CANCELLED - Adventures in STEAM - Discoveries with Water Pollution
2024-08-20 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Detroit) | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
CANCELLED – 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.

Textile Lab
2024-08-20 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-08-27 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-09-03 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.

Wind Down Wednesdays
2024-08-21 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-08-28 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.

CANCELLED - Adult Book Club
2024-08-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
CANCELLED – Adult Book Club

Join us as we read fiction from all walks of life and perspectives. For our next discussion, we’ll be reading Absolution by Alice McDermott.

CANCELLED - iPhone Basics
2024-08-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
CANCELLED – iPhone Basics
YOU MUST HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE WITH YOU FOR THIS CLASS. Class will focus on making phone calls, storing contacts, deleting contacts, blocking unwanted calls, and texting.
Class size is limited to 8 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis.

CANCELLED - Writing Sessions
2024-08-22 14:30 - 16:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
CANCELLED – 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?

Bark for Books
2024-08-22 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 starting August 8 to sign up for a time slot.

Summer Reading Store Hours
2024-08-23 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-24 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.

Family Storytime
2024-08-23 10:15 - 10:45 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Outdoor Family Storytime
Join Mrs. 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.*

Watercolor Painting Class
2024-08-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Watercolor Painting Class
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: Lighthouses
Ages 16 and up only. Registration required.
Registration Full

Adult Movie Night
2024-08-23 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 Barbie.

Kids Movie Night
2024-08-24 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 Big Hero 6.

Hooks & Needles
2024-08-26 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
2024-08-26 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
2024-08-26 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: “It Girl” by Ruth Ware

April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. By the end of the year, April was dead. Now, a decade later, a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that the man convicted, who has now died in prison, may have been innocent.
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!

VIP Support Group
2024-08-28 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
2024-08-28 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!

TCL Digital Resources
2024-08-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
TCL Digital Resources
This class will introduce you to the digital resources available to patrons with a Taylor Community Library card. We will go over streaming services, eBooks, research databases, genealogy sites and much more!

Writing Sessions
2024-08-29 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?

Adult & Teen Karaoke Night
2024-08-29 18:00 - 19:45 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Adult & Teen Karaoke Night
Join us for a fun and judgment-free Karaoke Night intended for teens and adults! Whether you’re a platinum record artist or an everyday shower singer, this event is open to you. Feel free to invite friends and family to cheer you on as you face the mic.

Adult Movie Night
2024-08-30 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 Accepted.

Summer Reading Ends
2024-08-31 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Summer Reading Ends
Thanks for participating! Be sure to keep an eye on our events calendar for more cool events as well as our Fall Reading Challenge.

Kids Movie Night
2024-08-31 15:00 - 17:00 | Trolley (North) Unity Room, 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 the Princess and the Frog.

LIBRARY CLOSED
2024-09-02 | Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States

Toddler Storytime
2024-09-03 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.

Baby Buddies Storytime (ages 0-1)
2024-09-03 14:00 - 14:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Baby Buddies Storytime (Ages 0-1)
Weekly Storytime is aimed toward parents with infants (ages 0-1), but older siblings are welcome. We will have lap time, singing, and read several books together. At the end, there will be time for creative play and parent conversation.
