Assistive Device Drop-In (ADDI)
2024-07-18 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit) | Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Assistive Device Drop-In

Not sure how to use your smartphone’s built-in accessibility software? Want to try out an assistive tech device before shelling out the cash for one? Drop in on ADDI for information or personalized help with popular technology in accessibility.

Assistive technology (AT) makes it possible for individuals with a wide range of disabilities to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible.

Typing
2024-07-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Typing
Do you use the old hunt and peck method of typing with two fingers? Does it take you way too long to type simple documents? If so, this class is for you. Learn how to type using all of your fingers. As your typing improves, so will your speed.
Class size is limited to 8 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Alex Thomas and Friends Puppet Show
2024-07-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Alex Thomas and Friends Puppet Show
Alex Thomas’s Interactive Puppet Show is an engaging and entertaining experience that brings puppets to life and invites audience members to actively participate in the performance. This show is designed for audiences of all ages who are ready to be captivated by the magic of puppetry. Meet a lively and lovable puppet character with a unique personality that will captivate the audience from the moment they appear onstage and get a chance to meet them after the show!

Edmund Fitzgerald: The Stories, The Song
2024-07-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Edmund Fitzgerald: The Stories, The Song
Hear the stories of the crewmembers, their families and the ironies of a doomed ship in one of the worst storms in Great Lakes history. Learn how the hit song “The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald” was written, recorded and performed by Gordon Lightfoot. Hear the mesmerizing song played live by Mike Fornes, who performs as Lightfoot live in concert.

Writing Sessions
2024-07-18 14:30 - 16:30, 2024-07-25 14:30 - 16:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Writing Sessions
Calling all writers! We will have one of the front Community Rooms available for those looking for motivation to start writing to come in and write every Thursday, from 2:30-4:30pm. It’ll be a quiet place with little to no interruptions, and enough space to spread out your notes and plotline maps. Are you up for the challenge?

Library Board Meeting
2024-07-18 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

Adult Movie Night
2024-07-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Adult Movie Night
Come join us for our Adult Movie Night. This week we will be watching Ghostbusters (2016).

Kids Movie Night
2024-07-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Kids Movie Night
Come join us for Kids Movie Night. This week we will be watching The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Hooks & Needles
2024-07-22 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-07-29 11:00 - 13:00 | 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.
Masks are required while attending indoor programming. If you need to request accommodation, please contact our director at least a week in advance.

LEGO Club
2024-07-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-07-29 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!

Books & Bites Book Club
2024-07-22 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: “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” by V.E. Schwab

France, 1714. In a moment of desperation, Addie LaRue makes a Faustian bargain to live forever, but is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore who remembers her name.
To keep up with updates, join in on our monthly book discussions if you can’t make it in person, or for general bookish talk, send us a request to join our Facebook group. We hope to see you there!

Versiti Blood Center Blood Drive
2024-07-23 12:00 - 16:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Versiti Blood Center Blood Drive
Did you know that even though approximately 38% of the population is eligible to donate blood, less than 5% actually do? And that every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood? Consider donating at our Versiti Blood Center Blood Drive to help ensure patients get the treatment they need and even help save a life.
Things to keep in mind when donating:

Donating blood takes about an hour of your time from when you first arrive
You will need to show a valid ID
You will need to answer a series of health questions before being able to donate (to speed up the process you can download the Versiti Donor App and answer them ahead of time)
Be sure to wear a loose sleeved or short sleeved shirt as they will need access to the majority of your arm

Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. Call 866-MIBLOOD or visit www.versiti.org/MI to schedule your appointment.

Textile Lab
2024-07-23 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.

Claymation Workshop
2024-07-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Claymation Workshop with Alex Thomas
Join Alex Thomas in learning about another stop-motion animation workshop: Claymation! Participants will explore the fascinating process of claymation as they learn the tools necessary to make their own claymation films.
This event is for ages 7-17, and is limited to 20 participants. Registration is required. You can stop in or call the library to register starting Tuesday, July 9.

VIP Support Group
2024-07-24 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

Wind Down Wednesdays
2024-07-24 17:30 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Wind Down Wednesdays
Wind down your Wednesday nights at the library! Enjoy a quiet designated space for you to read, journal, crochet, knit, scrapbook, diamond dot etc., every Wednesday this summer.
This is a bring your own quiet activity drop-in event. Some donated supplies will be available, but not guaranteed.

