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Albert Kahn

Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation Exhibit

All Day 9/29 - 10/4
Woods Branch
Program Type:
Educational
Age Group:
Everyone

Albert Kahn: Creating The Modern World

Library Branch: Woods Branch
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

Albert Kahn: Creating The Modern World

Storytime text floating over an open book with a boat of animals, a train of children, and two children flying a kite. Rainbows, stars, and hot air balloons float around

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo!

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Boots on the Ground Book Discussion

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Central Front Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Adult Program, Book Club, Teen Program
Age Group:
Middle School, High School, Adults

Join us for an intergenerational book discussion of Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge for Middle School and High School students and Adults.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Middle School, High School, Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Book Club, Teen Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for an intergenerational book discussion of Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge for Middle School and High School students and Adults.

Baby Time @ Woods

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Woods Story Time Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Baby Time
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler
Baby time @ Woods:

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Please make arrangements for older siblings. Registration is req...

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler
Program Type: Baby Time
Registration Required

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Please make arrangements for older siblings. Registration is required.

Storytime @ Woods

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Woods Story Time Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Storytime @ Woods:

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for stories and songs. Recommended for ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome. No registration required. 

Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for stories and songs. Recommended for ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome. No registration required. 

Join or Die Event

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Adult Program
Age Group:
Teens, High School, Adults

Join or Die -- a film about why you should be a joiner and why the fate of America depends on it. Tonight is a conversation with filmmaker Rebecca Davis and a Community Joiner Fair.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teens, High School, Adults
Program Type: Adult Program
Event Details:

Join or Die -- a film about why you should be a joiner and why the fate of America depends on it. Tonight is a conversation with filmmaker Rebecca Davis and a Community Joiner Fair.

Canva graphic for the scifi book club with a little yellow robot and urban city background

Science Fiction Book Club

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Woods Program Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Science Fiction Book Discussion Group:

This bi-monthly group discusses current, contemporary and classical Science Fiction releases. Meets the second Wednesday at 7 p.m., every other month at the Woods Branch.2025 Readi...

Due to schedule conflict, this session is moved up one week from the usual 2nd Wednesday of the calendar month.

Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

This bi-monthly group discusses current, contemporary and classical Science Fiction releases. Meets the second Wednesday at 7 p.m., every other month at the Woods Branch.

2025 Reading list:

  • February, 2025: Necrotek – Jonathan Maberry
  • April, 2025: Infinity Gate – M.R. Carey
  • June, 2025: Against All Odds (Grimm’s War, book 1) – Jeffrey Haskell
  • August 2025: Here and Now and Then – Mike Chen
  • October 2025: The Mote In God’s Eye – Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
  • December 2025: We Are Legion (Bobiverse, book 1) – Dennis E. Taylor

Due to schedule conflict, this session is moved up one week from the usual 2nd Wednesday of the calendar month.

Baby Time @ Central

Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Central Front Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Baby Time
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler
Baby Time @ Central:

Join Miss Jane for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Please make arrangements for older siblings. Registration is required.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler
Program Type: Baby Time
Registration Required

Join Miss Jane for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Please make arrangements for older siblings. Registration is required.

Story time @ Central

Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Central Front Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Storytime @ Central:

Join Miss Jane for stories, songs and fun!No registration necessary.

Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime

Join Miss Jane for stories, songs and fun!

No registration necessary.

Blue and yellow logo for Silent Book Club

Silent Book Club

Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Book Club, Friends of the Library
Age Group:
Everyone

Join the library and Friends of the GPPL for a Silent Book Club event. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Book Club, Friends of the Library
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join the library and Friends of the GPPL for a Silent Book Club event. 

1932 Miss America X - World's Fastest Motor Boat -Lake St. Clair

Grosse Pointe and the Packard Motor Car Legacy

Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:45pm
Central Front Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Adult Program
Age Group:
Adults

In the 1920's and 30's,  Grosse Pointe investors whose names we still recognize, such as the Alger's, Newberry's, Joy's, and Gar Wood had an association with the Packard Motor Car Company.  

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

In the 1920's and 30's,  Grosse Pointe investors whose names we still recognize, such as the Alger's, Newberry's, Joy's, and Gar Wood had an association with the Packard Motor Car Company.  

Teen Tabletop Game Club

Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Woods Program Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Middle School, Teens, High School

🎲 Teen Tabletop Game Club 🎲 @ Woods

Ready to battle dragons, cast spells, or solve epic mysteries with your crew?

