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Rank MI Vote - Monroe County Petition Team (Weekly Meeting @ Bedford Library)

Monday, November 24, 2025 at 7:00pm - 7:45pm
Room C at Bedford Branch
Program Type:
Organizations using the Library
Age Group:
Adults

This is a weekly public meeting hosted by local volunteers to coordinate voter education and community outreach efforts. We’ll review upcoming events, share updates, and prepare materials related to nonpartisan civic engagement activities.

Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Room C
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Organizations using the Library
Event Details:

This is a weekly public meeting hosted by local volunteers to coordinate voter education and community outreach efforts. We’ll review upcoming events, share updates, and prepare materials related to nonpartisan civic engagement activities.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Maybee Book Club

Monday, November 24, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Maybee Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Book Clubs:

Meet new people and discover great new books. Check out a book club at a branch near you.

The Maybee Branch Book Club meets the last Monday of the month at 7pm.  New members are always welcome, stop in and get your copy of this months selection. 

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

Meet new people and discover great new books. Check out a book club at a branch near you.

The Maybee Branch Book Club meets the last Monday of the month at 7pm.  New members are always welcome, stop in and get your copy of this months selection. 

This event is in the "Adults" group

North County Book Club

Monday, November 24, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Carleton Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Meetings are held the fourth Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the community room of the Carleton Branch Library. Copies of the books are available at the library. New members are always welcome.

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

Meetings are held the fourth Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the community room of the Carleton Branch Library. Copies of the books are available at the library. New members are always welcome.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Medicare Open Enrollment

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Display Case - Room E at Bedford Branch
Program Type:
Organizations using the Library
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Display Case - Room E
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Organizations using the Library
Registration Required
Event Details:

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Medicare Open Enrollment

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:00pm
Display Case - Room E at Bedford Branch
Program Type:
Organizations using the Library
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Display Case - Room E
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Organizations using the Library
Registration Required
Event Details:

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Medicare Open Enrollment

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Display Case - Room E at Bedford Branch
Program Type:
Organizations using the Library
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Display Case - Room E
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Organizations using the Library
Registration Required
Event Details:

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Newport Non-Fiction Book Club

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Study Room at Newport Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Join us on the last Tuesday of the Month as we discuss non-fiction books.  New members always welcome.  This month we will be discussing The Men Who Lost America by Andrew Jackson O'Saughnessy.

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

Join us on the last Tuesday of the Month as we discuss non-fiction books.  New members always welcome.  This month we will be discussing The Men Who Lost America by Andrew Jackson O'Saughnessy.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Lake Erie Resellers

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Quilt Room - Room F at Bedford Branch
Program Type:
Organizations using the Library
Age Group:
Adults

🎁 Lake Erie Resellers – Holiday Death Pile Gift Swap 💀🎄

Got inventory that’s been sitting forever? Bring it to our White Elephant-style swap and turn your “death pile” into someone else’s treasure!

✨ Fun highlights:

Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Quilt Room - Room F
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Organizations using the Library
Event Details:

🎁 Lake Erie Resellers – Holiday Death Pile Gift Swap 💀🎄

Got inventory that’s been sitting forever? Bring it to our White Elephant-style swap and turn your “death pile” into someone else’s treasure!

✨ Fun highlights:

This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Tai Chi

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Community Room at Ida Branch
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Seniors

This is a soft movement class designed for those who have wanted to try Tai Chi and those who understand the principle. This class is for everyone.

Library Branch: Ida Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

This is a soft movement class designed for those who have wanted to try Tai Chi and those who understand the principle. This class is for everyone.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Just the Facts Book Club

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Room C at Bedford Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Book Clubs:

Meet new people and discover great new books. Check out a book club at a branch near you.

If you like to read thought-provoking non-fiction books, join us for Just the Facts book club on the last Wednesday of each month at 11:00 am.

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

Meet new people and discover great new books. Check out a book club at a branch near you.

If you like to read thought-provoking non-fiction books, join us for Just the Facts book club on the last Wednesday of each month at 11:00 am.

This event is in the "Adults" group

FantaSci Book Club

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Programming Room at Ellis Library & Reference Center
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

The Ellis Fanta-Sci book club is the only Fantasy and Science Fiction book club in the Monroe County Library System! 

Library Branch: Ellis Library & Reference Center
Room: Programming Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

The Ellis Fanta-Sci book club is the only Fantasy and Science Fiction book club in the Monroe County Library System! 

Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Bedford Branch, Blue Bush Branch, Carleton Branch, Dorsch Memorial Branch, Dundee Branch, Ellis Library & Reference Center, Erie Branch, Frenchtown – Dixie Branch, Ida Branch, L.S. Navarre Branch, Maybee Branch, Newport Branch, Rasey Luna Pier Branch, Robert A. Vivian Branch, South Rockwood Branch, Summerfield – Petersburg Branch, Library in Motion: Senior Outreach, Bookmobile, Off Site, Online

All branches of the Monroe County Library System are closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day. 

