Events of Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Poetry Workshops with Michelle Webster-Hein.  Get ready for Jackson District Library’s Young Poets Contest with a poetry writing workshop led by local author Michelle Webster-Hein! This workshop is designed for ages 7-12 and is free to attend. Register for a session at https://tinyurl.com/yh7u95ss   Concord Branch: January 27, 4 PM, Spring Arbor Branch: January 29, 4 PM.  Participation in the workshop is not required to submit an entry for Young Poets. Learn more about the contest at https://myjdl.com/explore/young-poets .

Northwest High School Blood Drive.  There will be a Blood Drive held in the Commons of Northwest High School on January 27, 2026, from 8:30AM-1PM.  Click here to sign up!  https://shorturl.at/pnN62

“Noises Off” Open Auditions.  Enjoy a glimpse backstage with this comedy hailed as the “funniest farce ever written”. A production plummeting off the rails in this boisterous play-within-a-play. Following a traveling troupe’s production of the British comedy, Nothing On, from a tense dress rehearsal to a chaotic opening night and finally to a calamitous performance. The actors’ personal lives, ego battles and passionate affairs plunge the production toward the edge of complete disaster. As time goes on, pandemonium ensues with flubbed lines, missed entrances, technical difficulties and flaring tempers taking the lead. While this delightful backstage farce is complete with slamming doors, falling trousers and flying sardines – the show must go on.  Ruth Day Theatre, Potter Center, Jackson College. Audition Dates:   By appointment, Monday, Jan. 26 and Tuesday, Jan. 27.  Callbacks: Wednesday, Jan 28th at 6:00pm.  Sign up here 

Adopt A Reading Buddy.  Carnegie has some plushie friends looking for a home! Start the adoption process by checking out a book at the Carnegie Branch and filling out some adoption papers.  Once you have read and returned the book on your next visit along with the adoption papers, we will send you home with your new friend!  Event runs now through January 31.  Carnegie Branch, Jackson District Library.