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MEET THE AUTHORS ...... 2 – 3 BOOK DISCUSSIONS ...... 4 – 7 BUSINESS + CAREER PROGRAMS .. 8 WRITING PROGRAMS ...... 10 – 11 STORYTIMES ...... 12 – 13 FEATURED YOUTH PROGRAMS ..... 14 FEATURED ADULT PROGRAMS ...... 16 – 17 BRANCH EVENTS ...... 18 – 36

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Please visit cuyahogalibrary.org or call the host branch to confirm. a Message from Our Executive Director Greetings, The Cleveland Foundation recently announced an exciting multifaceted initiative to help ensure Cuyahoga County residents have equitable access to technology and the internet. As part of that initiative, The Cleveland Foundation has awarded local anchor institutions nearly half a million dollars in grant funding to establish programs that bridge the digital divide. Huntington National Bank has also gotten involved, generously contributing an additional $50,000 to the effort.

Cuyahoga County Public Library is proud to have been chosen as one of the local anchor institutions to be awarded funding – which we have used to launch a new Wi-Fi hotspot lending program. Our branches provide free high-speed Wi-Fi access and public computer stations, but we know that residents’ online needs don’t necessarily begin and end during the hours we’re open. Through our hotspot lending program, we can provide cardholders with Wi-Fi access any time and virtually anywhere they need it. Customers can visit our Garfi eld Heights, Maple Heights, Southeast and Warrensville Heights branches to check out portable 4G Wi-Fi hotspots with unlimited data just like they would a book or DVD. We chose these four branches for the hotspot program because as many as 40 percent of the households in the communities they serve do not have internet access.

CCPL was also recently selected as one of only four area nonprofi t organizations to receive $50,000 in grant funding through the Google.org Impact Challenge Cleveland, a Grow with Google initiative. Grants awarded through the challenge support winning organizations’ work to create economic opportunities for the underserved. More than 60 local nonprofi ts took the challenge and submitted ideas for funding consideration. A panel of local advisers helped choose the four winners. We were thrilled to be selected. Our winning idea, a hotspot lending program for adult students, bridges the digital divide by providing adults enrolled in GED® classes with free portable Wi-Fi access so they can obtain their high school equivalency degrees faster and, ultimately, secure employment with a family-sustaining wage.

After announcing the four Impact Challenge Cleveland winners, Google.org put it to a public to vote to decide which organization’s idea should receive an additional $50,000 in funding. After a week of public voting, CCPL received the most votes and won the additional funding. I want to thank everyone who voted for CCPL and shared our message. You made the difference! The additional funding that you helped CCPL win will allow us to expand our hotspot lending program to provide twice as many adult learners with free internet access.

Thanks to the support of The Cleveland Foundation, Huntington National Bank, Google.org and everyone who voted for CCPL, we are taking big steps toward greater digital inclusion in our county.

I invite you to learn more about our hotspot lending service at cuyahogalibrary.org/hotspots.

Regards,

Sari Feldman Executive Director 1 MEET THE AUTHORS

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Laura DeMarco O George Bilgere O Pairing vintage photos with their modern- In Blood Pages, the award-winning poet O day scenes, the Plain Dealer reporter continues his exploration of the joys and Cory Tilson will take you through the many dramatic absurdities of being middle aged and Create character drawings and make pasta transformations of Cleveland. middle class in the Midwest. necklaces with the local children’s author. SOUTHEAST BRANCH SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Thu, Dec 6 / 7 PM Wed, Dec 12 / 7 PM Sat, Dec 1 / 11 AM OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH Mon, Dec 10 / 7 PM STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Tue, Jan 8 / 7 PM GATES MILLS BRANCH Mon, Jan 14 / 7 PM BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Mon, Jan 21 / 7 PM O PARMA-SNOW BRANCH David Giffels The Library’s writer in residence will discuss Mike Lupica O Tue, Jan 22 / 7 PM Meet the sports journalist and best-selling his latest memoir, Furnishing Eternity: A MAYFIELD BRANCH author, who is continuing Robert B. Parker’s Father, a Son, a Coffi n and a Measure of Life. Sat, Jan 26 / 2 PM popular Sunny Randall series. INDEPENDENCE BRANCH BEREA BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Thu, Dec 13 / 7 PM Thu, Jan 31 / 7 PM Sat, Dec 1 / 7 PM BEACHWOOD BRANCH Tue, Feb 5 / 7 PM PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH Thu, Feb 7 / 7 PM BRECKSVILLE BRANCH Mon, Feb 11 / 7 PM NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Wed, Feb 20 / 7 PM Jen Sincero O Meet the author of the best-selling self-help O BROOK PARK BRANCH Louise Penny $ Mon, Feb 25 / 7 PM book that has inspired millions of people all Kingdom of the Blind is the acclaimed over the world. author’s entrancing new crime thriller CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Wed, Feb 27 / 7 PM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Wed, Jan 9 / 7 PM This is a ticketed event with simulcast seating available (auditorium seating has sold out). PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Tue, Dec 4 / 7 PM

O Bernie Kosar O The legendary Cleveland Browns Marie Benedict quarterback will visit to discuss his book. Actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr is the subject of this rousing historical novel STRONGSVILLE BRANCH from the author of The Other Einstein Tue, Dec 11 / 7 PM and Carnegie’s Maid. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Tue, Jan 15 / 7 PM O Registration Required s Sponsored by the Friends of the Library FIFTEENTH SEASON 2018 2019

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Sindy Warren O The yogi will discuss her book, Radi8: Using the Practice of Yoga to Cultivate Your Inner Shine. MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Mon, Feb 4 / 7 PM

JESMYN WARD TIMOTHY EGAN IN CONVERSATION WITH AYANA MATHIS TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Dan Rager O s Learn about the famous “Maple Leaf Route” that ran through Geauga County between 1899 and 1925. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sat, Feb 16 / 10 AM LYNDA BARRY & MATT GROENING JENNIFER EGAN TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019

All shows start at 7:30 PM in the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at Case Western Reserve University. Tickets are available online at writerscenterstage.org or by calling 216.368.6062. O Lisa Gardner PRESENTED BY: The best-selling novelist will discuss her latest thriller featuring detective D.D. Warren. PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Fri, Feb 22 / 7 PM SPONSORED BY:

Rick Armon O s Joe & Nancy The veteran beer writer’s 50 Must- Keithley Try Craft Beers of Ohio is perfect for everyone from the newest afi cionado to those with seasoned palates. Funds raised by this series help support Cuyahoga County Public Library, the nation’s top-rated library system for eight consecutive years. NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Wed, Feb 27 / 7 PM 3 ADULT BOOK DISCUSSIONS

BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Wednesday Afternoon & Thursday BROOK PARK BRANCH A Real Read: Nonfi ction Book Discussion Afternoon Book Discussions Book Park Café O I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s 12/19 & 12/20 The Immortalists by Thu, Jan 24, Feb 28 / 10 AM Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Chloe Benjamin; 1/16 & 1/17 Grocery: by Michelle McNamara The Buying and Selling of Food in America BROOKLYN BRANCH Mon, Dec 3 / 7 PM by Michael Ruhlman; 2/20 & 2/21 Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly Monday Evening Book Discussion Thursday Evening Book Discussion Wed, Dec 19, Jan 16, Feb 20 / 1 PM Mon, Dec 3, Jan 7, Feb 4 / 7 PM 12/6 Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan; Thu, Dec 20, Jan 17, Feb 21 / 2 PM 1/3 Reading With Patrick: A Teacher, A Student Monday Afternoon Book Discussion and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Art Book Club Mon, Dec 17, Jan 21, Feb 18 / 1:30 PM Kuo; 2/7 There There by Tommy Orange Sargent’s Women: Four Lives Behind the Thu, Dec 6, Jan 3, Feb 7 / 7 PM Canvas by Donna M. Lucey Minotaur Mysteries & Mayhem, Mon, Jan 14 / 2 PM Part 2 O Wednesday Afternoon Book Discussion Discuss one title from Minotaur Books in depth 12/12 Everybody’s Son by Thrity Umrigar; BEREA BRANCH and hear a short book talk for the fi rst entry in 1/9 Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover; O several of Minotaur’s series. 2/13 The Saturday Evening Girls Club by Thursday Evening Book Discussion Thu, Feb 7 / 7 PM Jane Healey Thu, Dec 13, Jan 10, Feb 14 / 7 PM Wed, Dec 12, Jan 9, Feb 13 / 1:30 PM O National Endowment for the Arts Monday Afternoon Book Discussion O Mon, Dec 17, Jan 21, Feb 18 / 2 PM Big Read BAYarts Book Discussion Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Held on the BAYarts campus. 12/14 The Mon, Feb 25 / 7 PM Music Shop by Rachel Joyce; 1/11 A Place BRECKSVILLE BRANCH for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza; 2/8 An Murder in the First O American Marriage by Tayari Jones CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Join us for a murderously good discussion Fri, Dec 14, Jan 11, Feb 8 / 10 AM of Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo, brought Wednesday Evening Book Discussion to you by Minotaur Publishing. 12/12 Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney BEACHWOOD BRANCH Wed, Jan 9 / 7 PM Sullivan; 1/9 The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin; 2/13 Educated: A Memoir by Book Chat Tara Westover Tue, Dec 11, Jan 8, Feb 12 / 7 PM Wednesday Evening Book Discussion & Thursday Morning Readers O Wed, Dec 12, Jan 9, Feb 13 / 7:30 PM 1/23 & 1/24 The Great Alone by Kristin Tuesday Afternoon Book Discussion O Hannah; 2/27 & 2/28 My Dear Hamilton 12/18 The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine; by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie 1/15 Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward; Wed, Jan 23, Feb 27 / 7 PM 2/19 A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev Thu, Jan 24, Feb 28 / 10 AM Tue, Dec 18, Jan 15, Feb 19 / 2 PM

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FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Saturday Morning Book Discussion Monday Afternoon Book Discussion Coterie Book Discussion 12/22 Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways 1/14 A Gentleman in Moscow by to Fly by Conrad Wesselhoeft; 1/19 Among Amor Towles; 2/11 Girls Burn Brighter 12/5 Magpie Murders by Anthony the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix; by Shobha Rao Horowitz; 1/16 My Dear Hamilton 2/16 by Edward Bloor Mon, Jan 14, Feb 11 / 2 PM by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie; Tangerine Sat, Dec 22, Jan 19, Feb 16 / 9:30 AM 2/20 Reading With Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Friendship by Michelle Kuo INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Monday Afternoon Book Discussion O Wed, Dec 5, Jan 16, Feb 20 / 7 PM Wednesday Evening & Thursday 12/3 Lost & Found by Brooke Davis; 2/4 Afternoon Book Discussions The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan Senior Center Book Discussion Mon, Dec 3, Feb 4 / 1:30 PM Held at the Fairview Park Senior Center. 1/16 & 1/17 Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Thu, Dec 6, Jan 3, Feb 7 / 1:30 PM Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance; O 2/20 & 2/21 America’s First Daughter by Monday Evening Book Discussion Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie 12/10 The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters; Bookbeat Book Discussion Group 2/11 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 1/9 by George Wed, Jan 16, Feb 20 / 7:15 PM Lincoln in the Bardo Mon, Dec 10, Feb 11 / 7:30 PM Saunders; 2/13 Little Fires Everywhere Thu, Jan 17, Feb 21 / 2:15 PM by Celeste Ng Wed, Jan 9, Feb 13 / 7 PM MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Monday Morning Book Lovers Wednesday Afternoon Book Discussion GATES MILLS BRANCH 1/14 Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty; 1/16 Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker; Tuesday Evening Book Discussion 2/11 News of the World by Paulette Jiles 2/20 An American Marriage by Tayari Jones 12/11 Seven Days of Us by Francesca Mon, Jan 14, Feb 11 / 10 AM Wed, Jan 16, Feb 20 / 2 PM Hornak; 1/8 The Switch by Joseph Finder; African-American Authors 2/12 Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger Book Discussion O Tue, Dec 11, Jan 8, Feb 12 / 7 PM 1/21 Called to Rise: A Life in Faithful Service Bookmarks & Body Bags to the Community That Made Me by David O. 12/6 The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron; Wednesday Evening Book Discussion Brown; 2/18 Barracoon: The Story of the 1/3 Bluff by Michael Kardos; 2/7 The 12/12 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng; Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston Driver by Hart Hanson 1/9 The Green Road by Anne Enright; 2/13 Mon, Jan 21, Feb 18 / 7 PM Thu, Dec 6, Jan 3, Feb 7 / 2 PM Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O’Keeffe by Coffee & Conversation Dawn Tripp MAYFIELD BRANCH Wed, Dec 12, Jan 9, Feb 13 / 7:30 PM 12/12 Bury What We Cannot Take by New Chapter Book Club Kirstin Chen; 1/9 Hello, Sunshine by Read and listen to books during this Laura Dave; 2/13 The Word Is Murder discussion for people with varying by Anthony Horowitz interest and abilities. Wed, Dec 12, Jan 9, Feb 13 / 7 PM Thu, Dec 6 / 11:15 AM

