This page lists current events on the Community Calendar.
4/4/26 4pm-5pm
Facilitated by Crystal Woodward-Turner of Karasi Fitness and Healing Arts, this is a calming and restorative yoga. ALL levels welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Please bring your mat, water, a towel, and wear comfortable clothing. There will be limited mats available to use as well.
Location: Traverse Area District Library
Contact: ask@tadl.org
4/6/26 6pm-7pm
An organizational workshop to help you better manage your digital and physical photos, presented by Jamie Howe of Howe Organization.
Location: Traverse Area District Library
Contact: ask@tadl.org
4/7/26 6:30 pm
Welcome birdwatchers! Featuring the film, "Hunters of the Sky".
Location: Peninsula Community Library
Contact: Peninsula Community Library
April 8, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Author and bioregionalist Stephanie Mills will present her 2025 Freshwater Summit keynote speech Starting from and Staying with the Nature of Place on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026 at The Grand Traverse Circuit. Sponsored by Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, donations support local non-profit Title Track, founded by activist & musician Seth Bernard.
Location: 225 W 14th St, Traverse City
Contact: Ashley Murray
April 19, 2026, 5:30-7:00 pm
Join The Kingsley Folk School for a relaxed, no-prep storytelling community circle, Everyone Has a Story. Come and share real moments from your life, told to connect, laugh, reflect. Held the 2nd Thursday of every month from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at Kingsley Branch Library. Event is free and open to all. Call the Library at 231-263-5484 with questions.
Location: Kingsley Branch Library
Contact: Kingsley Branch Library
4/9/26 3:30 pm
PCL partners with TBA Credit Union for a story hour on early financial smarts. Free books!
Location: Peninsula Community Library
Contact: Peninsula Community Library
4/13/26 6:30 pm
Our series of movies set and/or filmed in the Great Lake State continues! "Roger and Me" (R) - a documentary on the closing of GM plants in Flint.
Location: Peninsula Community Library
Contact: Peninsula Community Library
4/14/26 11am-1pm
Join the League of Women Voters of Grand Traverse Area on the second Tuesday of every month during 2026 for all of your voter information needs - registration, information about candidates and ballot measures, and more!
Location: Traverse Area District Library
Contact: ask@tadl.org
4/14/26 2:30pm-5:30pm
Feeling like 2026 is the year you want to do something for your neighbors and community? At this event, you can meet over 20 local nonprofits looking for people for all types of projects. Brought to you through a partnership between the Traverse Area District Library and event co-sponsor the City of Traverse City!
Location: Traverse Area District Library
Contact: ask@tadl.org
4/14/26 10am-12pm
Join Kellie Chase to make patchwork quilts for kids facing trauma. Materials provided. RSVP.
Location: Peninsula Community Library
Contact: Peninsula Community Library
April 17th, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Help keep our Great Lakes shorelines healthy and beautiful! We will be working at the Captain Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station campus lakefront! Please bring a reusable water bottle, weather-appropriate clothing, a 5-gallon bucket, and/or paper grocery bags with handles.
Location: Suttons Bay, MI
Contact: Lia Cook, lcook@schoolship.org
4/18/26 11am-5:30pm
Step back in time as the soldiers of the 102nd United States Colored Troops Company C establish an authentic Civil War living history encampment on the front lawn of the library. Hosted by the Gospel Army Black History Group, this nationally recognized program is a family-friendly event that offers a rare opportunity to see history brought vividly to life.
Location: Traverse Area District Library
Contact: ask@tadl.org
4/18/26 11am-12pm
Are you Interplanet Janet? Or Just a Bill? Want to revisit Conjunction Junction and make sure you know your function? Come and join your Schoolhouse Rock friends for a singalong of all your favorites from childhood Saturday mornings. We'll have some crafty fun for you too! All ages welcome!
Location: Traverse Area District Library
Contact: ask@tadl.org
4/18/26 4pm-5:30pm
Historian and Executive Program Director of the Gospel Army Black History Group, Maurice Imhoff will present his book "The 1st Michigan Colored Regiment: FREE MEN WHO FOUGHT SLAVERY". He will explore the formation, service, and enduring legacy of the 1st Michigan Colored Regiment
Location: Traverse Area District Library
Contact: ask@tadl.org
April 20th, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Help us get our ISEA campus ready for our students! There will be inside and outside tasks.
