Week Calendar

Baby Time with Miss Michele is an interactive story time introducing early literacy to our youngest patrons. Geared toward families with children ages 0-12 months.

Families, preschool.

Join Miss Carrie for a fun storytime filled with books, songs, and activities perfect for young children and their families.

Families, preschoolers.

Families, preschoolers.

Join Mr. Andy for Storytime for Bigs! Engaging stories, songs, movement and fun for preschoolers and their caregivers.

Get ready for a Friday morning blast at Storytime! There will be the magic of stories, lively rhymes, and toe-tapping songs to make your preschooler's day a whole lot more fun.

In this informative series, our partners from 5/3 Bank will share essential information to help you become more comfortable with your banking and finances in today's digital world. 

The ballet is coming to the library!

program set up

Join us for an introduction to Tai Chi. During the winter months, we'll meet in the McGuire Community Room and when the weather gets nicer, we'll move out to the Library's Front Lawn.

Want to talk about major world issues with others in our TC community? Join us for an eight week series to discuss current affairs topics that are timely and important talking points for our society. 

We are opening up a new campaign for teen D&D players! DM Emma will guide you through her homebrew game. All skill levels are invited.

The goal of the Traverse Area Historical Society is to share local history of Traverse City and the Grand Traverse region.

Registration for this current events and world issues 8-part discussion series will open at 9am on January 2, 2026.

Registration for this current events and world issues 8-part discussion series will open at 9am on January 2, 2026.

Youth, families, elementary aged learners.

Do you read manga? Watch anime? Love cosplay? Revel in fandoms? Join us!

We will watch a few episodes of the chosen anime and will have a craft available to do.

This program is intended for patrons 13-years-old and up.

Come try your hand at BINGO! You could win a free book!

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with handmade lucky red envelopes decorated with hot foil stamping! These envelopes represent good luck and prosperity for the year of the horse.

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

All teen writers are welcome. Writer Jacqueline Burke will share her enthusiasm and skills. Guest authors may also come to share.

Tweens are invited to try their hands at various arts and crafts with STEAM related concepts and fun projects to make and take! This program is geared toward older kids grades 3-6.

The Traverse Area District Library's Board of Trustees meeting is a regularly scheduled event and is held monthly on the third Thursday.

Free Family Law Clinic
3rd Wednesday 5:30- 7:30

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. 

Join us for Queer Tales Book Club where we chat about books that are by and/or about LGBTQIA+ people. Reading is not required, and everyone is welcome.

We meet on the third Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the Nelson Room.