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Teen Night: Pizza and a Movie

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Movie
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Come to the library every Monday night this summer for fun programs exclusively for teens. 

Grab some pizza, find a comfy spot in the Teen Room and enjoy a hit movie from the 80s. 

Groovy Library + Lemonade @ Larkin Township Hall

10:00am - 11:00am
Music and Movement
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Music and Movement
Event Details:

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 library offers.

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Bill)

10:00am - 1:30pm
MidLab
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

The MidLab is a place for adults and teens to create, tinker, and explore! Registration is for one session and is required to use the MidLab space. 

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Baby Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Storytime
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Babies (0 - 18 months)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

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.

Baby Storytime

1:00pm - 1:30pm
Storytime
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Babies (0 - 18 months)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

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.

Make It & Take It- Map Coasters -Afternoon

1:00pm - 2:15pm
Arts & Crafts
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Orchard Room
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Date and time of Program: Tuesday, June 18, 1-2:15 and 5:30 - 6:45

Target Audience: Adults and Teens 12+

Sensory Friendly Movie - Wonka

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Movie
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Everyone (all ages)
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

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 volume down and the lights on.

MidLab — DIY hours

2:00pm - 4:30pm
MidLab
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

The MidLab is a place for adults and teens to create, tinker, and explore! Registration is for one session and is required to use the MidLab space.

MidLab - DIY Hours

5:00pm - 7:00pm
MidLab
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

The MidLab is a place for adults and teens to create, tinker, and explore! Registration is for one session and is required to use the MidLab space.

Make It & Take It- Map Coasters - Evening

5:30pm - 6:45pm
Arts & Crafts
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Orchard Room
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Date and time of Program: Tuesday, June 18, 1-2:15 or 5:30-6:45

Target Audience: Adults and Teens 12+

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Katie)

10:00am - 1:30pm
MidLab
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

The MidLab is a place for adults and teens to create, tinker, and explore! Registration is for one session and is required to use the MidLab space. 

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Move & Groove with Midland Great Start Collaborative and Coleman Early Head Start

10:30am - 11:00am
Activity
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Library Lawn
Age Group: Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Activity

Move & Groove

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

Read, sing, and dance at Move and Groove! Our friends from Midland County Great Start Collaborative and Mid Michigan Community Action Agency/Coleman Early Head Start will be joining us!

Crafty Thursday: Paper Plate Dinosaur

11:00am - 7:00pm
Arts & Crafts
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Maker Space- YS
Age Group: Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years), Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Stop by the Youth Services Makers Space to create a dinosaur using paper plates! Materials will be provided between 11 AM to 7 PM.

Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregiver Support Group

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Health & Wellness
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 49
Event Details:

This support group will offer caregivers emotional, educational and social support and encouragement as they take on the demanding task of caring for a loved one living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

Movie Matinee: It Happened One Night (1934)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Movie
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Adventure Begins at Your Library! Join us for our Movie Matinee series in the Library Auditorium on Thursdays at 1pm.

Go on a Road Trip in June!

MidLab — DIY hours

2:00pm - 4:30pm
MidLab
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

The MidLab is a place for adults and teens to create, tinker, and explore! Registration is for one session and is required to use the MidLab space.

Outdoor Explorers- Mud Party

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Activity
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: West Portico
Age Group: Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Program Type: Activity
Event Details:

Come get messy at the library with mud! We will have pools of mud, mud art supplies, a water table, and sprinkler! Please bring a towel.

 

MidLab — DIY hours

5:00pm - 7:00pm
MidLab
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

The MidLab is a place for adults and teens to create, tinker, and explore! Registration is for one session and is required to use the MidLab space.

MidLab — DIY hours

10:00am - 1:30pm
MidLab
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

The MidLab is a place for adults and teens to create, tinker, and explore! Registration is for one session and is required to use the MidLab space.

Adult Lit Crates - June 2024

06/21/2024 @ 10:00am - 06/29/2024 @ 5:00pm
Other
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Too busy to browse? Want to discover authors you might not have read before? Sign up for a Lit Crate!

Read the Book, Watch the Movie

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Movie
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Families (all ages), Everyone (all ages)
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

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 show the movie!

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Sue)

2:00pm - 4:30pm
MidLab
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

The MidLab is a place for adults and teens to create, tinker, and explore! Registration is for one session and is required to use the MidLab space. 

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Curbside Pick Up

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Curbside Pick Up
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Parking Lot
Program Type: Curbside Pick Up
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20

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.