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3/1/2025
March 1 – 31Take a Journey through our Children’s Library! Sing silly songs, find books, tell a story -- Can you do them all? Earn an Instant Prizes for playing each time you visit GLADL, and books as prizes for completing the game! One game card per child, please. Turn in all Game cards by March 31, 2025.
Other MiRM Activities Include:
• Early Literacy Activity Table
• Guest Storytime Readers
• Scavenger Hunts
• Teen Activity Table
• “Guess This Book” Guessing Jar Game
• Sign up for our “Dino-ROAR into Reading” Reading Challenge!
3/1/2025
18 months & younger and their parents or caregiversWe’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.
3/2/2025
Ages 7+Learn the basics of Contra Dance and have fun at this lively FREE workshop! Come solo, bring some friends, make some friends, and learn fun dances in a friendly, relaxed, judgment-free atmosphere. Recorded music, live, in-person instruction, these fun dances are like an amusement park ride you make for yourself! Wear comfortable shoes and clothes you can move easily in.
3/3/2025
March 1 – 31Take a Journey through our Children’s Library! Sing silly songs, find books, tell a story -- Can you do them all? Earn an Instant Prizes for playing each time you visit GLADL, and books as prizes for completing the game! One game card per child, please. Turn in all Game cards by March 31, 2025.
Other MiRM Activities Include:
• Early Literacy Activity Table
• Guest Storytime Readers
• Scavenger Hunts
• Teen Activity Table
• “Guess This Book” Guessing Jar Game
• Sign up for our “Dino-ROAR into Reading” Reading Challenge!
3/3/2025
For families with kids ages 4-6. Unit 2: Step It Out! Join us for some problem-solving fun with the Work It Out Wombats!™ and learn computational thinking (CT) skills. Work It Out Wombats! is a national PBS KIDS® series that features three energetic marsupial siblings who solve problems in creative ways using computational thinking. Come learn more about CT, a creative way of thinking that helps children solve problems in more organized ways using a set of skills from computer science. Over the three week program, we’ll do fun hands-on activities, watch Wombats! videos, and listen to CT stories. In between the sessions, families will continue the learning at home, using the Work It Out Wombats! Family App, which is designed for adults and children to use together. Each week will build on the last so please plan on attending all three weeks.3/4/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and Caregivers. Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!3/4/2025
AdultMeet Claire Dahl, a Tribute “Rosie” reenactor and learn more about the Michigan Flight Museum & Air Adventures (formerly the Yankee Air Museum). “Rosie’s” presentation includes great pictures and fascinating information about the history of the Willow Run B-24 Bomber plant, part of the “Arsenal of Democracy” and of course, the legacy of Rosie, the Riveter. It’s great night of learning, laughing, smiling and a few tears as we remember the Greatest Generation.
3/8/2025
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.
3/10/2025
March 1 – 31Take a Journey through our Children’s Library! Sing silly songs, find books, tell a story -- Can you do them all? Earn an Instant Prizes for playing each time you visit GLADL, and books as prizes for completing the game! One game card per child, please. Turn in all Game cards by March 31, 2025.
Other MiRM Activities Include:
• Early Literacy Activity Table
• Guest Storytime Readers
• Scavenger Hunts
• Teen Activity Table
• “Guess This Book” Guessing Jar Game
• Sign up for our “Dino-ROAR into Reading” Reading Challenge!
3/10/2025
Ages 5+Calling all Dino-ROAR readers! Join us for an exciting Dino Dig program where you can unleash your inner paleontologist and uncover the past by digging for dinosaurs, listen to dino stories and dig up some dinosaur bones. Not enrolled in our Dino-ROAR challenge? Not a problem, there is still time to sign up at the event and start earning prizes!
3/11/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and Caregivers. Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!3/11/2025
Ages 8 - 12We’ll have our Minecraft server set up and the laptops ready to go. No experience needed -- all levels of players/builders welcome.
3/12/2025
AdultsJoin 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!
3/12/2025
Ages 12+“Women of the Watch, Keepers of the Light,” written and performed by Kamryn Marck and directed by D.B. Schroeder, is an uplifting 45-minutes of music, laughter, and simple honest storytelling. The performance follows Kamryn as she relives family trips to lighthouses in Michigan, which ignites a passion to share the spectacular stories of various female lighthouse keepers of the Great Lakes. She details the lives of four particular keepers by donning voice and movement. As she steps into these brave women’s shoes, she discovers the tragedy of the hardships they faced and the beauty of their spirits. The performance is followed by a Q & A.
3/15/2025
All AgesFamilies are invited to join us for a festive time before the St. Patrick's Day parade. We will have crafts and our Library Land game available while you wait for the parade to begin.
3/16/2025
Ages 0 - 5The Lansing Mall (near Best Furniture)
Join us for a fun-filled day of children's activities and storytelling! Meet beloved children's book characters like Clifford the Big Red Dog, Kevin Henke's Lily, and Frog and Toad! Every child receives a free backpack filled with books, courtesy of WKAR (one per child while supplies last). Rock out with Chicago-based Parents' Choice Award-winning family musician Leonardo. Through sing-a-longs, jokes, stories, and dance moves this interactive performance will spark imagination, creativity, and a love for reading among all ages. Meet author/illustrator Lisa Wheeler!
