Upcoming Events

Explore your world through gardening. Have fun learning about the environment and develop your ability to grow your own food. Ages 8-12 in coordination with Michigan State University Extension and 4H.

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

Thursday Sep 25: Game Night: Enjoy a night trying out our gaming laptops, video game consoles, and board games.

Let's read, talk, sing, play, count and write together. Ideal for ages 0-5 years. 

Let’s eat pizza and talk about the book Ungifted by Gordon Korman. Stop by the children’s desk to get a copy to keep.

Families, join us for something special. It could be a guest reader, a messy craft and/or a take-and-make snack.

In partnership with the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, and with the support of Genisys Credit Union and The Friends of the Flint Public Library, Gloria Coles Flint Public Library now hosts a food pantry for all patrons.

Come to the library and have your treasured family quilt photographed. Staff will be on hand to assist in making a digital copy of the quilt.

Enjoy books and activities that will transport you to a different time and place. Ideal for ages 7-12.

Combine the fun brick-building of LEGOs with the exciting world of coding. No experience necessary. The building blocks were provided by a generous donation from Friends of the Gloria Coles Flint Public Library.

Miss Marcia weaves yoga, movement, breath, and stories. Children will build positive body awareness, mindfulness and self-regulation while enjoying wonderful stories.

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

Join an intergenerational book club for 6-10 year olds and their grands (-mas, -pas, -aunts, -uncles, -neighbors). We will have dinner and a new book each meeting for you to keep. Extended activities also provided.

Join TAB to give librarians guidance about better serving teens and creating library programs, then stay and test your knowledge on random topics chosen by the Teen Advisory Board.

Let's read, talk, sing, play, count and write together. Ideal for ages 0-5 years. 

Everyone is welcome to join in as Flint Neighborhoods United meets to share information about what's happening in neighborhoods, exchange ideas, and get vital information from civic and community organizations. 

Donate your gently used books, CDs, and DVDs. 

Drive up to the garage door and we will help you unload.

Have costumes that your child is no longer loving? Have they outgrown their old favorite character? They might be perfect for someone else! Donate your new or gently-used, washed costume, sized 0- 12, to our Costume Swap.

In partnership with the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, and with the support of Genisys Credit Union and The Friends of the Flint Public Library, Gloria Coles Flint Public Library now hosts a food pantry for all patrons.

Create a strip quilt pillow. Materials provided. Ages 8 & up. Register at the children’s desk.

Join the Library and Mott Dungeons & Dragons for our first session of teaching the youth how to lead sessions of Dungeons & Dragons. Build your storytelling skillset and bring new adventures to your family and friends.