Internet Basics
2024-07-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Internet Basics
This class is designed for those with little or no experience with the internet. You will learn how to navigate the internet, perform basic searches, use websites, and search engines. Typing skills are needed for this class.
Class size is limited to 8 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Bark for Books
2024-07-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Bark for Books
Is your child just learning to read and wants to build confidence to read or speak aloud? Has your child or teen loved reading and is just looking for something fun to do? We have a chance for them to read aloud to a trained therapy dog! Two therapy dogs will be available to read aloud to and they love to hear stories! We will provide a chance for each child/teen to read aloud to the dogs for 15 minutes. Registration is required and we’ll have 16 spots open for a child to read, so stop in the library or call starting July 11 to sign up for a time slot.

Summer Reading Store Hours
2024-07-26 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-27 10:00 - 17:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Summer Reading Store Hours
Stop in to spend the Taylor Library Bucks you earned through the Summer Reading Challenge at our store. Our store is only open on certain weekends:

Friday, July 12th & Saturday, July 13th
Friday, July 26th & Saturday, July 27th
Friday, August 9th & Saturday, August 10th
Friday, August 23rd & Saturday, August 24th
Friday, September 6th & Saturday, September 7th

For more information, visit our Summer Reading Challenge page.

Outdoor Family Storytime
2024-07-26 10:15 - 10:45 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Outdoor Family Storytime
Join Ms. Carolyn for outdoor fun at our outdoor family storytime. We’ll be using stories, rhymes, song, and movement to enjoy the morning sunshine with a small activity after. This story time is for families with stories and activities generally geared towards ages 2-6, but we do our best to adapt to the crowd and have a ton of fun!
*If the weather does not permit for an outdoor storytime, we will move to the youth side of the library.*

Adult Movie Night
2024-07-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Adult Movie Night
Join us for Adult Movie Night. This week we will be watching Us.

Kids Movie Night
2024-07-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Kids Movie Night
Come join us for our Kids Movie Night. This week we will be watching Turning Red.

Drive-In Teen Movie
2024-07-27 21:30 - 23:30 | Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Drive-in Teen Movie
Stop by the library after closing to watch a movie outside. Bring blankets or pull up in your car in the parking lot for a viewing of Rocky Horror Picture Show! We plan to start the showing at 9:30pm but we do have to wait until it is dark enough out for visibility, so start time is tentative. This event is for teens and movies are chosen by our Teen Advisory Group.
*Disclaimer: Some movies our teens vote on can range from modern to classics that might not be rated, so please ask parent permission before attending.*
In the event that it rains or other weather occurs preventing an outside showing, this event will be cancelled.

Learning to Read Tarot: Minor Arcana
2024-07-29 18:00 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Learning to Read Tarot: Minor Arcana
Join us for a night with Tarot Reader, Danny, who will give us an overview of all 56 Minor Arcana cards and teach us tips on how to remember their meanings. This class is intended for those who already know a little about tarot but beginners are more than welcome! Pen and paper will be provided, but feel free to bring your own note-taking devices.

Adventures in STEAM - Discoveries with Water Pollution
2024-07-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Adventures in STEAM – Discoveries with Water Pollution with Michigan 4-H
Join Michigan 4-H Spinclub in this STEAM discovery about water pollution. Youth ages 9-14 will get to explore how water pollution occurs and its effects on the environment through hands-on, engaging, and STEAM-based experiments in each class session. Youth will learn about how to make water filters, how to create water cleaning processes, and more so they can protect clean water and make a difference in their own communities.
This event is in 4 different sessions:
July 30th : Understanding Water Pollution
August 6th: Building Water Filters
August 13th: Watersheds and Mapping River Flow
August 20th: Protecting Clean Water
This club is limited to 20 children and registration is required. Starting July 9 you can stop in the library, call, or visit https://forms.gle/wEJkUPZotxxamshPA to register.

Basic Creative Writing Class
2024-07-30 14:30 - 15:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Basic Creative Writing Class
This class is for those interested in writing, but are not sure how to start. You will get to practice writing without stopping, how to start a scene and what’s needed between scenes, discover ways to outline and seeing what works for you, character development, and gain tips on writing dialogue.
A note book, or binder/folder with paper, and something to write with are needed for this class.