5 ADULT BOOK DISCUSSIONS

OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Monday Evening & Tuesday Afternoon Monday Evening Book Discussion Wednesday Evening Book Discussion Book Discussions s 12/17 My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray 12/19 Commonwealth by Ann Patchett; 1/15 & 1/21 The Line Becomes a River: and Laura Kamoie; 1/21 The Hate U Give 1/16 The Underground Railroad by Colson Dispatches From the Border by Francisco by Angie Thomas; 2/18 The Radium Girls: Whitehead; 2/20 You Will Know Me by Cantú; 2/18 & 2/19 Manhattan Beach The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women Megan Abbott by Jennifer Egan by Kate Moore Wed, Dec 19, Jan 16, Feb 20 / 7 PM Mon, Jan 21, Feb 18 / 7 PM Mon, Dec 17, Jan 21, Feb 18 / 7 PM Tue, Jan 15, Feb 19/ 2 PM Discuss & Design: Millennial Thursday Morning Book Discussion Book Discussion O 12/20 by ORANGE BRANCH The Story of Arthur Truluv Read Moonpenny Island by Tricia Elizabeth Berg; 1/24 Nomadland: Springstubb, discuss the book and Senior Center Book Discussion Surviving America in the Twenty-First design something that complements Held at the Orange Senior Center. Century by Jessica Bruder; 2/28 A the title or book cover. Thu, Dec 5, Jan 17, Feb 21 / 2:30 PM Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Wed, Jan 2 / 7 PM Thu, Dec 20, Jan 24, Feb 28 / 11 AM PARMA BRANCH Young at Heart RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH A book club for adults who love children’s Breakfast Books and teen books. 1/8 The Westing Game 12/11 Seven Days of Us by Francesca Tuesday Afternoon Book Discussion by Ellen Raskin; 2/5 Blood Water Paint Hornak; 1/8 Lillian Boxfi sh Takes a Walk The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ by Joy McCullough by Kathleen Rooney; 2/12 Wintering by Years Old by Hendrik Groen Tue, Jan 8, Feb 5 / 7 PM Peter Geye Tue, Feb 12 / 2 PM Tue, Dec 11, Jan 8, Feb 12 / 9 AM Monday Afternoon Book Discussion SOLON BRANCH 1/28 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Monday Afternoon Book Discussion Ng; 2/25 Lincoln in the Bardo by 12/10 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Monday Evening Book Discussion Mon, Jan 28, Feb 25 / 7:30 PM George Saunders Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Mon, Jan 28, Feb 25 / 2:30 PM by David Grann; 1/14 Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Senior Center Book Discussion Century by Jessica Bruder; 2/11 Dimestore: Held at the Solon Senior Center. WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH A Writer’s Life by Lee Smith Tue, Jan 29, Feb 26 / 10:30 AM Book Lovers’ Club O Mon, Dec 10, Jan 14, Feb 11 / 2 PM 12/12 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Ng; 1/9 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Wednesday Evening Book Discussion Science Fiction Club Mandel; 2/13 A Place for Us by Fatima 12/12 Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart Farheen Mirza 12/4 The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin; O’Nan; 1/16 The Saturday Evening Girls Wed, Dec 12, Jan 9, Feb 13 / 2 PM 1/8 by Octavia E. Club by Jane Healey; 2/20 Fahrenheit 451 Parable of the Sower by Ray Bradbury Butler; 2/5 The Fresco by Sheri S. Tepper Tue, Dec 4, Jan 8, Feb 5 / 7 PM Sankofa: African-American Wed, Dec 12, Jan 16, Feb 20 / 7 PM Book Discussion O Better Together Book Discussion O “Go back and fetch it” is the translation of the Ghanaian word . Our PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH A book club that pairs books on a similar sankofa book discussion will highlight books that Monday Afternoon Book Discussion topic or theme. 12/11 The Romanov Sisters: go back and examine African-American 12/3 Before We Were Yours by Lisa The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas history and heritage. Wingate; 1/7 The Handmaid’s Tale by and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport + I Was Thu, Jan 10 / 6:30 PM Margaret Atwood; 2/4 Killers of the Flower Anastasia by Ariel Lawson; 1/15 & 2/19 to Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of be determined the FBI by David Grann Tue, Dec 11, Jan 15, Feb 19 / 7 PM National Endowment for the Mon, Dec 3, Jan 7, Feb 4 / 1:30 PM Arts Big Read O Citizen: An American Lyric by SOUTHEAST BRANCH Claudia Rankine Wednesday Afternoon Book Discussion Mon, Feb 25 / 7 PM Wed, Dec 5, Jan 9, Feb 6 / 1:30 PM African-American Authors Book Group Tue, Jan 29, Feb 26 / 7 PM

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BEACHWOOD BRANCH BROOKLYN BRANCH ORANGE BRANCH Tween Homeschool Book Club O Breakfast Bunch Book Club O Magic Tree House Book Club O s Grades 4 – 7 Grades 5 – 8 Grades 2 – 4 Gather with other homeschoolers for a book We’ll read some of the newest, most exciting Discuss a book and enjoy a snack and craft. discussion, snacks and an activity. 12/6 books coming into the library! 12 /12 Pirates Past Noon; 1/16 Night of the The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Sat, Dec 8, Jan 5, Feb 16 / 10:45 AM Ninjas; 2/13 Afternoon on the Amazon Brubaker Bradley; 2/7 The Westing Game Wed, Dec 12, Jan 16, Feb 13 / 4 PM by Ellen Raskin INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Thu, Dec 6, Feb 7 / 11 AM Middle School Book Discussion O s PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH Grades 5 – 8 Fourth Monday Book Club Small Plate Homeschool Join us for food and fun as we discuss a O Grades 6 – 12 Teen Book Club different book each month. Get together and discuss what you’ve Grades 6 – 12 Thu, Dec 13, Jan 10, Feb 7 / 3:30 PM Enjoy a snack while discussing classics, been reading. graphic novels, nonfi ction and the latest Mon, Jan 28, Feb 25 / 3:45 PM best-sellers. NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Mon, Dec 17, Jan 21, Feb 18 / 10:30 AM Book & Craft Book Discussion O s SOUTHEAST BRANCH Grades 6 – 12 Mixed Minds Book Club Magic Tree House Club O Discuss Nicola Yoon’s The Sun Is Also a Star Homeschoolers in grades 6 – 12 and make a craft inspired by the story. Grades 1 – 4 Enjoy snacks and great conversations about Travel with Jack and Annie on magical Sat, Feb 16 / 2:30 PM a mix of genres and styles of books adventures! This month we will discuss a Tue, Jan 29, Feb 26 / 10:30 AM different book and enjoy games, crafts and activities. 12/20 Polar Bears Past Bedtime; OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH 1/31 Vacation Under the Volcano; 2/28 ABC Kindergarten Book Club O s WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Day of the Dragon King Kindergartners with caregiver Cover to Cover: Teen Book Club O Thu, Dec 20, Jan 31, Feb 28 / 4 PM Read and discuss books and enjoy a related Grades 6 – 12 activity. Presented in collaboration with the Join us for food and fun as we discuss a BEREA BRANCH Olmsted Falls Early Childhood Center. different teen book each month. Lunch Bunch Book Club O Thu, Dec 6, Jan 10, Feb 7 / 7 PM Thu, Dec 27, Jan 31, Feb 28/ 5 PM Grades 4 – 6 Book Lovers’ Club, Junior O Join us for pizza and a lively discussion Grades 4 – 8 of Restart by Gordon Korman. 1/5 As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds; Sat, Jan 5 / 1:30 PM 2/16 Sky Raiders by Brandon Mull Sat, Jan 5, Feb 16 / 2 PM

7 BUSINESS + CAREER PROGRAMS

ALL 216.475.2225 to make a free Behavior-Based Interviewing O OHIO MEANS JOBS appointment with a professional career Learn how to answer interview questions that C Ohio Means Jobs|Cleveland-Cuyahoga counselor. Explore all of our services at are popular with hiring managers. Hone (OMJ|CC) provides mobile employment cuyahogalibrary.org/job-seeker. your skills through mock interviews. specialists to meet with job seekers at NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH our Brooklyn, Fairview Park, Garfi eld WORKSHOPS Thu, Feb 7 / 6:30 – 8 :30 PM Heights, Maple Heights, Mayfi eld, Parma and Warrensville Heights branches. Job Meaningful Life & Work INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Wed, Feb 13 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM seekers can register for services and After Retirement O meet with an employment specialist who Now that you’re retired, do what you’ve can assist them with eligibility, provide always wanted. Put your business acumen ENTREPRENEURSHIP information and referral services, and to work by becoming a mentor at SCORE discuss employment or training opportunities or take advantage of college programs In partnership with LaunchHouse, a funded by OMJ|CC. For more information, for ages 60 and up. co-working community. including dates, times and availability, call the host branch or visit omjcc.us. BRECKSVILLE BRANCH How to Manage Year-End Taxes O Wed, Dec 5 / 2 – 4 PM Get tips on how to pay less taxes. O BEACHWOOD BRANCH Teen Job Search Wed, Dec 12 / 7 PM Ages 14 – 18 Join us for a fun, interactive workshop that O will help you discover what jobs interest you. Free Marketing Tools Learn how to take advantage of free You’ll learn how to fi ll out job applications, marketing tools. prepare for interviews and communicate your strengths to employers. FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Wed, Jan 16 / 7 PM ORANGE BRANCH Mon, Jan 14 / 7 PM Generation Startup: A Documentary O WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH This fi lm captures the struggles and triumphs Wed, Feb 27 / 4:30 PM of six college graduates who put everything on the line to build a business. Followed by a New Year, New Job Seeker O Q&A with LaunchHouse. FREE Ring in the new year by learning ways to COMPUTER CLASSES MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH kick start your job search. Topics covered Thu, Feb 7 / 6 – 8 PM will include setting achievable goals, revising your résumé, crafting a winning strategy and O developing a positive attitude. How to Give a Presentation Get tips for making effective presentations. BROOKLYN BRANCH Thu, Jan 17 / 10 AM – 12 PM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Wed, Feb 20 / 7 PM GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH Wed, Jan 30 / 10 AM – 12 PM FREE COMPUTER O ENCORE Résumé & Cover Letter Tips & Trends O Learn how to make your materials stand out ENTREPRENEURS CLASSES from the rest. Learn how to generate, cultivate and We offer free computer classes and develop your business ideas and concepts. PARMA BRANCH training for adults ages 18 and up. Weekly topics: Business Plan 1, Business Tue, Jan 29 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Day, evening and Saturday classes are Plan 2, Small Business Legalese, Know Your available. Many of our classes offer Customer, Where’s the Money? and Pricing O Northstar Digital Literacy Certifi cation. Steps to an Effective Job Search for Profi t. Learn how to search for a job online To see our complete schedule, visit and research companies using our free SOUTHEAST BRANCH cuyahogalibrary.org/computer-classes. databases. Gain a better understanding Sat, Jan 5 – Feb 9 / 10 AM – 12 PM Computer Essentials • Adobe Creative of the importance of networking and STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Cloud • Google Apps • Microsoft Offi ce how to become your own recruiter. Tue, Feb 12 – Mar 19 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM SOUTHEAST BRANCH Wed, Feb 6 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM

