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**Multiple sessions monthly
THIS WEEK
Lively Arts @ YDL: Ann Arbor Area Pastelists Exhibit
Now-March 15
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1303
Enjoy the variety of pastel work created by members of the Ann Arbor Area Pastel-ists.
Microsoft Word and Excel: Beyond the Basics
January 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Registration: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Learn how to create mailing lists, labels and charts in MS Word and MS Excel. Continued...
THIS WEEK
Lively Arts @ YDL: Ann Arbor Area Pastelists Exhibit
Now-March 15
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1303
Enjoy the variety of pastel work created by members of the Ann Arbor Area Pastel-ists.
Microsoft Word and Excel: Beyond the Basics
January 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Registration: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Learn how to create mailing lists, labels and charts in MS Word and MS Excel. Continued...
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TAB—Tween Advisory Board
January 26, 7-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Tweens, meet with friends, eat pizza, do activities, help plan library programs you would like to see, and sug-gest materials. Come check us out! (Ages 10-13)
**GED Study Group
January 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Registration required: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Take advantage of having a dedicated, experienced adult educator and library laptops to help make it through the GED. Online testing software available.
**Jump Start Pre-School Storytime
January 26, 10:30 a.m. Continued...
January 26, 7-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Tweens, meet with friends, eat pizza, do activities, help plan library programs you would like to see, and sug-gest materials. Come check us out! (Ages 10-13)
**GED Study Group
January 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Registration required: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Take advantage of having a dedicated, experienced adult educator and library laptops to help make it through the GED. Online testing software available.
**Jump Start Pre-School Storytime
January 26, 10:30 a.m. Continued...
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Enjoy stories, songs, and simple crafts for 4 and 5 year olds.
**Secret Comic Society
January 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Drop in to draw with other teens. Support each other, while improving your tech-niques, setting goals and creating! Use our supplies or bring your own drawing pad/writing tools.
**Knitting and Handicraft Club
January 26, 6-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Open to all. Bring any han-dicraft to work on and enjoy socializing with others. Bring your own supplies. Knitting and crochet in-struction is available. Continued...
Enjoy stories, songs, and simple crafts for 4 and 5 year olds.
**Secret Comic Society
January 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Drop in to draw with other teens. Support each other, while improving your tech-niques, setting goals and creating! Use our supplies or bring your own drawing pad/writing tools.
**Knitting and Handicraft Club
January 26, 6-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Open to all. Bring any han-dicraft to work on and enjoy socializing with others. Bring your own supplies. Knitting and crochet in-struction is available. Continued...
**Conversational Spanish
January 27 3-5 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Would you like to learn Spanish or are you a native Spanish speaker who misses speaking in your mother tongue? For adults.
Senior Book Club
January 27, 10:30 a.m.-Noon
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Seniors have coffee and a treat while chatting about books set in other countries. We’ll discuss In the Woods by Tana French which is a gorgeously written mystery set in Dublin. Police detec-tive Rob Ryan and his part-ner investigate the death of a 12-year-old girl. Partici-pants will determine future titles. (50+)
Gaming
January 27, 3:30-5 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Teens, drop in and play electronic games for PlayS-tation and Wii. Use ours or bring your own. No X-rated games please.
Superior Scavenger Hunt
January 28, 2-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 8795 MacArthur Blvd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1391
Seek and you shall find! Be clever and use your head to search Superior for clues and hidden treasures! (Ages 10-18)
**Super Saturday Storytime
January 28, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Drop in. Free. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Stories, songs, and a simple craft for preschoolers and older children.
**Read with Storm, the F.B.I. Assistant Dog (Ages 5-7)
January 28, 11:30-1 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Register by calling 482-4110 ext. 1340
Sign your child up for a 10-minute reading slot with Storm, the For Better Inde-pendence
(F.B.I.) Assistant Dog. A pawsitive experience for novice readers.
Plants That Changed the World
January 29, 2-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Biologist and Master Gardener Carol Brodbeck takes us on a world cruise to explore the fascinating ways plants have influenced the course of human development. Starting with ferns, grasses and cereals, Carol will cover a new subject each month in a lively talk and discussion. At the end of the series, there will be a drawing for several books on food and gardening history.
