November 2023 Newsletter Traverse Area District Library ** What's new? ------------------------------------------------------------ We're glad you asked because boy oh boy...there is lots of news! Grab a beverage and get comfortable, 'cause here we go - Welcome to the 259 cardholders who joined us in October :) 1) Book Sale! You know it you love it, our fabulous Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale is November 2-5 (details (https://www.tadl.org/events/month/2023/11) ). You can also support us Nov. 11 at Shop Your Community Day! 2) Kanopy - Kanopy is changing to a new system, watch the video below to learn more about the changes. Each library cardholder will have 18 tickets to use with Kanopy each month. Video here: https://youtu.be/G2d_bQZC-CA 3) Celebrate our community's library heritage with us! Details below. 4) CLOSURES - All TADL libraries will be closed Fri. 11/10 for staff in-service training. The Main Library will close at 5 pm Wed. 11/22 and close all day for the Thanksgiving holiday Thurs. 11/23. Please see individual library websites for holiday hour details at other TADL libraries. Click to skim what's new at TADL: New Fiction (https://bit.ly/36KpU4N) New Non-Fiction (https://bit.ly/36KQVVH) New Audiobooks (https://bit.ly/2I3Ry2o) New DVDs (https://bit.ly/3nv66bv) New Music (https://bit.ly/34Ai4Iw) TADLKids (http://tadl.org/youth) Visit tadl.org/events for details on all our events! Storytimes (Starting Mon. 11/6) Mondays, 10 am - Storytime w/ Miss Rosie (ages 2+) Tuesdays, 9:15 am - Babytime (ages 0-1) Tuesdays, 10 am - Toddler Time (ages 1-2) Wednesdays, 10 am - Make-Believers Storytime w/ Miss Kate (ages 2+) Thursdays (except 11/23), 10 am - Storytime for Bigs (ages 2+) Fridays, 10 am - StoryTime with Miss Amanda (ages 2+) Afterschool Programs - 4 pm Start Time * Mon, 11/6 : Make Something * Mon, 11/20: Minute to Win It * Mon, 11/27: Coding Club * Tues, 11/14: Tell-a-Tail * Tue, 11/21 BINGO * Each Wed (except 11/22): Build n' Create * Thur, 11/9 & 11/16: Tween Craft * Tue, 11/28: Budding Bookworms: Edge of Extinction: The Ark Plan by Laura Martin (https://catalog.tadl.org/main/details?id=48129835) Weekend Programs * Sat. 11/4 (10 am to 2 pm) & Sun. 11/5 (1 pm to 4 pm) - International Games Weekend * Sat. 11/11 Veterans Day Card Activity 10 am - 2 pm * Sat. 11/18 Yoga for Families, 11 am * Sat. 11/25 STEM Kits in Youth, 10 am - 2 pm Bookmobile (http://tadl.org/ontheroad) ** Bookmobile Visit to the Light Parade - Nov. 18 ------------------------------------------------------------ Beep beep - it's your TADL Bookmobile here! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to say to us at the Chili Cook Off, Pigeon has not stopped chirping about it ;) We hope to see you all soon downtown at the Light Parade! Thank you to my new BFFs at TC Millworks for building the most amazing shelves. I can't wait to show them off! (A very special thank you to the equally amazing private donor/bookmobile fan who funded them :) TADL Teens (http://tadl.org/teen) ** Nov. Teen Events ------------------------------------------------------------ * 11/6 - Anime Club, 5:30 pm * Novel Writing - Every Tues. at 4 pm * The Table (Teen Leadership Group) - Every Wed. at 4:30 pm except 11/22 (Drop-ins welcome!) * 11/20 - Escape Room, 5:30 pm (Must register (https://www.tadl.org/event/teen-escape-room-17) ) ** Special Features ------------------------------------------------------------ 11/2 & 11/13 - Painting, 4:30 pm Unleash your inner artist and discover the secrets of painting with Amy Spitzley, a local artist and author known for her stunning work at art fairs. Join her to transform your ideas into a masterpiece on a mini canvas to take home. 11/11 & 11/25, Saturday Chess Club 11 am Looking to up your Chess game? Join our event where Luca will teach you the ropes, Aaron will bring the challenge, and snacks will keep you energized as you take on various opponents and sharpen your skills. Players rotate to play as many people as time allows. Adults (http://tadl.org/adult) Did you know our bookmobile has an fantastic indigenous book collection? It does, thanks to a generous 2% grant from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians. Reading a book by an indigenous author is a great way to honor local and national indigenous peoples during November. ** November Events ------------------------------------------------------------ * 11/5 - Books to