Warren Public Library

Fall Colors Crafts for Kids

Burnette Branch, Children, Programs, Storytime

Sep 232023

Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 6:30 pm, Maybelle Burnette Branch

Join as for a fun time celebrating the beginning of autumn! We will make some crafts using the beautiful colors of fall.

Registration is required and priority will be given to Warren residents. Please register each child separately.

Call 586.353.0579 or sign up online.

Detroit Style Pizza: A Doughtown History

Adults, Author Visit, Books, Civic Center Library, Programs

Sep 232023

Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 6:30 pm, Civic Center Library

We are happy to welcome back author Karen Dybis to the Warren Public Library! Karen is a metro Detroit writer who has blogged for Time magazine, worked the business desk at the Detroit News, and written for many other publications. Born in Bad Axe and raised in Romeo, she is the author of several books about Detroit, including Secret Detroit: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, Better Made in Michigan: The Salty Story of Detroit’s Best Chip, and The Witch of Delray: Rose Veres & Detroit’s Infamous 1930s Murder Mystery.

Ms. Dybis will be at the Civic Center Library to discuss her newest book, Detroit Style Pizza: A Doughtown History which answers the question: How did this Motor City delicacy transform from a singular kitchen in Detroit to an international sensation? If you love Buddy’s, Loui’s, Cloverleaf, or the many others making this style of pie, this is a program you will not want to miss!

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Registration is required. Register here or call 586.751.0770.

Fall 2023 Storytimes

Burnette Branch, Busch Branch, Civic Center Library, Miller Branch, Programs, Storytime

Aug 312023

Registration is open for our fall 2023 storytime sessions! Warren residents will be accepted first. This fall we will have the following seven-week sessions beginning the week of September 10th:

Baby Lapsit for children up to 12 months (with parent or caregiver). Join us for this special storytime for infants. There will be stories, rhymes, songs, and chance to play and meet other parents.
- Miller Branch Library on Wednesdays at 2 pm. Register online or call 586.751.5377.
Book Tots for children 1 to 2 ½ years (with parent or caregiver). This fun and interactive storytime for the young toddlers will include stories, songs, and movement. There will also be a time for play and simple crafts
- Miller Branch Library on Fridays at 10 am. Register online or call 586.751.5377.
Toddler Storytime for children 2 to 3 years (with parent or caregiver) includes stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft.
- Civic Center Library on Thursdays at 9:30 am, or Thursdays at 11 am. Register online for 9:30 am or 11 am or call 586.751.0770.
Preschool Storytime for children 3½ to 5 years (with a parent or caregiver). Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft.
- Civic Center Library on Tuesdays at 10 am. Register online or call 586.751.0770.
Family Storytime is a storytime for the whole family. We’ll have stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft. Children of all ages are welcome to attend, but stories are chosen for ages 4 to 8.
- Busch Branch Library on Mondays at 6:30 pm. Register online or call 586.353.0580.
Burnette Branch Storytime for children ages 3-9 (with a parent or caregiver). Join us for stories, songs rhymes, and a craft.
- Bring your teddy bear or other stuffed animal for Teddy Bear Storytime on Saturday, September 9 at 2:00 pm. Register online or call 586.353.0579.
PJ Storytime for children ages 3-9 (with a parent or caregiver). Wear your jammies for a bedtime storytime with stories, songs, and a craft.
- Civic Center Library on Wednesday, September 27 at 6:00 pm. Register online or call 586.751.0770.

Stories of Exile Reading Group

Adults, Books, Civic Center Library, Programs

Sep 072023

Thursday, September 21, 2023, 6:00 pm, Civic Center Library

The Warren Public Library is a proud partner in the Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile” Reading Groups for Public Libraries project. We will hold a series of book discussions and events that explore themes of dispossession, immigration, diaspora, the refugee experience, and home. Visit the Civic Center Library circulation desk to check out a copy of In the Land of the Postscript by Chava Rosenfarb. There will be a guest presenter from the Zekelman Holocaust Center who will give further context to the stories we read, as well as information about post-war, Jewish life in metro Detroit.