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TCPL Board of Trustees Announces Membership Changes

The Tompkins County Public Library Board of Trustees is announcing changes to its structure and membership ahead of its May 27, 2025 meeting.

Supply Chain Problems Delaying Some Books

At TCPL we have an entire team dedicated to finding, reviewing, buying, processing, and ultimately shelving new books and other print materials. Al

A rainbow composition notebook design. The words on the notebook read "Tompkins County Public Library presents The Gay Agenda." There are two doodles, one of a heart, one of a cat.

TCPL presents: The Gay Agenda!

Join us at the Tompkins County Public Library for several days of Pride events!

The Gay Agenda will have a resource fair, a gender-affirming

Black and white text, with a stylized image of a book at the center. The text reads Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library book sale

Friends of the Library Book Sale Opens May 3

The Friends of Tompkins County Public Library will hold the annual Spring Book Sale over three long weekends in May at 509 Esty St, Ithaca. With a

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Spring Baby & Toddler Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am

Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Program Type: Storytimes

About this event::

Caregivers and their children are invited to join us for songs, rhymes and books at the park next to the Henry St. John Building at 301 S.

Makerspace Open Hours

3:30pm - 5:30pm

Adults

Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library

Room: Makerspace

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Makerspace

About this event::

Drop-in for Open Hours - registration is not required.

Slow Flow Yoga

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Adults

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library

Room: BorgWarner Full

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Classes and Workshops, Health & Wellness

Registration Required

About this event::

This is an all-levels Slow Flow style yoga class, adaptable for people with different levels of fitness (it does involve sitting on a mat and standing up from the floor).

Family Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am

Families, Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library

Room: Thaler/Howell Programming Room

Age Group: Families, Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Program Type: Storytimes

About this event::

Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to celebrate reading and build their early literacy skills at Family Storytime. We meet each Saturday for stories, songs and hands-on fun.

Fabric Collage Art

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Adults

Open

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library

Room: Makerspace

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Makerspace

Registration Required

About this event::

Use up those odds and ends, those scraps, those pieces of fabric and string that you've been holding onto "just in case"!
In this workshop, attendees will bring sewing and craft supplies and transform them into unique pieces of art.