Thursday July 11, 2013: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm -- Traverwood Branch: Program Room

Local crafter Beth Battey will get you started in the wonderful world of crochet with a basic beginners project.

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Thursday July 11, 2013: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Use some colorful felt, embellishment, and hand sewing techniques to make a cozy to protect your iPod!

If you'd like, bring your iPod or other MP3 device to test out your design!

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Saturday July 13, 2013: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm -- Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room AB

If you like to explore your community and/or hunt for treasures, this is your event!

Using a GPSenabled device, geocachers travel to coordinates posted on geocaching.com and find caches filled with fun, inexpensive treasures! Area geocachers will be here to teach you how you can play and how to find the Summer Game geocache!

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Sunday July 14, 2013: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Spend the afternoon with Anna Hrachovec - famous Brooklyn knitter, fiber artist and creator of the amazing Mochimochi Land world of tiny knitted toys, creatures and spectacular installations.

Anna will do a fun slideshow presentation, answer questions and talk about the amazing world of tiny knitting she has created.

Mochimochi Land was launched in 2007 as a place where knitted toys and people can live together in a spirit of tolerance. The characters that inhabit Mochimochi Land are Anna's original designs. Anna finds inspiration in Hello Kitty, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and illustrators like Dr Seuss and Mary Blair. Anna's knitted toys have been featured on The Martha Stewart Show, all around the web, and in print. The mochimochiland.com website also features Anna's books, kits, and downloadable knitting and cross-stitch patterns. Printed Mochimochi Land patterns and kits are also available.

When she's not designing patterns to share with fellow crafters, Anna creates character-based fiber art, which has been exhibited throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. You can also see her art at annahrachovec.com.

Anna's three books will be on sale and she will be signing after her presentation. Players of the AADL summer game keep your eyes peeled for special MochiMochi badges, installations around town & more!

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Monday July 15, 2013: 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Training Center

Learn Python, a general purpose, high-level programming language, by way of brief lectures about core elements of the language coupled with interactive exercises.

This second class builds on the Intro Python I class (offered on Monday, July 8), though it is not a strict prerequisite. Basic computer and mouse experience is required. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Classrooms will open 15 minutes before the class start times. class handouts

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Monday July 15, 2013: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm -- Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room AB

Can you meet the Super Comics Challenge?

At this weekly series, you'll design dangerous fortresses, awesome heroes, lugubrious villains, and unlock achievements of the comics-storytelling masters! Each week you'll have two fun drawing challenges to level up your comics-making powers and get special Summer Game codes. Come every week to collect a special series of video challenges! Become the supreme master of visual storytelling!

Sessions will be held at Malletts Creek Branch on Mondays, 6 - 8 pm, July 8 - August 12.

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Thursday July 18, 2013: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Explore the fundamentals of robotics design with LEGO NXT! Build, test, tweak your robot, then COMPETE.

Participation in "Race to Space" events includes codes for Summer Game space badges if you attend the entire event.

This event is for teens (grades 6-12).

Thursday July 18, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Michigan's Junior Chess Champ Atulya Shetty will share some tips, then you can try your skill against other players!

Sixteen year old Atulya Shetty is the 2013 United States Chess Federation K-12 national champion and was the US amateur team champion in 2012. He has played youth chess championships in Greece and the Republic of Georgia. Atulya began playing chess when he was four.

This event is for adults, teens and pre-teens (grade 4 and up).

Sunday July 21, 2013: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Spend the afternoon with Top Chef Season 10 Winner, Kristen Kish. Kristen will talk about her Michigan roots, her culinary journey, her Top Chef experience and her chef career in Boston.

Monday July 22, 2013: 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Training Center

Learn how to design web pages and interactive applications using HTML, CSS and Javascript. This class will focus on understanding and writing the client-side code that web browsers process in order to display formatted content onto the screen. Topics covered include: the Document Object Model (DOM), basic HTML tags, controlling document appearance using CSS, and making interactive applications using Javascript. Participants in the class will make their own interactive application. Basic computer and mouse experience is required. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Classrooms will open 15 minutes before the class start times.

Monday July 22, 2013: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm -- Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room AB

Can you meet the Super Comics Challenge?

At this weekly series, you'll design dangerous fortresses, awesome heroes, lugubrious villains, and unlock achievements of the comics-storytelling masters! Each week you'll have two fun drawing challenges to level up your comics-making powers and get special Summer Game codes. Come every week to collect a special series of video challenges! Become the supreme master of visual storytelling!

Sessions will be held at Malletts Creek Branch on Mondays, 6 - 8 pm, July 8 - August 12.

This event is for adults and teens (grade 6 and up).

Monday July 22, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Pittsfield Branch: Program Room

Local crafter Beth Battey will show you how to use your hands, wool, soapy water and some patience to create your own felt ball! It can be a gift, a pet toy, a fun baby ball or ... you decide!

This event is for adults, teens and youth (grade K and up).

Tuesday July 23, 2013: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Training Center

Learn how to use online forms, job applications, and job sites like Pure Michigan Talent Connect. Basic computer and mouse experience is required. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Classrooms will open 15 minutes before the class start times. class handouts

This event is for adults and teens (grade 9 and up).

Tuesday July 23, 2013: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room AB

We'll have the chemical-free dyes and the bandanas, or bring a t-shirt, and we'll tie-dye with local crafter Dawn Henry!

This event is for teens (grades 6-12).

Friday July 26, 2013: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Training Center

Kerbal Space Program is a multi-genre game where players create their own space program.

You'll have complete control of your nation's space program. Codes for Summer Game space badges will be included if you attend the entire event.

This event is for teens (grades 6-12).

Friday July 26, 2013: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

If you have been dying to try out the climbing walls at Planet Rock or you're interested in developing your rock climbing skills, you're invited to meet us for an afternoon at Planet Rock (82 Aprill Dr., #B off Jackson Road).

Beginning climbers and beyond are welcome. Parents must sign a waiver at Planet Rock when they arrive. Registration is required and begins July 1 online at aadl.org, in person at any location or by calling 327-8301.

This event is for teens (grade 6 - 12).

Friday July 26, 2013: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Training Center

Try to leave Kerbal's orbit for a Mun landing!

Kerbal Space Program is a Slapdash Spaceflight Sandbox where you have complete control! Participation in "Race to Space" events includes codes for Summer Game space badges if you attend the entire event.

This event is for teens (grades 6-12).

Saturday July 27, 2013: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

It's Double Dash on a GameCube -- one screen/team! Bring a cart-mate for competition, pizza, prizes!

This event is for teens (grade 6 and up) and adults.

Sunday July 28, 2013: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Take a family vacation to Wuhu Island and the Wii Sports Resort! Bring friends and family to play your way through Wii Sports Resort's twelve awesome games. We'll have prizes for the winning teams!

This event is for all ages.

Monday July 29, 2013: 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Training Center

Learn how to build applications using Google App Engine.

In this class we will discuss the basics of web sites, web servers, and modern web applications. Following this discussion, we will learn how to build applications in Python using Google App Engine. By the end of the class, students will have built their first web application, and deployed it to Google's servers.

Basic computer and mouse experience is required. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Classrooms will open 15 minutes before the class start times.