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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
1st & 3rd Thursdays. A casual, friendly group that serves the community with hand-made projects. Craft with us and use your yarn stash to benefit others!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 -
Enjoy seasonal books for all and literacy-building activities for children when you visit the library on this special day! Try a Scavenger Hunt, play in the "Haunted" Puppet Theater, find “Which Witch is Which”, make a leaf rubbing, crafts and other seasonal activities -- including our Fall Sidewalk Action Game too!
-Meet these Authors!-
Heidi Meoak, mid-Michigan author of the cozy paranormal mystery "The Spirits at the Storyteller", which blends ghostly intrigue and heartfelt storytelling, will join us for Fall Festival! Heidi will have copies of her books on hand to sign, and looks forward to meeting those who enjoy paranormal mysteries.
Kathryn Christie, mid-Michigan author of the children's book "The Hibernating Combine", will join us for Fall Festival! Kathryn will have copies on her books on hand to sign, plus some "sensory bins" for kids to engage with.
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
1st & 3rd Thursdays. A casual, friendly group that serves the community with hand-made projects. Craft with us and use your yarn stash to benefit others!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 13+. Make a beaded bracelet--or two-- with Halloween themed beads! Afterschool craft time for ages 13+ Different monthly activities like Slime, Messy Art, Beading and more!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!
