| Date | Event |
| 6/1/2025 | Bring Color into Our World this Summer!Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info... |
| 6/1/2025 -6/30/2025 | June 1 - 30 Help CAHS care for animals in need. Items especially in need are listed on our Event Calendar. Drop off donations at GLADL for delivery to CAHS. more info... |
| 6/1/2025 -6/9/2025 | June 1 - 9 Get Ready for a Colorful Summer of reading fun! Summer Reading logs, Wind Ribbons & Kick off kits available June 1 while supplies last! more info... |
| 6/1/2025 | Families with Young Children Under 10 Free admission! Families with young children are invited to a fun, free Lansing Symphony Orchestra Family Concert, presented by Gretchen Morse, right here at the library! Gretchen will introduce her instrument, the oboe/English horn & share fun information about her instrument and its role in the orchestra. Enjoy a 30-minute family-friendly performance -- perfect for youngsters! No Babysitter required for this FREE concert! more info... |
| 6/3/2025 | Come hear about the new McLaren Grand Ledge Emergency Department - including its features, treatment options, a construction update, and expected opening dates! Q & A to follow. more info... |
| 6/4/2025 | June Free Community Meal Fellowship, great food, conversation, and an opportunity to connect with the community—hope to see you there! Wednesday, June 4, 2025 June Menu: Sloppy Joes, potato salad, chips, fresh veggies in a cup, and dessert · Meal served from 5:30-7:00 PM · Located at Grand Ledge First United Methodist Church, 411 Harrison Street · For more information call 517-627-3256 There will be no Community Meal in July or August. The next Community Meal will be on September 10, 2025. more info... |
| 6/5/2025 | This workshop provides dementia knowledge & skills to support family members providing care for relatives/friends with dementia living in the community. Group discussion, problem-solving, sharing practical solutions and more. 1x per week, 6 wk session. Free. more info... |
| 6/6/2025 | 1 Hour Slots Available A mischievous collector has stolen all the colors from the world and locked them in a magical vault. Can you return the colors to the world before time runs out? Families are invited to try their puzzeling skills in this summer reading themed escape room. more info... |
| 6/7/2025 | 1 Hour Slots Available A mischievous collector has stolen all the colors from the world and locked them in a magical vault. Can you return the colors to the world before time runs out? Families are invited to try their puzzeling skills in this summer reading themed escape room. more info... |
| 6/7/2025 | Wacousta Block Party – "It's the best party in Wacousta!" Join us for an unforgettable day of fun, food, and community spirit at the Wacousta Block Party! This family-friendly event features food trucks, live music, and an incredible lineup of local artists, small farms, makers, and community organizations. This year, we’re adding even more magic with a visit from real princesses, face painting, touch-a-truck, and a balloon artist! Whether you're here for the delicious eats, unique shopping, or exciting kids' activities, there's something for everyone. More than just a celebration, the Wacousta Block Party is also a fundraiser for the Wacousta Cooperative Preschool Scholarship Fund, helping provide tuition assistance to local families. So come out, support a great cause, and experience why this truly is the best party in Wacousta! Don't miss out—bring your friends and family for a day to remember! more info... |
| 6/8/2025 | 1 Hour Slots Available A mischievous collector has stolen all the colors from the world and locked them in a magical vault. Can you return the colors to the world before time runs out? Families are invited to try their puzzeling skills in this summer reading themed escape room. more info... |
| 6/9/2025 | Bring Color into Our World this Summer!Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info... |
| 6/9/2025 | 1 Hour Slots Available A mischievous collector has stolen all the colors from the world and locked them in a magical vault. Can you return the colors to the world before time runs out? Families are invited to try their puzzeling skills in this summer reading themed escape room. more info... |
| 6/9/2025 | Celebrate the start of Summer Reading with a visit top our SRP Kick-Off Party! Meet local sidewalk chalk artist Ryan Holmes and watch as he creates colorful Sidewalk Coloring Book for kids to color! Stop in to pick up a kick off starter kit with your reading log and colorful surprises inside*, make a colorful fan* and a flag craft* or Ribbon Dancer toy*; decorate a wind ribbon, play our Sidewalk Action Game, register to win a Colorful Creations Art supplies kit and enjoy a tasty treat too! It's the start of a Colorful Summer of Reading Fun! *while supplies last! more info... |
| 6/10/2025 | We’ll have our Minecraft server set up and the laptops ready to go. No experience needed -- all levels of players/builders welcome. more info... |
| 6/11/2025 | Join us for a fun and engaging afternoon of Bingo complete with light refreshments and prizes for the lucky winners! No registration required, just show up ready to have fun! more info... |