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Program Room
Age Group: Middle School, Teens, High School
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

🎲 Teen Tabletop Game Club 🎲 @ Woods

Ready to battle dragons, cast spells, or solve epic mysteries with your crew?

Meet Up & Make - Frankentoy

Monday, October 6, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Central Back Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Tween, Middle School

For ages 11-13 - make something magnificent while hanging out with friends. This month we are channeling our inner Frankenstein and developing monster toys.

Please register.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Back Program Room
Age Group: Tween, Middle School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

For ages 11-13 - make something magnificent while hanging out with friends. This month we are channeling our inner Frankenstein and developing monster toys.

Please register.

Storytime text floating over an open book with a boat of animals, a train of children, and two children flying a kite. Rainbows, stars, and hot air balloons float around

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo!

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo

First Tuesday Book Group

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Central Front Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
First Tuesdays:

This Book Group is Full.To be placed on the waiting list, please contact Kathleen Gallagher at 313-640-4775 x 1209 or kgallagher@grossepointelibrary.org

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required

This Book Group is Full.

To be placed on the waiting list, please contact Kathleen Gallagher at 313-640-4775 x 1209 or kgallagher@grossepointelibrary.org

Teen Leadership Council

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Woods Story Time Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Teen Program
Age Group:
Middle School, Teens, High School

💬 Teen Leadership Council @ Woods 

Looking for a fun way to make your voice heard, earn volunteer hours, and help shape teen programs at the library?

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Middle School, Teens, High School
Program Type: Teen Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

💬 Teen Leadership Council @ Woods 

Looking for a fun way to make your voice heard, earn volunteer hours, and help shape teen programs at the library?

Baby Time @ Woods

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Woods Story Time Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Baby Time
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler
Baby time @ Woods:

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Please make arrangements for older siblings. Registration is req...

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler
Program Type: Baby Time
Registration Required

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Please make arrangements for older siblings. Registration is required.

Storytime @ Woods

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Woods Story Time Room at Woods Branch
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Storytime @ Woods:

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for stories and songs. Recommended for ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome. No registration required. 

Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime

Join Miss Rachel and Mr. Bear for stories and songs. Recommended for ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome. No registration required. 

logo for Imprompttu reads book club with an open book on top and script writing on bottom

Im-Prompt-Tu Reads

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ewald Program Room at Ewald Branch
Program Type:
Adult Program, Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Want to join a book club but also don't want other people picking the books you read? Join Im-Promt-Tu reads!  

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Want to join a book club but also don't want other people picking the books you read? Join Im-Promt-Tu reads!  

In Hot Mug: Book Club at the Cafe with blue book-shaped tea mug.

In Hot Mug Discussion Group

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

This afternoon book club meets at local cafes to discuss novels and some non-fiction.

September 10: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

October 8: Clear by Carys Davies

Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

This afternoon book club meets at local cafes to discuss novels and some non-fiction.

September 10: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

October 8: Clear by Carys Davies

colorful canva graphic with comicbook letters and colors to spell "Comic club"

Make Comics Club

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Central Back Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature
Age Group:
Everyone

Make Comics Club is an all ages series where you're invited to work alone or collaboratively on zines, comics, and other paper art. We will learn about a new art technique at the beginning of every meeting!

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Back Program Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

Make Comics Club is an all ages series where you're invited to work alone or collaboratively on zines, comics, and other paper art. We will learn about a new art technique at the beginning of every meeting!

Michigan Train Station

The Art of Michigan Central

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Central Front Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Adult Program
Age Group:
Adults

In 2018, Ford Motor Company purchased a set of historic buildings across 30 acres in Corktown, Detroit - including the 1913 Michigan Central Railway Terminal.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

In 2018, Ford Motor Company purchased a set of historic buildings across 30 acres in Corktown, Detroit - including the 1913 Michigan Central Railway Terminal.

Baby Time @ Central

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Central Front Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Baby Time
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler
Baby Time @ Central:

Join Miss Jane for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Please make arrangements for older siblings. Registration is required.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler
Program Type: Baby Time
Registration Required

Join Miss Jane for lapsit stories, songs, and fingerplays. Baby time is for babies ages 0-23 months. Please make arrangements for older siblings. Registration is required.

Story time @ Central

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Central Front Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Storytime @ Central:

Join Miss Jane for stories, songs and fun!No registration necessary.

Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front Program Room
Age Group: Infant/Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime

Join Miss Jane for stories, songs and fun!

No registration necessary.