Taylor Community Library

Chair Yoga for Seniors
2025-10-22 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Detroit) | 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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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

Sew Crafty
2025-10-21 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-14 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-07 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.

Toddler Storytime
2025-10-21 10:30 - 11:15, 2025-10-14 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.

LEGO Club
2025-10-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 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!

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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Hooks & Needles
2025-10-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-13 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!

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!

Pumpkin Painting*
2025-10-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Pumpkin Painting*
Come to the library to paint your own small pumpkin! This event is for kids, tweens, teens, and families. We will have 35 mini pumpkins, so please call to register to secure a pumpkin. We are limiting to one pumpkin per child or teen, adults will not get their own pumpkin. If we run out of pumpkins but you would like to use our paints and have fun with friends, feel free to bring your own pumpkin.
*Registration will open Friday, October 3 at 10:00am. Call or stop in the library to register.

Spooky Cookie Houses*
2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Spooky Cookie Houses*
If you’ve ever been to our annual Holiday House event, this one is all the same except for a spooky twist! Come to the library to build your own spooky graham cracker house with Halloween themed candies. This event is for kids, tweens, teens, and families. Registration is required and will open on Thursday, October 2 at 10:00am. Call or stop in the library to sign up.
*Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

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

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

Silent Book Club
2025-10-15 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-10-08 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

Chair Exercise for Seniors
2025-10-15 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-08 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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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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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.

Halloween Party
2025-10-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
Halloween Party
Wear your costumes and come join us for some festive fun with a movie, snacks, crafts, games, photo ops and more!
This event in intended for: Kids and Families

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

T(w)een Book Club
2025-10-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
T(w)een Book Club
T(w)een Book Club is a monthly book club suggested for tweens and teens ages 12-17 where we will read age-appropriate titles from all genres, have a snack, and do a book-related activity!
Copies of our monthly book will be placed on hold and can be picked up from our front desk before our meeting. Most of the time they are also available on Hoopla or Libby
We will take time to share thoughts on the book and chat about our general reading interests!
This month’s book is The Curse of the Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling

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:

No-Sew Halloween Plushies
2025-10-08 17:00 - 18:00 | Community Rooms (Papp & Trolley), 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI, 48180, United States
No-Sew Halloween Plushies
Come and learn how to make 3 different spooky no-sew plushies and then use your creativity to make your own! You can keep them as singular plushies, or make a few to make a spooky plushie garland. This event is for ages 10-17 while supplies last.

Teen Volunteer Group*
2025-10-08 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! Teens must be ages 14-18.
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!

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.
