Delays & Closures: Tuesday March 17

Local first-responders are still requesting that the community avoids non-essential travel as of 10 am 3/17. The following service hours are now adjusted to reflect this update. 

Closed 

  • Main Library (Woodmere Ave.) 

  • East Bay Branch Library

  • Kingsley Branch Library

  • Peninsula Community Library

Delayed Opening - Noon

  • Fife Lake Public Library

  • Interlochen Public Library

Libraries scheduled for delayed openings may close as conditions dictate. Please check this website regularly for any additional service hour impacts that may be a result of the winter storm. Any item due dates affected by the closures will be extended.

Gutter Regatta with Challenge Island (10 AM session) - Make & Race Toy Boats!

10:00am–10:45am
Preschool, Elementary, Tweens, Families
Main Library - Traverse City
At Capacity
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Front Lawn @ TADL Main Library
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary, Tweens, Families
Program Type: Crafts/Games/Hobbies, STEAM, Summer
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for the building event of the summer, the 2022 TADL Gutter Regatta! Design your boats with recycled materials from TADL's MakerCart.

Summer Clubhouse

10:00am–12:00pm
Preschool, Elementary, Tweens
Main Library - Traverse City
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Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Youth Services Department
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary, Tweens
Program Type: Summer
Event Details:

Join the fun at the Summer Clubhouse! Play games, grab a craft kit to go, enjoy snacks and more!  There's fun for everyone at the library Summer Clubhouse!

Ice Cream Social & Double Bubble in Brownson Park

10:30am–11:30am
All Ages
Kingsley Branch Library
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Library Branch: Kingsley Branch Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Celebrate, Play/Just for Fun, Summer
Event Details:

We're celebrating our fifth week of Summer Library Challenge with ice cream and our very favorite performers, TC Double Bubble!

We'll see you and your family in Brownson Park, so we can push our summer reading goals!

Gutter Regatta with Challenge Island (11 AM session) - Make & Race Toy Boats!

11:00am–12:00pm
Preschool, Elementary, Tweens, Families
Main Library - Traverse City
At Capacity
Registration Required
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Front Lawn @ TADL Main Library
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary, Tweens, Families
Program Type: Crafts/Games/Hobbies, STEAM, Summer
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for the building event of the summer, the 2022 TADL Gutter Regatta! Design your boats with recycled materials from TADL's MakerCart.

East Bay SLC Clubhouse

11:00am–1:00pm
Preschool, Elementary, Tweens, Families
East Bay Branch Library
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Library Branch: East Bay Branch Library
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary, Tweens, Families
Program Type: Play/Just for Fun, Summer
Event Details:

Drop in to the Summer Library Challenge Clubhouse in the yard at the East Bay Branch Library for games, snacks, prizes, free books and more!

Bookmobile Visit with TCAPS

12:00pm–5:00pm
Preschool, Elementary, Tweens, Teen, Families
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Library Branch: Bookmobile Visit with TCAPS
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary, Tweens, Teen, Families
Program Type: Civics & Community, Play/Just for Fun, Summer
Event Details:

Join us on a tour with TCAPS! We'll be at Traverse Heights Elementary, Courtade Elementary, and Thirlby Field over the course of the afternoon.

Teen Dungeons & Dragons

3:30pm–6:45pm
Teen
Kingsley Branch Library
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Library Branch: Kingsley Branch Library
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Crafts/Games/Hobbies
Event Details:

Join this fun teen-led D&D campaign in the Community Room. Everything you need is provided, refreshments too!

Raptor Visit with North Sky Raptor Sanctuary

4:00pm–5:00pm
All Ages, Elementary
East Bay Branch Library
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Library Branch: East Bay Branch Library
Age Group: All Ages, Elementary
Program Type: Explore, Science/Nature, Summer
Event Details:

Join our friends from North Sky Raptor Sanctuary and meet a "Raptor Ambassador". Learn about birds of prey and their habitat.

Tween Scene: TWEEN STEAM Celebrating and Saving Wildlife

4:00pm–5:00pm
Tweens
Main Library - Traverse City
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Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Story Room - Youth Services
Age Group: Tweens
Program Type: Science/Nature, STEAM, Summer
Event Details:

A major part of the mission of the Detroit Zoological Society is to inspire learners if all ages to make changes and take action to protect animals and the wild places they live.  Join us for this program with activities dedicated to celebrat

Stormwater: What It Is and How to Manage It

6:30pm–8:00pm
Teen, Adults, Seniors
Main Library - Traverse City
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Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: McGuire Community Room
Age Group: Teen, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Discuss
Event Details:

Please join us as The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay discusses stormwater--what it is and how to manage it.