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ORKSHOPS AND RESOURCES: Aspiring #AMWriting Book Whisperer O and practicing authors can learn about Adults Adults Wwriting and marketing fi ction, poetry, memoirs Work on your writing project in the Deanna Adams will meet with you one-on-one and more. Visit cuyahogalibrary.org/write. company of other writers. and answer questions about query letters, book SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH proposals, novel synopses, editors, agents, Young Writers Club O Fri, Jan 4 – Feb 22 / 2 – 5 PM publishing and marketing. Grades 5 – 8 SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Explore the writing process in a fun, welcoming, Sharing Your Words O Fri, Jan 18 / 2 – 5 PM no-pressure environment. Adults Sat, Feb 23 / 2 – 5 PM Learn all about blogging. We’ll cover ORANGE BRANCH O Mon, Dec 3, Jan 7, Feb 11 / 7 PM WordPress, Blogger and Wattpad. In a Flash: Writing the Shortest Fiction NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Adults Write On! O Thu, Jan 10 / 7 PM Explore the shortest forms of fi ction through creative writing exercises in this two-part Grades 5 – 8 Get your creativity fl owing with fun, quirky Writing Across Experience O workshop. Led by Laura Grace Weldon. and challenging writing exercises. Adults BEREA BRANCH Sat, Jan 19, 26 / 1 – 4 PM BAY VILLAGE BRANCH E.F. Schraeder will discuss writing across social Thu, Dec 6, Jan 10, Feb 7 / 3 PM identities and developing diverse characters. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Teens Write O West Side Poetry Writing Workshop O Sat, Jan 12 / 10 AM Grades 6 – 12 Bring your writing project, or an idea for one, Adults Share your poetry with amateur and Revising & Editing Your Novel O and work in the company of other teens during seasoned poets alike in a comfortable Adults an hour dedicated to writing. setting. Led by Jeremy Jusek. “Book Whisperer” Deanna Adams will help CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Mon, Jan 21, Feb 18 / 3:30 PM PARMA BRANCH get your manuscript ready for publication. Thu, Dec 6, Jan 24, Feb 28 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sat, Jan 12 / 2 PM Writer in Residence Master Classes O Teen Writers Circle O Adults O Taught by David Giffels. 1/21 What makes Grades 6 – 12 Kids Writing Workshop Experiment with writing short stories, Grades K – 3 a good personal essay? 2/18 Writing about poetry, drama and nonfi ction. Learn and practice creative writing. 1/17 A pig family in personal essays and memoirs SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH BEACHWOOD BRANCH parade is a terrible idea; 2/14 If you ever want Tue, Dec 11, Jan 15, Feb 12 / 3:30 PM to bring an alligator to school, don’t. Mon, Jan 21, Feb 18 / 7 PM ORANGE BRANCH O Write Now! Teen Writing Group O Thu, Jan 17, Feb 14 / 4 PM Write Copy That Sells Grades 6 – 12 Adults Tap into your creativity through writing Create Your Book With Weston Kincade will teach you to write copy exercises, prompts and activities. Pressbooks Public O like a master novelist. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Adults Tue, Dec 18, Jan 22, Feb 26 / 7 PM In part one, learn about this free software Sat, Jan 26 / 10 AM available from the Library that allows you O Poetry Writing Workshop to create professional-quality eBooks and Author Checklist for Book Marketing Adults print-ready fi les of your work. In the optional Adults Bring 20 copies of your poem and get part two, get help as you work on your Learn effective ways to organize and market feedback from serious yet friendly poets. project. Led by Andrea D. Campbell. your work from Dave Van Horn. Led by Robert E. McDonough. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sat, Jan 26 / 2 – 4 PM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Fri, Jan 18 / 10 AM & 11:15 AM Thu, Dec 20, Jan 17, Feb 21 Sat, Feb 23 / 10 AM & 11:15 AM 6:30 – 8:30 PM

O Registration Required s Sponsored by the Friends of the Library #VibeSessionThursday Adults Aspiring Receive free coaching and feedback on your writing project from Eryka Parker. Network with other writers. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Thu, Jan 31 / 5:30 – 8 PM Writer One & Done: One-Act Playwriting Workshop O Adults Christopher Johnston will help you create Find Yourself at Cuyahoga and develop your own work in this six- week series. County Public Library SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Tue, Feb 5, 19, Mar 5, 19, Apr 2, 16 / 7 PM CYNTHIA HARRIS-ALLEN The Art of Revising Your Poetry O Cynthia has written 37 children’s books and one adult novel called The Cricket Cries, Adults the Year Changes, for which she received a 2017 North Street Book Prize honorable Bring a printed copy of one of your mention. Currently, she’s at work on her second novel about a woman who travels to poems and practice the art of revision. Haiti and meets a witch doctor. She does most of her writing at our William N. Skirball Led by Bonné de Blas. Writers’ Center in the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch, where she also participates in writing workshops and self-publishing round tables. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sat, Feb 9 / 10 AM – 12 PM “It’s lonely being a writer at home with your computer and that blinking thing waiting for O you to type the fi rst word,” Cynthia says. “When you come here and do the workshops Excavating Poetry and network with other writers it really helps. You get good, honest feedback. A lot of Adults the people who are giving the feedback are published authors themselves.” Discover a fresh view of language as you dig into the etymology of a poem’s words. Learn more about the William N. Skirball Writers’ Center at cuyahogalibrary.org/write. Led by Melanie Murphy. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sat, Feb 9 / 2 – 4 PM If It Bleeds, It Leads O Adults In this celebration of Women in Horror Month, E.F. Schraeder will introduce you to aspects of the horror genre. SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Wed, Feb 27 / 7 PM

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E OFFER STORYTIMES nine INDEPENDENCE BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS months out of the year, Mon / 10 AM Wed / 10 AM BRANCH W Wed / 10 AM Tue / 10 AM with breaks in May, August and SOLON BRANCH December. MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Mon / 10:30 AM NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Thu / 10:30 AM Thu / 10:30 AM Mon / 1:30 PM Baby & Me Storytimes MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Ages birth – 18 months BRANCH BRANCH Tue / 11 AM BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Wed / 10 AM Tue / 10 AM Wed / 2 PM Tue / 11 AM Wed / 10 AM NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH BEACHWOOD BRANCH Mon / 7 PM STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Wed / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM Tue / 4 PM NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH ORANGE BRANCH Tue / 10 AM Thu / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM Tue / 12 PM BEREA BRANCH OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH PARMA BRANCH Tue / 10 AM Tue / 10 AM Toddler & Preschool Wed / 11 AM BRECKSVILLE BRANCH ORANGE BRANCH Storytimes Thu / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM (followed by Ages 19 months – 5 years, PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH but not yet in kindergarten CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Stay ’n’ Play) Wed / 10 AM Tue / 10 AM (followed by Thu / 9:30 AM BEREA BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Stay ’n’ Play) Mon / 7 PM FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Wed / 6:30 PM Mon / 6:45 PM FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Thu / 10 AM Thu / 10 AM Toddler Storytimes Tue / 6:45 PM RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH MAYFIELD BRANCH Ages 19 – 35 months MAYFIELD BRANCH Tue / 10 AM Tue / 10 AM BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Wed / 7 PM SOLON BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Mon / 10 AM Thu / 10 AM Fri / 9:30 AM Tue / 10 AM Wed / 10 AM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH BEACHWOOD BRANCH Preschool Storytimes BRANCH Wed / 10 AM Mon / 4 PM Ages 3 – 5 years, but not Mon / 10 AM Wed / 10 AM yet in kindergarten PARMA BRANCH SOUTHEAST BRANCH Mon / 10 AM BEREA BRANCH BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Tue / 11:30 AM Wed / 10 AM Thu / 10 AM PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Mon / 10 AM BRECKSVILLE BRANCH BEACHWOOD BRANCH Mon / 11:30 AM Wed / 1:30 PM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Wed / 10 AM Tue / 11:30 AM Tue / 10 AM Wed / 11 AM BEREA BRANCH Thu / 11:30 AM SOLON BRANCH CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Thu / 10 AM Mon / 11:30 AM Mon / 10 AM BRECKSVILLE BRANCH Family Storytimes SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Thu / 10 AM All ages BRANCH Mon / 10 AM BROOK PARK BRANCH BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Thu / 10 AM INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Wed / 11 AM Tue / 6:45 PM STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Thu / 11 AM BROOKLYN BRANCH Fri / 10 AM Fri / 11 AM Wed / 10 AM MAYFIELD BRANCH Tue / 1:30 PM Thu / 10 AM Wed / 10 AM CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH BRECKSVILLE BRANCH MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS Mon / 11 AM Wed / 7 PM Baby & Toddler Storytimes BRANCH FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH BROOKLYN BRANCH Ages birth – 35 months Thu / 7 PM Tue / 10 AM Thu / 6 PM BRECKSVILLE BRANCH NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Tue / 10 AM GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH Tue / 10 AM Mon / 10 AM Wed / 10 AM Tue / 11 AM Fri / 10 AM GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH BROOK PARK BRANCH Fri / 11 AM INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Wed / 11 AM Tue / 6:30 PM Wed / 10 AM PARMA BRANCH Thu / 10 AM GATES MILLS BRANCH Tue / 10:30 AM BROOKLYN BRANCH Tue / 3:30 PM Thu / 11 AM Wed / 10 AM MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Thu / 7 PM Thu / 10 AM PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Thu / 10 AM Tue / 10 AM MAYFIELD BRANCH Wed / 11 AM Mon / 6:30 PM

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NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Wed / 7 PM Thu / 10 AM NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Tue / 7 PM PARMA BRANCH Homework Mon / 7 PM PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH Tue / 7 PM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Help Tue / 6:30 PM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Thu / 6:30 PM Homework doesn’t have to be a nightly struggle. Students in STRONGSVILLE BRANCH grades K – 8 who participate in our Homework Center and Thu / 7 PM Homework Mentor programs receive help with assignments WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS and test prep. The model works – 82 percent of students report BRANCH improved grades and more confidence! Mon / 6:30 PM Tue / 10:30 AM Learn more at cuyahogalibrary.org/homework. Saturday Family Storytimes All ages FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH Sat / 10:30 AM ORANGE BRANCH Sat / 10 AM PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH Sat / 10 AM

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Engage With Me O Music Therapy & MoreSM O Grades K – 8 with families Ages birth – 6 years with families Join us for pizza and engaging conversation Children who are struggling in an area of for the whole family. Learn about different development will use music to improve their resources and ideas to help your children motor communication and social skills as succeed and meet other people from your well as behavior. community to share ideas and support. SOLON BRANCH December – Recipe for School Success Fri, Dec 7, Jan 4, Feb 1 / 10:30 AM January – The Keys to Being a Good Friend MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH February – Bully Busters: Bullying vs. Sat, Jan 19, Feb 23 / 10:30 AM Normal Conflict BROOK PARK BRANCH Elementary ExperiencesSM O Thu, Dec 13, Jan 17, Feb 21 / 6:30 PM Ages 7 – 12 with families Kids Café BROOKLYN BRANCH Children who are struggling in an area of We know it’s hard to focus on learning Tue, Dec 11, Jan 15, Feb 19 / 7 PM development and their families will learn when your stomach is empty. That’s targeted skills together and discover ideas GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH why we collaborate with the Greater and resources to use at home. Mon, Dec 10, Jan 21, Feb 11 / 6:45 PM Cleveland Food Bank to provide children MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH with free healthy meals after school MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Sat, Jan 19 / 1 PM or 2:30 PM during the school year in communities Thu, Dec 13, Jan 10, Feb 14 / 6:30 PM where the need is great. SOLON BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Sat, Feb 9 / 1 PM or 2:30 PM Tue, Dec 11, Jan 29, Feb 19 / 6:30 PM BROOKLYN BRANCH PARMA BRANCH 3:30 — 4:15 PM Electronic Addiction: The New Epidemic O Tue, Dec 11, Jan 15, Feb 12 / 6:45 PM Families GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH Clinical psychologist Jay Berk will discuss 3 — 3:30 PM Wed, Dec 12, Jan 23, Feb 13 / 6 PM the signs of electronic addiction and how to SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH manage the behaviors associated with it. MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Wed, Dec 12, Jan 16, Feb 20 / 6:30 PM PARMA BRANCH 6:30 — 7 PM SOUTHEAST BRANCH Thu, Jan 31 / 6:30 PM NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Thu, Dec 13, Jan 10, Feb 14 / 7 PM O 3:30 — 4 PM WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Potty Training the Challenging Child Families Wed, Dec 5, Jan 23, Feb 6 / 6:30 PM PARMA BRANCH Courtney Evenchik and Nikki Jaras from 3:45— 4:15 PM A+ Solutions, a provider of educational and Art Experiences psychological services, will provide valuable PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH Grades K – 8 information and tips for parents of children 4 — 4:30 PM Examine the works of art masters and who are not yet potty trained and children explore mediums such as paint, pastels who resist potty training. and clay. Presented in partnership with the PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Cleveland Museum of Art. SOLON BRANCH 3:30 — 4 PM Wed, Feb 27 / 6:30 PM MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sat, Dec 1, 8, Feb 2 – May 11 / 11 AM 3:15 — 3:45 PM BROOK PARK BRANCH BROOKLYN BRANCH SOUTHEAST BRANCH GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH 3 — 3:30 PM NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH PARMA BRANCH RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH 3:45 — 4:30 PM SOUTHEAST BRANCH WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Fri, Dec 7, 14, Feb 1 – May 10 / 4 PM

O Registration Required s Sponsored by the Friends of the Library Select titles from our annual Great PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Books for Kids giving guide will be Sat, Nov 17 / 11 AM – 3 PM HOLIDAY available for purchase, along with SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST additional gift-worthy titles provided BRANCH by Follett Book Fairs. Our expert staff Tue, Nov 27 / 4:30 – 7:30 PM will be on-site to help you pick the POP-UP NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH perfect presents for all the kids on Thu, Nov 29 / 11 AM – 1 PM your list this year. Sat, Dec 1 / 1 – 3 PM SHOPS We’ll have hundreds of different titles available for purchase, including new Stop in and give the titles, classics and selections from our 2018 edition of Great Books for Kids. gift of reading! A portion of the sales will benefi t Cuyahoga County Public Library.

