A quarterly publication SPRING 2020 listing the programs and services pr gramof Cuyahoga County Public Library guideFREE Civic Engagement at the Library

Food4Fines Reduce your library fines when you donate Super Six food items March 1 – 31. See page 1 for details. IN THIS ISSUE

DEA EXHIBIT ...... 2 – 3 A Message From Our MEET THE AUTHORS ...... 4 – 5 Executive Director BOOK DISCUSSIONS ...... 6 – 9 BUSINESS + CAREER PROGRAMS .. 10 ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS .... 11 Hello, WRITING PROGRAMS ...... 12 – 13 For the 10th year in a row (2010-2019), Cuyahoga STORYTIMES ...... 14 – 15 County Public Library (CCPL) has received the highest FEATURED YOUTH PROGRAMS ..... 15 overall score in Library Journal’s Index of Public FEATURED ADULT PROGRAMS ...... 16 – 17 Library Service (Index). CCPL has also received the BRANCH EVENTS ...... 18 – 35 Index’s prestigious five-star rating for 11 consecutive years (2009-2019). LEGEND Published annually, the Index compares U.S. W Registration Required libraries with their peers based on six per capita output measures. Ratings of five, four and three stars are awarded to libraries that generate the highest combined per capita outputs among their SPRING HOLIDAY CLOSINGS spending peers.

All Cuyahoga County Public Library branches Within our peer group CCPL earned the Index’s highest overall rating, scoring 2,063 will be closed: total points, 327 points more than the next closest library system. Here’s how our per EASTER capita statistics stack up compared to America’s other large library systems: Sunday, April 12 • 1st in circulation of physical materials (e.g. books, audiobooks, DVDs, CDs) MEMORIAL DAY Sunday, May 24 & Monday, May 25 • 1st in number of visitors • 2nd in e-circulation (e.g. circulation of eBooks, streaming video, streaming and downloadable audio) • 2nd in public computer use THANK YOU, FRIENDS! • 7th in program attendance Cuyahoga County Public Library benefits • 7th in number of Wi-Fi sessions from the support and advocacy of our Friends of the Library members. Friends To have received the Index’s highest overall score for 10 consecutive years is a sponsor programs, run used book sales and act as our cheerleaders, spreading the tremendous achievement for our library system. Our consistently high per capita usage word to friends and neighbors about the is a strong indicator that we are providing the kinds of relevant materials, programs, great services the Library offers. Visit your resources and services that keep county residents coming back again and again. local branch to join the Friends! I am exceedingly proud of our staff. Ten years at the top could not have happened without their unmatched commitment to providing excellent services to our communities. I truly feel we have the best library staff and library supporters in America right here in Cuyahoga County. PROGRAM TIMES AND DATES Kind regards, ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS. Tracy R. Strobel Executive Director Please visit cuyahogalibrary.org or call the host branch to confirm. Library News

SUMMER FUN FOR EVERYONE We realize how stressful it can be for parents to enroll their kids in high quality summer programs. They fill up so fast! If you aren’t sitting at your computer ready to go when registration opens, your kid could be left out. That’s why this summer we are rolling out a new vision for summer youth programs. We’re calling it summer OUR GOAL: fun for everyone. 20,000 POUNDS IN 2020 Our goals are simple. Less stress for parents and more opportunities for more kids to engage in fun, enriching Last year you donated 19,116 pounds of food to benefit the experiences at the library. Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s annual Harvest for Hunger campaign. Let’s try to raise even more this year! We invite you to learn more at cuyahogalibrary.org/summerfun. Reduce your library fines up to $4 per visit ($1 per food item) from March 1 through March 31 when you donate any of the “Super Six” food items: peanut butter, cereal, canned soup, canned vegetables, canned beef stew and canned tuna. Learn more at cuyahogalibrary.org/food4fines.

CONGRATS, GRADUATES! We are thrilled to announce that Aspire Greater Cleveland has helped 14 students in our correctional facilities earn their GED® diplomas since July.

REGISTER TO VOTE Get prepared to vote in the March 17, 2020, primary election. The voter registration deadline for the primary election is Tuesday, February 18. You can register or update your voter registration online at 443vote.us, or pick up a voter registration form at any Cuyahoga County Public Library branch. NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK APRIL 19 – 25, 2020 Mark your calendars! National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities.

1 DRUGS COSTS & CONSEQUENCES Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause An interactive traveling exhibit on display through June 20, 2020

Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma-Snow Branch 2121 Snow Road Parma, OH 44134

With the growth of the heroin and prescription opioid pill crisis in Ohio, our region must come together to understand the full costs and consequences of drug abuse. Together with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration Educational Foundation, Cuyahoga County Public Library is proud to bring the traveling exhibition Drugs: Costs & Consequences to Northeast Ohio.

This interactive exhibit is a powerful educational experience that provides an eye-opening look at the devastating costs of drug abuse. More than 22 million students, educators and families have experienced Drugs: Costs & Consequences since it began traveling the nation in 2002.

Learn more at cuyahogalibrary.org/dea

2 W Registration Required EXHIBIT FEATURES

Illegal drugs often make their way to the U.S. from remote, clandestine areas, like this replica South American coca processing lab.

The twisted remains of a Ford Thunderbird that was involved in a fatal accident on an Ohio highway underscores the dangers of drug impaired driving.

Rubble from the September 11, 2001, attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center remind exhibit visitors of the devastating costs of narco-terrorism.

Interactive stations provide visitors access to prevention and treatment websites.

A replica PET scan illustrates how science is expanding our understanding of how drugs affect the brain.

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e’re always booking Wmore authors! For the most up-to-date schedule, visit cuyahogalibrary.org/authors. Kimmery Martin W Laura DeMarco W Sherry Newman Spenzer W The physician and author will offer The local author’s book features The author will talk about Lake Shore The Antidote for Everything. In her much-loved Cleveland institutions Cemetery and share some of the latest novel, two doctors must choose that have been consigned to history. stories behind the residents at rest between treating their patients and who have roots dating back to the keeping their jobs. SOLON BRANCH American Revolution. Mon, Mar 16 / 7 PM BEACHWOOD BRANCH BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Scott Longert W Fri, Mar 6 / 1 PM Wed, Apr 8 / 7 PM Hear about the first Cleveland NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Indians team to win the World Thu, May 21 / 7 PM Series 100 years ago and players like Tris Speaker and Bill “Wamby” Wambsganss. NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Kristin Harmel W Tue, Mar 3 / 7 PM Hear the heart-wrenching story Michael Walton W about how one decision can change BAY VILLAGE BRANCH The longtime Twinsburg resident will our lives in the latest novel from the Sat, Mar 21 / 2 PM discuss how horror comics evolved author of The Room on Rue Amélie before and after a landmark self- and The Sweetness of Forgetting. Lauren R. Pacini W GATES MILLS BRANCH censorship code that shelved the The author will discuss architect and Wed, Mar 25 / 11 AM genre for decades. BEACHWOOD BRANCH sculptor Levi T. Scofield’s work, which Mon, Mar 30 / 7 PM includes the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ BROOKLYN BRANCH SOLON BRANCH Monument and 10 extant projects Thu, Mar 26 / 7:15 PM Wed, Mar 11 / 7 PM throughout Ohio. SOLON BRANCH MAYFIELD BRANCH Mon, Mar 30 / 7 PM Tue, Apr 14 / 2 PM MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Tue, Mar 31 / 7 PM Wade Leslie Meyer W RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH Meet the author of What Shall I Wed, Apr 1 / 7 PM Eliese Colette Goldbach W Bring?, a light-hearted book that The Cleveland author will talk about features easy-to-make party treats. CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH her debut memoir, which covers This fun-filled event will include tasty W Tue, Apr 14 / 7 PM her sexual assault, mental health samples and foodie trivia. Mary Norris The Comma Queen will discuss PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH diagnosis and career as PARMA-SNOW BRANCH a steelworker. her latest work, a buoyant book Mon, Apr 20 / 7 PM Mon, Apr 6 / 7 PM about language, love and the BEACHWOOD BRANCH wine-dark sea. PARMA BRANCH Thu, Mar 12 / 7 PM Sat, May 16 / 2 PM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Tue, Apr 14 / 7 PM

Terry McMillan W $ The New York Times best-selling David Plouffe W $ author of Waiting to Exhale, James McBride W $ The former Obama campaign How Stella Got Her Groove Back, W The National Book Award winner manager will discuss strategies to A Day Late and a Dollar Short and Anja Sassenberg-DeGeorgia The life coach will share important will discuss his latest work, a wise help citizens make a difference in The Interruption of Everything will steps for a meaningful, fulfilling and and witty novel about what happens 2020. This is a ticketed event. discuss her latest novel. This is a fun retirement. to the witnesses of a shooting. ticketed event. This is a ticketed event. PARMA-SNOW BRANCH SOLON BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Thu, Mar 12 / 7 PM Thu, Apr 16 / 2 PM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Tue, Apr 7 / 7 PM Wed, Mar 4 / 7 PM BROOKLYN BRANCH Tue, May 12 / 7:15 PM

4 W Registration Required Betty Weibel W Samantha Downing W David Sheff W Susan Meissner W Whether you know nothing about The best-selling author of The best-selling author and advocate The historical fiction author has horses or are a lifelong fan, you’ll My Lovely Wife will discuss her latest on drug prevention and addiction written a new novel, The Last Year of enjoy this inspiring story about the thriller, a novel where nothing is as it treatment will discuss his memoir, a the War, about a German American world of therapeutic riding. seems and nobody can be trusted. look at how his family dealt with a girl whose father is accused of being methamphetamine addiction a Nazi sympathizer during World CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH PARMA BRANCH that hit close to home. War II. Tue, Apr 21 / 7 PM Mon, May 4 / 7 PM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Mon, May 11 / 7 PM Thu, May 14 / 7 PM

Derf Backderf W Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, MS W The Eisner Award nominee’s latest The cancer specialist will discuss work explores the lives of the four the compelling stories of three Dan Rager W W adult leukemia patients and their Deborah Riczo, DPT young people killed during the Kent The author will guide us on a The clinician and teacher will share treatments, the disease itself and the State shootings. historical journey back to the how to address sacroiliac pain drugs developed to treat it. Maple Leaf Route, the railway through a simple approach that PARMA BRANCH that ran through Geauga County focuses on muscle imbalances, as Wed, Apr 22 / 7 PM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH from 1899 to 1925. Thu, Apr 30 / 7 PM detailed in her book. MAYFIELD BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Tue, May 12 / 2 PM Mon, May 18 / 7 PM BRECKSVILLE BRANCH Tue, May 26 / 7 PM

Sebastian Barry W The current Laureate for Irish Fiction Kristy Woodson Harvey W and author of A Long Long Way and The author of The Southern Side of The Secret Scripture will discuss his Paradise and Slightly South of Simple Abby Collette W latest novel. will discuss her latest novel, Feels Celebrate the release of the local Like Falling, an odd couple tale of author’s new book, which kicks off a BEACHWOOD BRANCH friendship. charming cozy mystery series set in John C. Fazio Thu, Apr 23 / 7 PM an ice cream shop – with a fabulous Learn about the evidence MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH cast of quirky characters. linking the Confederate Secret Tue, May 5 / 7 PM Service to the assassination of SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Abraham Lincoln. Tue, May 12 / 7 PM SOLON BRANCH Wed, May 20 / 7 PM

Adolphe Musanga W The author will share his inspiring W story of growing up in Africa and Grady Hendrix The Horrorstör author will moving to the U.S. as a young man. talk about his latest book, a Kathryn Hardgrove Popio W BROOK PARK BRANCH Southern-flavored supernatural Discover Civil War letters that tell Thu, Apr 23 / 7 PM thriller set in the ‘90s. stories of local families. PARMA BRANCH OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH Tue, May 5 / 7 PM Tue, May 12 / 7 PM

Robert P. Madison & Carlo Wolff W Hear the tale of a talented, courageous Jeremy Jusek W man who became one of the most The poet and playwright from celebrated living architects by refusing Parma will read from his first to listen to those who told him that a book and answer questions. black architect would starve. PARMA BRANCH SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sat, May 9 / 2 PM Thu, Apr 30 / 7 PM W Registration Required 5 Adult Book Discussions cuyahogalibrary.org/discussions

BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Wednesday Afternoon & Thursday BROOK PARK BRANCH Thursday Evening Book Discussion Afternoon Book Discussions Book Park Café W 3/5 Palaces for the People: How Social 3/18, 3/19 The Testaments by Margaret 3/26 Reading Behind Bars: A True Story of Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Atwood; 4/15, 4/16 Beneath a Scarlet Sky Literature, Law and Life as a Prison Librarian by Polarization and the Decline of Civic Life by by Mark Sullivan; 5/20, 5/21 The Overstory by Jill Grunenwald; 4/23 Educated: A Memoir by Eric Klinenberg; 4/2 Disappearing Earth by Richard Powers Tara Westover; 5/28 Where the Crawdads Sing Julia Phillips; 5/14 Midnight in Chernobyl: Wed, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 20 / 1 PM by Delia Owens The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Thu, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21 / 2 PM Thu, Mar 26, Apr 23, May 28 / 10 AM Disaster by Adam Higginbotham Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 14 / 7 PM Art Book Club BROOKLYN BRANCH The Museum of Lost Art by Noah Charney Wednesday Afternoon Book Discussion Mon, Apr 6 / 2 PM Monday Afternoon Book Discussion 3/11 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by 3/16 Washington Black by Esi Edugyan; Kim Michele Richardson; 4/8 Where’d You Go, BEREA BRANCH 4/20 to be determined; 5/18 Inheritance: Bernadette by Maria Semple; 5/13 The Secrets A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love Thursday Evening &Monday Afternoon by Dani Shapiro We Kept by Lara Prescott Book Discussions W Wed, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 / 1:30 PM Mon, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 18 / 1:30 PM 3/12, 3/16 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia BAYarts Book Discussion Owens; 4/9, 4/20 Educated: A Memoir by Comics Are Not Just for Kids! W 3/13 The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom; Tara Westover; 5/14, 5/18 The Secret Diary Discuss the graphic novel My Favorite Thing 4/10 Inland by Téa Obreht; 5/1 Nothing to of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old by Hendrik Is Monsters by Emil Ferris. See Here by Kevin Wilson Groen Mon, Apr 6 / 7:15 PM Fri, Mar 13, Apr 10, May / 10 AM Thu, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14 / 7 PM Mon, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 18 / 2 PM CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH BEACHWOOD BRANCH Eat the Words W Wednesday Evening Book Discussion Book Chat Join us for a cookbook discussion. 3/11 The Dutch House by Ann Patchett; 3/10 Palaces for the People: How Social Tue, Apr 7 / 2 PM 4/8 Born a Crime by Trevor Noah; Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, 5/13 Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner Polarization and the Decline of Civic Life by BRECKSVILLE BRANCH Wed, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 / 7:30 PM Eric Klinenberg; 4/14 This Tender Land by Wednesday Evening & Thursday Tuesday Afternoon Book Discussion William Kent Krueger; 5/12 Ribbons of Scarlet: Morning Book Discussions W 3/17 Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien; A Novel of the French Revolution’s Women by 3/25, 3/26 The Lost Man by Jane Harper; 4/21 Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon multiple authors 4/22, 4/23 The Only Woman in the Room by Valley Startup by John Carreyrou; 5/19 The Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 / 7 PM Marie Benedict; 5/27, 5/28 The Clockmaker’s Dutch House by Ann Patchett Daughter by Kate Morton Tue, Mar 17, Apr 21, May 19 / 2 PM Wed, Mar 25, Apr 22, May 27 / 7 PM Thu, Mar 26, Apr 23, May 28 / 10 AM

