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Friends’ Light Up Lakewood Bag of Books Sale

Friends of Lakewood Public Library host the Friends’ Light Up Lakewood Bag of Books Sale at Lakewood Public Main Library, 15425 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107 on Saturday, December 1, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. There is a special members-only preview sale on Thursday, November 29, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  […] Read More

Children’s & Youth Services – Paraprofessional, Part-Time

Lakewood Public Library has an opening for an enthusiastic, organized, energetic, and courteous individual to provide customer service to library patrons and to handle library materials. Read More

Library Closed in Observance of Thanksgiving

Lakewood Public Library will be closed on Thursday, November 22, 2018 in observance of Thanksgiving. Read More

Program Guide – Fall/Winter 2018 2019

Explore all of the Library’s current programs in our Fall/Winter 2018 2019 Program Guide. Download Now Read More

Lynda.com Now Available For Free with Your Library Card

Lynda.com has more than 12,000 courses, ranging from computer programming to project management including instruction on various computer software, programming languages, and business topics. The video courses are taught by industry experts and are designed for any skill level. Read More

TumbleMath now Available

An indispensable tool for students, parents, and math teachers, TumbleMath offers the most comprehensive collection of math storybooks online. With TumbleMath, students can make the connection between math and the real world. Read More

Happy Chinese Celebration

For family and friends of Happy Chinese program participants. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, November 19, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Girls Who Code Club

For students in Sixth through Twelfth Grade. Join our club of geeky girls and use computer science to solve a problem that you care about in our community. Team up with other techies to work on a Computer Science Impact Project where you’ll learn to use computer science to create a mobile app, design a […] Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, November 19, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

Next Chapter Book Club

For adults 18 years old and older. Phone Gigi’s Playhouse or Lakewood Public Library to register. Currently full. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Presentation: Aid and Attendance Benefit for Veterans

Presentation by Rich Rompala of Senior Veterans Administration Services of Ohio. Since 1951, the little-known Aid and Attendance Benefit has been available to qualifying veterans, their surviving spouses and dependent children. Senior Veterans Administration Services of Ohio functions as a resource for war time veterans and families and specifically exists to provide information, without cost […] Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Knit & Lit Book Club

Come share your passion for great literature and show off your knitting, crocheting, counted cross-stitch, embroidery and quilting works-in-progress. Tonight we will discuss The Fire by Night: A Novel by Teresa Messineo. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Book Clubs,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, November 23, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Friday, November 23, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, November 23, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, November 23, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, November 24, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, November 24, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, November 24, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Film – Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

A difficult childhood gives Rocky Graziano (Paul Newman) a contempt for all authority figures. After joining a street gang, the law catches up to Rocky and he is sent to prison for his criminal behavior. Upon release he is drafted into the Army but immediately resists the regimented lifestyle and goes AWOL. Strapped for cash, […] Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, November 24, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Lakewood Public Cinema,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, November 25, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Performance: Women In History: Annie Sullivan

At the age of five, trachoma struck Annie Sullivan, leaving her nearly blind. Despite being left in an orphanage with no formal educational facilities, Sullivan prospered. After regaining her eyesight from a series of operations and graduating as class valedictorian in 1886 from the Perkins Institute for the Blind, she began teaching Helen Keller. All […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, November 25, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday With The Friends,

Girls Who Code Club

For students in Sixth through Twelfth Grade. Join our club of geeky girls and use computer science to solve a problem that you care about in our community. Team up with other techies to work on a Computer Science Impact Project where you’ll learn to use computer science to create a mobile app, design a […] Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, November 26, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

Genealogy Workshop Taught by Deborah Abbott, PhD

Call to register. How far back would you like to trace your family tree? Genealogist Deborah Abbott will show you how to unlock the secrets held by census reports, military records, birth certificates and death notices in this hands-on workshop. Unravel your history with professional results using the free Library Edition of ancestry.com and other […] Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Next Chapter Book Club