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PROGRAM FOR EVERY interest and hobby. Six Deadly Scandals at Versailles O SOUTHEAST BRANCH ACheck out these notable events for adults. Learn about the downfall of Louis XVI and Sat, Feb 9 / 2 – 4 PM You’ll fi nd even more great offerings in our Marie Antoinette. CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH Branch Events section starting on page 18 and NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM at cuyahogalibrary.org/events. Wed, Dec 12 / 7 PM FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH PARMA BRANCH Mon, Feb 25 / 7 PM HEALTH & WELLNESS Sat, Jan 12 / 2 PM Soul Food Cooking O Intro to Reiki O MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH The Western Reserve School of Cooking will Learn about the healing technique, including Wed, Jan 16 / 7 PM demonstrate traditional African-American benefi ts, use and current research fi ndings. FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH recipes and share how to make your soul food MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Thu, Jan 31 / 7 PM dish healthier. Thu, Dec 13 / 7 PM OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH ORANGE BRANCH NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Mon, Feb 11 / 7 PM Thu, Jan 10 / 6:30 PM Mon, Jan 7 / 7 PM SOLON BRANCH BRECKSVILLE BRANCH MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH Wed, Feb 13 / 7 PM Thu, Jan 17 / 7 PM Wed, Jan 9 / 6:30 PM BROOKLYN BRANCH RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Mon, Feb 18 / 7:15 PM Tue, Jan 22 / 7 PM Sat, Jan 12 / 10 AM BAY VILLAGE BRANCH WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS BRANCH PARMA-SNOW BRANCH Wed, Feb 20 / 7 PM Sat, Feb 2 / 2 PM Mon, Jan 14 / 7 PM PARMA-SNOW BRANCH SOLON BRANCH BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Tue, Feb 26 / 7 PM Mon, Feb 18 / 7 PM Tue, Jan 15 / 10 AM SOUTHEAST BRANCH HOME & GARDEN MUSIC Wed, Jan 16 / 7 PM Plant-Based Cooking O CHAGRIN FALLS BRANCH The Cleveland Orchestra Music Chef Giulia will share how to eat healthy, add Mon, Jan 21 / 7 PM Study Groups O plant-based foods into your diet and prepare Join the orchestra’s Rose Breckenridge, PhD, BRECKSVILLE BRANCH low-carb snacks. to explore the concert of the week through Thu, Feb 7 / 7 PM SOLON BRANCH informal lectures and listening. Pick up a STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Wed, Dec 5 / 7 PM brochure at the library and call 216.231.7355 Wed, Feb 13 / 7 PM to register (fee required). BEACHWOOD BRANCH NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Fri, Dec 7 / 2 PM BEACHWOOD BRANCH Mon, Feb 18 / 7 PM Tue, Jan 8, 15, Feb 5 – Mar 5 / 1:15 PM MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH BEACHWOOD BRANCH Wed, Dec 12 / 7 PM ORANGE BRANCH Fri, Feb 22 / 2 PM Thu, Jan 10, 17, Feb 7 – Mar 7 / 1:15 PM OLMSTED FALLS BRANCH Mon, Jan 7 / 7 PM HISTORY NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH PERSONAL FINANCE O Tue, Jan 8 / 7 PM Five Who Chose Freedom Financial Fatigue of Caregivers O Paul Goebbel will tell the story of the fi ve BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Get tips on preventing the fi nancial drain from African-Americans who joined John Brown Sat, Jan 12 / 2 PM Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People, at Harpers Ferry. PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH a housing and fi nancial counseling agency. SOLON BRANCH Wed, Jan 16 / 7 PM MAYFIELD BRANCH Wed, Feb 6 / 7 PM BROOK PARK BRANCH Tue, Dec 4 / 7 PM RICHMOND HEIGHTS BRANCH Wed, Jan 23 / 7 PM GARFIELD HEIGHTS BRANCH Sat, Feb 9 / 2 PM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Thu, Jan 17 / 6:30 PM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Sat, Jan 26 / 2 PM SOUTH EUCLID-LYNDHURST BRANCH Mon, Feb 11 / 7 PM Mon, Jan 28 / 7 PM MAPLE HEIGHTS BRANCH BROOKLYN BRANCH Wed, Feb 13 / 6:30 PM Tue, Jan 29 / 7:15 PM INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Mon, Feb 25 / 7 PM

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POP CULTURE COMMUNITY TV Shows That Changed the World O PARTNERSHIPS In this three-part series, critic Mark Dawidziak Blood Drives will share how TV shows like The Twilight Zone You can help save up to three lives in just an and Star Trek to The Walking Dead and Game hour of your time. For more information, call of Thrones have refl ected culture and society. the American Red Cross at 800.733.2767 or SOLON BRANCH visit redcrossblood.org. Thu, Jan 3, 10 & 17 / 7 PM BEREA BRANCH INDEPENDENCE BRANCH Thu, Dec 13 / 1 – 7 PM Thu, Jan 24, 31 & Feb 7 / 7 PM NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH MAYFIELD BRANCH Wed, Dec 19, 26; Tue, Jan 29; Tue, Feb 12, 19 & 26 / 7 PM Thu, Feb 28 / 1:30 – 6:30 PM MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Fri, Jan 4 / 10 AM – 3 PM Thu, Feb 14, 21 & 28 / 7 PM ORANGE BRANCH Wed, Dec 19 / 2 – 7 PM TRAVEL STRONGSVILLE BRANCH Fri, Dec 21, Feb 22 / 10:15 AM – 3:15 PM How to Travel the World for Free O Wed, Jan 23 / 1 – 7 PM Discover resources, strategies and tactics to NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Hit earn and book free travel. Fri, Dec 21, Jan 18, Feb 15 PARMA HEIGHTS BRANCH 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM Mon, Dec 10 / 7 PM Wed, Jan 2, Feb 6 / 1 – 7 PM Maker SOUTHEAST BRANCH BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Sat, Jan 12 / 2 – 4 PM Fri, Dec 28 / 10 AM – 3 PM Find Yourself at BEACHWOOD BRANCH Tue, Feb 26 / 1:30 – 6:30 PM Mon, Jan 14 / 7 PM BEACHWOOD BRANCH Cuyahoga County NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH Sat, Jan 19 / 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM Public Library Tue, Jan 15 / 7 PM MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS BRANCH Tax Prep O Our soundproof recording Thu, Jan 24 / 7 PM AARP Foundation Tax-Aide will offer free studios feature: individualized tax preparations for low- to • Mac computers moderate-income taxpayers – especially TECHNOLOGY those 60 and up. • Adobe Creative Suite, including Computer Classes BAY VILLAGE BRANCH Audition audio editing software We offer free classes that cover digital Fri beginning Feb 1 / 9 AM – 1 PM • GarageBand audio literacy basics, Windows 10, Microsoft FAIRVIEW PARK BRANCH editing software Offi ce programs, digital imaging and cloud Tue beginning Feb 5 / 9 AM – 1 PM • Microphone computing. For a complete listing, visit cuyahogalibrary.org/computer-classes. PARMA BRANCH • Keyboard DAW controllers Tue beginning Feb 5 / 9 AM – 4 PM Wed beginning Feb 6 / 9 AM – 4 PM Drop In & Download “I come here to Learn how to borrow eBooks, audiobooks, NORTH ROYALTON BRANCH magazines, movies and music from our Digital Wed beginning Feb 6 / 9 AM – 4:45 PM access the good Collection. Bring your device (and passwords) sounding stuff.” and our staff will get you started. Drop In & Download sessions are available at all –Nehru Clay, user of the branches – visit cuyahogalibrary.org/drop-in recording studio in our to fi nd a convenient time and location. South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch

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DD ANY of the Block Party O Vinyl Decal Mugs O s Canvas Button Art O s BEACHWOOD Afollowing programs Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver Adults Adults BRANCH to your calendar at Come build with us! Learn how to adhere a Learn how to make a piece cuyahogalibrary.org/events. Fri, Dec 7 / 10 AM vinyl decal to a drinking of art from beads, buttons STEAM Tuesdays O glass and mug. and a silhouette image. Grades 2 – 5 BAY VILLAGE Preschool STEAM O s Tue, Jan 15 / 7 PM Sat, Feb 9 / 2 – 4 PM 12/4 Perler™ bead fun: BRANCH Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver Make a top and other Join us for stories, songs The Francis Drury SAT Practice O projects. 1/8 Fidget DIY Tassel and a STEAM (science, Story O s Grades 8 – 12 spinner science: Make technology, engineering, Take a timed practice test your own! 2/5 Paper toys: Necklace O s Adults art and math) activity. Storyteller Dan Ruminski administered by Sylvan Create fun toys out of a Adults Sat, Dec 8, Jan 12, Feb 9 Learning Center. Then simple sheet of paper. Learn how to make a tassel will discuss the fascinating 10 AM receive your results and Tue, Dec 4, Jan 8, Feb 5 necklace out of embroidery life of the businessman, discuss the exam. 4 PM thread and beads. who turned his love of STEAM On O s Practice test Sat, Dec 1 / 2 – 4 PM theater into the Cleveland Grades 3 & 4 Playhouse. Presented in Sat, Feb 16 Rock, Paper, Scissors O Make & Take Craft 12/10 Let it glow: Use collaboration with the Bay 9:30 AM – 1 PM Grades 6 – 12 paper circuits to light up a Village Historical Society. Results & review Experiment with different Families holiday card. 1/14 Marble Tue, Feb 19 / 7 PM mediums to create Drop in to make a Thu, Jan 17 / 7 PM run: Create a course for a imaginative objects. seasonal craft. marble to navigate. 2/18 ® O Stuffed Animal Wed, Dec 5, Jan 8, Feb 5 Mon, Dec 3 – Sat, Dec 22 LEGO Story Starter Chain reactions: Build O s 3:30 PM during library hours Preschool – grades 2 Sleepover a chain and see what Hear a story and use Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver happens. ® Hebrew Storytime Homeschool O s LEGO building blocks to Drop off your stuffed Mon, Dec 10, Jan 14, add to the story and theme. animal for a sleepover Ages 2 – 6 with caregiver Grades 3 – 6 Feb 18 / 7 PM Hear stories, songs and 12/3 Sticky science: Build Sat, Jan 19 / 11 AM and join us the next day fi ngerplays in Hebrew free-standing Eiffel Towers for a party with stories, American Girl O s and English. Presented out of gum drops and Escape Room: Alien crafts and activities. Grades 2 – 4 in collaboration with the spaghetti. 1/7 Pioneer life: Invasion O s Drop off Learn about the times and Jewish Education Center Explore pioneer times and Grades 5 – 12 Tue, Feb 19 cultures represented by of Cleveland. build a log cabin. 2/4 Solve an escape room 10:30 AM – 1 PM the dolls. 12/13 Rebecca; Wed, Dec 5, Jan 9, Feb 6 Sweet science: Experiment challenge within an hour to Party 1/24 Molly; 2/21 Julie 4 PM and fi zz, bubble and stop an alien invasion and Wed, Feb 20 / 3:15 PM Thu, Dec 13, Jan 24, Feb 21 pop your way to fun and save the world! 4 PM O s O learning. Tue, Jan 22 / 7 PM Decal Tote Bag Eye Health Mon, Dec 3, Jan 7, Feb 4 Adults Adults Robotix Blox: Decorate a tote bag with World-renowned 11 AM O Book Club Movie MockingBOT Night O s a heat transfer decal. ophthalmologist Suber Thu, Feb 21 / 7 PM Huang, MD, will discuss Teen Zone O s Grades 5 – 12 Adults Program a robot to the aging eye, causes Grades 5 – 12 Bring your book club of blindness and eye Have fun after school conquer challenges friends for a showing of The Wonderful World disease treatment. Explore gaming, art, encountered by Katniss the movie. of Bubbles O s Thu, Dec 6 / 7 PM movies and technology. and Peeta in the Hunger Wed, Jan 30 / 6:30 PM Families Games series. The Bubble Lady creates Wed, Dec 5 – 19, Friday Family Fun O Jan 9 – Feb 27 / 3 PM Tue, Dec 18 / 6 – 8 PM Glass Etching O s bubbles like you’ve never Ages 2 – 6 Adults seen before! You won’t O s 12/7 Sculpture party: Mad Scientists O s Family Movie Day Create a glass-etched believe your eyes. Create unique 3-D works Grades K – 2 Families piece using vinyl stencils Sat, Feb 23 / 10 AM of art as you explore a 12/5 Snow: Learn about Bring a blanket and pillow and etching cream. variety of materials and polymers as we make our or a sleeping bag for a Sat, Feb 2 / 2 PM tools. 1/18 Snow party: own snow. 1/9 Inventors’ special screening of a Celebrate winter with Day: Celebrate using popular movie. snowy stories, crafts and our materials and your Sat, Jan 5 / 2 PM songs. 2/15 Puppet- imagination. 2/6 Bubbles: palooza: Hear stories Explore the science of portrayed by puppets, bubbles. play with puppets and Wed, Dec 5, Jan 9, Feb 6 make a puppet. 7 PM Fri, Dec 7, Jan 18, Feb 15 10:30 AM

