Event List

Chat a little, craft a little. Come to the library and chat with other adults. This month we will be making a spooky Halloween ghost painting using a thrift store framed landscape ...

Drop in and play cribbage with the GTPL community. Cribbage began in 17th-century England and has relatively few rules. Each game is about 30 minutes. Beginners will be taught to p...

The Local History Room is staffed by members of the Jenison Historical Association and can be accessed on Wednesday from 11AM-1PM. Volunteers can help you with local history and ge...

Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk while supplies last. 

Please join our book group! This month we will be discussing "Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers" by Jesse Q. Sutanto.Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…Tea-sho...

Create a “sustainable” fabric collage using fashion industry scraps. Fun, creative, easy, and colorful. No sewing is required! All tools and fabric scraps will be supplied but feel...

A casual setting to share your writing and receive encouragement and advice. Led by Jeremy Cook.

Are you a crafty person? Do you have crafts that you just can't seem to get done at home? Now is your time to finish them! Bring the craft you are currently working on (or have bee...

What Used to be Here? A Pictorial History presented by JHA

Enjoy a free movie! Bring a lunch or just enjoy some free snacks provided by the library.

The true recounting of a miraculous yet unsung WWII event. Hitler's army was rapidly closing borders in August of 1939 while eighty-five American missionaries were serving their ch...

Create your own team of up to four people and join us for a friendly puzzle competition. 8 teams with up to 4  people per team will compete to assemble  two 500 piece puz...

The Local History Room is staffed by members of the Jenison Historical Association and can be accessed on Wednesday from 11AM-1PM. Volunteers can help you with local history and ge...

Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk while supplies last. 

A riveting novel based on the true story of Dr. Dorothy Horstmann, the woman whose work on a polio vaccine stopped a pandemic 

The 2024 Big Read Lakeshore middle grade selection is Mexikid by Pedro Martin. This book discussion if for parents and tweens/ teens. A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable ...

A casual setting to share your writing and receive encouragement and advice. Led by Jeremy Cook.

Are you a crafty person? Do you have crafts that you just can't seem to get done at home? Now is your time to finish them! Bring the craft you are currently working on (or have bee...

Enjoy a free movie! Bring a lunch or just enjoy some free snacks provided by the library.

A boy who cannot speak moves to a struggling fishing town with his widowed mother. Bullied by his peers, he soon finds his artistic voice with help from a film camera and an eccent...

Join us for a conversation with #1 New York Times Bestselling author Erin A. Craig! Erin, a Michigan author, is most well-known for her popular young adult fantasy series, Sis...

Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk while supplies last. 

Please join our book group! This month we will be discussing "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald which is one of the Big Read Lakeshore 2024 books. Enter the dazzling wo...

Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk while supplies last. 

Please join our book group! This month we will be discussing the graphic novel American Born Chinese which is one of the NEA Big Read Lakeshore 2024 book picks. Copies of the ...

In this program, you will taught to hand-make a personalized 6" x 6" journal. There will be about 24 pages that you hand-select.Registration is required, ages 14 and up may attend ...

The Local History Room is staffed by members of the Jenison Historical Association and can be accessed on Wednesday from 11AM-1PM. Volunteers can help you with local history and ge...

A casual setting to share your writing and receive encouragement and advice. Led by Jeremy Cook.

Join a community game of cribbage. Cribbage began in 17th-century England and has relatively few rules. Each game is about 30 minutes. Beginners will be taught to play and experien...

Are you a crafty person? Do you have crafts that you just can't seem to get done at home? Now is your time to finish them! Bring the craft you are currently working on (or have bee...