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Let’s Build and Create
We supply the LEGOS and other building toys. You supply the imagination!
Find out more »Teen Sages
The Teen Sages is the teen volunteer group at the Traverse Area District Library’s Woodmere location. The Teen Sages assist in planning programs, make suggestions to improve library service to teens, and help out with various library programs. We meet weekly to…
Find out more »Shedding Light on Dark Matter, Presented by David Penney, Ph.D
What is Dark Matter? We know what it is not, but not what it is. There were hints of its presence 100 years ago. Astronomers swept it under the rug. Now we can no longer ignore this elephant in the…
Find out more »Mother Goose on the Loose
Award-winning early literacy program engages with one-on-one interaction between child and parent. (12-24 months)
Find out more »Wigglers
“Wigglers” programs are designed for PreSchoolers and offer stories, songs, rhymes and feature a guest appearance by everyone’s favorite storytime bear, Brown Sugar.
Find out more »Tween Scene
Tweens (ages 9-12) are invited to hang out, play games, talk books and enjoy snacks.
Find out more »IGLU: Inspired Group for Literary Understanding
IGLU is a writing group that meets weekly in Teen Services. Teens, 13-19, gather to discuss all things writing and enjoy a snack.
Find out more »TADL Monthly Board Meeting
The Traverse Area District Library (TADL) Board of Trustees will meet for their regular monthly board meeting. Board meetings are open to the public. Click here for a complete agenda and the minutes of the previous meeting.
Find out more »Storybag Stories
Storybag Stories is a themed storytime for preschoolers and their adults. Each weekly theme is revealed when it is pulled out of the storybag. We'll combines stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft to build early literacy skills and a love…
Find out more »Pathfinder Society Game
Join us for a beginner and experienced player-friendly game featuring the Pathfinder Society replaying game system. No need to worry about dice or character sheets, we have everything you need to get started.
Find out more »Drop In Craft
Drop in to work on a themed craft at your own pace. We’ll provide the supplies. Ages 3-12
Find out more »Leaf and Spice Plaque
Create a one-of-a-kind leaf plaque using spices to animate your leaf design. Bring a favorite leaf for your outline or use one of ours. With artist, Marionette Kubicz.
Find out more »Minecraft Teen Club
Bring your own laptop or play on our computers. If there are more participants than computers, teens will team up or take turns. This program has been designed for teens and will be run by teens.
Find out more »Chili Cook Off
Help make our first Chili Cook Off a spectacular event! How can you do that? By joining us on October 22 from 1:00pm-3:00pm, taste the chili and vote for your favorite. There will be two judging categories: People's Choice (1st,…
Find out more »Sing & Stomp
Sing and Stomp is a fun program for preschoolers where we will experience stories through music, movement, and of course, books! Come ready to sing and play!
Find out more »Kids Coding Club
Youth aged 6-12 are invited to build their coding knowledge and abilities through games and activities. We’ll work with a number of low and high-tech options including Hour of Code, Scratch, The Coding Mouse, Ozobot, Osmo Coding, and more in…
Find out more »Books to Movies
Come join us every Monday night and watch some wonderful movies based on books or true events. Once in awhile there are a few just wonderful movies NOT based on books or true events but come anyways—it’s always enjoyable at…
Find out more »Baby Time
Storytime which introduces babies to stories, rhymes, and fun at the library. (0-12 months)
Find out more »Hear & Say
2 & 3 year olds are invited to an interactive storytime that develops early literacy skills specifically for toddlers. Enjoy stories, songs and rhymes, one-on-one with your child, as well as a craft.
Find out more »Word Builder Bingo
Pre & Early Readers are invited to this language building program with their families.
Find out more »Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code is a national program aimed at closing the gender gap in tech employment by giving girls the tools they need to succeed. The Traverse Area District Library club will meet weekly. Girls Who Code is a free after-school…
Find out more »Wigglers
“Wigglers” programs are designed for PreSchoolers and offer stories, songs, rhymes and feature a guest appearance by everyone’s favorite storytime bear, Brown Sugar.
Find out more »Genealogy Webinar
Into Genealogy? Want to know more? Join us in watching a live webinar by Legacy Family Tree as presenters will guide us through our genealogy quest. Midwestern & Plains States Level Census Records by Paula Stuart-Warren Many Midwestern and…
Find out more »Let’s Build and Create
We supply the LEGOS and other building toys. You supply the imagination!
