Events at Redford Branch Library and The Community!

A Stitch in Time Sewing Classes

December 4, 15 and 18

Wednesdays:  4 - 6 pm

Saturdays:  2 - 4 pm

Co-ed intergenerational sewing classes for beginners to tailors.  Projects are class devised and you may work at your own pace.  Must be 8 years old up.

Paint Like a Master

Saturdays:  December 4, 11, and 18

2 - 3:30 pm

Participants will create likenesses of great art using cray-pas.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Computer Classes

Saturday, December 4,    11 - 1 pm - Basic Web Searching

Saturday, December 18,    11 - 1 pm - Introduction to Microsoft Word

Registration is not required.  However, space is limited, please arrive early to ensure a spot in the class.

EDUCATION ONE:   MATH TUTOR PROJECT

Mondays and Thursdays      

 4 - 5:30 pm

December 6, 9, 13, 16

Academic Tutoring

Plant a Seed

Monday:  December 6,     

  5 - 6 pm

Literacy and family quality time

G.L.O.W. Girls Living on Wisdom

Wednesday, December 8, 15, 22      

 6 - 7:30 pm

Learning through the writing, graphic and performing arts

Toddler Story Time

Thursdays, December 9, 23

10:30 - 12 pm

Parent and child story time, garden planning, take home crafts

8 - 12 years

White Christmas Story Time

Saturday, December 11

2 - 4 pm

Story time, carols, canes and book give-away.  Family fun for the holidays

Redford Readers Book Club

This month's selection will be "The Girl Who Fell From the Sky," by Heidi Durrow.
Pick up your copy at the circulation desk, and join us on Saturday, December 18, at 11:30 for the discussion.





Twas 3 Nights Before Christmas

Wednesday, December 22

5 - 7 pm

Holiday Stories, crafts, canes and hot cocoa

5 years and up

Kwanzaa Celebration

Wednesday,  December 29

3 - 7 pm

Come join us as we celebrate Kwanzaa

Vendors, story telling, free photo ID's for children

and our

Kwanzaa ceremony

Don't Miss This Event!

Community News

The 38th annual Noel Night will take place on Saturday, December 4th from 5:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. in Midtown Detroit's Cultural Center Area. Over 60 Midtown venues, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Science Center, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Historical Museum, and the Detroit Public Library, amongst many others, open their doors to the public free of charge during this Cultural Center-wide holiday "open house." Activities include horse-drawn carriage rides, holiday shopping, family craft activities and performances by over 120 area music, theatre, and dance groups.


The evening's festivities culminate with a community sing-along on Woodward Avenue led by the Salvation Army Band - a long-standing Noel Night tradition.


Noel Night activities take place in and around Midtown Detroit's Cultural Center institutions, primarily between Cass and John R and Kirby and Willis. Free shuttle service is offered between participating venues. Convenient parking is available in area lots. Noel Night is produced by the University Cultural Center Association (UCCA), a nonprofit community development organization that supports economic growth in Detroit's Midtown district. This event is Free and open to the public.
For more information, contact the UCCA at 313.577.5088

Recreation Dept. to Host Breakfast with Santa

The Detroit Recreation Department will host Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, December 11 at the Belle Isle Casino.  There will be two seatings, 9 a.m and 11:30 am

Participants will enjoy breakfast, crafts, letters to Santa and a winter wonderland walk.

Tickets are $5 per person.  Pictures with Santa will be available for an additional fee.  For tickets and additional information, please contact your recreation center or call (313) 628-2081.

JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT...

Come to the Carr Center's Annual Holiday...

Art Fun Fest!

Saturday, December 11

11 - 5 pm

Sponsored by AARP

• Create Christmas Ornaments for Trees to be Donated to Area Charities
• Enjoy the Holiday Season Sing Along, Storytelling , Dancing, Sharing Family Traditions and Music by the Popular ALM (All Students) Jazz Combo.

All Art Materials Are Free

Light Refreshments Available

Come and Pump Up Your Family's Holiday Spirit!

Virgil H. Carr

Cultural Arts Center

311 East Grand River - 313-965-8430

Parking Discount:  Detroit Opera House parking tickets will be validated for a discount, when visiting the cultural center.



Wayne County Lightfest

Hines Drive & Merriman Road, Westland
11/18/2010 - 12/31/2010
Sponsored by Wayne County Parks

Open each night at 7:00 p.m. and closing at 10:00 p.m. the Wayne County Lightfest display begins at Hines Drive and Merriman Road in Westland and proceeds one way and exits through the concession areas onto Warren Avenue near Telegraph in Dearborn Heights.

Come out and enjoy the food concessions, take photos with Santa (November 25th - December 23rd), see over 1,000 lighted and animated displays. and restrooms are at the end of the Lightfest at Warrendale Picnic Area. (Closed December 25th, Christmas Day).