Portage Lake District Library

10/14/2026

We will resume our regular hours on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.

10/09/2026

Through the library windows, Fall in the Keweenaw can’t be beat! 🤩

What gorgeous Fall pictures have you captured?
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10/08/2026

Yale Information Session. Hope to see you there!

10/07/2026

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10/05/2026

Is The Calamity Club worth the hype?

10/02/2026

Stop by the library during the Canal Colors Festival! We will have a story walk of Fall: A Seasons Story, written by local author Kelsey Gross and a craft!

10/01/2026

Our October Newsletter is here!
Also, we have a new Director!
Join us in welcoming Alyssa Cleland as our new Director!

09/18/2026

09/15/2026

📓 Do you enjoy journaling, scribbling, or writing?
📝 Do you have story ideas swimming around your head?
✍️ Do you want to be a writer someday but don’t know where to start?

The Young Writers Storytelling Workshop is coming to the Keweenaw for a two-hour event at
🏫 Portage Lake District Library on
🗓️ Saturday, October 10 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm

All middle schoolers and high schoolers who enjoy writing are welcome to attend. This event is not appropriate for younger children because it requires good writing skills, time on task, as well as attention to detail.

Join Rehema Clarken, PhD, a Young Adult novelist, to learn about writing stories and getting published. For those who want a challenge, we will discuss how to take your writing to the next level by submitting stories to local writing competitions. We will explore the Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest, a writing competition for UP students, and Write Michigan, a state-wide writing challenge that is free for school-aged writers.

This event is sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association. It is similar to the yearly Young Writers Storytelling Workshop that happens each May at the annual conference in Marquette. PLDL is supporting this event for young writers in the Keweenaw. This will enable those who cannot attend the other event to have a similar experience.

For more information, please contact Rehema at [email protected] or the Portage Lake District Library.

09/15/2026

All week at Portage Lake District Library!

The Keweenaw International Children’s Festival is back for its second year at the Portage Lake District Library! The week-long event celebrates a wide variety of cultures through activities, games and cultural displays.

Find out when events are happening this weekend at the link in the comments 🔗⬇️