Events of Thursday, June 2, 2022

Summer Nights at Leoni Township Park. 6 PM to 9 PM. Summer Nights in Leoni Township Park on 5th St. Enjoy an evening in the park with live music from Fortunate Greg. Shop the vendor market. Let the food vendors make your dinner. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and your dancing shoes.

St. Mary School Spring Concert.  Our students and their music instructors have prepared a beautiful Spring Concert to be held on Thursday, June 2nd, at 6:00 PM in St. Mary Star of the Sea Church.  The concert will include vocal selections, as well as performances by our 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade Strings teams.  Please bring your family and friends to hear the beautiful music from our students.  St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Wesley and Mechanic Streets, Downtown Jackson.

Plant Exchange.  Jackson District Library Eastern Branch.  Share your green thumb or start your garden with the help of your neighbors! Visit the Eastern Branch during open hours in the month of June to donate your healthy cuttings or house plants. Then peruse the donations and take home some greenery to brighten your home or yard.

Task Force on Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse.  Presented by Drug Free Jackson and Families for Hope.  1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Faith-Based Work Group, 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Law Enforcement Work Group, 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Prevention Work Group, 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Treatment and Recovery Work Group, 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Family Impact and Medical Work Group.  Citizens can stay for one or all of the workgroup sessions.  American 1 Event Center, Keeley Park.

Sounds of Summer.  6 PM to 9 PM.  Join us this Summer for the return of our Thursday night music series! Every Thursday from 6:00-9:00 pm some of the best solo & duo acts around will take to the Cherry Creek stage performing a selection of covers and originals! We are thrilled to announce our lineup this year which includes some new faces as well as some old favorites! Additionally, during Thursday music our full seasonal cafe menu will be available!  Cherry Creek Cellars, 11500 Silver Lake Hwy, Brooklyn.

Summer Reading Program at Jackson District Library.  Explore the “Oceans of Possibilities” that await you at your local library during JDL’s 2022 Summer Reading Program.  Sign up today by clicking here.  Simply read for four hours between June 1 and July 31, log your time on the site linked above, and enter to win a wide variety of prizes including gift cards to local favorites like Cascades Ice Cream, Jax 60, the Michigan Theatre, Ella Sharp Park Putt-Putt, the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, and the Jackson County Fair, among other prizes. Every four hours read gets you another entry into a prize drawing of your choice.  During the months of June and July all of our 13 branches throughout Jackson County will host family-themed programs and events like ARK Animal Encounters, Bubbleman, and magicians and storytellers.