For adults 18 years old and older. Phone Gigi’s Playhouse or Lakewood Public Library to register. Currently full. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Documentary – Intelligent Lives (2018)

Presented by The Up Side of Downs. This film stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities: Micah, Naieer and Naomie. They challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college and the workforce. Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper narrates their stories while unpacking the ongoing and shameful track record of intelligence testing […] Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 6:30 p.m.
More Programs,

Space is the Place: Recipe for a Planet

For students in second through fifth grade. What better way for kids to see how a planet is made then by making one themselves? Even better, why not make it out of ingredients they can eat? Make edible models of Earth and Mars in this fun and flavorful program. Half the fun is eating it […] Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Hand Sewing for Literacy

For students in kindergarten through third grade. Hand sewing is a super food for developing young readers and writers by promoting fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, self-confidence, patience and focus. Each week you will listen to a story that showcases sewing as the central theme and you will learn basic hand sewing skills based on […] Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 4:30 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, November 30, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Friday, November 30, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, November 30, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, November 30, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 01, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Music Therapy and More

For you and your birth to six year old child. For families and their children who are struggling in an area of development. Join us for a hands-on program designed to teach families how to use music to improve their child’s motor, communication and social skills as well as behavior. This program is led by […] Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 01, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 01, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 01, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, December 02, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Performance: Sharon’s Signers Perform Songs from Frozen

Sharon’s Signers is a local sign language choir dedicated to inclusion of all adults and kids with abilities and disabilities. This group performs various popular songs and shows all in sign language. For years, they have inspired and touched hundreds of people by showing that anyone is capable no matter who you are. Sharon’s Signers […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, December 02, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday With The Friends,

Lakewood Lego League

For students in Kindergarten through Fifth grade. If you build it, you’ll have fun! Use your imagination and the Library’s collection of LEGO® bricks to create fabulous new structures and designs. Meet other building fans and check out our large collection of LEGO® books. Tickets will be given out thirty minutes before each scheduled time. […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, December 02, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Next Chapter Book Club

For adults 18 years old and older. Phone Gigi’s Playhouse or Lakewood Public Library to register. Currently full. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, December 04, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Documentary – The Mask You Live In (2015)

Directed by Jennifer Siebel NewsomPresented by Empowering Youth, Exploring Justice America’s narrow definition of masculinity demands that boys often sacrifice intimacy, ridicule emotional expression and reject anything feminine. They are taught to degrade women and solve issues with violence. The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true […] Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, December 04, 2018 - 6:30 p.m.
More Programs,

Lakewood Historical Society – The History of Immigration in America

Presentation by Richard Boyd “Who have we welcomed, and who have we not?” That is one of the key questions to understanding the history of immigration to the United States. Dr. Richard Boyd will shed light on some fascinating answers to that and other questions about this always current and controversial topic. Boyd is no […] Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, December 05, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Author Event – Women in Poetry Night

This evening will highlight the challenges of being a poet, a translator and a woman. The authors will discuss themes in their works, describe their writing and publishing processes, and read samples of their poems, Meditations in the Feminine translated from the original by Leanne Hoppe and They Were Bears by Sarah Marcus. Translator Leanne […] Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, December 06, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, December 07, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Friday, December 07, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, December 07, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, December 07, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 08, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Tail Waggin’ Tutors

Bone up on your reading skills by reading to a dog. Drop in for a one-on-one session with one of our dogs and owners that have been certified through Therapy Dogs International. No registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 08, 2018 - 11:00 a.m.
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 08, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 08, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Film – La La Land (2016)

Hollywood ambitions bring actress Mia (Emma Stone) to the land of big dreams and broken hearts. Fellow dreamer Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) is a jazz musician playing at dingy bars and cocktail parties. Drawn together by their common desire to chase their passions, the pair are enchanted by the city’s starry nights and the allure of […] Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 08, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Lakewood Public Cinema,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, December 09, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Concert – Rough & Tumble

