Taylor Community Library

Fall Reading Challenge Begins
2025-10-01 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Fall Reading Challenge Begins
For more information, visit our Fall Reading Challenge page.

Audio Described Movie Day
2025-10-01 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit) | Trolley (North) Unity Room, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Audio Described Movie Day
Pop in the 1st Wednesday of each month to watch a new, popular film with the Audio Description (AD) narration track added.

October’s film:
The Woman in the Yard

Chair Exercise for Seniors
2025-10-01 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-08 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Chair Exercise for Seniors

Join us for this 6-week chair exercise course where we will focus on gentle movement, balance, and mindful mobility. Dates include: September 10, 17, 24, October 1, 8, and 15. This event is partnered by Leaders Advancing & Helping Communities.
This event is intended for: Seniors
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Silent Book Club
2025-10-01 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-08 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-15 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-22 17:30 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Silent Book Club
Ever wanted to join a book club, but felt like it was too much pressure? Join this super low-key book club where you show up with a book of your choice and read! At each meeting the first and last 15 minutes will be designated for sharing what you’re reading/socializing with other members and then the hour and half in-between will be designated for reading. We will have an ambience room playing at low volume in the background and different options for seating. Feel free to bring a snack, beverage, or blanket to make this event extra cozy. This book club meets every Wednesday.
This event is intended for: Adults

Puzzle Exchange
2025-10-02 10:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Puzzle Exchange
Tired of doing the same old puzzles? Stop by our puzzle exchange and swap them for new ones! From 10am till 7pm we will have one of our community rooms designated for puzzle swapping. Simply stop in, place the puzzles you no longer want on the table, and grab the ones you do want. There is no limit to how many puzzles you can drop off or take home. Don’t have any puzzles to donate? Feel free to stop by any way and see if there is something you’d like to take home.
THE FINE PRINT: Please only donate puzzles that have all their pieces to the best of your knowledge. Any puzzles not taken by the end of the event will either be put in our puzzle collection for circulation or recycled. You can drop off your puzzles ahead of time as early as Monday, September 29th.
This event is intended for: All ages

Passionate Parents Book Club
2025-10-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Passionate Parents Book Club
This is a monthly topic-based book club for picture books and board books. We will share our favorites, which ones the kids liked more, parents can share other resources music, crafts, etc. they use to help their child.
This event is indented for parents

Hooks & Needles
2025-10-06 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-13 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-20 11:00 - 13:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Hooks & Needles

Come and join other yarn enthusiasts in our community who love to knit and crochet. This is a weekly event to share ideas, projects, and do a little yarning. Bring your own projects to work on.

This event is intended for: Adults, but anyone who knits’ or crochets’ is welcome!

Gargoyles, Grotesques, Graveyards and Ghosts
2025-10-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Gargoyles, Grotesques, Graveyards and Ghosts
Join photographer and historian Jeff Morrison as he shows more than 200 pictures of some of the most macabre examples of architectural sculpture to be found in the state of Michigan. You’ll visit churches, cemeteries, mansions and more, and learn about the meaning behind the sculpture found on these structures, and the artists, artisans and architects that made these buildings possible. You will also hear interesting stories about some people who may have stayed behind after their mortal lives ended, including jealous spouses, the possible second life of a murder victim, and the story of a ghost that wasn’t a ghost after all. The presentation is based on information that came to light while Jeff was researching and writing his award-winning books, Guardians of Detroit: Architectural Sculpture of the Motor City (Wayne State University Press, 2019) and Guardians of Michigan: Architectural Sculpture of the Pleasant Peninsulas (The University of Michigan Press, 2022).
Biography
Detroit
Jeff Morrison is a photographer and writer who has been taking pictures since his parents gave him his first camera at age nine. He has a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in art from Eastern Michigan University and over thirty years of experience as a graphic artist. Jeff’s first book, Guardians of Detroit: Architectural Sculpture in the Motor City, was published by Wayne State University Press in 2019. It won a State History Award for Outstanding Michigan History Publication from the Historical Society of Michigan and was honored as a 2020 Michigan Notable Book by the Library of Michigan. His second book, Guardians of Michigan: Architectural Sculpture of the Pleasant Peninsulas, was published by The University of Michigan Press in 2022. It was honored as a 2023 Michigan Notable Book by the Library of Michigan and received the Stuart D. and Vernice M Gross Award for Literature in Regional History from Saginaw Valley State University. Jeff lives in Oxford, Michigan, with his lovely wife Susie.

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Sew Crafty
2025-10-07 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-14 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-21 17:30 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Sew Crafty
Sew Crafty is a weekly lab for textile crafters to come together and work on their projects. If you love to quilt, sew, knit, crochet, embroider, needlepoint, or any other textile crafting, this is the place for you! This is a weekly lab that is open on Tuesdays from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. This is a collaborative, inter-generational crafting group intended for kids, teens, and adults. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Brown Bag Talking Book Discussion
2025-10-08 12:00 - 13:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Brown Bag Talking Book Discussion
The group discusses two audiobooks each month. Listen to all, one, or even none… everyone is welcome!
Meet in person or join in remotely.
To join remotely by phone, please Call: 267-807-9601 and use Access Code: [REDACTED], or join virtually by visiting bit.ly/TCLbtbcall

Titles are voted on 3 months in advance. This month’s titles:

The magnificent lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
DB 107797
14 hours, 37 minutes. Historical Fiction.
Marjorie Post glued cereal boxes in her father’s barn as a young girl. No one could have predicted that C. W. Post’s Cereal Company would grow into the General Foods empire, with Marjorie as its heiress and leading lady. Not content to stay in her prescribed roles of high-society wife, mother, and hostess, Marjorie dared to demand more. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.

