Printable Adult Events List

Celebrate the fall season with hands-on apple-themed activities, which encourage creativity, social interaction, and personal enrichment.

This program offers a friendly and inclusive environment where higher needs individuals aged 16+ can connect, create, and celebrate. Supplies are provided on a first come, first served basis. Different activities will be offered each month.

Caregivers and support staff are welcome and encouraged to attend.

NEW: Registration is required and you can register your whole group with a single registration! When you register, please note how many will be attending. The library only needs the email address of one registrant. Registration begins Monday, August 18 at 9am online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. Registration closes Friday, September 12, or when full. A minimum of five (5) participants by end of day Friday, September 12 is required for this program to proceed as planned.

Please stay home if you are sick.

Library staff may photograph or videotape portions of this event and its attendees for use in promotional materials and on social media.

Trinity Health Livingston and Livingston County Health Department invite you to join a Community Conversation about Mental Health and Substance Use. The aim is to understand how this affects the health of people in Livingston County. The discussion may include programs, systems, and strategies that improve health and well-being.

Registration is required and open to residents of Livingston County, Michigan who are age 18 and up.
Please stay home if you are sick.

The Literary Discussion Group meets weekly to discuss fiction and nonfiction literature. Selections range from classic works to current, in various formats including short stories and essays.

For more information about the group and to learn how to join, email alt@howelllibrary.org. 

Join our Adult Coloring Contest! Open to ages 18+. Pick up a coloring page at the Information Desk starting Monday, September 22nd through Wednesday, October 1st during the library’s business hours. Then use any medium except digital - marker, pastel, crayon, pencil, paint, etc. - and turn in your submissions at the Information Desk by the end of day on Wednesday, October 1st. A judging panel will choose three winners who will each be awarded a gift card to a local business.

Winners will be notified by telephone on Thursday, October 2nd. Winning entries will be displayed in the library October 3rd through October 18th.

During the fall, the library's business hours are:
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Friday - Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Not able to come pick up a sheet? Use these links to download and print your choice of sheet starting September 22nd!
Coloring Sheet 1
Coloring Sheet 2
Coloring Sheet 3
 

No registration required!

Troubled by your laptop? Confounded by your Kindle? Peeved by your email? Get walk-in, on-on-one help with smart devices, email, and all things computer. Bring your laptop or use ours. Check in at the Information Desk.

Registration is required and opens four (4) weeks prior to each appointment. Register online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. 

Please note that Library staff does not perform tech repair.

Troubled by your laptop? Confounded by your Kindle? Peeved by your email? Get walk-in, one-on-one help with smart devices, email, and all things computer. Bring your laptop or use ours. Check in at the Information Desk.

Registration is required and opens four (4) weeks prior to each appointment. Register online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. 

Please note that Library staff does not perform tech repair.

Join the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) and their HUD-Certified Housing Counselors for this informational workshop to learn what you can do if you are unable to pay your property taxes.

Topics include:

• Property tax foreclosure timeline
• Your rights and responsibilities
• Potential options available to you
• Resources for assistance

Registration required, please visit https://www.olhsa.org/events to register. Seating begins 15 minutes before the event start time.
Please stay home if you are sick.
Library staff may photograph or videotape portions of this event and its attendees for use in promotional materials and on social media.

The Library's in-person programs are livestreamed on YouTube when possible.
Discover our past virtual program and livestream recordings on the Library's YouTube channel.

Is your genealogy quest stuck? If you need help getting your search headed in the right direction, sign up for an appointment to get some help from our resident genealogist. Online and local resources will be available to explore, including local newspapers on microfilm.

Registration is required. One-hour appointments are available at 1:00pm and 2:00pm as Library volunteers are available. Appointments can be made four weeks in advance by signing up below. One other person may accompany the registrant to their appointment.

View the Library's upcoming genealogy-focused programs here.

Please stay home if you are sick.

Is your genealogy quest stuck? If you need help getting your search headed in the right direction, sign up for an appointment to get some help from our resident genealogist. Online and local resources will be available to explore, including local newspapers on microfilm.

Registration is required. One-hour appointments are available at 1:00pm and 2:00pm as Library volunteers are available. Appointments can be made four weeks in advance by signing up below. One other person may accompany the registrant to their appointment.

View the Library's upcoming genealogy-focused programs here.

Please stay home if you are sick.

Picture it: Howell Carnegie Library, 2025...

Join us for a fabulous evening where fans of The Golden Girls come together to play themed bingo, enjoy delicious drinks (mocktails) and desserts, and celebrate the legendary ladies of Miami.

Costumes are highly encouraged. Channel your favorite Golden Girl and capture your memories at our selfie station.

Whether you're a lifelong lover of the show or just discovering the charm of our favorite Miami roommates, you're in for a golden night!

...thank you for being a friend.

