Links

All Day
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Adults (18 and up)

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! 

Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Adults (18 and up)
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! 

Cultural Awareness Coalition Creativity Contest

All Day 10/1 - 10/31
Mezzanine at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Everyone (all ages)

Celebrate Global Diversity Month with the Cultural Awareness Coalition reception for the Creativity Contest. The collaboration between the two initiatives will help drive awareness and engagement.

Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Mezzanine
Age Group: Everyone (all ages)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Celebrate Global Diversity Month with the Cultural Awareness Coalition reception for the Creativity Contest. The collaboration between the two initiatives will help drive awareness and engagement.

car

Curbside Pick Up

Friday, October 3, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Parking Lot at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Curbside Pick Up
Curbside Pick Up:

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...

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Parking Lot
Program Type: Curbside Pick Up
Registration Required

Curbside Pick Up

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 labeled with your last name. If you received more than one notification you will still only reserve one time slot. We will gather all of the holds that are ready at this time.

Toddler Time

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years)

Talk, Sing, Read, Write, and Play! Enjoy books, songs and movement followed by 10-15 minutes of play!

This program is geared toward ages 18 months-3 years, but siblings are welcome! 

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Talk, Sing, Read, Write, and Play! Enjoy books, songs and movement followed by 10-15 minutes of play!

This program is geared toward ages 18 months-3 years, but siblings are welcome! 

Baby Time

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies (0 - 18 months)

Enjoy connecting with your baby using song, dance, and stories!

This program is for ages 0-18 months.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Babies (0 - 18 months)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Enjoy connecting with your baby using song, dance, and stories!

This program is for ages 0-18 months.

Baby Time

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies (0 - 18 months)

Enjoy connecting with your baby using song, dance, and stories!

This program is for ages 0-18 months.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Babies (0 - 18 months)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Enjoy connecting with your baby using song, dance, and stories!

This program is for ages 0-18 months.

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Pizza and Pages

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Tweens (6th - 8th grade)

Pizza and Pages is a theme-based book club open to all middle school aged readers. Every month we pick a theme and provide the pizza. You read a book of your choice and together we talk books, make crafts, and play games.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Pizza and Pages is a theme-based book club open to all middle school aged readers. Every month we pick a theme and provide the pizza. You read a book of your choice and together we talk books, make crafts, and play games.

High School Battle of the Books

All Day
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group:
Teens (9th - 12th grade)

High School Battle of the Books is back! We had so much fun with Teen Battle this passed summer, we wanted to do it again! 

Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

High School Battle of the Books is back! We had so much fun with Teen Battle this passed summer, we wanted to do it again! 

FYI Wednesdays - Medicare 101

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Off-site at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults (18 and up)
Lecture Series:

Come and listen to subject-area specialists to become better informed about interesting topics.

Description: FYI Wednesdays - An informational series for adults looking to learn about any number of topics- our community, retirement and estate planning, online safety, wellness and more! 

Upcoming
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Off-site
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Lecture Series

Come and listen to subject-area specialists to become better informed about interesting topics.

Description: FYI Wednesdays - An informational series for adults looking to learn about any number of topics- our community, retirement and estate planning, online safety, wellness and more! 

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool (3 - 5 years)

Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs at Preschool Storytime! This program is for ages 3-5 years! 

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs at Preschool Storytime! This program is for ages 3-5 years! 

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool (3 - 5 years)

Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs at Preschool Storytime! This program is for ages 3-5 years! 

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs at Preschool Storytime! This program is for ages 3-5 years!