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Chinese Storytime Pokémon – Gotta A Very Merry BEREA BRANCH Holiday String Art O Families Draw ‘em All! O Unbirthday Party! O Creative Gift Grades 6 – 12 Join us for stories, songs Ages 6 – 11 Grades 1 – 4 Wrapping O s Create a masterpiece for and rhymes in Mandarin Learn how to draw We’ll have nonsensical yourself or as a gift. Adults Chinese and stay for a Japanese manga/anime activities and crafts to Wed, Dec 19 / 6:30 PM Learn creative techniques craft and playtime! and create your favorite celebrate Lewis Carroll’s to use for the holidays and Sat, Dec 8, 22, Jan 12, 26, Pokémon characters most famous work, Noon’s Year Eve Alice throughout the year. Feb 9, 23 / 10:30 AM using markers. . O in Wonderland Thu, Dec 6 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Celebration Sat, Dec 15 / 2 – 4 PM Sat, Jan 26 / 2 PM Fri, Dec 7 / 2 – 4 PM Ages 2 & up with caregiver Crafternoon! O Celebrate the new year Ages 3 – 12 Pajama Storytime Kiddie Café: Snow Movement & Music O early with a giant dance Use feathers, buttons, O party, a ball drop and a Ages 18 month – 5 years Friends Ages 19 month – 5 years ribbon, glitter and googly countdown at noon. with caregiver Ages 2 – 6 with caregiver with caregiver eyes to make a special gift Wear your PJs and join We’ll read some favorite Sat, Dec 29 / 11 AM or a masterpiece to hang Enjoy a high-energy us for stories, songs and books about polar pals session of music and up at home. fi ngerplays. and make our own fun Young Explorers O Wed, Dec 12 / 4 PM movement using shakers, Wed, Jan 9 – Feb 27 craft to eat! beanbags and scarves. Grades K – 5 with caregiver 6:45 PM 1/3 & 1/4 Fractured fairy Fri, Feb 1 / 10:30 AM Mon, Dec 10, Jan 7, Homeschool Art tale: Hear various versions Feb 11 / 3:30 PM O s of “Hansel and Gretel” and Explorers Preschool Information Fair Celebrate Random Acts Tue, Dec 11, Jan 8, build a gingerbread house. Grades 1 & up Families of Kindness Week Feb 12 / 7 PM Each month we’ll focus Find the perfect preschool All ages 2/7 & 2/8 Number games: on an artist, explore their for your little one! Complete a make-and-take Teen Leaders O Explore numbers through life and creative style, Representatives from a games and activities. project to help spread Grades 6 – 12 and make our own works variety of area preschools a little love around the Bring your great ideas Thu, Jan 3, Feb 7 / 7 PM of art based on what will answer your questions. community. to our monthly meetings, Fri, Jan 4, Feb 8 / 10 AM we’ve learned. Sun, Jan 13 / 2 – 3:30 PM Mon, Feb 11 – Fri, Feb 15 which will focus on small Thu, Dec 13, Jan 10, Feb 14 during library hours Build & Do: A Building ® ® projects and crafts. 10 AM – 12 PM iPad /iPhone Challenge O O Wed, Dec 12, Jan 9, Feb 13 O Photography Art & Music in the 3:30 PM Grades K – 3 Ice Cream in a Bag Adults Bible O s Share a story and Grades 6 – 12 Learn the fundamentals of Adults Once Upon a Story O use LEGO® bricks Use your understanding snapping digital photos. An art history professor Ages 3 & up with families and other materials to of chemistry, your love of Tue, Jan 15 / 6:30 PM and a practicing musician The magic of puppetry solve challenges on a sweets and a little muscle will lead this exploration and storytelling will come related theme. to make ice cream. Beginning Guitar O of great paintings, alive as the Great Lakes Sat, Jan 5, Feb 2 / 10 AM Thu, Dec 13 / 3:30 PM Adults expressive music and National Puppet Theater Bring a guitar and learn stories of the Bible. presents “Goldilocks and Learn Basic Spanish O Through the Eyes of how to play three chords Mon, Feb 25 / 2 PM the Three Bears” and Adults the Artist O s that make up many popular “Rumpelstiltskin.” Instructor Alia Almashni Adults songs. Make a Cardboard Sat, Dec 15 / 2 PM will cover common phrases, Art historian Felicia Wed, Jan 23 / 7 PM Loom & Weave O vocabulary and verbs in Zavarella Stadelman will O this three-week introductory ™ Grades 6 – 12 STEAM Team present a series on the Perler Bead Learn how to make a Grades 4 – 8 series. lives and works of beloved Key Chains O simple loom and weave 12/18 LED art: Create Mon, Jan 7, 14 & 21 / 7 PM artists. 12/14 Norman Grades 6 – 12 a small piece of art. your own art with LEDs Rockwell; 1/11 Georgia Use your design skills and Thu, Feb 28 / 3:30 PM and simple circuits. 1/15 Giant Game Day Fun O’Keeffe; 2/8 Pablo creativity to make a unique Science of toys: Explore All ages Picasso bead key chain. the scientifi c principles Drop in to beat the winter Fri, Dec 14, Jan 11, Feb 8 Thu, Jan 24 / 3:30 PM that make toys work. 2/19 blues with our jumbo 10 AM Doodlebots: Turn a plastic versions of games like cup into a scribbling Connect Four, KerPlunk, machine using markers Plinko and Speed Stacks. and a motor. Sat, Jan 12 / 2 – 4 PM Tue, Dec 18, Jan 15, Feb 19 7 PM

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Minecraft Creation Welcome to Medicare O Holly Jolly Mini-Movers O Celebrate the Chinese Challenge O Adults Sing-Along O s Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver New Year O Grades 6 – 12 The Ohio Department of Families Have a great time Families Compete in our challenge Insurance will provide The Cleveland dancing and moving to Eighth-graders will help using the pocket edition objective information on Fleaharmonics will your favorite storytime you celebrate the Year of on our iPads®. Share your enrollment, benefi ts and spread their special music with beanbags the Pig with a story, a craft creation and vote for your options. Learn about brand of ukulele joy and rhythm sticks! and other fun activities. favorites. resources for assistance by sharing some merry Fri, Jan 25 / 10 AM Sat, Feb 23 / 2 PM Wed, Jan 16 and how to lower costs. sing-alongs to get you 6:30 – 8:30 PM Tue, Feb 26 / 2 PM in the holiday mood! Cemetery Finds O Tue, Dec 4 / 7 PM Adults BROOK PARK Digital Learning Lab O Interactive Mystery O Learn about gravestone BRANCH Adults Grades 6 – 12 Craft Your Own symbolism through the Join us for monthly training Follow the clues, solve the Holiday Card O s centuries. Crochet Clique puzzles and unlock the Sat, Jan 26 / 11 AM on electronic resources Adults Adults mystery in this escape available free with your Use cut-outs, layering, O s Work on projects, socialize library card! 1/17 Movies room-style challenge. embellishing and Frankentoys and create goods for and TV; 2/21 Homework Tue, Feb 26 / 7 PM embossing to make Grades 6 – 12 donation. Bring your help databases and other unique and personalized It’s alive! We will use crochet hooks and/or resources for parents Are You Mindful of greeting cards. tools to take apart old knitting needles. Thu, Jan 17, Feb 21 This Moment? O Thu, Dec 6 / 7 PM toys and make them into Mon, Dec 3, 17, Jan 7, 21, 6:30 PM Adults new Frankentoys. Feb 4, 18 / 7 PM Psychologist Kathleen Little Elves Workshop O Sat, Feb 2 / 10 AM Heinlen will discuss Student Volunteers O s Creative Expressions Ages 6 – 12 O Os slowing down the precious Use acrylic paints and Science Sleuths – Clues Grades 4 – 12 Grades 6 – 12, adults moments of today and real canvas to create gifts Grades K – 3 with caregiver Help out at the library, Enjoy a showcase and embracing each one. for your loved ones. Learn about tools used in enjoy a variety of activities reception featuring Thu, Feb 28 / 7 PM Fri, Dec 21 forensic science to gather and make new friends. media created by 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM evidence and solve crimes. Wed, Dec 12, Jan 2, students and community Sat, Feb 9 / 2 PM Feb 13 / 4:30 PM members in honor of BRECKSVILLE Pendulum Painting O s Dr. Martin Luther King. BRANCH Make a Pop-Up Camp Magic With Grades 6 – 12 O s Wed, Jan 23 / 7 PM Create a unique work Valentine Mr. Zap! O s Harry Potter Origami Grades 3 – 5 O s of art using the force Grades K – 12 & families We Love Clifford O of gravity. Learn some simple paper- Mr. Zap, a professional Ages 3 – 8 with caregiver Grades 6 – 12 Mon, Jan 14 / 7 PM folding techniques and magician since 1979, will Join us for stories, a craft Learn how to fold paper make a Valentine card that teach you a variety of and games as we show into different Harry Potter Travelin’ Tuesdays: pops up or folds out. magic tricks and how to our love for everybody’s origami creations! From Winnipeg to Tue, Feb 12 / 4:30 PM present them. Sat, Dec 1 / 2 PM favorite Big Red Dog. Hudson’s Bay s O Thu, Dec 13, Jan 31, Sat, Feb 9 / 10:30 AM Meet Lynda.com Feb 28 / 4 PM Teen Advisory Adults Adults O s Naturalist Tom Sampliner Learn business, software, O A History of Group will take us on a journey Minecraft Challenge Medications O Grades 6 – 12 technology and creative Grades 6 – 12 to view fl ora, birds and skills to help you reach your Adults Make crafts, play games, Compete in a building whales in Manitoba’s personal and professional Learn about the evolution help with library activities, pristine landscape. challenge using the Pocket goals with Lynda.com – ®. of drugs over the past meet new people, earn Tue, Jan 15 / 2 PM Edition for iPad Show 100 years. service hours and enjoy free with off your skills, share Mon, Feb 11 / 7 PM snacks. your library card! your ideas and meet new Hungry for Plants Thu, Feb 21 / 7 PM Mon, Dec 3, Jan 7, Feb 4 With Power O friends. 7 PM Tue, Dec 18 / 6 – 8 PM Land of Stories Ages 4 & up with caregiver Ages 2½ & up with caregiver Look Who’s Talking O MaryAlice Grassa from Devious storybook villains Heinen’s will show you a Ages 1 – 3 with caregiver have taken over the library. fun way to include your kids Children and parents will Drop in for your chance to in cooking a quinoa taco play and explore ways to race through the library’s and get them excited for increase language skills life-size game board and what they are about to eat. in this program facilitated help rescue our storybook Sat, Jan 19 / 10:30 AM characters. by Cleveland Hearing & Sat, Feb 16 / 2 – 4 PM Speech Center. 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Magic: The Casualing O Vision Workshop: Three BROOKLYN All ages Keys to Mastering a Life BRANCH Play the popular card You Love O game Magic: The Unleash your creative spirit Adults Paint Holiday Wine Gathering in a variety of Defi ne, design and Glasses O s 1,000+ online video classes styles and formats. experience your dream Adults Sat, Dec 29, Jan 26, and receive the blueprint Artist Liz Galloway will creativebug.com/cuyahoga Feb 23 / 1 – 5 PM for how to turn your teach you how to paint a greatest possibility into pair of wine glasses to give Chronic Disease your reality. as a gift or to keep yourself. Self-Management O Tue, Jan 29 Sat, Dec 1 / 2 – 4 PM Adults 6:30 – 8:30 PM In this six-week series Monthly Creative FREE presented by Fairhill DIY Mug Gift O s Art Space O s Partners in association with your Adults Adults library card with Southwest General, Create a gift mug fi lled Bring a project to work get the support you need, with the ingredients on or try out new art fi nd practical ways to deal to make a chocolate mediums alongside other with pain and fatigue, chocolate-chip cake. creative people. The Polar Express O s discover better nutrition Tue, Feb 5 / 7 PM Tue, Dec 4, Jan 8, Ages 4 & up with caregiver Plants Over Pills O and exercise choices, Feb 5 / 7:15 PM Listen to the story, Adults understand treatment and Women in History: sing songs and action A physician will share learn better ways to talk Sojourner Truth Os Cleveland at the rhymes, make a craft simple ways to add fruits with your doctor and All ages O and enjoy cookies, milk and veggies to every meal. family about your health. Holidays Actress Robin Echols Adults and apple juice. Thu, Jan 10 / 7:15 PM Mon, Jan 7 – Feb 11 Cooper from Women Destination Cleveland Tue, Dec 18 / 7 PM 1 – 3:30 PM in History will portray will talk about the fun Intro to Bullet the African-American things to do during the Brooklyn Family Journaling O Getting to Know Your abolitionist and women’s O O holiday season. Cinema Adults Smart Device rights activist. Thu, Dec 6 / 7:15 PM 12/19 Ant-Man and the Learn about his great All ages Wed, Feb 6 / 7 PM Wasp; 12/28 Incredibles 2; organizational tool. Then Learn some tips and tricks Animation for Teens O 1/3 Early Man start a bullet journal of your for getting the most out of Between the Lines: Ages 11 – 18 Wed, Dec 19 / 6:30 PM own! your tablet or device. Coloring for Adults O s Learn how to create Fri, Dec 28 / 2 PM Mon, Jan 14 / 7:15 PM Wed, Jan 9 Relieve stress and relax 2-D animation using Thu, Jan 3 / 2 PM 6:30 – 8:30 PM with provided coloring Krita software. Brushbot Fun O O O sheets and utensils. Sat, Dec 8 / 11 AM Pokémon Trading Day Grades 3 – 6 Best Apps for Tablets Mon, Feb 11 / 7 PM Grades K – 12 & families Create a robot with a All ages Brooklyn Cinema O s Meet up, make new toothbrush, a battery Learn about the best Explore Creativebug! O Adults friends and trade your and LEDs. free apps in a variety Adults 12/8 Disney’s A Christmas Pokémon with other fans. Thu, Jan 17 / 7 PM of categories. Explore the Library’s Carol; 1/19 Book Club; Thu, Dec 20, Jan 16, Wed, Jan 16 newest creative database 2/26 Crooked House Feb 16 / 7 PM Tales, Tots & 6:30 – 8:30 PM and complete a hands-on Sat, Dec 8, Jan 19, Tasty Tidbits O project. Feb 16 / 2 PM Pixel Art Craft for Ages 2 – 6 with caregiver Teen Tech – Stop-Motion Tue, Feb 26 O O O Teens We’ll read stories about Animation 6:30 – 8:30 PM Student Friends Grades K – 12 snow and make an Grades 6 – 12 Grades 4 – 8 Make your own pixel art edible craft. Make your own stop- O Intro to Raspberry Pi Help at the library and using Perler™ beads. Fri, Jan 18 / 11 AM motion animation movies Grades 6 – 12 enjoy fun activities! Sat, Jan 5 / 11 AM with our iPads® and watch Learn how to use basic Wed, Dec 12, Jan 16, Soap Making for Teens O them on the big screen. ® circuitry and coding Feb 20 / 3:30 PM Zentangle for Ages 11 – 18 Tue, Jan 22 / 6 – 8 PM concepts in this hands-on Beginners O s Learn how to make workshop. Instagram 101 O Adults your own soap. Adults Wed, Feb 27 / 6 – 8 PM In this two-part workshop, Sat, Jan 19 Learn the basics of instructors from Tangled 10 AM – 12 PM how to use this social Ink will teach you this networking app to share easy-to-learn, relaxing pictures and videos. and fun way to create Thu, Dec 13 / 7:15 PM beautiful images. Sat, Jan 5 & 12 / 2 PM 21 BRANCH EVENTS