6 W Registration Required FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Monday Evening Book Discussion W Tuesday Afternoon Book Discussion Wednesday Evening & Thursday 3/9 The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan 3/10 Dimestore: A Writer’s Life by Lee Smith; Afternoon Book Discussions Stradal; 4/13 Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and 4/14 Meet Me at the Museum by Anne 3/18, 3/19 The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of the Drug Company That Addicted America by Youngson; 5/12 to be determined America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore; 4/15, Beth Macy; 5/11 The Secrets We Kept by Lara Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 / 2 PM 4/16 The Library Book by Susan Orlean; 5/20, Prescott 5/21 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Mon, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11 / 7:30 PM Bookbeat Book Discussion Wed, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 20 / 7:15 PM Cookbook Book Club W 3/11 Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Thu, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21 / 2:15 PM Currents and Flourishing as We Age by Mary Bring a favorite recipe from the book to share. Thu, Apr 2 / 2:30 PM Pipher; 4/8 The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Morris; 5/13 Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Men’s Book Discussion W Rojas Contreras Monday Evening Book Discussion Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella Wed, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 / 7 PM Lightning Men by Thomas Mullen Mon, Mar 16 / 7:15 PM Mon, Apr 6 / 7 PM Coterie Book Discussion W Wed, Mar 18 / 7 PM Monday Morning Book Discussion NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH 3/9 Dimestore: A Writer’s Life by Lee Smith; 4/13 Wednesday Afternoon Book Discussion Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney; GATES MILLS BRANCH 3/18 Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by 5/11 The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Sarah Vowell; 4/15 to be determined; 5/20 Little Tuesday Evening Book Discussion Mon, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11 / 10 AM 3/10 Where the Crawdads Sing by Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Wed, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 20 / 2 PM Delia Owens; 4/14 Proof of Heaven: MAYFIELD BRANCH A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Afterlife Tuesday Evening Book Discussion W by Eben Alexander, MD; 5/12 A Story Lately New Chapter Book Club 3/24 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles; Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London and Read and listen to books with fellow book lovers 4/28 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng; New York by Anjelica Huston during this discussion for people with varying 5/26 The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 / 7 PM interests and abilities. Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 7 / 11:15 AM Tue, Mar 24, Apr 28, May 26 / 7 PM Wednesday Evening Book Discussion 3/11 The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Monday Afternoon Book Discussion NORTH ROYALTON Years Old by Hendrik Groen; 4/8 The Death 3/9 to be determined; 4/13 Circe by Madeline BRANCH of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware; 5/13 Lillian Miller; 5/11 Becoming by Michelle Obama Bookmarks & Body Bags Mon, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11 / 2 PM Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney Enjoy a mystery-themed book discussion group. Wed, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 / 7:30 PM 3/5 The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey; 4/2 Our MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS House by Louise Candlish; 5/7 Since We Fell by BRANCH Dennis Lehane Monday Afternoon Book Discussion W Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 7 / 2 PM 3/2 The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin; 4/6 The Lost Man by Jane Harper; 5/4 America for Beginners by Leah Franqui Mon, Mar 2, Apr 6, May 4 / 1:30 PM W Registration Required 7 Adult Book Discussions cuyahogalibrary.org/discussions

BookBites Thursday Morning Book Discussion STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Join fellow foodies in a cookbook-themed 3/26 The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Young at Heart discussion group. 3/10 EveryDayCook: Morris; 4/30 Clock Dance by Anne Tyler; A book club for adults who love children’s and A Cookbook by Alton Brown; 4/14 The How 5/28 Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate teen books. 3/3 We Walked the Sky by Lisa Can It Be Gluten-Free Cookbook, Volume 2 by Thu, Mar 26, Apr 30, May 28 / 11 AM Fiedler; 4/7 Lord of the Flies by William Golding; America’s Test Kitchen; 5/12 Chinese Soul Food: 5/5 The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria A Friendly Guide for Homemade Dumplings, Stir- RICHMOND HEIGHTS Merian’s Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman Fries, Soups and More by Hsiao-Ching Chou BRANCH Tue, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5 / 7 PM Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 / 7 PM Tuesday Afternoon Book Discussion Discuss & Design: Millennial 3/10 Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee; Book Discussion W OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH 4/14 Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug We’ll discuss a book and design something that Monday Evening & Tuesday Afternoon Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy; complements the title or cover. 3/4 Turtles All Book Discussions 5/12 Circe by Madeline Miller the Way Down by John Green; 5/6 Educated: 3/16, 3/17 Little Fires Everywhere by Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 / 2 PM A Memoir by Tara Westover Celeste Ng; 4/20, 4/21 The Gown: A Novel Wed, Mar 4, May 6 / 7 PM of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson; SOLON BRANCH 5/18, 5/19 The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce Monday Evening Book Discussion Wednesday Evening Book Discussion Mon, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 18 / 7 PM Mon, Mar 23, Apr 27, May 18 / 7:30 PM 3/18 An American Marriage by Tayari Tue, Mar 17, Apr 21, May 19 / 2 PM Jones; 4/15 Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly; Solon Senior Center Book Discussion 5/20 Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True PARMA BRANCH Held at the Solon Senior Center. Story of a Man, His Wife and Her Alligator by Monday Afternoon Book Discussion Tue, Mar 24, Apr 28, May 19 / 10:30 AM Homer Hickam 3/9 Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover; Wed, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 20 / 7 PM SOUTH EUCLID- 4/13 Odd Child Out by Gilly Macmillan; Monday Afternoon Book Discussion 5/11 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles LYNDHURST BRANCH 3/23 There There by Tommy Orange; Mon, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11 / 2 PM Monday Afternoon Book Discussion 4/27 The Book of Dreams by Nina George; Breakfast Books 3/16 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia 5/18 My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Owens; 4/20 The Hate U Give by Angie Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 / 10 AM Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Thomas; 5/18 The Overstory by Richard Powers Laura Kamoie Wednesday Evening Book Discussion Mon, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 18 / 2 PM Mon, Mar 23, Apr 27, May 18 / 2:30 PM 3/18 The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead; 4/15 Marlene by C.W. Gortner; 5/20 The Gown: SOUTHEAST BRANCH WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson Wednesday Afternoon Book Discussion BRANCH Wed, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 20 / 7 PM 3/4 Code Girls: The Untold Story of the Book Lovers’ Club W American Women Code Breakers of World 3/11 PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, War II by Liza Mundy; 4/1 Lock Every Door and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom; Monday Afternoon Book Discussion by Riley Sager; 5/6 Once Upon a River by 4/8 Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon; 3/2 Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan; Diane Setterfield 5/13 The Library Book by Susan Orlean 4/6 The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar; Wed, Mar 4, Apr 1, May 6 / 1:30 PM Wed, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 / 2 PM 5/4 The Only Woman in the Room by Marie African American Authors Book Group Benedict Sankofa: African American 3/26 We’re Going to Need More Wine: W Mon, Mar 2, Apr 6, May 4 / 1:30 PM Book Discussion Stories That Are Funny, Complicated and True “Go back and fetch it” is the translation of the by Gabrielle Union; 4/30 The Deep by Rivers PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Ghanaian word sankofa. Our book discussion Solomon; 5/28 Black Radical: The Life and Times will highlight books that examine African Monday Evening Book Discussion of William Monroe Trotter by Kerri K. Greenidge American history and heritage. This month’s 3/16 Clock Dance by Anne Tyler; Thu, Mar 26, Apr 30, May 28 / 7 PM selection is The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi 4/20 Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover; Coates. 5/18 Miracle Creek by Angie Kim Thu, May 28 / 7 PM Mon, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 18 / 7 PM

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BEACHWOOD BRANCH FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH PARMA BRANCH Tween Homeschool Book Club W Book & Cook W Kindergarten Boost Book Club W Grades 4 – 7 Grades K – 3 with caregiver Kindergartners & their families Gather with other homeschoolers for activities, Read a book and work together to make a recipe Discuss books and take part in fun activities. snacks and discussions. 3/5 Hello, Universe by based on the book. 3/21 The Great Pasta Escape by Sat, Mar 14, Apr 11, May 9 / 2 PM Erin Entrada Kelly; 4/2 Other Words for Home by Miranda Paul; 4/4 Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin Jasmine Warga; 5/7 The Cardboard Kingdom by Sat, Mar 21, Apr 4 / 2 PM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Chad Sell Monthly Manga Meetup W Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 7 / 11 AM INDEPENDENCE BRANCH W Ages 13 – 18 Small Plate Homeschool Teen Book Club W Tween Book Discussion Whether you’re a fan of manga or interested in Ages 13 – 18 Grades 5 – 8 learning about it, come for great discussion and Have a snack while enjoying classics, graphic Join us for food and fun as we discuss a different quirky tie-in activities. Our monthly spotlight titles novels, nonfiction and the latest best-sellers. 3/16 It’s book each month. 3/12 The Seventh Most will be available in the teen department. Trevor Noah: Born a Crime – Stories From a South Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall; 4/9 The War Mon, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 11 / 6 PM African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) by That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley; W Trevor Noah; 4/20 The Downstairs Girl by Stacey 5/14 Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper Book Busters Grades K – 2 with caregiver Lee; 5/11 1984 by George Orwell Thu, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14 / 4 PM Bring a special grown-up for reading, discussion, Mon, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 11 / 10:30 AM MAYFIELD BRANCH snacks and activities focused around great books. Magic Tree House Book Club W Book Club Jr. W Sat, Mar 28 / 2 PM Grades 1 – 4 Grades 4 – 8 Travel with Jack and Annie on magical adventures Discuss books and have a snack. 3/10 The War SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST from author Mary Pope Osborne. 3/19 Stage Fright That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley; BRANCH on a Summer Night; 4/16 Good Morning, Gorillas; 4/14 Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Kindergarten Boost Book Club W 5/21 High Tide in Hawaii Chokshi; 5/12 El Deafo by Cece Bell Kindergartners & their families Thu, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21 / 4 PM Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 / 6:30 PM Discuss books and take part in fun activities. Sat, Mar 14, Apr 18, May 9 / 11 AM BROOKLYN BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Breakfast Bunch Book Club W The Next Chapter W SOUTHEAST BRANCH Grades 5 – 8 Grades 6 – 12 Chapter Book Champs W Read new and exciting books while enjoying Connect with other teens who read for pleasure. Grades 3 – 5 a snack. Thu, Mar 5, Apr 9, May 7 / 4 PM Whether you finish the book or not, join us for Sat, Mar 14, Apr 11, May 9 / 10:45 AM activities and a book chat. 3/9 Dragons in a OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH Charlie Cook & Read Together W Bag by Zetta Elliott; 4/13 Ramona Quimby, W Age 8 by Beverly Cleary; 5/11 Power Forward Grades 2 – 4 ABC Kindergarten Book Club by Hena Khan Read a new and easy chapter book that includes Kindergartners with caregiver Mon, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11 / 6:30 PM cooking with our Charlie Cart. Enjoy a book and a fun activity in collaboration Sat, Mar 28, Apr 25, May 23 / 2 PM with the Olmsted Falls Early Childhood Center. Thu, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14 / 7 PM WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club W BRANCH Grades 10 – 16 ORANGE BRANCH Kindergarten Boost Book Club W Discuss science fiction and fantasy books with Book & Cook Club W Kindergartners & their families other fans. Grades K – 2 Discuss books and take part in fun activities. Fri, May 29 / 4 PM Read and discuss an early reader and enjoy a Sat, Mar 14, Apr 18, May 16 / 10 AM snack. 3/4 Pete the Cat and the Tip-Top Tree House CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH by James Dean; 4/1 Friends in the Mail by Fran Cover to Cover Harry Potter Book Club Manushkin; 5/6 Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder Grades 6 – 12 Grades 3 – 5 Wed, Mar 4, Apr 1, May 6 / 6:30 PM Join us for food and fun as we discuss a different Create magical crafts and make new friends while W teen book each month. celebrating the world of Harry Potter. 3/31 The A Sweet Book Discussion Thu, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21 / 5 PM Half-Blood Prince; 4/28 The Deathly Hallows Grades 3 – 5 Tue, Mar 31, Apr 28 / 6 PM Join us for cookies and a discussion of Katherine Applegate’s Wishtree. Wed, Mar 25 / 2 PM W Registration Required 9 Business + Career Programs cuyahogalibrary.org/career

all 216.475.2225 to learn about our ENCORE ENTREPRENEURS W new Career Pop-Up Shops, where you C Learn how to generate, cultivate and develop your business ideas and can receive on-the-spot job advice and concepts. Weekly topics: Business Plan 1, Business Plan 2, Small Business services. Explore all our offerings at Legalese, Know Your Customer, Where’s the Money? and Pricing for Profit. cuyahogalibrary.org/career. Supported by Burton D. Morgan Foundation. NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH WORKSHOPS Sat, Mar 7, 21 & Apr 4 / 10 AM – 3 PM Discover Careers That Fit Your Personality W PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Customize your job search and match your personality to a career Tue, May 5 – Jun 9 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM you can love! FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Tue, Apr 7 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Behavior-Based Interviewing W Learn how to answer interview questions that are popular with hiring managers. Then hone your skills through practice interviews. SOLON BRANCH Wed, Apr 22 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Creating Winning Résumés & Cover Letters W Learn the styles, tips, trends and keywords that will help you stand out and get past applicant tracking systems. INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Thu, Apr 30 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM W The ABCs & 123s of LinkedIn OHIO MEANS JOBS Learn all about the popular social platform that focuses on professional networking and career development. The workforce development group provides mobile employment specialists to meet with job seekers at our branches. Job seekers PARMA BRANCH can register for services and meet with an employment specialist Tue, May 5 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM that can assist them with eligibility, provide information and referral Returning to Work After an Extended Break W services, and discuss employment or training opportunities funded by Ohio Means Jobs. For more information – including locations, We’ll provide strategies to help you transition back into the world of work if dates and times – please call the 216.777.8200 or visit omjcc.us. you’ve have ever had to take an extended break to raise children or to care for yourself or a loved one. INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Mon, May 18 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM

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uyahoga County and your local library systems are making it GED®/HSE Ceasier than ever for residents to connect with free education and Aspire Greater Cleveland has free classes for those interested in preparing workforce development programs. Call Aspire Greater Cleveland at for a High School Equivalency exam or improving skills before college. 833.ASPIRE2 (833.277.4732) or visit aspiregreatercleveland.org Students must attend orientation before beginning classes. to get started. Then complete an orientation and schedule classes at a convenient time – morning, afternoon, evening or weekend. ORIENTATION SCHEDULE NORTH STAR NEIGHBORHOOD REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER 1834 East 55th Street / Cleveland ESOL & CITIZENSHIP Mon, Mar 2 & Tue, Mar 3 / 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM Aspire Greater Cleveland provides free classes to help you learn English Mon, May 4 & Tue, May 5 / 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM and prepare for the citizenship test. Students must attend orientation before beginning classes. VIRGIL E. BROWN NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILY SERVICE CENTER 1641 Payne Avenue / Cleveland ORIENTATION SCHEDULE Every Tue & Thu / 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM PARMA BRANCH MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Tue, Mar 3 & Thu, Mar 5 / 6 – 8 PM Fri, Mar 6 & 13 / 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM Tue, Apr 7 & Thu, Apr 9 / 6 – 8 PM Fri, Apr 3 & 10 / 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

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W Registration Required 11 Writing Programs cuyahogalibrary.org/write

oin the community of local writers Fiction Writing Workshop W Poetry Writing Workshop Jwho make Cuyahoga County Public Adults Adults Library their second home. Learn more at Participants will give and receive feedback Bring 20 copies of your poem and get cuyahogalibrary.org/write. on short stories and novel chapters. feedback on your work. Led by Robert E. McDonough. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Led by Sarah Willis SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH #AmWriting Wed, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13, Jun 10, Thu, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Adults Jul 8 & Aug 12 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM W Work on your project in the company of other or Creative Writers Meetup writers. Facilitated by Abby L. Vandiver. Thu, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14, Jun 11, Adults Jul 9 & Aug 13 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Meet with others to discuss your work, writing SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH prompts, writers block, blogging, social media Fri / 2 – PM PARMA BRANCH and other topics. Write On W Led by Eric Anderson NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Tue, Mar 17, Apr 21, May 19, Jun 16, Thu, Mar 19 / 7 PM Grades 5 – 8 Jul 21 & Aug 18 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Fun, quirky and challenging writing exercises and activities will get your creativity flowing. W Book Whisperer Ask Abby Adults BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Adults Meet one-on-one with Deanna Adams to Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 7 / 3 PM Best-selling author Abby L. Vandiver will discuss query letters, book proposals, novel share valuable insights on numerous synopses, editors, agents, publishing Self-Publishing Roundtable W topics. 3/14 How to make your book look and marketing. professional; 5/9 How to get your book Adults SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Gain advice from a panel of local authors published Fri, Mar 20, Apr 17, May 9 / 2 – 5 PM who have self-published in multiple genres. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sat, Mar 14, May 9 / 10 AM – 12 PM Write Now! Teen Writing Group W Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 7 / 7 PM W Grades 6 – 12 Make Your Book Into an Audiobook Tap into your creativity through writing #AmWriting Adults exercises, prompts and activities. Learn about the process of creating Adults MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Spark your creativity with fun writing prompts, an audiobook. Tue, Mar 24, Apr 28, May 26 / 7 PM or work on your current project in this hour SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH dedicated to writing. Sat, Mar 14 / 2 – 4 PM West Side Poetry Writing Workshop W GATES MILLS BRANCH W Adults Sat, Mar 7, Apr 4, May 2 / 11 AM Wordsmiths Teen Writers Share your poetry with amateur and seasoned Grades 6 – 12 poets alike in a comfortable setting. Led by Second Sunday Poets W Meet monthly to work together on new projects Jeremy Jusek. and different styles of creative writing. Adults PARMA BRANCH Join us for a poetry open mic moderated by CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Thu, Mar 26, Apr 23, May 28 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM the city of South Euclid’s first poet laureate, Mon, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 11 / 3:30 PM M.A. “Doc” Janning. W W Pen 2 Page SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Poetry Power Grades 2 – 5 Sun, Mar 8, Apr 19, May 10 / 2 PM Grades 3 – 5 Expand your writing toolbox and build better Express, create and write in this three-part stories through fun, quirky and challenging Fiction Writer’s Toolbox W workshop. exercises that focus on different writing aspects. Adults SOUTHEAST BRANCH WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH We’ll explore structures and skills that support Tue, Mar 17, Apr 21 & May 19 / 6:30 PM Sat, Mar 28, Apr 25, May 23 / 2 PM and enhance the fiction writer’s art. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Writing Life’s Stories W Tue, Mar 10, 24, Apr 7, 21, May 5, 19 / 7 PM Adults Discover the vivid stories that make up life with author and editor Laura Grace Weldon. NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Fri, Apr 3 – 17, May 1, 8 / 1 – 3 PM

W 12 Registration Required Poetry With a Hefty Trowel of Attitude W Adults Explore model poems with Concrete Wink, an award-winning troupe of poets. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sat, Apr 4 / 1:30 – 4:30 PM Young Writers Club W Grades 5 – 9 Get your creative juices flowing and explore the writing process in a fun, welcoming, no-stress environment. ORANGE BRANCH Mon, Apr 6, May 4 / 7 PM Celebrate National Poetry Month Grades 6 – 12 Play word games, create blackout poetry, try fun writing activities and enjoy some contemporary spoken word poetry. MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Fri, Apr 10 / 2 – 4 PM Running the Show W Adults Writer in Residence Dr. Mary E. Weems will discuss bringing works to the stage. 4/15 Part I: The one-person play; 5/20 Part II: Theater production SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Wed, Apr 15 & May 20 / 7 PM CELEBRATE NATIONAL Writer in Residence Office Hours Adults POETRY MONTH Drop by to speak one-on-one with Dr. Mary E. Weems SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH READ A POEM. WRITE A POEM. Thu, Apr 16, May 21 / 1 – 3 PM EVERY DAY IN APRIL. Favorite Poem Reading W Adults Celebrate National Poetry Month by reading READWRITEPOETRY.ORG your favorite poem – written by someone else – aloud. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sun, Apr 19 / 2 PM Write Right W Adults Author and professor emeritus Philip Skerry WESTERN RESERVE WRITERS will discuss his latest book as well as the ins and outs of effective writing. CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP W SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Wed, May 6 / 7 PM Adults The 37th annual event – free for writers – will include workshops, editing sessions, a book sale and signing, and a keynote from the Library’s Writer in Residence, Dr. Mary E. Weems.