3/17/2025
March 1 – 31Take a Journey through our Children’s Library! Sing silly songs, find books, tell a story -- Can you do them all? Earn an Instant Prizes for playing each time you visit GLADL, and books as prizes for completing the game! One game card per child, please. Turn in all Game cards by March 31, 2025.
Other MiRM Activities Include:
• Early Literacy Activity Table
• Guest Storytime Readers
• Scavenger Hunts
• Teen Activity Table
• “Guess This Book” Guessing Jar Game
• Sign up for our “Dino-ROAR into Reading” Reading Challenge!
3/17/2025
All AgesGet into the St. Patrick's Day spirit with our Clay Pot Leprechaun craft! Transform a simple clay pot into an adorable leprechaun hat using paint and ribbon to make a charming decoration.
3/18/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and Caregivers. Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!3/19/2025
AdultsConsidering renting but not sure where to start? Already a seasoned renter but want to learn how to become a better one? This workshop will equip you with valuable information about the rental process including costs, the application and approval process, and tenant rights and responsibilities. Participants will receive handouts to help document expenses, assess housing needs, and record important information about their rental. Presented by Ezra Pompos, Financial and Homeownership Program Instructor, MSU Extension. Office: 517-887-4575, email epompos@msu.edu
3/20/2025
Our Chamber members will host Mix & Mingle networking events on the third Thursday of the month from 5:00 - 7:00 PM to give the Chamber Board an opportunity to meet with Chamber members and local residents who are interested in helping the Chamber build a stronger community.Please visit our website to see which Chamber member is hosting each event.
3/22/2025
Ages 12+Learn and Earn your Safe Boating Certification in one day! To legally operate a boat in Michigan, state law requires anyone born AFTER 7/1/1996 to have their Safe Boating Certification. The Michigan Safe Boating Course is the definitive 8-hour course for acquiring the Michigan Safe Boating Certification. The State of Michigan charges $29.50 for the online course and test. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Lansing Flotilla will teach the entire course live/in person AND administer the test on the same day. Registration required. There is no cost for the course, but a $20 dollar donation per person is recommended. Checks made payable to the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Lansing Flotilla. For ages 12+, under 16 accompanied by responsible adult.
3/24/2025
March 1 – 31Take a Journey through our Children’s Library! Sing silly songs, find books, tell a story -- Can you do them all? Earn an Instant Prizes for playing each time you visit GLADL, and books as prizes for completing the game! One game card per child, please. Turn in all Game cards by March 31, 2025.
Other MiRM Activities Include:
• Early Literacy Activity Table
• Guest Storytime Readers
• Scavenger Hunts
• Teen Activity Table
• “Guess This Book” Guessing Jar Game
• Sign up for our “Dino-ROAR into Reading” Reading Challenge!
3/24/2025
All AgesDive into creativity with our Aquarium in a Jar craft! Patrons of all ages are invited to design their very own miniature aquarium in a jar using an assortment of miniature sea creatures, colorful pebbles, and aquatic themed decorations.
3/25/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and Caregivers. Join us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!3/26/2025
Ages 6+Kids learn some basic skills to make Balloon Animals! Join Mr. Greg, "Balloon Zoo Wrangler" and have some fun making their own Balloon Creations! Learn types of balloons to use, where to get them, how to inflate them and twist and bend to make a fun creation to take home!
3/26/2025
All AgesKids, teens and adults--Come "Hoop it Up" with us this Spring! This fantastical hula hoop show begins and ends with a hoop dance performance. Sandwiched in the middle, kids of all ages will learn how to hoop dance, how to build hula hoop huts, and of course parents are encouraged to join us! We'll spin, move and try something new as we move to fun music! Presented by Nat Spinz and the Motley Misfits Circus Entertainers.
3/27/2025
Ages 8 - 12Join us for an afternoon of fun and friendly Switch gaming! We’ll play Mario Kart today! Who’s the best driver around? Feel free to bring your Switch to play between your turns! All skill levels welcome!
3/29/2025
We are celebrating our business Nationally! Join us for cake & punch to share our Mom & Pop business with you. Thank you for all the love & support you have shown us in all the local towns we have been in with Tap House Boutique. Share with us and enter to win a $25 gift card while you shop, eat cake & have fun.3/31/2025
March 1 – 31Take a Journey through our Children’s Library! Sing silly songs, find books, tell a story -- Can you do them all? Earn an Instant Prizes for playing each time you visit GLADL, and books as prizes for completing the game! One game card per child, please. Turn in all Game cards by March 31, 2025.
Other MiRM Activities Include:
• Early Literacy Activity Table
• Guest Storytime Readers
• Scavenger Hunts
• Teen Activity Table
• “Guess This Book” Guessing Jar Game
• Sign up for our “Dino-ROAR into Reading” Reading Challenge!
3/31/2025
Ages 5+Celebrate our friends Gerald the Elephant and Piggie! Come make elephant and pig themed crafts, have some laughs, and do a special scavenger hunt.
