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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

September is National Library Card Month

In celebration of National Library Card Month this September, Lakewood Public Library is offering our patrons free replacement library cards as well as the opportunity to pay off all library fines for only $10.00. This offer is applicable to fines only, not to lost or billed items. 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

The Great American Read at the Main Library and the Madison Branch

Check out the Great American Read displays at the Main Library and the Madison Branch. THE GREAT AMERICAN READ is an eight-part series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey).  It investigates how and why writers create their fictional […] Read More

Anisfield-Wolf Award Winning Books

The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935. Presented by the Cleveland Foundation, it remains the only American book prize focusing on works that address racism and equity. The awards ceremony is […] Read More

History of Folk Rock Music of the ’60s and ’70s

Presented by the Lakewood Division of Aging This four-part series will be held at the Kathleen & Robert Lawther Center, 16024 Madison Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. Read More

  • Offsite
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 1:00 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
Sunday, September 23, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Concert – IN2ATIVE

IN2ATIVE’s goal is to emotionally connect with their audience while breaking the stereotypes of two historically conservative, classical instruments, the flute and cello. With their music quoted as “Hot and Edgy,” IN2ATIVE’s vibe is anything but traditional. Although classically trained at the Cleveland Institute of Music, this avant-garde flute and cello duo specializes in a […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, September 23, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday With The Friends,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 1:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Happy Chinese

For students in first through sixth grade. Learn about Chinese characters, expressions and culture in this seven-week interactive program. Feel-good hands-on activities enhance the learning experience with fun and laughter. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, September 24, 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, September 24, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, September 24, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Get Ready for Kindergarten

For you and your 3 1/2 to 6 year old child. Enjoy hands on activities together that help your child learn skills that will help him/her be prepared to start kindergarten. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Strokes of Genius

For students in second through fourth grade. Art activities and stories open up the world of art. Learn about renowned artists and the history of creativity. This program culminates in an art show for family and friends. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Genealogy Workshop Taught by Deborah Abbott, PhD

Registration required. 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. Space is limited at the workshops, but you are welcome to register with a partner and […] Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Documentary – Burt’s Buzz (2013)

Directed by Jody Shapiro. Presented by Lion & Blue. Burt Shavitz is the accidental co-founder and face of Burt’s Bees, Inc. A hermit and an eccentric, his celebrity status hasn’t upended the simple life he leads as a beekeeper in Maine. The collision of business and personal values reveals the reclusive man behind the logo. […] Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 6:30 p.m.
More Programs,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate six week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Literature Series – Ruin and Rebirth in The Sound and the Fury

Presented by Barbara Parr.The Sound and the Fury is a literary classic known for its unconventional narrative style. William Faulkner’s use of stream-of-consciousness technique and the Southern gothic motif create a novel where the inner workings of the human mind are displayed in an unforgettable style. While Faulkner’s fourth novel was not a success upon […] Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Shake Rattle and Roll (Drop-In)

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Get Ready for Kindergarten

For you and your 3 1/2 to 6 year old child. Enjoy hands on activities together that help your child learn skills that will help him/her be prepared to start kindergarten. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Illustration Creation

For students in kindergarten through first grade. Love to look at the illustrations in picture books? Create your own pictures in this engaging program featuring picture book art. This six-week program will feature a different children’s book illustrator each week for project inspiration and will culminate in an art show for family and friends. Registration […] Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Just Baby N’ Me (Drop-In)

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Drop in to Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Pajama Party (Drop-In)

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Great Decisions in the Library – Media and Foreign Policy

Led by Dr. Ramune Braziunaite. State and non-state actors today must maneuver a complex and rapidly evolving media landscape. Conventional journalism now competes with user-generated content. Foreign policy is tweeted from the White House and “fake news” has become a common phrase. Cyberwarfare, hacking and misinformation pose complex security threats. How are actors using media […] Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, September 27, 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, September 28, 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, September 28, 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, September 28, 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, September 28, 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, September 29, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

University Hospitals St. John Medical Center Speaker Series – Cold, Sore Throat and Flu

Presented by University Hospitals St. John Medical Center. Your nose is itchy and running, you’ve got a hacky cough, your throat is painful and raw, and you just don’t feel well. Is it the flu or a cold, and how do you tell the difference? When should you seek medical attention, and should you get […] Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 1:00 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
Saturday, September 29, 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, September 29, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Film – The Shape of Water (2017)

At a high-security government research facility, Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins) is a forlorn evening janitor. The mute Elisa is trapped in her mundane daily routine until a classified specimen is delivered to the laboratory. The arrival of the Amazonian amphibian man piques the interest of her coworker Zelda (Octavia Spencer), and they begin to observe […] Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, September 29, 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, September 30, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Concert – Lily B

