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9/18/2025
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.
9/20/2025
Ages 0 - 2We’ll read a story, sing and rhyme together, do a finger play, and have fun while learning and playing. We’ll end with time for caregivers to socialize and babies to play and interact with each other.
9/21/2025
The PFCU Foundation Charity Golf Outing is an annual event designed to bring together community members, businesses, and golf enthusiasts for a day of fun and philanthropy.
Participants will enjoy a round of golf at the beautiful Owosso Country Club, including lunch at the turn and followed by dinner and awards. The event aims to raise funds for the PFCU Foundation, which supports grants for various initiatives and programs in the community that focus in the areas of art, health/wellness, agriculture and financial literacy.
Whether you’re a seasoned golfer or a beginner, this event offers a great opportunity to network, enjoy the outdoors, and contribute to a worthy cause.
9/22/2025
Ages 8+Don your safety glasses and get ready for the take-down! What makes a cell phone run, an alarm clock tick and a computer, umm-- compute? Kids learn and have fun as they disassemble selected tech devices in this hands-on workshop!
9/23/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and CaregiversJoin us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!
9/24/2025
Got questions about Medicare/Medicaid? This education session is for you! Tri-County Office on Aging provides Medicare and Medicaid education through the State Health Insurance Program (SHIP). SHIP counselors provide education regarding Medicare fraud and scams as well as provide guidance regarding Medicare's Annual Open Enrollment (October 15th - December 7th).9/24/2025
The Eaton Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) will present this FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid Training course. If you work or interact with youth (teacher, parent, pastor, coach, community member, etc.), this course is vital for you to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health & substance use challenges among children and adolescents. The registration deadline for this training is September 10. https://gladl.libcal.com/event/14247136
9/24/2025
Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding
9/25/2025
The Eaton Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) will present this FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid Training course. If you work or interact with youth (teacher, parent, pastor, coach, community member, etc.), this course is vital for you to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health & substance use challenges among children and adolescents. The registration deadline for this training is September 10. https://gladl.libcal.com/event/14247136
9/27/2025
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.
9/27/2025
Meet at Lincoln Brick Park Join us for an exciting, hands-on experience as we get outdoors, explore, and have fun as we search for these fascinating amphibians! With help from expert guides and naturalists, we'll search for local salamander species, learn about their behaviors, habitats, conservation efforts, and their vital role in our ecosystem. Perfect for late elementary and early middle school students who are curious about nature and wildlife, but appropriate for all ages. Bring your curiosity, wear appropriate outdoor clothing, and be ready for an adventure in nature!
9/29/2025
Ages 13+ Get ready to celebrate October in this paint a Fall/Halloween Sign crafting event! Using boards, stencils and paint, you will create your own festive sign!
9/30/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and CaregiversJoin us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!
10/1/2025
The next Free Community Meal will be Wednesday, October 1, at 5:30PM at Grand Ledge First United Methodist Church. Everyone welcome!
10/1/2025
Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding
10/1/2025
This free workshop will equip you with valuable information about the rental process including costs, the application and approval process, and tenant responsibilities and rights. 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.10/2/2025
Come learn about an amazing person from history you've maybe never heard of and create something inspired by them! We'll read a picture book biography and then do a related activity - this month is pilot Bessie Coleman!10/4/2025
The Grand Ledge Opera House is excited to announce its Grand Reopening Open House on Saturday, October 4th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, held in conjunction with the GL Fall Fest. This special event invites the public to celebrate the return of a cherished historic treasure in the heart of downtown Grand Ledge.
Under new leadership, including a newly appointed Director and Assistant Director, the Opera House is entering a fresh chapter of growth, community engagement, and preservation.
Event Highlights Include:
- Free Entry
- Guided Tours
- Event Setup Displays
- Refreshments
- Live Performances on the historic Barton Organ
Located at 121 S. Bridge St., the Grand Ledge Opera House is a symbol of history and local pride. The Grand Reopening is more than just an event—it’s a celebration of resilience, renewal, and the shared spirit of Grand Ledge.