| 6/11/2025 | Ages 6 - 12 Join the wildlife educators from Nature Discovery for this STEAM activity to learn about the colorful natural world around us. From birds to chipmunks; turtles, frogs and snakes, to insects, moths and butterflies-- it's a colorful world out there! Why are animals so colorful? Why are animals the colors they are? What colors can you see in the natural world around you every day? Weather permitting, we'll take a "Color Discovery" walk to see the colorful nature around us. Presented by Nature Discovery. more info... |
| 6/12/2025 | Ages 6+ Nerf Battles! Players will run, dodge, and dive as they try to out-wit and out-blast the competition during NERF Mobile Games! From 'Capture the Flag' to 'Eliminator' to 'Zombies Vs. Humans,' players will put their physical and mental skills to the test with several game styles perfect for colorful summer Fun, indoors or out. more info... |
| 6/14/2025 | 18 months & younger and their parents or caregivers We’ll read a story, sing and rhyme together, do a fingerplay, and have fun while learning and playing. We’ll end with time for caregivers to socialize and babies to play & interact with each other. more info... |
| 6/16/2025 | Bring Color into Our World this Summer!Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info... |
| 6/16/2025 | We're making art inspired by the work of Italian painter Michelangelo! We'll learn a bit about Michelangelo before we get started creating. One of the things Michelangelo is famous for is painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. So we're going to create like him by drawing or painting on a "ceiling" by getting underneath our tables and chairs. Paint will be washable, but wearing clothes that can get messy is recommended. more info... |
| 6/17/2025 | Our friends from Potter Park Zoo's "Zoo in Your Neighborhood" program will bring some of the zoo to us for a special "Zoo Fun" Picnic Playdate storytime! more info... |
| 6/18/2025 | Join us for Messy Art Day at the library. This is an outdoor event so get ready to unleash your inner artist with splatter paint, spray bottle painting and more! Make sure you are dressed to get messy and have some creative fun. Kids of all ages are welcome! more info... |
| 6/18/2025 | Ages 13 - 17 Make beaded bracelets using pony beads and other findings to show off your own unique style! more info... |
| 6/19/2025 | Kids 8 - 14 Mark Crilley, published professional American comic creator, artist-- and children's book author & illustrator will host this workshop for kids on Comic & Manga Drawing! Mark is the creator of Akiko, Miki Falls and Brody's Ghost. Mark will share drawing techniques and tips, for kids ages 8-14. Follow along, step by step through at least four separate lessons over the course of one hour. Some lessons will be based on participant requests, guaranteeing that you'll learn about what interests you most! Perfect for fans of Manga, Anime and graphic novels! Paper and pencils provided, so there's nothing you need to bring apart from your own enthusiasm for drawing! Mark Crilley is a Michigan native and author/ illustrator of more than 50 books and graphic novels! Learn more at his website markcrilley.com. This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. more info... |
| 6/19/2025 | Ages 15+ Mark Crilley, a published professional comic creator, artist-- and children's book author & illustrator will host this Creative Drawing workshop! Mark will share drawing techniques and tips for youth and adults ages 15+. Follow along, step by step through at least four separate lessons over the course of one hour. What would you like to learn? Ask Mark-- lessons will reflect participant requests, guaranteeing that you'll learn about what interests you most! Paper and pencils provided, so there's nothing you need to bring apart from your enthusiasm for drawing! Mark is a Michigan native and author/ illustrator of more than 50 books and graphic novels including Akiko, Miki Falls and Brody's Ghost! Learn more at his website markcrilley.com. This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. more info... |
| 6/20/2025 | For Teens 12+ Learn emergency procedures, discipline techniques, diapering, age-appropriate activities, rescue breathing, the Heimlich maneuver, and basic first aid skills needed while babysitting. Upon workshop completion, students receive an American Red Cross babysitting course certificate. Registration required, class size limited. Participants bring a sack lunch, water bottle. Parents: please come into the library to sign in your children the morning of the class. Participants bring a sack lunch, water bottle. more info... |
| 6/21/2025 | Meet at Sawdon School! Kids--Come Join the Parade! We’ll provide flags, garland, crepe paper and more to “Yankee-Doodle” up your bike, wagon, scooter or stroller-- then ride with us in the parade! While supplies last. Helmets encouraged, adults walk with kids. more info... |
| 6/21/2025 | Adults Bring your memories to the library and digitize your past and present! Learn how to use the library’s new scanner to restore old photos, documents, even decipher handwriting! Come view what we’ve digitized to discover how Grand Ledge has grown. more info... |
