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Dancing Babies

10:30am–11:30am
Babies (0 - 24 months)
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies (0 - 24 months)
Event Details:

Babies will enjoy stories, songs, dancing, and exploring with musical instruments.

Puzzle Competition

5:30pm–7:30pm
Adults (18 and up)
Other
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Puzzle Competition

Groups up to four people compete to see who will finish their puzzle first!

Puzzle Competition
Wednesday, January 21, from 5:30pm–7:30pm in the Community Room.

Midland Genealogical Society - Headstone Cleaning

7:00pm–8:00pm
Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Genealogy
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Adult Reference Desk
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Genealogy
Registration Required
Event Details:

Headstone cleaning with Justin Frost from Past Preservation.

The program starts at 7 pm. Please meet at the Reference Desk at the Library, and a staff member will lead you upstairs to the Genealogy Room. 

Elementary Penultimate Battle

4:30pm–5:30pm
Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Event Details:

Join our Top Ten Elementary Battle teams in the Penultimate Battle to see who will move on to the Championship Battle!

Block Party

10:00am–12:00pm
Families (all ages)
Activity
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Families (all ages)
Program Type: Activity
Event Details:

Bring the whole family to the Story Room and play with a variety of blocks! We will have the Big Blue Blocks, smaller foam blocks, and many more options!

Knitting/Crochet Club

10:30am–12:00pm
Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Arts & Crafts
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Adult Reference Desk
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. 

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.

Bunco

6:00pm–7:30pm
Adults (18 and up)
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Registration Required
Event Details:

Dates: 1/26

Times: 6-7:30

Ages: Adults

Room: Community Room

 

Description:

Move & Groove

10:30am–11:00am
Toddlers (2-3 years), Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Music and Movement
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Toddlers (2-3 years), Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Music and Movement
Event Details:

Move & Groove

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

Come shake your sillies out! This movement focused program features learning through interactive stories, fun-filled action songs, movement activities, and dance. Everyone dances in this program so come ready to groove!

Adult/Teen Crafternoon-Macrame Gnome

12:00pm–1:00pm
Teens (9th - 12th grade), Ages 12 and up, Adults (18 and up)
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade), Ages 12 and up, Adults (18 and up)
Registration Required
Event Details:

Dates: Tuesday, January 27th, 2026

Time:  12-1 pm

Ages: Adults and Teens 12+

Room: Library Community Room

Dancing Babies

1:30pm–2:30pm
Babies (0 - 24 months)
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies (0 - 24 months)
Event Details:

Babies will enjoy stories, songs, dancing, and exploring with musical instruments.

Stephen King Seminar

6:00pm–7:00pm
Adults (18 and up)
Lecture
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

With well over 60 novels and several short story collections, Stephen King has written a wide variety of stories over the last 50 years, not just horror.

Dancing Babies

10:30am–11:30am
Babies (0 - 24 months)
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies (0 - 24 months)
Event Details:

Babies will enjoy stories, songs, dancing, and exploring with musical instruments.

Choose Your Own Book Club (CYOBC)

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adults (18 and up)
Book Club
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Book Club
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!

Elementary Championship Battle

4:00pm–6:00pm
Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Event Details:

Join us as our top two Elementary Battle teams compete for the Championship in the Library Auditorium.  

Vision Boards

5:30pm–7:00pm
Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Registration Required
Event Details:

Hey Teens! January seems to be synonymous with new goals and resolutions, Join us to create your very own vision board with your goals and aspirations to keep you on track for the new year and beyond! Join us in the Community Room from 5:30-7pm.

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.

February Lit Crates Registration Links

All Day
Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th 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), Teens (9th - 12th 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! 

Cookbook Club-Retro Recipes

6:00pm–7:30pm
Adults (18 and up)
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Registration Required
Event Details:

Date: February 2, 2026

Target Audience: Adults ages 18+

Time: 6 to 7:15 pm

Location:  Library Community Room

Toddler Time

10:30am–11:30am
Toddlers (2-3 years)
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Toddlers (2-3 years)

Toddler Time

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

Baby Time

1:30pm–2:30pm
Babies (0 - 24 months)
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies (0 - 24 months)

Baby Time

Babies will enjoy story time filled with stories, songs, movement, and socialization.

Adult Storytime

6:00pm–7:00pm
Adults (18 and up)
Performance, Storytime
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Performance, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Why should only children get a storytime? Welcome to "Adult Storytime", where adults get to enjoy being swept up into a story just like their children do! Get ready for an evening of quiet drama, or soaring action, or laugh-out-loud comedy.

Baby Time

10:30am–11:30am
Babies (0 - 24 months)
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies (0 - 24 months)

Baby Time

Babies will enjoy story time filled with stories, songs, movement, and socialization.

Bookworm Buddies

5:30pm–6:15pm
Children (K - 2nd grade)
Book Club
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children (K - 2nd grade)
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you have a Kindergartener or 1st grader who loves books? We have a book club just for them! Children in grades K-1 can bring in a book that has been read to them or one they've read themselves.