**Baby Brigade Storytime
January, 30, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Bring your babies (birth to 18 months) to this lapsit storytime and introduce them to songs, books and rhymes!
**Drop-In Computer Lab
January 30, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop-in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Get help while learning Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Apply for jobs, get help with your email account, Facebook, and blogging. Learn to use the library’s new ebooks or downloadable audio resources, or just surf the Internet with library staff available to help. Feel free to bring in your own laptop.
**Continuing Japanese
January 30, 5-6 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Learn Hiragana, katakana, and kanji as well as phrases, all taught by Emily Canosa, a University of Michigan Japanese Studies graduate.
Ask a Master Gardener! Free Plant Help!
January 30, 4-7:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
MSU Extension Service Advanced Master Gardener Carol Brodbeck will be available to consult with you on any plant question you might have—houseplants, landscape plants-trees-shrubs, vegetable or fruit gardens—she has the answers! Carol will conclude each session with a short demo at 7 p.m. on a variety of do-it-yourself projects. Today’s demo is how to make a simple flower arrangement.
**Knit and Visit PLUS!
January 31, 6-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Drop in. Free. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Knit and visit weekly! Open to all, any handcraft welcome. Bring your own supplies. Beginning knitting instruction is available. On January 17, we will watch the movie High Society which is a musical remake of The Philadelphia Story starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly.
**Lego Night
January 31, 6-8 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Watch young imaginations on display as they manipulate their Lego creations.
** Superior Storytime
January 31, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 8795 MacArthur Blvd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1391
Enjoy a storytime for preschoolers.
** Toddler Storytime
January 31, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Children 1 ½ to 3 years old and their caregivers share a program that includes stories, songs, and action rhymes.
**826michigan Creative Writing Workshop for Teens
January 31, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Welcome all teen writers! We’ll experiment with writing prompts, get constructive feedback on poems and stories, learn new techniques, and discuss creative writing with other teens. The group is flexible and very open to suggestion. Have an idea for a writing activity? Want to explore a particular style? We can make it happen.
AARP Income Tax Preparation
January 31,10:30-4 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. By Appointment. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Get free help with tax preparation. This service targets people with low to moderate income.
Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint
January 31, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Register: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Learn the basics for creating presentations.
Tween Book Club
January 31, 7p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Registration required: online or call 482-4110 ext. 1390
Get together with other tweens to read and discuss books of your choice. At the first meeting we will dissuss The Giver and vote on books YOU want to read for the next meetings. (Ages 10-13)
African American Authors Book Discussion Group
January 31, 7 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1306
Join us for a lively discussion of The Other Wes Moore: The Story of One Name and Two Fates by Wes Moore. Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name in the same community, describing how the author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a life of violence and imprisonment.
Ypsilanti District Library Locations
YDL-Whittaker Road, 5577 Whittaker Road, Ypsilanti 48197 (734) 482-4110
Located 1.4 miles south of exit 183 (Huron St.) on I-94 on Whittaker Road, just past the Stony Creek intersection.
YDL-Michigan Ave., 229 W. Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti 48197 (734) 482-4110
Located in downtown Ypsilanti at the corner of Adams and Michigan.
YDL-Superior, 8795 MacArthur Blvd., Ypsilanti 48198 (734) 482-4110 ext. 1391
Located at the corner of Harris Road and MacArthur Blvd.
January 27 3-5 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Would you like to learn Spanish or are you a native Spanish speaker who misses speaking in your mother tongue? For adults.
Senior Book Club
January 27, 10:30 a.m.-Noon
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Seniors have coffee and a treat while chatting about books set in other countries. We’ll discuss In the Woods by Tana French which is a gorgeously written mystery set in Dublin. Police detec-tive Rob Ryan and his part-ner investigate the death of a 12-year-old girl. Partici-pants will determine future titles. (50+)
Gaming
January 27, 3:30-5 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Teens, drop in and play electronic games for PlayS-tation and Wii. Use ours or bring your own. No X-rated games please.
Superior Scavenger Hunt
January 28, 2-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 8795 MacArthur Blvd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1391
Seek and you shall find! Be clever and use your head to search Superior for clues and hidden treasures! (Ages 10-18)
**Super Saturday Storytime
January 28, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Drop in. Free. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Stories, songs, and a simple craft for preschoolers and older children.
