Upcoming Events

Need help with basic technology topics, such as using email, searching the internet, or borrowing eBooks?  Make an appointment for one-on-one help from a TCPL librarian or partnering technology tutor. 

Monthly meeting of the Tompkins County Public Library Board of Trustees Finance & Personnel Committee

TCPL invites families to a weekly LEGO build night! Buckets of LEGO will be provided for participants to borrow for their builds.

In this 3-session workshop, we will explore some basics of the Horror genre in fiction and review some pivotal works in that tradition.

Need help with basic technology topics, such as using email, searching the internet, or borrowing eBooks?  Make an appointment for one-on-one help from a TCPL librarian or partnering technology tutor. 

Join us on Wednesdays from noon to 1:00 pm on Facebook for a lively discussion about what we're all reading! 

This 4-week class will teach the basics of programming through play-based activities. We will use Sphero Indi robots to practice with algorithms, sequencing, and debugging. Join us and discover the joy of computational thinking. (Ages 5-7)

Join us for a special Chinese-English bilingual storytime!

Join us at LGBTQ+ Youth Group to do crafts, play games, and socialize. Whether your lesbian, gay, bi, trans, questioning, or just trying to figure things out - we're here for you!

 Learn to use art to gently shift nervous system states from stress to creativity while fostering self-trust.

Story + Craft is our weekly reading + creating event for children! Join us for a read-aloud, followed by art-making or a guided craft. Best for children 5 and up, but younger are welcome with an adult to assist. 

Are you between the ages of 8 and 108 and love playing board games? Then come join our board game club at TCPL! We meet in the Thaler/Howell Programming Room on Thursdays from 5 to 7pm.

An engaging 8-week course designed to provide the real-world money skills that kids actually need. 

Caregivers and their children are invited to join Cassie at the park next to the Henry St. John Building at 301 S. Geneva St. for music, rhymes, movement and books.

Distant planets, stars, galaxies . . . how do we know what these things are made of without ever having gone there? How have we mapped the surfaces of Venus and Saturn’s moon Titan with satellites when their weather is always cloudy?

Children are welcome to join us as we welcome autumn in a yoga series that flows with the seasons!

This is an all-levels Slow Flow style yoga class, adaptable for people with different levels of fitness (it does involve sitting on a mat and standing up from the floor).

This is an all-levels Slow Flow style yoga class, adaptable for people with different levels of fitness (it does involve sitting on a mat and standing up from the floor).

Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early literacy skills at Family Storytime. We meet each Saturday for stories, songs and hands-on fun.

Free Tutoring and College Application Mentorship with Project Level the Field 

Join us for an afternoon movie on our “Big Screen” in the Thaler/Howell Programming Room. This Saturday we will be screening the animated film Coco (2017). 

Ballet & Books is a national, non-profit organization that provides children ages 3-9 with an opportunity to improve their literacy skills through a combination of dance instruction and literacy-focused mentorship with high school and college-