Yoga! Yoga! Yoga! O Valentine Messy Monday Once Upon a Time O s Creeper Club O s Preschoolers Extravaganza s Ages 3 – 7 with caregiver Families Grades 6 – 12 Learn and practice simple Ages 4 – 12 Enjoy stories, songs and Relive “Goldilocks and Play the Minecraft Pocket poses specifi cally geared Drop in and make a a fun, creative and messy the Three Bears” and Edition on iPads®, share to young children. special Valentine for activity. “Rumpelstiltskin” through ideas and talk about Sat, Jan 19, 26, Feb 2 someone you love Mon, Dec 3 / 11 AM the magic of puppets. Minecraft books. 11 AM (while supplies last). Stay after the show to Thu, Dec 6, Jan 3, Feb 7 Tue, Feb 12; Wed, Feb 13; Cookie Decorating 101 O make your own puppet. 4 PM Fortnite Dance Thu, Feb 14 / 3 – 9 PM Grades K – 5 Sat, Jan 26 / 1 – 3 PM O Learn how to decorate Genealogy Workshop O Challenge O Ages 8 – 14 Glass Etching O s cookies and take home Tweens at the Library Adults Show off your moves in the Adults your designs! Grades 3 – 5 The Greater Cleveland ultimate dance challenge! Create your own glass Sat, Dec 8 / 2 PM Make a difference in your Genealogical Society Mon, Jan 21 / 1:30 PM with vinyl stencils and community and at your will show you how to glass etching cream. Second Friday Films O library and have fun while unlock the secrets held Kindergarten Kids O Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM Adults doing it! by census reports, military Ages 4 & 5 with caregiver 12/14 Funny Face (1957); Tue, Jan 29, Feb 26 / 6 PM records, birth certifi cates O 1/11 Syncopation (1942); and death notices. Join us for engaging Lowe’s at the Library O activities to prepare Adults 2/8 Robin and the 7 Brave Balto Sat, Dec 8 / 10 AM – 2 PM you and your child for Learn how to paint the Hoods (1964) Families kindergarten. interior of your home Fri, Dec 14, Jan 11, Feb 8 Celebrate the famed sled Getting Into the Tue, Jan 22, Feb 26 / 7 PM like a pro. 12 PM dog and learn about the Holiday Swing O effect he had on Cleveland. Tue, Feb 19 / 7:15 PM O All ages Where the Bodies Trumpeter Curtis Taylor Sat, Feb 2 / 2 PM Jazz up your holidays Are Buried O Painting Faux Stained All ages with Qwik Sil-ver’s Listen to the Grammy Adults Glass O s Un-Valentine’s Day concert of upbeat jazz Award winner’s unique O Delve into the lore of Adults Party and swing music with gravestones, gain tips on In two sessions, create a blend of soulfulness, Grades K – 3 a seasonal theme. how to fi nd old cemeteries project using a painting harmonic sensibilities Are you up to date on your Sat, Dec 8 / 2 PM and how to use what you technique that gives the and rhythm. cootie shot? Then join us to fi nd in your genealogy look of stained glass with Sun, Dec 16 / 2 PM celebrate all the grossness Teen Zone O s research. endless possibilities. O of love! Grades 6 – 12 Thu, Jan 24 / 7:15 PM Tue, Feb 26 & Thu, Feb 28 Teen Study Nights Sat, Feb 9 / 10:30 AM 12/10 Make a jingle bell 7:15 PM Grades 6 – 12 wreath; 1/7 STEAM fun Madden “Big Game” Study for fi nals in the Valentine’s Day Gift Mon, Dec 10, Jan 7 O reserved upstairs meeting in a Jar O 3:30 PM Tournament room. Snacks provided! Ages 11 – 18 CHAGRIN FALLS Grades 6 – 12 BRANCH Wed, Dec 19 & Thu, Dec 20 Make gifts using Marvelous Compete with fellow 1 – 9 PM gamers for a chance to Mason jars. Minecrafters O Art Exhibits take home the top prize! Minecraft Club O Sat, Feb 9 / 3 PM Grades 2 – 5 Sat, Feb 2 / 2 – 5 PM All ages Play the pocket version, November & December: Grades 6 – 12 plan future programs O s Geoff Simpson will Use your imagination to FAIRVIEW PARK and enjoy fun activities. Screen Printing build new worlds. display his pastels and BRANCH Tue, Dec 11, Jan 8, Ages 10 – 16 Fri, Dec 21 / 3:30 PM watercolors. January & Feb 12 / 4 PM Learn techniques in this O hands-on workshop. February: Chagrin Valley Coding With Arduino Quilt Guild members will Winter Craft Sat, Feb 9 / 2 – 4 PM O Grades 6 – 12 Archiving Personal feature original works Extravaganza Learn to program LEDs Memories O based on their “President’s Be My Valentine O Families with Arduino. Adults Challenge.” Join us for a story, Ages 2 – 6 with caregiver Sat, Dec 1 / 2 PM Tri-C archivist Marietta Carr Join us for a heartwarming during library hours winter-themed crafts will share the proper way and hot cocoa. The Polar Express storytime celebrating love, O to care for and preserve and then make a craft for Ringing in the Season Sat, Jan 5 / 2 PM Pajama Storytime O personal/family history All ages your special someone. O Families items. Tue, Feb 12 / 11 AM Local handbell ringers Minecraft Open Play Wear your PJs and Tue, Dec 11 will perform songs for Grades 6 – 12 join us for stories, crafts 6:30 – 8:30 PM the holidays. Build new worlds using our and games. ® Sat, Dec 1 / 2 PM iPads or your own device. Mon, Dec 3 / 6:30 PM Mon, Jan 14 / 3:30 PM

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Find Yourself at Cuyahoga County Public Library

SHELLA TRAVARCA “I used Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop in the Library’s Innovation Center to create a logo for my business – The Little Shop of Cookies,” Shella says. “I started using the Cricut machine because I wanted to do tote bags, T-shirts and card decals, all with the logo. Everybody looks at them and thinks I had them printed. I did that at the Library.

“There’s a need in all communities for resources that help people grow, and that’s really what the Innovation Centers do.”

Learn more about Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Innovation Centers at cuyahogalibrary.org/innovate.

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Consumer Databases O Magic Tree House Music & Movement Family Movie & Homeschoolers at Adults STEAM Club O Storytime Craft Day O the Library O Simplify your life with Ages 4 – 8 with caregiver Ages birth – 5 years Watch Deep and make Grades 2 – 5 easily accessible consumer Each month we will focus with caregiver a sea-themed craft. 1/18 Rockin’ art: Make databases. on a different book from Join us for a story followed Sat, Jan 12 / 2 – 4:30 PM broken record art on Thu, Dec 13 / 7 PM the series and explore by songs and movement canvas while listening the theme of each book activities. Duct Tape Design O to and talking about Feeling Fancy With a Girl through fun activities. Wed, Jan 2 – Feb 27 Grades 2 – 5 music from the 1950s Named Nancy O Thu, Dec 20, Jan 17, 10 AM Create wallets, pencil to the present. 2/15 Ages 4 – 8 with caregiver Feb 14 / 4 PM pouches and jewelry with Presidential escape room: Dress up in your fi nest Beginning Yoga for duct tape! Use your minds and a outfi t to celebrate Fancy Gingerbread Houses O Teens O Mon, Jan 14 / 3:30 PM little bit of history to solve Nancy with a fabulous Families Grades 6 – 12 puzzles that will unlock a soiree of games, crafts Start a new holiday Learn basic moves to Cleveland Metroparks box and help us escape! and fancy fun. tradition with your de-stress as the school Zoo O s Fri, Jan 18, Feb 15 Sat, Dec 15 / 2 PM family by decorating year progresses. Adults 11:15 AM a gingerbread house. Wed, Jan 9 / 7 PM Doug Kusak from Pulled String Art O Sat, Dec 22 / 2 PM Cleveland Metroparks will The Baker’s Basement O Grades 2 – 5 take an entertaining look at All ages Create a unique design the creation of the zoo. Kate Dedinsky and Adam using only string, paint Tue, Jan 15 / 7 PM Grindler will perform a and paper. unique fusion of “swinging Mon, Dec 17 / 3:30 PM folk funk” music. Sat, Jan 26 / 2 PM

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GARFIELD Ukulele for Beginners O Frozen Party O HEIGHTS Adults Ages 3 – 6 with caregiver BRANCH Learn how to play in this Come dressed up as Hotspot Lending three-part series. If you your favorite character STEAM Time O don’t have a uke, we’ll for activities, music and Grades K – 3 provide one. refreshments. Every month we’ll have Thu, Dec 20, Jan 10 & Sat, Jan 19 / 11 AM a different adventure – Feb 7 / 7 PM MLK Day Craft science experiments, O technology, building, Art Workshops All ages art and music! Adults Drop in to make a Mon, Dec 3, Jan 7, 12/27 Create a painting in craft to celebrate Feb 4 / 6:30 PM the abstract expressionist Martin Luther King Jr. FREE style. 1/24 Create Mon, Jan 21 with your Minecraft Challenge O personalized snowfl ake during library hours art. 2/21 In this advanced library card Ages 7 & up O Compete in a different workshop, use your Innovate Club challenge or just get more Illustrator skills and our Grades 3 – 5 practice among other fans. laser engraver to make a Peace and love T-shirts: Wed, Dec 5, Jan 2, Feb 6 woodblock print. Screen print a shirt in 7 PM Thu, Dec 27, Jan 24, celebration of Martin Feb 21 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM Luther King Jr. Day. Teen Innovators O Mon, Jan 21 / 2 – 4 PM Learn more at cuyahogalibrary.org/hotspots. Grades 6 – 12 Music & Movement Learn about our Innovation Storytime NASA Young Innovators: Center and leave with your Ages 19 months – 5 years Aerospace O Love Monsters & Paper The Violin Up Close & own creation. with caregiver Ages 11 – 18 Plate Flowers O Personal O Sat, Dec 8 / 2 PM Join us for stories and Join NASA engineers on rhymes followed by songs an adventure to explore Grades 2 – 5 All ages and movement activities. various aspects of aero- Take simple things Mary Beth Ions will Drop In & Innovate Adults Tue, Jan 8 – Feb 26 / 10 AM and astronautics! and combine them perform the audience’s Learn about the equipment Sat, Feb 2 / 2 – 4:30 PM with craft supplies to requests for songs from in the Innovation Center and Teen Technology turn them into special a range of show tunes, stay for a self-guided project. O Library Love Bugs O gifts and decorations popular music and Deep Dive Thu, Dec 13 – Feb 28 Families for Valentine’s Day. classical music. Grades 6 – 12 2 – 4 PM Our special Valentine’s Day Mon, Feb 4 / 3:30 PM Wed, Feb 13 / 7 PM Let your creativity run celebration will include O free in this eight-week Family Yoga O You Can Uke! O s Innovation Creations series by using studio activities, games and an Adults edible craft. Bring the family for an Grades 5 – 12 equipment and Innovation December: Design your Sat, Feb 9 / 11 AM afternoon of yoga and Learn to make music on the Center machines to create own tote bag using the relaxation with Sacred world’s happiest instrument. multimedia projects, music heat press and heat Overcoming Addiction O Rebel Yoga. If you don’t have a ukulele, and fi lms. transfer vinyl. January: Adults Sat, Feb 9 / 2 PM we’ll provide one. Tue, Jan 8 – Feb 26 Create customized stamps Pawley Bornstein – former Mon, Feb 18 / 2 – 4 PM 3:30 PM Women in History: using our laser engraver. host of The Maxwell Show – February: Use stencils and O will discuss his recovery Sally Hemings O s Full STEAM Ahead O Baby & Toddler Play screens to print a design Ages 1 – 3 with caregiver from addiction and his Adults Grades 6 – 12 onto a T-shirt. 1/16 Snow play: Touch role at an alcohol and Vernice Jackson of Take your pick of various Thu, Dec 13 or Wed, Dec 19; and feel all kinds of drug treatment center. Women in History will science, technology, Wed, Jan 16 or Thu, Jan 31; fun things that are “like Thu, Feb 14 / 6:30 PM portray this important engineering, art and Wed, Feb 20 or Thu, Feb 28 snow”! 2/13 Love play: fi gure in African- math activities. 6:30 – 8:30 PM Learn all about love, American history. Sat, Feb 23 / 2 – 4 PM friendship and families Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM The Polar Express O through hands-on play. Families Wed, Jan 16, Feb 13 Celebrate this holiday 10:30 AM favorite with a reading, activities and cookies and hot chocolate. Sat, Dec 15 / 2 PM