**Read with Storm, the F.B.I. Assistant Dog (Ages 5-7)
January 28, 11:30-1 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Register by calling 482-4110 ext. 1340
Sign your child up for a 10-minute reading slot with Storm, the For Better Inde-pendence
(F.B.I.) Assistant Dog. A pawsitive experience for novice readers.
Plants That Changed the World
January 29, 2-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Biologist and Master Gardener Carol Brodbeck takes us on a world cruise to explore the fascinating ways plants have influenced the course of human development. Starting with ferns, grasses and cereals, Carol will cover a new subject each month in a lively talk and discussion. At the end of the series, there will be a drawing for several books on food and gardening history.
**Baby Brigade Storytime
January, 30, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Bring your babies (birth to 18 months) to this lapsit storytime and introduce them to songs, books and rhymes!
**Drop-In Computer Lab
January 30, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop-in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Get help while learning Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Apply for jobs, get help with your email account, Facebook, and blogging. Learn to use the library’s new ebooks or downloadable audio resources, or just surf the Internet with library staff available to help. Feel free to bring in your own laptop.
**Continuing Japanese
January 30, 5-6 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Learn Hiragana, katakana, and kanji as well as phrases, all taught by Emily Canosa, a University of Michigan Japanese Studies graduate.
Ask a Master Gardener! Free Plant Help!
January 30, 4-7:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
MSU Extension Service Advanced Master Gardener Carol Brodbeck will be available to consult with you on any plant question you might have—houseplants, landscape plants-trees-shrubs, vegetable or fruit gardens—she has the answers! Carol will conclude each session with a short demo at 7 p.m. on a variety of do-it-yourself projects. Today’s demo is how to make a simple flower arrangement.
**Knit and Visit PLUS!
January 31, 6-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Drop in. Free. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Knit and visit weekly! Open to all, any handcraft welcome. Bring your own supplies. Beginning knitting instruction is available. On January 17, we will watch the movie High Society which is a musical remake of The Philadelphia Story starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly.
**Lego Night
January 31, 6-8 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Watch young imaginations on display as they manipulate their Lego creations.
** Superior Storytime
January 31, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 8795 MacArthur Blvd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1391
Enjoy a storytime for preschoolers.
** Toddler Storytime
January 31, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Children 1 ½ to 3 years old and their caregivers share a program that includes stories, songs, and action rhymes.
**826michigan Creative Writing Workshop for Teens
January 31, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Welcome all teen writers! We’ll experiment with writing prompts, get constructive feedback on poems and stories, learn new techniques, and discuss creative writing with other teens. The group is flexible and very open to suggestion. Have an idea for a writing activity? Want to explore a particular style? We can make it happen.
AARP Income Tax Preparation
January 31,10:30-4 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. By Appointment. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Get free help with tax preparation. This service targets people with low to moderate income.
Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint
January 31, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Register: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Learn the basics for creating presentations.
Tween Book Club
January 31, 7p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Registration required: online or call 482-4110 ext. 1390
Get together with other tweens to read and discuss books of your choice. At the first meeting we will dissuss The Giver and vote on books YOU want to read for the next meetings. (Ages 10-13)
African American Authors Book Discussion Group
January 31, 7 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1306
Join us for a lively discussion of The Other Wes Moore: The Story of One Name and Two Fates by Wes Moore. Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name in the same community, describing how the author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a life of violence and imprisonment.
Ypsilanti District Library Locations
YDL-Whittaker Road, 5577 Whittaker Road, Ypsilanti 48197 (734) 482-4110
Located 1.4 miles south of exit 183 (Huron St.) on I-94 on Whittaker Road, just past the Stony Creek intersection.
YDL-Michigan Ave., 229 W. Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti 48197 (734) 482-4110
Located in downtown Ypsilanti at the corner of Adams and Michigan.
YDL-Superior, 8795 MacArthur Blvd., Ypsilanti 48198 (734) 482-4110 ext. 1391
Located at the corner of Harris Road and MacArthur Blvd.
