Week Calendar

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Visit the Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library booksale website at www.booksale.org. Please email any questions you have about the sale to info@booksale.org.

Visit the Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library booksale website at www.booksale.org. Please email any questions you have about the sale to info@booksale.org.

Blood Drive

Tompkins County Public Library will be offering fall open lab hours in its digital lab.  Open lab hours will provide an opportunity for patrons to drop in and get help with their basic technology questions.  Patrons will be helped on a f

Book a librarian for help with digital downloads or computer basics.

Caregivers and newborns up to 24 months are invited for music, rhymes, movement and books. After storytime, stay for an hour of play and social time.

Visit the Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library booksale website at www.booksale.org. Please email any questions you have about the sale to info@booksale.org.

Toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers are invited every Tuesday for early literacy-based stories, songs, finger plays and much more! After storytime, stay for an hour of play and social time.

Book a librarian for help with digital downloads or computer basics.

Regular Membership meetings with catered lunch and programs.

This is not a library-sponsored event.

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.

Facilitated by psychotherapist and Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Anna Salamone, RN, LCSW, these sessions will encourage participants to shift out of "automatic pilot" mode and observe the workings of the mind, body

This monthly program with Tompkins County Historian Carol Kammen meets the second Thursday of every month in TCPL’s Local History Room at 12:00 PM. 

This weekly group is intended for adults interested in playing Dungeons & Dragons who have RSVPed to rachel.e.hadley@gmail.com. Minors are welcome to attend with a parent or guardian.

This is a private reservation for Leigh Cole's IC class in the Makerspace.

Children ages 5 and up and their families are invited to a free science program co-hosted by Cornell Center for Materials Research. Families will learn about the laws of motion and how they apply to rockets.

Stop by the library to chat with artist-in-residence Frances Gallardo. Bring images or stories of your favorite places in Ithaca, which the artist will use to inform her upcoming art show.

Adults are invited to join our weekly board game club! Bring a favorite game or play one that's on hand. RSVPs are appreciated but drop-ins are welcome as well.

Older adults, their family members and caregivers are invited to join Michael Danaher, Jr., Assistant Attorney General with New York State, for an interactive workshop on Online Safety at Tompkins County Public Library on Thursday, October 11 from

Children are invited to attend this weekly LEGO® brick building program. 'LEGO at the Library' encourages children to use their imaginations or LEGO books from the TCPL collection to create their own LEGO art!

Older adults, their family members and caregivers are invited to join Cornell Health Advocacy Topics (CHAT), for an interactive workshop on finding health information online at Tompkins County Public Library on Saturday, October 13th from 2:00 to

Children are invited to practice their reading skills by sharing a story with a truly non-judgmental listener -- a dog! Reading sessions will be held Tuesdays from 3-4 p.m. Children who attend 6 sessions will earn a FREE book of their choice!

Do you want to practice speaking with other people? Come to the library, and meet other people who are practicing English.

Join us for a monthly kids' maker session for ages 5 - 12. Each session will provide a range of activities for varying ages and ability levels. No registration required, just drop in!

What do you want to make?

New! A second chance to catch Baby Storytime! Caregivers and newborns up to 24 months are invited for music, rhymes, movement and books.

Local footage from "The Romance of Elaine" and other Pearl White serials will be featured, along with several Wharton Studio clips.

Join us for a weekly open make session. Every session will provide a short tutorial on 3D printing, laser cutting, sewing, or Arduino. No prior experience required. Materials will be provided.

Join us for a weekly teen maker session. Every session will provide a short tutorial on 3D printing, laser cutting, sewing, or Arduino programming. No prior experience required. Materials will be provided.

Book a librarian for help with digital downloads or computer basics.

Hola Amigos!  Spanish through Play Eight week class encouraging children love of language learning

Explore your creative muscles in our weekly after school writing workshops. Sign up for a couple or take them all - each week will be something a little different but attendance at all sessions is not required.

Places are clearly defined in Jackson’s book, We Have Always Lived in the Castle: the village, where cruel children and adults shun and mock the Blackwoods; the outdoors, where Merricat buries valuables, naps and talks w

Monthly Meeting

Business Leaders of Colors is a network of small business owners committed to social justice.

Monthly Meeting

Joy. Sorrow. Loss. Love.

Local comic book artist Ten Van Winkle will be on site in the Digital Lab each week to help you create your own comics. Learn how to use the skills you already have to tell stories with art.

Stop by the Makerspace to see what artist Laura Rowley is up to! Complete a 10 minute block printing project using the featured tool for the day, a printmaking copy press!

Join volunteers Grace and Angelina for a new knitting and crochet meet up in the Makerspace! Bring your yarn projects for a social chat time, ask for help (we will do our best, or google it!), or get inspired.

Ithaca Branch AAUW

"Women in Education: Past, Present and Future! Dr. Montague, President of TC3