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GATES MILLS Teen Code Cave O Arduino for Adults O Holiday Favorites With Guppy Tank O BRANCH Grades 6 – 12 Adults Mary Beth Ions O Grades 5 – 7 Yarn Painting O Explore various Learn to build and All ages Future entrepreneurs: In coding concepts and program electronic circuits The violinist will provide this four-week series, learn Grades K – 5 programming languages. using an Arduino Uno. how to take your business Use this technique to an interactive evening Thu, Dec 27, Jan 31, Feb 28 Thu, Feb 7 / 6 – 8 PM idea from concept to reality. create fanciful and vibrant of music certain to calm 6:30 PM Sat, Feb 2 – 23 art. You can work from your nerves and raise Simple Arduino your spirits. 10 AM – 12:30 PM a template or create your Genealogy 101 O O own original piece. for Teens Wed, Dec 12 / 7 PM Adults Scales and Tails of Mon, Dec 3 / 4 PM Ages 10 – 18 In this three-part workshop, If you have the day off VolunTeens O Ohio O s Kindergarten learn how to use the school, join us to learn Grades 5 – 12 Families O internet to further your to build and program Get involved in your Get up close with reptiles Readiness family history research. electronic circuits using community while receiving and amphibians from Ages 4 & 5 with caregiver Sat, Jan 12, Feb 9 & 23 an Arduino Uno. service hours for school. around the world! Help your preschooler 10 AM Wed, Feb 13 Tue, Jan 8, Feb 5 / 7 PM Sat, Feb 9 / 2 PM make the transition 1:30 – 3:30 PM into their fi rst year of Discovering Art O School Readiness: Create Your Own school as you explore Grades K – 5 Off to Work O Terrarium O s activities together. 12/10 Learn about art and then INDEPENDENCE Celebrating together; Ages 3 – 5 with a caregiver Ages 11 – 18 try a variety of tools and BRANCH Explore having a job and Learn about ecosystems 1/7 Colors; 2/4 Counting techniques at activity Mon, Dec 10, Jan 7, Feb 4 choosing a career through and make your own. stations. 1/14 Line and Coping With Holiday- play at activity stations. Tue, Feb 19 / 6:30 PM 6 PM shape: Explore how lines Related Stress O Wed, Jan 9 / 11 AM are used in art to create Simple Robots Adults Thu, Jan 10 / 10 AM Walt’s World: The shapes and express ideas. Learn tips for managing for Teens O 2/11 Sculpture: Explore Life & Times of Walt anxiety and depression Self-Improvement Disney O s Ages 10 – 18 unexpected ways to make that can be associated ® WeDo robots Resources at the Adults Build LEGO 3-D art forms. with the holiday season. from instructions or attempt Library O Learn about Disney and his Mon, Jan 14, Feb 11 / 4 PM Wed, Dec 5 / 7 PM your own creation for an Adults peers, who put together the added challenge. Art Reception: Dave Holiday Crafts O See demos of Creativebug, entertainment empire that Thu, Dec 13 / 6:30 PM Chew’s Photography LearningExpress Library, is still magic. Presented in Grades K – 5 Lynda.com and Mango partnership with and held Adults Try a variety of craft ideas O Languages and discover at the Independence Civic Georgia on My Mind Meet the artist and discuss that you can give as gifts or how we can help you start Center. Adults his work, which the keep for yourself. Explore the life and work your self-improvement Fri, Feb 22 / 12:45 PM Friends of the Library will Tue, Dec 11 / 3:30 PM of artist Georgia O’Keeffe, feature in the branch for journey. Sat, Jan 19 / 2 PM Hedda Hopper and then take a class on approximately six weeks. Teen Holiday Craft O s basic watercolors from Presented by Women Thu, Jan 17 / 7 – 8:30 PM Ages 11 – 18 Zip Line Challenge O s Creativebug. Make a wall-accent in History O s Grades 5 – 12 Fri, Jan 4 / 10:30 AM Sketchbook Club O clothespin wreath for Adults Try to build something that Adults displaying photos, cards See a portrayal of the O will carry a ping pong ball Robot Mania Bring a sketchbook and and notes. powerful and infl uential to the bottom of a zip line Ages 10 – 18 drawing tools to start (or Tue, Dec 11 / 6:30 PM Hollywood columnist. Robot enthusiasts of expand on) your practice. in under four seconds! Wed, Feb 27 / 7 PM all skill levels: Build We’ll discuss techniques, Tue, Jan 22 / 6:30 PM and program LEGO® try new things and spend MINDSTORMS® some time in free draw. A New Year! A NXT robots at this Mon, Jan 28, Feb 25 / 2 PM New Eating Habit monthly program. Resolution? O Thu, Dec 20, Jan 24, Adults Feb 21 / 6 – 8 PM Cleveland Clinic will share how to eat better and live a healthier lifestyle. Wed, Jan 23 / 2 PM

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MAPLE HEIGHTS Let’s Play! Homeschool: STEAM O Toddler Explorers Long-Term Care: BRANCH Ages 2 – 5 Grades K – 5 Ages 1 – 3 A Family Affair O We’ll turn the library into Use your creative Explore hands-on and Adults Learn Basic Spanish O an indoor playground ingenuity to explore learn through engaging Certifi ed fi nancial planners Adults featuring items from our and experiment through activities. We have the Barbara L. Baxter and Instructor Alia Almashni Toy Collection: balance a variety of activities. potential to get messy, Michael Primerano will will cover common phrases, beams, tunnels and Mon, Jan 28, so wear play clothes. discuss long-term care vocabulary and verbs in dinosaur bowling. Feb 25 / 10:30 AM Thu, Feb 28 / 11:30 AM expenses. this three-week introductory Wed, Jan 9, Feb 6 Tue, Dec 11 / 2 PM series. 10:30 AM Spy Training Academy O Butterfl y Gardening O Sat, Dec 1, 8 & 15 / 11 AM Grades 1 – 5 Adults Kindermusik® O Picture Book Learn all the skills you’ll Learn how to create a Enjoy music and movement Holiday Paper Adventure O need to complete top-secret garden that will attract with your child. Ornaments O Ages 3 – 5, but not yet missions. Become a master butterfl ies, bees and Babies: Ages birth – 17 months Adults in kindergarten of disguise, decipher secret hummingbirds. with caregiver Create beautiful holiday Join us for an exploration messages and earn your Thu, Feb 28 / 7 PM Wed, Dec 12 / 10 AM ornaments using glitter of the book Mary Wore code name. Toddlers: Ages 19 – 35 months Sat, Feb 2 / 2:30 PM heat transfer vinyl and Her Red Dress and Henry MAYFIELD with caregiver a heat press. Wore His Green Sneakers. O Wed, Dec 12 / 11 AM Wed, Dec 5 / 6 – 8 PM Fri, Jan 11 / 10:35 AM Chinese Calligraphy BRANCH Adults 3-D Design Basics O Holiday Movie STEAM Saturdays Celebrate the Chinese Innovation Creations O s Adults Families Grades K – 3 New Year by learning Adults Explore digital creation Join us for a movie Listen to a story and Asian calligraphy. Join the maker movement using 3-D modeling and craft. enjoy a fun science, Mon, Feb 4 / 6 – 8 PM and enjoy an evening of software. Sat, Dec 8 / 2:30 PM technology, engineering, creativity in our Innovation Thu, Dec 13 / 7 PM art or math activity. Kids Escape: Attack Center. 12/4 Holiday Teen STEAM Sat, Jan 12, 26, Feb 9, 23 of the Locks O cards; 1/15 Engraved pet Homeschooler Grades 6 – 12 3 PM Grades 3 – 5 ID tags; 2/19 Heat press Monday O Challenge yourself and In this Star Wars-themed coloring (for all ages); Grades 6 – 12 get creative with fun Teen Tuesdays escape room, work 2/21 Laser-engraved Enjoy games, arts/crafts STEAM-focused activities. Grades 6 – 12 together to solve the ceramic tile markers. and maker projects. We’ll have exciting new Meet up with friends for puzzles and break the Tue, Dec 4, Jan 15, Mon, Dec 17, Jan 21, challenges every month. fun activities designed code in time to save Feb 19 / 6:30 PM Feb 25 / 10:30 AM Wed, Dec 12, Jan 23, just for teens. the galaxy. Thu, Feb 21 / 7 PM Feb 20 / 3:45 PM Tue, Jan 15, 29, Feb 26 Wed, Feb 13 / 2 PM VolunTeens 3:45 PM Teen Takeover Grades 5 – 12 WWE Club O Overcoming Addiction O Grades 6 – 12 Make friends while earning Grades 6 – 12 Genealogy 101 O Adults Explore exciting technology service hours. We’ll discuss all things Adults Pawley Bornstein – former and equipment in our Thu, Dec 27, Jan 24, Feb 21 WWE and the world of pro In this three-part workshop, host of The Maxwell Show – Innovation Center as you 6 – 8 PM wrestling and enjoy learn how to use the will discuss his recovery become part of the maker trivia and show highlights. internet to further your from addiction and his role movement. Cricut Basics O Mon, Jan 7, Feb 4 family history research. at an alcohol and drug Wed, Dec 5, 19, Jan 2, 16, Adults 3:45 PM Thu, Jan 17, 24 & 31 treatment center. Feb 6, 20 / 7 PM Learn how to use the 6:30 – 8:30 PM Sat, Feb 23 / 2 PM O machine in our Innovation Messy Mondays Art Hour Center to create and cut Ages 3 – 7 with caregiver MLK Day Film Festival Grades 6 – 12 personalized projects. Enjoy stories, songs and Families Join us for an hour of Sat, Jan 5 / 2 – 4 PM a fun, creative and messy Enjoy short fi lms based on creativity and crafting. activity. Younger siblings great children’s books, as Mon, Dec 10, Jan 7, Cultural Gardens of welcome. well as crafts and activities. Feb 11 / 4 PM Liberty Boulevard O Mon, Jan 21 / 2:30 PM Mon, Jan 7 – Feb 25 / 7 PM Adults O Local history expert Exploring Electricity Rebecca McFarland will Grades 3 – 5 discuss the history and Join us for some fun creation of the gardens. electrical experiments. Tue, Jan 8 / 2 PM Sat, Jan 26 / 10 AM

