Arts and Culture

Bay County and the surrounding Great Lakes Bay Area is home to numerous arts and culture organizations and opportunities.

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Upcoming Events

Summer Reading Program

All Day 6/7 - 8/7

Virtual

Library Branch: Virtual

Age Group: Everyone, Family, Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Educational, Lectures, Music, Performance, STEAM, Workshop

Event Details:

ALL AGES are invited to participate June 7-August 7, 2021! Paper logs are available at your branch and online, or log your reading on Beanstack and the Beanstack Tracker App. Links and instructions on how to use Beanstack, plus downloads, ...

Teen LitLoot Boxes: Grades 9-12

All Day 8/2 - 8/7

Virtual

Registration

Library Branch: Virtual

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Other

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 6

Event Details:

Please register using the name of the teen that will be participating. &nb...

Disclaimer(s)

Please alert staff to any food allergies.

Registration is required. Please register in person, by phone, or online.

The Evening Sessions: Showers of Fire: The Annual Perseid Meteor Shower

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Virtual

Registration

Library Branch: Virtual

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Educational, Lectures

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 83

Event Details:

The Evening Sessions Join us on Zoom for this virtual program! The Evening Sessions is a monthly adult program series featuring a fun and engaging mix of presentations, lectures, workshops, demonstrations, author visits, and performances on t...

Disclaimer(s)

Registration is required. Please register in person, by phone, or online.

Meet Up and Eat Up

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Alice & Jack Wirt Public Library

Registration

Library Branch: Alice & Jack Wirt Public Library

Room: Wirt Lawn

Age Group: Family, Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Other

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 124

Event Details:

Free lunches for children ages 0-18 will be available at Wirt Library on Thursdays this summer, in partnership with Bay City Public Schools. Each Thursday from June 17-August 5 from 12-12:30, grab-and-go lunches will be provided on the library's fron...

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Registration is required. Please register in person, by phone, or online.

Virtual Teen Craft: T-Shirt Yarn Bracelets

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Virtual

Registration

Library Branch: Virtual

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 3

Event Details:

Please register using the name of the teen that will be participating. Join us for a virtual teen craft! Register to reserve your pack of supplies and Zoom code to attend this Teen-only Craft. Zoom info will be emailed to re...

Disclaimer(s)

Participant must be in grades sixth through twelfth (6-12) to register for this program

Registration is required. Please register in person, by phone, or online.

Young Scientists: Hot and Cold

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Virtual

Registration

Library Branch: Virtual

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Educational, STEAM

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 14

Event Details:

Hot and cold science fun guided by a librarian via Zoom. ...

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Registration is required. Please register in person, by phone, or online.

Cooking with Ming: Egg Roll Demonstration

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Virtual

Registration

Library Branch: Virtual

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Educational, Lectures

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 21

Event Details:

Ready to expand your culinary skills? Learn how to cook egg rolls through a virtual program at the library. A supply list will be provided if you would like to cook along. For ages adults only. Ming & his family starting ...

Disclaimer(s)

Registration is required. Please register in person, by phone, or online.

Rock Painting in the Park

10:00am - 11:00am

Sage Branch Library

Registration

Library Branch: Sage Branch Library

Room: Sage Lawn (Pershing Park)

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

Waitlist Seats Remaining: 50

Event Details:

Paint rocks to fill the Word Art Garden at Pershing Park (next to Sage Library). ...

Disclaimer(s)

Please register each person individually, including adults.

Registration is required. Please register in person, by phone, or online.

This could get messy! Please wear old clothes.

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