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WERQ fitness

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

WERQ® is the wildly addictive cardio dance workout based on the hottest pop and hip hop music with instructor Marilou Slagter.  Expect to sweat and burn about 500-90...

Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

WERQ® is the wildly addictive cardio dance workout based on the hottest pop and hip hop music with instructor Marilou Slagter.  Expect to sweat and burn about 500-900 calories each hour of WERQ!

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Friends Present: Ringing In Christmas

Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Performance
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Sus will return for a command performance of a bell ringer Christmas concert, featuring both Christmas carols and popular Christmas songs. The Sus hold as many as fou...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Performance
Required
Seats Remaining: 46
Event Details:

The Sus will return for a command performance of a bell ringer Christmas concert, featuring both Christmas carols and popular Christmas songs. The Sus hold as many as four bells in each hand for a wonderful blend of harmony and melody.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

 The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Zumba with Aimee

Zumba with Aimee

Friday, December 13, 2024 at 9:15am - 10:15am
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Zumba mixes low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party.  It’s a total workout, combining all elements of fitness: cardio...

Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Zumba mixes low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party.  It’s a total workout, combining all elements of fitness: cardio, muscle conditioning, balance, and flexibility with a serious dose

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D&D For Tweens - DM Jake

Friday, December 13, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
Tweens (Ages 9-12)
D&D for Tweens:

This program is for kids, run by kids!  This game is designed to have players collaboratively explore fantasy worlds, solve intriguing puzzles, and engage in thrilling combat,...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Tweens (Ages 9-12)
Program Type: Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 7

This program is for kids, run by kids!  This game is designed to have players collaboratively explore fantasy worlds, solve intriguing puzzles, and engage in thrilling combat, all guided by one of our amazing Dungeon Masters. There are endless possibilities for adventure and excitement. D&D offers tweens and their peer a social gathering that fosters teamwork, problem-solving, and memorable experiences.  With this program being led by kids, awesome attitudes are encouraged. Join the adventure today!!

Dragon and a 20 sided dice. Dungeons and Dragons caption

D&D For Tweens - DM Jake

Friday, December 13, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
Tweens (Ages 9-12)
D&D for Tweens:

This program is for kids, run by kids!  This game is designed to have players collaboratively explore fantasy worlds, solve intriguing puzzles, and engage in thrilling combat,...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: Tweens (Ages 9-12)
Program Type: Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 7

This program is for kids, run by kids!  This game is designed to have players collaboratively explore fantasy worlds, solve intriguing puzzles, and engage in thrilling combat, all guided by one of our amazing Dungeon Masters. There are endless possibilities for adventure and excitement. D&D offers tweens and their peer a social gathering that fosters teamwork, problem-solving, and memorable experiences.  With this program being led by kids, awesome attitudes are encouraged. Join the adventure today!!

Children dancing with music notes around them. One child is sitting on a speaker listening to music.

Move to the Music

Monday, December 16, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Storytime and Early Learning
Age Group:
Birth to PreK
Move to the Music:

Boogie your way into the library and get ready to move and groove with your little one! We will dance, play with shakers, ice skate and more!This engaging program is packed with mu...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Birth to PreK
Program Type: Storytime and Early Learning
Required
Seats Remaining: 25

Boogie your way into the library and get ready to move and groove with your little one! We will dance, play with shakers, ice skate and more!

This engaging program is packed with music, dancing, swaying, running, and jumping that help young children feel the rhythm and begin to understand how their bodies work. Such movements also help them gain muscle control and improve balance.  All this contributes to a child's gross motor development. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

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Kindness Club

Monday, December 16, 2024 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, General Programs
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Welcome to the kindness club! This program is all about spreading kindness and having a lot of fun. Once a month our participants will gather and work on a craft or project. The go...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: School Age
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, General Programs
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Welcome to the kindness club! This program is all about spreading kindness and having a lot of fun. Once a month our participants will gather and work on a craft or project.

Children dancing with music notes around them. One child is sitting on a speaker listening to music.

Move to the Music

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Storytime and Early Learning
Age Group:
Birth to PreK
Move to the Music:

Boogie your way into the library and get ready to move and groove with your little one! We will dance, play with shakers, ice skate and more!This engaging program is packed with mu...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Birth to PreK
Program Type: Storytime and Early Learning
Required
Seats Remaining: 25

Boogie your way into the library and get ready to move and groove with your little one! We will dance, play with shakers, ice skate and more!

This engaging program is packed with music, dancing, swaying, running, and jumping that help young children feel the rhythm and begin to understand how their bodies work. Such movements also help them gain muscle control and improve balance.  All this contributes to a child's gross motor development. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

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Diverse Readers Book Club

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Diverse Readers Book Club:

The Hudsonville Library Diversity Reading Group has as its mission the goal of bringing together people from all over the City of Hudsonville to stimulate discussions of diversity,...

Event Details:

December Book -The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green“Gloriously personal and life-affirming. The perfect book for right now.” —People“Essential...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

The Hudsonville Library Diversity Reading Group has as its mission the goal of bringing together people from all over the City of Hudsonville to stimulate discussions of diversity, equality, and inclusion within the context of each month's book selection.

December Book -The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

Nimble Fingers

Nimble Fingers Creative Circle

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Please join us for this informal group of people that meets weekly to quilt, sew, embroider, and more. Drop in and bring whatever you are working on. All are welcome and no registr...

Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Please join us for this informal group of people that meets weekly to quilt, sew, embroider, and more. Drop in and bring whatever you are working on. All are welcome and no registration is necessary! 

a cat is leaning on a stack of books while helping to hold up the books is a dog in a yoga pose. Text Yoga Storytime appears above the picture.

