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eNewsletter | January 2026

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

Weekly Storytime and Playgroup for kids.

Weekly Yoga and Computer Help for adults.

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*CLOSED DECEMBER 24-25*

*CLOSED DEC. 31-JAN. 1*

TOP STORIES:

• Blood Drive
• Mobile Secretary of State
• SUPER BOWL Bracket Challenge
• Houseplant Exchange
• Crafts & Arts: MLK Drawing
• Class Book Discussion: 
  In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote

• Board Game Bonanza
• Newspaper Fashion
• Lemon Science
• Spy Camp (Friday Family Fun Night)
• Sensory Saturday
• Family Battle of the Books

...with DINNER!

• Lunch 'n' Learn

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE!

Background Image:
The first New Year's Eve Times Square Ball, 1907.

NEW BOOKS! Here is a list of books getting ordered this month with publishing dates. Enjoy!

Boyne City

Community Blood Drive

Tuesday, December 23

1:00-5:30pm

Appointments Preferred

Click here or call 866-642-5663.



**Walk-ins welcome, as schedule allows.

MOBILE SECRETARY OF STATE
Monday, December 29

10am-3pm

Library Conference Room (upstairs)

*WALK-INS OR BY APPOINTMENT

For more information or to schedule your visit call 231-582-7861.

Pick this year’s Super Bowl match-up! Winner gets a huge Super Bowl party basket.



Blank brackets available at the library starting January 5.

Turn completed bracket in by January 16.

Winner announced January 26.

It’s goooood!

Must have a BDL library card to participate. Ages 12+.

Annual Houseplant Exchange

Need a plant, take a plant.

Have a plant, leave a plant.

January 10th is Houseplant Appreciation Day. Stop by to adopt a FREE plant or donate your own houseplants for others to propagate from. Open during regular library hours January 9-30.

MLK Drawing

Monday, January 19
3:30-4:30pm

Using a grid to enlarge a photo of Martin Luther King Jr. into a large portrait drawing. Whatever medium you choose: ink, pencil, crayon, marker. Can be as colorful as you like. Ages 14+.

Registration required.

Classic Book Discussion:
"In Cold Blood"

by Truman Capote

Tuesday, January 27

5:30pm

Open to the public. Ages 14+.

SIGN-UP TO RECEIVE YOU OWN COPY. Many library copies are also available! 

Family Battle of the Books

...with DINNER!

Tuesday, January 20

6:00-7:30pm

This is an all graphic novel series starting on January 20. Dinner will be served. Each family will receive 2 copies of each book to read together. Sign-up and pick up your books from the children's section and start reading. For grades 4-8, but brothers and sisters can join in if they want to.

There will be prizes at the end!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Board Game Bonanza

Tuesday, December 30
1:00-3:00pm

An afternoon playing board games.... with snacks! Grades 3-12.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Newspaper Fashion

Friday, January 2
1:00-2:30pm

Drop your kids off and see what fashion designs they invent with newspapers. No adults allowed! Grades 3-6.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Lemon Science

Thursday, January 8
4:00-5:00pm

Fun science experiments with lemons! Grades 2-6.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Friday Family Fun Night:
Spy Camp

Friday, January 16
6:30-3:00pm

Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Family event. All ages.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Sensory Saturday

Saturday, January 17
9:30am-12:00pm

Explore smells, textures, and sounds! Dress for the mess. There will be slime. Ages 2-5. In the Children's Room. FREE!

*no registration*

Lunch 'n' Learn

Thursday, January 22
11:15am-12:00pm

After Thursday Playgroup.

Lunch provided for children and parents, with discussion lead by an early childhood expert. Not a class or lecture, but a conversation with questions, answers, and helping each other out.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

The Friends of the Boyne District Library run a used book shop in the library and do occasional book sales and other events to raise funds for library programs. If you want to support the library, there is no better way to get involved, as a member or a shopper. :)



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phone: 231-582-7861