**Multiple sessions monthly
THIS WEEK
Lively Arts @ YDL: Ann Arbor Area Pastelists Exhibit
Now-March 15
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1303
Enjoy the variety of pastel work created by members of the Ann Arbor Area Pastel-ists.
Microsoft Word and Excel: Beyond the Basics
January 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Registration: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Learn how to create mailing lists, labels and charts in MS Word and MS Excel.
TAB—Tween Advisory Board
January 26, 7-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Tweens, meet with friends, eat pizza, do activities, help plan library programs you would like to see, and sug-gest materials. Come check us out! (Ages 10-13)
**GED Study Group
January 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Registration required: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Take advantage of having a dedicated, experienced adult educator and library laptops to help make it through the GED. Online testing software available.
**Jump Start Pre-School Storytime
January 26, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Enjoy stories, songs, and simple crafts for 4 and 5 year olds.
**Secret Comic Society
January 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Drop in to draw with other teens. Support each other, while improving your tech-niques, setting goals and creating! Use our supplies or bring your own drawing pad/writing tools.
**Knitting and Handicraft Club
January 26, 6-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Open to all. Bring any han-dicraft to work on and enjoy socializing with others. Bring your own supplies. Knitting and crochet in-struction is available.
**Conversational Spanish
January 27 3-5 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Would you like to learn Spanish or are you a native Spanish speaker who misses speaking in your mother tongue? For adults.
Senior Book Club
January 27, 10:30 a.m.-Noon
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Seniors have coffee and a treat while chatting about books set in other countries. We’ll discuss In the Woods by Tana French which is a gorgeously written mystery set in Dublin. Police detec-tive Rob Ryan and his part-ner investigate the death of a 12-year-old girl. Partici-pants will determine future titles. (50+)
Gaming
January 27, 3:30-5 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Teens, drop in and play electronic games for PlayS-tation and Wii. Use ours or bring your own. No X-rated games please.
Superior Scavenger Hunt
January 28, 2-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 8795 MacArthur Blvd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1391
Seek and you shall find! Be clever and use your head to search Superior for clues and hidden treasures! (Ages 10-18)
**Super Saturday Storytime
January 28, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Drop in. Free. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Stories, songs, and a simple craft for preschoolers and older children.
**Read with Storm, the F.B.I. Assistant Dog (Ages 5-7)
January 28, 11:30-1 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Register by calling 482-4110 ext. 1340
Sign your child up for a 10-minute reading slot with Storm, the For Better Inde-pendence
(F.B.I.) Assistant Dog. A pawsitive experience for novice readers.
Plants That Changed the World
January 29, 2-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Biologist and Master Gardener Carol Brodbeck takes us on a world cruise to explore the fascinating ways plants have influenced the course of human development. Starting with ferns, grasses and cereals, Carol will cover a new subject each month in a lively talk and discussion. At the end of the series, there will be a drawing for several books on food and gardening history.
**Baby Brigade Storytime
January, 30, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Bring your babies (birth to 18 months) to this lapsit storytime and introduce them to songs, books and rhymes!
**Drop-In Computer Lab
January 30, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop-in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Get help while learning Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Apply for jobs, get help with your email account, Facebook, and blogging. Learn to use the library’s new ebooks or downloadable audio resources, or just surf the Internet with library staff available to help. Feel free to bring in your own laptop.
**Continuing Japanese
January 30, 5-6 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Learn Hiragana, katakana, and kanji as well as phrases, all taught by Emily Canosa, a University of Michigan Japanese Studies graduate.
Ask a Master Gardener! Free Plant Help!
January 30, 4-7:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
MSU Extension Service Advanced Master Gardener Carol Brodbeck will be available to consult with you on any plant question you might have—houseplants, landscape plants-trees-shrubs, vegetable or fruit gardens—she has the answers! Carol will conclude each session with a short demo at 7 p.m. on a variety of do-it-yourself projects. Today’s demo is how to make a simple flower arrangement.
**Knit and Visit PLUS!
January 31, 6-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Drop in. Free. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Knit and visit weekly! Open to all, any handcraft welcome. Bring your own supplies. Beginning knitting instruction is available. On January 17, we will watch the movie High Society which is a musical remake of The Philadelphia Story starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly.
