Mar 16, 2023 | Featured Events, Front Page, News
Ellis Youth Maker’s Mart 2023 Call for Artists and Crafters! Looking for young artists and crafters (Kindergarten – Grade 12) to display and sell their handmade creations. Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm At the Ellis Library &...
Sep 9, 2022 | Featured Events, News
Memorial Concert for Bill Reiser Pianist Mark “Mr. B” Braun returns to the beautiful Ellis riverside expansion for a blues and boogie-woogie concert celebrating the memory of friend, colleague, and blues aficionado, Bill Reiser. Inspirational storyteller...
Jun 14, 2022 | Front Page, News
Directions Credit Union Donates Summer Reading Prize Books to Library Posted June 14, 2022 The Monroe County Library System is pleased to recognize a generous $3,000 donation from Directions Credit Union to purchase summer reading prize books. “At Directions, our...
May 31, 2022 | Featured Events, Front Page, News
Teen Summer Reading 2022 Teen! Discover an Ocean of Possibilities at your library and participate in a Teen Summer Reading program. Running June 21, 2022 – August 31, 2022! How it Works: Grab an entry slip Read three books or six graphic novels to fill out an...
May 31, 2022 | Featured Events, Front Page, News
Adult Summer Reading 2022 Why let kids have all the fun? This summer, discover an Ocean of Possibilities at your library and participate in an Adult Summer Reading program. Participating branches: Bedford Branch Library’s Summer Reading for Adults Running June...
May 10, 2022 | Featured Events, Front Page, News
National Poetry Month Contest Winners 2022 Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Monroe County Library System’s National Poetry month poetry contest! Adult Category The Holes You Left Behind by Wendy Kennedy The holes keep surprising me-Negative...
May 6, 2022 | Front Page, News
Updated Mask Guidelines – May 2022 Posted May 6, 2022 When Visiting Our Branches Mask use will be recommended should Monroe County’s COVID-19 Community Level reach High, as determined by the CDC. Click to see Monroe County’s current community level....
Mar 30, 2022 | Featured Events, Front Page, News
National Poetry Month Contest 2022 The Monroe County Library System is celebrating National Poetry month with a poetry contest! Submit an original poem by turning it in at your local branch, or via email to jennifer.saul@monroe.lib.mi.us. Please make sure you have...
Feb 23, 2022 | Front Page, News
Bedford Carpeting Project The Bedford Branch Library is currently undergoing renovations while new carpet in installed in the building. The branch will be open as much as possibly during the carpeting project, but various areas of the building may be inaccessible to...
Dec 20, 2021 | Front Page, News
Remembering Bill Reiser The Monroe County Library System is saddened by the loss of our friend and colleague, Bill Reiser. Bill passed away on December 18, 2021, at the University of Michigan after experiencing multiple cardiac events. A longstanding giant in the...
