Press Release - Our forecast: WAY more than six weeks of reading!

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Our forecast - WAY more than six weeks of reading!

(TRAVERSE CITY) - We’re sweetening the gray days of midwinter with lots of great stories AND some baking! Bakers are encouraged to sign up now for two events:

TADLKids Events

Reminder - Winter Reading Club is on! We'll have a prize drawing for everyone who participates in February - and another drawing for kids who read in both January & February.

February Storytime Schedule

  • Wigglers with Miss Rosie - Mondays, 10 am

  • Babytime with Miss Michele - Tuesdays, 9:15 am

  • Toddler time with Miss Michele - Tuesdays, 10 am

  • Make-Believers with Miss Kate - Wednesdays, 10 am

  • Storytime for Bigs - Thursdays, 10 am

  • Storytime with Miss Amanda - Fridays, 10 am

Build n Create - Wed. 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 at 4 pm

Youth Services Weekends

  • 2/3 - TSO Tots, 11 am

  • 2/10 - Yoga for Families, 11 am

  • 2/17 - Broadway Kids, 11 am

  • 2/18 - Black History Month Special Feature: The Origins of Hip Hop Dance with SkyLea Martin, 2 pm

  • 2/24 - NW MI Ballet Theatre, 10 am (Preview - "Whither Thou Goest: The Story of Ruth")

Teens this February

  • Creativity Corner - Every Monday, 4 pm

  • Novel Writing for Teens - Every Tuesday, 4:30 pm (Register at tadl.org/events)

  • Teen Volunteers - Every Wednesday, 4:30 pm

  • Anime Club - 2/5, 5:30 pm

  • Sat. Chess Club - 2/3 & 2/17, 11 am

  • 2/19 - Teen Escape Room, 5:30 pm (Register (https://www.tadl.org/event/teen-escape-room-12383) )

Special holiday event - Speed-dating with a book: Teen Edition

It's a date! Join us this Valentine's Day at 4 pm - you just might fall in love with a new author.

Adults at the Library

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

  • 2/13 - Versiti Blood Drive, 10 am - 6:30 pm

  • 2/18 - Traverse Area Historical Society Program, 2 pm

  • 2/20 - Zoom with author Amanda Barratt, "Resistance and Resilience in Occupied Poland: The True Stories That Inspired The Warsaw Sisters", 6:30 pm. (Link (https://www.tadl.org/warsawsisters)

Current Events

Health & Wellness

  • Thursday Yoga - 2/1. 2/8, & 2/29 at 6 pm; 2/15 & 2/22 at 10 am

  •  2/23 - Chair Yoga, 11:30 am

Blind Date with a Book

It's back to sweep you off your feet - pick up some takeout, settle into your favorite chair, and go on a blind date with a book! The "dating pool" will be coming soon to the table at the top of the stairs, books are selected by library staff.

Around the TADL neighborhood...

East Bay Branch Library

  • Sing & Stomp - Every Wednesday, 11 am

  • 2/6 - Adult Coloring Night, 5:30 pm

  • 2/9 - Tai Chi with Josh, Noon

  • Valentine Creation Station

    • 2/10 11 am - 2 pm

    • 2/13 11 am - 7 pm

    • 2/14 Noon - 4:30 pm

  • 2/14 - Heartstopper Valentine Party, 5:30 pm

  • 2/16 - Chair Yoga, 11:30 am

  • 2/23 - Family Movie & Popcorn Bar, 4 pm

Kingsley Branch Library

  • Storytime for Big Kids - Every Thursday, 11 am

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

  • 2/8 & 2/29 - Teen Dungeons & Dragons, 3:30 pm

  • 2/10 - Fancy Nancy Royal-Tea Party 2024, 1 pm

  • 2/24

    • Simply Delicious with Chef Tom, 10 am

    • Bake & Tell Challenge 2024 (Details on following page.)

  • 2/28 - Afternoon Book Club, 2 pm

 

Bake & Tell Challenge 2024 at Kingsley Branch Library - Saturday, February 24, 1:00 p.m.

We're looking for fifteen amateur local bakers to bring their best to Bake & Tell Challenge 2024, and we're looking for even more folks who want to indulge their sweet tooth and vote on the People's Choice Winner! Tasters just need to come, no registration required. Register to be a baker online (button below), or call the Library at 231-263-5484. Register to bake in our Bake & Tell Challenge! (https://www.tadl.org/event/bake-tell-challenge-2024)

 

Please check 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 programming for all ages.

 

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