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This event is in the "Families (all ages)" group.

Family Fun Friday- Quest Challenge

11:00am - 3:00pm
Activity
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Families (all ages)
Program Type: Activity
Event Details:

Calling all knights and dames! We challenge you to come to the library and complete the courses that we have set up! Only the bravest and strongest will prevail!

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.
This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group.

Game Night @ GADML

6:00pm - 9:00pm
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Event Details:

Bring your favorite tabletop game or play one from the Library’s collection. You bring the competition and we’ll bring the snacks! We'll meet in the Community Room on the Lower Level of the Library (use the Auditorium entrance).

This event is in the "Tweens (6th - 8th grade)" group.
This event is in the "Teens (9th - 12th grade)" group.

Teen Night: A2 Magic Workshop for Teens

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Performance
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Program Type: Performance
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "Babies (0 - 18 months)" group.

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.

This event is in the "Babies (0 - 18 months)" group.

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.

This event is in the "Everyone (all ages)" group.
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.

This event is in the "Families (all ages)" group.

Touch-a-Truck

9:30am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Parking Lot
Age Group: Families (all ages)
Event Details:

Come to the library on Wednesday, July 24th 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 25th from 9:30-11:30 AM

This event is in the "Families (all ages)" group.

Family Night: Blue Blocks

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Activity
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Families (all ages)
Program Type: Activity

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?

This event is in the "Toddlers (18 - 24 Months)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3 - 5 years)" group.

Move & Groove

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:

Join us for Move and Groove to read a story, sing and dance to fun action songs, and participate in movement activities! We will meet Thursdays at 10:30 in the library lawn under the west portico of the staff parking lot.

This event is in the "Toddlers (18 - 24 Months)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3 - 5 years)" group.
This event is in the "Children (K - 2nd grade)" group.
This event is in the "Children (3rd - 5th grade)" group.

Crafty Thursday: Paper Plate Truck Craft

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 into Youth Services Makers Space to enjoy a cool truck craft! This craft is a great way to make trucks that resemble those from Touch-A-Truck! Materials for these crafts will be available between 11 am and 7 pm.

This event is in the "Children (K - 2nd grade)" group.
This event is in the "Children (3rd - 5th grade)" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Library Lawn
Age Group: Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Program Type: Activity
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

En garde! Join the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library and the Bay Regional Fencing Alliance in a fun fencing demo! Afterwards create your own foam sword!

Parent supervision required.

This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group.

Adult Lit Crates - July 2024

07/26/2024 @ 10:00am - 08/03/2024 @ 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!

This event is in the "Families (all ages)" group.
This event is in the "Everyone (all ages)" group.
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Auditorium
Age Group: Families (all ages), Everyone (all ages)
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!

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.
This event is in the "Tweens (6th - 8th grade)" group.
This event is in the "Teens (9th - 12th grade)" group.
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Tweens (6th - 8th grade), Teens (9th - 12th grade)
Event Details:

Oh no! We're trapped in the Space Station and we need your help to get out! Join us in the Teen Room in groups of 2-6 to try the newest escape game at the library!

This is a drop-in program, so no registration is necessary.

This event is in the "Babies (0 - 18 months)" group.

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.

This event is in the "Babies (0 - 18 months)" group.

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.

This event is in the "Everyone (all ages)" group.
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.

This event is in the "Families (all ages)" group.

Family Night: Explorers of the Sea

6:00pm - 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:

Join us Wednesdays from 6-7pm for Family Nights at the library! They will take place in either the Youth Services Story Room or Maker Space!

This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group.

Choose Your Own Book Club - Fantasy

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Book Club
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: 24
Event Details:

Join fellow book lovers for a book club … with a twist! Each month, we'll pick a different theme or genre.

This event is in the "Toddlers (18 - 24 Months)" group.
This event is in the "Preschool (3 - 5 years)" group.

Move & Groove

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:

Join us for Move and Groove to read a story, sing and dance to fun action songs, and participate in movement activities! We will meet Thursdays at 10:30 in the library lawn under the west portico of the staff parking lot.

This event is in the "Everyone (all ages)" group.

Crafty Thursday: Olympic Torch

11:00am - 7:00pm
Arts & Crafts
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Maker Space- YS
Age Group: Everyone (all ages)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Stop by the Youth Services Maker Space to create an olympic torch using a paper plate! Materials will be provided between 11 am and 7 pm.