Lakewood artist Lily B will sing songs from the Great American Songbook, as well as selections from today’s more current jazz scene, and other popular musical genres. At this performance you’re sure to hear songs like “Killing Me Softly”, The Title Song”, 10 Cents a Dance”, “Natural Woman”, “My Funny Valentine”, and “Just the Way […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, September 30, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday With The Friends,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 01, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 01, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Monday, October 01, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 01, 2018 - 1:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Happy Chinese

For students in first through sixth grade. Learn about Chinese characters, expressions and culture in this seven-week interactive program. Feel-good hands-on activities enhance the learning experience with fun and laughter. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 01, 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, October 01, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 01, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Art Explosion

For students in fifth through eighth grade. Learn about different artists in this six-week program, then create your own style to display at a special culminating art show. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 01, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

History of Folk Rock Music of the ‘60s and ‘70s

Presented by the Lakewood Division of Aging The second program in our four-part series will be held at the Kathleen & Robert Lawther Center, 16024 Madison Ave., Lakewood, Ohio Read More

  • Offsite
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 1:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Tuesday, October 02, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 02, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Get Ready for Kindergarten

For you and your 3 1/2 to 6 year old child. Enjoy hands on activities together that help your child learn skills that will help him/her be prepared to start kindergarten. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 02, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Tuesday, October 02, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 02, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Strokes of Genius

For students in second through fourth grade. Art activities and stories open up the world of art. Learn about renowned artists and the history of creativity. This program culminates in an art show for family and friends. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 02, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 02, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 02, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Presentation: Tips and Tricks to Live Safely at Home for Those with Disabilities

Presentation by Maximum Accessible Housing of Ohio. Maximum Accessible Housing of Ohio (MAHO) provides accessible housing for people with physical disabilities across Northeast Ohio, and through housing, advocacy and education, MAHO advances accessible and inclusive communities where all people can thrive. Through the Anderson Center for Accessible Living, they also provide education on aging in […] Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 02, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate six week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Wednesday, October 03, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 03, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 03, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 03, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 03, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 03, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Coast Line: October Poetry Reading

Readings by George Bilgere and Nicole Hennessy. George Bilgere is the author of seven books of poetry. His most recent collection is Blood Pages, from the University of Pittsburgh Press. He has given readings of his work at schools and arts centers around the country, including the Library of Congress, the 92nd Street Y in […] Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 03, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 04, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Thursday, October 04, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Shake Rattle and Roll (Drop-In)

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 04, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Get Ready for Kindergarten

For you and your 3 1/2 to 6 year old child. Enjoy hands on activities together that help your child learn skills that will help him/her be prepared to start kindergarten. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Thursday, October 04, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Illustration Creation

For students in kindergarten through first grade. Love to look at the illustrations in picture books? Create your own pictures in this engaging program featuring picture book art. This six-week program will feature a different children’s book illustrator each week for project inspiration and will culminate in an art show for family and friends. Registration […] Read More

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

Just Baby N’ Me (Drop-In)

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Drop in to Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 04, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Pajama Party (Drop-In)

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 04, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time 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, October 05, 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, October 05, 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, October 05, 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, October 05, 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, October 06, 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, October 06, 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, October 06, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Film – Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is an orphan from the slums of Mumbai and the latest contestant on the Indian game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire). With only one question to go, Jamal is suspected of cheating and is arrested. In defense of his knowledge and his amazing winning streak, he […] Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, October 06, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Lakewood Public Cinema,

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, October 06, 2018 - 10:30 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
Sunday, October 07, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Rick Iacoboni: What the Beatles Taught Us about Growing a Business

The Beatles shook the world on February 9, 1964 with their first performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. It has been more than 50 years since they landed in America. Today’s business leaders could learn from the business model the Beatles created that turned the music industry upside down. Rick Iacoboni uses rare anecdotes and […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, October 07, 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, October 07, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 08, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 08, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Monday, October 08, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 08, 2018 - 1:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Happy Chinese

For students in first through sixth grade. Learn about Chinese characters, expressions and culture in this seven-week interactive program. Feel-good hands-on activities enhance the learning experience with fun and laughter. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 08, 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, October 08, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 08, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Art Explosion

For students in fifth through eighth grade. Learn about different artists in this six-week program, then create your own style to display at a special culminating art show. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 08, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

History of Folk Rock Music of the ‘60s and ‘70s

Presented by the Lakewood Division of Aging The third program in our four-part series will be held at the Kathleen & Robert Lawther Center, 16024 Madison Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. Read More

