Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to join the Junior Friends of the Tecumseh District Library.  The meetings are held on the 4th Monday each month from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  This is a great volunteering opportunity for students wanting to get involved or fulfill service requirements.  

We'll be planning activities, working with the Friends of TDL by providing support and assistance when needed and having fun.  

SNOOZEVILLE: A Pajama Story Time designed for 3-year-olds through 2nd graders
Wear your pj's or nightgown, robe, and slippers!
Features bedtime stories, lullabie, and nighttime tales of the moon and stars.

Michigan Works! will teach a class on Internet Job Searching.  In this class, you will learn how to use the Internet to its best advantage in your job search.  You'll learn many helpful and useful Internet resources, web sites and much more.  

Laptop computers will be limited and patrons are encouraged to bring their own.  

Registration is required!

The Mango Foreign Language Club will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month during the school year.  It is designed for grades 7-12 and homeschoolers are welcome to attend.  We'll explore new languages through realistic and culturally accurate conversations using the database Mango.  

Each month will feature a different language.  We'll introduce the language and country, practice speaking, role play, do crafts and have guest speakers. 

Learn a simple way to dye wool yarn with Sheryl Moll, Lenawee County 4-H Program Coordinator.  The materials fee is $10.  Bring a 9-inch microwavable glass Pyrex pie plate or 2-quart bowl with you to the class.

Color When You Can Calming Colors Club for Adults! We supply the adult level coloring pages and colored pencils; please feel free to bring snacks for you or for the group. The club will meet on the first Monday of every month.

Discover Tecumseh’s rich railroad history with local historian Ed Hodges.  Learn about the New York Central (NYC) Railroad and other railroad lines that traveled through the town. 

Play Compact Disc (CD) Bingo with your family and friends.  Besides getting a book or music CD each time you win, you will be entered into the drawing for a $25 gift card to JR’s Hometown Grill and Pub.  The lucky winner will be drawn at 3 p.m., and you must been present to win.   

Eat to compete!  Peak Health and Performance, a nutrition education curriculum for young athletes.  Parents and athletes are invited to attend this program designed by Spartan Performance to provide young athletes with sound nutrition education aimed at improving athletic performance as well as overall health.  

This one-hour presentation covers the basics of nutrition education related to improving sports performance of adolescent athletes.  Topics include hydration, components of a high performance diet, optimal timing of snacks and meals and achieving caloric balance.  

Vickie Pfeifer, MSUE Nutrition and Physical Activity Instructor will be facilitaing this event.

Please register for this free event.  

Play bingo to win books and other prizes, have fun and make new friends. All adults are welcome to play. 

The Mango Foreign Language Club will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month during the school year.  It is designed for grades 7-12 and homeschoolers are welcome to attend.  We'll explore new languages through realistic and culturally accurate conversations using the database Mango.  

Each month will feature a different language.  We'll introduce the language and country, practice speaking, role play, do crafts and have guest speakers. 

Explore common foot problems, including arthritis pain, bunions, diabetic foot care and plantar fasciitis, with Dr. David Levitsky of Clinton Foot & Ankle Clinic, PC. 

Join Valarie Moore and Roger White from Keller Williams Reality as they give you tips on getting the most out of selling your house.

Celebrate Oktoberfest with the Saline New Horizons German Band.  Enjoy an afternoon of toe-tapping music with favorites, such as “Beer Barrel Polka,” “Lauterbach” and “Ach Du Lieber.”  Be ready to polka! 

A Monthly Craft Program for Tweens

Fifth through seventh graders are invited to join Mrs. Reasoner, Children's Services Librarian, for 2 hours of fun creating a variety of scenes with peel-and-stick mosaics.
Mrs. Reasoner will read folktale puzzlers, brainteasers, and conversation starters while the twelve participants work on their sparkling designs.
Mosaic Maniacs meets the third Thursday of each month during the school year.  Students MUST own their own valid library card with no fines or overdues.

Celebrate Pioneer Day with demonstrations of the lost arts, such as butter churning, candle dipping, cross stitch, glass blowing, metalsmithing, quilting, pottery, rag doll making, spinning, weaving and wood carving.  Admission to Hidden Lake Gardens is $5 person ($20 maximum per vehicle).

Jigsaw Puzzle Tournament, Saturday, October 20th from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.  Maximum 4 people per team.  Everyone will be completing the same 750 piece puzzle.  

Registration is required.  Upon registration, please indicate the team name and the names of the players.  Prizes will be awarded.

