Taylor Community Library

Hooks & Needles
2025-04-14 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-28 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit) | Trolley (North) Unity Room, 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.

No-Cost Tax Preparation
2025-04-14 11:30 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
No-Cost Tax Preparation
The Accounting Aid Society (AAS) will be offering free tax preparation for individuals who qualify as lower income. Appointments are preferred. Walk in clients are welcomed, but are not guaranteed immediate service. To make an appointment or get more information please visit the AAS at www.accountingaidsociety.org/taxpayers or call (313) 556-1920 x 3232.
For a list of what to bring to your appointment, visit https://www.accountingaidresources.org/what-to-bring

Creative Writing Challenge
2025-04-14 15:00 - 16:00 | 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 3:00-4:00pm. 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.

LEGO Club
2025-04-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
LEGO Club
Do you love Legos? Join our Lego Club! Every Monday at 6 p.m. come in and start building. Everyone is welcome to free build. If you are up for it, we will provide a challenge or theme for you to make something related to that week’s challenge or theme. We will display your creation for one week and will tear them apart at the next event. This event is open to kids, tweens, teens, and parents. No registration is required, just stop in and build!

Toddler Storytime
2025-04-15 10:30 - 11:15 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Toddler Storytime
Join us for stories, songs, fingerplays, and fun! Toddler Storytime is for ages 2-4, but older and younger siblings are welcome. Bring your toddler for a chance to learn and practice some early reading skills. We will reserve some time at the end for creative play or a craft.

Textile Lab
2025-04-15 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-04-22 17:30 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Textile Lab
Textile Lab 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! An instructor will be available to teach you how to quilt, or to guide you on your projects. This is a weekly lab that is open on Tuesdays from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Bingocize for Seniors
2025-04-16 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Bingocize for Seniors
Join us for this 6-week course that combines Bingo, physical activity, and fall prevention education. Topics include how to prevent falls, exercises, and more. Bingo prizes will be provided every session. Dates include: April 9, 16, 23, and 30 as well as May 7 and 14. This event is partnered by Leaders Advancing & Helping Communities.

Silent Book Club
2025-04-16 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-04-23 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.

Adult Book Club
2025-04-16 18:00 - 19:00 | MI
Adult Book Club*

Join us as we read fiction from all walks of life and perspectives. For our next discussion, we’ll be reading Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell.

Then She Was Gone tells the story of Laurel, a mother haunted by the disappearance of her teenage daughter, Ellie, who vanished ten years prior; when Laurel starts dating a charming man named Floyd, she is struck by the uncanny resemblance between his young daughter, Poppy, and Ellie, reigniting her desperate search for answers about what happened to her lost child, forcing her to confront the past and unravel long-buried secrets.

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

Keyboarding (Typing)
2025-04-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Adult Computer Classes: Keyboarding (Typing)
This is the second installment of our Spring Computer Class series, where we will go over typing basics and using the keyboard. The class will be held on the Youth Side Computers, on a first come, first serve basis. The class will be held Thursday, April 17th, from 1:00-2:00 P.M.

Read & Respond to Poetry
2025-04-17 15:00 - 16:30, 2025-04-24 15:00 - 16:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Read & Respond to Poetry
Calling all poets!
It’s National Poetry Month!!!
We will have one of the front Community Rooms available to start reading and writing poetry every Thursday in the month of April, from 3 to 4:30pm.
It’ll be a space for you to read the poetry books you’ve been meaning to get to and then respond to them in any way that you choose.
Feeling bold?
Read a favorite poem of yours to the group or your own, and the audience will get the choice to write or verbally give their response to the poem.
Are you up for the challenge?

Mini Art Exhibit
2025-04-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Come celebrate world art day, All ages are welcome to participate. Submit your mini canvas so patrons can view it in our miniature art exhibit . Canvases are provided while supplies last, starting March 31st.
Deadline to submit art is April 14th.
Art Exhibit Grand Opening is April 17th

Library Board Meeting
2025-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Library Board Meeting
There will be a public meeting of the Library Board at 7:00 p.m. at 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI 48180.
People who need special accommodations for the meeting should use our Contact Form, or call 734-287-4840 a week before the meeting. If you would like to contact board members before their meeting, please also use our Contact Form and indicate whether your message is for a specific board member or the Library Board as a whole.
Remote meeting attendance is available online by clicking this link or by calling 1(646)876-9923 and entering Meeting ID: 840 6243 1659

LIBRARY CLOSED
2025-04-18 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States

