Week Calendar

Gain insight, and approaches to assist those who have experienced trauma.

Fee $135 and includes light refreshments throughout the day (lunch will not be provided).

Tompkins County Public Library will be offering 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 first

Caregivers and newborns up to 24 months are invited for music, rhymes, movement and books at 10:30. After storytime, stay for an hour of play and social time.

Do you have old family photos, film or videos that you would like to convert to a digital format?  Now you can for free at the library!  During this hour long session a librarian will help you use our conversion equipment.  Please r

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.

Please join other families and friends to enjoy songs, rhymes and stories in Mandarin and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us.

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.

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

Families and children of all ages are welcome to join Ithaca College's musical fraternity, Mu Phi Epsilon, for a lively musical storytime and instrument petting zoo!

Join in a book discussion of Blanco's coming of age as the child of Cuban immigrants and his effort to contend with his burgeoning artistic and sexual identities.

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

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

Explore the secrets of the library in this two-part writing workshop for ages 8-11 given by author Anne Mazer. Bring a notebook, a favorite pen, your curiosity and imagination. Register for one or both sessions.

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

Volunteer Steffi Green can teach you sewing machine 101, intro to quilting skills, garment sewing skills, using patterns, evaluating fabrics, basic mending, or explore your personal machine together!

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 your conversation skills? Come to the library and meet other people who are practicing English.

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

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!

Do you have old family photos, film or videos that you would like to convert to a digital format?  Now you can for free at the library!  During this hour long session a librarian will help you use our conversion equipment.  Please r

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.

Make it light up and learn to code! This program is all about expressing yourself through computer programming.

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

It seems as if almost everyone nowadays has either diabetes or is prediabetic.  As an overlooked metabolic system helper, the gut bacteria, or microbiome has only recently been recognized as within everyone's grasp to wield against diabetes.

Join graphic designer Annie Aldag to learn the basics of creating PDF documents with Adobe Acrobat.  Patrons will encounter the full power of Adobe Acrobat, including editing PDF documents, converting files to and from PDF, fill and

If you have taken some French in the past and would like to find a place to practice your foreign language skills, please join us.

Join for a book discussion of Richard Blanco's The Prince of los Cocuyos, TCPL's 2019 Community Read.

What do you want to make?

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