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W Registration Required 13 Storytimes cuyahogalibrary.org/storytimes

e offer storytimes Baby & Toddler Storytimes MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Wnine months out of Ages birth – 35 months with caregiver Mon / 10 AM Tue / 10 AM the year, with breaks in BRECKSVILLE BRANCH NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH INDEPENDENCE BRANCH May, August and December. Tue / 10 AM Tue / 10 AM Wed / 11 AM Tue / 11 AM Fri / 10 AM Thu / 10 AM Fri / 11 AM BROOK PARK BRANCH MAYFIELD BRANCH Baby & Me Storytimes Wed / 10 AM ORANGE BRANCH Wed / 11 AM Ages birth – 18 months with caregiver Tue / 10 AM MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH BROOKLYN BRANCH (followed by Stay ‘n’ Play) BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Thu / 11 AM Tue / 10 AM Wed / 10 AM PARMA BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH Tue / 10:30 AM BEACHWOOD BRANCH Thu / 10 AM Mon / 1:30 PM Tue / 4 PM PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Thu / 10 AM INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Tue / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM Tue / 11 AM BEREA BRANCH Wed / 10 AM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Wed / 2 PM Tue / 10 AM Wed / 10 AM MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH BRECKSVILLE BRANCH Wed / 10 AM SOLON BRANCH Wed / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM Wed / 9:30 AM PARMA BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Thu / 10:30 AM CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Mon / 10 AM Thu / 10:30 AM Thu / 9:30 AM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Tue / 10 AM FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Mon / 7 PM Wed / 10 AM Mon / 6:45 PM Tue / 11 AM Thu / 10 AM OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Wed / 6:30 PM Tue / 10 AM Tue / 10 AM MAYFIELD BRANCH Thu / 10 AM Thu / 10 AM ORANGE BRANCH Wed / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH (followed by Stay ‘n’ Play) Tue / 10 AM Wed / 10 AM Toddler & Preschool Storytimes SOLON BRANCH NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Toddler Storytimes Ages 19 months – 5 years, but not yet in Tue / 11:30 AM Wed / 10 AM Ages 19 – 35 months with caregiver kindergarten, with caregiver SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH ORANGE BRANCH BAY VILLAGE BRANCH BEREA BRANCH Mon / 10 AM Thu / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM Mon / 7 PM STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Tue / 10 AM PARMA BRANCH MAYFIELD BRANCH Mon / 11:30 AM Mon / 10:30 AM BEACHWOOD BRANCH Wed / 7 PM Tue / 11:30 AM PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH Mon / 4 PM Thu / 11 AM Thu / 11:25 AM Wed / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM PARMA BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH BEREA BRANCH Wed / 10:30 AM Family Storytimes Tue / 10 AM Wed / 10 AM All ages with caregiver SOLON BRANCH BRECKSVILLE BRANCH Preschool Storytimes BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Mon / 10:30 AM Wed / 10 AM Ages 3 – 5 years, but not yet in Tue / 6:45 PM Wed / 11 AM kindergarten, with caregiver Fri / 10 AM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Fri / 11 AM Thu / 10 AM CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Mon / 10 AM Thu / 10 AM BROOK PARK BRANCH STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Tue / 7 PM Mon / 10 AM FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH BEACHWOOD BRANCH Thu / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM Wed / 1:30 PM CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Tue / 6:45 PM BEREA BRANCH Wed / 10 AM INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Thu / 10 AM FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Thu / 11 AM BRECKSVILLE BRANCH Sat / 10:30 AM MAYFIELD BRANCH Thu / 10 AM GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH Wed / 10 AM BROOK PARK BRANCH Mon / 6:45 PM Wed / 11 AM GATES MILLS BRANCH BROOKLYN BRANCH Tue / 3:30 PM Thu / 10 AM Tue / 1:30 PM

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INDEPENDENCE BRANCH on’t miss these Cupcake Crush W Teen/Tween Mon / 6:30 PM awesome programs. D Grades 6 – 12 Innovation Competition W MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH You’ll find even more Show off your unique decorating Put your creativity and maker skills Thu / 10:30 AM great offerings at style as you compete to re-create to the test and compete for prizes cuyahogalibrary.org/ a pin-worthy cupcake design. All in innovation-themed activities MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH events and in our Branch supplies provided. and challenges. Tue / 7 PM Events section starting on BEREA BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH page 18. Wed, May 6 / 7 PM Grades 6 – 10 Wed / 7 PM Wed, Mar 11, 18 & 25 / 7 PM Thu / 10 AM BRECKSVILLE BRANCH Sat, Apr 25 / 2 PM NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Kids Café Grades 5 – 8 Tue / 7 PM Ages 18 & under MAYFIELD BRANCH Sat, May 23 / 2 PM Wed, Apr 22, 29 & May 6 / 7 PM ORANGE BRANCH During the school year we collaborate with the Greater Sat / 10 AM MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Teen STEAM Cleveland Food Bank to provide Tue, Apr 7 / 6:30 PM W PARMA BRANCH children with free healthy meals Innovation Challenge Mon / 7 PM at select branches. Kids Café runs Grades 6 – 12 through the week of May 11. CALLING ALL Use your creativity and maker PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH skills to compete against other Tue / 7 PM BROOKLYN BRANCH BUDDING teens for prizes. Sat / 10 AM Mon – Fri / 3:30 – 4:15 PM ENTREPRENEURS! SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sponsored by Youth Entrepreneurs, PARMA-SNOW BRANCH GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH Mon, Mar 23; Tue, Mar 24; & youthentrepreneurs.org Tue / 6:30 PM Mon – Fri / 3 – 3:30 PM Wed, Mar 25 / 2 – 4 PM MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH SOLON BRANCH Teen Innovation Challenge W Sat / 10 AM Mon – Thu / 6:30 – 7 PM Grades 6 – 12 SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Put your creativity and skills to Thu / 6:30 PM Mon – Fri / 3:30 – 4 PM the test during innovation-themed FREE activities and challenges. Compete HOMEWORK SOUTHEAST BRANCH PARMA BRANCH for prizes! Sat / 10 AM Mon – Fri / 3:45 – 4:15 PM BEREA BRANCH HELP STRONGSVILLE BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Sat, Apr 11, 18 & 25 / 10 AM – 12 PM Thu / 7 PM Mon – Fri / 3:30 – 4 PM We offer free after-school homework help to students WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Recipes for Success W in grades K – 8 at many of Mon / 6:30 PM Mon – Fri / 3:15 – 3:45 PM Grades 6 – 9 our branches. Learn more Tue / 10:30 AM SOUTHEAST BRANCH In this five-week series, develop at cuyahogalibrary.org/ Mon – Fri / 3 – 3:30 PM your own mock restaurant as homework. you explore entrepreneurship Find Adapted Storytimes in WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH and cooking. Mon – Fri / 3:45 — 4:30 PM our Branch Events section on FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH page 24. Mon, Mar 2 – 30 / 3:45 PM Art Experiences INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Grades K – 8 Examine the works of art masters Tue, Mar 31 – Apr 28 / 3:45 PM and explore various mediums, such as paint, pastels and clay. Build a Better Maple W Art Experiences runs through the Grades 8 – 12 week of May 4. Over three sessions, learn business and entrepreneurship basics MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH through creative games from Youth Sat / 11:30 AM Entrepreneurs. Then apply this BROOK PARK BRANCH knowledge as you create your own BROOKLYN BRANCH business or nonprofit model to help GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH improve the community. NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH PARMA BRANCH Wed, Mar 25; Thu, Mar 26; & RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH Fri, Mar 27 / 1:30 – 3:30 PM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH SOUTHEAST BRANCH WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Fri / 4 PM W Registration Required 15 Featured Adult Programs cuyahogalibrary.org/events

heck out these notable CURRENT EVENTS PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Eldercare Options & Cost W Cevents for adults. Wed, May 13 / 6:30 PM You’ll find even more Age of Disinformation W CarePatrol will explain what ORANGE BRANCH options to consider as you get great adult programs at Thomas Froehlich, PhD, will Tue, May 19 / 6:30 PM older – including assisted living, cuyahogalibrary.org/events discuss falsehoods in the information marketplace, BAY VILLAGE BRANCH independent living and in-home and in our Branch Events care – and how to pay for it. including misinformation, Wed, May 20 / 6:30 PM section starting on page 18. disinformation, self-deception, MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH doxing and fake news. Thu, Apr 9 / 2 PM Thu, May 28 / 6:30 PM CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Mon, Mar 23 / 7 PM Pruning & Deadheading W Wed, Apr 29 / 7 PM Census 101: What, W SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Master Gardeners will discuss INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Why & When Wed, Apr 1 / 7 PM appropriate timing and proper Mon, May 11 / 7 PM The U.S. Census Bureau will discuss techniques for pruning shrubs and the importance of participation and BEACHWOOD BRANCH deadheading flowering plants. PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH options for responding – covering Wed, May 6 / 2 PM Mon, May 18 / 7 PM confidentiality and data security – NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH GATES MILLS BRANCH Thu, Mar 26 / 7 PM for a fair and inclusive count. Mon, May 11 / 7 PM Medical CoverageW PARMA-SNOW BRANCH BEREA BRANCH in Retirement Wed, Mar 11 / 7 PM Catfish ScamW Mon, Mar 30 / 7 PM The Foundation for Personal An internet safety specialist will BEACHWOOD BRANCH Financial Education will provide MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH an overview of medical insurance Sat, Mar 14 / 2 PM explain catfishing and share ways Wed, Apr 1 / 7 PM you can protect yourself online. options in retirement and a review WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH of Medicare. Wed, Mar 18 / 7 PM MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Thu, Apr 2 / 7 PM Thu, Mar 19 / 7 PM MAYFIELD BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Tue, Mar 10 / 2 PM Tue, Apr 7 / 7 PM Wed, Apr 1 / 7 PM BEACHWOOD BRANCH Wed, Apr 22 / 2 PM STRONGSVILLE BRANCH SOLON BRANCH Thu, Apr 2 / 7 PM CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Wed, Apr 8 / 7 PM COOKING MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Wed, May 6 / 7 PM NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Thu, Apr 16 / 2 PM Pasta Makes Perfect W Mon, Apr 13 / 7 PM Make and shape homemade pasta noodles from scratch with just a few GARDENING BAY VILLAGE BRANCH MUSIC simple ingredients. Then take your W Wed, Apr 15 / 7 PM The Herbalist’s Garden The Cleveland Orchestra pasta home to cook for dinner! A certified herbalist will discuss BRECKSVILLE BRANCH W OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH the basics of identifying, selecting, Tue, May 5 / 7 PM Music Study Groups Join the orchestra’s Rose Tue, Mar 10 / 6:30 PM harvesting and preparing wild and cultivated herbs that grow in our Breckenridge, PhD, to explore ORANGE BRANCH backyards for use in medicines. HEALTH & WELLNESS the concert of the week through Tue, Mar 10 / 6:30 PM Big Pharma & the Business informal lectures and listening. BROOKLYN BRANCH Pick up a brochure at the library MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Tue, Apr 14 / 6:30 PM of Healthcare W Sat, Mar 28 / 2 PM and call 216.231.7355 to In this two-part series, discover register (fee required). SOUTHEAST BRANCH how medical journals have NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Sat, Apr 18 / 2 PM Wed, Apr 8 / 6:30 PM become marketing for pharma BEACHWOOD BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH and learn about medicalization of Tue, Apr 14 – May 19 / 1:15 PM GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH Mon, Apr 20 / 7 PM life, ghostwriters, skewed studies, Tue, Apr 14 / 6:30 PM FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH MAYFIELD BRANCH relative vs. actual risk and direct-to- Wed, Apr 15 – May 20 / 1:15 PM consumer TV ads. PARMA BRANCH Sat, Apr 25 / 12:30 PM Tue, Apr 21 / 2:30 PM ORANGE BRANCH FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH BEACHWOOD BRANCH Thu, Apr 16 – May 21 / 1:15 PM Wed, Mar 25 & Apr 8 / 2 PM MAYFIELD BRANCH Tue, Apr 28 / 6:30 PM Sat, May 9 / 2 PM WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH The Cleveland Orchestra Tue, Apr 7 & 14 / 7 PM BROOK PARK BRANCH Sat, May 2 / 2 PM Recorded Concert Previews W Tue, May 12 / 6:30 PM Breckenridge will preview the OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH GATES MILLS BRANCH Mon, Apr 20 & 27 / 7 PM upcoming performance of Alban Mon, May 4 / 6:30 PM Berg’s opera Lulu. SOLON BRANCH GATES MILLS BRANCH Wed, May 6 / 6:30 PM Tue, Mar 31 / 7 PM CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Wed, Apr 1 / 7 PM

W 16 Registration Required Guitar 101W MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH COMMUNITY Bryan Reichert from the Baldwin Tue, Apr 7 / 7 PM PARTNERSHIPS GREAT LAKES, Wallace Conservatory of Music will NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH teach the basics of guitar. Acoustic Mon, Apr 20 / 7 PM Blood Drives GREAT BEER, guitars provided for use in class. You can help save up to three lives GREAT STORIES RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH in just an hour of your time. For PARMA BRANCH Tue, May 12 / 7 PM more information, call the American Michael Williams, a Tue, Mar 3 / 7 PM Red Cross at 800.733.2767 or visit certified Cicerone from W Great Lakes Brewing WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Investing 101 redcrossblood.org. Company, will share the Wed, Mar 11 / 7 PM The Foundation for Personal MAYFIELD BRANCH stories of the people, places Financial Education will discuss and phenomena behind the BROOK PARK BRANCH Wed, Mar 11; Thu, Apr 30; the basics of investing, which Wed, May 13; Tue, May 26 / 1 – 7 PM brewery’s beloved beers. Sat, Mar 14 / 10 AM include annuities, mutual funds, BEACHWOOD BRANCH stocks and bonds. BEACHWOOD BRANCH BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Mon, Mar 23 / 7 PM Sat, Mar 14, May 9 Sat, Mar 7 / 2 PM SOUTHEAST BRANCH 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Mon, Apr 6 / 7 PM Wed, Mar 25 / 7 PM STRONGSVILLE BRANCH BEREA BRANCH BEREA BRANCH Fri, Mar 20, Apr 17, May 22 Mon, Mar 9 / 7 PM BRECKSVILLE BRANCH Mon, Apr 13 / 7 PM 10:15 AM – 3:15 PM Mon, Mar 30 / 7 PM MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH STRONGSVILLE BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Thu, Apr 30 / 7 PM Fri, Mar 20, Apr 24, Tue, Mar 24 / 7 PM Wed, Apr 15 / 7 PM CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH May 15 / 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM INDEPENDENCE BRANCH NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Thu, May 21 / 7 PM BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Thu, Mar 26 / 7 PM Wed, May 6 / 7 PM NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Tue, Mar 24, Apr 21, May 19 GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH Wed, May 27 / 7 PM 10 AM – 3 PM OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH Tue, May 19 / 6:30 PM W NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Mon, Mar 30 / 7 PM MAYFIELD BRANCH Senior Financial Education Tue, Mar 24, Apr 28, May 26 In this six-week series, learn how Thu, May 21 / 7 PM 1:30 – 6:30 PM BROOK PARK BRANCH to stay financially healthy and live Fri, May 15 / 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM BEREA BRANCH independently and safely in your Thu, Apr 9 / 7 PM Thu, May 28 / 7 PM home with help from Empowering BEREA BRANCH and Strengthening Ohio’s People. Thu, Mar 26; Tue, May 26 / 1 – 7 PM BRECKSVILLE BRANCH W Thu, Apr 23 / 7 PM Lyrical Songs of the Irish MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH ORANGE BRANCH Elise Panehal will share Celtic Tue, Mar 31 / 2 – 7 PM Tue, Mar 3 – Apr 7 / 11 AM PARMA BRANCH culture through poetic lyrics SOLON BRANCH and a piano and folk harp SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Thu, Apr 23 / 11 AM Wed, Apr 29 / 7 PM accompaniment. Thu, Mar 12 – Apr 16 / 2 PM OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH BROOKLYN BRANCH Fri, May 15 / 10 AM – 3 PM Wed, Mar 4 / 7 PM Fri, Apr 3 – May 8 / 11 AM Thu, May 7 / 7:15 PM

