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 events
Read-a-Thoners - you can pick up your yard signs now! tadl.org/readathon
Doughnuts with the Director - 5/14
Summer Reading Club Signup Opens June 1! (Link)
Youth
Star Wars fans will make sure to join us on Sat. May 4 for Star Wars Day Celebrations at three TADL library locations - Woodmere, East Bay, and Kingsley!
Special Programs
- Sat. 5/4 @ 11: Star Wars Day Celebration
- Sat., 5/11 @ 11: Children’s Garden Storytime
- Tues., 5/28 @ 4:30: Budding Bookworms Book Club
- Sun., 5/5 and 5/19 @ 2: Sunday Stories w/ Miss Kate
Week Day Storytimes in the Story Room (until Fri. 5/17)
- Mon @ 10: Storytime with Miss Rosie (2+)
- Tue @ 9:15: Baby Time (0-1) Tue @ 10: Toddler Time (0-2)
- Wed @ 10: Make-Believers Storytime with Miss Kate (2+)
- Thur @ 10: Storytime for Bigs (2+)
- Fri @ 10: Storytime with Miss Amanda (2+)
Afterschool in the Story Room (until Thurs. 5/16)
- Monday, 5/6 @ 4: Make Something
- Monday, 5/13 @ 4: DIY Delights
- 2nd Tuesday @ 4: Tell-a-Tail
- Wednesdays @ 4: Build n' Create
- 1st & 3rd Thur @ 4: Tween Time
Teen
- Teen Volunteers - Every Wednesday, 4:30 pm
- Creativity Corner, Every Monday 4 pm
- Twisted Quills Writing Group, Every Tuesday 4 pm
- Fun and Games!
- 5/4 & 5/18 - Chess Club, 11 am
- 5/6 - Anime Club, 5:30 pm
- 5/20 - Escape Room, 5:30 pm (Register at tadl.org/events)
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.
- 5/3 - Lunchtime Tai Chi, Noon
- 5/6 - General Pelvic Health Workshop, 6 pm
- 5/17 - Lunchtime Tai Chi, Noon
- 5/23 - Yoga for Anxiety, 6 pm
- 5/24 - Chair Yoga*, 11 am
- 5/30 - Yin Sound Immersion Yoga, 6 pm)
*This is a program from The Larry Gorton Talking Book Library.
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Learn & Explore
- Digital Drop-Ins - Every Wednesday at the Reference Desk, 10 -11:30 am
- 5/16 Nature Walk at Arcadia Marsh
- The Larry Gorton Talking Book Library is planning a nature walk. Bus leaves the Main Library on Woodmere at 10 am. You may choose to meet our group at the marsh at 11 am. Call or email Anita with any questions!
- 5/19 - Traverse Area Historical Society, 2 pm
- 5/21 - Grand Traverse Genealogical Society, 1 pm
Author Talks & Other Entertaining Events
- 5/5 - Books to Movies, 1 pm
- 5/6 - Anime Club, 5:30 pm
- 5/8 - A Father's Arms: A Diary by Captain Robert A. Maynard, 6:30 pm
- 5/25 - When Writers Meet the Storm: Author Workshop with Michigan Writers, 2 pm
Visit tadl.org/events for our complete listing.