We've scheduled a full season of entertaining and educational weekly programs for kids and families, taking place Thursday mornings at 11:00 am. No advance registration is required.
June 18 Music for little people with Empire's own Jared Volz
June 25 " Lighthouses and Legends" with singer /storyteller Kitty Donohoe
July 16 Local author Greg Pugh presents " Erdie & the Nest Egg"
July 30 More educational fun with Sleeping Bear Dunes naturalists
August 6 Singer / storyteller Bill Jamerson spins " UP in the U.P." tales
August 13 Stories & More with Brice Leet
August 20 Painting workshop with Beth Bricker
Young readers are also invited to join our summer book club. Participants will earn one free book to keep for each ten they read. The official reading log can be picked up at the library.
Petoskey resident and retired jourmalist Fred Gray will be at the library on Thursday, July 9 at 7:00 pm to present his new book "That's Outrageous". Mr. Gray's book is a collection of essays and anecdotes originally published over eight years in the Petoskey News-Review. For more information about the author check his Flowing Well Publication website.
The Friends of the Library will hold their annual fundraising sale on August 12 through 14, at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. Thousands of books and other materials will be available. Donations for the sale may be dropped off at the library during normal business hours. Selected newer books are available for sale at the library, just inside the main entrance, throughout the year.
The Friends are also hosting this biennial fundraiser, on Thursday, July 23. The tour will highlight five distinctive homes in the Glen Lake area. Tickets are $15, and can be purchased at the library itself, the Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor, or from members of the Glen Lake Garden Club and the Friends of the Library.
Paintings by Empire native Mary Sharry are featured over the summer. Mary's work is inspired by our local environment, highlighting the unique sky and lakescapes that define this area.
This book discussion group meets at the library on the last Wednesday of each month at 10:15 am. Their lively meetings are open to the public. Here are some of their most recent selections:
Sigrid von Bremen Thomas, Goodbye Stalin
F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
Richard Lemieux, Breakfast at Sally's
Monica Ali, Brick Lane
Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food
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