Indian River Area Library

10/13/2026

We are closing at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, October 13th, due to our water being shut off. We don't know when we will be open until we hear about the timing of repairs. Please check this page for updates.

10/09/2026

Mark your calendar! Take advantage of this opportunity to take care of business with the Secretary of State right here in Indian River! You can get a first time Michigan ID, renew a driver's license or ID, transfer vehicle titles, apply for or renew disability placards, and more. Monday, October 26th, 10:00 - 3:45 PM. No appointment required.

10/08/2026

Come to our Tea Cup Painting Party on Wednesday, October 14th, 5:00 - 6:00 PM and learn about the foster care process with Wellspring Foster Care and the Creation Station. At our tea party you can paint your own tea cup to take home! Refreshments and all supplies provided! For all ages! Sign up below to attend. Walk-ins welcome day of event, space permitting.
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10/08/2026

Make It Monthly: Ghost Paintings! This is happening Monday, October 12th, 3:30 - 4:30 PM. Bring your own picture or painting, or use one of our pieces of art to create a spooktacular masterpiece! All supplies provided! For all ages! Sign up below to attend; seating is limited to 10. Walk-ins welcome day of event, space permitting.

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10/08/2026

Today's 10:30 Playgroup is canceled due to illness! Please join in the fun next week!

10/01/2026

Happy October! Find out what's happening at the library - read our newsletter!

Don't go down a doom scrolling rabbit hole! Come to the library! As usual, the Library is busy with a full calendar of events and programs! Good news! We have a new E-resource - Kanopy! You'll find it offers over 30,000 films, TV shows, educational videos and documentaries. It's a free on-dema...

09/29/2026

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09/29/2026

Construction is full speed ahead on our reading garden! We are looking forward to the opportunities this new outdoor space will provide for the community.

09/28/2026

Today! Take advantage of this opportunity to take care of business with the Secretary of State right here in Indian River! You can get a first time Michigan ID, renew a driver's license or ID, transfer vehicle titles, apply for or renew disability placards, and more. Monday, September 28th, 10:00 - 3:45 PM. No appointment required.

09/27/2026

The books for our October book clubs are in! You can read these books without going to book club but you're always welcome at our meetings!

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson is a story within a story inspired by the blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse Library Service of the 1930s; a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and Cussy Mary Carter's belief that books can carry us anywhere. Cussy faithfully carries out her duties, sometimes traveling 100 miles a week, delivering books & magazines, reading to her friends, neighbors and school children in the rural mountains. The story’s beautifully told and pays tribute to the valiant men and women who served as Pack Horse Librarians. This is historical fiction at its best!

Please join us when we meet on Thursday, October 8th at 5:30 to discuss Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. He founded a law firm to defend the poor, the wrongly accused, and disadvantaged... One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man sentenced to die for a murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case became a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and it transformed Bryan’s understanding of mercy and justice forever. John Grisham said, “Not since Atticus Finch has a fearless and committed lawyer made such a difference in the American South. Though larger than life, Atticus exists only in fiction. Bryan Stevenson, however, is very much alive and doing God's work fighting for the poor, the oppressed, the voiceless, the vulnerable, the outcast, and those with no hope.”