| 6/23/2025 | Bring Color into Our World this Summer!Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info... |
| 6/23/2025 | Families, meet at Delta Center Elementary Gym Join Science Heroes on our mission to turn science into an adventure! Through hands-on experiments and fun, interactive stories, we get kids excited about the science that’s all around us as we celebrate the scientists who color our world with art! The combination of theatrical presentation and interactive science entertains and keeps kids engaged! more info... |
| 6/23/2025 | Ages 13 - 17 Use yarn, pipe cleaners, dot stickers, feathers, straws, embroidery floss and other supplies to recreate a famous painting of your choice. more info... |
| 6/24/2025 | One of the things Alexander Calder is famous for are his wire and kinetic sculptures including mobiles so we're going to create our own rock and wire standing mobiles. Sonia Delaunay is famous for her use of bright colors and concentric circles so we're going to use brightly colored circles to create a paper lollipop. more info... |
| 6/24/2025 | Teens and Adults This MSU Libraries Publishing Services workshop presented by Julie Taylor will provide information about the book printing services available at the MSU Libraries, how to self-publish including purchasing ISBNs, registering your copyright, and options for selling your book online. We will also discuss book design basics using Microsoft Word and additional resources available. more info... |
| 6/25/2025 | Ages 12+ Learn more about fly fishing at this hands-on workshop! The first half of the class will focus on the various equipment used-- fly rods, reels, lines, leaders, waders, flies as well as an overview of the different methods of fly fishing with dry flies, nymphs, streamers, etc. The second half of the class will be hands-on fly casting instruction with club provided fly rods. Ages 12 +. Class size limited, please register to ensure your place. Class presented courtesy of Red Cedar Fly Fishers. Weather permitting. more info... |
| 6/26/2025 | Ages 4 - 7 Poor Camilla Cream… her skin has turned green. And red, orange, yellow, blue, and purple, too! Our skin cannot change colors like Camilla Cream’s, but we can make color-mixing creations. Let’s read the story, “A Bad Case of Stripes” and engage in chromatography and color-mixing chemistry activities. more info... |
| 6/26/2025 | Ages 8 - 12 No need to get the jitters as you create your own colorful critter! Use your artistic abilities and engineering skills to design and create your own battery-powered critter equipped with a vibrating motor. more info... |
| 6/26/2025 | Educational songs, jazz, pop, and blues will be played the kalimba (African thumb pianos)--Hands-on opportunities for attendees to play the kalimbas too! more info... |
| 6/28/2025 | Ages 0 - 3 Babies can be artists too! Bring your little one and make some mess-free art. Babies will paint by doing what babies do - tummy time! more info... |
| 6/30/2025 | Bring Color into Our World this Summer!Our Summer Reading Program (SRP) combines fun activities and entertaining events to support and increase reading skills–and learning– all summer long. (Shhh–kids just think it’s fun!) . Runs June 1 - July 31, 2025. GLADL offers traditional paper and digital options to participate in SRP, plus great resources for beginning readers to adults. We have digital collections and book recommendations for all ages. We have storytimes, themed entertainers and educators, creative crafts and games – inside and outside too. And of course, we’ll have Art themed instant prizes for each completed kids reading log! more info... |
| 6/30/2025 | We’ll read stories about summer and the outdoors, sing songs, and, of course, make s’mores. We’ll meet at the library and head outside — come join us! more info... |
Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce
| Community Calendar - Grand Ledge Chamber |
Events available for Registration... 2025 Food Truck Registration 1/1/2025 - 12/5/2025 register for this event... 2025 Mix & Mingle Networking Events 1/1/2025 - 12/18/2025 register for this event... 2025 Market on the Grand 6/7/2025 - 9/27/2025 register for this event... 2025 Music in the Park 6/19/2025 - 8/14/2025 register for this event... 2025 $1000 Golf Scramble 8/1/2025 register for this event... 2025 Grand Ledge Beer Fest 10/4/2025 - 10/4/2025 register for this event... 2025 Grand Ledge Fall Festival 10/4/2025 register for this event... 2025 Bridge Street Trick or Treat 10/24/2025 register for this event... 2025 Night Lights Christmas Parade 12/5/2025 - 12/5/2025 register for this event... |
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If you would like to submit a local community event to be included in our calendar, please submit your event online.
Submissions will ONLY be approved for those local community events that will take place within the Grand Ledge Public School (GLPS) District or that are sponsored by a local business or organization that is housed with the GLPS District.
Submissions will ONLY be approved for those local community events that will take place within the Grand Ledge Public School (GLPS) District or that are sponsored by a local business or organization that is housed with the GLPS District.
