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This event is in the "Everyone (all ages)" group
Everyone (all ages)
Arts & Crafts
This event is in the "Everyone (all ages)" group
Cultural Awareness Coalition Creativity Contest
All Day
10/1–10/31
Arts & Crafts
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Library Branch:
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room:
Mezzanine
Age Group:
Everyone (all ages)
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Celebrate Global Diversity Month with the Cultural Awareness Coalition reception for the Creativity Contest. The collaboration between the two initiatives will help drive awareness and engagement.
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This event is in the "Preschool (3 - 5 years)" group
Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Storytime
This event is in the "Preschool (3 - 5 years)" group
Oct
16
2025
Thu
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Age Group:
Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs at Preschool Storytime! This program is for ages 3-5 years!
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This event is in the "Babies (0 - 18 months)" group
Babies (0 - 18 months)
Storytime
This event is in the "Babies (0 - 18 months)" group
Oct
14
2025
Tue
Baby Time
10:30am–11:00am
Storytime
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Age Group:
Babies (0 - 18 months)
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Enjoy connecting with your baby using song, dance, and stories! This program is for ages 0-18 months.
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This event is in the "Preschool (3 - 5 years)" group
Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Storytime
This event is in the "Preschool (3 - 5 years)" group
Oct
16
2025
Thu
Preschool Storytime
10:30am–11:00am
Storytime
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Age Group:
Preschool (3 - 5 years)
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs at Preschool Storytime! This program is for ages 3-5 years!
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This event is in the "Everyone (all ages)" group
Everyone (all ages)
Other
This event is in the "Everyone (all ages)" group
Oct
12
2025
Sun
Friends of the Library Fall Used Book Sale - $5 Bag Day
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Library Branch:
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room:
Auditorium
Age Group:
Everyone (all ages)
Program Type:
Other
Event Details:
The Friends of the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library Fall book sale is approaching fast! The Auditorium and Mezzanine will be full of thousands of books to choose from!
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This event is in the "Babies (0 - 18 months)" group
Babies (0 - 18 months)
Storytime
This event is in the "Babies (0 - 18 months)" group
Oct
14
2025
Tue
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Age Group:
Babies (0 - 18 months)
Program Type:
Storytime
Event Details:
Enjoy connecting with your baby using song, dance, and stories! This program is for ages 0-18 months.
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Cancelled
Curbside Pick Up
Oct
17
2025
Fri
Cancelled
Curbside Pick Up
4:00pm–4:45pm
Curbside Pick Up
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Library Branch:
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
Room:
Parking Lot
Program Type:
Curbside Pick Up
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.
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This event is in the "Children (3rd - 5th grade)" group
Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Book Club
Registration Required
Offsite Event
This event is in the "Children (3rd - 5th grade)" group
Oct
16
2025
Thu
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Age Group:
Children (3rd - 5th grade)
Program Type:
Book Club
Event Details:
Are you a 4th or 5th grader who loves to read? Would you love to find your next read by hearing what others your age are reading? We have a book club just for you!
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This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group
Adults (18 and up)
Book Club
Registration Required
Offsite Event
This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group
Oct
13
2025
Mon
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Age Group:
Adults (18 and up)
Program Type:
Book Club
Event Details:
Calling all romance readers and enjoyers! From spicy to sweet, we'll talk all things romance as we discuss each month's book selection or theme.
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This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group
Adults (18 and up)
Performance,
Storytime
Registration Required
Offsite Event
This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group
Oct
14
2025
Tue
Adult Storytime
6:00pm–7:00pm
Performance,
Storytime
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Age Group:
Adults (18 and up)
Program Type:
Performance,
Storytime
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.
This event is in the "Children (3rd - 5th grade)" group
This event is in the "Tweens (6th - 8th grade)" group
Cancelled
Children (3rd - 5th grade),
Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Activity
Registration Required
Offsite Event
This event is in the "Children (3rd - 5th grade)" group
This event is in the "Tweens (6th - 8th grade)" group
Oct
14
2025
Tue
Cancelled
Mutt-i-grees at GADML
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Age Group:
Children (3rd - 5th grade),
Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Program Type:
Activity
Event Details:
Each Dog Has a Story: Creative Writing Workshop: Creative writing workshops encourage children and teens to use their imagination and practice writing skills.
This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group
Adults (18 and up)
Registration Required
Offsite Event
This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group
Oct
14
2025
Tue
10/14 Cookbook Club - Creepy Food
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Age Group:
Adults (18 and up)
Event Details:
Do you enjoy trying new recipes? Join us this Fall for our Cookbook Club. Participants will prepare one dish from the monthly theme and bring it to the meeting to share, potluck style. We will nibble, socialize and discuss what we made.
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This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group
Adults (18 and up)
Lecture,
Performance
This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group
Oct
17
2025
Fri
Sea Shanties with Ben Traverse
6:30pm–7:30pm
Lecture,
Performance
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Age Group:
Adults (18 and up)
Program Type:
Lecture,
Performance
Event Details:
Lecture Series
Come and listen to subject-area specialists to become better informed about interesting topics.
Sea Shanties with Ben Traverse
This event is in the "Children (3rd - 5th grade)" group
This event is in the "Tweens (6th - 8th grade)" group
Children (3rd - 5th grade),
Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Arts & Crafts,
Storytime
Registration Required
Offsite Event
This event is in the "Children (3rd - 5th grade)" group
This event is in the "Tweens (6th - 8th grade)" group
Oct
17
2025
Fri
Spooky Stories and S'mores
6:30pm–8:00pm
Arts & Crafts,
Storytime
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Age Group:
Children (3rd - 5th grade),
Tweens (6th - 8th grade)
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts,
Storytime
Event Details:
Gather around a roaring campfire at the City Forest Chalet for a haunting evening! Be prepared to shiver as GADML librarians tell spooky stories and bone-chilling tales from Michigan's own north woods. Do you have your own scary story to tell?
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This event is in the "Teens (9th - 12th grade)" group
This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group
Teens (9th - 12th grade),
Adults (18 and up)
Genealogy
Registration Required
Offsite Event
This event is in the "Teens (9th - 12th grade)" group
This event is in the "Adults (18 and up)" group
Oct
15
2025
Wed
Midland Genealogical Society: Using DNA to Solve a 1920s Adoption Mystery (Zoom and Watch Party)
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Age Group:
Teens (9th - 12th grade),
Adults (18 and up)
Program Type:
Genealogy
Event Details:
Using DNA to Solve a 1920s Adoption Aimee Rose-HaynesMidland Genealogical Society meeting and program Wednesday, October 15 at 7pm
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