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.

Talk about a win-win-win! Get your holiday shopping, support local business, AND support your library at the same time! Just shop downtown Sat. November 11 - participating stores will be donating a portion of their proceeds to local non-profits.

Join Miss Rosie for stories, songs fingerplays and fun! Programs are geared toward young children aged 2-6 and their caregivers & friends.  Call the library for more information.

Seniors, join others in pleasant conversation and crafting.  Bring your own craft such as needlepoint, knitting, coloring, crocheting, whatever your fancy. 

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.

Policy/Personnel committee of the TADL Board of Trustees.

Drop in for making, crafting, and building fun! Challenge yourself with Lego bricks, design your own fun at our random supply station, or try a couple of our planned crafts!

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!

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

Families are invited to join us in Youth Services to create a "Thank You" card for a veteran in their life or one from our community. All supplies will be provided. Cards will be distributed to veterans groups throughout Traverse City.

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.

Looking for someone to play Chess with or interested in learning how?  Meet up in Teen Services to learn and have some fun. 

Join us at the East Bay Branch Library on Saturday November 11th from 12-2pm as we gather and celebrate fall with cider and donuts, games, crafts, and more! 

In observation of Veterans Day the Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association is
offering free Wills and Durable Powers of Attorney for estate planning to Veterans

Celebrate International Games Month with some friendly game play in the Youth Services department. We'll get out many of our favorites both current and classic for you to play while you're here.

The book is always better but movies are so very entertaining. Join us and watch a movie based on a book or real life. Once in awhile we may show one just for the fun of it that is not based on anything but just pure enjoyment.  

Want to talk about major world issues with others in our TC community? Join us for an eight week series to discuss current affairs topics that are timely and important talking points for our society.

The Cherryland Amateur Radio Club, in partnership with the Traverse Area District Library, is providing free classes for Level 1 (Technician) Amateur Radio License. There are seven modules and an exam:

Drop by the Youth Services Department and get creative with supplies provided by the library.  Make and take or just create! 

November is National Novel Writing Month! Get those ideas out of your head and down onto paper. This will be writing time with supports. If you get stumped, there will be prompts and tools to help you move your story on.

Join us for fun with LEGO and other engineering challenges. Build something tall, moveable or stable, and challenge yourself to build & create.

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.

Do you read manga? Watch anime? Love cosplay? Revel in fandoms? Join us!

Medicare Annual Election Period is open.

Relax and unwind with an evening of coloring and conversation. Coloring sheets, artist pencils, and herbal tea provided.

This event takes place on the first Tuesday of each month.

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. 

A Life Well Spent Walking in the Woods and Sleeping on the Ground