Find out more »Teen Sages
The Teen Sages is the teen volunteer group at the Traverse Area District Library’s Woodmere location. The Teen Sages assist in planning programs, make suggestions to improve library service to teens, and help out with various library programs. We meet weekly to…
Find out more »Mother Goose on the Loose
Award-winning early literacy program engages with one-on-one interaction between child and parent. (12-24 months)
Find out more »Wigglers
“Wigglers” programs are designed for PreSchoolers and offer stories, songs, rhymes and feature a guest appearance by everyone’s favorite storytime bear, Brown Sugar.
Find out more »Tween Scene
Tweens (ages 9-12) are invited to hang out, play games, talk books and enjoy snacks.
Find out more »IGLU: Inspired Group for Literary Understanding
IGLU is a writing group that meets weekly in Teen Services. Teens, 13-19, gather to discuss all things writing and enjoy a snack.
Find out more »Pumpkin Carving With the Lord of the Gourd
Patrick Harrison, The Lord of the Gourd will be appearing for his annual fall visit to our Library. Marvel as he turns everyday vegetables like pumpkins and gourds into works of art! Alas their beauty is ephemeral, they eventually end…
Find out more »Storybag Stories
Storybag Stories is a themed storytime for preschoolers and their adults. Each weekly theme is revealed when it is pulled out of the storybag. We'll combines stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft to build early literacy skills and a love…
Find out more »Annual Wigglers Halloween Parade
Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join us in their costumes for our annual Wigglers Halloween Parade. A Halloween video and light refreshments will follow the parade.
Find out more »Drop In Craft
Drop in to work on a themed craft at your own pace. We’ll provide the supplies. Ages 3-12
Find out more »Halloween Cosplay Event
Come spend Saturday night at the library! Our Halloween Cosplay Party will be held at the TADL's Main Library on October 28, 6:30-9:30 p.m. What is Cosplay? Cosplay is dressing up as a character from a manga, anime, or game…
Find out more »Joel Tacey’s Halloween Spooktacular
Kids & grown-ups celebrate Halloween with Joel's Spooktacular Comedy Show. You'll watch Silly Scientist Joel juggle eyeballs, get mixed up with Multiplying Bottles, and be shocked by an Animated Frankenstein Drawing, in this HEADSPINNING display of Halloween hootenanny! You'll even…
Find out more »Books to Movies
Come join us every Monday night and watch some wonderful movies based on books or true events. Once in awhile there are a few just wonderful movies NOT based on books or true events but come anyways—it’s always enjoyable at…
Find out more »Tuesdays @ Two
This month we will read and discuss Starvation Lake by Brian Bruley: "In the dead of a Michigan winter, pieces of a snowmobile wash up near the crumbling, small town of Starvation Lake--the same snowmobile that went down with Starvation's…
Find out more »NaNoWrimo Write In
Need a quiet space to write your novel during National Novel Writing Month? We have just the spot for you! Join us through November on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a guaranteed spot in the Thirlby Room so you can…
Find out more »Teen Sages
The Teen Sages is the teen volunteer group at the Traverse Area District Library’s Woodmere location. The Teen Sages assist in planning programs, make suggestions to improve library service to teens, and help out with various library programs. We meet weekly to…
Find out more »IGLU: Inspired Group for Literary Understanding
IGLU is a writing group that meets weekly in Teen Services. Teens, 13-19, gather to discuss all things writing and enjoy a snack.
Find out more »NaNoWrimo Write In
Need a quiet space to write your novel during National Novel Writing Month? We have just the spot for you! Join us through November on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a guaranteed spot in the Thirlby Room so you can…
Find out more »DiNovember Kick-off with PaleoJoe
Join paleontologist, kids author, and storyteller, Joseph "PaleoJoe" Kchodl, for an exploration of all things dino during our DiNovember kick-off! Learn what a paleontologist does; what fossils are, how they form, and where to find them; what the Ice Age…
Find out more »NaNoWrimo Write In
Need a quiet space to write your novel during National Novel Writing Month? We have just the spot for you! Join us through November on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a guaranteed spot in the Thirlby Room so you can…
Find out more »Sing & Stomp
Sing and Stomp is a fun program for preschoolers where we will experience stories through music, movement, and of course, books! Come ready to sing and play!
Find out more »Books to Movies
Come join us every Monday night and watch some wonderful movies based on books or true events. Once in awhile there are a few just wonderful movies NOT based on books or true events but come anyways—it’s always enjoyable at…
Find out more »Vietnam, a Homecoming with Tim Keenan and Friends
After serving their country and risking their lives, many soldiers who returned home from the Vietnam War received scorn instead of welcome. Americans who did not believe in the war blamed the service members. Many, if not all, soldiers came…
Find out more »Baby Time
Storytime which introduces babies to stories, rhymes, and fun at the library. (0-12 months)
Find out more »Hear & Say
2 & 3 year olds are invited to an interactive storytime that develops early literacy skills specifically for toddlers. Enjoy stories, songs and rhymes, one-on-one with your child, as well as a craft.
