EVENTS

Have a sewing project in progress but not sure what comes next? Join us for B.Y.O.P. Sewing Night with professional sewing instructor Susan W. This program is designed for beginner and intermediate sewers who want extra guidance while working on their own projects.

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How to ensure proper irrigation and soil health. We will be planting your choice of a living salad bowl, hanging tomato basket or a windowsill herb garden.

Bring your instrument and join us for our first ever Open Jam Night! Hosted by Award Winning Songwriter and Music Publisher, Jerome Earnest this will be a relaxed, collaborative evening of music. Whether you want to jam, learn from others, or just talk music, this is a space to connect, share, and explore creativity together.

Create your own personal style with a throw pillow made from a pillow form. The cover is easily removed for cleaning or to change for the holiday or season.

This is the gardeners best friend as it nourishes the soil and creates healthy productive produce. We will construct composting bins from pallets and discuss how to care for it.

Have a sewing project in progress but not sure what comes next? Join us for B.Y.O.P. Sewing Night with professional sewing instructor Susan W. This program is designed for beginner and intermediate sewers who want extra guidance while working on their own projects.

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(previous experience is helpful, but not necessary) This is a great way to create scarves, sweaters, cardigans, afghans, tote bags, and more. There are literally hundreds of granny square patterns to explore once you've mastered the basics.

Comparing the two types of gardening types. Is one better than the other? Benefits of no till gardening and planting biomass and companion plants. How to draw in specific pollinators.

Have a sewing project in progress but not sure what comes next? Join us for B.Y.O.P. Sewing Night with professional sewing instructor Susan W. This program is designed for beginner and intermediate sewers who want extra guidance while working on their own projects.

**Join us for our social sewing group! **This program is for sewing, crocheting, and knitting of all skill levels.

Join us for a monthly meet-up Stained Glass social event.

Whether you're a seasoned pro or a complete beginner, our open lathe sessions are designed for everyone to explore the art of woodturning. Join our experienced instructor, Bobby E., for a private two hour session where you'll gain hands-on experience with our woodturning lathe. During your session, you'll: Learn the basics of lathe operation and safety. Create your own unique woodturned project. Receive tailored guidance to build your skills and confidence. All tools and materials are provided, so all you need to bring is your enthusiasm to learn something new! Spaces are limited, so don't miss out on this opportunity to get creative and make something amazing.

Join us at Flint Farmers' Market for a fun day of making, including woodturning, screen printing, button making and more! Special spotlight on Making Saturdays Awesome!

(previous experience is helpful, but not necessary) This is a great way to create scarves, sweaters, cardigans, afghans, tote bags, and more.

Join us for Bring Your Own Project: Art Club, an open studio-style night where you bring your own supplies and work on whatever inspires you.

Planting occurs throughout the gardening season, not just on Mother's Day or Memorial Weekend. This is the time to start seeds indoors for fall planting. These crops will continue past the frost days and nights with some continuing on through December with protection. Some plants can endure longer with sturdier protection. We will start our seedlings for the fall gardening season.

Join us for an exciting opportunity to learn music from an experienced instructor! Jerome Earnest will be offering free 45-minute guitar or bass guitar lessons for students of all skill levels.

Come check out Factory Two! Tour the space, meet members, and learn what we make here. Free and open to the public.

Types of pests and how to deter and avoid them. Understanding insect pests like white cabbage moths and tomato hornworms. Dealing with the challenges of animals that are drawn to your garden and why. How to deal with subterranean pests and how to deal with grazers and birds.

Bring your instrument and join us for our first ever Open Jam Night! Hosted by Award Winning Songwriter and Music Publisher, Jerome Earnest this will be a relaxed, collaborative evening of music. Whether you want to jam, learn from others, or just talk music, this is a space to connect, share, and explore creativity together.

**Join us for our social sewing group! **This program is for sewing, crocheting, and knitting of all skill levels.

Soccer camp with coaches from Flint Style Soccer and Flint City Bucks/AFC players

This is a fun garden to grow. We will talk about pumpkins and winter squash and how to preserve them whole for winter storage. We will also experiment with standard planting vs. planting what is known as the "Three Sisters."

Enjoy learning basic robotics!

Learning how to make flavored vinegars and flavored oils. Techniques on how to dry herbs for long time storage. How to make your own "Jarlick" without the chemical preservative aftertaste. Making an herb drying rack system that is pest free for outdoor use.

Fun, free event for kids ages 8-16. Make your own dream catcher and take it home with you! Lunch is provided. Event runs 11 am to 2 pm. Parents are welcome to stay, but not required.

Join us for Bring Your Own Project: Art Club, an open studio-style night where you bring your own supplies and work on whatever inspires you.

This vegetable can be a bit challenging. Knowing how to care for it and what varieties to plant is the difference between a puny bulb and a large bulb worth storing for winter. We will discuss the pruning of onions and demonstrate how to upcycle the cuttings into gourmet onion salt and other preservation methods.

