Community Calendar

Big news: The library’s online catalog is getting a refresh this fall!

Join us for a sneak peek of the library’s new updated online catalog that will be coming soon. Library staff will provide a basic tutorial and share some exciting new features that will make your experience searching the catalog and using your library account easier.

No pre-registration necessary.

Join us for live music set along the shoreline of Lake Leelanau.

All music is weather dependent.

No tickets required. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis; guests are encouraged to arrive early to secure their spot and get settled.

This is a complimentary event.

Please check our social media for the most up-to-date event information.

The League of Women Voters Grand Traverse Area, in partnership with the Traverse City Record-Eagle, will host a public information program on local ballot proposals for Grand Traverse County and Traverse City. The evening will include the opportunity to ask questions of representatives from the taxing jurisdictions. We will also share information on how to better understand your property tax bills and the voting process.

This is not a debate or a forum featuring opposing viewpoints. Instead, each ballot proposal will be explained in clear, factual terms, including what it would do, its expected costs and benefits, and how it could affect a homeowner's tax bill. A question-and-answer session will follow each presentation. Questions may be submitted in advance to info@lwvgta.org or in writing during the event.

Help the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy with a variety of tasks at Elberta Dunes South Natural Area! In order to manage this preserve to maintain its important ecosystem functions and accessibility to the public, we will be gathering to remove a smattering of invasive species present on the property and performing infrastructure improvements to the trail system.

For more information about this event, please click here.

Directions: Please meet us at the trailhead for Elberta Dunes South Natural Area. A map link to our exact meeting location can be found here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6jUPpCtRkzco4kKy8

Registration is appreciated but is not required. Cancellations due to weather or any other reason will be communicated with registered participants via email.

Thank you for your interest in joining us! If you have any questions, please contact Erica DesJardins at edesjardins@gtrlc.org or 231-929-7911 (ext. 316).

Free, peer-led mental health support groups: NAMI Family Support and NAMI Connection Group.

Both held Wednesdays, 12pm at Christ Church, 430 Fair St. (See website for zoom link)

Join the Traverse City Police Department for their Resilience Night celebration!

This community building, stigma reducing event is open to all ages and will be held in Hull Park behind the library, as well as inside the McGuire Room.

Activities will include:

Live Music
Food Trucks
Dunk Tank
Face Painting
Big Trucks
Real Stories
Walk a Mile
Recovery Simulation
Family Fun for All!
Get Connected. Find Support. Save Lives.

Free, peer-led mental health support: NAMI Connection Group. Held Wednesdays, 5pm Online (see website for zoom link) and at Child & Family Services, 3785 Veterans Dr.

Join the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy for a presentation followed by Q&A with GTRLC’s Chris Garrock, Brett Fessell of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Christine Crissman of The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay and DJ Shook of Conservation Resource Alliance.

Once featured in National Geographic’s 1996 article “Our Polluted Runoff,” the impaired Mitchell Creek Meadows watershed is experiencing a comeback, thanks to a robust partnership with our community partners: Conservation Resource Alliance, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and The Watershed Center.

Come and hear a story about what’s possible when partners bring diverse perspectives, expertise, and resources to a shared conservation goal.

For more information, please click here.

This event is part of our 2026 Priority Landscapes Learning Series.

Please note that food will not be served; we recommend that you plan to grab a bite before or after joining us.

Venture onto the high seas with the latest from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River and I Was Anastasia. This sweeping historical adventure was inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people.

Keenly observed and fiercely written, Ariel Lawhon’s new action-packed novel channels the untamed beauty and harsh realities of sixteenth-century Ireland, as seen through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine who rightly became “the Pirate Queen of Ireland.”

Lawhon will be joined in conversation with NWS host Audrey Irontree. Lawhon is an award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and have been Good Morning America, LibraryReads, and One Book One County selections. She lives in the rolling hills outside Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and four sons. Ariel splits her time between the grocery store and the baseball field.

For more information, please click here.

The 2^nd annual Long Lake Farmers Market will kick off on June 4^th and run every Thursday through October 1^st from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Stop by the market located at Haywood Park, due east of the Long Lake Township Hall at 8870 N Long Lake Rd, Traverse City, Michigan 49685, near the bocce ball courts.

We are excited to create a community-based farmers market that celebrates the historic agricultural traditions of Long Lake Township, while providing opportunities for Long Lake residents and the surrounding community members to buy and sell locally grown and produced products.