Week Calendar

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

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

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.

Join us to talk about kids' books! Open to kids and families. Mondays on Facebook, 11 am to 12 noon.

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.

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

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!

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 us to talk about movies! Fridays, 12-1 pm on Facebook.

This is not a library sponsored event.

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.

The Big Red Marching Band and the Tompkins Public Library are teaming up to hold a musical workshop for kids, tweens and teens where you'll get the chance to hear members of the band talk about their fun times and get some hands on experience with

Join us to talk about books for teens! Open to teens and families. Tuesdays from 2-3pm on Facebook and Instagram.

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.

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.

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!

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.

A satellite has crashed on the planet Maker Space. Its up to you and your team of makers to create and pilot a first person view, FPV, camera rover to collect the scattered parts.

Join us for a kids' maker session for ages 5 - 10. Each session will provide a range of activities for varying ages and ability levels. 

No registration required, just drop in!

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

Children ages 9-12 are welcome to join our Tween Book Club on the second Wednesday of each month. Registration is required. Register and pick up your free copy of the book at the Youth Services Reference Desk.

You and your team of makers have crashed landed on a deserted planet full of wrecked space craft. Your job: build a rover to search and collect parts for an escape rocket.

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

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!

NASA Student Ambassador, Tinsae Giblin will give a presentation on Nasa’s Lucy Mission to the Trojan Asteroids.

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.

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.

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.

Monthly Board Meeting

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.

Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library Monthly Board Meeting

Police Officers present the data and dangers of Distracted Driving.

This is a library-sponsored event.

Makerspace reserved for the Inkscape for Laser Cutting and Engraving program.  For more information, visit the main program page here:

Interested in learning how to create and prepare designs for laser cutting and engraving?

Join us for pajama storytime and send your stuffed animal on an after-hours Library adventure!!!

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

Discover for yourself how this process can positively enhance your life, relationships, and health when you start taking the action your inner wisdom suggests.