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH W BEACHWOOD BRANCH Tue, Mar 10 / 7 PM Tax Prep TECHNOLOGY AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Wed, May 13 / 7 PM INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Computer Classes will offer free individualized Wed, Mar 11 / 7 PM We offer free classes that cover tax preparations for low- to FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH digital literacy basics, Windows 10, moderate-income taxpayers – Tue, May 26 / 7 PM Tue, Mar 17 / 7 PM Microsoft Office programs, digital especially those 60 and up. imaging and cloud computing. Visit MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH cuyahogalibrary.org/computer- Wed, Mar 18 / 7 PM Mon through Apr 13 / 9:30 AM – 2 PM BRANCH classes for a complete listing. Thu through Apr 16 / 9:30 AM – 2 PM Thu, May 28 / 7 PM CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Sat, Mar 21 / 1 PM FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Drop In & Download Tue through Apr 7 / 9 AM – 1 PM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Learn how to borrow eBooks, Wed, Mar 25 / 7 PM audiobooks, magazines, movies MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH and music from our Digital Tue through Apr 7 / 9 AM – 2:30 PM BEACHWOOD BRANCH Collection. Bring your device Wed through Apr 8 / 9 AM – 2:30 PM Tue, Mar 31 / 7 PM (and passwords) and our staff PARMA BRANCH will get you started. Drop Tue through Apr 14 / 9:45 AM – 2 PM PERSONAL FINANCE In & Download sessions are Wed through Apr 8 / 9:45 AM – 2 PM available at all branches – find a Budgeting 101 W convenient time and location at NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH The Foundation for Personal cuyahogalibrary.org/drop-in. Wed through Apr 8 / 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM Financial Education will discuss the BAY VILLAGE BRANCH 50/20/30 budget approach along Fri through Apr 10 / 10 AM – 1 PM with credit building tips and facts. BROOKLYN BRANCH Mon, Mar 2 / 7:15 PM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Tue, Mar 10 / 7 PM W Registration Required 17 Branch Events cuyahogalibrary.org/events

dd any of the following Preschool STEAM W Brick Builders BEACHWOOD programs to your calendar A Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver Grades K – 5 BRANCH at cuyahogalibrary.org/events. Enjoy stories and an activity related Enjoy drop-in Lego brick-building to STEAM (science, technology, challenges and share your creations. Teen Midweek Makers W engineering, art and mathematics). Tue, Apr 14 / 2 – 4 PM Grades 6 – 12 BAY VILLAGE Sat, Mar 14, Apr 11, May 9 / 10 AM W Enjoy makerspace activities that BRANCH Spring Break Movie include sewing, button making, W All ages W Beginning Sewing zines creating and crafting. Homeschool Programs Adults Enjoy a special screening of a Wed, Mar 4, Apr 15, May 6 / 3:45 PM Grades 3 – 6 Learn the basics of using a sewing popular movie. Bring a blanket 3/2 Learn easy plays/readings machine and create a simple project. and pillow or a sleeping bag. Pajama Storytime to act out in a group and put on Tue, Mar 17 Wed, Apr 15 / 2 – 4 PM Ages 18 months – 5 years a performance. 4/6 Spring into 10 AM – 12 PM or 2 – 4 PM with caregiver science with spring STEAM activities. Tue, May 5 Sew Easy! W Wear your pj’s for fun stories, songs 5/4 Build the tallest Strawbees tower 10 AM – 12 PM or 2 – 4 PM Grades 3 – 6 and fingerplays. that can support a golf ball. Learn sewing machine basics and Wed, Mar 4 – Apr 29 / 6:45 PM Mon, Mar 2, Apr 6, May 4 / 11 AM Cherry Blossom String Art W make a simple infinity scarf. Grades 3 & 4 Thu, Apr 16 / 2 – 4 PM Chinese Storytime One School, One Book Learn the history of the Washington, Families Family Night W D.C., cherry trees and create your Story Craft W Hear stories, songs and rhymes Grades K – 2 with caregiver own blossoming tree using the string Grades K – 2 in Mandarin Chinese and stay for Enjoy activities related to the art technique. Share a story or two and make a a craft and playtime. Presented Normandy Elementary School Thu, Mar 26 / 4 PM related craft. in cooperation with the Chinese One School, One Book selection. Thu, Apr 30 / 4 PM Language and Culture Center. Tue, Mar 3 / 6:30 PM Paint & Pop Color Explosion W Sat, Mar 7, Apr 11, May 16 / 10:30 AM Families with children in grades K – 4 Teen Sewing Basics W Teen Zone W Get creative and have a popping Grades 5 – 12 STEAM Tuesday W Grades 5 – 12 good time with paint and bubbles. Learn basic sewing skills and make Grades 2 – 5 Have fun after school – explore Sat, Mar 28 / 10 AM constellation textile art. 3/10 Learn about this celestial gaming, art, movies and technology! Tue, May 5 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM phenomenon and the rules that Wed, Mar 4 – Apr 8, 22, 29 / 3 PM Votes for Women: Alice Paul govern the solar system. 4/14 Learn Remembers W Preschool Obstacle Course W what causes your favorite weather Mad Scientists W Adults Ages 2½ - 5 with caregiver patterns. 5/12 Learn how to code Grades K – 2 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of Hop, skip and jump through our on a Raspberry Pi. 3/4 Create a simple robotic hand. the passage of the 19th Amendment. pint-size obstacle course while Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 / 4 PM 4/1 Build and race Lego balloon In celebration, a League of Women building gross motor skills. cars. 5/6 Explore force by making Voters actress/spokeswoman will Fri, May 8 / 10 AM Homeschool Art Explorers W a confetti launcher. portray suffragist Alice Paul. Grades 1 & up Wed, Mar 4, Apr 1, May 6 / 7 PM Sat, Mar 28 / 2 – 4 PM ‘90s Maker Night W Each month we’ll focus on an artist, Adults explore their life and creative style, STEAM On W Spring Break Craft Test your potion-making skills and go and make our own works of art. Grades 3 & 4 All ages home with your own dragon egg. Thu, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14 / 10:30 AM 3/9 Code your robot to navigate Drop in to make a seasonal craft. Tue, May 19 / 7 PM a maze. 4/6 Turn a plastic water Mon, Apr 13 – Fri, Apr 17 Friday Family Fun W bottle into a flowering work of art. during library hours Ages 2 – 6 with caregiver 5/11 Turn a picture into pixel art Join us for themed stories, activities with Perler beads. and crafts. 3/13 Jungle jamboree; Mon, Mar 9, Apr 6, May 11 / 7 PM 4/17 Campout; 5/8 Blooming buds Fri, Mar 13, Apr 17, May 8 / 10:30 AM

18 W Registration Required W W W Opera GiantsW Behind the DIY Controller Repair Young Explorers Arduino Basics Iron Curtain Grades 5 – 12 Grades K – 5 with caregiver Grades 6 – 12 Adults Bring your broken Xbox or 3/5 Enjoy sweet stories, games, Learn how to build and code Explore the great singers of the era, Playstation controller and practice crafts and a life-size Land of Candy electronic circuits using an who had world-class talent but were repairing it. adventure, as well as science Arduino Uno. deprived of the ability to travel and Thu, Apr 30 / 7 PM experiments exploring the chemistry Wed, Mar 18 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM record abroad. of your favorite sweet treats. Mon, Mar 16 / 2 PM Mother’s Day Concert W 4/2 Celebrate Mother Earth through Fabulous Fridays W All ages stories, activities and experiments Ages 2 – 6 with caregiver Speak Up! Teen W Red Light Roxy, with lead singer as you discover the importance of Join us for themed stories, songs Speech & Debate Eileen Burns, will perform music keeping our earth and oceans clean. and crafts. 3/20 Down on the Grades 6 – 12 from the Great American Songbook. Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2 / 7 PM farm; 4/17 Celebrate Earth Day; Learn how to research a topic, write Sunday, May 10 / 2 PM 5/8 Flower power a convincing argument and present Music and Movement W Fri, Mar 20, Apr 17, May 8 / 10:30 AM it to your peers. So Emotional Storytime W Ages 19 months – 5 years with caregiver Wed, Mar 18, Apr 29, May 20 / 3:45 PM Ages 3 – 6 Family Maker Fest W Enjoy a high-energy session of We’ll read books about different Enjoy a variety of make-and-take music and movement using shakers, Hebrew Storytime emotions and learn how to identify and tinkering projects for the beanbags and scarves. Families emotions and communicate them whole family. Mon, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 11 / 3:30 PM Hear stories, songs and fingerplays to others. Sat, Apr 18 / 2 PM in Hebrew and English. Presented Tue, May 19 / 4 PM W in collaboration with the Jewish Homeschool Art Sparks Zentangle Found Poetry W Grades 2 & up Education Center of Cleveland. Super Salads W Adults Each month we’ll focus on an artist, Wed, Mar 18, Apr 22, May 13 / 4 PM Adults Finding your own words hidden explore their life and creative style, Learn how to make healthy salads within a book page is a special W and create our own works of art Through the Eyes of the Artist with homemade dressings. kind of art. This class combines the based on what we’ve learned. Art historian Felicia Zavarella Tue, May 19 / 7 PM personal experience of found poetry Thu, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14 Stadelman presents her series on the with the practice of the Zentangle 10 AM – 12 PM lives and works of beloved artists. Mason Jar Glass Etching W method of meditative drawing. 3/20 Jack Vettriano; 4/10 Gustav Adults Plan Your Disney Vacation W Mon, Apr 20 / 6 – 8 PM Klimt; 5/22 William-Adolphe Learn to make a glass etching on a Adults Bouguereau mason jar using stencils created by Firefighter StorytimeW Karli Keene from ET Family Travel Fri, Mar 20, Apr 10, May 22 / 10 AM the Library’s Cricut Maker. Ages 2 – 6 with caregiver will teach you everything you need Wed, May 27 / 7 PM Join us for stories, songs and a W to know to book a vacation that Beginning Sign Language craft with a Berea firefighter. Learn you’ll never forget. Adults, children ages 10 & up how these heroes keep us safe. Mon, Mar 16 / 7 PM accompanied by an adult BEREA BRANCH Fri, Apr 24 / 10:30 AM In this six-week series, learn basic STEAM Team W American Sign Language through W New Plants W Family Literacy Night Grades 4 – 8 role play and other fun activities. Adults Grades K – 3 with caregiver 3/17 Explore the way a hand moves Sat, Apr 4 – May 16 / 2 – 4 PM Noelle Clark Akin from Petitti Enjoy literacy activities designed and build your own robotic hand. Garden Centers will introduce W by teacher candidates from 4/21 Learn about the science of zip Robbery of the Heart you to some new and spectacular Baldwin Wallace University. lines and make your own zip line Adults specimens and answer your Tue, Mar 3 / 6:30 PM carrier. 5/19 Conduct investigative View this documentary about a gardening questions. experiments and learn how forensic German town that reopened its Social Media & Isolation W Mon, Apr 27 / 7 PM synagogue on the 70th anniversary scientists analyze evidence. Adults Tue, Mar 17, Apr 21, May 19 / 7 PM of Kristallnacht. Philip D. Manning, a Cleveland Me & My Gal DIY Spa Day W Wed, Apr 22 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM State University sociology professor, Teen Space W Ages 6 & up with caregiver will explore the connection between Bring your favorite grown-up W Grades 6 – 12 Tree Tale Tellers social media and isolation in our and make pampering products Join us for quick and easy crafts, fun Grades K – 2 communities. to enjoy at home. activities and mini-service projects. Celebrate Arbor Day with stories Wed, Mar 4 / 7 PM Sat, May 9 / 2 PM and songs and a guest from You an share your ideas of how to Holden Arboretum. make the library a better place. Spring Plant Exchange W Wed, Mar 18, Apr 15, May 20 / 4 PM Thu, Apr 23 / 3:30 PM Adults Meet fellow gardeners and exchange perennials. Sat, May 30 / 12 PM

