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Library Games Guild

Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 2:00pm - 7:00pm
Downstairs Programming Area at Dundee Branch
Library Branch: Dundee Branch
Room: Downstairs Programming Area
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Welcome to the Library Games Guild at the Dundee Branch Library, where dice roll, cards shuffle, and strategy rules supreme!

I Survived Youth Book Club

Monday, April 20, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Downstairs Programming Area at Dundee Branch
Library Branch: Dundee Branch
Room: Downstairs Programming Area
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Book Club, Educational, General
Event Details:

I Survived - Youth Book Club!

(Book Club for youth ages 8-12 years of age)

Join us for discussion of the book select for that months read! After a short discussion , we will have an activity relating to the book.

Curious Kids' Learning Lab

Curious Kids' Learning Lab

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Area at Ellis Library & Reference Center
Library Branch: Ellis Library & Reference Center
Room: Children's Area
Age Group: Preschool, Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Club, Educational
Registration Required
Event Details:

Your 4-7-year-old is invited to explore, create, and have a blast at our Curious Kids LAB! 

We’ll work on communication and reading skills, explore a STEAM topic, art experiences, and enjoy fun, hands-on extension activities. 

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Do NASA Science Live!

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 10:30am - 1:00pm
Community Room at Bedford Branch
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: All Ages, Teens, Family
Program Type: General
Event Details:

Celebrate Earth Day and take part in Citizen Science Month with real science! Join thousands nationwide at this in-person livestream event that helps a NASA-supported project track wildlife for conservation.

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Kid Crafternoons: Learn to Hand Sew!

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Community Room at Ida Branch
Library Branch: Ida Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn the basics from a long-time hand-sewing enthusiast! Bring your own projects to work on or sew along with our step by step project with materials provided!

Small Fries Friday

Small Fries Friday

Friday, April 24, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Area at Ellis Library & Reference Center
Library Branch: Ellis Library & Reference Center
Room: Children's Area
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Educational, General, Storytime & Playgroups
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us each week for a sampling of learning and literacy fun, specifically designed for children ages 3–6.  

Mother's Day Card 2026

Mother's Day Cards

All Day 4/27 - 5/8
Robert A. Vivian Branch
Library Branch: Robert A. Vivian Branch
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

MOTHER'S DAY will be here before we know it! Stop by the Vivian Branch and create a one of a kind card for your Mom. No registration required and all supplies will be provided.

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Fort-astic Family Storytime Fun

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Upstairs Library Space at Dorsch Memorial Branch
Library Branch: Dorsch Memorial Branch
Room: Upstairs Library Space
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Children, Family
Program Type: Storytime & Playgroups
Registration Required
Event Details:

We will be building a fort and sharing some stories. Bring a flashlight and a pillow for comfort, we will supply the materials to build a fort. Each family will build their fort and spend time reading together.

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Kid Crafternoons: Learn to Hand Sew!

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Community Room at Ida Branch
Library Branch: Ida Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn the basics from a long-time hand-sewing enthusiast! Bring your own projects to work on or sew along with our step by step project with materials provided!

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DROP IN KIDS CRAFT

All Day 4/1–4/30
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Children, Tweens
Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Library Branch: Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Room: Library
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Children, Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

FUN!!!!! Newport Activity Puzzle Pack

All Day 4/1–4/30
All Ages
Newport Branch
Library Branch: Newport Branch
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Take and Make
Event Details:

Pick up a packet with the supplies needed to create your very own craft from the comfort of home.

Come and pick up an Activity packet.

Enjoy completing the Activity/Puzzle pages.

Put your name and phone number on each page because each completed page is an entry into a drawing for a gift basket!!!

Imagination-Fly Away Craft

All Day 4/13–4/30
All Ages
Robert A. Vivian Branch
Library Branch: Robert A. Vivian Branch
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

As Summer reading is just around the corner, lets get the adventure started NOW! Stop by the Vivian Branch and make a couple hot air balloons. One for our board and one for you to take home. No registration required.

Custer’s Last Stand Art Exhibit

All Day 4/17–4/24
All Ages
Ellis Library & Reference Center
Library Branch: Ellis Library & Reference Center
Room: Riverside Area
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Educational, History
Event Details:

On the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, explore the memory of the battle through the eyes of artists.  The exhibit will feature images from the life and times of General George A. Custer.

American Red Cross Blood Drive

12:00pm–5:00pm
Adults
South Rockwood Branch
Library Branch: South Rockwood Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Organizations using the Library
Event Details:

DROP-LET INTO BLOOD DONATION! SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT, KINDLY CALL 1-800-RED-CROSS Or VISIT RedCrossBlood.org AND ENTER CODE: SROCKWOODLIB

Copy of Dungeons and Dragons @ Bedford

2:30pm–5:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Bedford Branch
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Room C
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Gaming

Dungeons and Dragons @ Bedford

2:30pm–5:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Bedford Branch
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Quilt Room - Room F
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Gaming

The Last Stand in the American Imagination

5:00pm–6:00pm
Adults
Ellis Library & Reference Center
Library Branch: Ellis Library & Reference Center
Room: Programming Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Event Details:

Paintings of the Battle of the Little Bighorn started to come into the public space immediately after the tragedy at the Little Bighorn in June of 1876.  Initial paintings, not at all accurate, spurred the American imagination into the chaoti

Genealogy Club

5:00pm–8:00pm
Adults
Bedford Branch
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Genealogy
Event Details:

Please join us for our afterhours Genealogy Club. This is open research time to use Ancestry and other computer programs, as well as our local history resources.

