CLOSURE: Sunday March 15

The Main Library on Woodmere Ave. will be CLOSED for the day on Sunday March 15, due to the anticipated winter storm. All other TADL libraries are regularly closed on Sundays.

April 2024 - Eclipse events and more at the library

Posted on:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Heather Brady, Marketing & Communications Manager  - hbrady@tadl.org or 231.932.8501

Eclipse events and more at the library this April

(TRAVERSE CITY) - Spring into the library and you’ll find not only great stories but fantastic events all month long. 

Special all-ages events

  • Through April 11 - join our community read-a-thon! tadl.org/readathon

  • Solar Eclipse Livestream - Mon. 4/8 1 - 4 pm (Youth Storyroom)

  • Celebrate National Library Week 4/7-4/13! 

    • Doughnuts with the Director - 4/11 at 11:30 am (McGuire Room) Drop in and chat with Library Director Michele P. Howard!

  • Classical Music Bag Sale 4/20

    • Stop by the McGuire Room and take home a bag of classical music! Free cookbook with every purchase. Sale will be open 9 am - 4 pm.

Youth

Highlight: Mark your calendars for Saturday April 20 - MakerFest 2024! It’s a special Earth Day edition in conjunction with RecycleSmart at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center 10 am - 2 pm. Over 50 exhibitors and community partners will be joining us. Find details and travel tips at tadl.org/makerfest2024

Reading & More! (Find our complete storytime calendar at tadl.org/events)

  • Build n Create - Every Wednesday at 4 pm

  • Tween Time - 4/4 & 4/18 at 4 pm

  • 4/6 - TSO Tots, 11 am

  • 4/9 - Tell-A-Tail, 4 pm

  • 4/13 - Yoga for Families, 11 am

  • 4/15 - DIY Delights, 4 pm

  • 4/22 - Coding Club, 4 pm

  • 4/27 - Project Kidsight (Free preschool vision screening), 9 am - 5 pm

Teen

  • Creativity Corner - Every Monday, 4 pm

  • Teen Volunteers - Every Wednesday, 4:30 pm

  • Sat. Chess Club - 4/6 & 4/20, 11 am

  • Firekeeper's Daughter Book Discussion - 4/13 11 am

Adults

Digital Drop-Ins - Every Wednesday (Ref Desk) 10 - 11:30 am 

Stop by the Seed Library and get your garden started!

Health & Wellness

All events are in the McGuire Room unless otherwise noted.

  • Yoga

    • 10 am - 4/18

    • 6 pm - 4/4 and 4/25

  • Lunchtime Tai Chi - 4/5 and 4/19 at Noon 

  • Versiti Blood Drive - 4/16, 9:30 am - 2 pm 

  • Chair Yoga* - 4/19 at 11 am 

  • Ageless Grace* (Neuroplasticity/brain exercises) - 4/30, 10:30 am

  • Check the May calendar - save the date

    • Introduction to Mindfulness classes 5/1 

    • Pelvic health workshop 5/2 

*Programming by The Larry Gorton Talking Book Library

Learn & Explore

  • Spanish Language Conversation Meetup - 4/6 10:30 am Thirlby Room

  • Solar Eclipse Livestream - 4/8 1 pm Youth Storyroom

  • The First Amendment Discussion Series - 4/9 1 pm Thirlby Room (Must register - tadl.org/events)

  • Money Management & Financial Literacy Workshop Series (Must register - tadl.org/events)

    • Consumer Protection, Mastering Money Management, and Debt Reduction - 4/10 5:30 pm Thirlby Room 

    • Developing a Spending Plan, Credit Ratio and Savings, and Insurance - 4/17 5:30 pm Thirlby Room 

    • Fair Housing and Fair Lending, Banking Basics, and Student Loans - 4/24 5:30 pm Thirlby Room 

  • "They Came by Sail and Steam to Canada" with Derek Blount (Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society) - 4/25, 1 pm 

  • Morel Mushroom Picking Seminar with the Champ! - 4/28 2 pm McGuire Room

Author Talks & Other Entertaining Events

Highlight: Poets' Night Out 2024 Join us at the City Opera House April 28 at 7 pm! We’ll have readings from prize-winning local poets and poetry books for sale.

  • Books to Movies - 4/7 1pm Thirlby Room 

  • Edmonia (New Opera, Interlochen Sneak Peek) - 4/7 2 pm McGuire Rm 

  • Escape Room - 4/8 6 pm Thirlby Room (Must register - tadl.org/events)

  • (Local author + Michigan Notable Book!) Abra Berens and her new cookbook Pulp: A Practical Guide to Cooking with Fruit - 4/11 6 pm McGuire Rm 

  • Firekeepers Daughter Great Michigan Read Community Book Discussion - 4/13 11 am McGuire Room 

  • Turn the Page, the Bob Seger Story: Book Event with author Dr. Edward Sarkis Balian - 4/24 6 pm McGuire Room (Link) Zoom link available by request.

 

Around the TADL neighborhood...

East Bay Branch Library

  • Sing & Stomp Wednesdays - 4/3, 4/10 at 11 am

  • Sing & Stomp Fridays - Every Friday at 10 am

  • Tiny Art Show on display 4/17-5/1 - Pick up a kit to make your own masterpiece for the exhibit! Kits available through 4/6, or while supplies last.

  • 4/2 - East Bay Book Club, 6 pm

  • 4/5 - Grief & Loss Drop-In, 11 am - 1 pm

  • 4/9 - Knitting Basics with Cara (Four class series) - Starting 4/9 at 4 pm (Register)

  • 4/12 - Tai Chi with Josh, Noon

  • 4/17 - Adult Escape Room, 5 pm (Register)

  • 4/26

    • Chair Yoga, 11 am

    • Family Movie & Popcorn Bar, 4 pm

  • 4/27 - Teen Game Time, 11 am

  • 4/30 - East Bay Book Club, 6 pm

 

Kingsley Branch Library

  • Wigglers Storytime Every Tuesday & Wednesday, 10:30 am

  • Big Kids Storytime - Every Thursday at 11 am

  • 4/11 - 15th Birthday Party!, 3:30 - 6 pm

  • 4/24 - Afternoon Book Club, 2 pm

  • 4/25 - 14th Annual Art Attack!, 6:30 pm

  • 4/27 - Simply Delicious with Chef Tom, 10 am

 

Check out our calendar for the most up-to-date roster of events. Press resources are available online at tadl.org/press TADL provides dynamic resources and innovative services to stimulate intellectual curiosity, facilitate lifelong learning, promote literacy, and nurture personal enrichment. Circulating over 1,300,000 items each year, TADL provides a wide variety of services, including a broad collection of books, digital streaming and downloads, public computers, free WiFi, a Talking Book Library, and free programs for all ages.

 

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