10/4/2025
For Adults - Come to the GLADL Digilab where you can restore faded and torn photographs, digitize slides and photo negatives to picture, preserve the content of written documents, convert your old VHS tapes, cassette tapes, and vinyl records to digital, and even record your oral history. While digitizing your past and present you will have the opportunity to donate photographs and documents of your GL memories to our community archive.For Kids and Families - Festival Fun at the library! Stop in for a seasonal scavenger hunt, take home a fall craft (while supplies last!), and check our fun fall books for all ages!
10/6/2025
Please plan to attend all 6 classes (Monday October 6, 13, 20, 27; November 3, 10). Caregiving is rewarding but can be stressful, too! Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a program designed to help family caregivers take better care of themselves while caring for a family member or friend. This program will give YOU, the caregiver, tools to help you reduce stress, communicate effectively with others, take care of yourself, reduce difficult emotions (like guilt, anger, and depression), help you relax, make tough decisions, set goals, problem solve, and so much more!10/6/2025
Fill a jar with spooky decorations to make your own creepy Halloween scene.10/7/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and CaregiversJoin us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!
10/8/2025
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!10/8/2025
Ages 16+ Talented psychic Mr. Robert Taylor will present various techniques of divination including the Brighu Yantra from India, the Mo from Tibet Astrology Palmistry, the Astro Dice, and Tarot. Audience participants will choose one of the techniques for an individualized reading from Robert!
10/9/2025
Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding
10/9/2025
Adults will paint an elegant gothic-inspired scene or portrait based on a number of displays and photos available, perfect for Halloween decor (or all year round if you're like the presenter) ! Canvases, paint, and brushes will be supplied. Participants are encouraged to bring aprons and/or clothing that can be soiled.10/11/2025
Meet Dr. Nicholas W. Gentile, the local author of “Enemies to Their Country: The Marblehead Addressers and Consensus in the American Revolution”. Enemies to Their Country tells the story of the town’s struggle to achieve consensus even as the war for American independence began, complicating simplistic ideas of the American Revolution.10/13/2025
Teens Make a creepy succulent planter out of upcycled doll heads.
10/14/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and CaregiversJoin us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!
10/14/2025
Come out and join us for an evening of fun and friendly competition. We’ll have our Minecraft server set up and the laptops ready to go. No experience needed -- all levels of players/builders welcome. Create your own story in the world of Minecraft!10/15/2025
Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding
10/15/2025
We’ll be exploring the exciting world of robotics during Code Club by using programmable robots from our Library of Things. Learn the basics of coding in a fun, hands-on way as you bring robots to life through movement, lights, and more.Whether you're a beginner or already love coding, this event is a great opportunity to build skills, solve challenges, and have fun with technology.
10/16/2025
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.
10/16/2025
All Ages with Adult SupervisionJoin us for a neighborhood stroll right in downtown Grand Ledge to see the amazing Halloween decorations and lighted displays! We'll meet at the Library parking lot and head out to look for spooky lights, funny or scary pumpkins, witches, ghosts and more! We’ll finish the night with cider and donuts and a Halloween story. All ages with adult supervision. While space is available. Dress for the weather and bring a flashlight.
10/18/2025
Ages 0 - 2We’ll read a story, sing and rhyme together, do a finger play, and have fun while learning and playing. We’ll end with time for caregivers to socialize and babies to play and interact with each other.
10/18/2025
Lincoln Brick ParkVisit your Eaton County Parks and learn about Michigan Owls in autumn with Eaton County Parks Deputy Director/Naturalist Ethan Jacobs. What changes for owls in the autumn? How do they prepare for winter? We'll do some "Owl Science", try some owl observing and finish with owl stories and yummy s'mores around the campfire!
10/20/2025
Decorate a pumpkin using yarn, Sharpies, carving tools etc. Pumpkins and supplies are limited, first come first served. Two sessions - 6pm - 6:30pm & 7pm - 7:30pm.10/21/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and CaregiversJoin us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!
10/22/2025
AdultsGather in the daytime with other adults for coffee, conversation, and make a fun seasonal craft - mini pumpkins!