**Lego Night
January 31, 6-8 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Watch young imaginations on display as they manipulate their Lego creations.
** Superior Storytime
January 31, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 8795 MacArthur Blvd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1391
Enjoy a storytime for preschoolers.
** Toddler Storytime
January 31, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Children 1 ½ to 3 years old and their caregivers share a program that includes stories, songs, and action rhymes.
**826michigan Creative Writing Workshop for Teens
January 31, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Welcome all teen writers! We’ll experiment with writing prompts, get constructive feedback on poems and stories, learn new techniques, and discuss creative writing with other teens. The group is flexible and very open to suggestion. Have an idea for a writing activity? Want to explore a particular style? We can make it happen.
AARP Income Tax Preparation
January 31,10:30-4 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. By Appointment. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Get free help with tax preparation. This service targets people with low to moderate income.
Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint
January 31, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Register: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Learn the basics for creating presentations.
Tween Book Club
January 31, 7p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Registration required: online or call 482-4110 ext. 1390
Get together with other tweens to read and discuss books of your choice. At the first meeting we will dissuss The Giver and vote on books YOU want to read for the next meetings. (Ages 10-13)
African American Authors Book Discussion Group
January 31, 7 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1306
Join us for a lively discussion of The Other Wes Moore: The Story of One Name and Two Fates by Wes Moore. Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name in the same community, describing how the author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a life of violence and imprisonment.
Ypsilanti District Library Locations
YDL-Whittaker Road, 5577 Whittaker Road, Ypsilanti 48197 (734) 482-4110
Located 1.4 miles south of exit 183 (Huron St.) on I-94 on Whittaker Road, just past the Stony Creek intersection.
YDL-Michigan Ave., 229 W. Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti 48197 (734) 482-4110
Located in downtown Ypsilanti at the corner of Adams and Michigan.
YDL-Superior, 8795 MacArthur Blvd., Ypsilanti 48198 (734) 482-4110 ext. 1391
Located at the corner of Harris Road and MacArthur Blvd.
THIS WEEK
Lively Arts @ YDL: Ann Arbor Area Pastelists Exhibit
Now-March 15
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1303
Enjoy the variety of pastel work created by members of the Ann Arbor Area Pastel-ists.
Microsoft Word and Excel: Beyond the Basics
January 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Registration: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Learn how to create mailing lists, labels and charts in MS Word and MS Excel.
TAB—Tween Advisory Board
January 26, 7-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Tweens, meet with friends, eat pizza, do activities, help plan library programs you would like to see, and sug-gest materials. Come check us out! (Ages 10-13)
**GED Study Group
January 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Registration required: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Take advantage of having a dedicated, experienced adult educator and library laptops to help make it through the GED. Online testing software available.
**Jump Start Pre-School Storytime
January 26, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Enjoy stories, songs, and simple crafts for 4 and 5 year olds.
**Secret Comic Society
January 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Drop in to draw with other teens. Support each other, while improving your tech-niques, setting goals and creating! Use our supplies or bring your own drawing pad/writing tools.
**Knitting and Handicraft Club
January 26, 6-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Open to all. Bring any han-dicraft to work on and enjoy socializing with others. Bring your own supplies. Knitting and crochet in-struction is available.
**Conversational Spanish
January 27 3-5 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Would you like to learn Spanish or are you a native Spanish speaker who misses speaking in your mother tongue? For adults.
Senior Book Club
January 27, 10:30 a.m.-Noon
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Seniors have coffee and a treat while chatting about books set in other countries. We’ll discuss In the Woods by Tana French which is a gorgeously written mystery set in Dublin. Police detec-tive Rob Ryan and his part-ner investigate the death of a 12-year-old girl. Partici-pants will determine future titles. (50+)
Gaming
January 27, 3:30-5 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Teens, drop in and play electronic games for PlayS-tation and Wii. Use ours or bring your own. No X-rated games please.
Superior Scavenger Hunt
January 28, 2-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 8795 MacArthur Blvd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1391
Seek and you shall find! Be clever and use your head to search Superior for clues and hidden treasures! (Ages 10-18)
**Super Saturday Storytime
January 28, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Drop in. Free. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Stories, songs, and a simple craft for preschoolers and older children.
