Ages 0-24 months
Mondays, June 19 – July 24 at 10 AM
(No meeting on July 3)
Enjoy super sweet songs, a story, and playtime with your friends.
Otsego District Public Library
INNOVATE • INTERACT • INSPIRE
Ages 0-24 months
Mondays, June 19 – July 24 at 10 AM
(No meeting on July 3)
Enjoy super sweet songs, a story, and playtime with your friends.
Drop in to visit Candy Castle, Licorice Lagoon, Chocolate Mountain, Gingerbread House, Lollipop Woods, Ice Cream Slopes, Ice Palace, Cupcake Commons, and Gummy Hills where there will be games, activities, crafts, delicious snacks, a bounce house and an inflatable slide! The event will be outdoors, weather permitting.
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:
(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!
CHILDREN’S SWEET GRAND PRIZE PICKS:
When children complete their reading goals, they can put their “Grand Prize Pick” slip in the bucket by the sweet prize they hope to win.
Note: Winners of our Grand Prizes will be ineligible to win a Grand Prize Pick.
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!
The Otsego District Library currently has (0) open positions.
(POSITIONS HAVE BEEN FILLED)
Please specify which position you are applying for/whether you are willing to be considered in either role.
If you have applied in the past at Otsego District Library and are still interested in working for the library, please reapply by updating and resending your application packet! Each round of applications, we only consider the submitted applications.
– Thank You
The Otsego District Library serves 14,230 residents with a budget of $518,000 and a staff of fifteen. In 2009, a beautiful new 18,000 square foot, LEED-Silver Level building opened for service to the community. A dedicated library millage voted in perpetuity provides 75% of the library’s operating revenue. The library has a staff known for its commitment to outstanding customer service and a supportive board that is responsive to the community. Otsego is located in beautiful southwest Michigan, fifteen miles north of Kalamazoo, thirty miles south of Grand Rapids, and only forty minutes from Lake Michigan. The Otsego area offers affordable living, excellent schools, convenient shopping, and an outstanding quality of life.
Applying for a position as a high school student? Questions on how to write a first time resume when you are still in high school? Click HERE for a helpful link.
April 20 @ 6:30 PM
Kara Weber (Physical Therapist Assistant) and Lauren Smithson (Physical Therapist)
For generations postpartum, urinary, bowel, and any problems within the pelvis have been “hush hush.” Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy is a specialized branch targeted to find solutions and treat aches, pains, and problems originating in the abdominal and pelvic region. This presentation will be for those that would like to know some basic information to help themselves with pelvic health.
Though all are welcome, the presentation will be geared toward pregnant women, women who have had a baby (even if it has been years), or women who generally struggle with similar issues as mentioned. Join us for a conversation about an important topic!
A Nostalgic Look at Michigan’s Smallest Towns
with Author, Kathryn Houghton
April 27 @ 6:30 PM
Michigan’s small towns have great stories. Little Michigan presents 100 towns with populations under 600. Each community is charming and unique PLUS have their share of surprises.
Do you know which crime scene inspired the famous film Anatomy of a Murder or where you will find the infamous “Naughty Cow” and how it got its nickname?
The locations featured in this book range from quaint to historic, and wonderfully represent Michigan. Books will be available to be signed and purchased.
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.