Otsego District Public Library
INNOVATE • INTERACT • INSPIRE
3rd Fridays at 1 PM
September 20, October 18, and November 15
Create a fun craft for free!
Each month you will be able to make a fun decoration that you can proudly take home to display.
CRAFT SCHEDULE:
September – Button Flowers
October – Paint Pouring (Dress Accordingly)
November – Holiday Home Decor
4th Wednesdays at 1 PM
September 25, October 23, and November 27
Bring your knitting, crocheting, embroidery, coloring, or other lap projects and sit by the fireplace creating with friends.
Thursday, October 3 @ 6:30 PM
Ashley Sayles, Real Estate Agent with Berkshire Hathaway
Cody Barkowski, Loan Officer with Consumers Credit Union
The home purchasing process can feel daunting and confusing, but when you are armed with knowledge and local professionals on your side, homeownership is an achievable goal! Please join us to learn everything you need to know about the home buying process (financing, purchasing process, and closing) with local experts.
Refreshments and light snacks will be provided.
THURSDAYS IN AUGUST @ 7 PM
Visit the library FOUR Thursday evenings in August for an outdoor concert on the lawn. (No performance on Thursday, August 29.)
Bring a lawn chair or blanket and your family and friends to enjoy some great FREE entertainment. Popcorn provided by the Friends of the Library and bottled water for $1.
BEST OF THE BEST
Celebrate a DECADE of brilliant performers at Otsego District Library! This summer we have invited back some of our top favorite bands over the years. A patron vote has invited back Otsego Jazz Ensemble.
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MAIN STREET DUELING PIANOS
August 1
Joe Laureano has been performing rock & roll professionally his entire adult life. He is well known all across the country and has an impressive repertoire of 1,000+ songs, spanning more than seven decades of music.
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UP AND COMING CONCERTS
OTSEGO JAZZ ENSEMBLE
August 8
These local musicians: five saxes, four trombones, four trumpets, and a full rhythm section will perform music from the big band era. You don’t want to miss this performance of these top notch musicians.
OUT OF FAVOR BOYS
August 15
Out of Favor Boys is one of Southwest Michigan’s premier contemporary blues bands. They’ve been the house band at two of Kalamazoo’s longest-lasting Thursday Blues Jams at Wonderful’s Funky Basement and The 411 Club. The band has had the opportunity to play with some national blues musicians like Tab Benoit, Watermelon Slim and Robert Bradley.
GREAT SCOTT
August 22
If you enjoy the Main Street Dueling Pianos, come back for Joe Laureano’s full cover band, “Great Scott.” Great Scott performs the greatest songs from the 1950’s to the new hits of today. Joe will come with a five piece band. This band is guaranteed to have you laughing, toe-tapping, and dancing along!
THURSDAYS IN AUGUST AT 7 PM
Visit the library FOUR Thursday evenings in August for an outdoor concert on the lawn. (No performance on Thursday, August 29.)
Bring a lawn chair or blanket and your family and friends to enjoy some great FREE entertainment. Popcorn provided by the Friends of the Library and bottled water for $1.
BEST OF THE BEST
Celebrate a DECADE of brilliant performers at Otsego District Library! This summer we have invited back some of our top favorite bands over the years. A patron vote has invited back Otsego Jazz Ensemble.
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OTSEGO JAZZ ENSEMBLE
August 8
These local musicians: five saxes, four trombones, four trumpets, and a full rhythm section will perform music from the big band era. You don’t want to miss this performance of these top notch musicians.
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UP AND COMING CONCERTS
OUT OF FAVOR BOYS
August 15
Out of Favor Boys is one of Southwest Michigan’s premier contemporary blues bands. They’ve been the house band at two of Kalamazoo’s longest-lasting Thursday Blues Jams at Wonderful’s Funky Basement and The 411 Club. The band has had the opportunity to play with some national blues musicians like Tab Benoit, Watermelon Slim and Robert Bradley.
GREAT SCOTT
August 22
If you enjoy the Main Street Dueling Pianos, come back for Joe Laureano’s full cover band, “Great Scott.” Great Scott performs the greatest songs from the 1950’s to the new hits of today. Joe will come with a five piece band. This band is guaranteed to have you laughing, toe-tapping, and dancing along!
THURSDAYS IN AUGUST @ 7 PM
Visit the library FOUR Thursday evenings in August for an outdoor concert on the lawn. (No performance on Thursday, August 29.)
Bring a lawn chair or blanket and your family and friends to enjoy some great FREE entertainment. Popcorn provided by the Friends of the Library and bottled water for $1.
BEST OF THE BEST
Celebrate a DECADE of brilliant performers at Otsego District Library! This summer we have invited back some of our top favorite bands over the years. A patron vote has invited back Otsego Jazz Ensemble.
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OUT OF FAVOR BOYS
August 15
Out of Favor Boys is one of Southwest Michigan’s premier contemporary blues bands. They’ve been the house band at two of Kalamazoo’s longest-lasting Thursday Blues Jams at Wonderful’s Funky Basement and The 411 Club. The band has had the opportunity to play with some national blues musicians like Tab Benoit, Watermelon Slim and Robert Bradley.
