Week Calendar

Join us on the front lawn for fun games, crafts, and activities as we celebrate the kickoff to this year's Summer Library Challenge.

Join the fun at the Summer Clubhouse! Play games, grab a craft kit to go, enjoy snacks and more!  There's fun for everyone at the library Summer Clubhouse!

Join us for Wigglers Storytime! Ms. Beth engages our early and pre-readers (ages 0-4+ usually, but we make exceptions) with movement, music, crafts, and stories, to develop literacy, social skills, and confidence!

Join the fun at the Summer Clubhouse! Play games, grab a craft kit to go, enjoy snacks and more!  There's fun for everyone at the library Summer Clubhouse!

Is your kiddo a budding builder, an aspiring artist, an eager engineer? Or maybe they just like to try new things!?

Join Chef Tom at the Kingsley Branch Library on the last Saturday of every month for “Simply Delicious with Chef Tom,” a quick and inspiring cooking class!

Join us for a mermaid read and greet as we celebrate the kickoff to our Summer Library Challenge with The Magic Crafter. Be enchanted with tales of her adventures and her real-life charm during the morning portion of our Kickoff event.

Children are encouraged to read aloud to TADL's kind and gentle therapy dogs.  Young readers are welcome to bring their own book or choose one from the library collection.

Kick off Summer Library Challenge at East Bay Branch Library! Join us outside for games, crafts, free books, snacks, prizes, and a visit from the TADL Bookmobile! 

Bring your preschooler and join us on the lawn in front of the library for stories, songs, rhymes and ASL (American Sign Language) to get your child talking, singing, and playing with books and words. 

Experience stories through music, movement and books with Mr. Matt, in the North Conference Room of the Township offices, across the parking lot from the library.

Join us every Wednesday for a fun craft! Drop in anytime between 11am and 2pm to participate! If you can't come in during the designated time, stop by and take the craft to go! 

Families are invited to celebrate the samba music of tropical Brazil with local musicians Deep Blue Water Samba as they join us on our front lawn to dance and shake our way into summer. De

Drop in to the Summer Library Challenge Clubhouse in the yard at the East Bay Branch Library for games, snacks, prizes, free books and more!

Join Miss Linda in the Children's Garden as we explore all different kinds of creatures who live in, around or under the water.

This Sunday we are joining the Juneteenth celebration at NMC. The event runs from 1-5pm, you can find us in the courtyard between East Hall and the Nelson Innovation Center. 

Looking for health resources or referrals?

Have immediate housing or food needs?

Need crisis assistance or parenting/family support?

Programs focused on Genealogical issues.

Come learn about henna! Learn about the history and significance of henna tattoos and how they are used today. After, registered participants will receive a henna cone and assistance applying their own henna tattoos. 

Join us and Steve Lagerquist from the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy for an afternoon nature walk at the Timbers Recreation Area. Enjoy a nice walk with scenic views while Steve talks about native plants and wildlife in the area.

Join Renee from Challenge Island to build your own mini Sloop or Schooner as we learn all about Tall Ships. Then put your ship to the test with some good ol' regatta fun!

Play word building bingo with an ocean animal theme!  Fun and educational for pre-readers on up.

Join Miss Michele and build & create with LEGO's and other engineering games and toys.

Tweens are invited to bring their creativity to the library and learn about bioluminescence as we paint rocks with glow in the dark paint!

Some of the funniest moments in life are completely spontaneous. Come play improv games where we will react and create on the spot.

Addiction affects people of all ages.

TADL Stitchers is open to anyone with an interest in needlework in its many forms--knitting, crochet, cross stitch, needlepoint, quilting, embroidery, tatting, etc.  If you are having trouble with a project, others may be able to help. 

Please join us via Zoom as The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay will discuss natural shorelines and the importance of vegetation around our lakes and streams.