Upcoming Events

Let’s read, play, sing, talk, count and write our way through summer. Practice the parts of early literacy with us. Have lunch and make new friends with us on the beautiful library lawn.
*June 17 will be a special Juneteenth Storytime!

Live out your fantasy and play Dungeons and Dragons with other kids, no experience necessary. Special thanks to the Dungeons and Dragons Club at Mott Community College for running these campaigns.

Join us for silly and traditional family games and bubbles on the lawn!

Enjoy your lunch on the lawn and make a craft to take home.

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 old’s and their grands (-mas,-pas, -aunts, -uncles). We will have dinner and a new book each meeting for you to keep! Journals and extended activities will also be provided.

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

Bring whatever craft you're working on and join other crafters to work on projects, share techniques, and engage in meaningful discussions together.

Join us for silly and traditional family games and bubbles on the lawn!

Join the children’s librarians at our library table in the Flint Art Fair and try your hand at painting. (Attendance to the Art Fair requires purchasing a ticket on the day of the event at the Flint Institute of Art.)

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:

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.

Join us for a showing and discussion of The Danish Girl, a drama based on the novel by David Ebershoff, telling the true story of Lili Elbe, one of the first people to undergo gender confirmation surgery.

Let’s read, play, sing, talk, count and write our way through summer. Practice the parts of early literacy with us. Have lunch and make new friends with us on the beautiful library lawn.
*June 17 will be a special Juneteenth Storytime!

Ages 8-12
Live out your fantasy and play Dungeons and Dragons with other kids, no experience necessary. Special thanks to the Dungeons and Dragons Club at Mott Community College for running these campaigns.

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.

Fiction Only Book Club: 

Join us for silly and traditional family games and bubbles on the lawn!

Enjoy your lunch on the lawn and make a craft to take home.