TADL May 2025 Newsletter What's new? Happy spring! Welcome to the ___ new cardholders who joined us during the cool days of April :) CLOSURE May 26! The Woodmere library will be CLOSED on Monday May 26 for the Memorial Day holiday. 1) Yard Sale and Book Sale! Yes it IS a huge weekend coming up! Yard Sale Details (tadl.org/theyardsale) Book Sale (https://shorturl.at/z5PUm0) 2) Calling all musicians - now's the time to get that new work finished and ready to go. TADL Waves (our local music streaming service), will be opening to a new round of submissions in June. NEW language learning service - ASL Deafined, American Sign Language! https://youtu.be/lgP5oamz5nY Click to skim what's new at TADL: * New Fiction - https://bit.ly/36KpU4N * New Non-Fiction - https://bit.ly/36KQVVH * New in Large Print - https://tinyurl.com/tadllargeprint * New Audiobooks - https://bit.ly/2I3Ry2o * New DVDs - https://bit.ly/3nv66bv * New Music - https://bit.ly/34Ai4Iw Youth MakerFest 2025! We make a lot of things at MakerFest but the one thing we all make together is a fantastic time! Thank you to our program partner RecycleSmart, Oryana for their event support, the 30+ vendors and all the families who turned to make this event at Howe Arena so much fun. Star Wars Day Celebration - May 4! Join us 1 - 2 pm for an epic Star Wars celebration filled with out-of-this-galaxy fun for young Padawans ages 5-12. Come in costume (or not) and enjoy Jedi-approved activities. Whether you're Team Jedi or Sith, the Force will be strong at the library on May the 4th! No cost for any space traveler It's Summer Reading Club school Visit time Which school will claim one of our two 2025 Champion Reader trophies?! We'll be making school visits during May to promote TADL's free Summer Reading Club program. Can Eastern Elementary & Kingsley Elementary repeat or will we crown NEW 2025 champions? (Program signup opens June 1!) Storytime Calendar * Mondays - Wigglers with Miss Carrie, 10 am * Tuesdays - Babytime with Miss Michele, 9:15 am; Toddler Time with Miss Michele, 10 am * Wednesdays - Make-Believers with Miss Kate, 10 am * Thursdays - Storytime for Bigs with Mr. Andy, 10 am * Fridays - Storytime with Miss Amanda, 10 am * Sunday May 18 - Preschool Storytime with Miss Kate, 1 pm Other Events & Programs * 5/5 - Make Something, 4 pm * 5/7 - Build 'N Create, 4 pm * 5/8 - Bricks & Build Motorized Lego©, 4 pm (Must Register) * 5/10 - 4H Program: Going to the Fair, 11 am * 5/12 - DIY Delights, 4 pm * 5/13 - Tell-a-Tail, 4 pm Teen Promwear Swap Sat. May 3 at 2 pm (Woodmere) Sustainable swag - let's make prom magic happen (on a budget)! All styles, sizes, and sparkle levels welcome. Donations may be dropped off in advance to East Bay, Kingsley, or Woodmere libraries. Men's formalwear is especially needed! Teen Calendar * Every Tuesday - Twisted Quills Teen Writing Group, 4 pm * 5/10 - Teen Chess Club, 11 am * 5/11 - Super Smash Bros Ultimate Tournament, 1 pm (Register) * 5/12 - Fandom Passports, 4 pm (Details below) * 5/16 - Teen Volunteer Meeting, 4:30 pm * 5/19 - Anime Club, 4 pm * 5/24 - Teen Chess Club, 11 am * 5/28 - Teen Volunteer Meeting, 4:30 pm Fandom Celebration 5/12 at 4 pm! Calling all superfans, cosplayers, and pop culture pros! Whether you’re repping Hogwarts, Naruto, Middle-earth, or a galaxy far, far away—this is YOUR moment. We crafting passports to celebrate fandoms! Bring photos or stickers if you want to include them in your project. Geek out about long-time passions, and maybe even discover new ones - snacks included! Adults Call for art! * Do you have a Maude Miller Hoffmaster painting to loan to our July exhibit? If so please email Melissa! * Learn more here: https://gtjournal.tadl.org/2017/maud-miller-hoffmaster-a-biography/ Wall Street Journal digital now available * We're excited to announce that you can now access The Wall Street Journal as part of TADL's digital resources! Book Groups & Author Events * 5/8 - Freestyle Writing Workshop, 6 pm * 5/19 - Books & Brewskis, 7 pm, Silver Spruce Brewing (Book: Vera Wang's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers) * 5/20 - Queer Tales, 7 pm (Book: A Life Apart by Neel Mukherjee) * 5/27 - Tuesdays @ Two, 2 pm (Book: Watchers by Dean Koontz) 2025 Chapbooks are available! If you missed Poets' Night Out you don't have to miss out on some great local writers. Buy a chapbook ($5) at the library front desk and you'll have a copy of all the PNO finalists' work. All proceeds support the annual PNO contest and program! Health & Wellness * 5/1-Introduction to Mindfulness, 12 pm * 5/8 - Ageless Grace, 10 am* * 5/9 - Chair Yoga, 11 am* * 5/16 - Tai Chi, 12 pm * 5/19 - Ageless Grace, 12 pm* * 5/20 - Pelvic Health Workshop - Incontinence, 5 pm * 5/23 - Nature Walk - Turtle Cove Nature Preserve, 9 am* * 5/28 - Visit with our TBL team, Senior Palooza (YMCA West) 10 am - Noon * 5/29 - Medicare 101, 6 pm *Presented in partnership with The Larry Gorton Talking Book Library. Local History Exhibit This month's Local History display on the second floor features a focus on bicycles and cycling in Grand Traverse County with a