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Dunes and Lakeshore - Manistee Conservation District

Nature Adventures

Various people singing in harmony

Harmony Singing with Ben Traverse

Tea Set with purple fairy

Fairy Tea Party at the Arboretum

Smartphone set up in tripod taking photo of a sunset

Smartphone Photography

Three paintings of Blue Jays hanging on an art gallery wall

Blue Jay Art

Rainbow Rock Gardens

Hands paint a Dungeons and Dragons figurine

D&D Paint Night for Teens

Two people use binoculars to bird watch

Birding with Dr. Allen

The MCL Library with Andrew Carnegie holding birthday cake and wearing birthday hat

120th Birthday Celebration

Cartoon picture of a campfire

Campfire Stories for Adults

Book Cover

Book Clubs

Happy Father's Day

Father’s Day Craft

Donuts with the Director

Summer Reading Kickoff

Moms In Motion

All Library Locations will be closed May 26 for Memorial Day

Libraries Closed

Hands type on computer keyboard with and open notebook next to it

Writers Workshop

Books & Brews

Two women practicing yoga poses and breathing deeply

Mindfulness Workshop

Glass Jar of yellow sugar scrub

Mother’s Day DIY

Seedlings of plants in small containers

Seed Starting

Felt Owl with string and sewing needle

Learn to Sew for Kids

Easter Party at the Outsider

“Free For All” Documentary

Child shapes dough on a baking surface with a rolling pin in background

Bake for Good

two babies playing with maracas

Baby Play Club

Watercolor paint pallet

Watercolors for Kids

Lego Night for Grown-Ups at North Channel Brewing Co.

Lego Night for Grown Ups

Two cornhole boards with beanbags

Indoor Games for Adults

Book Cover

Graphic Novel Book Club

Neighborhood Forest, giving trees to children

Neighborhood Forest

Two adults sip beverages by an old timey radio microphone. North Channel Brewing, Manistee County Library and Civic Players Logos

“A Novel Romance” Radio Play

Books & Brews

Books next to squares crocheted using the same color scheme as the book covers

Crochet Book Blanket

Ink pens and erasers spread out on a drawing table

Ink Drawing for Adults

The New Girl Book Cover

Graphic Novel Book Club

Stack of Books with Bingo Cards

Book Lovers Bingo

Best of 2024 with 3 trophies of different sizes

Best Books of 2024

Iron Fish Distillery, Thompsonville Michigan

Lego Night at Iron Fish

Valentine Box Building & Card Making

Speed Friending

Books & Brews

Book Cover

Graphic Novel Book Club

Pokemon Play & Trade

Watercolor painting of a winter scene with a hill and pine trees

Winter Watercolor Workshop

Book Cover

Junior Book Club

Lego Night for Grown-Ups at North Channel Brewing Co.

Lego Night for Grown-Ups

Book Club

Watercolor paint pallet

Watercolors for Kids

Kids building various structures with Legos

Lego Alliance!

Book Club at Kaleva Branch

Lego bricks

Lego Alliance!

Dominoes for Adults

Book Cover

Book Club – Wellston

Mobile Planetarium

Hands shown working on a puzzle on a table

Community Puzzle

Children's hands creating crafts and coloring atop a table

Make a Holiday Card

Handcrafted paper snowflakes with a pair of scissors

Snowflake Workshop

Bucket of Lego toys that has spilled out onto the table.

Lego Alliance!

Open book with coffee mugs and glasses

December Book Clubs

Three small children playing and reading together

Stories & Littles

children with hats and gloves on playing in the snow

Little Sleighbell Parade

A snowman toy sits nexts to a child's letter to santa

Letters to Santa

Book cover repeated multiple times

Graphic Novel Book Club

Drawing for Adults

Text reading "Storytime Celebrating Native American Heritage Month"

Native American Heritage Storytime

Lego Night for Grown Ups

Green leafy plant in a terracotta pot

Plant Swap & Chat

Open book with coffee mugs and glasses

November Book Clubs

Bucket of Lego toys that has spilled out onto the table.

Lego Alliance for Kids

Photo of Smart TV with apps

Smart TV & Streaming Workshop

War of the Worlds

Small chalkboard with a house drawn on it and the word homeschooling written through it

Homeschooling Meet-Up

Bingo the Blue Heeler poses next to Bingo cards

Book Bingo with Bingo!

Three small children playing and reading together

Stories & Littles

Bluey waving with bats in the background

Bedtime Story with Bluey

Rebel's Sanctuary Comics & Games. Cover of the Book Superman Smashes the Klan

Graphic Novel Book Club

Lego Night for Grown Ups

Hallo-STEAM

Person reading from open book while holding eye glasses. Mugs of coffee in the background.

October Book Clubs

Rattling the Bones

Spooky Halloween Reads/Watches

Staff Picks for Halloween

Pastel Chalks

Chalk Pastels

Children interacting and raising hands

Music with Melinda

Sound Bath. The Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts

Sound Bath

Midnight Library

A snowy owl flies through the sky

Birding with Dr. Allen

A Buck, a wolf, and a rabbit in nature

Animals on the Move

Improv Workshop

Pumpkins in a pumpkin patch with halloween decorations painted on them.

Pumpkin Painting

Three small children playing and reading together

Stories and Littles

Various Lego Character Heads with "Billy Ray and Dani Lee's Redneck Yacht Club"

Legos for Grown-Ups

Children Play together in a bounce house

Big Fun For Families!

The inside of a geode

Geode Geology

Rebel's Sanctuary Comics and Games. Cover of the Graphic Novel "Wonder Woman Warbringer" by Louise Simonson

Book Club

ManiSTEAM

Due to a staff in-service, libraries will be opening late on wednesday, september 18th

Hours Changed – September 18

Homeschool Meet-Up

Music with Melinda

LEGO Alliance!