Find out more »Tell-a-Tail
Children can practice their reading to our kind and gentle therapy dogs.
Find out more »Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code is a national program aimed at closing the gender gap in tech employment by giving girls the tools they need to succeed. The Traverse Area District Library club will meet weekly. Girls Who Code is a free after-school…
Find out more »Wigglers
“Wigglers” programs are designed for PreSchoolers and offer stories, songs, rhymes and feature a guest appearance by everyone’s favorite storytime bear, Brown Sugar.
Find out more »Let’s Build and Create
We supply the LEGOS and other building toys. You supply the imagination!
Find out more »NaNoWrimo Write In
Need a quiet space to write your novel during National Novel Writing Month? We have just the spot for you! Join us through November on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a guaranteed spot in the Thirlby Room so you can…
Find out more »Teen Sages
The Teen Sages is the teen volunteer group at the Traverse Area District Library’s Woodmere location. The Teen Sages assist in planning programs, make suggestions to improve library service to teens, and help out with various library programs. We meet weekly to…
Find out more »Mother Goose on the Loose
Award-winning early literacy program engages with one-on-one interaction between child and parent. (12-24 months)
Find out more »Wigglers
“Wigglers” programs are designed for PreSchoolers and offer stories, songs, rhymes and feature a guest appearance by everyone’s favorite storytime bear, Brown Sugar.
Find out more »Tween Scene
Tweens (ages 9-12) are invited to hang out, play games, talk books and enjoy snacks.
Find out more »IGLU: Inspired Group for Literary Understanding
IGLU is a writing group that meets weekly in Teen Services. Teens, 13-19, gather to discuss all things writing and enjoy a snack.
Find out more »Open Season for Medicare Planning
Front Street Foundation's Money Series Medicare Planning, 12-Month Decision Join Fred Goldenberg of Senior Benefit Solutions, contributing speaker for the Front Street Foundation’s Money Series, where he’ll discuss the annual open enrollment period of Medicare benefits and the details you’ll need…
Find out more »Storybag Stories
Storybag Stories is a themed storytime for preschoolers and their adults. Each weekly theme is revealed when it is pulled out of the storybag. We'll combines stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft to build early literacy skills and a love…
Find out more »NaNoWrimo Write In
Need a quiet space to write your novel during National Novel Writing Month? We have just the spot for you! Join us through November on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a guaranteed spot in the Thirlby Room so you can…
Find out more »Children’s Book Festival
Join the Youth Services Department at the City Opera House in down town Traverse City. We will have a fun hands-on craft available.
Find out more »Drop In Craft
Drop in to work on a themed craft at your own pace. We’ll provide the supplies. Ages 3-12
Find out more »NaNoWrimo Write In
Need a quiet space to write your novel during National Novel Writing Month? We have just the spot for you! Join us through November on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a guaranteed spot in the Thirlby Room so you can…
Find out more »Sing & Stomp
Sing and Stomp is a fun program for preschoolers where we will experience stories through music, movement, and of course, books! Come ready to sing and play!
Find out more »Full Steam Ahead!
Come and let books inspire us to learn more about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) in a family-friendly storytime which will include some fun, hands-on activities.
Find out more »Books to Movies
Come join us every Monday night and watch some wonderful movies based on books or true events. Once in awhile there are a few just wonderful movies NOT based on books or true events but come anyways—it’s always enjoyable at…
Find out more »Baby Time
Storytime which introduces babies to stories, rhymes, and fun at the library. (0-12 months)
Find out more »Hear & Say
2 & 3 year olds are invited to an interactive storytime that develops early literacy skills specifically for toddlers. Enjoy stories, songs and rhymes, one-on-one with your child, as well as a craft.
Find out more »Word Builder Bingo
Pre & Early Readers are invited to this language building program with their families.
Find out more »Word Builder Bingo
Pre & Early Readers are invited to this language building program with their families.
Find out more »Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code is a national program aimed at closing the gender gap in tech employment by giving girls the tools they need to succeed. The Traverse Area District Library club will meet weekly. Girls Who Code is a free after-school…
Find out more »Wigglers
“Wigglers” programs are designed for PreSchoolers and offer stories, songs, rhymes and feature a guest appearance by everyone’s favorite storytime bear, Brown Sugar.
