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Storytime @ Dennos Museum

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Offsite
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Youth

Join us for a special Storytime @ Dennos Museum, where imagination meets art! Enjoy engaging stories surrounded by beautiful exhibits, then stick around for free crafts inspired by the museum’s collections.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for a special Storytime @ Dennos Museum, where imagination meets art! Enjoy engaging stories surrounded by beautiful exhibits, then stick around for free crafts inspired by the museum’s collections.

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Teen" group

Free Feeding America Sack Lunches - Kids & Teens

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Lobby @ TADL Main Library at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Age Group:
Youth, Teen

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Lobby @ TADL Main Library
Age Group: Youth, Teen
Program Type: Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Event Details:

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

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Food

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Teen" group
This event is in the "Families" group

Free Sack Lunches by Feeding America

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Kingsley Branch Library
Program Type:
Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Families

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Library Branch: Kingsley Branch Library
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Families
Program Type: Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Event Details:

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Disclaimer(s)

Food

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Teen" group

Free Feeding America Sack Lunches - Kids & Teens

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:00pm
East Bay Branch Library
Program Type:
Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Age Group:
Youth, Teen

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Library Branch: East Bay Branch Library
Age Group: Youth, Teen
Program Type: Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Event Details:

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

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Food

This event is in the "Adults" group

Baking with Denise

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Fife Lake Public Library
Age Group:
Adults

Join Denise to make a seasonal baked good! Please call the library to register. Space is limited. 

Library Branch: Fife Lake Public Library
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Join Denise to make a seasonal baked good! Please call the library to register. Space is limited. 

This event is in the "Youth" group

Build N' Create

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Story Room - Youth Services at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Crafts/Games/Hobbies, Make, Play/Just for Fun
Age Group:
Youth

Join us for fun with LEGO© and other engineering challenges. Build something tall, moveable or stable, and challenge yourself to build & create.

Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Story Room - Youth Services
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Crafts/Games/Hobbies, Make, Play/Just for Fun
Event Details:

Join us for fun with LEGO© and other engineering challenges. Build something tall, moveable or stable, and challenge yourself to build & create.

This event is in the "Tweens" group
This event is in the "Teen" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "Seniors" group

Trillium Groove Songwriting Workshop

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
McGuire Community Room at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Arts, Listen, Make
Age Group:
Tweens, Teen, Adults, Seniors

Join local songwriters and recording artists Trillium Groove for this fun and engaging workshop for teens and adults on the basics of songwriting and recording!

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: McGuire Community Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teen, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Listen, Make
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join local songwriters and recording artists Trillium Groove for this fun and engaging workshop for teens and adults on the basics of songwriting and recording!

This event is in the "Teen" group
This event is in the "Adults" group
This event is in the "All Ages" group

D&D Miniature Painting Class

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Thirlby Room at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Arts, Crafts/Games/Hobbies
Age Group:
Teen, Adults, All Ages

Join us in learning about the basics of getting resin printed miniatures game ready! You will create your own miniature that will be printed and primed before the event for you to paint and take home.

At Capacity
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Thirlby Room
Age Group: Teen, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts, Crafts/Games/Hobbies
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us in learning about the basics of getting resin printed miniatures game ready! You will create your own miniature that will be printed and primed before the event for you to paint and take home.

This event is in the "All Ages" group

Comic Art Creation

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 2:00am - 3:30pm
Fife Lake Public Library
Age Group:
All Ages

Learn from Marvel Illustrator, Jerry DeCaire! Jerry is known for his work on X-Men, Wolverine, Thor, and more! This program is paid for by Sara's Memorial Fund.

Library Branch: Fife Lake Public Library
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Learn from Marvel Illustrator, Jerry DeCaire! Jerry is known for his work on X-Men, Wolverine, Thor, and more! This program is paid for by Sara's Memorial Fund.

This event is in the "Youth" group

Clubhouse

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Front Lawn @ TADL Main Library at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Crafts/Games/Hobbies, Play/Just for Fun, Summer
Age Group:
Youth

Step into a world of stories, sunshine, and creativity! At Clubhouse, every day is an adventure.

Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Front Lawn @ TADL Main Library
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Crafts/Games/Hobbies, Play/Just for Fun, Summer
Event Details:

Step into a world of stories, sunshine, and creativity! At Clubhouse, every day is an adventure.

This event is in the "Youth" group

Super Readers: Marvel artist Jerry DeCaire

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
McGuire Community Room at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Arts, Summer
Age Group:
Youth

Color your world with comic book art in this kids library presentation by author and Marvel comic illustrator Jerry DeCaire. Comic art has long been used to bring fantasy to life.

Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: McGuire Community Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Arts, Summer
Event Details:

Color your world with comic book art in this kids library presentation by author and Marvel comic illustrator Jerry DeCaire. Comic art has long been used to bring fantasy to life.

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Teen" group

Free Feeding America Sack Lunches - Kids & Teens

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Lobby @ TADL Main Library at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Age Group:
Youth, Teen

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Lobby @ TADL Main Library
Age Group: Youth, Teen
Program Type: Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Event Details:

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Disclaimer(s)

Food

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Teen" group
This event is in the "Families" group

Free Sack Lunches by Feeding America

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Kingsley Branch Library
Program Type:
Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Families

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Library Branch: Kingsley Branch Library
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Families
Program Type: Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Event Details:

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Disclaimer(s)

Food

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Teen" group
This event is in the "All Ages" group
This event is in the "Families" group

Great Lakes Children's Mobile Museum

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Kingsley Branch Library
Program Type:
Arts, Celebrate, Civics & Community, Crafts/Games/Hobbies, Make, Play/Just for Fun, Science/Nature, STEAM, Summer
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, All Ages, Families

Join KBL in partnership with the Great Lakes Children’s Museum for a Mobile Museum, a hands-on learning festival! Back for a second year, GLCM brings the silly and the scientific together at Brownson Park on Thursday, July 17th at 11:00am.

