Starting Thursday, join Library Gardeners Jenny and Stephanie for a special summer series. Try simple recipes made with fresh garden ingredients, plus get tips & tricks for growing and harvesting your own. Free and open to all ages, no registration required!

The @ypsilibrary.org is currently developing its strategic plan for the next 3-5 years. If you live in the district, we want to hear from you! Please take a few minutes and let us know what you want us to focus on to better serve you. #Ypsilanti #Ypsi

Just got home from queer craft night at @ypsilibrary.org which, as always, was a delight

Bring a book you love and an appetite to Shakes & Stories this Thursday! Come for the full milkshake bar (with vegan options), stay for the good company. 🍨 📅 Thursday, June 11, 6:30-7:30pm at YDL-Whittaker Drop-in, free, no registration needed!

5 spots left! ⚡ Your favorite card game is actually a computer science lesson in disguise. Join MSU professor Michael Lachney TOMORROW (and Wednesday!) to learn how to use algorithmic thinking, pattern recognition, and problem-solving to up your Pokémon TCG skills. Visit ypsilibrary.org/events!

Tomorrow's the day! 🎤🎬 Noise Permit kicks off its 2026 season with free workshops in music, videography, visual storytelling, and more for young people ages 10-24. 📅: Mondays and Wednesdays, 4–6pm at our downtown branch. No registration required!

Bingo, cornhole, a camping gear repair clinic, Ratatouille on the lawn, free summer lunches, and so much more. 🍿 Summer at YDL is not playing around! Full calendar at ypsilibrary.org/events

Hot girl summer starts with tomorrow's Summer Challenge Kickoff Party 🏖️ 🗓️ Saturday, June 6 | 2–4pm | YDL-Superior | Free (also there's a bounce house)

Hot girl summer? We were thinking more like hot glue summer. 🤭 June's crafting lineup includes repair clinics, sewing, zines, crochet, a community paper quilt, and our Juneteenth Jazz & Poetry celebration. Find more info at ypsilibrary.org/events 🧵

You don't have to leave your living room to feel good in your body. 🧘‍♀️ Join our free virtual fitness classes for adults over 55 this summer! Part of our Moving Together series, sponsored by Molina Healthcare of Michigan. Register at ypsilibrary.org/events

Save your second Saturdays this summer! 🎬 We're hosting free outdoor movie nights on the lawn at YDL-Whittaker. Bring a blanket, bring a snack, or grab a $1 bag of popcorn from the Friends of YDL. We'll have a kids' activity at 8:30; movies start at 9!

Summer Challenge starting Saturday!!

Our annual Summer Challenge starts THIS SATURDAY and we're throwing a party to celebrate! Join us for two hours of pure chaos (the good kind) at our Superior branch. Free and for all ages! 📅 Saturday, June 6 | 2–4pm | YDL-Superior

Our family is going to do the @ypsilibrary.org Summer Challenge for the first time this year and I'm very excited about it!

This week at YDL: summer officially kicks off Saturday at our Summer Challenge Kickoff Party with STEM activities, a bounce house, games, and refreshments. And there's plenty more happening all week long! Check out the full June 1–7 lineup! 🌞 More info at ypsilibrary.org/events

Truly the most unhinged business decision of all time 🏆

This Saturday!

Do you live in the northern centralesque region of Michigan's lower peninsula's east-southeastern urban megaplex? Then what are you doing reading me when you could be in Ypsi signing up for summer reading adventures? Ride your bus, bike, horse, camel or ostrich to YPL today!

Welcome to the original data center 🤘

Ready for your summer side quest?! YDL's annual Summer Challenge is almost here! 🦊 Read books, attend programs, explore your community, and earn digital badges along the way. Trade those badges in for prizes and raffle entries to win baskets filled with goodies from local Ypsilanti businesses.