  • Offsite
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 1:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Tuesday, October 09, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 09, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Get Ready for Kindergarten

For you and your 3 1/2 to 6 year old child. Enjoy hands on activities together that help your child learn skills that will help him/her be prepared to start kindergarten. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 09, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Tuesday, October 09, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 09, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Strokes of Genius

For students in second through fourth grade. Art activities and stories open up the world of art. Learn about renowned artists and the history of creativity. This program culminates in an art show for family and friends. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 09, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 09, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Documentary – Her Mother’s Daughter (2017)

Directed by Rae Maxwell. Presented by Huntington’s Disease Society of America. A powerful documentary of family, love and hope documents a few days in the life of the O’Donnell family. They are Kathi, who lost her husband to Huntington’s Disease (HD) years earlier, her two children, living with adult-onset HD and her granddaughter affected by […] Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 09, 2018 - 6:30 p.m.
More Programs,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 09, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate six week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Lakewood Historical Society – Ohio Tales of the Titanic

Book by Mary Ann Whitley Of more than 2,200 passengers aboard the RMS Titanic, fifty-five of them came from Ohio. Mary Ann Whitley, co-author of Ohio Tales of the Titanic, will discuss the Ohio connection to the most famous maritime disaster in history. Whitley herself has a distant Titanic connection, since her grandfather helped build […] Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Shake Rattle and Roll (Drop-In)

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Get Ready for Kindergarten

For you and your 3 1/2 to 6 year old child. Enjoy hands on activities together that help your child learn skills that will help him/her be prepared to start kindergarten. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Illustration Creation

For students in kindergarten through first grade. Love to look at the illustrations in picture books? Create your own pictures in this engaging program featuring picture book art. This six-week program will feature a different children’s book illustrator each week for project inspiration and will culminate in an art show for family and friends. Registration […] Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Just Baby N’ Me (Drop-In)

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Drop in to Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Pajama Party (Drop-In)

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Great Decisions in the Library – China & America: the New Geopolitical Equation

Led by Dr. Paul Schroeder Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs. The Great Decisions program highlights eight critical foreign policy challenges facing Americans each year. In libraries across the country, Great Decisions discussion group participants discuss and debate each issue. In the last 15 years, China has implemented a wide-ranging strategy […] Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Non-Fiction Book Club

Come and join the conversation with our newest book club. There are sure to be serious and thought-provoking discussions about many subjects inspired by these non-fiction works. Tonight we will discuss Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 11, 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, October 12, 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, October 12, 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, October 12, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Art Connection

For students in Kindergarten through Fifth grade. Art activities let you express your view of the world. Create your own unique piece of art to take home and show off to family and friends. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, October 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, October 12, 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, October 13, 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, October 13, 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, October 13, 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, October 13, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Film – Tom Horn (1980) Presented by Terry Meehan

Tom Horn (Steve McQueen) was a frontiersman with two claims to fame: he helped track down and capture the Apache leader Geronimo, and he got into a fistfight with boxing champion Gentleman Jim Corbett (and lost). The screenplay is based on Horn’s autobiography, which he managed to finish just before he died in 1903. It’s […] Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, October 13, 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, October 14, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Concert – Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio

The Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio is a rare bunch. They are three musicians from very different backgrounds, bringing their skills, quiet charm and down-to-earth honesty to bear on songs that bring to life the sounds of the streets of New Orleans and the valleys of Appalachia and everything in between. Not to mention what they […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, October 14, 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, October 14, 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, October 14, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 15, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 15, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Monday, October 15, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 15, 2018 - 1:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Happy Chinese

For students in first through sixth grade. Learn about Chinese characters, expressions and culture in this seven-week interactive program. Feel-good hands-on activities enhance the learning experience with fun and laughter. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 15, 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, October 15, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 15, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Art Explosion

For students in fifth through eighth grade. Learn about different artists in this six-week program, then create your own style to display at a special culminating art show. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 15, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

History of Folk Rock Music of the ‘60s and ‘70s

Presented by the Lakewood Division of Aging The final program in our four-part series will be held at the Kathleen & Robert Lawther Center, 16024 Madison Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. Read More

  • Offsite
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 1:00 p.m.
More Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Get Ready for Kindergarten

For you and your 3 1/2 to 6 year old child. Enjoy hands on activities together that help your child learn skills that will help him/her be prepared to start kindergarten. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Strokes of Genius

For students in second through fourth grade. Art activities and stories open up the world of art. Learn about renowned artists and the history of creativity. This program culminates in an art show for family and friends. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Documentary – Manry at Sea ~ In the Wake of a Dream (2018)

