Adult Events
Please visit our calendar to see the online and in-person events we offer.
Beginners ESL Conversation Group – In-Person
Fridays from 10:30 AM – 12 PM Come practice your English with other beginners in a slow-speaking informal conversation group. Contact Librarian Samantha Loree for more information at sloree@northvillelibrary.org Drop In.
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Walk, Listen & Win
December 1, 2024 – November 30, 2025 (Ongoing) Walk 30 miles a month while listening to an audiobook! Download the Beanstack app to log miles walked while listening to an audiobook each month to be eligible to win a $50 gift card. Grand prizes will be drawn at the end of each month. Need an…
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Rise & Write Northville Poetry Writing Group
Tuesday, November 11 at 6:30 PM Wednesday, January 7 at 7 PM Wednesday, January 21 at 6:30 PM Wednesday, February 4 at 7 PM Wednesday, February 18 at 6:30 PM Wednesday, March 4 at 7 PM Wednesday, March 18 at 6:30 PM Rise & Write Northville Poetry Group is a group for poets to gather…
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Canva & MakeIT Series: Welcome Sign with the Silhouette Maker
Wednesday, November 12 from 3 – 5 PM Adults age 18+ only. Design a Welcome Sign with Canva and learn how to transfer your design onto your sign using the Silhouette Maker and permanent vinyl in the MakeIT space. Wooden Sign & materials provided. Laptop required. Register for Canva & MakeIT Series: Welcome Sign with…
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Michigan’s Venice, with Author Daniel Harrison
Tuesday, November 18 at 7 PM Few maritime landscapes in the Great Lakes remain so deeply and clearly inscribed by successive cultures as the St. Clair system— a river, delta, and lake found between Lake Huron and the Detroit River. Daniel Harrison, author of Michigan’s Venice: The Transformation of the St. Clair Maritime Landscape, 1640–2000,…
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The Next Chapter: A 55+ Book Discussion Group: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Wednesday, November 19 at 11 AM Join us for our monthly 55+ book discussion group, The Next Chapter, in collaboration with Northville Senior Services. We will meet at the Community Center the third Wednesday of each month at 11 AM. We plan to alternate fiction and non-fiction titles. This month’s selection is Project Hail Mary by…
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Get to Know Windows 11
Wednesday, November 19 at 7 PM Learn how to add, remove, update and organize your files. Access accessibility, settings, update the Windows Operating system and more and more. Laptop with Windows 11 and computer knowledge required. Register for Get to Know Windows 11.
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Knit ‘n Stitch Night
Thursday, November 20 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM Meet up with other friends of the fiber arts to share your current project or learn a new skill! All skill levels welcome – no instructor. Drop In.
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Fall Film Series: Perfect Days, Japanese, 124 mins, Rated PG
Monday, November 24 at 6:30 PM Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself. Drop In
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All About MeL (Michigan eLibrary)
Monday, December 1 at 3 PM Learn how to borrow books, audiobooks and movies from over 350+ public libraries, 50+ academic libraries, 30+ school libraries, and 8+ special libraries. Plus get the inside scoop on using our new catalog to borrow from MeL and more. Bring a laptop or tablet to follow along. Register for…
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Books & Brews Book Discussion: The Book of George by Kate Greathead
Tuesday, December 2 at 7 – 8:15 PM Browndog Barlor1, 20 E. Main St, Northville, MI, 48167 Books and Brews Book Discussion: The Book of George by Kate Greathead FICTION A sharp, witty chronicle of George’s life from adolescence to adulthood, exposing the messy, aimless masculinity of a generation—and the women left wondering if change is…
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Canva & MakeIT Series: Sublimate a Holiday Ornament
Wednesday, December 3 at 3 PM Adults age 18+ only. Create a design in Canva and learn how tot transfer your design onto your Holiday Ornament with sublimation int he MakeIT space. Laptop and general computer knowledge required.
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Between the Lines Book Discussion: How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
Monday, December 8 at 7 PM Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher. Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest.…
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Canva & MakeIT Series: Sublimate a Holiday Ornament
Wednesday, December 10 at 3 PM Adults age 18+ only. Create a design in Canva and learn how tot transfer your design onto your Holiday Ornament with sublimation int he MakeIT space. Laptop and general computer knowledge required.
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Notary Service
Wednesday, December 10 from 6 – 7 PM Free notary services are available on one Wednesday each month from 6-7 pm. Please bring a photo ID and do not sign your documents before arrival. No appointment required.
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Notary Service
Saturday, December 13 from 11 AM – 12 PM Free notary services are available on one Saturday each month from 11 am-Noon. Please bring a photo ID and do not sign your documents before arrival. No appointment required.
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Songs of the Season with City Lights Chorus
Monday, December 15 at 7 PM Enjoy the sounds of the holiday season at this concert featuring the internationally renowned premiere male acapella group, City Lights Chorus. In partnership with Northville Parks & Recreation Generously sponsored by the Friends of the Northville District Library Register for Songs of the Season with City Lights Chorus.
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The Next Chapter: A 55+ Book Discussion Group: The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
Wednesday, December 17 at 11 AM Join us for our monthly 55+ book discussion group, The Next Chapter, in collaboration with Northville Senior Services. We will meet at the Community Center the third Wednesday of each month at 11 AM. We plan to alternate fiction and non-fiction titles. This month’s selection is The Lion Women…
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Knit ‘n Stitch Night
Thursday, December 18 at 6:30 PM Meet up with other friends of the fiber arts to share your current project or learn a new skill! All skill levels welcome – no instructor. Drop In.
