Events

It's the inaugural meeting of our new Romance Book Club!

Click here to sign up!

Our first book will be Best Hext Ever by Nadia El-Fassi! We'll have limited copies available at the library, but you can also place a hold online, or find it on Libby! 

Note: We'll be hosting our first meeting at Love & Other Books, across the street from the library. 

Afterward, we'll move meetings to a permanent spot; meeting on the FIRST TUESDAY of each month!

Love & Other Books is located at 251 E. Nine Mile

Hosted on the first 3 Wednesdays at 10:30 AM! 
Check our LocalHop Events Calendar for exact dates & times

Join us for a variety of engaging stories and active songs geared towards families with young children:
ages 18 months-4 years old

Storytime will be indoors in the library's Program Room.
Each scheduled Family Storytime will start at 10:30 am

To save a spot for storytime please follow the steps below the day of the event:

• Stop by the Atrium (West Entrance) to receive a ticket.  Tickets will be available starting 15 minutes before storytime begins (10:15 AM).
• Tickets will be handed out until 5 minutes after the scheduled start time (10:35 AM).
• The youth librarian leading the storytime will collect the tickets upon entry to the program.
• Once tickets run out, storytime is full. Please check back at a future storytime.

If you have any questions about storytimes, please contact the youth desk at 248.546.2504 x694

Join the Science Fiction Book Club! This group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, and you can attend either in person or virtually via Zoom.

This book club reads & discusses a wide variety of titles that fall within the realm of science fiction, encompassing hard/soft sci-fi, space operas, speculative fiction, dystopian futures, cyberpunk, steampunk, and everything in between.

On Wed., October 8, we'll be discussing Oribal by Samantha Harvey.

Place a hold online, and it's also available as an ebook or audiobook on Hoopla

We host a monthly Board Game Club for Middle School students (grades 6-8). 

Want to beat each other up as giant monsters? Or maybe, steal treasures from the mall without saying a word? How about teaming up with other Marvel heroes to defeat the villains? Come to the Middle School Board Game Club, where you'll learn and play awesome board games!

This club will meet monthly on the second Thursday of each month to learn & play new board games together

CLICK HERE to sign up for our next in-person meeting on Thursday, OCT. 9 at 6:00 pm.

Questions? Email: youth@fadl.org

FADL is committed to accessibility—please reach out at least 1 week in advance for accommodation requests at youth@fadl.org or 248-546-2504

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We'll have a model on a stage doing a series of poses while attendees can draw/sketch, with all supplies provided. 

On THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9th we're planning another fun literary-themed model drawing night! 
Registration opens on September 2nd - Click here for more info

All skill levels, ages 18+, are welcome to attend! These art events are hosted quarterly throughout the year and are similar to figure drawing sketch workshops, embracing a new "theme" each time, as far as our model costumes. 

Our drawing nights are co-hosted and facilitated by Yeah Haus animator/producer Michelle Ouellette. 

Questions? jeff@fadl.org 

Baby Storytime will be on Fridays at 10:30 AM! Typically the first 3 Fridays.
Check our LocalHop Events Calendar for exact dates

Join us for interactive songs and simple stories that nurture your baby's curiosity and fine motor skills while providing a place for caregivers to share ideas and socialize. For families with children under 18 months old.*
*It is the youth department's continued mission to offer early literacy programs that best fit children's different developmental stages. Baby Storytime will be for babies under 18 months and Family Storytime will be for young children ages 18 months-4 years old.

Storytime will be indoors in the library's Program Room.
Each scheduled Baby Storytime begins at 10:30 am
View our calendar for upcoming dates

To save a spot for storytime please follow the steps below the day of the event:

• Stop by the Atrium (West Entrance) to receive a ticket. Tickets will be available starting 15 minutes before storytime begins (10:15 AM).
• Tickets will be handed out until 5 minutes after the scheduled start time (10:35 AM).
• The youth librarian leading the storytime will collect the tickets upon entry to the program.
• Once tickets run out, storytime is full. Please check back at a future storytime.

If you have any questions about storytimes, please contact the youth desk at 248.546.2504 x694

Ages 18+ | Click here for information on signing up!
 

Perfect for: crafty, arty, creative, spooky people

Transform great works of art into spooky scenes. Paint ghosts or other frightful friends onto existing pieces on cardstock with acrylic paint. Supplies provided

Registration required

Questions? info@fadl.org