W Registration Required 19 W BRECKSVILLE Make & Take: W Music & MovementW With The You Can Uke! BRANCH Frogs & Bunnies Music Settlement Grades 6 – 12 Grades K – 2 Ages birth – 4 years with caregiver Learn how to make music on the Teen Advisory Group W Discover these creatures with a Move, sing and chant in a musically ukulele! If you don’t have a ukulele, Grades 6 – 12 Cleveland Metroparks naturalist. rich, informal environment. we’ll provide one. Volunteer, have fun and make friends Then make your own to take home! Sat, Apr 4 / 10:30 AM Mon, May 18 / 7 PM while collaborating on activities that 3/19 Frogs; 4/16 Bunnies benefit the library and surrounding Thu, Mar 19, Apr 16 / 6:30 PM Reptile Roundup W Listening to Podcasts W community. Grades 3 – 5 Adults Mon, Mar 2, Apr 6, May 4 / 7 PM Make & Take: See and learn about Brecksville Podcasts can be engaging, Macramé Plant Hangers W Nature Center’s live reptiles, and informative and fun! Learn what Read It! Make It! W Adults make a Perler bead snake to they are, where to find them and Families Learn how to make a few basic take home. how to listen to them. Enjoy a shortened storytime and knots and create a trendy macramé Sat, Apr 11 / 10:30 AM Wed, May 20 / 7 PM create a craft to take home. plant hanger. We’ll also talk about Wed, Mar 4, Apr 1, May 6 / 7 PM Creativebug, a free crafting resource Design Your OwnW W available from the Library. Farmhouse Sign BROOK PARK Teen Sewing Basics Thu, Mar 26 / 7 PM Adults BRANCH Grades 6 – 12 Make your own rustic wood Mini-Movers W farmhouse sign using Cricut Design Learn basic sewing skills and create Crochet Clique a tablet pouch. Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver Space in this two-part program. Adults Mon, Mar 16 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Dance and move to your favorite Mon, Apr 13 & Tue, Apr 14 Knitters and crocheters of all storytime music with beanbags and 6:30 – 8:30 PM levels are invited to work on rhythm sticks! Family Togetherness projects, socialize and create 3/17 Drop in for a variety of Fri, Mar 27, Apr 24, May 22 / 10 AM Travelin’ Tuesdays: projects for donation. fun activities for the entire family. Raisin’ Canes W Mon, Mar 2, 16 / 7 PM 5/7 Join us for a showing of Story Suitcase Adults The dance group will entertain us a new family-friendly movie – Grades K – 5 Student Volunteers W and popcorn! Author-illustrator Betsy Snyder will with patriotic songs. Grades 4 – 12 Tue, Mar 17; Thu, May 7 / 6 – 8 PM take you on a behind-the-scenes Tue, Apr 21 / 2 – 4 PM Help out at the library, enjoy journey of how she creates children’s a variety of fun activities and books. Each child will also receive Music of the Scots-Irish make new friends. one of her books! Migration to America W Tue, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5 / 4:30 PM Sat, Mar 28 / 2 PM Adults UpRiver Music will perform a celebration of Celtic and Family Storytime Appalachian traditions, followed All ages with caregiver by light refreshments and a short Join us for stories, songs and Friends annual meeting. fingerplays. Tue, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5 / 7 PM Tue, Apr 28 / 7 PM W Nate the Great, the Musical W Matter of Balance Adults Ages 4 – 10 with caregiver The musical, based on the This eight-week series will emphasize book by Marjorie Sharmat, is a practical strategies to manage and ROCK THE VOTE! funny, sweet, rollicking good time prevent falls as well as improve Ages 16 – 24 that celebrates art, friendship, balance flexibility and strength. Mon, Mar 9 – Apr 27 / 1 – 3 PM Learn about the history and importance of voting as well as the effect creative thinking, and, of course, of community issues in local elections, the developments in voting rights pancakes. Sponsored by the Raspberry Pi Basics W and the significance of accurate census reporting. Kathaleen Lube Trust. Sat, May 2 / 2 PM Grades 6 – 12 Learn to build and program MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH electronic circuits using a Fri, Mar 20 / 2 PM Tue, Apr 21 / 6:30 PM microcomputer. GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Tue, Mar 10 / 6 – 8 PM Thu, Apr 9 / 6:30 PM Wed, Apr 29 / 7 PM Between the Lines: BROOK PARK BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Coloring for Adults W Thu, Apr 16 / 7 PM Tue, May 12 / 6 PM Relieve stress and relax with provided coloring sheets and utensils. Thu, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14 / 7 PM 20 W Registration Required Camp Magic With Mr. Zap! W Teen Makerspace W Teen Cooking With Charlie W Injustice 2 Tournament W Grades 1 – 12 Grades 6 – 12 Ages 10 – 18 Ages 10 – 18 Mr. Zap will teach you a variety Use iPads and a Cricut cutting Learn how simple it is to make Battle head-to-head and see if of magic tricks and how to present machine to create your own snacks and drinks. Each month you’ve got what it takes to be the them. Sponsored by the International stickers, bookmarks and cards. will feature a different recipe. best hero or villain in town! Brotherhood of Magicians/ Tue, Apr 28 / 6 PM Sat, Mar 14, Apr 11 / 2 PM Sat, Mar 28 / 11 AM Cleveland Area Ring 23. Thu, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21 / 4 PM Mother-Daughter Spa DIY W Brooklyn Cinema W 30-Minute Meal W Ages 9 & up with adult Hoosiers (PG) Adults Fun Painting Techniques W Work together to make bath bombs Sat, Mar 14 / 2 PM Learn how to make a quick meal Grades K – 5 and sugar scrubs, and wrap them Frozen II (PG) using a mobile kitchen. Focus on spring as you try out up in a beautiful package. Thu, Apr 2 / 7 PM Thu, Apr 9 / 7 PM several easy techniques and create Sat, May 2 / 11 AM – 1 PM Over the Hedge (PG) an original painting. Tue, Apr 14 / 2:30 PM Tales, Tots & Tasty Tidbits W Tue, Mar 24 / 11 AM Bottoms Up! Yoga Class W A League of Their Own (PG) Ages 2 – 6 with caregiver Adults Sat, Apr 25 / 2 PM We’ll read some favorite books Ex-STREAM-ly Fun Building Each session in this all-levels Star Wars: The Rise of about spring and make our own Challenge W yoga class is a unique and Skywalker (PG-13) fun craft to eat! Grades 2 – 6 with caregiver stand-alone experience. Sat, May 2 / 11:30 AM Fri, Apr 10 / 11 AM Compete in teams to build tall and Thu, May 7 – 28 / 6:30 PM Seabiscuit (PG-13) creative structures out of a variety Sat, May 9 / 2 PM Beginner Jewelry Making W of objects. Basic Robotics Grades 3 – 7 Wed, Mar 25 / 2 PM Adults, ages 7 & up Clean Eating to Total Wellness W Learn how to make a wire Using Lego WeDo kits, learn how Adults wrap bracelet. Giant Game Day to make simple robots that beep, Laura Flak, a certified life and Wed, Apr 15 / 2 – 4 PM All ages spin and flash. holistic health coach, will discuss Drop in during spring break for Sat, May 16 / 10 AM – 12 PM why diets don’t work and how to Glass Etching W jumbo Plinko, giant Connect 4, shift to whole food nutrition. Adults realistic bowling, jumbo speed Escape from the Library W Mon, Mar 16 / 7:15 PM Using stencils created with the stackers, a sensory rainbow tunnel, Grades 6 – 12 Cricut Maker, create a unique alphabet stepping stones, jumbo See if you can solve the mystery Student Friends W project with etching cream. Uno and spin baseball! and escape in time! Grades 4 – 8 Tue, Apr 21 / 1 PM or 7:15 PM Thu, Mar 26 / 11 AM – 7 PM Tue, May 26 / 4 PM Help at the library and enjoy fun activities and a snack. Don’t Get Left Behind W Magic: The Casualing W Wed, Mar 18, Apr 22, May 20 / 3:30 PM Adults All ages BROOKLYN BRANCH Find out what hot books will be Play the popular card game Magic: How Does Your coming out soon! The Gathering in a variety of styles Monthly Creative Art Space W Garden Grow? W Thu, Apr 23 / 1:30 PM and formats. Adults Grades 1 – 3 Thu, May 21 / 7:15 PM Sat, Mar 28, Apr 25, May 30 / 1 – 5 PM Bring an art project to work on or try Make a craft for your garden and out new mediums alongside other plant seeds to take home. Super Smash Bros. W Emotional Freedom Technique W creative types. Sat, Mar 21 / 11 AM Ultimate Tournament Adults Tue, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5 / 7:15 PM Ages 10 – 18 Learn about EFT tapping, a self- Understanding Long-Term See if you have what it takes treatment technique that helps Fantasy Field of Dreams W Care Options W to be the ultimate player. to decrease stress, anxiety and Adults Adults Sat, Apr 25 / 10:30 AM –12:30 PM depression as well as improve sleep. We’ll go over the basics of fantasy Learn how to determine the best W Thu, Apr 2 / 1 PM baseball and the best ways to option for you or a loved one. Movie With Science Tue, Apr 14 / 7 PM prepare for your league. Tue, Mar 24 / 7:15 PM Ages 4 & up with caregiver Thu, Mar 5 / 7:15 PM W Watch Flubber and enjoy fresh Easy Sewing for W Kindergarten Kids popcorn. After the movie, young Kitchen & Home Mystery Maker Club W Ages 4 & 5 with caregiver chemists will make their own flubber! Adults, teens Grades 4 – 6 Fun activities will prepare you and Tue, Apr 28 / 6 PM Spring clean and stash bust at the Help create an escape room your child for kindergarten. same time! Learn the fundamentals program for the library. Thu, Mar 26, Apr 16, May 14 / 7 PM of operating a sewing machine Sat, Mar 7, Apr 4 / 10 AM – 12 PM and make simple organizers for the kitchen and home. Sat, Apr 18 / 10 AM – 1 PM

W Registration Required 21 Free Comic Book Day W Teen Makers W Photography of Eric Malmquist Fuse Bead Challenge Club W All ages Grades 6 – 12 All ages Grades 6 – 12 Along with free comics, we’ll have 3/7 Custom stickers: Draw a design Enjoy the photographer’s work in the Make a fun project each month. door prizes, a trivia contest and a and use a Cricut cutting machine main level meeting room. 3/5 Pentominoes puzzle; superhero movie with popcorn! to create your own stickers. Fri, May 1 – Sat, Jun 27 4/2 Key hook; 5/7 Cactus plant during library hours Sat, May 2 / 11 AM – 2 PM 4/4 Custom cards: Create spring- Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 7 / 3:45 PM themed multidimensional cards W Escape Room W using a Cricut cutting machine. Plant Exchange When Disaster Strikes W Adults Grades 3 – 7 Sat, Mar 7, Apr 4 / 2 PM Adults Meet other gardeners to exchange See if your team can beat the clock The Cuyahoga County Office of surplus perennials. The exchange and solve the puzzles to find the Guided Chakra Meditation W Emergency Management will discuss will begin at 10 AM. locked treasure. Adults preparing for the types of incidents Sat, May 2 / 9:45 AM Sat, May 16 / 2 PM or 3:30 PM Jan Webber of Holistic Life Solutions that could occur. will lead sessions for meditators of Thu, Mar 5 / 7 PM NBA 2K Tournament W all experience levels. Zap’s Magic Thrill Show Grades 5 – 12 Wed, Mar 11, 25, Apr 8, 22, All ages Seuss-apalooza W Zap and his menagerie of funny Compete to see if you have what it May 13, 27 / 7 PM Families magical characters will perform takes to win! Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday with funny routines with audience Sat, May 23 / 10 AM – 12 PM We Make Music Storytime W stories, songs and crafts. participation. All ages with caregiver Sat, Mar 7 / 2 PM Bang, rattle, swish and twirl along Sat, May 9 / 11 AM at our interactive musical storytime Teen Breakfast Bonanza W CHAGRIN FALLS Teen Culinary Literacy W BRANCH with an accompaniment by Isaac Grades 6 – 12 Becker-Howell. Ages 13 – 18 Learn how to make eggs, French Sat, Mar 21 / 10 AM Learn cooking basics, including toast and other dishes. Photography of Ron Reminick how to read a recipe, measure Sat, Mar 14 / 11 AM – 1:30 PM All ages ingredients, analyze nutrition labels View the anthropologist’s photos of a Spring Break Tech Time and make some tasty snacks. W remote Ethiopian village in the main Grades 2 – 5 Art Club Sat, May 16 / 2 PM level meeting room. Reminick will 3/23 Robotics Beginning Blocks: Grades K – 5 discuss his archaeological research Explore the world of Lego Instill the love of art and creativity in at an April 11 presentation. Mindstorms and program a robot. your children by allowing them to Exhibit 3/24 Green screen workshop: Learn FAIRVIEW PARK get their hands dirty and explore art Sun, Mar 1 – Thu, Apr 30 about chroma-key technology and BRANCH in its many forms. during library hours create a miniature green screen. Mon, Mar 16, Apr 13, May 18 / 4 PM Presentation W 3/25 Stop-motion animation: Irish Music & Dance W Sat, Apr 11 / 2 PM Bring Lego characters to life and Adults Marvelous Minecrafters W sculpt your own story using Stop Brian and Kristen Bigley will share Grades 2 – 5 Celebrate Seuss Storytime Motion for iPad. 3/26 Coding for stories and perform Irish dance Play the pocket version, plan future Children with caregiver Beginners: Learn the basics through and music. Minecraft programs and enjoy In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, we’ll unplugged and tech opportunities. Mon, Mar 2 / 7 PM activities. have tons of fun with books, rhymes, Mon, Mar 23 – Thu, Mar 26 / 2 – 4 PM Tue, Mar 17, Apr 28, May 19 / 4 PM games and silly Seussical activities. Music & Movement Mon, Mar 2 / 10 AM When Disaster Strikes W Ages birth – 5 years with caregiver Teen Maker Club W Adults Join us for a story followed by songs Grades 6 – 12 Friday Documentary Films W The Cuyahoga County Office of and movement activities. Create unique STEAM projects Adults Emergency Management will discuss Wed, Mar 4 – Apr 29 / 10 AM using your critical-thinking skills. 3/6 California Typewriter; preparing for the types of incidents 3/19 Light-up card; 4/16 Simple 4/3 Honeyland; 5/1 Fat: that could occur. Harry Potter Club W motor toothbrush; 5/21 Morse A Documentary Mon, Mar 30 / 7 PM Grades 4 – 8 code machine Fri, Mar 6, Apr 3, May 1 / 12 – 2 PM Celebrate the magical world through Thu, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21 / 3:45 PM The Money Game W book discussions, crafts and other Ages 11 – 18 activities. 3/4 All about owls; Preschool Playgroup W Learn about money and investing in 4/1 Weasley’s wizard wheezes; Ages 3 – 5, but not yet in kindergarten, a fun-filled program in whichyou 5/13 Herbology 101 with caregiver are the pieces of the game. Wed, Mar 4, Apr 1, May 13 / 3:30 PM Enjoy stories, songs, play and Sat, Apr 18 / 1 – PM educational activities with your child as you get to know other preschool families. Fri, Mar 20, Apr 10 / 10 AM

22 W Registration Required W W From Lee Harvey OswaldW Teen Sewing Basics What’s New in the Garden to the Kennedys … Grades 6 – 12 Adults Adults Learn basic sewing skills and create Noelle Clark Akin from Petitti Fairview Park resident Joseph a pencil pouch. Garden Centers will talk about Reardon will return with a fresh Mon, Apr 20; Tue, Apr 21; & new annuals, perennials, trees, discussion of Oswald. Wed, Apr 22 / 3:45 PM shrubs and garden products. Mon, Mar 23 / 7 PM W Tue, May 19 / 7 PM W Sewing Basics Våffeldagen, aka Waffle Day Adults Bubble Tea DIY W Families Learn sewing skills and create an Grades 6 – 12 Celebrate the Swedish holiday by infinity scarf. Learn how to make bubble tea, an making several recipes. Wed, Apr 22 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM anime staple. Then we’ll munch on MAY 2 Wed, Mar 25 / 3:30 PM Pocky and watch anime. Bees & (Seed) Bombs W Wed, May 20 / 3:45 PM Visit any of our branches National Crayon Day Commemorate Earth Day by Saturday, May 2 for free All ages learning how to make reusable comics (while supplies last) Stop by the children’s area to color a beeswax wraps and seed bombs. GARFIELD HEIGHTS provided courtesy of Carol picture to celebrate! You’re never too Adults BRANCH and John’s Comic Book Shop, old to color. Sat, Apr 25 / 10 AM – 12 PM cnjcomics.com. Plus, some Tue, Mar 31 / during library hours Grades 6 – 12 Music & Movement Storytime of our branches have special Sat, Apr 25 / 2 – 4 PM events planned. Ages 19 month – 5 years Women for the Vote W Ohio First Ladies W with caregiver Adults This interactive storytime features Adults Women in History actress will music and creative movement and Jennifer Highfield from the National portray three suffragists – Susan B. introduces early literacy concepts. First Ladies’ Library will discuss the Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Tue, Mar 3 – Apr 28 / 10 AM and Sojourner Truth – who demand seven first ladies who called Ohio equal rights for women. home between 1841 and 1923. Drop In & Innovate Mon, Apr 27 / 7 PM Tue, Mar 31 / 7 PM Adults W May the Fourth Be With You W Learn about the equipment and You Can Uke! software in our Innovation Center Families Grades 5 – 8 and complete a fun project. We’re celebrating all things Learn how to make music on the 3/5, 4/22 Vinyl cutter; 3/14 Family Star Wars with stories, crafts W ukulele. If you don’t have a ukulele, project; 3/25, 5/7 Heat press; Innovation Creations and activities. we’ll provide one. 4/2, 5/16 Embroidery machine; Adults Mon, May 4 / 6:30 PM Use the software and technology Sat, Apr 11 / 2 PM 4/11, 5/27 Laser engraver W Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 7 in our Innovation Center to create Teen Smoothie Making Morning Music With W 2 – 4 PM custom designs. 3/11 Garden Grades 6 – 12 The Music Settlement Sat, Mar 14, Apr 11, May 16 sign; 4/8 Engraved jewelry; Learn how to make healthy and Families 9:30 – 11:30 AM 5/13 Flower press delicious smoothies. Learn, create, inspire and heal with Wed, Mar 25, Apr 22, May 27 Wed, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 Wed, Apr 15 / 3:45 PM a special event from the music and 6:30 – 8:30 PM 6:30 – 8:30 PM arts organization. Mad Science: Fire & Ice W Wed, May 6 / 10 AM Positive Parenting Group Teen Cuisine 101 W Families All ages with caregiver Grades 6 – 12 Mad Science of Northeast Ohio Breakfast for Dinner W Enjoy light refreshments as we Each month we’ll focus on learning will present exciting scientific Families make connections with other families new recipes using real ingredients. demonstrations that will stretch Breakfast can be delicious any time. about various parenting topics. Come prepared to chop, cook your brain. Cook as a family and then eat what Children can play while parents and taste! 3/14 Dips, salsa Sat, Apr 18 / 2 PM you’ve made! and caregivers engage. and hummus; 4/25 Smoothies; Mon, May 11 / 6:30 PM Tue, Mar 10, Apr 7, May 5 / 6:30 PM 5/23 Breakfast Greenprint Training I: Sat, Mar 14, Apr 25, May 23 / 2 PM Introduction W Charlie Chan W Adults Adults The Cuyahoga County Planning Lou Armagno will share his Commission will show you how to extensive knowledge of all things access and use this set of mapping Charlie Chan and Earl Derr Biggers. and planning tools. Tue, May 12 / 7 PM Mon, Apr 20 / 9:30 AM

W Registration Required 23 Kindergarten Readiness W Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver Help your child prepare for school ADAPTED PROGRAMS with stories and activities. 3/17, 3/18 ABCs; 4/14, 4/15 Sorting cuyahogalibrary.org/adapted Tue, Mar 17, Apr 14 / 6:45 PM Wed, Mar 18, Apr 15 / 10:30 AM