Join us for an exciting opportunity to learn music from an experienced instructor! Jerome Earnest will be offering free 45-minute guitar or bass guitar lessons for students of all skill levels.

Flint Rocks Youth Empowerment (FRYE) Music Camp: a free 5-day music camp for Flint-area kids ages 10-16, instructed by Julie Hugunin. Campers learn instruments, form bands, write an original song, and close the week with a live performance. Mon-Thu 10am-4pm; Fri 10am, with the FRYEday Concert at 5:30pm (wraps approx. 6:30pm). All 30 camper spots are filled through FRYE's own registration outside of F2. For the waitlist, contact Julie directly at piano.singer.julie@gmail.com or (810) 569-2249.

Learn about the principles of aerodynamics and thermodynamics and take your project home with you

There are various types of pickles. You can pickle anything from a cucumber to a watermelon rind or even fruits like an apple or a lemon. . Some pickles are sweet and some are savory. Some pickles are brine based, some are "quick" pickles that are made for storage in the refrigerator, some are fermented (great for gut health) and still others are canned for shelf stable preservation. We will demonstrate all of these.

Bring your instrument and join us for our first ever Open Jam Night! Hosted by Award Winning Songwriter and Music Publisher, Jerome Earnest this will be a relaxed, collaborative evening of music. Whether you want to jam, learn from others, or just talk music, this is a space to connect, share, and explore creativity together.

Learn about simple circuits and propulsion and take home your own sponge scrub brush robot!! Event is free, lunch is included

We will discuss the differences between chemical and natural remedies to pest pressure and diseases like powdery mildew. We strive to use natural remedies such as neem oil. And the benefits of natural fertilizers vs. chemical fertilizers.

**Join us for our social sewing group! **This program is for sewing, crocheting, and knitting of all skill levels.

Though succession gardening allows the gardener to decide what and how much plant, we are all overwhelmed at some point with the abundance. Strategies for managing how and when to preserve at your convenience.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Join us for a monthly meet-up stained glass social event! Use one of our patterns or bring your own, this is your opportunity to make stained glass independently with one of our staff members on site for guidance, but this event is not a guided class. Participants must have taken the "Intro To Stained Glass" class at Factory Two prior to this event. Space is limited, reserve your spot by getting a ticket ahead of time! Ticket purchase is required to attend. Click "get tickets" below. Stations will operate on a "first come first serve" basis, as tools are limited.

How to plant each type of potato. How to grow your own sweet potato slips. Differences between planting determinate and indeterminate potatoes. Signs of when to harvest and when to harvest. How to prepare for hardening off the potatoes for storage and how to store them.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Flint Vintage Flea Market: The Best Vintage & Craft Vendors Around!

Join us for Bring Your Own Project: Art Club, an open studio-style night where you bring your own supplies and work on whatever inspires you.

Flint Vintage Flea Market: The Best Vintage & Craft Vendors Around!

Join us for an exciting opportunity to learn music from an experienced instructor! Jerome Earnest will be offering free 1-on-1 45-minute guitar or bass guitar lessons for students of all skill levels.

Root vegetables can be canned, frozen, dehydrated or stored over winter in a cool space such as a garage or basement. Various mediums can be used. We will demonstrate using straw, shavings and sand as a storage medium.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Volunteer Appreciation come hang out, talk about ideas, get to know everyone, and relax together, enjoy some free pizza!

What happens when you save and plant heirloom or open air pollinated varieties of seeds? Understanding cross pollination and why it may or may not be beneficial.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Rehearsal event before public Goodstock performance

Understanding the needs and requirements to produce a bountiful harvest. From when to start indoors to transplanting; pruning for multiple branching to sacrificing early first blooms. When to harvest and how to preserve. Drying techniques such as braiding, string drying, solar dehydration, freezing and pickling. Recipes will also be available Jalapeño Cowboy Candy.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

There will be a demonstration on how to manage the harvesting so that you can potentially only have to spend one day of the season canning tomatoes. Techniques for peeling and seeding will be demonstrated as well as the canning process from start to finish. A handout will be made available on this process.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Got something broken? Bring it in. Fixed By Flint is a free repair event at Factory Two where a crew of volunteers will take a crack at whatever you drag through the door. Instruments, vacuums, computers, mixers, power tools, yard tools, if it used to work and doesn't anymore, it's worth the trip. The goal is zero dollars out of your pocket. We work with what we've got: parts on hand, the tools of the space, and a bunch of people who like to fix things. If we hit a wall and something truly needs a part we don't carry, we'll tell you what it is and where to find it. But that's not the plan. No appointment. No fee. Show up and see what we can do.

Knowing the signs of stress and what to do about it can cause you to lose one, if not all, of your crop. Save yourself from losing months of hard work by knowing the signs of stress in plants.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

The space is booked for a private group. No public registration.

The space is booked for a private group. No public registration.

Try your hand at screen printing with Jimmy and Barb and making a bowl on the wood lathe. Bobby. Learn more about what Factory Two is and how to get involved.

The space is booked for a private group. No public registration.