Please note upon registration, each "space" is considered a team.

SPONSORED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to join the Junior Friends of the Tecumseh District Library.  The meetings are held on the 4th Monday each month from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  This is a great volunteering opportunity for students wanting to get involved or fulfill service requirements.  

We'll be planning activities, working with the Friends of TDL by providing support and assistance when needed and having fun.  

Bestselling Michigan crime writer Mardi Link will explore the lives of infamous women such as triple murderer Martha Beck who called her life, “a love story"; Bernardine Dorhn who made the FBI’s Most Wanted List and then became a lawyer; Charlotte Peterson’s tavern antics inspired Anatomy of a Murder and more.  Join the discussion about their motives, background, and of course, their punishments. 

Do you have questions about your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP)?  A trained individual from Lenawee Department on Aging will be available to review your current PDP and help you determine which Medicare PDP best fits your needs.  

Call the Department on Aging at (517) 264-5280 beginning October 1st to make an appointment.  Please bring your most current Medicare card and an up-to-date list of your prescriptions.

Learn about colorful characters and oddball, weird and bizarre Lenawee County tales, such as sea serpents and balloonists, with local historian Jan Richardi, author of Looking @ Lenawee.  
 

AFTER SCHOOL HALLOWEEN CRAFTS PROGRAMS FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS!

Registration is required! 

The Mango Foreign Language Club will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month during the school year.  It is designed for grades 7-12 and homeschoolers are welcome to attend.  We'll explore new languages through realistic and culturally accurate conversations using the database Mango.  

Each month will feature a different language.  We'll introduce the language and country, practice speaking, role play, do crafts and have guest speakers. 

AFTER SCHOOL HALLOWEEN CRAFTS PROGRAMS FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS!

Registration is required!  

Join us to make your very own potions bottles! Antique bottles, fancy labels and all other materials will be supplied for this free class. Adult witches and wizards only; please register online as space is limited. 

Celebrate Halloween by painting face masks with the Carnegie Studios.  If you have a design you would like to paint on it, please bring a picture with you!  Materials fee is $2, and groups of four or more will receive a discount.

2018-2019 Theme: FAIRY TALES - Registration Required
Designed for 20 children ages 18 months to 5 years and their caregivers.
Presented by Caryn Sieler and Valorie Veld of Lenawee's Heart & Soul, Children's Art and Music Studio

SHENANIGANS: A Halloween Story Time
Wear your favorite Halloween costume but please leave the masks and props at home!
Features not-too-spooky tales of trick-or-treating, haunted houses, ghosts, and creatures of all sorts!

Celebrate Thanksgiving by making a string art gratitude tree with instructor Bernie Langton, who is a resident artist at the Adrian Center for the Arts.  Please bring a 12”x12”x3-1/4” wooden board, a small hammer and needle-nose pliers with you to the class.  Materials fee is $10.

Color When You Can Calming Colors Club for Adults! We supply the adult level coloring pages and colored pencils; please feel free to bring snacks for you or for the group. The club will meet on the first Monday of every month.

Are you stuck in a mealtime rut?  Do you wish your family was more adventurous with new and healthy foods?  Then learn about a “nothing processed” journey that focuses on wholesome and delicious REAL food with its variety of health-boosting nutrients with registered dietician nutritionist Zonya Foco, author of the Eat Real Cookbook: 28-Day Kickstart. 

Play bingo to win books and other prizes, have fun and make new friends. All adults are welcome to play. 

The Mango Foreign Language Club will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month during the school year.  It is designed for grades 7-12 and homeschoolers are welcome to attend.  We'll explore new languages through realistic and culturally accurate conversations using the database Mango.  

Each month will feature a different language.  We'll introduce the language and country, practice speaking, role play, do crafts and have guest speakers. 

While following the trail left by an unfinished quilt, find out about slavery from the cotton fields of the South to the textile mills of New England--and the humanity behind it--with Rachel May, author of An American Quilt: Unfolding Story of Family and Slavery.

Find out how the commercial success of these farm-made cheeses helped shape business and political careers in southeast Michigan with historian Laurie Perkins, author of Cheese Fever: A History of “Soft Michigan” Cheese, 1825-1925.

HARVEST OF FRIENDSHIP: A Thanksgiving Story Time
Wear your favorite fall colors!
Features cozy tales of friendship and families

Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to join the Junior Friends of the Tecumseh District Library.  The meetings are held on the 4th Monday each month from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  This is a great volunteering opportunity for students wanting to get involved or fulfill service requirements.  