Presented by Western Reserve Historical Society. Robert Manry was a middle-aged family man from Willowick. In 1965, he took a hiatus from his copy editor position at the Plain Dealer and secretly began a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat named Tinkerbelle. Until he was halfway across, no one but family and […] Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 6:30 p.m.
More Programs,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time 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 Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction by Tim O’Brien. Read More

  • Main Library
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Book Clubs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate six week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Shake Rattle and Roll (Drop-In)

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Get Ready for Kindergarten

For you and your 3 1/2 to 6 year old child. Enjoy hands on activities together that help your child learn skills that will help him/her be prepared to start kindergarten. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Illustration Creation

For students in kindergarten through first grade. Love to look at the illustrations in picture books? Create your own pictures in this engaging program featuring picture book art. This six-week program will feature a different children’s book illustrator each week for project inspiration and will culminate in an art show for family and friends. Registration […] Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For School-Age Students,

Just Baby N’ Me (Drop-In)

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Drop in to Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Infants,

Pajama Party (Drop-In)

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. No Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Author Event – The Torso Murders Double Feature

Between 1935 and 1938, Cleveland was terrorized by a serial killer. Mystery truly surrounds these crimes, as only two of the twelve victims were identified and the killer remains unidentified. The authors of these two works of fiction have filled in the blanks for their own versions of the Torso Murders. Books will be available […] Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Meet The Author,

Booked for Murder Book Club

If you share a passion for mystery, join the group each month to discuss your favorites and selections made by group members. Tonight we will discuss Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore: A Novel by Matthew Sullivan. Read More

  • Main Library
Thursday, October 18, 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, October 19, 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, October 19, 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, October 19, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Teen Chopped Challenge

For students in sixth through twelfth grade. Join us for this Chopped-like challenge. Without any cooking involved, display your culinary talents making one savory snack, one sweet snack and one original drink. Like the television show, competitors will be given ingredients which will be used to make your masterpiece. Unlike the television show, you will […] Read More

  • Main Library
Friday, October 19, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

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, October 19, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

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, September 25, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Story Time 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, October 02, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Story Time 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, October 09, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Story Time 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, October 16, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Story Time 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
Saturday, October 20, 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, October 20, 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, October 20, 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, October 20, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Film – Mao’s Last Dancer (2010) Presented by Barbara Steffek-Hill

Houston Ballet artistic director Ben Stevenson (Bruce Greenwood) invites Beijing Arts Academy dance student Li Cunxin (Chi Cao) to America to perform. The Communist Chinese government gives permission for Li to leave the country but warns him not to stay longer than three months. In his first role at the ballet, Li soars to stardom […] Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Lakewood Public Cinema,

Family Music and More: Flower Clown

Enjoy a fun-filled program with the Flower Clown and his special blend of magic. No registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 7:00 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
Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,
Weekend Programs For Families,

Concert – Mary Beth Ions, Violinist

A one-woman violin performance with music from Bach to Broadway and beyond! Mary Beth Ions will take you from an evening serenading a certain Cleveland Cavalier to Severance Hall with the Cleveland Pops to the Playhouse Square Orchestra Pit and Lobby. Enjoy an hour listening to the beautiful, unique voice of the violin and hearing […] Read More

  • Main Library
Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday With The Friends,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 9:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Toddler Treats

For you and your 2 to 3 1/2 year old child. Enjoy stories, songs and movements together with your toddler for thirty fun filled minutes. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 10:30 a.m.
Story Time Programs,

Just Baby N’ Me

For you and your birth to 24 month old baby. Enjoy books, songs and finger plays while meeting other parents. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration is required. Read More

  • Madison Branch
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 11:30 a.m.
Programs For Infants,

Shake Rattle and Roll

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Tune in to the magic of music. Enjoy stories that leap off the page with song, dance and rhythm instruments. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 1:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Happy Chinese

For students in first through sixth grade. Learn about Chinese characters, expressions and culture in this seven-week interactive program. Feel-good hands-on activities enhance the learning experience with fun and laughter. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 22, 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, October 22, 2018 - 6:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,

Pajama Party

For you and your 2 to 6 year old child. Put on your PJs and bring your best stuffed animal for an evening of good night stories and songs. Choose one day and time of the age appropriate eight week story time you would like to attend. Registration Required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Story Time Programs,

Art Explosion

For students in fifth through eighth grade. Learn about different artists in this six-week program, then create your own style to display at a special culminating art show. Registration required. Read More

  • Main Library
Monday, October 22, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Programs For Teens,