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June 17 – July 29

Get ready for some sweet summer fun at the Otsego District Library! Sign up during our kick-off week of June 12 – 17 to get a prize! Sign-ups will continue through July 8. Participants who finish their reading goal will get a finisher bag with a book, prizes, and coupons for yummy treats. They can also enter to win one of the sweetest grand prizes!

SWEETEST GRAND PRIZES – All Finishers can enter to win:
1st Kickin’ Kiwi – $300 Meijer Gift Card + Kiwi Squishmallow + Pool Float + Pillow
2nd Outrageous Orange – $200 Meijer Gift Card + Orange Squishmallow + Pool Float + Pillow
3rd Wonderful Watermelon – $100 Meijer Gift Card + Watermelon Squishmallow + Pool Float + Pillow

SWEET GRAND PRIZE PICKS:
 – Nostalgia Cotton Candy Machine + Supplies
– SoftShell Ice Cream Soccer Ball + Scoop + Ice Cream Book
– Baking Accessory Set + Mixing Bowls + TikTok Cookbook
– Sony Bluetooth Headphones + Case + Throw Blanket
(Grand prize winners are not eligible for the grand prize picks)

Baker’s Dozen Reading Challenge
You will need to complete THIRTEEN challenges (challenges are listed on your reading log) and read SIX books to enter the SWEETEST Grand Prize drawings. When you complete your thirteenth challenge you gain access to the BAKER’S DOZEN BOX!

WEEKLY TRIVIA + PRIZES
A new trivia question will be posted on the wall each week in the teen room. Prizes will be available to the first few CORRECT answers submitted. You can get an extra slips for the weekly trivia drawing for every event you attend at the library!

Monday, June 12 – Friday, June 30
During all open library hours.

Let your children and grandchildren select some fun summer reading materials to celebrate their accomplishments in school this part year!

The library earns 50% of the profits to use toward FREE books for the library’s collection.

The library will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

CLOSED:  Saturday, May 27 – Monday, May 29

Have a safe and happy holiday with your family and friends!

THURSDAYS IN AUGUST AT 7 PM
Visit the library FIVE Thursday evenings in August for an outdoor concert on the lawn. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and your family and friends to enjoy some great FREE entertainment. Popcorn will be provided by the Friends of the Library, and bottled water will be available for $1/bottle.

Otsego Jazz Ensemble • Jazz/Big Band
August 3 @ 7 PM
This performance is sponsored by the Friends of the Library!
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 the performance of these top notch musicians as we kick off our ninth annual Lyrics on the Lawn!

Up and Coming Performances

Elvis and Friends • Ron Short Entertainment • Elvis Impersonator
August 10 @ 7 PM
This performance is sponsored by the Friends of the Library!

Blueback • Blues/Americana
August 17 @ 7 PM
This performance is sponsored by the Friends of the Library!

Moxie Strings • Feel Good Melodies/Rock Influenced
August 24 @ 7 PM

Erin Zindle and the Ragbirds • Folk Rock
August 31 @ 7 PM

THURSDAYS IN AUGUST AT 7 PM
Visit the library FIVE Thursday evenings in August for an outdoor concert on the lawn. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and your family and friends to enjoy some great FREE entertainment. Popcorn will be provided by the Friends of the Library, and bottled water will be available for $1/bottle.

Elvis and Friends • Ron Short Entertainment • Elvis Impersonator
August 10 @ 7 PM
This performance is sponsored by the Friends of the Library!
Join us for a fun night of Elvis tunes with Ron Short performing your favorite hits. There will be costume changes, and Ron’s wife performing as June Carter! Ron is a top quality entertainer who has performed as Elvis, Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Country Legends, James Bond (Ron Bond), and more!

Up and Coming Performances

Blueback • Blues/Americana
August 17 @ 7 PM
This performance is sponsored by the Friends of the Library!

Moxie Strings • Feel Good Melodies/Rock Influenced
August 24 @ 7 PM

Erin Zindle and the Ragbirds • Folk Rock
August 31 @ 7 PM

THURSDAYS IN AUGUST AT 7 PM
Visit the library FIVE Thursday evenings in August for an outdoor concert on the lawn. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and your family and friends to enjoy some great FREE entertainment.
Popcorn will be provided by the Friends of the Library, and bottled water will be available for $1/bottle.

Blueback • Blues/Americana
August 17 @ 7 PM
This performance is sponsored by the Friends of the Library!
Blueback quartet plays in the Kalamazoo area. They perform the full range of Americana music: blues, country, folk, jump, swing, and roots rock music. The mood of the evening is fun when Blueback performs; be sure to come check them out!

Up and Coming Concerts

Moxie Strings • Feel Good Melodies/Rock Influenced
August 24 @ 7 PM

Erin Zindle and the Ragbirds • Folk Rock
August 31 @ 7 PM

THURSDAYS IN AUGUST AT 7 PM
Visit the library FIVE Thursday evenings in August for an outdoor concert on the lawn. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and your family and friends to enjoy some great FREE entertainment. Popcorn will be provided by the Friends of the Library, and bottled water will be available for $1/bottle.

Moxie Strings • Feel Good Melodies/Rock Influenced
August 24 @ 7 PM
Joining us from Nashville, Moxie Strings is celebrating their newest album Live & Plugged In debuting at #1 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Charts. Hailed by The Grand Rapids Press as “top-notch, instrumental wizardry,” The Moxie Strings offer listeners the unique opportunity to experience some of the world’s best-known instruments through an electric, innovative lens.

Diana Ladio and Alison Lynn make up Moxie Strings. Alison performs on a newly-invented, electric cello, and Diana on a contemporary 5-string violin. Both use a variety of audio effects pedals. The Moxie Strings compose the majority of their pieces and arrange melodies from many countries, resulting in a genre-blurring blend of ear-catching, mainstream melodies and foot-stomping, rock-influenced rhythms.

The band’s polished, high-energy show continues to redefine strings’ role in contemporary music, and offers audience members a diverse, fun, musical experience. Moxie Strings have released 5 albums. You really don’t want to miss this amazing night of music.

Up and Coming Concert

Erin Zindle and the Ragbirds • Folk Rock
August 31 @ 7 PM

THURSDAYS IN AUGUST AT 7 PM
Visit the library FIVE Thursday evenings in August for an outdoor concert on the lawn. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and your family and friends to enjoy some great FREE entertainment. Popcorn will be provided by the Friends of the Library, and bottled water will be available for $1/bottle.

Erin Zindle and the Ragbirds • Folk Rock
August 31 @ 7 PM
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Erin Zindle joins us from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds are a four-piece, female-led, folk-rock-world fusion. They describe their music as “infectious global groove”. The musical roots of this group are complex – with Gypsy, Middle-Eastern, Americana, rock, and Latin influences, all stirred with a Celtic fiddler’s bow.

In live performances, the band incorporates variations on traditional African drum pieces; each member trading their instrument for a hand drum. The songs carry a positive message and include both pop hooks and improvised solos. The Ragbirds make use of numerous traditional folk instruments, blending them with modern sounds to create an infectious world groove rooted in the traditions of many cultures and eras.

The group has released five full-length studio albums, two live records, and one single; all self-produced and independently released. Their latest album, The Threshold & The Hearth, was released March 25, 2016 via Rock Ridge Music. Don’t miss out on the groove as Erin Zindle and the Ragbirds put on the grand finale of Lyrics on the Lawn 2023!

April 20 @ 6:30 PM