Event List

Game Night – Enjoy a night trying out our gaming laptops, video game consoles, and board games.

Join us for a time where readers gather to enjoy a cozy atmosphere of shared silence, diving into our own books while savoring quiet camaraderie and conversation afterward.

Celebrate Juneteenth together with us on the lawn of the Sloan Museum. The traditional Freedom March will kick off the festivities at 11 a.m.

Ages 13+
Mages, warriors, rogues, and bards welcome! Play Dungeons and Dragons with other Teens, no experience necessary. We are grateful to the Dungeons and Dragons Club at Mott Community College for running these campaigns.

UM-Flint’s Community Writing Center, the Rough Draft Café, provides writing support services to community members.

Escape Room: Follow the clues, solve the puzzles, and see if you can escape before it’s too late. Can you recover the missing artwork?

Are you brave enough to eat a science experiment? Learn about solids, liquids and gasses while concocting a delicious frozen dessert.

Join us for a discussion of this memoir exploring the author’s personal journey with gender identity and sexuality, offering insight into the experience of being nonbinary and the challenges of self-acceptance.

Ages 13+
Mages, warriors, rogues, and bards welcome! Play Dungeons and Dragons with other Teens, no experience necessary. We are grateful to the Dungeons and Dragons Club at Mott Community College for running these campaigns.

UM-Flint’s Community Writing Center, the Rough Draft Café, provides writing support services to community members.

Thursday July 3: Teen Advisory Board ~ Karaoke/Open Mic Night: Join TAB to give librarians guidance about better serving teens and creating library programs, then stay and share an original piece or perform a favorite song.

Ages 13+
Mages, warriors, rogues, and bards welcome! Play Dungeons and Dragons with other Teens, no experience necessary. We are grateful to the Dungeons and Dragons Club at Mott Community College for running these campaigns.

UM-Flint’s Community Writing Center, the Rough Draft Café, provides writing support services to community members.

Thursday July 10: Comic Making / Stop-Motion Animation: Create your own comics, animated comics, or animate figures to tell a story.

Exploring the rich tapestry of Black life and culture through literature, this book club celebrates diverse voices and narratives that resonate with the Black experience.

Join local animal expert, Shakina Wagner and meet a turtle, snake, lizard, baby alligator and a sugar glider. Discover facts you never knew, get up close and personal, and take a picture with your favorite animal.

Teens join us at a new creative writing workshop designed to empower youth by developing their critical thinking and creativity.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG 1hr 56 min) Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Spider-Man.

Ages 13+
Mages, warriors, rogues, and bards welcome! Play Dungeons and Dragons with other Teens, no experience necessary. We are grateful to the Dungeons and Dragons Club at Mott Community College for running these campaigns.

Join us for an evening of music and sweet delights at the annual concert and ice cream social sponsored by Friends of the Gloria Coles Flint Public Library.