The Rough & Tumble is a road-based folk-Americana duo that have been living out of their 16 foot camper for the last three years─ with the stories to prove it. While the duo performs mostly their own material, they often incorporate a few traditional folk songs with a rough-and-tumble take. The Rough & Tumble will […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, December 09, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday With The Friends,

Adapted Story Time

For you and your 3 to 7 year old child. Children with varying learning styles and abilities learn together in a safe, supportive environment where respect and appreciation for differences is encouraged. This thirty-minute story time, followed by a time for socialization, is designed for children who may not be successful in a typical story […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, December 09, 2018 - 3:30 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Happily Ever Crafter

For students in sixth through twelfth grade. Come create cute, clever crafts with everyday materials. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, you’ll have a fun time stretching your creativity and learning new skills while you make a craft to take home. A new project every month! Materials are provided. Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, December 09, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

Week of Code: Me in Binary Code Hanger

For students in second through fifth grade. Have you ever talked to a computer like Siri or Alexa? If you have then you’ve spoken Binary! Actually, you’ve spoken English and the computer inside of Siri or Alexa has translated your words into 1s an 0s, That’s Binary Code, and then performed the task you’ve asked […] Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, December 03, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Week of Code: Make a Vector Emoji

For students in second through fifth grade. Emojis! Learn to draw Emojis from the word E-M-O-J-I and draw them using the tool Canva, making them as vector images. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, December 04, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Week of Code: Digital Animations

For students in second through fifth grade. Digital animations using Lunapic and Drawing Island online are even more ways Disney and Pixar make movie favorites like “Snow White”, “The Incredibles”, “Batman”, and more come to life on the big screen. Using our own small screens, step by step instructions and more, we will build our […] Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, December 06, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Week of Code: Animation the Old Fashioned Way

For students in second through fifth grade. Animations using a zoetrope or a flip book are a fun way to see your drawings come to life. Using our step by step directions, you draw a horse jumping, a fish swimming, a balloon floating and more… Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, December 05, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Space is the Place: Deep Space Explorer

For students in first through third grade. Blast off on a mission to discover new planets! In this activity, kids will act the role of an astronomer with telescopes, deep space probes and even a landing craft to discover a new planet and tell scientists about it back on Earth. This is a 2-person team […] Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, December 14, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Friday, December 14, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, December 14, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, December 14, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Sew Your Own Library Tote

For patrons eight years and older. The Library stopped handing out plastic bags years ago out of a concern for the environment and a desire to save a little money but that doesn’t mean we want you to stop checking out more materials than you can carry. Create your own unique and stylish tote bag […] Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 2:30 p.m.
Weekend Programs For Families,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Film – Black Narcissus (1947) Presented by Barbara Steffek-Hill

High in the Himalayas stands Mopu Palace, once inhabited by concubines and now home to St. Faith, an Anglican dispensary and school for local children. Sister Superior Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) is in charge, the youngest sister ever to be given such responsibility. The four other nuns are each assigned tasks that best match their capabilities. […] Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Lakewood Public Cinema,

Family Weekend Wonders Drop In Story Time

For the whole family. Make the Library a part of your family weekend time with programs featuring stories, activities, music and crafts. This program is offered every weekend throughout the year. Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, December 16, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Concert – Drumplay

As Cleveland’s world/jazz outfit, Drumplay’s sound is a wide open one, combining various percussive elements with strings and horns. Exploring Afro-Cuban, Brazilian and Middle Eastern styles in timbre and texture, their approach is purely rhythmic but gives way to a jazz bent and space between notes. “Rhythmprovisation” is how founding member James Onysko explains their […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, December 16, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday With The Friends,

Holiday Drop-In Storytime

For the whole family. Celebrate the Christmas, Hanukkah, and winter holiday seasons with this special forty-five minute program featuring stories, finger plays, music activities and a craft. No registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,