Closing
Branches:
Bedford Branch, Blue Bush Branch, Carleton Branch, Dorsch Memorial Branch, Dundee Branch, Ellis Library & Reference Center, Erie Branch, Frenchtown – Dixie Branch, Ida Branch, L.S. Navarre Branch, Maybee Branch, Newport Branch, Rasey Luna Pier Branch, Robert A. Vivian Branch, South Rockwood Branch, Summerfield – Petersburg Branch, Library in Motion: Senior Outreach, Bookmobile, Off Site, Online
Description:

All branches of the Monroe County Library System are closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day.

 

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

American Red Cross Blood Drive

Friday, November 28, 2025 at 11:00am - 4:00pm
Programming Room at Ellis Library & Reference Center
Program Type:
General, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

To make an appointment, call 1 800 RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code ELLISLIBRARY. 

Library Branch: Ellis Library & Reference Center
Room: Programming Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: General, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

To make an appointment, call 1 800 RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code ELLISLIBRARY. 

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Medicare Open Enrollment

Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Display Case - Room E at Bedford Branch
Program Type:
Organizations using the Library
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Display Case - Room E
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Organizations using the Library
Registration Required
Event Details:

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Adults" group

Procraftinate

Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
Community Room at Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Procraftinate 

Procraftinate: avoidance of adult responsibilities to partake in art and craft projects.

Join us to make a craft and put off that other thing you need to get done, just a little longer.  

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Procraftinate 

Procraftinate: avoidance of adult responsibilities to partake in art and craft projects.

Join us to make a craft and put off that other thing you need to get done, just a little longer.  

This event is in the "All Ages" group
This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Tweens" group
This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Family" group
This event is in the "Adults" group

Lego Fun

Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Maybee Branch
Program Type:
General
Age Group:
All Ages, Children, Tweens, Teens, Family, Adults

Come in and get creative on Saturdays 11am - 1pm.  Lego building fun for the whole family. 

Library Branch: Maybee Branch
Age Group: All Ages, Children, Tweens, Teens, Family, Adults
Program Type: General
Event Details:

Come in and get creative on Saturdays 11am - 1pm.  Lego building fun for the whole family. 

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Medicare Open Enrollment

Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:00pm
Display Case - Room E at Bedford Branch
Program Type:
Organizations using the Library
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Display Case - Room E
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Organizations using the Library
Registration Required
Event Details:

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Medicare Open Enrollment

Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Display Case - Room E at Bedford Branch
Program Type:
Organizations using the Library
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Display Case - Room E
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Organizations using the Library
Registration Required
Event Details:

Open enrollment for Medicare. Please bring your photo ID, Medicare card, all insurance cards, and a list of your prescriptions.  An hour and a half appointment is for one person.

This event is in the "Tweens" group
This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Family" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Community Jigsaw Puzzle-Frenchtown-Dixie

All Day 12/1 - 12/29
Library at Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Program Type:
General
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Family, Adults, Seniors

Stop by during library hours and work on our community puzzle. When a puzzle gets finished, a new one will be started. Stay for a short amount of time, or stay for a little longer. 

We look forward to seeing you!

Library Branch: Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Room: Library
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Family, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: General
Event Details:

Stop by during library hours and work on our community puzzle. When a puzzle gets finished, a new one will be started. Stay for a short amount of time, or stay for a little longer. 

We look forward to seeing you!

This event is in the "Adults" group

Puzzle Fun Pack

All Day 12/1 - 12/30
Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Program Type:
Take and Make
Age Group:
Adults

Just stop by the Frenchtown-Dixie Library and pick up our new Puzzle Fun Pack. Completed pages can be returned by the end of the month.

Library Branch: Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Take and Make
Event Details:

Just stop by the Frenchtown-Dixie Library and pick up our new Puzzle Fun Pack. Completed pages can be returned by the end of the month.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Stretching and Strength

Monday, December 1, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Community Room at Summerfield – Petersburg Branch
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Join us for some light strength building exercises, easy movement and stretching.

Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Summerfield – Petersburg Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for some light strength building exercises, easy movement and stretching.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Cards and Coffee

Monday, December 1, 2025 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm
History Room at Summerfield – Petersburg Branch
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Love to play cards?  Then stop by and enjoy various card games. Coffee and cards will be provided, unless you prefer to bring your own. Bring some friends and have some fun!

Library Branch: Summerfield – Petersburg Branch
Room: History Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Love to play cards?  Then stop by and enjoy various card games. Coffee and cards will be provided, unless you prefer to bring your own. Bring some friends and have some fun!

This event is in the "All Ages" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Yoga with Dianne

Monday, December 1, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Community Room at Bedford Branch
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
All Ages, Adults, Seniors

“Yoga with Diane”  A FREE, one hour community Yoga class.  Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, this class is designed for all  levels, all ages.

Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: All Ages, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

“Yoga with Diane”  A FREE, one hour community Yoga class.  Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, this class is designed for all  levels, all ages.

This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Machine Sock Knitting

Monday, December 1, 2025 at 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room at Ida Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Ida Library Crankers, a machine sock knitting group, meets once a month in the Ida Library Community Room. Everyone is welcome. Bring your sock knitting machine or come and learn about sock knitting with machines.

Library Branch: Ida Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Ida Library Crankers, a machine sock knitting group, meets once a month in the Ida Library Community Room. Everyone is welcome. Bring your sock knitting machine or come and learn about sock knitting with machines.