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UP AND COMING CONCERTS
GREAT SCOTT
August 22
If you enjoy the Main Street Dueling Pianos, come back for Joe Laureano’s full cover band, “Great Scott.” Great Scott performs the greatest songs from the 1950’s to the new hits of today. Joe will come with a five piece band. This band is guaranteed to have you laughing, toe-tapping, and dancing along!
THURSDAYS IN AUGUST
Visit the library FOUR Thursday evenings in August for an outdoor concert on the lawn. (No performance on Thursday, August 29.)
Bring a lawn chair or blanket and your family and friends to enjoy some great FREE entertainment. Popcorn provided by the Friends of the Library and bottled water for $1.
BEST OF THE BEST
Celebrate a DECADE of brilliant performers at Otsego District Library! This summer we have invited back some of our top favorite bands over the years. A patron vote has invited back Otsego Jazz Ensemble.
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GREAT SCOTT
August 22 @ 7 PM
If you enjoy the Main Street Dueling Pianos, come back for Joe Laureano’s full cover band, “Great Scott.” Great Scott performs the greatest songs from the 1950’s to the new hits of today. Joe will come with a five piece band. This band is guaranteed to have you laughing, toe-tapping, and dancing along!
Saturday, June 15
10 AM – Noon
Join the adventures of the circus at this kick-off event!
There will be two Cirque Amongus Shows – one at 10 AM and another at 11 AM. These shows have a combination of comedy, circus skills and audience participation that will amaze and delight you.
Test your own circus skills with games and activities while enjoying some yummy snacks. Adventure awaits you at every station! The event will be outdoors, weather permitting.
JUNE 15 – JULY 27
Sign up at the library anytime during the week of June 10 – 15 to get a prize! Sign-ups continue through July 6. Set a reading goal and bring your completed finisher slips to the library for a prize bag; plus pick out your very own book! Finisher bags will be available beginning July 8.
ADVENTUROUS GRAND PRIZES
Summer Reading Program finishers can enter for a chance to win:
• 1st Place • $300 Meijer Gift Card + Stuffed Wolf
• 2nd Place • $200 Meijer Gift Card + Stuffed Fox
• 3rd Place • $100 Meijer Gift Card + Stuffed Raccoon
Plus: EIGHT ADVENTUROUS GRAND PRIZE PICKS that you can enter to win!
CIRQUE AMONGUS KICK-OFF EVENT (All Ages)
Saturday, June 15 from 10 AM – NOON • TWO SHOWS: 10 AM & 11 AM
Enjoy two Cirque Amongus shows that feature a combination of comedy, circus skills, and audience participation. Play circus games and activities while enjoying yummy snacks.
STROLLER ADVENTURE WALK (0 – 5 Years Old)
Mondays at 10 AM • June 17 – July 22
Join your friends while we walk to Memorial Park and play at the park.
ADVENTURONIMO PROGRAMS (Preschool – 5th Grade)
ADVENTUROUS STORIES & SONGS (0 – 5 Years Old)
Wednesdays at 10 AM • June 19 – July 24
Hear stories, sing songs, play games, and create with your friends.
LET’S GO ON AN ADVENTURE (Preschool – 5th Grade)
Thursdays at 10 AM • June 20 – July 25 (No meetup July 4)
Go on weekly adventures in the library – biking, camping, hiking, swimming, and fishing.
ADVENTURE HIKE
Pick up a map at the library to go on an Adventure Hike through downtown Otsego in the month of July. Find all of the animals, do the activities, and bring your completed map back to the library for a special prize!
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
Mark your calendars as the Scholastic Book Fair returns June 12 – 29!
JUNE 15 – JULY 27
Get ready for some summer fun at the Otsego District Library! Read a minimum of SIX books and complete TWELVE Adventure Pack Reading Challenges (challenges are listed on the bottom right) to enter the Adventurous Grand Prize drawings.
Finishers are also eligible for the Adventurous Grand Prize Picks. Once you’ve reached your reading goal, you can bring in your finisher slips to receive a Finisher Prize Bag and pick out a free book. Finisher Prize Bags may be picked up at the circulation desk beginning Monday, July 8. Enter for a chance to win one of the ADVENTUROUS Grand PrizeS and ADVENTUROUS grand prize picks!
ADVENTUROUS GRAND PRIZES
1st Place $300 Meijer Gift Card + Stuffed Wolf
2nd Place $200 Meijer Gift Card + Stuffed Fox
3rd Place $100 Meijer Gift Card + Stuffed Raccoon
ADVENTUROUS GRAND PRIZE PICKS
Please note that grand prize winners are not eligible for grand prize picks.
WEEKLY TRIVIA + PRIZES
A new trivia question will be posted each week on the wall in the teen room. Prizes will
be available to the first few CORRECT answers submitted. You can enter you name into
the weekly drawings once per day. Earn extra slips by attending library events.
TRAILBLAZING TUESDAYS
WONDERLUST WEDNESDAYS
Adventurer’s Writing Club
Wednesdays @ 2 PM
June 19 & July 3
Explore different writing styles and share your latest writings with other young authors.
Outdoor Book Club
Wednesdays @ 2 PM
June 26 & July 10
Share what you are reading or your favorite book with other teens and tweens.
THRILLING THURSDAYS
Drive-Thru Closed 12-1 for lunch on Saturdays.
PLEASE NOTE:
Call the library at the Drive-Thru Pickup Window or ring the doorbell for reserve pickup service.
