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MidLab - Staffed Hours (Bill & Deanna)

10:00am - 1:30pm
MidLab
Open
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: 3
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.  ___________________________________ During Staffed Hours there will be one staff memb...

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, stories, and a craft! Tickets for this program will be handed out 30 minutes before the program at the YS desk.   ...

One to One Tablet, Smartphone and Laptop Help

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Technology
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Adult Reference Desk
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Technology

Computer Class

Learn computer skills that can be useful in your business or personal life.
Event Details:
One to One Tech Help Not sure how to use your smart device or computer? The library can help! Stop by the Reference Desk or call 989-837-3449 to arrange for a time to work one to one with a librarian. ...

MidLab — DIY hours

2:00pm - 4:30pm
MidLab
Open
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. If you registered but can no longer attend, please remember to cancel your registration to allow ...

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Katie)

5:00pm - 7:00pm
MidLab
Open
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: 5
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.  ___________________________________ During Staffed Hours there will be one staff memb...

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Bill)

10:00am - 1:30pm
MidLab
Open
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: 2
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.  ___________________________________ During Staffed Hours there will be one staff memb...

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, stories, and a craft! Tickets for this program will be handed out 30 minutes before the program at the YS desk.   ...

MidLab Class — Making paper flowers!

3:30pm - 4:30pm
MidLab
Open
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: 2
Event Details:
A fun and quick class where you'll make paper flowers with Debbie! All materials will be provided. Due to an increase in no-shows and last-minute cancellations for popular classes, we ask that you only register if you are confident that you can at...

MidLab Class — Making paper flowers!

5:30pm - 6:30pm
MidLab
Open
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: 2
Event Details:
A fun and quick class where you'll make paper flowers with Debbie! All materials will be provided. Due to an increase in no-shows and last-minute cancellations for popular classes, we ask that you only register if you are confident that you can at...

Family Night: Blue Blocks

5:30pm - 7:00pm
Family Night
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Families (all ages)
Program Type: Family Night

Family Night

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

Event Details:
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 large foam abstract loose parts that have holes and shapes that can fit t...

Choose Your Own Book Club - Science Fiction

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Book Club
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Orchard Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:
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 not), in this club, you can CHOOSE YOUR OWN BOOK! Read a book of y...

Preschool Storytime

9:30am - 10:00am
Storytime
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs. The story time will end with an activity or a simple craft.
Event Details:
Tickets for storytime will be available at the Youth Services desk.  No registration is required. First come, first served. ...

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Katie)

10:00am - 1:30pm
MidLab
Open
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: 3
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.  ___________________________________ During Staffed Hours there will be one staff memb...

Preschool Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Storytime
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs. The story time will end with an activity or a simple craft.
Event Details:
Tickets for storytime will be available at the Youth Services desk.  No registration is required. First come, first served. ...

Middle School Battle of the Books Championship Livestream

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade), Families (all ages)
Event Details:
Join us as we livestream two exciting Jeopardy-style Battles on the big screen. We will be showing our 3 top teams and our 3 top individuals competing in back-to-back battles in the MCTV studio. The pair competition will begin at 4:00pm and the indiv...

MidLab Class — Learn how to use a sewing machine!

4:00pm - 7:00pm
MidLab
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:
In this class, Shirley will teach you how to use a sewing machine! By the end of class you’ll have made your very own mini fabric basket. All materials will be provided but if you’d like to choose your own color/patterns, just bring 2 coordinati...

Outdoor Explorers- Rock Painting

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Activity
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: West Portico
Age Group: Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Program Type: Activity
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:
Join Miss Sam outside to paint rocks! You could paint rainbows, flowers, bugs, whatever your heart desires. Please just remember to dress for the weather! *Registration is required. Please register beginning at 12:00am on Monday, April 1st at gadm...

Adult Lit Crates - April 2024

04/26/2024 @ 10:00am - 05/04/2024 @ 5:00pm
Other
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Too busy to browse? Want to discover authors you might not have read before? Sign up for a Lit Crate! You tell us what you like, and we'll put together a box full of goodies and books chosen just for you. Return the books and the box, and keep the...

Kids Lit Crates - April 2024

04/26/2024 @ 10:00am - 05/04/2024 @ 5:00pm
Other
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
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. Return the books and the box, and kee...

Teen Lit Crates - April 2024

04/26/2024 @ 10:00am - 05/04/2024 @ 5:00pm
Other
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:
Too busy to browse? Want to discover authors you might not have read before? Sign up for a Teen Lit Crate! You tell us what you like, and we'll put together a box full of goodies and books chosen just for you. Return the books and the box, and kee...

MidLab Class — Learn to crochet!

10:30am - 12:00pm
MidLab
Open
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: 3
Event Details:
In this introductory class Ilia will teach you how to crochet! Crochet hooks and yarn will be provided. Just bring yourself! Due to an increase in no-shows and last-minute cancellations for popular classes, we ask that you only register if you are...

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Sue)

2:00pm - 4:30pm
MidLab
Open
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.  ___________________________________ During Staffed Hours there will be one staff memb...

Curbside Pick Up

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Curbside Pick Up
Open
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.

Studio Saturday: Guided Painting with Katie Edmiston

10:00am - 12:00pm
Arts & Crafts
Closed
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: 0
Event Details:
Studio Saturday: Guided Painting with Katie Edmiston Join us to create your own painted masterpiece and learn about a famous work of art! Attendees will follow the instructor step-by-step to recreate a Georgia O'Keeffe flower painting and learn ab...