Find out more »Let’s Build and Create
We supply the LEGOS and other building toys. You supply the imagination!
Find out more »NaNoWrimo Write In
Need a quiet space to write your novel during National Novel Writing Month? We have just the spot for you! Join us through November on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a guaranteed spot in the Thirlby Room so you can…
Find out more »Teen Sages
The Teen Sages is the teen volunteer group at the Traverse Area District Library’s Woodmere location. The Teen Sages assist in planning programs, make suggestions to improve library service to teens, and help out with various library programs. We meet weekly to…
Find out more »Mother Goose on the Loose
Award-winning early literacy program engages with one-on-one interaction between child and parent. (12-24 months)
Find out more »Wigglers
“Wigglers” programs are designed for PreSchoolers and offer stories, songs, rhymes and feature a guest appearance by everyone’s favorite storytime bear, Brown Sugar.
Find out more »Tween Scene
Tweens (ages 9-12) are invited to hang out, play games, talk books and enjoy snacks.
Find out more »IGLU: Inspired Group for Literary Understanding
IGLU is a writing group that meets weekly in Teen Services. Teens, 13-19, gather to discuss all things writing and enjoy a snack.
Find out more »TADL Monthly Board Meeting
The Traverse Area District Library (TADL) Board of Trustees will meet for their regular monthly board meeting. Board meetings are open to the public. Click here for a complete agenda and the minutes of the previous meeting.
Find out more »Storybag Stories
Storybag Stories is a themed storytime for preschoolers and their adults. Each weekly theme is revealed when it is pulled out of the storybag. We'll combines stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft to build early literacy skills and a love…
Find out more »NaNoWrimo Write In
Need a quiet space to write your novel during National Novel Writing Month? We have just the spot for you! Join us through November on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a guaranteed spot in the Thirlby Room so you can…
Find out more »NaNoWriMo Write or DIE Library Lock-In
Please join the Grand Traverse Region NaNoWriMo group as they lock themselves in at the library for one night to GET IT DONE! This is an opportunity for all writers (18 and older) to begin, continue or finish writing that…
Find out more »Drop In Craft
Drop in to work on a themed craft at your own pace. We’ll provide the supplies. Ages 3-12
Find out more »Traverse Area Historical Society History Series
The Traverse Area Historical Society will present a series of programs related to local history. The presenter for November will be: John Brian who recently retired from serving 25+ years as a merchant marine deck officer on the Great Lakes.…
Find out more »NaNoWrimo Write In
Need a quiet space to write your novel during National Novel Writing Month? We have just the spot for you! Join us through November on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a guaranteed spot in the Thirlby Room so you can…
Find out more »Sing & Stomp
Sing and Stomp is a fun program for preschoolers where we will experience stories through music, movement, and of course, books! Come ready to sing and play!
Find out more »Books to Movies
Come join us every Monday night and watch some wonderful movies based on books or true events. Once in awhile there are a few just wonderful movies NOT based on books or true events but come anyways—it’s always enjoyable at…
Find out more »Baby Time
Storytime which introduces babies to stories, rhymes, and fun at the library. (0-12 months)
Find out more »Hear & Say
2 & 3 year olds are invited to an interactive storytime that develops early literacy skills specifically for toddlers. Enjoy stories, songs and rhymes, one-on-one with your child, as well as a craft.
Find out more »
Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code is a national program aimed at closing the gender gap in tech employment by giving girls the tools they need to succeed. The Traverse Area District Library club will meet weekly. Girls Who Code is a free after-school…
Find out more »Wigglers
“Wigglers” programs are designed for PreSchoolers and offer stories, songs, rhymes and feature a guest appearance by everyone’s favorite storytime bear, Brown Sugar.
Find out more »Let’s Build and Create
We supply the LEGOS and other building toys. You supply the imagination!
Find out more »Storybag Stories
Storybag Stories is a themed storytime for preschoolers and their adults. Each weekly theme is revealed when it is pulled out of the storybag. We'll combines stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft to build early literacy skills and a love…
Find out more »NaNoWrimo Write In
Need a quiet space to write your novel during National Novel Writing Month? We have just the spot for you! Join us through November on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for a guaranteed spot in the Thirlby Room so you can…
Find out more »Pathfinder Society Game
Join us for a beginner and experienced player-friendly game featuring the Pathfinder Society replaying game system. No need to worry about dice or character sheets, we have everything you need to get started.
Find out more »Drop In Craft
Drop in to work on a themed craft at your own pace. We’ll provide the supplies. Ages 3-12
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