{"id":6032,"date":"2025-12-04T20:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chandraalilijah.com\/?p=6032"},"modified":"2025-12-04T20:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:51:32","slug":"i-got-a-library-card-from-the-detroit-public-library-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chandraalilijah.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/i-got-a-library-card-from-the-detroit-public-library-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"I got a library card from the Detroit Public Library in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I know you\u2019re probably wondering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, Chandra thinks she\u2019s so cool because she has a library card? And I do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I decided to use my library card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s Get Into It: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classy girls go to the library <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before summer ended, I decided to go and get a library card. I hadn’t been to a library since college (lol) and I decided it was time. I wanted to do something new and free. Why not go to the library… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I went on a weekday morning, paid my $2 …. to be clear $2.15 parking and signed up for a library card and I felt so joyous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went to the 3rd floor of the Detroit Public Library on Woodward because it had \u201cart\u201d in the elevator floor details. When I arrived, I nodded because I was in the right spot, \u201cthe cool spot\u201d of the library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Folks were doing their homework, I was writing in my journal, and some were editing videos. Some of this I assumed, but other bits were probably true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So\u2026 the library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is only my SECOND time visiting the main location of the Detroit Public Library, because I don\u2019t live that close and I was really going for their Canva Card Marking demo class. We\u2019ll get to that in a second.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, this time I used my mysterious but fly girl boss agenda and wandered around the library. I found out about events, programs, and even read, well, more so, flipped through a few magazines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know you can get a copy of the Washington Post at the Detroit Public Library?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You probably didn\u2019t, but now you do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy event\u201d didn\u2019t exist <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alright, so the library hosts classes teaching you how to design, tips on using tech, how to sew, they even have a few holiday craft days coming up… well, too bad I didn’t get the memo about some events being a hoax on Eventbrite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was going for a Canva Card Making class, but I ended up with a pamphlet detailing the events the library offers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Sometimes you gotta go in person to truly know what’s going on or you truly may waste gas and $2 on parking “- Chandra Alilijah<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I advise you to go and grab a library card and ask for a pamphlet as well. If the class isn’t on the ACTUAL PRINTED COPY of the library programming, don’t drive there. You may need to call. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t blame the library entirely for the confusion, but I will say that if you are seeking to attend an event or class at any Detroit Public Library, call ahead to confirm that the event is taking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s still a groovy time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite my dismay at not going to the Canva class, I still had a nice time and decided to give myself a challenge – “leave with a holiday romance book”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chose “Royal Holiday” by Jasmine Guillory. She’s the only author I noticed and I am currently reading her book,” By the Book.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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