A Night on the North Atlantic

5:30pm–7:30pm
Family, Adults, Seniors
Summerfield – Petersburg Branch
Event Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Summerfield – Petersburg Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Family, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Golden Age of Travel awaits, but fortune is a fickle captain. We invite you to a dinner shrouded in history and happenstance.

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergens

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens. Accordingly, the library will not be liable for such harm to any individual resulting from such allergens.

Family Movie Night - The Spongebob Movie

6:00pm–8:00pm
Children, Family
Bedford Branch
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:

Family movie night for the entire family. Feel free to wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuff animal, pillow and blanket. 

Battlefield Archaeology Some New Insights into Custer’s Last Stand

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adults
Ellis Library & Reference Center
Library Branch: Ellis Library & Reference Center
Room: Programming Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Event Details:

150th Anniversary the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Friends of the Frenchtown Area Book Sale

All Day
All Ages
Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Library Branch: Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Room: Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Friends Book Sale
Event Details:

The Friends of the Frenchtown Area Libraries are having a used book sale during regular branch hours at the Frenchtown-Dixie Library. There will be something for everyone!

Toddler Time

10:00am–10:45am
Babies & Toddlers
Bedford Branch
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Children's Round Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime & Playgroups
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sing, dance, read, and play! Toddler Storytimes are lively programs designed for ages 18 months and over.

Lego Saturdays

10:00am–11:00am
Preschool, Children, Tweens
Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Library Branch: Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Room: Library
Age Group: Preschool, Children, Tweens
Program Type: General
Event Details:

Join us on the third Saturday each month for our Lego building fun day . Participants can use imaginations or choose a specific challenge activity to create each month. Legos provided. No registration required.

Disclaimer(s)

Weather Closing Statement

If area schools are closed due to inclement weather or weather-related incidences, all library youth programs will be canceled that day.  

If schools are delayed due to inclement weather or weather-related incidences, all library youth programs scheduled after the delay period will take place at their regular times.

If in doubt, always feel free to touch base with your local branch to see what events are taking place.

Planner Party Saturdays

10:00am–1:00pm
All Ages
Maybee Branch
Library Branch: Maybee Branch
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Are you a paper planner/journal person? Would you like a place to come and setup you weekly spreads? Well stop by the library and we will have some supplies that you can use to help with your planning.  

Reading of My Ladybug

11:00am–11:30am
Family
Carleton Branch
Library Branch: Carleton Branch
Room: Library
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Author Events
Event Details:

Join us for a reading of the book "My Ladybug" created by Susan Cleereman, DDS.

National Animal Cracker Day

11:00am–12:00pm
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Children
Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Event Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Frenchtown – Dixie Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

It's National Animal Cracker Day! Join us for some animal crackers, books, crafts, and fun times.

Lego Fun

11:00am–1:00pm
All Ages, Children, Tweens, Teens, Family
Maybee Branch
Library Branch: Maybee Branch
Age Group: All Ages, Children, Tweens, Teens, Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

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

Read and Create Program - An Early Literacy/STEM program

11:30am–12:30pm
Children
Bedford Branch
Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Quilt Room - Room F
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Educational, Storytime & Playgroups
Registration Required
Event Details:

This program will take place on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of every month and is specifically geared towards 4 -6 year old kids who are just starting their reading adventure.

Carleton Movie Club - Rainy Days

1:00pm–3:00pm
Children, Tweens
Carleton Branch
Library Branch: Carleton Branch
Room: Library
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:

Spring is on the way for the Carleton Movie Club, so grab your umbrella! Join us Saturdays at 1pm. for some cozy rainy-day flicks. Also, stop by with us in May for community-voted movies chosen by you, the patron!

How To Build a Dead Hedge

2:00pm–4:00pm
Family, Adults
Bedford Branch
Event Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Family, Adults
Program Type: Educational, Gardening
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a presentation and hands-on workshop all about building dead hedges! 

Library Games Guild

2:00pm–7:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Dundee Branch
Library Branch: Dundee Branch
Room: Downstairs Programming Area
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Welcome to the Library Games Guild at the Dundee Branch Library, where dice roll, cards shuffle, and strategy rules supreme!

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Food Allergens

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens. Accordingly, the library will not be liable for such harm to any individual resulting from such allergens.

Challenge Book Club

3:00pm–4:00pm
Children
Bedford Branch
Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Branch
Room: Children's Round Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Cooking up something good with books. Please join us for a fun filled booking time!