Unleash your inner artist at Alpena County Library! Join us on June 28th to sprinkle creativity across our sidewalks and welcome visitors with vibrant chalk masterpieces. Let’s make the library shine

Listen to different cultural constellation stories. Followed by  themed related activity stations.

The Library will be closed on July 4, 2024 and will reopen on July 5, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.

Join the team of StarDog Astronomy for a planetarium showing in their StarLab inflatable planetarium. Located in the Judith A. Stillion Conference Room. Registration is required. Click to register: https://forms.gle/hGSrbFYzEE4va9RA6.

Join us on July 9th at 12 p.m. in the George R. & Edith Angell Cook Special Collections Department for a presentation on the Spectacular and Controversial Career of Muhammad Ali. 

The Library will be opening at 10:00 a.m. due to a staff meeting

Join us for coffee and donuts to discuss "Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan" with author Barb Barton. She will discuss her award-winning book about the rich tradition of wild rice in Michigan and its importance to the Anishinaabek people who live here. "Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan" focuses on…

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Follow the fun to Starlight Beach and enjoy the sunshine, water and sand with toys and games brought by the library!  Sandcastle contest begins at 1 p.m.

Live your Olympic dreams at the library with different bookish Olympic games like Book Balance, Giant Golf, Penguin Egg Races and more!  These challenges will be available to undertake all week!