10/22/2025
Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding
10/23/2025
Ages 8+Share the aloha spirit of the ukulele together as an ohana (family in Hawaiian). Sponsored by the Music is the Foundation and taught by Michigan’s Ukulele Ambassador, Ben Hassenger, along with Patrick Malloy. Participants learn a brief history of the instrument and all the basics you need to get started playing.
10/24/2025
Dress up and come downtown for some early Halloween fun! Young children and their parents are invited to visit our "gently” haunted Library to collect treats from friendly costumed characters, before heading out to "Trick-or-Treat" on Bridge St from 5pm - 7pm!10/25/2025
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.
10/26/2025
Teens and AdultsIn this fall episode of Six Voices, Writing at the Ledges offers six of our writers--Becky Jensen, Cheryl Caesar, Alan Harris, Peter Ruark, Sandra Hudson, and Sarah Zwickle-- expressing their take on 5 different topics. Each reads a poem, short memoir, flash fiction, or other short writing on one topic. The audience hears six views of the same topic and then moves on to another topic. There are five topics and six readers with different ways of looking at the world. Which ones make you think, reflect your ideas, or challenged you to rethink something in a different way?
10/28/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and CaregiversJoin us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!
10/29/2025
Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding
10/29/2025
Teens and AdultsReturn to the scene of Michigan’s most notorious crimes on this adventure in dark tourism. Using archival photographs, crime scene sketches, and documents, noted author Tobin T. Buhk will guide viewers on a journey to the most infamous spots in the Great Lakes State. The itinerary includes the place of Michigan’s bloodiest school day, a serial poisoner’s killing field, the apartment where the Purple Gang imploded, the third floor of an office building that hosted one of the State’s most vexing unsolved crimes, the house where the perfect crime was committed, and much more!
10/30/2025
Ages 8+Share the aloha spirit of the ukulele together as an ohana (family in Hawaiian). Sponsored by the Music is the Foundation and taught by Michigan’s Ukulele Ambassador, Ben Hassenger, along with Patrick Malloy. Participants learn a brief history of the instrument and all the basics you need to get started playing.
10/31/2025
The city-wide Trick or Treating event takes place on October 31 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. The start and end will be signaled with sirens. Enjoy and please use extra caution when driving or walking in town tonight!
11/4/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and CaregiversJoin us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!
11/5/2025
Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding
11/6/2025
Ages 8+Share the aloha spirit of the ukulele together as an ohana (family in Hawaiian). Sponsored by the Music is the Foundation and taught by Michigan’s Ukulele Ambassador, Ben Hassenger, along with Patrick Malloy. Participants learn a brief history of the instrument and all the basics you need to get started playing.
11/11/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and CaregiversJoin us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!
11/12/2025
Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding
11/13/2025
Ages 8+Share the aloha spirit of the ukulele together as an ohana (family in Hawaiian). Sponsored by the Music is the Foundation and taught by Michigan’s Ukulele Ambassador, Ben Hassenger, along with Patrick Malloy. Participants learn a brief history of the instrument and all the basics you need to get started playing.
11/18/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and CaregiversJoin us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!
11/19/2025
Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding
11/20/2025
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.
11/20/2025
Ages 8+Share the aloha spirit of the ukulele together as an ohana (family in Hawaiian). Sponsored by the Music is the Foundation and taught by Michigan’s Ukulele Ambassador, Ben Hassenger, along with Patrick Malloy. Participants learn a brief history of the instrument and all the basics you need to get started playing.
11/25/2025
Ages 1 - 6 and CaregiversJoin us for fun stories, songs, and a simple craft each week!
11/26/2025
Kids 3rd Grade+ A Code Club for all! Learn to make apps, animations, and more! No coding expertise necessary & drop-ins welcome! Find out more at gladl.org/project/learncoding
12/4/2025
Ages 8+Share the aloha spirit of the ukulele together as an ohana (family in Hawaiian). Sponsored by the Music is the Foundation and taught by Michigan’s Ukulele Ambassador, Ben Hassenger, along with Patrick Malloy. Participants learn a brief history of the instrument and all the basics you need to get started playing.