The lost coast by Jonathan Kellerman
DB 123155
8 hours, 22 minutes. Suspense Fiction, Mystery and Detective Stories.
“It’s been almost a year since Clay Edison was forced out of his job at the coroner’s bureau. Now he’s on his own, working as a private eye…Clay is brought a fraud case that begins with a man surprised to learn that he’s been named the executor of his grandmother’s estate. Her accounts are a mess, and not everything is adding up…As Clay dives deeper into a decades-old scheme targeting the vulnerable, his investigation leads him to a bizarre town buried in the remote California wilderness. The residents don’t care much for outsiders. They certainly don’t like Clay asking questions. And they’ll do just about anything to shut him up.”– Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2024.

New attendees: Please call the library or click on the covers above to place copies on hold. Or current BTB members can use the Talking Book Order Form to have copies sent on cartridge.

Adult Computer Classes: Email Basics
2025-10-09 13:00 - 14:00 | Youth Section, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Adult Computer Classes: Email Basics
Join us in our fourth installment of the Fall Computer Class series! This class will focus on all you need to know to set-up and operate an email account. The class will be located at the Youth Computers on Thursday, October 9th, from 1:00-2:00 P.M. It will be offered on a first come, first served basis.
This event is intended for:

Spooky Watercolor*
2025-10-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Spooky Watercolor*
Painting with watercolors can seem intimidating and difficult sometimes but always an exploration in creative expression.
Join this informal and relaxed art class to paint step-by-step; some watercolor and color mixing techniques will be explained, demonstrated, and used. All skill levels welcome and all supplies will be provided. If you already own a set of watercolor paintbrushes and paints, feel welcome to bring and use them instead!
Theme: Spooky Season
This event is intended for adults. *Registration is FULL

Creative Writing Challenge
2025-10-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Creative Writing Challenge
Calling all creative writers! We will meet at one of the front Community Rooms the second Monday of every month, from 4:00-5:00p.m. Everyone will be given a prompt, and your job will be to take this prompt to find words on signs, pictures, artwork, book spines, overheard phrases/quotes, etc. on library grounds and write them down. When everyone has something, they will come back to the room and we will put together what we have found.

Cryptids Decrypted
2025-10-13 18:30 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Cryptids Decrypted
A history of curious cases when mysterious creatures turned out to be all too real! Everyone knows famous Cryptids like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster, but there are many more mysterious creatures around the world! From not-so-extinct fish to animals now common to zoos the world over; hear the stories of animal demystification. If you described a kangaroo to someone who had never seen one before, would they believe you?
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Adult Book Club*
2025-10-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Adult Book Club*
Join us as we read fiction from all walks of life and perspectives. For our next discussion, we’ll be reading The Lake House by Kate Morton.

A lush, atmospheric tale of intertwined destinies, The Lake House is an enthralling, thoroughly satisfying read that explores an unsolved kidnapping that occurred between the World Wars at an isolated country house in England.

*Please call ahead to make sure we have room for new members

Adult Computer Classes: Word Basics & Printing
2025-10-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Youth Section, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Adult Computer Classes: Word Basics & Printing
Join us in our fifth and final class in our Fall Computer Class series! This class will focus on the basic principles of Word, as well as how to use printing in the library. The class will be held on the Youth Side Computers on October 16th, from 1:00-2:00 P.M. This class is offered on a first come, first served basis.
This event is intended for: Adults

Flashback Frights Movie Day
2025-10-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Flashback Frights Movie Day
Treat yourself to a free, frightening film, where you don’t have to bother with sneaking in snacks. Come join us, bring your own snacks, and enjoy some time away from home. We will be watching Twitches (PG). All ages welcome to join us!

Intro to Ouija and Spirit Boards
2025-10-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Intro to Ouija and Spirit Boards
This class covers the history of Spirit and Ouija boards along with their purpose, what they can do for you, how to use them the “right” way and more! Expand your knowledge on a subject deemed occult and learn why it really isn’t. Boards can be used safely and have been for over 100 years! This class is being taught by the talented Courtney Overfield. You can find her on her website: https://divinetemperance.com/
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VIP Support Group
2025-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Trolley (North) Unity Room, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
VIP Support Group (Visually Impaired Persons)
The VIP meeting is a monthly support group for people experiencing vision loss and their caregivers. Each month, we meet to discuss important topics and connect over shared concerns, with occasional speakers.
Meet in person or join in remotely.
To join remotely by phone, please call 267-807-9601 and use Access Code: [REDACTED], or join virtually by visiting bit.ly/TCLbtbcall

Chair Yoga for Seniors
2025-10-22 15:00 - 16:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Chair Yoga for Seniors
Join us for this 6-week chair yoga course where we will focus on gentle movement and mindful mobility. Dates include: October: 22 & 29, November: 5, 12, 19, and December 3. This event is partnered by Leaders Advancing & Helping Communities.
This event is intended for: Seniors (55+ or anyone who considers themselves a senior)
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Thrifted Ghost Paintings*
2025-10-23 17:30 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Thrifted Ghost Painting*
Join us for an Adult & Teen evening of spooky creativity with thrifted ghost paintings! We’ll provide the paint you just need to bring your own thrifted painting. If you have any question on what a thrifted painting is or where to get one, feel free to call us. *Space is limited so please register below. This event is for ages 14+.
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