Tasks include: putting our docks in the water, light weeding, preparing our Outdoor Classroom, and organizing bookshelves.
Location: Suttons Bay, MI
Contact: Lia Cook, lcook@schoolship.org
April 24th, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Come out and explore the unique ecology of the vernal pools in Leo Creek Preserve! Experience and discover the important role ephemeral ecosystems play in the health of our wetlands and forests. Participants can expect to meet some new critters and learn about how to participate in vernal pool conservation as a citizen scientist.
Location: Leo Creek Preserve
Contact: Lauren Sheffer, lsheffer@schoolship.org
April 17 to May 2
This fun comedy begins with a theater-loving narrator playing his favorite cast recording. As the record spins, a 1920s musical springs to life in his apartment. The show-within-a-show follows a wedding disrupted by gangsters, mistaken identities and a tipsy chaperone. Hilarious and heartfelt, it's both a loving parody and a tribute to the magic of classic musicals.
Location: Old Town Playhouse
Contact: OldTownPlayhouse.com/tickets
April 17 to May 2
This fun comedy begins with a theater-loving narrator playing his favorite cast recording. As the record spins, a 1920s musical springs to life in his apartment. The show-within-a-show follows a wedding disrupted by gangsters, mistaken identities and a tipsy chaperone. Hilarious and heartfelt, it's both a loving parody and a tribute to the magic of classic musicals.
Location: Old Town Playhouse
Contact: OldTownPlayhouse.com/tickets
Sunday, May 3 7:00 p.m.
A special Peter, Paul & Mary Remembered reunion concert. Free will offering. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Opener: Beach & Buffett by Doc & Donna Probes. All proceeds will benefit the Central United Methodist Church Outreach ministry offering compassionate services to those experiencing economic, housing and food insecurity.
Location: 222 Cass St. Traverse City
Contact: Donna Probes
May 9 at 7:30 PM
Join two sharp-witted musicians with pianos on stage at the Hotel Indigo for an interactive, funny, entertaining evening in support of Old Town Playhouse. The musical repertoire ranges from classic rock to country, hard rock to R&B, oldies and show tunes to the newest Top 40 hits, but the audience is the star of the show.
Location: Hotel Indigo Traverse City
Contact: OldTownPlayhouse.com/tickets
May 8-10, 2026
...and Someone in this Room Killed Him. There's one unsolved mystery that haunts Detective Mac Marlowe...and you're going to help him close the case for good! Return with Mac to relive the dinner party where renowned archeologist Cosmo St. Charles was murdered, then audience participation helps solve the crime at this hilarious Readers Theatre.
Location: Old Town Playhouse
Contact: OldTownPlayhouse.com/tickets
Mondays & Thursdays 10-1
Maritime Heritage Alliance is accepting Nautical related gear donations in preparation for their fundraising Boat Auction and Gear sale Saturday, May 16th, 2026.
Location: 3820 Cass Road Traverse City
Contact: Margaret Schaal 231-946-2647
May 15 to 23
Mystery unfolds at Magnolia Place Assisted Living when four sassy seniors try to outsmart an evil nurse. Why are residents moving to "the dark side," what IS that mysterious pill, and what happened to Doctor Head? As the Senior Citizen Pageant and a chance to cruise the Caribbean approach, hilarity ensues for these golden gals as they piece together clues.
Location: Old Town Playhouse
Contact: OldTownPlayhouse.com/tickets
June 6th - July 6th
Landmark: Less Cancer Hike and Bike America 2026
Walk, ride and roam anywhere/anytime. Enter your photos of local landmarks and favorite adventure places to win prizes!
June 6th - July 6th
The annual event serves as our primary fundraiser, helping fuel our critical cancer prevention initiatives.
Register for FREE today at: https://www.lesscancer.org/
Location: Anywhere
Contact: Deb Dent - ddent@lesscancer.org