Yoga Storytime

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Storytime and Early Learning
Age Group:
Birth to PreK
Yoga Storytime:

 Breathe, bend and read together with stories, rhymes, and songs. Children will develop literacy and coping skills with simple poses and mindfulness exercises. Following ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Birth to PreK
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Storytime and Early Learning
Required
Seats Remaining: 25

 Breathe, bend and read together with stories, rhymes, and songs. Children will develop literacy and coping skills with simple poses and mindfulness exercises. Following our storytime session, we will have sensory exploration time. 

Feel free to bring your own mat or the library can provide a special child-sized mat for your practice.  Please register for all the dates you would like to attend.


 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

werq

WERQ fitness

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

WERQ® is the wildly addictive cardio dance workout based on the hottest pop and hip hop music with instructor Marilou Slagter.  Expect to sweat and burn about 500-90...

Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

WERQ® is the wildly addictive cardio dance workout based on the hottest pop and hip hop music with instructor Marilou Slagter.  Expect to sweat and burn about 500-900 calories each hour of WERQ!

Zumba with Aimee

Zumba with Aimee

Friday, December 20, 2024 at 9:15am - 10:15am
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Zumba mixes low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party.  It’s a total workout, combining all elements of fitness: cardio...

Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Zumba mixes low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party.  It’s a total workout, combining all elements of fitness: cardio, muscle conditioning, balance, and flexibility with a serious dose

Zumba with Aimee

Zumba with Aimee

Friday, December 27, 2024 at 9:15am - 10:15am
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Zumba mixes low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party.  It’s a total workout, combining all elements of fitness: cardio...

Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Zumba mixes low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party.  It’s a total workout, combining all elements of fitness: cardio, muscle conditioning, balance, and flexibility with a serious dose

Nimble Fingers

Nimble Fingers Creative Circle

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Please join us for this informal group of people that meets weekly to quilt, sew, embroider, and more. Drop in and bring whatever you are working on. All are welcome and no registr...

Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Please join us for this informal group of people that meets weekly to quilt, sew, embroider, and more. Drop in and bring whatever you are working on. All are welcome and no registration is necessary! 

MarchBook

Serious Readers Book Club

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Our Serious Readers Book Club will be meeting to discuss the book Our Unfinished March by Eric Holder & Sam Koppelman.The group will meet in the Library's Main Level Program Ro...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Our Serious Readers Book Club will be meeting to discuss the book Our Unfinished March by Eric Holder & Sam Koppelman.
The group will meet in the Library's Main Level Program Room.

Nimble Fingers

Nimble Fingers Creative Circle

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Please join us for this informal group of people that meets weekly to quilt, sew, embroider, and more. Drop in and bring whatever you are working on. All are welcome and no registr...

Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Please join us for this informal group of people that meets weekly to quilt, sew, embroider, and more. Drop in and bring whatever you are working on. All are welcome and no registration is necessary! 

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Library Advisory Board Meeting

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Library Advisory Board meeting will take place at the library. 

Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

The Library Advisory Board meeting will take place at the library. 

Nimble Fingers

Nimble Fingers Creative Circle

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Please join us for this informal group of people that meets weekly to quilt, sew, embroider, and more. Drop in and bring whatever you are working on. All are welcome and no registr...

Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Please join us for this informal group of people that meets weekly to quilt, sew, embroider, and more. Drop in and bring whatever you are working on. All are welcome and no registration is necessary! 

Michigan Beer History graphic

Michigan Beer: A Heady History Presentation

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Presentation
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join local author Patti Smith for her interactive presentation about Michigan beer! She’ll entertain us with stories and photos from local brewers and how early immigrants brought ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presentation
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

Join local author Patti Smith for her interactive presentation about Michigan beer! She’ll entertain us with stories and photos from local brewers and how early immigrants brought their distinctive beer styles to Michigan.

BrickChallengeNight

Winter Lego Challenge

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
General Programs, Games & Activities
Age Group:
Teens (Ages 13-17), Adults, Families
Event Details:

Join us for our Lego Challenge for adults and families on Feb. 1 at 11AM. Teams will bring a gallon-size bag of random Lego bricks and complete the impromptu-build challenge, ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Teens (Ages 13-17), Adults, Families
Program Type: General Programs, Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Join us for our Lego Challenge for adults and families on Feb. 1 at 11AM. 

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Beginner Embroidery Class

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Lower Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens (Ages 13-17), Adults
Event Details:

FREE beginner-level embroidery class for adults & teens that will be creating a simple embroidered project. (Teens are welcome to come along with an adult.)All materials are pr...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Lower Level Program Room
Age Group: Teens (Ages 13-17), Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

FREE beginner-level embroidery class for adults & teens that will be creating a simple embroidered project. (Teens are welcome to come along with an adult.)

TreasureJournal

Creating a Treasure Journal

Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Julie Blakely as she walks through and demonstrates in real time creating a treasure journal and shares some valuable reasons to make one for yourself or to give as gifts. The...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Join Julie Blakely as she walks through and demonstrates in real time creating a treasure journal and shares some valuable reasons to make one for yourself or to give as gifts.

showman

Serious Readers Book Club

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Main Level Program Room at Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Our Serious Readers Book Club will be meeting to discuss the book The Showman by Simon Shuster.The group will meet in the Library's Main Level Program Room.If you'd like to hold a ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Gary Byker Library of Hudsonville
Room: Main Level Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Our Serious Readers Book Club will be meeting to discuss the book The Showman by Simon Shuster.
The group will meet in the Library's Main Level Program Room.