We'll be planning activities, working with the Friends of TDL by providing support and assistance when needed and having fun.  

Color When You Can Calming Colors Club for Adults! We supply the adult level coloring pages and colored pencils; please feel free to bring snacks for you or for the group. The club will meet on the first Monday of every month.

Learn how to paint a glass ornament with acrylic paint and glitter for your tree or as a gift for someone special with local artist Nancy Clarke. There will be several templates to choose from as well as ornaments, paints, brushes, and sealers.  Please wear an old shirt or bring a smock to avoid getting paint on your good clothes.  Materials fee is $3.

Play bingo to win books and other prizes, have fun and make new friends. All adults are welcome to play. 

2018-2019 Theme: FAIRY TALES - Registration Required
Designed for 20 children ages 18 months to 5 years and their caregivers.
Presented by Caryn Sieler and Valorie Veld of Lenawee's Heart & Soul, Children's Art and Music Studio

Sing your favorite carols, such as “Silver Bells,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Deck the Halls,” “Silent Night” and “Jingle Bells,” with area resident Anne Walker and other community musicians.  Enjoy light refreshments, which are made possible through the generosity of the Friends of Tecumseh District Library.

AFTER SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CRAFTS PROGRAMS FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS!

Registration is required!  

The Mango Foreign Language Club will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month during the school year.  It is designed for grades 7-12 and homeschoolers are welcome to attend.  We'll explore new languages through realistic and culturally accurate conversations using the database Mango.  

Each month will feature a different language.  We'll introduce the language and country, practice speaking, role play, do crafts and have guest speakers. 

AFTER SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CRAFTS PROGRAMS FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS!

Registration is required!  

Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to join the Junior Friends of the Tecumseh District Library.  The meetings are held on the 4th Monday each month from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  This is a great volunteering opportunity for students wanting to get involved or fulfill service requirements.  

We'll be planning activities, working with the Friends of TDL by providing support and assistance when needed and having fun.  

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ONE WEEK EARLIER DUE TO THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.  WE WILL HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY DURING THIS MEETING.

STOCKINGFUL OF JOY: A Holiday Story Time
Wear your favorite holiday colors!
Features stories of Santa Claus & his reindeer and the winter season.

Learn about the history of coffee with Josh Roth, owner of Musgrove & Company.  Find out how to brew the perfect cup of coffee.  Explore the different kinds of roasts.  Enjoy free samples.

2018-2019 Theme: FAIRY TALES - Registration Required
Designed for 20 children ages 18 months to 5 years and their caregivers.
Presented by Caryn Sieler and Valorie Veld of Lenawee's Heart & Soul, Children's Art and Music Studio

Students will create a double layered flower made of beautifully colored Merino wool fiber with Anne Flora of Floraworks.   The technique is simple to do — using soap, warm water and your hands — and the results are very rewarding!  The materials fee is $2. 
 

Play bingo to win books and other prizes, have fun and make new friends. All adults are welcome to play. 

Learn a series of movement incorporated with breathing techniques to relax the mind while strengthening your core with bodily and mental control to achieve the best well- being with yoga instructor Beth Flumignan of Way of Life Complimentary Healing.

Learn about the hundreds of local musicians who practiced countless weekday hours rehearsing for their various weekend gigs bands with local historian John Kuschell of the Lenawee County Historical Museum.

Are you a board game master looking to showcase your skills?  Or you’re a beginner just learning how to play?  Join Acropolis Games for an afternoon of fun, strategy and competition.  An assortment of board games will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your favorite ones to play with the group.

Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to join the Junior Friends of the Tecumseh District Library.  The meetings are held on the 4th Monday each month from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  This is a great volunteering opportunity for students wanting to get involved or fulfill service requirements.  

We'll be planning activities, working with the Friends of TDL by providing support and assistance when needed and having fun.  

Bring winter weather indoors by making frost-free snowballs for home décor with Susan Amstutz of the Carnegie Studios.  Create a trio of faux snowballs covered in flocking made with soap and starch.  Materials fee is $3.   

Chocolate lovers, rejoice! This fun and informative demonstration class focuses exclusively on your favorite ingredient.  Explore the different kinds of chocolate and share secrets for using them effectively with John and Erika Aylward of Boulevard Market.  