selection of photographs from the collection to celebrate National Bike Month. Let's Learn Together! * Digital Drop-Ins - Every Wednesday from 10 -11:30 am - Bring your device and we can try to help! * 5/3 - Spanish Language Conversation Meet-Up, 10:30 am * 5/7 - French Language Conversation Meet-Up, 6:30 pm * 5/8 - Know Your Rights with ACLU, 6 pm * 5/10 - ABCs of Bike Mechanics, 12 pm * 5/18 - Traverse Area Historical Society monthly program, 2 pm * 5/20 - Mind Your Money - Scams & Identity Theft, 11 am * 5/22 - Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society monthly program, 1 pm Skilled Repair Volunteers Needed June 14! Are you the volunteer handyman of the neighborhood? Resident seamstress of your friend group? Bike mechanic on your block? Consider volunteering for our Repair Café - learn more at tadl.org/repaircafe. Just for Fun * TADL Stitchers - Every Tuesday evening at 6pm - Join us to work on your own needlecraft project. * 5/4 - Bird Walk on Boardman Lake with GT Audubon, 7:30 am * 5/4 - Books to Movies, 1 pm - A Complete Unknown * 5/5 - Richard Descending, A One-Man Play, 6:30 pm * 5/11 - Super Smash Bros Ultimate Tournament, 1 pm - Open to Teens and Adults. Personal equipment welcome! (Registration Required) * 5/19 o Anime Club, 4 pm - Open to Teens & Adults o Papercrafting Junk Journals, 6 pm * 5/28 - FREE Movie Night with TCFF: The Librarians, 7 pm Friends of the Traverse Area District Library (tadl.org/friends) The Friends of TADL have two events this month: * Spring Book Sale May 2-4 (tadl.org/events) * Annual Meeting May 14 (tadl.org/friendsannual2025) You can join our Friends of TADL group anytime, learn more at tadl.org/friends! East Bay Branch Library Soon you will be able to check out a variety of larger tools from the East Bay Branch Library Tool Library! We'll post a link in the June newsletter, but initial items in the collection include things like a power washer and weed whacker. Due to their size, Tool Library items will need to be checked out from the East Bay Branch Library and returned to that location. Ongoing * Sing & Stomp Wednesdays - 11 am * Sing & Stomp Fridays - 10 am Additional Events * 5/6 - Adult Coloring Night, 5:30 pm - 7 pm * 5/9 o Introduction to Tai Chi, 12 - 1 pm o Tool Library Launch Party, 3 - 4 pm * 5/13 - Picture Book Club for Adults, 6 pm * 5/20 - French Conversation Group, 5:30 - 6:30 pm * 5/23 - Chair Yoga, 11:30 am * 5/27 - East Bay Book Club, 6 pm * 5/31 - Cardio Drumming o 11 am (Register) https://www.tadl.org/event/cardio-drumming-east-bay-i-23074 o Noon (Register) https://www.tadl.org/event/cardio-drumming-east-bay-ii-23075 Kingsley Branch Library Ongoing * Wigglers Storytime Tuesdays and Wednesdays - 10:30 am * Big Kid Storytime Thursdays, Homeschool Edition - 11 am Additional Events * 5/1 - Teen Dungeons & Dragons, 3:30 pm * 5/3 - Star Wars Day, 9 - 2:30 pm * 5/8 - Everyone has a Story, 5:30 pm * 5/19 - Teen Dungeons & Dragons, 3:30 pm * 5/28 - Afternoon Book Club 2 pm * 5/29 - Teen Dungeons & Dragons, 3:30 pm Letter from the Director’s Desk, with Library Director Michele P. Howard “In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends." - John Churton Collins For 43 years, the Friends of TADL, has been a steadfast supporter of the library through prosperity and adversity. If you take a walk around the library, you’ll see where the generosity of the Friends has touched the library: the Youth Story Room, Summer Reading Club, Ancestry online database, the Bookmobile, this newsletter you are reading, and more! Not only do the Friends sustain some items annually, they also do one-time projects (such as the Drop Box at East Bay Branch Library). Who are these Friends? Like their webpage states, “A friend is someone like you!” Not only does the Main library have a Friends organization but Kingsley Branch, Interlochen Public Library, Peninsula Community library and Fife Lake Public Library all have their own Friends organizations to join. They each offer a little something different but with the same purpose: supporting our libraries! These organizations always welcome new members and there’s some Friends of TADL events happening at the Main Library on Woodmere Ave. whether you belong or not! * May 2 - Spring Book Sale- Members Only * May 3-4 - Spring Book Sale - All welcome. (Volunteers are still needed.) * May 14 - Annual Meeting, McGuire Room o Tea with the Director, 4 pm before the Annual Meeting (Drop in for a chat!) * May 15 - Visit the Friends at the National Writers Series event with Chasten Buttigieg, Opera House I hope you’ll join us at one of these great events! IMLS Funding I’m sure you have lots of questions about federal library/IMLS funding and MeLCat, as we all do. Please know that I am keeping close tabs on the situation. We will post any updates as we have them on the IMLS funding page (tadl.org/IMLSfunding). I will be at the Michigan Library Association Advocacy Day in Lansing April 30, AND as noted above, I will also arrive early at the Friends annual meeting if you would like to drop by for a chat. Happy Get Caught Reading Month! Michele