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.

Summer Clubhouse

10:00am–12:00pm
Preschool, Elementary, Tweens
Main Library - Traverse City
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Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Front Lawn @ TADL Main Library
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!

Wigglers Storytime @ KBL

10:30am–11:15am
Babies, Preschool
Kingsley Branch Library
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Library Branch: Kingsley Branch Library
Age Group: Babies, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for Wigglers Storytime! Ms. Beth engages our early and pre-readers (ages 0-4+ usually, but we make exceptions) with movement, music, crafts, and stories, to develop literacy, social skills, and confidence!

Summer Reading Program - Oceans-A-Live

11:00am–12:00pm
Preschool, Elementary
Peninsula Community Library
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Library Branch: Peninsula Community Library
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary
Program Type: Storytime, Summer
Event Details:

Join us in the PCL's garden for the Summer Reading Program, "Oceans-A-Live" with storyteller Dawn Farley. There will be stories, crafts and games!

Tell-A-Tail

11:00am–12:00pm
Preschool, Elementary, Tweens
Main Library - Traverse City
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Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Story Room - Youth Services
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary, Tweens
Event Details:

Children are encouraged to read aloud to TADL's kind and gentle therapy dogs.  Young readers are welcome to bring their own book or choose one from the library collection.

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!

Tuesdays @ Two Book Club

2:00pm–3:30pm
Adults
Main Library - Traverse City
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Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: McGuire Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Do you like to read or listen to audiobooks across all genres? Do you like to talk about books, or just listen? Join the Tuesdays @ Two book discussion group on the last Tuesday of each month from 2pm to 3pm in the McGuire Room.

Read with Lani on Tuesdays

3:30pm–4:30pm
Elementary, Tweens
Peninsula Community Library
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Library Branch: Peninsula Community Library
Age Group: Elementary, Tweens
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Tuesdays 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 

Appointments are first come first serve

Ocean Animal Bingo with Miss Linda!

4:00pm–5:00pm
Preschool, Elementary, Tweens
Main Library - Traverse City
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Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Story Room - Youth Services
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary, Tweens
Program Type: Crafts/Games/Hobbies, Summer
Event Details:

Play word building bingo with an ocean animal theme!  Fun and educational for pre-readers on up.

East Bay Book Club

6:00pm–7:00pm
Adults
East Bay Branch Library
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Library Branch: East Bay Branch Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us for a relaxed and friendly book discussion in the North Conference Room of the East Bay Township Building, across the parking lot from the East Bay Branch Library. Everyone is welcome!

TADL Stitchers

6:00pm–8:00pm
Adults, Seniors, Families
Main Library - Traverse City
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Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Thirlby Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors, Families
Program Type: Crafts/Games/Hobbies
Event Details:

TADL Stitchers is open to anyone with an interest in needlework in its many forms--knitting, crochet, cross stitch, needlepoint, quilting, embroidery, tatting, etc.  If you are having trouble with a project, others may be able to help. 

Summer Reading Club Family Program

6:30pm–8:00pm
All Ages, Families
Peninsula Community Library
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Library Branch: Peninsula Community Library
Age Group: All Ages, Families
Program Type: Listen, Summer
Event Details:

Join us for an evening of music and fun during this Summer Reading Club Family Program. We will have special guests Mariam Pico and Ryan Younce. Bring your own picnic. Ice cream treats will be available.