Upcoming Highlights

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This page features some highlights from the Main/Woodmere schedule. Visit tadl.org/events for our complete calendar (including other library locations). 

Special all-ages event

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

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

Doughnuts with the Director - 4/11 at 11:30 am (McGuire Room)

Youth

April Storytime Schedule

  • Wigglers with Miss Rosie - Every Monday at 10 am 
  • Baby Time with Miss Michele - Every Tuesday at 9:15 am
  • Toddler Time with Miss Michele - Every Tuesday at 10 am
  • Make-Believers with Miss Kate - Every Wednesday at 10 am
  • Storytime for Bigs - Every Thursday at 10 am
  • Storytime with Miss Amanda - Every Friday at 10 am

Reading & More!

  • Build n Create - Every Wednesday at 4 pm
  • Tween Time - 4/4 & 4/18 at 4 pm
  • 4/1 - Make Something, 4pm
  • 4/9 - Tell-A-Tail, 4 pm
  • 4/15 - DIY Delights, 4 pm
  • 4/22 - Coding Club, 4 pm

Youth Services Weekends

  • 4/6 - TSO Tots, 11 am
  • 4/13 - Yoga for Families, 11 am
  • 4/27 - Project Kidsight (Free preschool vision screening), 9 am - 5 pm

SAVE THE DATE! MakerFest 2024 will be April 20 10 am - 2 pm at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center.

Teen

Creativity Corner - Every Monday, 4 pm
Teen Volunteers - Every Wednesday, 4:30 pm

Anime Club - 4/1, 5:30 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!

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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

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Poets' Night Out 2024
Join us at the City Opera House April 28 at 7 pm! 

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

  • 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 or register via Zoom at tadl.org/turnthepage

Visit tadl.org/events for our complete listing.