Registration is required and begins September 3, 2025 at 9am online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. Sign-ups close one hour before the program starts, or when registration is full.

Seating begins 15 minutes before the event start time.
Please stay home if you are sick.
Library staff may photograph or videotape portions of this event and its attendees for use in promotional materials and on social media.

Troubled by your laptop? Confounded by your Kindle? Peeved by your email? Get walk-in, one-on-one help with smart devices, email, and all things computer. Bring your laptop or use ours. Check in at the Information Desk.

Registration is required and opens four (4) weeks prior to each appointment. Register online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. 

Please note that Library staff does not perform tech repair.

The Literary Discussion Group meets weekly to discuss fiction and nonfiction literature. Selections range from classic works to current, in various formats including short stories and essays.

For more information about the group and to learn how to join, email alt@howelllibrary.org. 

Troubled by your laptop? Confounded by your Kindle? Peeved by your email? Get walk-in, on-on-one help with smart devices, email, and all things computer. Bring your laptop or use ours. Check in at the Information Desk.

Registration is required and opens four (4) weeks prior to each appointment. Register online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. 

Please note that Library staff does not perform tech repair.

Troubled by your laptop? Confounded by your Kindle? Peeved by your email? Get walk-in, one-on-one help with smart devices, email, and all things computer. Bring your laptop or use ours. Check in at the Information Desk.

Registration is required and opens four (4) weeks prior to each appointment. Register online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. 

Please note that Library staff does not perform tech repair.

Read and discuss great poetry for understanding and pleasure in this continuing series of informal sessions on the first Wednesday of the month. Each session is independent and you may join at any time.

Registration is required to receive the Zoom virtual meeting login information. To register, call the Library at 517-546-0720 x106.

Review the technical requirements.

ACE @ your library!

Today is the last day to join our Adult Coloring Contest! Open to ages 18+. Pick up a coloring page at the Information Desk starting Monday, September 22nd through Wednesday, October 1st during the library’s business hours. Then use any medium except digital - marker, pastel, crayon, pencil, paint, etc. - and turn in your submissions at the Information Desk by the end of day on Wednesday, October 1st. A judging panel will choose three winners, who will each be awarded a gift card to a local business.

Winners will be notified by telephone on Thursday, October 2nd. Winning entries will be displayed in the library October 3rd through October 18th.

During the fall, the library's business hours are:
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Friday - Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Not able to come pick up a sheet? Use these links to download and print your choice of sheet starting September 22nd!
Coloring Sheet 1
Coloring Sheet 2
Coloring Sheet 3

No registration required!

Come share your thoughts on Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia at Lakeview Cemetery.  We will dig into this atmospheric tale set in the Mexican countryside while sharing some Mexican style hot chocolate with fellow readers.  

Novel Bites is a monthly book discussion where stories are savored and snacks are shared.  Each gathering features a lively conversation around a selected book paired with light appetizers or snacks to enjoy while we chat.  Whether you're here for the fiction, the food, or the fun, Novel Bites offers a relaxed and engaging way to connect with fellow readers.  

Please note this is an offsite event and we will be meeting at Lakeview Cemetery.  Cemetery hours are dawn-dusk.  

We ask that all attendees please bring a camping or folding chair.

Registration is required and begins Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 9am online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. Sign-ups close one hour before the program starts, or when registration is full.  A minimum of five (5) registrants by Friday, October 3 are required for this program to proceed as scheduled.  

Seating begins 15 minutes before the event start time.

Please stay home if you are sick.
Library staff may photograph or videotape portions of this event and its attendees for use in promotional materials and on social media.

The Literary Discussion Group meets weekly to discuss fiction and nonfiction literature. Selections range from classic works to current, in various formats including short stories and essays.

For more information about the group and to learn how to join, email alt@howelllibrary.org. 

Troubled by your laptop? Confounded by your Kindle? Peeved by your email? Get walk-in, on-on-one help with smart devices, email, and all things computer. Bring your laptop or use ours. Check in at the Information Desk.

Registration is required and opens four (4) weeks prior to each appointment. Register online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. 

Please note that Library staff does not perform tech repair.

Troubled by your laptop? Confounded by your Kindle? Peeved by your email? Get walk-in, one-on-one help with smart devices, email, and all things computer. Bring your laptop or use ours. Check in at the Information Desk.

Registration is required and opens four (4) weeks prior to each appointment. Register online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. 

Please note that Library staff does not perform tech repair.

What better way to pass on stories about family, friends, places, and past events than through memoirs? Join us on the second Wednesday of each month to share your written work. All writing experience levels welcome!

Registration is required to receive the Zoom virtual meeting login information. To register, call the Library at 517-546-0720 x106.

See below for technical requirements.

ACE @ your library!

We'll look at how social media influencers affect marketing, trends in social media marketing channels and tools, and suggestions on becoming a successful social media influencer.