Library Branch: Kingsley Branch Library
Age Group: Youth, Teen, All Ages, Families
Program Type: Arts, Celebrate, Civics & Community, Crafts/Games/Hobbies, Make, Play/Just for Fun, Science/Nature, STEAM, Summer
Event Details:

Join KBL in partnership with the Great Lakes Children’s Museum for a Mobile Museum, a hands-on learning festival! Back for a second year, GLCM brings the silly and the scientific together at Brownson Park on Thursday, July 17th at 11:00am.

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Teen" group

Free Feeding America Sack Lunches - Kids & Teens

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:00pm
East Bay Branch Library
Program Type:
Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Age Group:
Youth, Teen

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Library Branch: East Bay Branch Library
Age Group: Youth, Teen
Program Type: Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Event Details:

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Disclaimer(s)

Food

This event is in the "Teen" group

Color Our World: Teen Scavenger Hunt

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Teen Services at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Explore, Summer
Age Group:
Teen

Calling all curious teens! Test your knowledge at our annual summer scavenger hunt. You will travel the library and the world as you attempt to answer colorful questions about world cultures. Don't know the answer? Just take a guess!

Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Teen Services
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Explore, Summer
Event Details:

Calling all curious teens! Test your knowledge at our annual summer scavenger hunt. You will travel the library and the world as you attempt to answer colorful questions about world cultures. Don't know the answer? Just take a guess!

This event is in the "Youth" group

Summer Solar Workshop Series: Create a Solar Exploration Kit

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Front Lawn @ TADL Main Library at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Science/Nature, STEAM
Age Group:
Youth

Youth ages 6 - 12.

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Front Lawn @ TADL Main Library
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Science/Nature, STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Youth ages 6 - 12.

SRC Check-in at the East Bay Corners Farmer's Market

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 6:00pm
East Bay Branch Library
Program Type:
Movies, Play/Just for Fun, Summer

Find your friends from the East Bay Branch Library at the East Bay Corners Farmer's Market for game,s and crafts, and kids participating in Summer Reading Club can pick up a weekly prize!

Library Branch: East Bay Branch Library
Program Type: Movies, Play/Just for Fun, Summer
Event Details:

Find your friends from the East Bay Branch Library at the East Bay Corners Farmer's Market for game,s and crafts, and kids participating in Summer Reading Club can pick up a weekly prize!

This event is in the "Adults" group

Shelf-Aware Readers: Wellness Book Group

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Thirlby Room at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Join us quarterly to discuss nonfiction books concerning mental and physical wellness. Facilitators for the discussions will be professional mental health providers courtesy of Head and Heart Therapeutic Services and Open Space Counseling.

Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Thirlby Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us quarterly to discuss nonfiction books concerning mental and physical wellness. Facilitators for the discussions will be professional mental health providers courtesy of Head and Heart Therapeutic Services and Open Space Counseling.

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Babies" group

Baby Time

Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Story Room - Youth Services at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Storytime, Summer
Age Group:
Youth, Babies

Get ready for giggly and wiggly fun at Baby Time! Designed especially for our littlest learners (ages 0–2), this gentle program features songs, rhymes, and simple stories perfect for babies and their caregivers.

Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Story Room - Youth Services
Age Group: Youth, Babies
Program Type: Storytime, Summer
Event Details:

Get ready for giggly and wiggly fun at Baby Time! Designed especially for our littlest learners (ages 0–2), this gentle program features songs, rhymes, and simple stories perfect for babies and their caregivers.

This event is in the "Babies" group
This event is in the "Preschool" group
This event is in the "Families" group

Sing & Stomp

Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
East Bay Branch Library
Program Type:
Play/Just for Fun, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Preschool, Families

Experience stories through music, movement and books with Mr. Matt.

We'll be in the North Conference Room of the Township offices, across the parking lot from the library.

Library Branch: East Bay Branch Library
Age Group: Babies, Preschool, Families
Program Type: Play/Just for Fun, Storytime
Event Details:

Experience stories through music, movement and books with Mr. Matt.

We'll be in the North Conference Room of the Township offices, across the parking lot from the library.

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Families" group

Storytime on Front Lawn

Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Front Lawn @ TADL Main Library at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Storytime, Summer
Age Group:
Youth, Families

Come enjoy stories in the sunshine! Join us on the library’s front lawn for a fun-filled Storytime with books, songs, and movement perfect for little ones and their grown-ups.

Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Front Lawn @ TADL Main Library
Age Group: Youth, Families
Program Type: Storytime, Summer
Event Details:

Come enjoy stories in the sunshine! Join us on the library’s front lawn for a fun-filled Storytime with books, songs, and movement perfect for little ones and their grown-ups.

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Teen" group

Free Feeding America Sack Lunches - Kids & Teens

Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Lobby @ TADL Main Library at Main Library - Traverse City
Program Type:
Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Age Group:
Youth, Teen

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Library Branch: Main Library - Traverse City
Room: Lobby @ TADL Main Library
Age Group: Youth, Teen
Program Type: Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Event Details:

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Disclaimer(s)

Food

This event is in the "Youth" group
This event is in the "Teen" group
This event is in the "Families" group

Free Sack Lunches by Feeding America

Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Kingsley Branch Library
Program Type:
Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Families

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Library Branch: Kingsley Branch Library
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Families
Program Type: Civics & Community, Cooking & Food
Event Details:

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches (with juice boxes) for any child, teen, or developmentally disabled adult (up to age 26) in need of food this summer!

Disclaimer(s)

Food