This Month at the MPPL

The Library will be closed Sunday, September 3rd & Monday, September 4th for Labor Day Weekend.


The Main Library will be open on Sundays from 1-5pm starting Sunday, 9/10.

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Sept 15 - Oct 15

Learn a New Language with Mango

Try @MangoLanguages Latin American Spanish course to learn more about the language and culture of Latin America! 


Click here to create a FREE Mango Languages account with your library card & PIN.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage on Hoopla

Read, Listen, and Watch on Hoopla! Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with audiobooks, music, movies & tv, comics, and eBooks.


Click here to access all Hoopla has to offer, free with your library card and PIN.

Click here to see all our upcoming programs on the MPPL online calendar.

For Adults

Open Mic Night

Thursday, September 28 at 7pm

Do you have a talent you would like to share? Register to perform a poem, some music, short story, comedy, dance, or any other talent.

Or please come just to listen!

Also this month:

- Game Night and Adult Coloring: drop-in Tuesdays at 6:30pm

- Craft Social for Adults: Thursday, September 7 at 7:00pm

- Local Author Book Club: Thursday, September 14 at 7:00pm

- Open Mic Night: Thursday, September 28 at 7:00pm


- Next Month: How Authors Create Fiction From Their Lives: October 5

Local Author Book Club

Thursday, September 14 at 7:00pm

Please join the Village Bookstore and the Mount Pleasant Library as they join forces for another Local Author Book Club! Participants will discuss Diamond Ruby and will later be joined by author Joseph Wallace to continue the discussion!

Community Sponsored Events:

- PLY Knitting Circle: drop-in Wednesdays at 1:00pm

- Mahjongg Monday: drop-in Monday, September 11 & 25 at 6:30pm

- 21+ Book Club (The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh): Monday, Sept 18 at 10:00 AM on Zoom

For Teens

YA: Cooking Crew (Apple Crisp)



Thursday, September 21 at 3:45pm

Join the Cooking Crew School to celebrate apple picking season by making a delicious mini homemade apple crisp topped with vanilla ice cream. 


For grades 6 - 9

Next Month:

- YA Chess Workshop: October 6

For Children

Puppet Show, the Three Little Pigs


Saturday, September 23 at 10:30am

3 Little Pigs build their houses of hay, wood, & bricks, but will they withstand the Big Bad Wolf?

A classic tale retold with hilarious puppet pigs and a silly wolf, with an emphasis on being prepared.


For ages 3 - 7

Also this month:

- Picture Book Art: Friday, September 8 at 10:30am

- Cooking Crew Kids (Apple Crisp): Thursday, September 14 at 3:45pm

- Bats STEM Challenge: Monday, September 18 at 3:30pm

- Family Storytime: Tuesday, September 19 at 10:00am

- Story Explorers: Thursday, September 21 at 3:30pm

- Children's Chess Workshop: Friday, September 22 at 3:30pm

- Crafterday: Saturday, September 30 from 2:00 - 4:00pm at the Main Library


- Next Month: Meet Mark Siegel (creator of 5 WORLDS graphic novels): October 3

Community Sponsored Events:

- A Book & Craft Program: Nurturing Neurodiversity: Friday, September 1 at 11:00am

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