Week Calendar

Boundary Setting for the Helping Professions with John Vassello. This workshop for health and human services professionals will review and discuss the values and ethics that guide professional practice.

TCPL welcomes ALL of the Kindergartners in the Ithaca City and Trumansburg School Districts for special class visits!

Tompkins County Public Library will be offering winter 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

Join us in the Makerspace for self-led open hours!

Join pediatric speech language pathologist Michele Westfall for a half hour of signs, songs and strategies for communication.

Join comic artist Ten Van Winkle for lessons on making comics, from drawing, to character creation, to storytelling! From ages 8-13, first-timers and old pros all welcome!

Join comic artist Ten Van Winkle for lessons on making comics, from drawing, to character creation, to storytelling! From ages 8-13, first-timers and old pros all welcome!

Join the Tompkins County Public Library for a show-and-tell of the variety of homeschool resources our region has available as well as panel discussions on homeschooling topics. 

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

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

TCPL welcomes ALL of the Kindergartners in the Ithaca City and Trumansburg School Districts for special class visits!

Monthly Meeting

An hour-long, unstructured play and socialization time for babies and toddlers. This program will be held weekly. Drop in any time!

The Senior Book Club will be reading bestselling novel Olive Kitteredge by Elizabeth Strout.  The sessions will be guided by Anna Rosenblatt, Programming Coordinator at the Ithaca College Department of Gerontology who will lead

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. Registration is encouraged, drop-ins welcome.

Visiting Pianist Gabe Merrill-Steskal will perform an hour long recital of classical works at TCPL! This concert is free and open to all.

Set as follows:

Beethoven Sonata in E major, Op. 14 No. 1

1. Allegro

Join us in the Makerspace for self-led open hours!

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

Next Chapter Book Club provides the opportunity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to read, learn and make friends in a community setting.

Adults are invited to join our weekly board game club! Bring a favorite game or play one that's on hand.

Join us in the Makerspace for self-led open hours!

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

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.

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

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!

Join us every month to discuss a book we've all read! Participants can pick up a free copy of the month's title to keep from the Teen Services office. Bring suggestions for future books and we'll add them into our rotation.

Classes encourage children's love of language learning

Monthly Meeting

NOTE: This event will take place in two sessions during this time slot - 5:30-6:30 for families with children, and 7-8 for adults only.

There are giants in the sky... and in Tompkins County Public Library!

Join Josh in the makerspace for 3-D printing lab, where participants can bring in their 3-D model files and bring them to life using one of our state-of-the-art 3-D printers.

What do you want to make?

Library Assistant Josh will walk you through using one of our machines. Please see below for options.

Business Leaders of Colors member Talia Watson of Go Professional Group will be offering a quick workshop entitled:

Marketing: I Know I Need It, But I Don't Know What It Is

Join Melissa Miller and Heidi Eckerson for this unique movement-based book club that meets weekly to explore and experience the questions posed by Katy Bowman in her book Move Your DNA:Restore Your Health through Natural Movement.  This book

What do you want to make?

Library Assistant Josh will walk you through using one of our machines. Please see below for options.