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American Red Cross Blood Drive
Monday, January 5 at 10 AM Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood and or platelets. A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood. Many cancer patients will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment. Blood and platelets cannot be manufactured; they can only come from…
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Books & Brews Book Discussion: I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Tuesday, January 6 at 7 PM Browndog Barlor, 120 E. Main St, Northville, MI, 48167 Books and Brews Book Discussion: I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy MEMOIR A raw, witty memoir of child stardom, emotional abuse, and survival—how one young actress untangles her identity from her controlling mother and finally claims freedom. e-book available…
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All About MeL (Michigan eLibrary)
Wednesday, January 7 at 7 PM Learn how to borrow books, audiobooks and movies from over 350+ public libraries, 50+ academic libraries, 30+ school libraries, and 8+ special libraries. Plus get the inside scoop on using our new catalog to borrow from MeL and more. Bring your library card and PIN number, a laptop or…
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Joe and Rose Kennedy: Their Extraordinary Family
Thursday, January 8 at 7 PM In partnership with Northville Parks and Recreation Joe and Rose Kennedy: Their Extraordinary Family Joe and Rose Kennedy raised one of the most significant families in US history. The family included a President, two US Senators, an Ambassador to Japan, and the founder of the Special Olympics. Go back…
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Between the Lines Book Discussion: There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
Monday, January 12 at 7 PM In the ancient city of Nineveh, on the bank of the River Tigris, King Ashurbanipal of Mesopotamia, erudite but ruthless, built a great library that would crumble with the end of his reign. From its ruins, however, emerged a poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh, that would infuse the existence…
Read MoreValentine’s Day Card Making for Adults
Tuesday, January 13 at 7 PM Gather for an evening of Valentine’s Day card making. This program is for adults. Register for Valentine’s Day Card Making for Adults.
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Canva & MakeIT Series: Sublimate Wine Tumblers
Wednesday, January 14 at 3 PM Adults age 21+ only. Laptop and general computer knowledge required. Design a Wine Tumbler with Canva and learn how to transfer your design onto your sign using the Sublimation process in the MakeIT space. Wine Tumbler & materials provided. Laptop required. Register for Canva & MakeIT Series: Sublimate Wine Tumblers…
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From Page to Palette Book Club
Wednesday, January 14 at 6:30 PM Join the Northville Art House and the Northville District Library at the Northville Art House for an art-inspired book club. Meeting bi-monthly, this book club will focus mostly on fiction inspired by art history’s most famous (and infamous) figures and styles. Participants will see the story come to life…
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The Next Chapter: A 55+ Book Discussion Group: What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman
Wednesday, January 11 at 11 AM Join us for our monthly 55+ book discussion group, The Next Chapter, in collaboration with Northville Senior Services. We will meet at the Community Center the third Wednesday of each month at 11 AM. We plan to alternate fiction and non-fiction titles. This month’s selection is What an Owl…
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Notary Service
Wednesday, January 21 from 6 – 7 PM Free notary services are available on one Wednesday each month from 6-7 pm. Please bring a photo ID and do not sign your documents before arrival. No appointment required.
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Senior Alliance presentation on Medicare/Medicaid
Wednesday, January 21 at 6:30 PM Better understand Medicare plans and options with a specialist from the Senior Alliance, https://thesenioralliance.org/. Register for Senior Alliance presentation on Medicare/Medicaid.
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American Scenes: Songs from the New World
Thursday, January 22 at 7 PM Celebrate America’s 250th birthday early with Kelly and Darryl! This violin and piano duo will play works by many American composers such as Gershwin and Copland. Find out more about Kelly and Darryl at https://www.kellydarrylduo.com/ Register for American Scenes: Songs from the New World.
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Puzzle Swap – Drop In
Saturday, January 24 from 10 – 11 AM Drop off up to 5 new or gently used puzzles to the Information Desk from Friday, January 16 until Friday, January 23 in exchange for tickets (limit 5). Return on Saturday, January 24 to exchange tickets for puzzles from 10 – 11 AM. From 11 – 11:30…
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Notary Service
Saturday, January 24 from 11 Am – 12 PM Free notary services are available on one Saturday each month from 11-12 pm. Please bring a photo ID and do not sign your documents before arrival. No appointment required.
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Managing Digital Images with Corey Seeman
Monday, January 26 at 7 PM Seems that everyone is a photographer these days. We use our smartphones, our tablets, and even some people even use cameras. With the ease of taking pictures, we find ourselves with a new concern. How do we manage, save and share these pictures? This program will introduce you to…
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Canva & MakeIT Series: Sublimate Wine Tumblers
Wednesday, January 28 at 3 PM Adults age 21+ only. Laptop and general computer knowledge required. Design a Wine Tumbler with Canva and learn how to transfer your design onto your sign using the Sublimation process in the MakeIT space. Wine Tumbler & materials provided. Laptop required. Register for Canva & MakeIT Series: Sublimate Wine Tumblers…
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Knit ‘n Stitch Night
Thursday, January 29 at 6:30 PM Meet up with other friends of the fiber arts to share your current project or learn a new skill! All skill levels welcome – no instructor. Drop In.
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