Community Calendar

Enjoy an evening of bicycling or walking at Hidden Lake Gardens, sponsored by the Tecumseh District Library on Tuesday, July 8 from 6-8pm! Cyclists are encouraged to explore over six miles of paved trails, surrounded by the beautiful scenery and highlights of the Gardens. Admission is free for members of Hidden Lake Gardens and any library cardholders (digital or physical card) from a library located within Lenawee or Jackson Counties. Please note that bicycling is only permitted on the paved trails, but unpaved trails and the Skywalk will be open for exploration on foot. For safety, the Conservatory, Visitors Center, Woodland Drive and Arboretum will be closed to vehicle traffic for the evening. Hike the trails, meander through the Gardens, and brave the Sky Walk for stunning views and a unique experience!

We’ll have our Minecraft server set up and the laptops ready to go. No experience needed -- all levels of players/builders welcome.

FREE Concert
String Quartet
Outdoors
Bring a chair
Pavilion

Join the Jackson Symphony Orchestra and Dahlem for a FREE outdoor concert performance sponsored by Jann and Gary Krupa! No RSVP needed.

Bring your own lawn chair or blanket and sit under the trees or out in the grass and listen to a selection of summer songs performed by the Jackson Symphony Orchestra string quartet.

The string quartet performance will be held outdoors at the Dahlem Environmental Education Center pavilion, 7117 South Jackson Road, at 7 p.m.

Please feel free to arrive early and enjoy a walk on the trails, play at the nature playscape, or stop by the exhibit room and gift shop.

*Due to the concert being outdoors, please follow JSO and Dahlem on social media for performance updates if there is inclement weather.

Join Eaton Great Start, Eaton RESA and our Community Partners as we celebrate summer at Eaton County Parks! Each event will feature stories, dancing, singing, activities and playtime.
Free events for young children and their families (ages 0 - 8).
Free books, resources, giveaways.
In the event of inclement weather please check our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/EatonGreatStart/ for last minute event information.

Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation, so we’re helping to gather food and personal supplies for those of our community in need. Items especially in need are listed on our Event Calendar. Drop off donations at GLADL - donations will be delivered to the GL SDA Food Bank, and will be distributed through the Food Bank and GLEAP.

See the weird and wild carved watermelon art--Join us as we welcome Patrick Harrison, "The Lord of the Gourd" for some colorful and fantastically imaginative watermelon carving! Stop by from 2-5 pm and watch him at work, learn some fun techniques-- and try your hand on/and enjoy a slice of watermelon!
https://gladl.libcal.com/event/14231312

Straight from Nashville, Fly2K is a premier tribute band performing the hits of the 90s - 2000s. This fun-loving party band has high energy, dance-infused performances that showcase the most beloved pop, rock. hip-hop and R&B hits from that time period. Band members include Rachel Thompson Mitchell and Bear Mitchell - both graduates from St Johns HS. The band played in St Johns last year to one of the largest crowds of the summer. Their music in infectious as they blast these nostalgic songs from the past. Fly2K will cover songs from the likes of Britney Spears, Outkast, Blink 182, Beyonce, NSYNC, Dr Dre, Spice Girls, Shania Twain and so many more. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy!

Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation, so we’re helping to gather food and personal supplies for those of our community in need. Items especially in need are listed on our Event Calendar. Drop off donations at GLADL - donations will be delivered to the GL SDA Food Bank, and will be distributed through the Food Bank and GLEAP.

Meet at the Wacousta Community United Methodist Church's playground and enjoy fun and stories at an outdoor family storytime filled with themed activities: music, bubbles, water play—and time for play with your Storytime friends too! Open to children of all ages. Families may bring chairs, a picnic lunch too. Note: Cancelled if rain or storms.

What happens when a place is so beautiful that everyone wants to go there—and then they stay?

Tim Mulherin's book explores a phenomenon occurring around Michigan’s Great Lakes and other high-demand scenic locations across the country: natural landscapes are undergoing profound human and climatological change as people pick up their lives and move to bucolic locations.

The Grand Traverse region in northwest lower Michigan has been one of the most impacted regions in the state, with the population increase accelerated by the pandemic and climate change. The impact of this growth is explored through field observations and interviews involving dozens of born-and-raised locals, “boomerangers” (those who grew up, left, then returned), and relocators. The author explores the tensions between newcomers and “natives.”

Interviewees include tourist industry leaders, conservationists, business owners, public safety officials, tribal members, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore officials, and more. These voices characterize the region’s diverse views, providing insight into how one of the most popular vacation destinations in the country is attempting to balance environmental preservation with an influx of people. Northwest lower Michigan’s story of transformation, as tradition collides with progress, holds many lessons and will resonate with everyone who has ever lived in or visited such an enchanting place and dreams of calling it home.