Week Calendar

Baby Time with Miss Michele is an interactive story time introducing early literacy to our youngest patrons.  Geared toward families with children ages 0-12 months.

GTA Children's Garden springtime plant sale

Threads meets on Mondays from 10 am - noon. Bring a project and work among friends!

Join us for Wigglers Storytime! Ms. Beth engages our early and pre-readers with movement, music, crafts, and stories, to develop literacy, social skills, and confidence!

Join us for Wigglers Storytime! Ms. Beth engages our early and pre-readers with movement, music, crafts, and stories, to develop literacy, social skills, and confidence!

Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month for 90 minutes to practice your Spanish skills. Our first meeting will be Saturday, July 16th at 10:30 AM at the library.

Join Miss Rosie in the story room for stories, songs, fingerplays and fun!  Programs are geared toward preschool aged children and their families, caregivers and friends. 

Join Miss Michele for Toddler Time (formerly Mother Goose Time) as she leads families with young children through stories, rhymes and books. For children aged 12-36 months.

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 Miss Courtnei for a fun filled storytime featuring music, stories, early literacy tips and more! Programs last about 30 minutes and are geared toward preschool aged children.

Families with preschool children are invited to join Mr. Andy for engaging stories and movement. 

Join librarians and volunteers for Big Kid Storytime! We encourage kids 4 and up to attend with their caregivers. Movement, music, stories, art, and more!

Join us for Friday Family Stories. Everyone is welcome!

The League of Women Voters Grand Traverse Area monthly public events are a partnership with TADL and run September - May on the third Tuesday from 12pm noon until 1:30 pm. 

SCORE Traverse City in partnership with Traverse Area District Library offers free live and recorded webinars and interactive courses on demand on a variety of small business topics.

Join us for an introduction to Tai Chi in the McGuire Room. Tai Chi is a systematic and gentle form of exercise and stretching that is good for all ages.

Looking for health resources or referrals?

Have immediate housing or food needs?

Need crisis assistance or parenting/family support?

The Traverse Area District Library's Board of Trustees meeting is a regularly scheduled event and is held monthly on the third Thursday.

Join us in our story room for a variety of STEM-related activities!

The fourth Monday of the month is Coding Club!

Talk about writing, play writing games, read, write, and discover new skills. This program will take place at the study table in Teen Services. If you are working on something feel free to bring it with you to share with the group.

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

Come join The Table and volunteer at the library! The Table helps plan library programs for teens, advises the library on trends and hot topics, assists various departments with their volunteer needs, and learns a lot.

Tweens are invited to try their hands at various arts and crafts with STEAM related concepts and fun projects to make and take! This program is geared toward older kids grades 3-6.

The Kingsley Friends of the Library Board meets monthly on the 3rd Monday of the month (except in July and December), at 5:00pm in the Kingsley Library Community Room.

Find the clues, solve the puzzles, and break the code before the time runs out!

Winner of the 2022 Critics’ Choice Documentary Award for Best First Doc Feature & the TCFF Audience Award for Best Feature Film, BAD AXE captures a closely-knit Asian American family living in rural Michigan during the pande

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. 

Chris Edwards, retired meteorologist, will talk about climate change as of 2023, simple, serious and solvable.  His program will be a verifiable fact-based look at the scientific state of th

The Traverse Area District Library welcomes Jeff Vande Zande, Delta College professor and award-winning author.

Join us for Queer Tales Book Club where we chat about books that are by and/or about LGBTQIA+ people. Reading is not required, and everyone is welcome.

We hang out on the third Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the Nelson Room.

PCL’s Men’s Group gathers the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7pm.