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MidLab - DIY hours

2:00pm - 4:30pm
Ages 12 and up
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.

MidLab - DIY Hours

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages 12 and up
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.

Yogapalooza

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Preschool (3 - 5 years), Children (K - 2nd grade)
Activity
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Preschool (3 - 5 years), Children (K - 2nd grade)
Program Type: Activity
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Join us for Yogapalooza, where children discover the joy of yoga through playful poses inspired by animals, nature, and adventure.

Choose Your Own Book Club - Myths Reimagined & Fairy Tales Retold

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults (18 and up)
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.

Preschool Storytime

9:30am - 10:00am
Preschool (3 - 5 years)
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 (Amanda)

10:00am - 1:30pm
Ages 12 and up
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. 

Preschool Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool (3 - 5 years)
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 - DIY hours

2:00pm - 4:30pm
Ages 12 and up
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.

Computer Class Microsoft Excel

2:30pm - 4:00pm
Adults (18 and up)
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Computer Lab
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0

Computer Class

Learn computer skills that can be useful in your business or personal life.
Event Details:

Learn basic skills for cell entry and manipulation, formatting techniques, and formula creation in spreadsheets.

MidLab Class - Embroidery Machine 101

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Ages 12 and up
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: 3
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.*

Graphic Novel Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults (18 and up)
Book Club
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Orchard Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Do you love graphic novels, or is this a format that’s new to you? Want to meet up with other graphic novel enjoyers? Then this Graphic Novel Book Club is for you!

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Katie)

10:00am - 12:45pm
Ages 12 and up
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. 

Pre-K Learn & Play

10:00am - 2:00pm
Babies (0 - 18 months), Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Activity
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Babies (0 - 18 months), Toddlers (18 - 24 Months), Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type: Activity
Event Details:

Join us for a library playdate! Meet with other parents and caregivers as you and your child explore developmentally appropriate play materials in a joyful environment. Extend your child's learning through play!

Adult Lit Crates - April 2025

04/25/2025 @ 10:00am - 05/03/2025 @ 5:00pm
Adults (18 and up)
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!

Kids Lit Crates - April 2025

04/25/2025 @ 10:00am - 05/03/2025 @ 5:00pm
Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Other
Registration
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Age Group: Children (K - 2nd grade), Children (3rd - 5th grade), Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
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 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.

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: Orchard Room
Age Group: Teens (9th - 12th grade), Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Back by popular demand. Join Ilia as she crochets and meet with others who also love fiber arts in the Orchard Room on the 4th Friday of the month. 

MidLab Class - Glowforge 101

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Ages 12 and up
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:

A class to learn how to use the Glowforge Pro, a professional grade laser cutter. Each participant will go home with a project that they made themselves! Materials will be provided.

MidLab Class - Glowforge 101

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Ages 12 and up
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:

A class to learn how to use the Glowforge Pro, a professional grade laser cutter. Each participant will go home with a project that they made themselves! Materials will be provided.

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.

Pewabic Pottery and Mary Chase Perry (Stratton)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults (18 and up)
Lecture
Library Branch: Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room: Orchard Room
Age Group: Adults (18 and up)
Program Type: Lecture

Lecture Series

Come and listen to subject-area specialists to become better informed about interesting topics.
Event Details:

Pewabic Pottery and Mary Chase Perry (Stratton)

MidLab - Staffed Hours (Debbie)

10:00am - 1:30pm
Ages 12 and up
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. 

MidLab - DIY hours

2:00pm - 4:30pm
Ages 12 and up
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.

Toddler Storytime

9:30am - 10:00am
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 - DIY hours

10:00am - 1:30pm
Ages 12 and up
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.