Our Small Business Savvy series is for those who want to start or own a small business. Join these virtual classes on Zoom to help establish and improve your business skills and services.

We'll send you the Zoom meeting information a few days in advance of the event.

Presented in partnership with the Ann Arbor Area SCORE office, the Belleville Area District Library, and the Ypsilanti District Library

Registration is required and begins September 17 at 9am online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. Sign-ups close one hour before the program starts, or when registration is full.

Discover our past virtual program and livestream recordings on the Library's YouTube channel.

Shelley Ellis leads a monthly book group on the second Friday of the month that will discuss contemporary light literature of interest to women.

March's book is The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

Registration is required. To register, call the Library at 517-546-0720 x106.

ACE @ your library!

The President of Michiganders for Fair and Transparent Elections (MiFTE), Hank Mayers, is dedicated to advancing campaign finance reform. He has had a 40-year career focused on improving quality of life in health care and public service. Hank will discuss money in politics and how it has transformed our electoral process. Winner-take-all politics has had a corrosive effect on American government and sown division into our everyday lives. Hank's group and other state democracy advocacy groups have joined hands and are preparing a ballot measure for 2026 to fix some of these problems. Come learn about it and what you can do to help make this happen.

Registration is required and begins Wednesday, October 1st at 9am by phone, online, or in-person at the Information Desk, closing one hour before the program starts. This event may be attended in-person, viewed live on the library's YouTube channel, or viewed as a recording on the League of Women Voters of Livingston County's YouTube channel.

The Library's virtual programs are recorded when possible and the recordings made available on YouTube.
Discover our past virtual program and livestream recordings on the Library's YouTube channel.

Library staff may photograph or videotape portions of this event and its attendees for use in promotional materials and on social media.

Learn about How to: Excel from the Livingston County Literacy Coalition. These sessions are held Mondays, 11:30am to 1pm, in Study Room 3 on the library's main floor.

Questions? Call 810-207-5890 or email info@livingston-literacy.org

The Literary Discussion Group meets weekly to discuss fiction and nonfiction literature. Selections range from classic works to current, in various formats including short stories and essays.

For more information about the group and to learn how to join, email alt@howelllibrary.org. 

Troubled by your laptop? Confounded by your Kindle? Peeved by your email? Get walk-in, on-on-one help with smart devices, email, and all things computer. Bring your laptop or use ours. Check in at the Information Desk.

Registration is required and opens four (4) weeks prior to each appointment. Register online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. 

Please note that Library staff does not perform tech repair.

Troubled by your laptop? Confounded by your Kindle? Peeved by your email? Get walk-in, one-on-one help with smart devices, email, and all things computer. Bring your laptop or use ours. Check in at the Information Desk.

Registration is required and opens four (4) weeks prior to each appointment. Register online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. 

Please note that Library staff does not perform tech repair.

Howell Carnegie District Library Board Meetings are held every second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

Use the Clinton Street entrance.

Board meetings are held for the purpose of conducting the business of the Howell Carnegie District Library.

For the current agenda, previous meeting minutes, and related policies, see the Board of Trustees website page.

Develop a deeper understanding of current events, share your ideas and opinions, and expand your worldview by learning from one another at this monthly discussion group. Coordinator Tony Sakey will select and share local, national, or international topics with registered participants 2-3 days before each meeting. Participants may choose to do additional research to prepare for the discussion.

Registration is required to receive the Zoom virtual meeting login information. To register, call the call the Library at 517-546-0720 x106.

Review the technical requirements.

ACE @ your library!

Learn to use Canva for your small business needs with Kelly Blazo (Social Media Manager/Event Coordinator, 2 Dandelions Bookshop). This presentation is designed for first-time/novice Canva users. Bring your questions and get ready to
learn how to create a logo, social media posts, flyers, and more!

Our Small Business Savvy series is for those who want to start or own a small business. Join these virtual classes on Zoom to help establish and improve your business skills and services.

We'll send you the Zoom meeting information a few days in advance of the event.

Presented in partnership with the Ann Arbor Area SCORE office, the Small Business Administration, the Belleville Area District Library, and the Ypsilanti District Library.

Registration is required and begins September 24 at 9am online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. Sign-ups close one hour before the program starts, or when registration is full.

Discover our past virtual program and livestream recordings on the Library's YouTube channel.

This month's project is spooky stamp carving! We will provide simple designs and all the materials to make small stamps to take home.

Registration is required and begins Friday, September 26, 2025 at 9am online, by phone, or in person at the Information Desk. Sign-ups close one hour before the program starts, or when registration is full.

ArtConnect is an opportunity to connect with other community members to share the joy of art and try out new techniques and projects.

Seating begins 15 minutes before the event start time.
Please stay home if you are sick.
Library staff may photograph or videotape portions of this event and its attendees for use in promotional materials and on social media.