Movies, 1 pm Thirlby Rm (Link (https://www.tadl.org/event/books-movies-4) ) * 11/11 - Free Wills for Veterans (GTLABA), Noon to 5 pm McGuire Rm (Link (https://www.tadl.org/event/gtlaba-wills-veterans-program-0) ) * 11/14 - We Are Still Here: a Contemporary Indigenous Perspective, 6:30 pm - Zoom Only (Link (https://www.tadl.org/wearestillhere) ) * 11/19 - TAHS Presents: Local Vintage Fashion, 2 pm (Link (https://www.tadl.org/event/traverse-area-historical-society-13) ) NEW! Family Search Database This new database (for use in the library only) can assist you in researching/making family connections as part of your family history research. FamilySearch adds over 300 million free genealogical records and images online yearly, and has billions of birth, marriage, death, census, land and court records from 130+ countries. If you need assistance just ask at the Reference Desk! Link to online video tutorials (https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/learning-center) ** Author Events ------------------------------------------------------------ 11/9 - End of the Trail with Jim DuFresne, 6:30 pm (Link (https://www.tadl.org/dufresne) ) 11/12 - One Man Play: Old Wilbur - Raymond Goodwin, 1 pm (Link (https://www.tadl.org/oldwilbur) ) 11/17 - Midnight Write-In for National Novel Writing Month, 6 pm (Link (https://www.tadl.org/event/nanowrimo-midnight-write-0) ) Click here (https://www.tadl.org/events/month/2023/11?program_types%5B16%5D=16) to browse our book club calendar! ** Health & Wellness ------------------------------------------------------------ 11/3 & 11/17 - Lunchtime Tai Chi, Noon 11/7 - Medicare Information Session, 5:30 pm 11/21 - Chair Yoga, 11:30 am ** Sight & Sound ------------------------------------------------------------ The new Sight & Sound library card is proving to be one of the hottest cards in town! It's a great way to show off your movie and music fandom - although of course you can check out anything with it :) ** TCFF Movies ------------------------------------------------------------ In that spirit the Sight & Sound Department has put together a list of all the TCFF opening/closing night movies in our collection (https://www.tadl.org/tcffredcarpet) , as well as 2023 TCFF Tuesday movies (https://catalog.tadl.org/main/view_list?list_id=120819) . ** McGuire Art Exhibit ------------------------------------------------------------ Don't miss the amazing art exhibit this month - Willie Jones is an Air Force veteran and artist. The display features both aviation and portraiture. Library Heritage Celebration! Our community has a long and amazing library heritage, we can't wait to share the celebration with you over the year to come! We will be planning more events, but here is how we are kicking it all off - * A Walk Through Library History Display - This curated timeline of significant library events will be in the McGuire Community Room for December and January, with associated displays throughout the building. + Fun fact: the Ladies' Library Association will be inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame Dec. 6! Thank you to Anne Magoun and Ann Swaney for their work to make this recognition happen! * Woodmere Silver Anniversary Birthday Party - Save the date for January 10th! Details to come in the December newsletter. Watch tadl.org/events for more heritage events as we add them to our 2024 calendar. Special holiday store items - We have new silver tote bags and new note card sets in our swag shop by the front desk. ** NEW! Limited-Edition Silver Anniversary Totes ------------------------------------------------------------ These are slim dressy shoulder totes for the times when you only need to carry a few books. Metallic silver with our blue and black 25th anniversary logo. If you are looking for a workhorse tote bag ask to see one of our canvas totes! As always, all proceeds are rechanneled into library programs and services. Friends of the Library The Fall Book Sale is this weekend! Thank you to all the Friends and volunteers who work to make our book sales happen. Thurs. Nov. 2 - Hours: 6 to 8 pm FRIENDS-ONLY PREVIEW SALE Fri. Nov. 3 - Sale Hours: 9 am - 6 pm Sat. Nov. 4 - Sale Hours: 9 am - 6 pm Sun. Nov. 5 - Sale Hours: Noon to 4:30 pm If you happen to miss a large book sale, remember - books are always for sale, just browse the shelves under our main staircase! Talk about a win-win-win! Get your holiday shopping