**Read with Storm, the F.B.I. Assistant Dog (Ages 5-7)
January 28, 11:30-1 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Register by calling 482-4110 ext. 1340
Sign your child up for a 10-minute reading slot with Storm, the For Better Inde-pendence
(F.B.I.) Assistant Dog. A pawsitive experience for novice readers.
Plants That Changed the World
January 29, 2-3:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Biologist and Master Gardener Carol Brodbeck takes us on a world cruise to explore the fascinating ways plants have influenced the course of human development. Starting with ferns, grasses and cereals, Carol will cover a new subject each month in a lively talk and discussion. At the end of the series, there will be a drawing for several books on food and gardening history.
**Baby Brigade Storytime
January, 30, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Bring your babies (birth to 18 months) to this lapsit storytime and introduce them to songs, books and rhymes!
**Drop-In Computer Lab
January 30, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop-in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Get help while learning Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Apply for jobs, get help with your email account, Facebook, and blogging. Learn to use the library’s new ebooks or downloadable audio resources, or just surf the Internet with library staff available to help. Feel free to bring in your own laptop.
**Continuing Japanese
January 30, 5-6 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Learn Hiragana, katakana, and kanji as well as phrases, all taught by Emily Canosa, a University of Michigan Japanese Studies graduate.
Ask a Master Gardener! Free Plant Help!
January 30, 4-7:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1377
MSU Extension Service Advanced Master Gardener Carol Brodbeck will be available to consult with you on any plant question you might have—houseplants, landscape plants-trees-shrubs, vegetable or fruit gardens—she has the answers! Carol will conclude each session with a short demo at 7 p.m. on a variety of do-it-yourself projects. Today’s demo is how to make a simple flower arrangement.
**Knit and Visit PLUS!
January 31, 6-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Drop in. Free. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Knit and visit weekly! Open to all, any handcraft welcome. Bring your own supplies. Beginning knitting instruction is available. On January 17, we will watch the movie High Society which is a musical remake of The Philadelphia Story starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly.
**Lego Night
January 31, 6-8 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Watch young imaginations on display as they manipulate their Lego creations.
** Superior Storytime
January 31, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 8795 MacArthur Blvd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1391
Enjoy a storytime for preschoolers.
** Toddler Storytime
January 31, 10:30 a.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1340
Children 1 ½ to 3 years old and their caregivers share a program that includes stories, songs, and action rhymes.
**826michigan Creative Writing Workshop for Teens
January 31, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390
Welcome all teen writers! We’ll experiment with writing prompts, get constructive feedback on poems and stories, learn new techniques, and discuss creative writing with other teens. The group is flexible and very open to suggestion. Have an idea for a writing activity? Want to explore a particular style? We can make it happen.
AARP Income Tax Preparation
January 31,10:30-4 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. By Appointment. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1385
Get free help with tax preparation. This service targets people with low to moderate income.
Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint
January 31, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Register: 482-4110 ext. 1377
Learn the basics for creating presentations.
Tween Book Club
January 31, 7p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Ave. Free. Registration required: online or call 482-4110 ext. 1390
Get together with other tweens to read and discuss books of your choice. At the first meeting we will dissuss The Giver and vote on books YOU want to read for the next meetings. (Ages 10-13)
African American Authors Book Discussion Group
January 31, 7 p.m.
Ypsilanti District Library, 5577 Whittaker Rd. Free. Drop in. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1306
Join us for a lively discussion of The Other Wes Moore: The Story of One Name and Two Fates by Wes Moore. Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name in the same community, describing how the author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a life of violence and imprisonment.
Ypsilanti District Library Locations
YDL-Whittaker Road, 5577 Whittaker Road, Ypsilanti 48197 (734) 482-4110
Located 1.4 miles south of exit 183 (Huron St.) on I-94 on Whittaker Road, just past the Stony Creek intersection.
YDL-Michigan Ave., 229 W. Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti 48197 (734) 482-4110
Located in downtown Ypsilanti at the corner of Adams and Michigan.
YDL-Superior, 8795 MacArthur Blvd., Ypsilanti 48198 (734) 482-4110 ext. 1391
Located at the corner of Harris Road and MacArthur Blvd.
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