Sewing 101 W W Library for All: Adapted P.A.L.S. Big-Screen W Music Therapy & More Adults Adult Programs W Sensory-Friendly Movies Ages birth – 6 years with families Learn the basics of using a sewing Enjoy fun adapted programs – All ages Children who are struggling in machine and complete a simple featuring stories, art and music – The sound is lower, the lights are an area of development will use project. 3/19 Book tote; specifically designed for adults brighter and talking, singing and music to improve their motor 5/21 Tablet case with developmental disabilities moving are perfectly acceptable! skills, communication, social skills Thu, Mar 19, May 21 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM and their caregivers. These sensory-friendly events are and behavior. great for movie lovers on the Robotics Hungry Alligator W BAY VILLAGE BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH autism spectrum and/or with Ages 7 – 10 Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 / 6 PM Sat, Mar 21, Apr 18, special needs as well as anyone Learn about wheels, pulleys and May 16 / 10:30 AM W who prefers this type of experience. gears as you create a robot and P.A.L.S. Monthly Meetups 3/23 Toy Story 4 (PG); 4/13 Trolls SOLON BRANCH explore basic coding. Adults of all abilities (PG); 5/23 Dora and the Lost City Fri, Mar 27, Apr 24, Sat, Mar 21 / 2 PM P.A.L.S. stands for Programs for of Gold (PG) May 22 / 10:20 AM All Lives, a series of adapted Tween Zone W programs created especially PARMA-SNOW BRANCH W Mon, Mar 23, Apr 13; Sat, May 23 Defiant & Difficult Behavior Ages 3 – 6 for customers with special Families of elementary-age children 11 AM – 1 PM Join us for lots of fun involving needs. 3/12 Volunteer project; Jay Berk, PhD, will discuss the science experiments, technology, 4/9 Game night; 5/14 Movie Adapted Sense & Play W possible causes of difficult building, art and music. night – School of Rock behaviors. He will also provide Ages birth – 6 years with families Mon, Mar 23 / 1:30 PM strategies you can use to combat PARMA-SNOW BRANCH This adapted playgroup is safe defiant and difficult behaviors. W Thu, Mar 13, Apr 9, May 14 / 6 PM and welcoming for children with Baby & Toddler Play: Farm varying learning styles and abilities. PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Ages birth – 3 years with caregiver Adapted Storytimes W Meet other families and experience Tue, May 5 / 6:30 PM Boost your child’s brain through Children with caregiver a wide variety of developmentally play! Bond with your baby as you Children with varying learning appropriate toys with your child. Sensory Consults W play with toys and enjoy activities. styles and abilities will learn Wed, Mar 25 / 10:30 AM SOUTHEAST BRANCH Ages 18 months – 12 years together in a safe, supportive Sign up for a 15-minute time slot to Sat, May 23 / 10:30 AM W environment where respect and meet with a pediatric occupational Picture Book-palooza appreciation for differences is therapist. Your child will engage in Ages 3 – 7 with caregiver encouraged. IN PARTNERSHIP some activities while you complete Celebrate your love of favorite authors. SOLON BRANCH WITH CONNECTING a checklist. Also, learn strategies to use at home. Sat, Mar 28 / 11 AM Sat, Mar 14, Apr 11 / 10:30 AM FOR KIDS PARMA BRANCH Register at connectingforkids.org SOLON BRANCH STEAM Time W Wed, May 13 / 6:30 – 8 PM Sat, Mar 14, May 23 / 11 AM or call 440.570.5908. Grades K – 3 Every session we’ll have a different MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH W Elementary Experiences W Sat, Mar 28, Apr 25 / 11 AM Teach Me to Play adventure – science experiments, Ages 7 – 12 with caregiver Ages 18 months – 6 years who are technology, building things, art NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Through role plays and activities, struggling in an area of development and music. Sat, Apr 4 / 10 AM learn strategies for handling worry. Connect with other families in Sat, Apr 4 / 11 AM SOUTHEAST BRANCH a supportive and accepting MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Sat, Apr 25 / 10:30 AM environment. Children will practice Sat, May 16 / 1 PM or 2:30 PM Spring Fling W speech and social skills through play, Ages 2 – 10 with caregiver & families and families can interact with an Celebrate spring with dances, intervention specialist. activities and snacks. Sat, Apr 18 / 11 AM SOLON BRANCH Fri, Mar 6, Apr 3, May 8 / 10:30 AM

24 W Registration Required W W W Moms, Grandmas &W Hoarding VolunTeens Successful Aging Aunties Tea Party Adults Steri-Clean professionals will Grades 5 – 12 Adults Ages 3 – 13 with caregiver discuss hoarding types, risks and Have fun, make friends and Cleveland Clinic specialists will Celebrate Mother’s Day and the hazards. help the community as you earn explain how they work with adults special people in your life with Wed, Mar 18 / 11 AM service hours. over 50 to uncover the “secret sauce” tea, coffee, juice and pastries. Tue, Mar 10, Apr 2, May 12 / 7 PM that keeps them feeling good. Sat, May 9 / 11 AM W Fairy Garden W Mon, Apr 20 / 6 PM W Grades K – 5 Music & Movement Perennial Exchange Create your own fairy garden. Ages birth – 35 months with caregiver DIY Marbleized Mugs W Adults Mon, Apr 6 / 4 PM Staff from The Music Settlement Adults Bring extra plants from your yard will lead a class of moving, singing Create a marbleized mug using to exchange for others. School Readiness W and chanting in a musically rich nail polish and water as a gift for Tue, May 26 / 7 PM Ages 5 – 7 with caregiver environment. yourself or a loved one. Story play: Strengthen essential Mon, Mar 16; Wed, Mar 18 / 10 AM Thu, Apr 23 / 7 PM language and reading skills by GATES MILLS playing story games and making Battle for the Ballot: Lego Challenge W BRANCH up your own silly tales. Cleveland’s Suffragist Grades 2 – 5 Mon, Apr 13 / 4 PM Movement W Complete challenges and try Dr. Seuss Day W Adults to guess what other builders Grades K – 5 American Girl Pizza Garden W Hear the stories behind the local have created. Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday with a Grades K – 5 women who advocated for suffrage Sat, May 2 / 2 PM story and make a shape to go along Hear about Lanie’s pizza garden in this program from the Cleveland with it. and make one you can bring home. History Center. Women Who Rock W Mon, Mar 2 / 4 PM Mon, May 4 / 4 PM Mon, Mar 16 / 7 PM Adults Years before Elvis and the Beatles, Teen Artists W Families Together female musicians were playing a Grades 6 – 12 INDEPENDENCE Celebrate family time with a form of music that would eventually 3/4 Custom cards: Create spring- BRANCH scavenger hunt and other fun be recognized as rock ‘n’ roll. themed multidimensional greeting activities. Experience the music and legacy of cards. 4/2 Paper crafting: Create You Can Uke! W Thu, Mar 19 / 6 – 8 PM these pioneers. a 3D animal using tabs and fold Grades 5 – 12 W Thu, May 7 / 7 PM lines. 5/21 Decorative tile: Paint Learn how to make music on the Harry Potter Trivia W geometric patterns on ceramic tile ukulele. If you don’t have a ukulele, Grades 5 – 12 Summer Smoothies keepsakes. we’ll provide one. Join us for a fun-filled evening of Adults Wed, Mar 4; Thu, Apr 2, May 21 / 4 PM Tue, Mar 3 / 3:30 PM trivia, treats and games! Learn about the benefits of Wed, Mar 25 / 6:30 PM healthy smoothies, discover the Kindergarten Readiness W W ingredients and supplements that School Readiness W Preschoolers with caregiver Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver Forget About It can supercharge your smoothie, and My neighborhood: Help your 3/4, 3/5 Making choices: Children Adults sample several varieties. preschooler make the transition will explore cause and effect while Discover common misconceptions Thu, May 14 / 7 PM into their first year of school by practicing problem-solving skills at about memory and learn how to W building self-awareness skills and learning stations. 4/8, 4/9 Patterns remember better regardless of age. ACT Practice & Workshop establishing positive routines. and sorting: After a story, children Sat, Apr 11 / 2 PM Grades 9 – 12 Mon, Mar 9 / 4 PM will build math skills while playing W 5/16 Take a free practice test from W with toys and making crafts. Smart Moves Huntington Learning Center. 5/26 Tech Teens Wed, Mar 4, Apr 8 / 11 AM Ages 5 – 8 with caregiver Receive your results and get test- Grades 6 – 12 Thu, Mar 5, Apr 9 / 10 AM Discover the magic of books through taking tips. 3/12 Learn to build and code creative movement! This program is Sat, May 16 / 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM electronic circuits using an Arduino Guppy Tank W designed to enhance and develop Tue, May 26 / 7 PM Uno. 4/9 Make your own design Grades 4 – 7 gross and fine motor coordination that we’ll print in 3D. 5/7 Make a Over four weeks, learn how to skills, creative expression and short video using an iPad, a green take a business idea from concept thinking, social interaction, problem screen and fun backgrounds. to reality. You’ll meet real business solving, cooperative play, rhythm Thu, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 7 / 4 PM owners, develop a creative and and rhyming skills. persuasive pitch for a business Sat, Apr 18 / 2 PM concept and present before a panel of judges for your chance to win. Sat, Mar 7 – 28 / 10 AM – 12:30 PM

W Registration Required 25 MAPLE HEIGHTS Butterfly GardeningW Line Dancing Fun W Teen Takeover W BRANCH Adults Adults Grades 6 – 12 Learn what to plant in your garden Show off your line dancing skills Explore the exciting technology Messy Mondays to attract butterflies and other and learn a new dance or two. and equipment in our Innovation Ages 3 – 7 with caregiver pollinators. Beginners welcome! Center as you become part of the Enjoy stories, songs and a fun, Thu, Mar 26 / 7 PM Thu, May 7 & 14 / 10 AM maker movement and work on your creative and messy activity. own project. Younger siblings welcome. Unicorn Party W Once Upon a Prom Tue, Mar 10, 24, Apr 14, 28, May 12, 26 Mon, Mar 2 – Apr 20 / 7 PM Grades K – 5 Teens 3:30 PM Celebrate this fantastical, mythical If you need somewhere to snap Teen Tuesday animal with crafts, stories and Instagram-worthy prom pics, Arts for Wellness: Grades 6 – 12 games. strike a pose in front of our styled Acrylic Pour Painting W Meet up with friends for fun activities Sat, Mar 28 / 2:30 PM backdrops! Adults designed just for you. Fri, May 8 / 1 – 5 PM In this two-part series, create Tue, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5 / 3:45 PM Homeschool: STEAM W abstract designs by pouring Grades 1 – 5 3D Design Basics W and sprinkling paint. To register, Growing Flowers for Bouquets W Use your creative ingenuity to Adults call University Hospitals at Adults explore and experiment through a Explore hands-on digital creation 216.844.1211. Learn what flowers are best for using variety of activities. using a 3D modeling program. Tue, Mar 10 & 17 / 5:30 – 7:30 PM in bouquets. Mon, Mar 30, Apr 27 / 10:30 AM Tue, May 19 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Thu, Mar 5 / 7 PM Get Ready for Kindergarten W Healthy Cooking With Children entering kindergarten Let’s Play! Cleveland Clinic W MAYFIELD BRANCH with caregiver Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver Adults Join us each month to build We’ve turned the library into an Cleveland Clinic will show you Art Hour W kindergarten readiness skills. 3/13 Alphabet; 4/10 Science; indoor playground featuring some how to prepare healthy meals on Grades 6 – 12 5/7 My neighborhood of our Toy Library’s greatest hits, a budget. Join us for an hour (or maybe more) Fri, Mar 13, Apr 10, May 7 / 10 AM including balance beams, tunnels Thu, Apr 2 / 7 PM of creativity and crafting. and dinosaur bowling. Mon, Mar 2, Apr 7, May 4 / 3:30 PM W Wed, Mar 11 / 11 AM Tai Chi for Beginners W Homeschooler Monday Adults Sewing 101 W Grades 6 – 12 Engage in fun activities, including Teen STEAM Learn how to cultivate total harmony Adults games, arts/crafts and maker Grades 6 – 12 of the inner and outer self as you Learn the basics and create a simple projects. Socialize, challenge yourself and reduce stress and anxiety and project. Mon, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 18 get creative with fun STEAM-based increase flexibility and balance. Wed, Mar 4 / 2 – 4 PM 10:30 AM activities. Tue, Apr 14, 21 & 28 / 10 AM – 12 PM Tue, Mar 17, Apr 21, May 19 / 3:45 PM Drop In & Innovate Pixel Art W Toddler Explorers Adults W Grades 6 – 12 Slime Science Ages 1 – 3 with a caregiver Work on your project using the tools Create melted bead artwork Grades 1 – 5 Explore and learn through engaging and equipment in our Innovation for display in a variety of ways, Make three different types of slime activities. We have the potential to Center. We’ll be available for including puzzles, keychains and and investigate the science behind get messy, so wear play clothes. assistance if you need any. picture frames. them. Thu, Apr 23 / 11:30 AM Wed, Mar 4, 18, Apr 1, 15, 29, Tue, Mar 17 / 3:30 PM Mon, Mar 23 / 2:30 PM May 13, 27 / 2 – 4 PM Pretty Paper Purses W Jr. Robotics W Music Exploration: Winds Adults Cars, Trains, Trucks & Planes W Ages 7 – 10 Grades K – 3 Create an adorable paper handbag Preschoolers with caregiver If you love Lego bricks and are Explore the wonderful world of perfect for a Mother’s Day gift – or Share our favorite toys that go looking for a new adventure with wind instruments and then create any occasion! “vroom!” as you connect with like-minded friends, join us to build your own. Tue, May 5 / 6 – 8:45 PM your child and other families STEM skills and explore the world of Thu, Mar 26 / 2:30 PM during free play. WeDo robots. Read With Your Heroes Mon, Mar 9 / 10:30 AM Thu, Mar 26 / 6:30 PM Ages 3 – 5 Enjoy a special storytime with a Maple Heights firefighter and visit a fire truck. Wed, May 6 / 10:30 AM

26 W Registration Required WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH cuyahogalibrary.org/whm This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment. We have special events planned in March to honor all the women who shaped our country’s history – from suffragists to scientists to singers.

Intro to 3D Design W Innovation Center Boot Camp W MIDDLEBURG Let’s Cook Together! W Adults Adults HEIGHTS BRANCH Grades 2 – 4 with caregiver Explore hands-on digital creation In this three-day program, create Bring a grown-up and share the using a 3D modeling program. a cutting board tablet holder by You Can Uke! W joy of creating something healthy Thu, Mar 26 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM painting, gluing and stenciling. Adults and delicious. W Mon, May 4; Tue, May 5; Learn to make music on the ukulele. Sat, Mar 21, May 2 / 2:30 PM Science Sleuths: Air Wed, May 6 / 6 – 8:45 PM If you don’t have a ukulele, we’ll W Grades K – 4 W provide one. Build It! Explore how air moves objects, flies May the Fourth Be With You Wed, Mar 4 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Grades K – 3 planes and spins paper in spirals. Grades K – 8 Share a story and use Lego bricks to Fri, Mar 27 / 2 PM Join us for fun and games from a Is 60 the New 50? W build on a related theme. W galaxy far, far away. Adults Mon, Mar 23, Apr 27, May 18 / 7 PM Arduino Basics Mon, May 4 / 6:30 PM An Oakview Behavioral Health W Ages 11 – 18 W Center counselor will explain how to Spring Floral Design Learn to build and code electronic Robotics Orientation tweak your lifestyle for health and Adults circuits using an Arduino Uno. Adults longevity. Floral designer Dan Filer will show Thu, Apr 2 / 6:30 PM Get acquainted with the popular Thu, Mar 5 / 7 PM you how to brighten any room with Lego Mindstorms EV3 as you build fresh flowers. Spring Preschool STEAM W and program with this robotics kit. Preschool Coding W Mon, Mar 23 / 7 PM Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver Thu, May 14 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Ages 4 & 5 with caregiver W Join us for STEAM stations that W Children can learn the foundations Music of the Civil War celebrate spring. Laser Engraver Basics of coding before they can write or Adults Sat, Apr 4 / 10:30 AM Adults spell! Bring your child for fun coding Historical reenactor Tim Krugman Learn how to cut personalized games and activities. will entertain us with songs from the Cricut Basics W projects in our Innovation Center. Sat, Mar 7 / 11 AM era and educate us about the vital Adults Mon, May 18 / 6:30 PM role of music in soldier’s daily lives. Get an introduction to the Cricut Glass Etching/Pickle Jar W Mon, Mar 30 / 7 PM Homeschool Social Studies: machine and learn how to create W Adults and cut personalized projects out Ancient Egypt Create a unique glass etching on Arts for Wellness: Sculpey of a variety of materials. Grades K – 3 a jar during the first session, and Picture Frame W Tue, Apr 21 / 6:30 PM Explore the history and culture of make homemade pickles in the In this two-part series, create an as you dig for treasures, build a second session. inspirational picture frame using clay. Sound Nap W pyramid and stamp your name Thu, Mar 12 & 19 / 2 – 4 PM To register, call University Hospitals Adults in hieroglyphs. at 216.844.1211. Lie down in a relaxing environment Thu, May 21 / 2 PM Sat, Apr 11 & 18 / 9:30 – 11:30 AM Healthy Living for W and completely immerse yourself in W Your Brain & Body W the music as you explore the corners Innovation Creations Adults Rachel Carson of your imagination. All ages Learn about research on diet, Adults Sat, Apr 25 / 11 AM or 2 PM See our laser cutter in action and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity Learn about the influence of the then paint and assemble laser-cut and social engagement. Then use environmental science author and Mother’s Day Aprons W wooden horses. Children ages 6 tools to incorporate these into a plan her 1962 book Silent Spring. Grades 1 – 5 with caregiver and up welcome with supervision. for healthy aging. Tue, Apr 14 / 2 PM Make a personalized gift for your Tue, May 26 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Mon, Mar 16 / 7 PM mom/grandma/other special lady using the cutting machine and T-shirt press. Mon, Apr 27 / 6:30 PM

