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1000 Hours Outside Year-End Solstice Celebration

4:30pm–5:30pm
Everyone
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

We'll be outside at Ewald sharing our favorite outdoor memories, drinking hot cocoa and taking a neighborhood walk to close out 2025. All ages welcome, please register.


 

Brave Belle's Book Club

6:00pm–7:00pm
Youth, Tween
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Story Time Room
Age Group: Youth, Tween
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

A book club for 4th and 5th grade girls and the lady they look up to! (mom, aunt, grandma, babysitter...)

Holiday Teen Movie Night: Home Alone

6:00pm–8:00pm
Middle School, Teens, High School
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Program Room
Age Group: Middle School, Teens, High School
Program Type: Movies/Film, Teen Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

🎥 Holiday Teen Movie Night: Home Alone @ Woods

Drawing with Mari for the Holiday

10:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a holiday inspired drawing session with Mari. 

Reader Dog @ Woods

11:00am–12:00pm
Youth
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Educational

Drop in and read with one of our friendly, trained reader dogs for some great reading practice and doggie time!

Holiday Candles and Karaoke

1:00pm–3:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Arts & Crafts, Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of candle making and karaoke fun with your favorite holiday tunes. 

Christmas Crafting

4:00pm–5:00pm
Preschool, Youth, Elementary
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Story Time Room
Age Group: Preschool, Youth, Elementary
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Youth Program
Event Details:

Join us every Monday afternoon for some fun Christmas crafting for little ones! All material will be provided for you! *Parents may need to help little ones

Crafterhours - Adults

6:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Story Time Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Do you like to junk journal? Scrapbook? Knit? Whatever your craft is (crochet, weave, embroider, etc)... Come craft and meet fellow creatives in your community!

You Kill Me: the True Crime Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club

We read true crime, all the time. Hooked on true crime? Find yourself talking about it with others who just don’t get the appeal? Feel a bit guilty (and sometimes odd) about your fascination? Then this book club is for you! We’ll read and discuss true crime cases, both historical and contemporary, cold and solved, as well as the psychology behind it all. Not for the faint of heart.

This group will meet bimonthly, the fourth Tuesday of the month, at 7pm, in the Woods Branch Story Time Room. 

This group is full. Please email malmaguer@grossepointelibrary.org and you'll be added to the wait list. When a space opens, you will be notified.

Christmas Eve

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Ewald Branch, Woods Branch
Description:

All libraries closed

Christmas Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Ewald Branch, Woods Branch
Description:

All libraries closed

Drop-In Afternoon Kids' Craft

1:00pm–4:00pm
Preschool, Elementary, Tween
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Back Program Room
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary, Tween
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Hey Kids! Come on in for some creative crafting!

No registration needed.

Christmas Crafting

4:00pm–5:00pm
Preschool, Youth, Elementary
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Story Time Room
Age Group: Preschool, Youth, Elementary
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Youth Program
Event Details:

Join us every Monday afternoon for some fun Christmas crafting for little ones! All material will be provided for you! *Parents may need to help little ones

New Year's Eve

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Ewald Branch, Woods Branch
Description:

All libraries closed

New Year's Eve

New Year's Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Ewald Branch, Woods Branch
Description:

All libraries closed

New Year's Day

Paging Through the Past - A Historical Fiction Book Club

11:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you love reading historical fiction? Love putting yourself in the shoes of fictional people from the past, feeling their experiences through the turning of each page? 

Delve into past times with Lexi, Charlotte, and a cup of tea on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-12pm at the Woods branch. Discover how reading about the past can unlock your imagination and inform your future.

2026 Reading List:

First Tuesday Book Group

2:00pm–3:00pm
Adults
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

Make Comics Club

6:00pm–8:00pm
Everyone
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Front 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!

DigiLit Series

2:00pm–3:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Ewald Branch
Room: Ewald Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Program, Technology
Registration Required

Welcome to the DigiLit series! A series that focuses on digital literacy...aka, teaching patrons valuable skills in using information technologies such as web browsers, email, the library catalog, apps, and so much more. You do not have to register, but it is recommended in case of a cancellation. Lexi will have basics to demonstrate, and can help patrons 1:1 throughout the class with library related tech questions. 

Please bring any passwords you may need, as well as your own device and library card. 

The Laughing Stacks Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Monday Blues?  Need a little comic relief?  Join the Laughing Stacks!  Each month we will gather to read and discuss humorous fiction, comedian memoirs, funny essays, and books about your favorite comedy shows.

Tuesday Night Book Discussion

7:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Room: Woods Story Time Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club

We read fiction and non-fiction, old and new. This group is currently full. Please email malmaguer@grossepointelibrary.org to be added to the wait list and when there is an opening, you will be notified.

7th & 8th Grade Book Group

7:00pm–8:15pm
Middle School
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Central Library
Room: Central Back Program Room
Age Group: Middle School
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required

For kids who love to read and discuss books, play games, and make new friends! Registration is necessary.

Im-Prompt-Tu Reads

11:00am–12:00pm
Adults
Cancelled
Closed
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 Discussion Group

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
Waitlist
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