Week Calendar

Adult/Senior Video Led Yoga

Every Friday from 9-10 a.m.

This is beginner-friendly low-impact yoga. Yoga mats are available to borrow on-site.

Join the fun at the Summer Reading Clubhouse for some outdoor activity. Try out a new craft each Tuesday, find your inner adventurer in our obstacle course, play with our STEM toys, or pick out a free book to take home.

Adventure Begins at Your Library!

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!

Need a little help with your laptop, tablet, or phone? TADL's knowledgeable staff are available to answer your basic questions during this time and can set you up with resources for more information.

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! Entertainment at 11:00am.

After you make your reading fort on our front lawn, bring it in to the library for some air conditioned reading time.

Join Miss Beth at Brown Bridge Quiet Area on Thursday, July 11th at 10:30 a.m. for an Adventure Hike for Summer Reading Club! FREE bagged lunches will be available to hikers, provided By Feeding America Northern Michigan's Gather2Grow program.

Families are invited to join our friends from Dharamsala TC for a short yoga class in our Story Room (Front lawn if the weather is nice on 6/29 and 7/13).

Storytime for preschoolers who love a good adventure story. Be prepared to sing and dance a little too. Storytime 11-11:30, stay and play 11:30-12. 

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches for any child or teen in need this summer - starting with Summer Reading Club! We will be handing out lunches in the lobby each weekday from 11 am to 12:30 pm.

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches for any child or teen in need this summer - starting with Summer Reading Club! We will be handing out lunches in the lobby each weekday from 11 am to 12:30 pm.

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

Gather 2 Grow is Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program serving youth at local libraries across Grand Traverse County and beyond!

Join Mr. Andy at the Boardman River Nature Center for outdoor storytime fun. Mr.

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches for any child or teen in need this summer - starting with Summer Reading Club! We will be handing out lunches in the lobby each weekday from 11 am to 12:30 pm.

Gather 2 Grow is Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program serving youth at local libraries across Grand Traverse County and beyond!

**Please complete 1 sign-up for each person attending (example, 2 people attending = 2 signups). Only those signed up for the program will be able to attend.**

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches for any child or teen in need this summer - starting with Summer Reading Club! We will be handing out lunches in the lobby each weekday from 11 am to 12:30 pm.

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

Gather 2 Grow is Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program serving youth at local libraries across Grand Traverse County and beyond!

Join Miss Michele on the front lawn for Adventure Stories storytime. This is a family storytime (up to age 6). Feel free to bring a blanket to get comfy.

Join us for a chair based yoga class with Certified Yoga Therapist and instructor, Janet Weaver, in the SOUTH Conference Room of the East Bay Township building, across the parking lot from the library. 

Our friends at Feeding America West Michigan are providing free sack lunches for any child or teen in need this summer - starting with Summer Reading Club! We will be handing out lunches in the lobby each weekday from 11 am to 12:30 pm.

Gather 2 Grow is Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program serving youth at local libraries across Grand Traverse County and beyond!

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

Gather 2 Grow is Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program serving youth at local libraries across Grand Traverse County and beyond!

Gather 2 Grow is Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program serving youth at local libraries across Grand Traverse County and beyond!

Gather 2 Grow is Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program serving youth at local libraries across Grand Traverse County and beyond!

Gather 2 Grow is Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program serving youth at local libraries across Grand Traverse County and beyond!

**Please complete 1 sign-up for each person attending (example, 2 people attending = 2 signups). Only those signed up for the program will be able to attend.**

Join us for an introduction to Tai Chi with Josh in the East Bay Township building conference room, across the parking lot from the library. 

Gather 2 Grow is Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program serving youth at local libraries across Grand Traverse County and beyond!

Join us for a Super Smash Bros Ultimate tournament right here at the library! Tournament play will be organized by Cherry Capital Smash Bros. Systems and controllers will be provided, but bringing your own equipment is appreciated.

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.  

The Bookmobile visits Taylor Park in Long Lake Township for an afternoon of books, games, and summer reading activities.

**Please complete 1 sign-up for each person attending (example, 2 people attending = 2 signups). Only those signed up for the program will be able to attend.**

**Please complete 1 sign-up for each person attending (example, 2 people attending = 2 signups). Only those signed up for the program will be able to attend.**

**Please complete 1 sign-up for each person attending (example, 2 people attending = 2 signups). Only those signed up for the program will be able to attend.**

Join local songwriters and recording artists Trillium Groove for this fun and engaging workshop for teens and adults on the basics of songwriting and recording!

**Please complete 1 sign-up for each person attending (example, 2 people attending = 2 signups). Only those signed up for the program will be able to attend.**

Show off your artistic side and add some summer cheer to the library grounds! Join us to create chalk art outside the library to celebrate the summer and the reading program! Snacks and water will be provided.

**Please complete 1 sign-up for each person attending (example, 2 people attending = 2 signups). Only those signed up for the program will be able to attend.**

Meet your favorite librarians outside at Brownson Memorial Park for a program in partnership with the Kingsley Farmers Market, Naturally Fun! This drop-in activity will include crafts and more. Parents are encouraged to stay and assist.

Visit the East Bay Branch Library while you're at the East Bay Corners Farmers Market! Library staff will be available with a selection of books, and various other offerings throughout the season including things like a seed library, free pla

Visit the East Bay Branch Library while you're at the East Bay Corners Farmers Market! Library staff will be available with a selection of books, a seed library, and various other offerings!

Join this fun teen-led D&D campaign in the Community Room. Typically, we’re playing 5e. Everything you need is provided!

Event is free and open to persons 13-19. For more information, please call the library at 231-263-5484.

Join us Every Friday throughout Summer Reading Club for a STEAM related project or activity!

A fun, in-person, hour long exercise class based on the PWR! moves for people with or suspected Parkinson's Disease and their caregivers. The class will be run by a PWR! certified physical therapist in the McGuire Community Room.

Children are encouraged to read aloud to TADL's kind and gentle therapy dogs. Readers can count their minutes toward this year's Summer Reading Club, too.

All teen writers are welcome. Come hang out with other writers! Summer is casual. Bring what you are working on and socialize. Want to see what we accomplished last school year?

Children aged 6 - 12 can enjoy a little bit of summer camp with us on the front lawn of TADL's Main Library. Mr.

Whether you need volunteer hours for school or are just looking to be more active in your community, the library would be pleased to benefit from your time.

Tweens (ages 9 - 12) are invited to dive into the fascinating world of rocks, minerals, and fossils!

Please join us for D&D at the library! Dinner will be provided. You do not need to have experience, but please come ready to learn and take the campaign seriously! Thank you!

Join us for a concert by Trillium Groove on the Front Lawn here at the Traverse Area District Library. 

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. 

The League of Women Voters – Grand Traverse Area will be hosting a candidate forum on July 10,
2024, at the Traverse Area District Library at 610 Woodmere, Traverse City MI 49686 in the McGuire Community Room

This week's session will be held outside, weather permitting. Come dressed for the warm weather, if necessary.

In case of inclement weather, we will move the session inside the library.

Sessions generously provided by:

Join us quarterly to discuss nonfiction books concerning mental and physical wellness. Facilitators for the discussions will be professional mental health providers courtesy of Head and Heart Therapeutic Services and Open Space Counseling.