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NO-VI Chess Club

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Whole Meeting Room

Age Group: Youth, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Registration Required

Open Art Studio

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Tweens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Program

Registration Required

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"Color your world" with an evening of art making! Students are welcome to join us for a variety of craft making activities. We supply the materials, you supply the creativity!

Grade: 5-8

Villa Barr Artist in Residence, Dr. Martie Geiger-Ho. Terraformation Series

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm

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Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: West Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Cultural/International

Registration Required

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Ceramist, sculptor, photographer, researcher, and educator Dr.

Adult Coloring Evening

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm

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Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Board Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Program

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Spend an evening relaxing and being creative at the library. Draw, color, or explore the iCube’s creative kits. You may also bring your own materials.

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Adult Collage

Sunday, July 27, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: West Meeting Room

Registration Required

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Gather together to create your own collages. We provide the materials, you provide the creativity.

Ages: 18+

Preschool Art Party

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm

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Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Youth

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Program

Registration Required

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Join us for an afternoon of fun arts and crafts just for preschoolers.

Age: 3-5

Human Library Open Call for Volunteer Books

All Day 7/31 - 9/2

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Library Branch: Virtual

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We are currently in the process of recruiting human "books"! In the best sense of the word, The Human Library is a library of people and their experiences with prejudice. However, instead of books, actual humans are on loan for conversations.

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Art Tour at Novi Public Library

Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Program

Registration Required

Event Details:

The Art Tour at Novi Public Library is a guided program designed to showcase the artwork in and around the Library.

Art Tour at Novi Public Library

Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading Program

Registration Required

Event Details:

The Art Tour at Novi Public Library is a guided program designed to showcase the artwork in and around the Library.

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Business Book Club - Virtual

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Business/Career, Book Club

Registration Required

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Join our Virtual Business Book Club, a monthly gathering where entrepreneurs, professionals, and business enthusiasts explore influential works in the world of business.

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10 am	This event is in the "Youth" group Time for Twos & Threes 10:15am–10:45am Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: Join us for fun stories, songs, rhymes, movement, and activities that promote early literacy for children 2-3 years-old with their caregiver. Siblings welcome. No registration is required. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults 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. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy.	This event is in the "Youth" group Baby Time 10:15am–10:30am Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: In this lap-sit program, babies 0-12 months and their caregivers will enjoy books, bouncing rhymes, songs, and fingerplays to promote early literacy and socialization. Fun and age-appropriate toys will be brought out at the end of story time. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults 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. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy.	Coffee With The Superintendent 10:00am–11:30am Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Join Superintendent Benjamin Mainka for a discussion on current topics relating to the schools. This event is in the "Adults" group Pages to Pages: ESL/ELL Bookclub 10:30am–12:00pm Adults ESL This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Youth Activity Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: ESL Event Details: Improve your English while reading a book with friends! For High-Intermediate to Advanced English speakers only. We will discuss one book during the sixteen-week session. This book club meets every other week.
11 am		This event is in the "Youth" group Tot Time 11:15am–11:45am Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: Join us for fun stories, songs, rhymes, and movement activities that promote early literacy. This story time is designed for children 13-23 months with their caregiver. Siblings welcome. No registration is required. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults 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. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy.			This event is in the "Youth" group Family Story Time 11:00am–11:30am Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: Join us for stories, songs, and fingerplays that promote early literacy. For children birth-5 years and their caregivers. Siblings welcome. No registration is required. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults 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. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy.
12 pm	This event is in the "Adults" group Pages to Pages: ESL/ELL Bookclub 12:00pm–1:30pm Adults ESL This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Youth Activity Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: ESL Event Details: Improve your English while reading a book with friends! For High-Intermediate to Advanced English speakers only. We will discuss one book during the sixteen-week session. This book club meets every other week.				This event is in the "Youth" group Family Story Time 12:00pm–12:30pm Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: Join us for stories, songs, and fingerplays that promote early literacy. For children birth-5 years and their caregivers. Siblings welcome. No registration is required. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults 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. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy.
1 pm	This event is in the "Adults" group Afternoon Read Book Club 1:00pm–2:00pm Adults Book Club Waitlist Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Waitlist Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Board Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Event Details: Join us for an Afternoon Read! Read the selected title and come prepared to discuss! What Are we Reading? Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
2 pm			This event is in the "Youth" group Fun For Fours & Fives 2:00pm–2:30pm Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Story Time Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: Designed to encourage a love of reading, this story time offers 4-5 year-olds their own time for stories, songs, conversation and kid fun. Disclaimer(s) Attending With or Without an Adult Parents, guardians or caregivers of children under the age of seven (7) years must be responsible for maintaining visual contact with and must be in the presence of their child at all times. Parents, guardians or caregivers of children between seven (7) and eleven (11) years old must remain at the Library but not necessarily in visual contact with their child. Click here to read our Unattended Child policy.
3 pm				This event is in the "Teens" group Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Meeting 3:30pm–4:30pm Teens Open Registration Required This event is in the "Teens" group Open Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Board Room Age Group: Teens Registration Required Get involved with the Library by joining our Teen Advisory Board (TAB). All high school students are welcome (you do not need to be a Novi resident to participate). Share ideas for teen programs, discuss teen books, organize community service projects, and more. Meeting attendance will count as volunteer hours if you are registered in the library's Teen Volunteer Program (you do not need to be a registered volunteer to attend TAB). If you are passionate about teen services, the library would love to have you join TAB!
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6 pm	This event is in the "Adults" group Evening of English 6:30pm–8:00pm Adults ESL Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Upcoming Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: ESL Registration Required Event Details: Join us for an evening of learning English. Learn grammar, vocabulary, and practice your conversational skills. Great for all levels. Registration Required. No childcare provided.	This event is in the "Adults" group Growing Early Literacy Skills Through Songs & Rhymes - A Workshop for Early Childhood Educators (RTRM) 6:30pm–8:30pm Adults Other This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Youth Activity Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Other Event Details: Growing Early Literacy Skills Through Songs & Rhymes - A Workshop for Early Childhood Educators
7 pm	This event is in the "Tweens" group Fuzzy Sock Pumpkin Tween 7:00pm–8:00pm Tweens Arts & Crafts Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Tweens" group Upcoming Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Youth Activity Room Age Group: Tweens Program Type: Arts & Crafts Registration Required Event Details: Join us at the library to make fall pumpkin decorations using fuzzy socks. Grades: 5-8	This event is in the "Adults" group Friends of Novi Library Board Meeting 7:00pm–8:30pm Adults Friends of the Library This event is in the "Adults" group Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Board Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Friends of the Library	This event is in the "Adults" group Kaleidoscope: How Do Newspapers Survive in a Digital World? 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults Friends of the Library Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Open Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Friends of the Library Registration Required Event Details: Presenter: Charity Meier, Staff Writer/Reporter, Novi Note Library Board Meeting 7:00pm–9:00pm Library Board Offsite Event Library Branch: Off Site Program Type: Library Board Event Details: Library Board meetings are usually held on the second Thursday of each month, at the Novi Civic Center at 7:00pm, to review library financials, make policy decisions, and provide broad operational oversight of the Library. The public is welcome.

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