Do you need a unique gift for that special someone?  Join us for a Valentine’s Day card making class with local artist Sherry Peterson of The Bead Box.  Make three cards for the total of $5, which will be collected the night of the class.  Show your Tecumseh District Library card in good standing and get $1 off.  Please note one discount per card.  All supplies are provided. 

AFTER SCHOOL WINTER AND ST. VALENTINE'S DAY CRAFTS FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS!

Registration is required!  

Learn a series of movement incorporated with breathing techniques to relax the mind while strengthening your core with bodily and mental control to achieve the best well- being with yoga instructor Beth Flumignan of Way of Life Complimentary Healing.

AFTER SCHOOL WINTER AND VALENTINE'S DAY CRAFTS FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS!

Registration is required!  

Find out about the abundant forests, prairies, hills, lakes and streams surrounded by uncultivated fruit, berries, nuts and wild game, which had enabled the county to lead the state in agricultural and industrial wealth by 1900, with local historian Brenda L. Burkett, author of Lenawee County.   Explore the fencing industry in Adrian, the agricultural development of celery in Tecumseh and Michigan’s first cheese factory in Fairfield Township.

Learn basic information on keeping house plants not only alive but also thriving with Paul Pfeifer, Managing Director of Hidden Lake Gardens.  Explore light, space, soil, water, fertilizer, and pests.  Find out about traditional house plants, new plants to consider and winter holiday plants.

Play bingo to win books and other prizes, have fun and make new friends. All adults are welcome to play. 

Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to join the Junior Friends of the Tecumseh District Library.  The meetings are held on the 4th Monday each month from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  This is a great volunteering opportunity for students wanting to get involved or fulfill service requirements.  

We'll be planning activities, working with the Friends of TDL by providing support and assistance when needed and having fun.  

Explore the Antislavery Movement’s origination in Lenawee County in the 1830's up to the start of the American Civil War with Ray Lennard, curator of the W. G. Thompson House in Hudson.  Learn about Laura Haviland, all the safe houses in Lenawee County and the Woodstock Manual Labor Institute in Woodstock Township.
 

Are you a board game master looking to showcase your skills?  Or you’re a beginner just learning how to play?  Join Acropolois Games for an afternoon of fun, strategy and competition.  An assortment of board games will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your favorite ones to play with the group.

AFTER SCHOOL ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND EASTER CRAFTS FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS!

Registration is required!  

AFTER SCHOOL ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND EASTER CRAFTS FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS!

Registration is required!  

Play bingo to win books and other prizes, have fun and make new friends. All adults are welcome to play. 

Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to join the Junior Friends of the Tecumseh District Library.  The meetings are held on the 4th Monday each month from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  This is a great volunteering opportunity for students wanting to get involved or fulfill service requirements.  

We'll be planning activities, working with the Friends of TDL by providing support and assistance when needed and having fun.  

Walt Disney was one of America’s most iconic entrepreneurs, animators, voice actors and film producers.  Find out more about Disney’s final project with scholar Brian Lightner.

AFTER SCHOOL MOTHER'S DAY, FATHER'S DAY AND PATRIOTIC CRAFTS FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS!

Registration is required!  

AFTER SCHOOL MOTHER'S DAY, FATHER'S DAY AND PATRIOTIC CRAFTS FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS!

Registration is required!  

A Free 30-minute program featuring short solo selections by musicians from the Adrian Symphony Orchestra.

Caryn Sieler, a music and movement specialist leads the program with interactive themes which include rhymes, songs and picture books.

2018-2019 Theme: FAIRY TALES - Registration Required
Designed for 20 children ages 18 months to 5 years and their caregivers.
Presented by Caryn Sieler and Valorie Veld of Lenawee's Heart & Soul, Children's Art and Music Studio

Play bingo to win books and other prizes, have fun and make new friends. All adults are welcome to play. 

Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to join the Junior Friends of the Tecumseh District Library.  The meetings are held on the 4th Monday each month from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.  This is a great volunteering opportunity for students wanting to get involved or fulfill service requirements.  

We'll be planning activities, working with the Friends of TDL by providing support and assistance when needed and having fun.  

2018-2019 Theme: FAIRY TALES - Registration Required
Designed for 20 children ages 18 months to 5 years and their caregivers.
Presented by Caryn Sieler and Valorie Veld of Lenawee's Heart & Soul, Children's Art and Music Studio

Play bingo to win books and other prizes, have fun and make new friends. All adults are welcome to play. 

Play bingo to win books and other prizes, have fun and make new friends. All adults are welcome to play.