April 2024 - Eclipse events and more at the library

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Heather Brady, Marketing & Communications Manager  - hbrady@tadl.org or 231.932.8501

Eclipse events and more at the library this April

(TRAVERSE CITY) - Spring into the library and you’ll find not only great stories but fantastic events all month long. 

Special all-ages events

  • Through April 11 - join our community read-a-thon! tadl.org/readathon

  • Solar Eclipse Livestream - Mon. 4/8 1 - 4 pm (Youth Storyroom)

  • Celebrate National Library Week 4/7-4/13! 

    • Doughnuts with the Director - 4/11 at 11:30 am (McGuire Room) Drop in and chat with Library Director Michele P. Howard!

  • Classical Music Bag Sale 4/20

    • Stop by the McGuire Room and take home a bag of classical music! Free cookbook with every purchase. Sale will be open 9 am - 4 pm.

Youth

Highlight: Mark your calendars for Saturday April 20 - MakerFest 2024! It’s a special Earth Day edition in conjunction with RecycleSmart at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center 10 am - 2 pm. Over 50 exhibitors and community partners will be joining us. Find details and travel tips at tadl.org/makerfest2024

Reading & More! (Find our complete storytime calendar at tadl.org/events)

  • Build n Create - Every Wednesday at 4 pm

  • Tween Time - 4/4 & 4/18 at 4 pm

  • 4/6 - TSO Tots, 11 am

  • 4/9 - Tell-A-Tail, 4 pm

  • 4/13 - Yoga for Families, 11 am

  • 4/15 - DIY Delights, 4 pm

  • 4/22 - Coding Club, 4 pm

  • 4/27 - Project Kidsight (Free preschool vision screening), 9 am - 5 pm

Teen

  • Creativity Corner - Every Monday, 4 pm

  • Teen Volunteers - Every Wednesday, 4:30 pm

  • Sat. Chess Club - 4/6 & 4/20, 11 am

  • Firekeeper's Daughter Book Discussion - 4/13 11 am

Adults

Digital Drop-Ins - Every Wednesday (Ref Desk) 10 - 11:30 am 

Stop by the Seed Library and get your garden started!

Health & Wellness

All events are in the McGuire Room unless otherwise noted.

  • Yoga

    • 10 am - 4/18

    • 6 pm - 4/4 and 4/25

  • Lunchtime Tai Chi - 4/5 and 4/19 at Noon 

  • Versiti Blood Drive - 4/16, 9:30 am - 2 pm 

  • Chair Yoga* - 4/19 at 11 am 

  • Ageless Grace* (Neuroplasticity/brain exercises) - 4/30, 10:30 am

  • Check the May calendar - save the date

    • Introduction to Mindfulness classes 5/1 

    • Pelvic health workshop 5/2 

*Programming by The Larry Gorton Talking Book Library

Learn & Explore

  • Spanish Language Conversation Meetup - 4/6 10:30 am Thirlby Room

  • Solar Eclipse Livestream - 4/8 1 pm Youth Storyroom

  • The First Amendment Discussion Series - 4/9 1 pm Thirlby Room (Must register - tadl.org/events)

  • Money Management & Financial Literacy Workshop Series (Must register - tadl.org/events)

    • Consumer Protection, Mastering Money Management, and Debt Reduction - 4/10 5:30 pm Thirlby Room 

    • Developing a Spending Plan, Credit Ratio and Savings, and Insurance - 4/17 5:30 pm Thirlby Room 

    • Fair Housing and Fair Lending, Banking Basics, and Student Loans - 4/24 5:30 pm Thirlby Room 

  • "They Came by Sail and Steam to Canada" with Derek Blount (Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society) - 4/25, 1 pm 

  • Morel Mushroom Picking Seminar with the Champ! - 4/28 2 pm McGuire Room

Author Talks & Other Entertaining Events

Highlight: Poets' Night Out 2024 Join us at the City Opera House April 28 at 7 pm! We’ll have readings from prize-winning local poets and poetry books for sale.

  • Books to Movies - 4/7 1pm Thirlby Room 

  • Edmonia (New Opera, Interlochen Sneak Peek) - 4/7 2 pm McGuire Rm 

  • Escape Room - 4/8 6 pm Thirlby Room (Must register - tadl.org/events)

  • (Local author + Michigan Notable Book!) Abra Berens and her new cookbook Pulp: A Practical Guide to Cooking with Fruit - 4/11 6 pm McGuire Rm 

  • Firekeepers Daughter Great Michigan Read Community Book Discussion - 4/13 11 am McGuire Room 

  • Turn the Page, the Bob Seger Story: Book Event with author Dr. Edward Sarkis Balian - 4/24 6 pm McGuire Room (Link) Zoom link available by request.

 

Around the TADL neighborhood...

East Bay Branch Library

  • Sing & Stomp Wednesdays - 4/3, 4/10 at 11 am

  • Sing & Stomp Fridays - Every Friday at 10 am

  • Tiny Art Show on display 4/17-5/1 - Pick up a kit to make your own masterpiece for the exhibit! Kits available through 4/6, or while supplies last.

  • 4/2 - East Bay Book Club, 6 pm

  • 4/5 - Grief & Loss Drop-In, 11 am - 1 pm

  • 4/9 - Knitting Basics with Cara (Four class series) - Starting 4/9 at 4 pm (Register)

  • 4/12 - Tai Chi with Josh, Noon

  • 4/17 - Adult Escape Room, 5 pm (Register)

  • 4/26

    • Chair Yoga, 11 am

    • Family Movie & Popcorn Bar, 4 pm

  • 4/27 - Teen Game Time, 11 am

  • 4/30 - East Bay Book Club, 6 pm

 

Kingsley Branch Library

  • Wigglers Storytime Every Tuesday & Wednesday, 10:30 am

  • Big Kids Storytime - Every Thursday at 11 am

  • 4/11 - 15th Birthday Party!, 3:30 - 6 pm

  • 4/24 - Afternoon Book Club, 2 pm

  • 4/25 - 14th Annual Art Attack!, 6:30 pm

  • 4/27 - Simply Delicious with Chef Tom, 10 am

 

Check out our calendar for the most up-to-date roster of events. Press resources are available online at tadl.org/press TADL provides dynamic resources and innovative services to stimulate intellectual curiosity, facilitate lifelong learning, promote literacy, and nurture personal enrichment. Circulating over 1,300,000 items each year, TADL provides a wide variety of services, including a broad collection of books, digital streaming and downloads, public computers, free WiFi, a Talking Book Library, and free programs for all ages.

 

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