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MidLab - DIY hours

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

Minecraft Your World Mini Golf

3:00pm–5:00pm
Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Activity
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Program Type: Activity
Event Details:

Minigolf your way through a Minecrafted World of blocks and obstacles, but watch out for skeletons, Endermen, and Creepers — and don't forget about the Ender Dragon!

 

MidLab Class - Embroidery Machine 101

5:00pm–7:00pm
Teens (9th - 12th grade), Ages 12 and up
MidLab
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade), Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
Event Details:

*Please note: This is a class for those who would like to learn how to use the embroidery machine. This is not a standard craft class.*

MidLab - DIY Hours

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

Toddler Time

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

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

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Jon)

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

Curbside Pick Up

4:00pm–4:45pm
Curbside Pick Up
Open
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.

Teen Takeover (ages 13-17)

6:00pm–8:00pm
Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Activity
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: YS Area
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: Activity
Registration Required
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:

MidLab Class - Inventors Club

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

Learn how to invent with STEM! Bring ideas and brainstorm with Bill to start working on that invention you've been thinking about. 

MidLab - DIY hours

2:00pm–4:30pm
Ages 12 and up
MidLab
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
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 - Staffed Hours (Katie)

10:00am–1:30pm
Ages 12 and up
MidLab
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: MidLab Maker Space- AS
Age Group: Ages 12 and up
Program Type: MidLab
Registration Required
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 - Staffed Hours (Debbie)

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

Summer Monday Movie Matinee

2:00pm–4:30pm
Families (all ages), Everyone (all ages)
Movie
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Families (all ages), Everyone (all ages)
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Afternoon Matinee

Join us for a free afternoon movie on the big screen.

📽 Monday Movie Matinee – Summer Series

MidLab - DIY Hours

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

After Hours LEGO Night - Adults Only

6:00pm–9:00pm
Adults (18 and up)
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Mezzanine
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Registration Required
Event Details:

Adults, come and build with us! Collaborate with friends on one of our LEGO sets, indulge your creativity with our brick stash, or take on a challenge. Adults. 6pm-9pm, Monday July 21, on the Library Mezzanine (use the Auditorium entrance).

Serene Silent Reading

7:30pm–9:00pm
Adults (18 and up)
Book Club
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Quiet Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join GADML in the Library Quiet Room after hours on Monday, July 21st from 7:30pm-9pm for Adult Serene Silent Reading!

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Victoria)

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

Learn more about the MidLab at: www.gadml.org/midlab

Baby Time

10:30am–11:00am
Babies (0 - 18 months)
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 program is for ages 0-18 months and will occur in the Story Room.

Most programs will take place at the library but may be subject to change.

MidLab - DIY hours

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

Glow Your World - Glow Party

3:00pm–5:00pm
Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Event Details:

Glow Color Your World: Glow Party!

Calling all Tweens (Ages 9-13), join us in the Story Room for an afternoon of Glow-tastic fun filled with glow games, music, and activities.

MidLab - DIY Hours

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

Touch-a-Truck @ Emerson Park

9:30am–11:30am
Families (all ages)
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Off-site
Age Group: Families (all ages)
Event Details:

Come to Emerson Park on Wednesday, July 23rd, between 9:30-11:30 AM to learn about and look at the different trucks that keep our city running at our annual Touch-a-Truck event.

Raindate: Thursday, July 24th from 9:30-11:30 AM

Library at the Farmers Market

10:00am–10:30am
Families (all ages)
Storytime
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Off-site
Age Group: Families (all ages)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Come to the Midland Area Farmers Market on Wednesdays throughout the summer for library fun! We will be reading books, singing songs, and dancing while building early literacy skills.

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Sue)

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