Upcoming Events

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

Candy Sushi Creations: Whether you are a fan of seafood or not, come join us as we create candy versions of classic sushi dishes.

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.

Bring your gardening tools and passion for sustainability to the front of the library, where we’ll come together to plant a vibrant community garden featuring fruit, vegetable, and herb plants from Edible Flint!

Fiction Only Book Club: 

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

Musical Bingo: What is that song? Are you good at recognizing the tunes you hear? Join us as we put a musical spin on Bingo!

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

Campfire Stories: Come and share spooky and silly stories around the campfire and share some laughs with a Chubby Bunny competition.

Help us kick off our Color Our World Summer Reading Challenge and get ready for the Midwest Invitational Rodeo - the Black Rodeo with a petting zoo and stories read by a real cowboy from the rodeo!

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

Celebrate International Tabletop Day with us! Bring your own board game to play or join with others. All ages welcome.

Bring a book(s), get a book(s)! Join other readers in getting a jump start on summer reading by swapping your gently used adult fiction or non-fiction books.

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

Teen Movie – The Fall Guy (PG13 2hr 6min) A stuntman, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job.

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

Origami – Enjoy a night practicing the Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures.

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.

This month selections:

Fiction Only Book Club: 

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.
Unity March - Time TBD
Balloon Artist 12-2 pm
Face Painting 12-3 pm