W Registration Required 27 Teens Cook: Bring on Brinner! W Vision Screening W NORTH OLMSTED ACT Practice W Grades 6 – 12 Adults BRANCH High school students Learn how to make delicious and Southwest General Health Center Take a practice exam at the library. nutritious breakfast dishes that are will offer screenings. To register, call Teen Minecraft Meetup W Sat, Mar 28 / 9:30 – 1 PM perfect for any time of day. 440.816.4037. Grades 6 – 12 Wed, Apr 15 / 7 PM Thu, May 7 / 9 – 11 AM Explore, build, battle and survive in From Birth to Books W exciting virtual worlds. Adults Recycle Better, Recycle Right W Mother’s Day Craft W Mon, Mar 2, Apr 6, May 4 / 4 PM Parents and soon-to-be parents: Adults Grades K – 3 Explore all the resources our Family The Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Make a special gift for your mom Tax Tips for Seniors W Place Library has to offer, plus make District will share how to recycle or grandma. Adults a keepsake for your little one. in and what you can do to make Sat, May 9 / 2 PM H&R Block will present valuable Tue, Apr 7 / 7 PM a meaningful difference in your information. community. Simple Healthy Meals for Wed, Mar 4 / 2 PM Froggy Fun W Thu, Apr 16 / 7 PM Beginners W Families Adults Mo Willems Party W Hop, skip and jump into spring with Fresh Cooking Learn how to make great meals with Grades K – 3 frog-themed family fun – stories, Farmers Market W just a handful of ingredients. Celebrate the famous children’s songs and games! Adults Tue, May 12 / 7 PM author with stories, activities and Sat, Apr 18 / 11 AM Join us for hands-on recipes a craft. using in-season items from the Spring Sing-Along! W Sat, Mar 7 / 11 AM Teen Escape Room: farmers market. Adult Raiders of the Lost Locker W Fri, Apr 24, May 29 / 12 PM Join us as we sing favorites, both old Magic: The Togethering W Ages 11 – 18 and new. All ages Try to conquer our escape Teddy Bear Wellness Clinic W Wed, May 13 / 7 PM Play the popular card game Magic: room challenge! Grades K – 3 The Gathering in a friendly, casual Tue, Apr 21 / 7 PM Bring a stuffed animal for a health STEAM Teens: Engineering setting. Beginners welcome! checkup with a bear doctor, a craft Challenge II W Sat, Mar 14, Apr 11, May 9 / 1 – 5 PM Mother Goose Olympics W and fun activities. Grades 6 – 10 Preschoolers Sat, Apr 25 / 2 PM Using Makedo tool kits and Balloons by Blake W Test your rhyming skills through crafts everyday household items, test Families and Olympic events. One-Hit Wonders W your building skills and in our Premier balloon artist Blake Sat, Apr 25 / 11 AM Adults engineering challenge. Parhamovich will entertain with Bill Brauning will share stories of Tue, May 19 / 7 PM magic, comedy and balloon Podcast Discussion W the short-lived fame and fortune of sculpting. Adults bands from the ‘50s and ‘60s. DIY Craft W Sat, Mar 14 / 2 PM We’ll talk about NPR’s The Habitat. Mon, Apr 27 / 7 PM Adults Tue, May 5 / 7 PM Create a unique craft with Women Who Rock W Genealogy 101 W provided supplies. Adults Rain Gardens W Adults Wed, May 20 / 2 PM or 7 PM Years before Elvis and the Beatles, Adults Learn the basics of research with tips female musicians were playing a Tri-C’s Greg Malone will teach the and tricks from Linda Rowan Arida. Boost Your Breast Health! W form of music that would eventually essentials of building a rain garden, Mon, May 4 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Adults be recognized as rock ‘n’ roll. commonly described as a beautiful Cleveland Clinic will discuss what Experience the music and legacy solution to pollution. Elvis: Kingtinued W you can do to improve your health of these pioneers. Wed, May 6 / 7 PM Adults and reduce your risk of breast cancer. Wed, Mar 18 / 7 PM Elvis Presley tribute artist Frank Wed, May 27 / 7 PM Mini-Fairy Gardens W Worley will perform a fun-filled Teen STEAM W Grades 3 – 5 hour of music. Ages 11 – 18 Make your own special creation. Wed, May 6 / 7 PM Engage in STEAM-themed activities Sat, May 16 / 11 AM and projects. 3/24 Stop-motion animation; 5/19 Glass etching Tue, Mar 24, May 19 / 6 PM

28 W Registration Required NORTH ROYALTON Bad to the Bone W Pete the Cat Pajama Jam W Toddler Sensory Playtime W BRANCH Adults Ages 3 – 6 with caregiver Ages 1 – 4 with a caregiver Southwest General Health Center’s Enjoy an evening of stories, songs, Play together and explore different VolunTeens W Ashley Zupancic will discuss crafts and snacks with everyone’s sensory stations. Grades 6 – 12 osteoporosis and how to prevent favorite feline. Wear your pajamas! Thu, Mar 19 / 6:30 PM Get involved in your community brittle bones. Tue, May 19 / 6:30 PM while receiving service hours Fri, Mar 27 / 11 AM Sweet & Savory Butters W for school. DIY Dog Bandanas W Adults Wed, Mar 19, Apr 23, May 20 / 7 PM Duct Tape-palooza W Adults Learn to make sweet and savory Grades 6 – 12 Create something stylish for types of butter. ACT Practice & Workshop W Make wacky and wonderful your four-legged friend. Mon, Mar 23 / 7 PM High school students creations. Tue, May 19 / 7 PM 3/14 Take a free practice test Sat, Mar 28 / 11 AM Spring Craft W from Huntington Learning Center. Magical Birthday Party W Adults 4/8 Receive your results and get Beekeeping 101 W Ages 4 – 8 Celebrate spring by making a craft. test-taking tips. Adults Children’s author Kelly Tooman Mon, Apr 6 / 7 PM Sat, Mar 14 / 9:30 AM – 1 PM Learn from Evona Gaughan, owner will read The Birthday Triplets. Kids Wed, Apr 8 / 6:30 PM of Gaughan Bee Dancin’. will receive stickers, balloons and Remember the Alamo W Tue, Apr 7 / 7 PM coloring sheets. Adults Discovering Art:W Sat, May 23 / 11 AM Enjoy a presentation from William Lines & Shapes Mini-Movers W Eichenberg, president of the Ages 3 – 5 Ages 6 – 23 months with caregiver Family Screen Printing W Olmsted Falls Historical Society. Explore tools, techniques and Join us for music, movement, play Join us for a basic introduction Mon, Apr 13 / 7 PM activity stations. and socialization. and create a summer reading Sat, Mar 14 / 11 AM Sat, Apr 18 / 10 AM tote bag. Nate the Great, the Musical W W Sat, May 23 / 2:30 PM Grades K – 4 Tots Dance Builders Challenge: Thu, May 28 / 7 PM Brecksville Theatre will perform Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver Superhero Celebration W a musical version of the popular Dance and move to music with Grades K – 3 kids’ book. beanbags and shaker eggs. Enjoy a story and make a superhero OLMSTED FALLS Sat, Apr 25 / 2 PM Sat, Mar 21 / 11 AM creation with our Lego bricks. BRANCH Thu, Apr 23 / 7 PM Sat, May 2 / 11 AM W Color, LandscapingW & Exterior W W Grace Court Design Concepts The Women of Pop Music Play, Learn & Grow Adults Adults Adults Ages birth – 3 years with caregiver Learn about the renowned city block Learn how to color coordinate Join Joel Keller for a look at stories Enjoy interactive play stations that in Elyria. your landscaping and highlight behind influential female figures stimulate creativity and muscle Mon, Mar 9 / 7 PM the natural beauty of your home. from the early years of pop music. development. Mon, Apr 27 / 7 PM Mon, Mar 23 & 30 / 7 PM Tue, May 5 / 6:30 PM RoboVentures W Wed, May 6 / 10 AM Grades 6 – 12 3D Design Basics W An Evening With Join us for monthly free play Adults Dorothy Fuldheim W Euclid Beach Park:W and mini-challenges using Lego Explore digital creation using a 3D Adults A Look Back Mindstorms robots. modeling program. Women in History’s Ellen Rooney Adults Wed, Mar 11, Apr 15, May 13 / 7 PM Tue, May 5 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM will portray Cleveland’s legendary Relive memories of Cleveland’s broadcasting pioneer. famous amusement park with John Flower Power Family The FBI W Wed, Mar 25 / 7 PM Frato of Euclid Beach Park Now. Art Workshop W Adults Tue, May 5 / 7 PM Families Special Agent Jeff Kassouf will give Adult Coloring Club W W Let your imagination go wild and an overview of the FBI and its role in Coloring isn’t just for kids. Relax, Let’s Celebrate Mom have fun creating fanciful flowers. the community. de-stress and exercise your creativity. Families with children ages 3 – 10 Sat, Mar 14 / 2 PM Mon, May 11 / 7 PM Thu, Mar 26, May 14 / 7 PM Celebrate Mother’s Day with stories and crafts. Teen Coder Club W Sat, May 9 / 11 AM Grades 6 – 12 Join us for monthly coding activities. Tue, Mar 17, Apr 21, May 19 / 6:30 PM

W Registration Required 29 ORANGE BRANCH Science Sleuths: Clues W Social Media Isolation W PARMA BRANCH Grades 1 – 4 Adults Lego MindstormsW Explore fun activities about Cleveland State University professor Read Around the World Day EV3 Robotics evidence gathering and Phil Manning will explore the Children Ages 9 – 12 crime solving. connection between social media Enjoy fun activities centered on Program a robot to conquer fun Sat, Mar 14 / 2:30 PM and isolation. Dr. Seuss and reading. and exciting challenges. Mon, Mar 23 / 7 PM Mon, Mar 2 / during library hours Wed, Mar 11 / 6 – 8 PM Jews of the Jungles & W W W W Cities in Brazil Digital Game Design Seuss & Song Mini-Movers Adults Learn the basics and create your Families Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver Travel writer Irene Shaland will own simple game. Opera singer Lara Troyer will Enjoy a high-energy session take you on a captivating journey Grades 2 – 5 introduce songs written by of music and movement using through 500 years of Jewish history Sat, Apr 4 / 11 AM Dr. Seuss and bring selections of beanbags and rhythm sticks. in Brazil. Grades 6 – 8 his books to life with music. Fri, Mar 13, Apr 10, May 22 / 10 AM Thu, Mar 19 / 7 PM Sat, Apr 4 / 2 PM Thu, Mar 5 / 7 PM

ACT Workshops W Homeschool World Explorers W Superhero Academy W Minecraft Challenge W Grades 10 – 12 Ages 6 – 14 Grades K – 3 Grades 6 – 12 Engage in section-specific reviews Each month we will “travel” to a Test your x-ray vision, battle villains, Compete in a special challenge or and strategies with a professional different country to learn about complete an obstacle course and just practice. We’ll have prizes to tutor from The Whole Kid. 3/14 its culture and customs. 3/19 meet our special superhero guests! give away! English, Reading & Writing; 3/28 Indonesia; 4/16 Philippines; Sat, Apr 18 / 2 PM Sat, Mar 7 / 11 AM – 1 PM Math & Science 5/21 New Zealand Sat, Mar 14, 28 / 9:30 AM – 12 PM Thu, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21 / 10 AM Pro Tips for College W Adult Coloring Adults & teens Discover the therapeutic benefits Learn about the admissions of coloring. process, scholarships and financial Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 / 6:30 PM aid from College Access Services W CEO Jen Easley. Let’s Go Out to the Movies Tue, Apr 21 / 7 PM Adults Enjoy a monthly movie discussion Painting Workshop W group. 3/11 Tulip Fever; Ages 11 – 16 4/8 Bohemian Rhapsody; Paint a cute blue bird perched 5/13 Rocketman on cherry blossoms using acrylics Wed, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 / 7 PM on canvas. W Sat, May 2 / 2 – 4 PM Upcycled Jewelry Adults Mother-Daughter Tea Party W Create new jewelry using pieces of Grades K – 4 with caregiver your old costume jewelry. Enjoy teas, cookies, a craft and a Thu, Mar 12 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM special story. W Sat, May 9 / 3 PM Marbling Magic Adults American Girl Kirsten W Learn about paper marbling from THE WORLD IN Grades 1 – 5 a representative from Morgan Bring your favorite doll, learn about Conservatory. W the historical character and make a Tue, Mar 17 / 7 PM YOUR BACKYARD related craft. Adults Sat, May 16 / 2 PM Brick Builders Meetup Learn about how different cultures celebrate life by sharing and asking Grades K – 5 questions of others’ experiences. This series, which runs through August, Drop in to build with friends. promotes cultural competency – the ability to understand, communicate Wed, Mar 25 / 2 PM with and effectively interact with people across cultures – and increases understanding of diversity, inclusion and equity.

PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Tue, Mar 17, Apr 21, May 19 / 7 PM

30 W Registration Required Salsa Dance W Mother’s Day Glass Etching W Lawn Care W Preschool Dance Party Grades 3 – 6 Grades 4 – 6 with caregiver Adults Families Learn the basics of salsa and Learn the art of glass etching Learn about what makes a well- Enjoy song and dance fun for the discover personal strengths, express and make a keepsake with manicured lawn, what it needs to little ones. individuality, connect with friends your grownup. look its best and how it can add Fri, Mar 13 / 10 AM and practice teamwork. Thu, May 7 / 7 PM value to your property. W Thu, Mar 26 / 2 PM Thu, Apr 2 / 7 PM Healthy Eating on a Budget Perennial Plant Swap W Adults Maker Club W Adults Embossed Metal Art W Discover healthy eating tips and Grades 6 – 12 Bring a plant; take a plant. Make Grades 6 – 12 tricks without going broke. Join us after school as we an upcycled vinyl grow-bag to take Learn about a lost art form from Wed, Mar 18 / 7 PM transform the teen space into a with you as well. Ancient Greece and make your W place for creating. Special events Tue, May 19 / 7 PM own unique creation. Teen Geek Craft include: 3/4, 3/11 & 3/18 Learn Sat, Apr 4 / 2 PM Ages 13 – 18 about female makers in science, Join us to make a geek-inspired technology, engineering, art and PARMA HEIGHTS Macramé W craft. math, and complete experiments BRANCH Grades 6 – 12 Thu, Mar 19, May 14 / 3:30 PM and projects inspired by their Make two different macramé discoveries. 3/25 Explore fun and Painted “Glass” Rings W key chains using cord, beads Adult Coloring Club educational tech gadgets. 4/8 De-stress and unwind with crayons Grades 6 – 12 and embroidery. Create a pop-up book with help Create stained-glass paintings that Sat, Apr 18 / 2 PM and colored pencils. from author and paper artist Keith are easy and amazing. Thu, Mar 19, May 21 / 7 PM Allen. 4/22 Make healthy snacks W Sat, Mar 7 / 2 PM Genealogy 101 W and yummy smoothies. Adults Balloons by Blake Wed, Mar 4 – May 13 / 4:15 PM Reader Boost Camp W Learn the basics as you research Families Premier balloon artist Blake W Grades K – 2 with caregiver your family history. Beginners Calligraphy For the first part of the program, Mon, May 11 / 7 PM Parhamovich will entertain with Adults parents will get tips from a learning magic, comedy and balloon Learn the basics of making specialist on working with their sculpting. beautiful writing. child at home, while children do PARMA-SNOW Wed, Mar 25 / 4 PM Tue, Apr 21 / 7 PM fun reading-based activities with BRANCH W W a librarian. During the second American Creed Nate the Great, the Musical part, families will participate in an Teen Innovation Club W Adults What does it mean to be American? Grades K – 4 activity together. Ages 13 – 18 Brecksville Theatre will perform Mon, Mar 9 – 30 / 6 PM Join us in the Innovation Center to What holds us together in turbulent a musical version of the popular explore exciting technology and times? Join us for a viewing of kids’ book. Brick Builders Club W equipment. Bring your ideas and this documentary, followed by a Thu, Apr 23 / 4:30 PM community conversation facilitated Grades K – 5 materials for what you might like to Build with us using our bricks and design and create! by professor John Grabowski. Kinder Skills: Scissors, Thu, Mar 26 / 7 PM W your imagination. Thu, Mar 5, Apr 9, 23, May 28 / 3:30 PM Paste & Tape Sat, Mar 21, Apr 18, May 16 / 2 PM Ages 3 – 6 Art Club W Drop In & Innovate Little ones will learn important skills. Pearl Road Book Stop W Grades K – 5 Adults Fri, Apr 24 / 11 AM Attend an Innovation Center Adults Instill the love of art and creativity Our librarian will share a few in your children by allowing them orientation and start a project. Mon, Mar 30, Apr 27, May 18 Open Play new books while you enjoy some to get their hands dirty and explore 1:30 – 3:30 PM Ages birth – 35 months refreshments. art in its many forms! Join us for developmentally Thu, Mar 26, Apr 23, May 28 / 1:30 PM Mon, Mar 9, Apr 13 / 4 PM appropriate play. Fool Your Eyes W Fri, May 1 – 29 / 11:15 AM Residential Solar Panels 101 W Blood Pressure Screenings Ages 18 & under Test your eyes and tease your brain Adults All ages W with intriguing visual puzzles. Plus, DNA 101 A representative from YellowLite will University Hospitals will offer make an eye-fooling craft and Adults explain the process and benefit of free screenings. practice your search-and-find skills. Genealogist Mary Jamba will adding solar panels. Tue, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12 Wed, Apr 1 / 4 PM discuss DNA testing and give an Wed, Apr 1 / 7 PM 10 AM – 12 PM overview of genetic genealogy. Wed, May 6 / 7 PM