done, support local businesses, AND support your library at the same time! Just shop downtown Sat. November 11 - participating stores will be donating a portion of their proceeds to local non-profits. We would love it if you let them know you would like to direct the donation from your sale to the Traverse Area District Library! Thank you to downtown Traverse City for including us in Shop Your Community Day 2023 - and thank you to all the downtown businesses who chose to participate :) Around the TADL neighborhood... ** East Bay Branch Library ------------------------------------------------------------ * Every Wednesday - Sing & Stomp, 11 am * 11/11 - Harvest Festival, Noon - 2 pm * 11/14 - Chair Yoga, 2:30 pm * 11/15 - Escape Room (Minecraft Theme) 5 pm (ages 9-13 - Register (https://www.tadl.org/event/youth-escape-room-minecraft-edition-11596) ) * 11/17 - Adult Coloring Night, 5:30 pm * 11/28 - Book Club, 6 pm ** Kingsley Branch Library Maker Day 11/7, 10 am - 4 pm ------------------------------------------------------------ Drop in for making, crafting, and building fun! Challenge yourself with Lego bricks, design at our random supply station, or try some of our planned crafts! Free and open to the public. Note: Kingsley schools are closed 11/7 and we will not have a Wiggler's Storytime. Left: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, thank you to City Commissioner Linda Koerbert & TADL Trustee Paul Deyo for attending! Right: MLA Conference 2023 with Chantal Lentz (East Bay Branch Library), Andy Schuck (Head of Youth Services), and TADL Trustee Marylee Pakieser. From the Director’s Desk Photos: Left: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, thank you to City Commissioner Linda Koerbert & TADL Trustee Paul Deyo for attending! Right: MLA Conference 2023 with Chantal Lentz (East Bay Branch Library), Andy Schuck (Head of Youth Services), and TADL Trustee Marylee Pakieser. Happy November! I'm writing this fresh off the Chili Cook Off - how wonderful to see our community enjoying time together on our front lawn. It's even more special to know that donors (and the MEDC) saw the value in coming together and helped us make the front lawn update happen. Still to come - a new drinking fountain! This is the latest in a long line of community-building that started with the Ladies Library Association in 1869. I hope to see you at the celebrations over the coming year as we honor all our community's library-building efforts for the past 155 years. But, we have to also stop and acknowledge that not everyone feels this amazing sense of community. As the darkness of fall and approaching winter creep in, I am reflecting on a recent U.S. Surgeon General's report (Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation, the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community 2023). Did you know that the health effects of loneliness is on par with smoking 15 cigarettes a day?! This report details how our American society as a whole has gotten more lonely and isolated. Loneliness crosses all ages, races, genders, incomes, and areas of residence. While we are technologically more connected than anytime in human history, we are also growing more lonely and isolated. While most of us know how loneliness feels emotionally, the report details more invisible, detrimental physical effects including strokes, heart disease, dementia, inflammation, and suicide. Fortunately we do have a cure: connect with those around you. The plan identifies Six Pillars to tackle loneliness - Pillar 1: Strenghten Social Infrastructure in Local Communities. This includes public libraries (of course)!! We are a pillar of our local communities. Our Strategic Plan to make the library inclusive to everyone has never been more important. We continue to strive to do more, do better for our community and we hope you’ll join us. Reach out to a friend or family member. Be friendly to a stranger. Attend a program - we offer programming for all ages, join a book club, read or listen to a book, or volunteer! Our library is better with you in it, we can't wait to see you soon - Michele ============================================================ ** Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/TraverseAreaDistrictLibrary) ** Link (http://www.instagram.com/notjustbooks) ** Website (http://tadl.org) ** YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/TADLnotjustbooks)