Volunteer Appreciation come hang out, talk about ideas, get to know everyone, and relax together, enjoy some free pizza!

Bring your instrument, your vocal cords, or just your ears. No format, no setlist, no cost. Come in, hang out, and play together. Open jam on the first Sunday of every month, 2 to 5 PM at Factory Two. All skill levels welcome. Organized by Bobby Earnest. Questions: bobby@earnestmakes.com

Understanding the purpose and benefits of mulch. There is traditional mulch such as wood chips, leaf mould, grass clippings, etc., but there are also living mulches. Like other mulches, they shade the roots of their neighbors helping to preserve moisture; however, they also have other benefits.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

We've expanded our popular Making Saturdays Awesome program to include sessions for older kids. Kids 12-18 can join us every Wednesday from 2:30 - 5:30 P.M. for free Making Weekdays Awesome! sessions. Each session provides a nutritional snack and an instructor guided activity. Kids will take their completed work home at the end of the day. Our inaugural session will be homemade ice cream in a bag (okay, this one might not make it home, but we'll send the recipe!)

Our popular Making Saturdays Program returns with homemade ice cream in a bag! Kids aged 8-12 are welcome to join us from 11 AM - 3 PM. Lunch is provided and kids will complete an instructor guided project that they can take home. (Okay this one might not make it home, but we'll send the recipe home.)

Cancelled — One day event - Sunday

Flint Vintage Flea Market: The Best Vintage & Craft Vendors Around!

Flint Vintage Flea Market: The Best Vintage & Craft Vendors Around!

Not just for large commercial farmers. This is 2-fer for the garden using the chop and drop method. We will discuss the various types of cover crops and what they add to the soil and why it matters.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Kids ages 12-18 can join us in screen printing t-shirts. They will learn how to prepare and clean a screen and make a shirt of their very own! A healthy snack will be provided.

both miniature games / board games / RPG GAMES come hang out with other gamers meet new people check out Factory Two

Kids 8-12 can join us from 11-2 to make DIY planetariums. Lunch is provided and the kids will bring their planetariums home to enjoy!

Now is the time to plant garlic! This crop will over winter in the bed with short green shoots peeking out from the snow. Garlic has 2 different types of harvests if you pay close attention. We will be discussing the type and varieties that grow best in our area as well as how to cultivate, harvest and store. We will experiment with regular store bought garlic, organic store bought and garlic specifically generated for planting.

Factory Two's annual fundraiser. 5-8pm at 129 N. Grand Traverse St. Sponsorship, ticketing and program details to be confirmed.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Kids 12-18 can join us Wednesday, October 21, 2026 to make lanterns out of mason jars. A healthy snack will be provided and they will come home with a cool new light.

Kids aged 8-12 can join us from 11-2 to make lanterns with mason jars. Lunch will be provided and they come home with a cool new light.

Got clothes you're done with? Bring them in. Stitch & Switch is a free clothing swap at Factory Two. Drop off what you're not wearing, it goes to the floor, free to whoever wants it. Walk out with something new to you. We'll have Seamstress/Seamsters and tailors on hand for basic alterations. Resize, mend, embellish, they work for donations, not ticket prices. If something almost fits or just needs a little love, they've got you. Nothing sold. Nothing wasted. Just clothes finding people who'll actually wear them.

The end of the season doesn't end the garden's life; however, it is time to prepare it for winter. Cold hardy plants will be covered with row covers and gardeners are welcome to come and harvest, probably through December. We will be setting up the row covers and mulching beds with biomass and doing our last turning of the compost.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Kids 12-18 can join us from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM to create their own string art. A healthy snack will be provided, and they'll take their project home with them.

Kids ages 8-12 can join us to create their own string art. Lunch will be provided and they will bring their projects home with them. They are welcome to wear costumes, but they shouldn't inhibit vision, hand/arm movement or their ability to use a hammer and manipulate string.

Bring your instrument, your vocal cords, or just your ears. No format, no setlist, no cost. Come in, hang out, and play together. Open jam on the first Sunday of every month, 2 to 5 PM at Factory Two. All skill levels welcome. Organized by Bobby Earnest. Questions: bobby@earnestmakes.com

This is probably the most important session we will have. We will review the season and discuss what worked well and what didn't work well. How to improve for next season and what our goals will be. We will discuss what we will grow so that seeds and plants can be ordered. We will also put together a "Wish List" for what we'd like to invest in for the next season.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Volunteer Appreciation come hang out, talk about ideas, get to know everyone, and relax together, enjoy some free pizza!

The space is booked for a private group. No public registration.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Drop-in game night — open play, all ages/skill levels welcome.

Volunteer Appreciation come hang out, talk about ideas, get to know everyone, and relax together, enjoy some free pizza!

Bring your instrument, your vocal cords, or just your ears. No format, no setlist, no cost. Come in, hang out, and play together. Open jam on the first Sunday of every month, 2 to 5 PM at Factory Two. All skill levels welcome. Organized by Bobby Earnest. Questions: bobby@earnestmakes.com