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Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation Exhibit

All Day 9/29–10/4
Everyone
Library Branch: Woods Branch
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Educational
Event Details:

Albert Kahn: Creating The Modern World

Storytime Shuffle with Miss Mo!

10:30am–11:30am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
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

7:00pm–8:00pm
Middle School, High School, 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

9:30am–10:00am
Infant/Toddler
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

10:30am–11:00am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
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

5:30pm–8:30pm
Teens, High School, Adults
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.

Science Fiction Book Club

7:00pm–8:30pm
Adults
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

9:30am–10:00am
Infant/Toddler
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

10:30am–11:00am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
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.

Silent Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Everyone
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. 

Grosse Pointe and the Packard Motor Car Legacy

7:00pm–8:45pm
Adults
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

1:00pm–4:00pm
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: 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

4:30pm–5:30pm
Tween, Middle School
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 Shuffle with Miss Mo!

10:30am–11:30am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
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

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

Teen Leadership Council

6:00pm–7:00pm
Middle School, Teens, High School
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

9:30am–10:00am
Infant/Toddler
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

10:30am–11:00am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
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. 

Im-Prompt-Tu Reads

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

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
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

Make Comics Club

6:00pm–8:00pm
Everyone
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!

The Art of Michigan Central

7:00pm–8:15pm
Adults
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

9:30am–10:00am
Infant/Toddler
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

10:30am–11:00am
Infant/Toddler, Preschool
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.