Week Calendar

Monthly Meeting

TCPL All Staff Meeting

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

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.

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

Monthly Meeting

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

Book a librarian or volunteer technology tutor for help with digital downloads or basic computer questions.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services reference desk at the time of your appointment. 

Tompkins County Public Library's Digital Lab will be a site hosting Alternatives Federal Credit Union's Free Tax Preparation service.  This service is available to low-income residents of Tompkins and Cortland Counties, and is completely free

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.

Book a librarian or volunteer technology tutor for help with digital downloads or basic computer questions. 

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.

Join TCPL volunteer technology tutor Woojin Richardson for one-on-one assistance with your website questions.  Woojin has experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and Firebase.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services ref

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

Children and families are invited to a Family Music Concert Series presented by Alejandro Bernard-Papachryssanthou. This program will present playfully re-imagined classics, originals and modern standards for you to listen and sing along to.

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.

Book a librarian or volunteer technology tutor for help with digital downloads or basic computer questions.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services reference desk at the time of your appointment. 

Come, gather up your baby to support one another on this rewarding and often trying journey of mother-, father-, parenthood.

Cut loose--literally! Come attempt to make improvisational quilt tops with the women of FLAIR (Finger Lakes Art & Inspiration Retreat) . Bring cotton fabric if you've got it.

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

Join Lifelong Learning for their Advanced English as a Second Language class.  Led by Dolina Millar, this class will work on speaking, listening, reading, and writing. No textbook is required for the class.

Schedule an appointment with graphic designer Jon Serrano, for help with your Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop questions.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services reference desk at the time of your appointment.

The Census is hiring for $20/hour jobs in the spring and summer.

This workshop will provide women and men with the inspiration and encouragement to write and share stories about the special women in their lives.

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

TCPL Foundation Monthly Board Meeting

Children ages 8-12 are invited to explore and learn new board games each week with Michael Timonin, local board game aficionado! All kinds of great games to choose from! Put on your strategic thinking cap and join us!

Book a librarian or volunteer technology tutor for help with digital downloads or basic computer questions.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services reference desk at the time of your appointment. 

Children are invited to practice their reading skills by sharing a story with a truly non-judgmental listener -- a dog! Children who attend 6 sessions will earn a FREE book of their choice!

Co-sponsored by Cornell Companions.

Book a librarian or volunteer technology tutor for help with digital downloads or basic computer questions.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services reference desk at the time of your appointment. 

Do you want to practice your conversation skills? Come to the library and meet other people who are learning English.

Book a librarian or volunteer technology tutor for help with digital downloads or basic computer questions.  Please visit the Information and Learning Services reference desk at the time of your appointment. 

In honor of Will Eisner Week, families, teens, and adult patrons are invited to an open comics drawing session for your submission to TCPL Community Comics, in the Makerspace and Digital Lab.

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 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.

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.

All Staff Meeting

Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, will present a free concert for children and families.

Explore your creative muscles in our casual 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.

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).

Sustainable Weaving Workshop: Learn how to weave with cardboard tapestry looms and upcycled material! This is a great place to bring your old t-shirts and scraps to create something new!

If you are currently learning French and cannot afford a personal tutor, you can come to these sessions to receive the help that you need.

Adults are invited to celebrate their love of this diverse and subversive medium. Registration is required, and books will be provided for participants.

Police Officers present the data and dangers of Distracted Driving.

This is a library-sponsored event.

In honor of Will Eisner Week, TCPL is screening Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist. For more Will Eisner Week events, see the calendar.

Join volunteer Nina for a one hour appointment to learn the basics of EITHER using the library's Laser Cutter, or using a Singer Sewing Machine.

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

Join us from 6-8 pm for our first Gallery Night of 2020!

What do you want to make?

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