CLOSURE: Thanksgiving Holiday

TADL Libraries will be CLOSED for the Thanksgiving Day holiday, Thurs. Nov. 28. Woodmere will close early (5 pm) on Wed. Nov. 27. Please check individual library websites for any other schedule changes during the holiday week.

MakerFest Rain Date **ONLY IN CASE OF SATURDAY RAINOUT**

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Program Type:

Make, STEAM

Age Group:

All Ages
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**ONLY  IN CASE OF SATURDAY RAINOUT**

Join the Traverse Area District Library and our regional friends for this annual celebration of STEAM and Making in our community. This year's FREE event features 20+ exhibitors spread out on the grounds of the Grand Traverse Civic Center (pavilion and amphitheatre areas) with hands-on learning and activities ranging from crafts to coding to art to engineering to music to animals and plants and much more.

We'll even feature a Littles MakerFest, where children ages 2 - 6 and their families can explore the building blocks of STEM with educators from various early learning organizations (denoted below with a *).

Organizations exhibiting at this year's MakerFest include (exhibitor available may change due to staff and volunteer availability):

- 4-H / MSU Extension
- Art and Connection (via the Reid Family Foundation)
- Challenge Island Northwest Michigan
- Cherryland Amatuer Radio
- Cherryland Ghostbusters
- The Dennos Museum
- Discovery Center & Pier
- Grand Traverse Area Children's Garden
- Grand Traverse Conservation District
- *The Great Lakes Children's Museum
- Inland Seas Education Association
- Mission Blues
- MiSTEM Network
- Newton's Road
- TADL - East Bay
- TADL - Sight & Sound
- TADL - Tech Center
- TADL - Teen
- *TADL - Youth
- *Traverse City Cooperative Preschool
- Young Eagles (Traverse City Airport)

Stop by to see new additions to our participating organizations. A big "thank you" goes out to Oryana Food Co-op as well for providing food for our exhibitors at this year's event!