Enchanted Season: Meet & Greet with Lance Parrish and Tom Gage*
2025-04-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Enchanted Season: Meet & Greet with Lance Parrish and Tom Gage*
Join former Detroit Tiger Lance Parrish and American Sportswriter Tom Gage for a talk about their new book, “The Enchanted Season”, about the Tigers’ historic 1984 season and World Series win. Space is limited so please register for this event below.
*Registration Required
Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastPhone Number *City you live in *You do not need to be a Taylor resident to attendWould you like a reminder call the day before the event? *YesNoI understand that this registration only counts for one person and that it is strongly recommended I do not bring any non-registered guests. *YesI understand that if I am not in attendance by 3pm my spot could be given away to someone on the wait list *YesSubmit

Spring Craft Exchange
2025-04-21 10:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Spring Craft Exchange
Have you started a craft project and lost the desire to finish it? Have you bought or been given materials that you no longer want or need? Would you like to exchange those partially started or brand-new projects for someone else’s? Then this is the event for you! Drop off your old supplies, check out what others drop off, and maybe bring something new (to you) home. Even if you don’t have anything to exchange, you are more than welcome to attend and take things home with you.
This event will take place from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Monday, April 21st. All materials dropped off ahead of time will be ready to peruse as soon as the library opens, but feel free to stop in and drop off more throughout the day. Any materials not taken by the end of the night will be discarded.
*Items may be dropped off ahead of time starting Wednesday, April 14, 2025*
Accepted Materials:
Yarn, Fabric, Thread, Embroidery Floss, Fleece, Stuffing Fluff, Paper, Canvases, Paint, Crayons, Markers, Colored Pencils, Paint Brushes, Crochet Hooks, Knitting Needles, Diamond Dot Supplies, Partially Started Projects, Sewing Machines, Perler Beads, Modeling Clay, Ribbon, Scissors, Glitter, Confetti, Stickers, Foam Stickers, Googly Eyes, Holiday Decor, and Frames. Please call to ask about anything not listed.

Earth Day Celebration!
2025-04-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Earth Day Celebration!
Come help celebrate Earth Day with some fun crafts, games, snacks, and everything in-between.

Baby & Toddler Free Play
2025-04-22 10:30 - 11:15 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Baby & Toddler Free Play
Bring your babies and toddlers for a time of unstructured free play. Babies and toddlers can play with one another while caregivers can socialize as well!

VIP Support Group
2025-04-23 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

Teen Volunteer Group*
2025-04-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Teen Volunteer Group*
Are you a teen who’s looking for volunteer hours? Join our Teen Volunteer Group!
Teen volunteers help plan, implement, and promote ways to improve services offered at TCL. Joining our group builds your resume, earns you volunteer hours, and gives you a chance to be heard. Tasks will include helping the library with collection maintenance, programming prep, maintaining the TCL Tiny Taylor Library, and more!
We meet every other Wednesday at 4 p.m. in person at the library.
*Want to earn volunteer hours for this? Visit our Volunteer page to see if space is available and to sign up!

Internet Basics
2025-04-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Adult Computer Classes: Internet Basics
This is the third installment in our Spring Computer Class series. This class will focus on the basic principles used when navigating the internet, and will be offered on a first come, first serve basis. The class will take place on the Youth Side Computers on Thursday, April 24th, from 1:00-2:00 P.M.

EGGstra Special Crafting Together
2025-04-26 13:00 - 14:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Crafting Together
Come join us for there is fun egg themed Crafting Together

Lego Club: Dress Like A Superhero Day!
2025-04-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Celebrate National Dress Like A Superhero Day at Lego club and come in costume while building those fantastic creations there may even be some cool photo opts.

Books & Bites Book Club*
2025-04-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Books & Bites Book Club*
Books & Bites is a monthly book club that reads and discusses YA books with adult crossover and Adult books with teen crossover — anyone who is a fan of these genres can attend. Copies of the next book are passed out and checked out at each meeting. You can also get a copy from our front desk and most of the time they are also available on Hoopla or Libby.
This month’s title: “Aurora Rising” by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
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Tyler Jones, star pupil of Aurora Academy, and a group of misfits and troublemakers that make up his squad, embark on their first mission. They rescue a girl from a long cryo-sleep who could be the catalyst for war.
*This book club is currently waitlisted. To join our in-person meetings, please fill out our waitlist form below. In the meantime, feel free to join our Facebook group for announcements and general bookish chat. You can also participate virtually using the Fable app.
Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastLegal or PreferredAre Under 18 or 18+? *Under 1818+What are Your Pronouns? *She/HerHe/HimThey/ThemOtherWhat is Your Library Card Number? *Who is Your Home Library? *What is Your Preferred Format? *Standard PrintLarge PrintBook on CDDigital Audiobook (Hoopla & Libby)Ebook (Hoopla & Libby)Are there any other formats you would be ok with?Standard PrintLarge PrintBook on CDAudiobook Digital (Hoopla & Libby)Ebook (Hoopla & Libby)What is the best way to contact you if we have a spot open? *TextCallEmailBased on how you answered above, please provide your phone number or email address *Submit