Libraries were anti-gatekeeping before it was cool 😎

This week at YDL: a self care presentation for caregivers on Friday, local authors David Boeving and Jill Darling at our Ink Drinker Reading Series Saturday, and plenty more in between. Swipe for the full May 26–31 lineup! 🌿 More info at ypsilibrary.org/events

Give us one 3 day weekend and we'll fully enter hobbit mode. Hope you're all doing the same 🍄

YDL is closed today (May 24) and tomorrow (May 25) for Memorial Day, but your library card doesn't take holidays! Go catch up on your reading list with Libby while we're out. See you Tuesday! 📚

The only wrong way to read is to make someone feel bad about how they do it. 🙂

Noise Permit is back this summer: bigger, better-equipped, and more expansive than ever. Thanks to additional grant funding from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, YDL's free summer program for young people (10–24) is expanding beyond music.

Come help us plant our library gardens. 🌱 Gloves and tools provided, just wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty.

Someone is diagnosed with ALS every 90 minutes. This May, we're partnering with Active Against ALS to bring books, fact sheets, and resources for anyone touched by ALS. Find the display in the reference section at our Whittaker branch all month long. 💛

Heads up! YDL will be closed on Sunday and Monday in observance of Memorial Day. We'll be back to our regular hours Tuesday, May 26! Visit ypsilibrary.org/about/visit for a list of all annual closures.

we are begging you to put the phone down and pick up a book, we promise you'll feel better 🙏

you can pry my Oxford comma from my cold dead hands

we are firmly pro oxford comma. 🤘

Community energy is high at YDL this week! Help us plant the Learning Garden at our Superior branch, play a round of Euchre, or find your people in one of our many clubs, groups, and drop-ins. 🌱 More info at ypsilibrary.org/events

Imagine handing someone flowers you grew yourself. 🌸 Tomorrow, Master Gardener Carol Brodbeck will teach you the basics. No registration needed, 2-3:30pm at our Whittaker branch!

Reminder: The library is closed today (May 15) for our annual staff training day. We'll be back tomorrow, sharper than ever!

The Spring Native Plant Swap is back at the Whittaker branch this Saturday! Bring native plants to share and go home with something new for your garden. Free and drop-in, no registration required. 🌱

The best cross-section of my special interests 😍

as if you needed another reason to visit the library 🦆

In #ypsi, this includes Bird Dog Baking, Book Love Bar, the dueling cafes Hyperion and Vertex, Ziggy’s for live music, and the fabulous @ypsilibrary.org

Sounds like an adventure! 🕵️

Big news! Thanks to a $15,000+ grant from the Michigan Arts & Culture Council, this summer's Noise Permit program is bigger than ever (and free for young people ages 10-24). Workshops run June 8-Aug 5, culminating in our annual Noise Permit concert on Aug 7. Learn more: ypsilibrary.org/noisepermit

YDL will be closed on Friday! We're taking the day to sharpen our library skills so we can better serve you. We'll be back our regular hours Saturday, May 16 (10am-6pm). Visit ypsilibrary.org/hours for all annual closures.

My little town has the best libraries.

let the girl live, greg

Looking to practice your English in a welcoming, low-pressure environment? Washtenaw Literacy is here to help. ESL Community Tutoring at YDL-Superior on Tuesdays is free and open to all! 🌍

Bring a plant, take a plant! The Spring Native Plant Swap is this Saturday, and it's the perfect time to green up your space and connect with fellow plant lovers. Plus zine making, a classic noir film screening, flower gardening, a writing workshop, and more throughout the week. 🌱

This Mother's Day, give her the gift she actually wants: an empty house and an uninterrupted chapter. Thank you to every mom who put up with us anyway. 💐

Go. See. The. Owls. Take your kids, if any. Drive from Minneapolis if you have to. Any chance to see owls up close is more than worth it. That first time I realized that hawk voices are sharp but owl voices are round and soft not bc they're gentle but bc they're stealth murderers: that was WOW.

Live birds at the library! 🦅 Michigan Avian Experience is bringing birds of prey to YDL-Superior for an evening all about what makes nature's most impressive hunters so formidable. Space is limited, so arrive early! Children must be accompanied by an adult. 🗓️ Monday, May 11 | 6-7pm | YDL-Superior

Riding through Ypsi just got easier. 🚲 Bike repair stations are now available at all three YDL branches! Pump up your tires, patch a leak, or fix your chain anytime. Free to use, no library card required (but we'd love it if you got one).