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Heather Brady, Marketing & Communications Manager - hbrady@tadl.org or 231.932.8501
Love at First Library - Celebrate Library Lovers’ Month with Us!
(TRAVERSE CITY) - February offers plenty of chances to wear your bookish heart on your sleeve! From cozy reading nooks and blind-date-with-a-book displays to fun community programs, we’re turning the whole month into a love letter to libraries and the people who cherish them.
Key items for February:
Our Cradle of Democracy series has a new focus for February! Our January focus was the State of Michigan, in honor of Michigan's statehood anniversary. Our February focus will be the federal checks and balances system. Our civics celebration page is updated with lots of resources related to this topic. Upcoming civics highlights at Woodmere include
All February: Local History Collection Exhibit - A Cradle of Democracy, Andrew Carnegie's legacy in Traverse City. Find it in the 2nd floor display case at Woodmere!
2/10 - Voter Information Table (League of Women Voters), 11 am to 1 pm
2/12 - Hamilton Sing-along, 6 pm
2/25 - Our Town, Our Democracy: Local Press Panel Event, 6 pm (tadl.org/LocalMediaPanel)
Pick up a democracy bingo card at your closest library (Woodmere, East Bay, or Kingsley) and follow along. You can find all the details here: tadl.org/democracy
Find our full roster of events at tadl.org/events. Additional February highlights include:
Youth
2/7 - Musical Storytime with the TC Philharmonic, 11 am
2/10 - Tell-a-Tail: Kids, Read to a Therapy Dog!, 4 pm
2/12 - Bricks & Build Motorized Lego Models (Ages 9-12), 4 pm (Must register online at tadl.org/events)
2/14 - Valentine Cardmaking, 10 am
Sat. 2/21 Special Ballet Performance - Live at the Library! - The Northwest Michigan Ballet Theatre presents A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, at 11 am. Free tickets required, available now - https://events.humanitix.com/faerytale_nmbt
2/24 - Pokemon Club, 4 pm
2/27 K-POP Idol Party! Free family Friday night fun - Cure that cabin fever with some catchy K-Pop! Crafts and activities, sing or just practice your dance moves with us! (Dress-up is encouraged but not required.) TADL Youth Department, 6 pm
Teen
Twisted Quills Teen Writing Group - Every Tuesday at 4 pm
NEW! TADL Teen Election 2026 (See feature below)
2/5 - Teen Luddite Club, 4 pm
2/16 - Anime Club, 4 pm
2/17 - Teen Drop-in Craft: Hot Foil Lucky Envelopes for Lunar New Year!, 4 pm
2/24 - Read It, Keep It! (Teen Book Club), 4 pm
TADL Teen Election 2026: Which book will win?
The election process starts NOW - with nominations!
Nominations are being accepted from January 2-February 21. Nominate your favorite book today! Details are online at tadl.org/teen
Adults
It's February so it's time to plan your Blind Date with a Book - the Woodmere display is at the top of the main staircase on the 2nd floor. Below are just a few of our many February programs, find the entire list at tadl.org/events.
2/5 - Mind Your Money! SCAMS, 6 pm
2/15 - Traverse Area Historical Society, 2 pm
Topic: The Search for Anna & Levi: A Lost History of Black Homesteaders in Leelanau County
2/18 - Family Law Clinic (Drop-in Legal Services), 5:30 pm
2/25 - Adult Craft & Coloring Night, Drop-in 4 to 7 pm
2/26 - Parkinson's Disease 101 (tadl.org/parkinsons101), 5 pm
Please check 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 programming for all ages.
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Image: A view of Sixth Street in 1910 across the Boardman/Ottaway River, showing the Perry Hannah house (now Reynolds-Jonkhoff) on the left, and the new Carnegie Library building just to its right.