W Registration Required 31 W Give-Back Crafts Fire & Light Acrobatics:W RICHMOND Preschool Art Show Adults The Shanty Circus HEIGHTS BRANCH Opening Reception Create items in our Innovation Families All ages Center that we’ll give to community Performers from the live event Junior Robotics W Come see art from local organizations. entertainment company will put on Ages 7 – 10 preschoolers. Tue, Apr 14 / 6 – 8 PM an exciting show filled with aerial Build STEM skills and explore the Sat, Mar 7 / 10 AM – 12 PM arts and acrobatics. world of WeDo robots. End of the Line W Sat, Apr 25 / 2 PM Mon, Mar 23 / 2 PM Teen Investing 101 W Grades 6 – 12 & and adults Grades 6 – 12 Prevention education group Silk Screen It W Create a Virtual Pet W Learn about securities, stocks Improbable Players will present a Grades 4 – 12 Grades 4 – 8 and bonds plus enjoy a fun live performance that addresses Try out the popular printing Explore coding with Scratch, a investing game. substance abuse. technique. block-based visual programming Sat, Mar 21 / 3 – 5 PM Wed, Apr 15 / 7 PM Mon, Apr 27 / 6:30 PM language. Mon, Apr 20 / 6:30 PM Beekeeping Basics W Zentangle-Inspired Art W Fancy Nancy Tea Party W Adults Adults Grades K – 5 Slime Party W Learn from Gaughan Bee Dancin’. Discover this easy-to-learn and You’re invited to a special tea party Grades 4 – 8 Tue, Mar 24 / 7 PM relaxing method of creating with a favorite grown-up. Fancy Take your slime to the next level with beautiful images from repetitive dress encouraged. amazing add-ins and activities. No Strangers Here Concert W patterns. Sat, May 2 / 2 PM Thu, May 7 / 6:30 PM All ages Thu, Apr 16 / 7 PM Enjoy Irish music and the unique Family Maker Night W Unplugged Coding: Emojis W sounds of the bagpipe with local Fire! Fire! Hurry! Hurry! Families Grades 3 – 8 trio No Strangers Here. Preschool – grade 5 We’ll make origami to donate Have fun exploring the similarities Wed, Apr 1 / 7 PM Enjoy activities, games and to others. between emojis and coding. crafts about fire safety, plus an Mon, May 4 / 7 PM Fri, May 15 / 4 PM Maker Program W appearance from a local firefighter! W Adults Sat, Apr 18 / 2 PM Intro to 3D Design Have fun and make a unique Grades K – 5 SOLON BRANCH creation. Explore the exciting world of Fri, Apr 17 / 11 AM 3D design. Downloadable Help W Wed, May 13 / 6:30 PM Adults NASA Program W Get one-on-one help downloading Adults eBooks, audiobooks and Staff from NASA will discuss the magazines from our Digital history and future of visualization. Collection. Mon, Apr 20 / 7 PM Mon / 2 – 3 PM Wed / 6:30 – 7:30 PM Mary Beth Ions in Concert W All ages Cinderella: A Comedy Spoof W The violinist will join us for an Families evening of fun and engaging The Peewee Playbillders will live music. perform an entertaining play. Mon, May 11 / 7 PM Free tickets are available at solonarts.org. Teen Money Game W Thu, Mar 5 / 7 PM Grades 6 – 12 Having fun while learning the ins Teens @ the Library and outs of finance. Grades 6 – 12 Sat, May 16 / 3 – 5 PM CULINARY LITERACY Join us for a variety of volunteer cuyahogalibrary.org/culinary activities. Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 7 / 4 PM Combining cooking and learning, our culinary literacy programs bring people together to talk about food and cooking while exploring new techniques, recipes and skills.

32 W Registration Required SOUTH EUCLID- Intermediate Spanish W Just for Fun Playgroup W Teen Maker Club W LYNDHURST Adults Ages birth – 5 years with caregiver Grades 6 – 12 BRANCH This course will focus on learning Connect with other parents as your Join us for coding, contraptions and simple spoken Spanish in an children socialize in a themed other creative endeavors. Spanish for Beginners W immersive environment. Completion environment. Wed, Mar 25, Apr 22, May 22 / 7 PM Adults of Spanish for Beginners is Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 7 / 10:30 AM This course will focus on learning recommended. Fold, Fling & Flash simple spoken Spanish in an Wed, Apr 1 – May 6 / 7 PM Homeschool STEM Sleuths W Fabulous Fabric W immersive environment. Grades K – 5 Adults Wed, Feb 5 – Mar 11 / 7 PM Speed Stacking Tournament W Collaborate with others and get Bring a scarf and learn about Grades 6 – 12 creative as we explore the endless different ways to fashion it. Memory Lab Help Try your hand at competitive cup possibilities of art and science Sat, Mar 28 / 2 – 4 PM Adults stacking! We’ll go over the basics through fun experiments and Drop by to work on a conversion before battling for the quickest activities. Messy Monday W project with a staff member’s speed. Mon, Mar 9, Apr 13, May 18 Grades K – 5 assistance. Wed, Apr 15 / 3:30 PM 10:30 AM Join us for stories, songs and Tue, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5 / 7 PM messy activities! Cricut Card Making W VolunTeens W Mon, Mar 30, Apr 27 / 6:30 PM Empress Alexandra W Grades 6 – 12 Grades 5 – 12 Adults Make 3D cards for family Have fun and make friends while Macramé 101: Local historian Craig Schermer will and friends. helping with activities that benefit Dream Catcher W portray the Russian empress. Wed, May 6 / 3:30 PM the library and community. Adults Wed, Mar 4 / 7 PM Wed, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 Create a lovely macramé dream Toddler Prom W 6:30 – 8:30 PM catcher to hang on your wall. Tween Time Ages 19 months – 3 years W Sat, Apr 4 / 11 AM – 1 PM Grades 4 – 6 with caregiver Family Fun Nights Never be bored again! Enjoy Come dance the day away! Formal Spend time together enjoying STEAM Team W experiments, movies and food. wear is welcome but not required. fun activities. Grades 3 – 5 Mon, Mar 9, Apr 20, May 11 / 3 PM Sat, May 16 / 11 AM Wed, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 / 7 PM Socialize, challenge yourself and get creative with fun STEAM-based Memory Lab Basics W Teen Unwind W experiments and activities. Adults SOUTHEAST Grades 6 – 12 Tue, Apr 14, May 12 / 7 PM Learn about the equipment BRANCH Join us for activities designed to W available in our Memory Lab. help you decompress. Superhero Training Camp 3/17 Video; 4/28 Audio; Hoarding W Thu, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14 / 7 PM Ages 3 – 8 & families 5/12 Imaging Adults Enjoy superhero-themed crafts, Tue, Mar 17 / 6:30 PM Steri-Clean professionals will Aromatherapy Dough W games and activities. Tue, Apr 28, May 12 / 7 PM discuss hoarding types, risks Adults Sat, May 2 / 2 PM and hazards. Learn the basics of essential oils Teen Scene Mon, Mar 2 / 7 PM and take home a stress remedy. Let’s Get Fancy Tea Party W Grades 6 – 12 Sat, Mar 21 / 11 AM – 1 PM Ages birth – 9 years with caregiver We’ll have something new and Picture Book-palooza W Join us in your best dress-up clothes different to check out every month. Grades K – 3 Debugged! Coding Club W for activities and a tea party that Wed, Mar 18, Apr 22, May 20 We’ll pick a picture book author, Grades 2 – 5 will celebrate Fancy Nancy. 3:30 PM illustrator and theme and have fun Explore the foundations of coding Sat, May 30 / 2 – 4 PM with games, activities and crafts. as we experiment with games and Women in Jazz W Tue, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5 / 6:30 PM animation. Adults Mon, Mar 23, Apr 20 / 6:30 PM Join us for a spectacular look at Forget About It W (and listen to) the talented women Adults Minecraft Club W of the jazz era. Discover common misconceptions Grades 2 – 5 Wed, Mar 25 / 7 PM about memory and learn how to Join us after school for construction, remember better regardless of age. mining and survival games on Sat, May 16 / 11 AM Minecraft. Tue, Mar 24, Apr 28, May 26 / 4 PM

W Registration Required 33 STRONGSVILLE Toy Time Perennial Exchange W International Women’s Day W BRANCH Ages birth – 5 years with caregiver All ages Adults Drop by and explore our Swap your spring perennials Join author Deborah Hill as we Just 4 U Student Friends educational toys, read books, for your neighbors’ plants. celebrate the accomplishments of Grades 6 – 12 make friends and have fun! Thu, May 14 / 7 PM women. Fri, Mar 20, Apr 24 / 10 AM – 12 PM Get involved at the branch and W Sun, Mar 8 / 2 PM connect with your community. W Stomp, Chomp & Roar Sat, Mar 7, Apr 4, May 9 / 2 PM Hop Into Spring Families Treat Yo’ Self W Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver Explore dinosaurs with stories, Ages 14 – 18 Teen Sewing 101 W We’ll dye eggs, hear stories, do the activities and a craft. Warning: Have fun cooking and discovering Grades 6 – 12 bunny hop and make a craft. You will get messy! ways to reduce stress. Learn basic sewing skills and create Fri, Apr 3 / 2 PM Sat, May 16 / 2 PM Thu, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14 / 5 PM a hair scrunchie. Tue, Mar 10 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Paint & Plant W Cricut Basics for Teens W Kid Sewing 101: Textile Art W Grades 6 – 12 Grades 6 – 12 Grades 3 – 5 Sounds of the Bagpipes W Plant a succulent in a hand-painted Learn how to use the Cricut Learn the basics and create your Adults flowerpot. machines in our Innovation Center own original art. Get in the St. Patrick’s Day spirit Mon, Apr 6 / 7 PM to create personalized projects. Sat, Mar 14 / 2 – 4 PM with local bagpiper Colin Donahue. Mon, May 18 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Wed, Mar 11 / 7 PM Celebrate Unicorns W Glass-Etched Water Bottles W Families Adults Zentangle Found Poetry W Come dressed in rainbow colors WARRENSVILLE Customize a glass water bottle and Adults and enjoy unicorn-themed stories, HEIGHTS BRANCH stay hydrated in style. Join certified teachers and learn to crafts, activities and food. Fri, Mar 20 / 10:30 AM Sat, Apr 18 / 2 PM make a literary collage. Poetic Power W Thu, Mar 12 / 7 PM Adults Genealogy Tracers Soundwave Art Step up to the mic and express Adults ParkFit Mall WalkersW All ages yourself! Learn ways to explore your Wellness Talks Use our recording studio to make a Mon / 7 PM family history. Walk at the mall and then join us one-of-a-kind piece. Sat, Mar 28, Apr 25, May 23 at the library for wellness talks Wed, Apr 22 / 7 PM Writing Help 10 AM – 1 PM sponsored by Southwest General. W Grades 6 – 12 W 3/17 Fit healthy nutrition into your iPad & iPhone Basics Drop by to get help at writing your Cricut Basics lifestyle; 4/21 Orthopedic update; Adults school assignments. Adults 5/19 Decoding nutrition labels Learn the essential skills needed Thu, Mar 5, Apr 2, May 7 / 4 PM Learn how to use the Cricut Tue, Mar 17, Apr 21, May 19 / 10 AM navigate your device(s). machines in our Innovation Center Mon, May 4 / 7 PM Editing Digital Photos W to create personalized projects. Sat, Apr 4 / 2 – 4 PM Good Morning, WStrongsville W Adults Speaker Series Accordion Photo Box Learn basic techniques using Pixlr, Adults Grades 6 – 12 an online photo editing tool. Making BeatsW With 3/18 Get tips for preventing falls. Create a unique photo collage Sat, Mar 7 / 11 AM GarageBand 5/20 Hear an informational talk in a box. Ages 12 – 18 about resilience. Tue, May 5 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Greater Cleveland Explore our recording studio and Wed, Mar 18, May 20 / 10 AM Panhellenic Choir W receive an orientation. Screen-Printed Beach Bags W Tue, Apr 7 / 5:30 PM W All ages Evening Art Adults Join us for an entertaining concert. Adults Create a bag for beach season. Sat, Mar 7 / 2 – 4 PM Escape From the 3/19 Bunny flowerpot; 4/16 Thu, May 7 / 2 PM Pharaoh’s Tomb W Painted canvas; 5/21 Yarn bouquet NBA 2K20 Tournament W Grades 3 – 5 Thu, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21 W Meet Me at Gate A Grades 6 – 12 Enjoy an escape room challenge. 6:30 – 8:30 PM Adults Celebrate March Madness and Tue, Apr 14 / 6:45 PM Local historian Dennis Sutcliffe compete for pizza, bragging rights W will discuss Cleveland Municipal and prizes. Paper Flowers Stadium in the 1930s. Sat, Mar 7 / 2 – 4 PM Adults Tue, May 12 / 7 PM Create realistic paper flowers and welcome the arrival of spring. Wed, Apr 15 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM

34 W Registration Required Spring Spinach Salad W Adults Make a hearty spinach salad with warm bacon vinaigrette. Wed, Apr 22 / 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Don’t miss the latest Kids in the Kitchen W news from America’s Grades 2 – 5 Learn how to make yummy no-bake top-rated library. treats. Prepare to get messy! Thu, Apr 23 / 4 PM

Sewing 101 W Adults Learn the basics and create a simple project. Tue, Apr 28 & Wed, Apr 29 10 AM – 12 PM

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Garden With a Librarian All ages Have fun exploring our community learning garden. Wed, Apr 29 – May 27 / 7 PM

Mother Goose Games W Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver Enjoy activities related to the classic nursery rhyme. Sat, May 2 / 10:30 AM

Stitched Mother’s Day Cards W Adults Use our sewing machines to make a CONNECT WITH US card for a special mom. Wed, May 6 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM CCPL email updates are a great way to learn about Garden Crafts W upcoming programs, featured services and the latest news Grades K – 5 from the nation’s top-rated library system. It only takes a Join us for crafts, refreshments and activities in our community moment to sign up and you can always change your email learning garden. preferences or unsubscribe at any time. Text 22828 or Sat, May 9 / 2 – 4 PM visit cuyahogalibrary.org/email to get started. And don’t W DIY Gift Bags & Tags forget to follow us on social media! Adults Make your own paper-stamped gift bag and color block gift tag. Wed, May 27 / 6:30 PM

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ANDREW SEAN GREER LUÍS ALBERTO URREA & JULIA ALVAREZ CARL HIAASEN & DAVE BARRY Thursday, March 19, 2020 Thursday, April 23, 2020 Thursday, May 7, 2020

All shows will be held at 7:30 PM in the MILTON AND TAMAR MALTZ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER located at 1855 ANSEL ROAD, CLEVELAND, OH 44106.

For tickets, visit writerscenterstage.org or call 216.368.6062.

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All shows will be held at 7:30 PM in the MILTON AND TAMAR MALTZ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER located at 1855 ANSEL ROAD, CLEVELAND, OH 44106.

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