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TeenTober Rubber Ducky Cosplay Contest (Passive Event)

09/15/2025 @ 8:00am–10/03/2025 @ 5:00pm
Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Other
Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Off-site
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

 It's Quacky, it's wacky, it's the Rubber Ducky Cosplay Contest! To celebrate TeenTober, Teen Reads Week, and the Spooky Season, we are having a Rubber Ducky Cosplay contest just for teens!

Toddler Time

10:30am–11:00am
Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Storytime
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

10:30am–11:00am
Babies (0 - 18 months)
Storytime
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

1:30pm–2:00pm
Babies (0 - 18 months)
Storytime
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

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adults (18 and up)
Book Club
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

9:30am–10:00am
Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Storytime
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

10:30am–11:00am
Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Storytime
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! 

Computer Class Library Online Resources

3:30pm–4:30pm
Adults (18 and up)
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 at Emerson Park

5:30pm–7:00pm
Everyone (all ages)
Activity
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

10:30am–12:00pm
Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Arts & Crafts
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.

Curbside Pick Up

4:00pm–4:45pm
Curbside Pick Up
Cancelled
Closed
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

6:00pm–7:00pm
Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Technology
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
Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Other
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
Everyone (all ages)
Arts & Crafts
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.

Curbside Pick Up

4:00pm–4:45pm
Curbside Pick Up
Cancelled
Closed
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

10:30am–11:00am
Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Storytime
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

10:30am–11:00am
Babies (0 - 18 months)
Storytime
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

1:30pm–2:00pm
Babies (0 - 18 months)
Storytime
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.

Pizza and Pages

6:00pm–7:00pm
Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Book Club
Open
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
Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Registration Required
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

6:00pm–7:00pm
Adults (18 and up)
Lecture
Open
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

9:30am–10:00am
Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Storytime
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

10:30am–11:00am
Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Storytime
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! 

Computer Class Microsoft Excel

3:30pm–4:30pm
Adults (18 and up)
Upcoming
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 basic skills for cell entry and manipulation, formatting techniques, and formula creation in spreadsheets.