Pizza & Puzzle Palooza
2023-10-21 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Detroit)
Free fun for the whole family!
Bring your family and join your friends to put puzzles together at the library!
You can stay with your own family or join others to see how quickly or how many puzzles you can complete. After the puzzle palooza, enjoy pizza and pop provided by the library.

Tiny Tots
2023-10-24 10:00, 2023-10-31 10:00, 2023-11-07 10:00, 2023-11-14 10:00
September 12 – November 14 (No meeting on October 3)
Tuesdays at 10 AM
Ages 0-24 Months
Sing, read, and play with your little ones and friends!

Construct & Create
2023-10-24 16:00, 2023-11-07 16:00, 2023-11-14 16:00
September 12 – November 14 (No meeting on October 3 & 31)
Tuesdays at 4 PM
For Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Join your friends after school to build great structures and create beautiful art projects. Each week there will be different building sets and art materials so you can use your imagination and get your creative juices flowing!

Music & Movement
2023-10-25 10:00, 2023-11-01 10:00, 2023-11-08 10:00, 2023-11-15 10:00
September 13 – November 15 (No meeting on October 4)
Wednesdays at 10 AM
Ages 0-5
Movin’ and Groovin’ fun with songs, stories, interactive play, and sensory activities.

Crafting Corner
2023-10-25 13:00
September 27, October 25, November 22
4th Wednesday of the Month at 1 PM
Bring your knitting, crocheting, coloring, or anything else you are working on and sit by the fireplace crafting with friends.

Kids & Teens Who Code!
2023-10-25 16:00, 2023-11-01 16:00, 2023-11-08 16:00, 2023-11-15 16:00
Led by Liliana Gonzalez, Cinthia Williams, and Doriane Le Bourse, PhD, with Perrigo
September 13 – November 15 (No Meeting October 4)
Wednesdays at 4 PM
Learn to code with fun online tutorials and activities that will help build animations, games, apps, and other things that you dream up! Discover the impact that computer science can have on our community. Registration is encouraged, but not required.

Library Board Meeting
2023-10-25 17:30
The Library Board of Trustees meets on a monthly basis to discuss library business and housekeeping. Meetings are open to the public and include a period of time for patrons to discuss comments and concerns.

These meetings are held once a month on Wednesdays at 5:30 PM. The board meetings are tentative and could be subject to change at any time. Keep an eye out for deviations in scheduled dates/times of these meetings.

Storytime
2023-10-26 10:00, 2023-11-02 10:00, 2023-11-09 10:00
September 14 – November 16 (No meeting on October 5)
Thursdays at 10 AM
Ages 0-5
Stories, songs, and a craft all focusing on a new theme each week.

Sweet & Salty Book Club
2023-10-26 16:00
September 28 & October 26 (No meeting November 23)
4th Thursday at 4 PM
Discuss what we are reading over snacks! Choose any book to read and share with the group!
Ask a staff member about new/ popular book suggestions!

Werewolf’s HOWL-O-Ween (After-Hours Party)
2023-10-27 18:00 - 20:00
Friday, October 27 from 6 – 8 PM
Practice your best mayhem, mischief, and other such frights at the library’s after-hours HOWL-O-Ween party! You’re sure to have a howling good time with pizza, refreshments, games, hide-and-seek in the dark, costume contest, and of course… CANDY!
This special after-hours event is just for teens and tweens – no registration necessary.

Teen Scene
2023-11-02 16:00
September 7 & November 2
(No meeting October 5)

1st Thursday at 4 PM
Hang out with us – play games, watch movies, and eat snacks. Featuring Nintendo Switch consoles and fun new tabletop games.

Cold Case Michigan
2023-11-02 18:30
A True Crime Adventure
Presented by Tobin T. Buhk
Thursday, November 2 @ 6:30 PM
A family bludgeoned to death in Dowagiac. A trunk full of skulls found in an attic in Ferndale. A Detroit cult leader found with his head next to his chair. A typist left to die in a warehouse. A middle school kid who never came home. These are the cases that haunt Michigan residents.
Plunge into the world of unsolved homicide. Examine the evidence, ponder the forensics, and consider the suspects in some of the most vexing murder mysteries in Michigan history

Non Fiction Book Club
2023-11-08 18:00
2nd Wednesday at 6 PM
July 12
Trail of Tears by John Ehle
August 9
The Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer
September 13
New Women in the Old West by Winifred Gallagher
October 11
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
November 8
First on the Moon by Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin
December 13
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer
January 10
Rubicon by Tom Holland

Cricut 102
2023-11-09 14:00
Cricut Maker Classes
The Cricut Maker and Cricut Heat Press are available for patron use. A variety of supplies are available to purchase from the library or you may provide your own.
Cricut 102
Thursday, November 9 at 2 PM
Get an in depth tutorial on the Cricut Maker cutting machine, Cricut Heat Press, and Cricut Design Space software. This class is an intermediate level class that will cover the steps involved with creating projects with heat transfer vinyl.

Art Hub
2023-11-09 16:00
September 14, October 12, & November 9
2nd Thursday at 4 PM
Create beautiful and fun pieces of art at this art club! The crafts at these meetups are more advanced and picked for teens/tweens – drawing, painting, crafting and more!

Friends of the Library Meeting
2023-11-13 13:00
The Friends of the Library will be meeting to discuss volunteer and library related business.
“The Friends” are always looking for new members. The Friends run a used bookstore and volunteer at library programs. Your donations of gently used books and DVDs help support the many wonderful programs offered at the library!

2nd Monday Book Club
2023-11-13 14:00
Meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at 2 PM
July 10
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
August 14
The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
September 11
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamante
October 9
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
November 13
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
December 11
Choose A Holiday Book
January 8
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