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Family Robotics O MIDDLEBURG Holly Jolly Strum & Ages 11 – 15 with adult HEIGHTS Sing O Work in pairs to program BRANCH Ages 11 & up, adults Reasons for a LEGO® MINDSTORMS® If you like to sing or play the Seasons O EV3 robot to solve a Health Screenings an instrument, join us for unique set of challenges. All ages an evening of jolly songs. Astronomer Jason Davis will discuss seasonal Tue, Jan 29 / 6:30 PM Southwest General will Wed, Dec 19 / 7 PM changes of the Cleveland skies using a mobile O offer free blood pressure planetarium dome. Intro to Arduino and blood glucose You Can Uke! O NORTH OLMSTED BRANCH Adults screenings. Learn to make music on the Wed, Feb 20 / 7 PM Learn to build and Mon, Dec 3 / 12 – 1 PM world’s happiest instrument. program electronic circuits If you don’t have a ukulele, using an Arduino Uno. Midwinter Night’s we’ll provide one. Wed, Jan 30 Dream O Adults Big Nate Blasts Off! O s Screen Printing 6:30 – 8:30 PM Adults Thu, Dec 27 Grades 3 & 4 Tote Bags O s 10 AM – 12 PM Jr. Robotix O Get swept up in the holiday We’ll have a Big Nate Learn how to use Cricut spirit with Vibrant Wind Grades 5 – 12 trivia contest, activities and technology to screen print Ages 7 – 10 Dancers and beautiful Thu, Dec 27 / 2 – 4 PM a discussion of the fi nal Build STEM skills and a tote bag. holiday music and poetry. novel in the series, Big Adults explore the world of Nutrition & the . ® Tue, Dec 4 / 7 PM Nate Blasts Off Wed, Feb 6 / 3 PM LEGO WeDo robots. Older Adult O Wed, Jan 23 / 7 PM Tue, Feb 5 / 7 PM Grades 6 – 12 A Vintage ‘60s Rockin’ Adults O Wed, Feb 6 / 6:30 PM O Christmas O Kemper House will explain Build It! Growing Up Cleveland daily dietary needs to Grades K – 3 O s Adults Adults Candy Science Bill Brauning will present maintain optimal health. Share a story and use Grades 3 & 4 Join Dennis Sutcliffe to Mon, Jan 7 / 10 AM LEGO® bricks to build on reminisce about Barnaby, an interactive media What makes Pop Rocks program featuring clips a related theme. crackle? Why does a Captain Penny, Ghoulardi Pride of Cleveland O s Mon, Jan 28, Feb 18 / 7 PM and other local TV hosts. of holiday variety shows 3 Musketeers candy bar Adults fl oat? Conduct some Tue, Feb 12 / 2 PM and seasonal pop music O from the era. Share memories of listening Community Sing! experiments to fi nd out! Greenprint Training: Thu, Dec 6 / 7 PM and dancing to the music Adults Sat, Feb 9 / 2 PM O of the Raspberries, Glass Singing is fun and great for Advanced II Look Who’s Talking O Harp and the James Gang your health, so join us for Girls Code! O s Adults Ages 1 – 3 with caregiver at places like the Agora old and new songs. Grades 3 & 4 The Cuyahoga County Children and parents will and Hullabaloo. Wed, Jan 30 / 7 PM Explore beginner coding. Planning Commission play and explore ways to Tue, Jan 8 / 7 PM Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM will offer advanced increase language skills in It’s Groundhog Day! O s training to experienced this program facilitated by STEAM Teens: Engineering Families with children Midweek Crafters O s users of the mapping the Cleveland Hearing and Challenge O s ages 5 & up Adults and planning tool. Speech Center. Grades 6 – 9 Learn about these Bring a friend and make a Wed, Feb 13 / 9:30 AM Tue, Dec 11 / 10 AM Compete in our interesting animals and craft to take home. O engineering challenge and enjoy a story, songs and Wed, Feb 13 / 2 PM Pilkey-palooza LED Greeting Cards O s test your building skills a craft. Ages 8 – 12 Grades 6 – 12 using everyday household Sat, Feb 2 / 2:30 PM O Captain Underpants Coping With Loneliness Make a holiday/greeting materials. and Dog Man fans: Adults card (or simple work of art) Tue, Jan 15 / 7 PM Eat, But Don’t Get Eaten: We’ll revel in Dav Pilkey’s Many older adults lack with LEDs and circuits. wacky heroes with an How Animals Survive a social network that Tue, Dec 11 / 7 PM The Sound of My array of silly activities. O s provides emotional Own Drum O s support, friendship and Sat, Feb 16 Make a Gingerbread Grades K – 2 2:30 – 4:30 PM Grades K – 5 Check out the fur, skulls companionship. Learn House O s Explore African percussion and beaks of native strategies to overcome Families and rhythms with Mama Ohio animals and learn loneliness as you age. Celebrate the season Fasi. Create your own how animals fi nd food to Tue, Feb 19 / 10 AM by making gingerbread rhythms and make music eat – without being eaten houses. Bring a bag of with the group. themselves. Genealogy 101 O candy to share. Mon, Jan 21 / 7:35 PM Tue, Feb 5 / 7 PM Adults Sat, Dec 15 / 2 – 4 PM Discover the basics to begin your family history search. Tue, Feb 19 / 7 PM

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NORTH Teen STEAM O s Science Sleuths O s NORTH Preschool Science: Light O OLMSTED Grades 6 – 12 Grades K – 3 ROYALTON Ages 3 – 5 BRANCH Join us for hands-on Explore chemistry and BRANCH Learn about lights and workshops. 12/18 Screen matter through hands-on shadows through hands-on Family Game Night O printing; 2/11 Shrinky experiments. Play, Learn & Grow O activity stations. Families trinkets Sat, Jan 19 / 11 AM Ages birth – 3 years Tue, Dec 11 / 10 AM Tue, Dec 18 / 6 PM Have fun with giant O Enjoy interactive play Connect Four, speed Mon, Feb 11 / 4 PM Toddler Playtime stations that encourage Cleveland Fleaharmonics’ stacking cups and more. Ages 1 – 3 creativity and muscle Yule-kulele Holiday Mon, Dec 3 / 6:30 PM Embracing an Anti- Let’s have fun in a room full development. Spectacular O s O of toys. Infl ammatory Lifestyle Tue, Dec 4 / 6:30 PM All ages Fun Felt Ornaments O s Adults Fri, Jan 25 / 11 AM Wed, Dec 5 / 10 AM The band will spread Adults Nutritionist Lori DePietro- ukulele joy during this Make your own holiday Standen will discuss Teddy Bear Tea Coping With Holiday- O s holiday-themed concert. decoration. healthy lifestyle habits that Party Related Stress O Tue, Dec 18 / 7 PM Tue, Dec 4 / 7 PM reduce infl ammation. Ages 3 – 5 Adults Sat, Jan 5 / 2 PM Share stories, songs and O Learn tips for managing Discovering Art: Practice ACT a snack with your stuffed anxiety and depression Creating in 3-D O O friend. Grades 9 – 12 Learn Basic Spanish that can be associated Grades K – 4 Take a practice test. Bring a Adults Fri, Feb 8 / 11 AM with the holiday season. Explore unexpected ways No. 2 pencil and graphing/ Instructor Alia Almashni Tue, Dec 4 / 7 PM to make creative sculptures. scientifi c calculator. will cover common phrases, Figures in the History of Fri, Jan 11 / 2:30 PM Sat, Dec 8 / 10 AM – 1 PM vocabulary and verbs in Philosophy O s VolunTeens O s this three-week introductory Adults Grades 6 – 12 Mini-Movers O series. Teen Minecraft Learn about key thinkers Get involved in your Ages 6 – 18 months O s Wed, Jan 9, 16 & 23 / 7 PM Meetup from Tri-C’s Samuel LiPuma. community while receiving with caregiver Grades 6 – 12 Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM service hours for school. Join us for music, Enjoy refreshments while NASA Young Innovators: Each month we’ll make movement, play and you explore, build, battle Mechatronics O Great Lakes Theater something to donate. socialization. and survive in exciting Ages 11 – 18 Presents Treasure Wed, Dec 5, Jan 2, Sat, Jan 12 / 10 AM virtual worlds. Join NASA engineers as Island O Feb 6 / 7 PM Mon, Dec 10, Jan 7, you explore topics like Families O s Tween Light Painting Feb 4 / 4 PM structural/fl uid mechanics, Venture out on the high Elf Training O s simple machines, electric seas with young Jim Grades K – 3 Grades 4 – 8 The Cleveland motors, radio and Hawkins as he searches Engage in hands-on crafting. Create your own Fleaharmonics’ Holly microcontrollers. for the lost treasure of Sat, Dec 8 / 10 AM masterpiece with an iPad®. Sat, Jan 12, Feb 16 Jolly Sing-Along O Captain Flint. Sat, Jan 19 / 2:30 PM 2 – 4:30 PM Holiday Cookie All ages Sat, Feb 23 / 10 AM O s Enjoy a merry evening Wars Beginning a Family Intro to Raspberry Pi O of music and fun. If you Teen 3-D Design O Grades 6 – 12 History Project O s play ukulele, bring your Grades 6 – 12 Ages 11 – 18 Test your cookie decorating Learn to build and Adults instrument and join the Explore hands-on digital skills at this holiday-themed program electronic circuits Learn to trace your family band for a rendition of creation using a 3-D event. in this introductory class. history from Ann Sindelar “Jingle Bells.” modeling program. Sat, Dec 8 / 2:30 PM Tue, Jan 15 / 6 – 8 PM of the Western Reserve Wed, Dec 12 / 7 PM Tue, Feb 26 / 6 – 8 PM Veterans Service Historical Society. O Wed, Jan 30 / 6:30 PM Adventure Along Mail Call Commission El Camino O Grades 2 – 4 Veterans can receive help Tots Dance O Join us for mail-themed with VA benefi ts, emergency Adults stories and create a special Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver Experience the pilgrimage fi nancial assistance, Have a great time dancing note for those that serve memorial affairs, medical through photos, videos and (Operation Gratitude) and moving to music with stories from River Readers’ transportation and more. beanbags and shaker eggs! and/or a special person Call 216.698.2600 or visit Susan Schueller. in your life. Thu, Jan 31 / 7 PM Sun, Dec 16 / 2 PM cuyahogavets.org for more Sat, Feb 23 / 11 AM Thu, Jan 17 / 6:30 PM information. Mon, Dec 10, Jan 14, Feb 11; Tue, Dec 11, Jan 15, Feb 12; Wed, Dec 12, Jan 16, Feb 13 9 AM – 3 PM

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Look Who’s Talking O The Nutcracker O Groundhog Day Origami Workshop O s iPad® for Beginners O Ages 1 – 3 with caregiver Families Celebration O s Grades K – 5 Adults Cleveland Speech & North Pointe Ballet will Families Learn to fold paper into Learn essential skills Hearing Center will facilitate perform the holiday classic. Visit different stations for different objects. needed to navigate a play-based program Sat, Dec 8 / 3 PM fun activities, interesting Wed, Dec 12, Jan 9, and use your device. focused on listening, facts and a tasty treat. Feb 13 / 6:30 PM Mon, Jan 21 / 1:30 PM improving attention skills RoboVentures O Sat, Feb 2 / 2 PM and taking turns. Grades 6 – 12 Hot Cocoa Book STREAM for Sat, Feb 2 / 10 AM Join us for monthly Paper Lantern O Buzz O s Preschoolers O free play and mini- Adults Adults Preschoolers with caregiver Valentine’s Glass challenges using LEGO® Learn about the lantern’s Learn about hot new books Prepare your child for Etching O s MINDSTORMS® robots. history and then create while creating your own kindergarten with science, Adults Wed, Dec 12, Jan 9, your own. hot chocolate mix. technology, reading, Make a unique piece with Feb 13 / 7 PM Tue, Feb 5 / 7 PM Thu, Dec 13 / 2 PM engineering, art and math stencils and cream. programs, followed by Tue, Feb 5 / 7 PM Holiday Cookie Teen 3-D Design O La Hora del Cuento – Preschool Storytime. Design Battle O s Grades 6 – 12 O Tue, Jan 22 – Feb 26 O Bilingual Storytime Builder’s Challenge Grades 6 – 12 Explore hands-on digital Ages 4 – 8 11:30 AM Grades K – 3 Compete to see who can creation using a 3-D Each month will feature Create a winter destination make the best cookies with modeling program. a different topic. Adult Maker Night O s with LEGO® bricks. icing and toppings. Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM Sat, Dec 15, Jan 19, Have fun making one- Sat, Feb 9 / 11 AM Wed, Dec 19 / 7 PM Feb 16 / 10 AM of-a-kind creations. 1/22 Pet portraits; Thomas Jefferson: Winter Family Fun s ORANGE Robot Design O s 2/5 Paper circuits Landscape Architect Families BRANCH Grades 2 – 5 Tue, Jan 22, Feb 5 / 6:30 PM O s Drop in for fun activities Create a small working and crafts. Graham Cracker House robot. Girl Scouts: This Family Yoga O Adults O s Celebrate Presidents Day Thu, Jan 3 / 2 – 4 PM for the Holidays program will meet some Ages 3 – 8 with master gardener Greg Grades 4 – 8 of the requirements for Instructor Barbara Paulett- Cada, who will discuss Obstacle-Avoiding Build and decorate the Brownie and Junior Long will help little ones Jefferson’s horticultural life. Robot With Arduino O your very own. Designing Robots badge. stretch and relax with age- Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM Grades 6 – 12 Sat, Dec 1 / 2 PM Sat, Dec 15 / 2 PM appropriate movements. Explore coding and mobile Thu, Jan 24 – Feb 14 WeDo Topsy-Turvy O robot navigation. Homeschool: American Girl Doll: 6:30 PM Build and program a Wed, Jan 16 / 6 – 8 PM Study DNA O Library O s spinning top with LEGO® Ages 8 – 14 Grades 1 – 5 Valentine’s Day Craft WeDo robots. Jr. Engineering: Learn all about DNA. Make items for your doll O s Grades 2 – 4 Marshmallow Thu, Dec 6 / 10 AM so you can play library Families Mon, Feb 18 / 2 PM Catapults O s with her. Join us for songs and stories about family/ Homeschoolers in grades 2 – 4 Grades 1 – 5 Christmas Ornament Sat, Jan 12 / 2 PM Tue, Feb 19 / 2 PM Use candy to complete fun Making Extravaganza friendship and make (and yummy!) building O s Learn With Lynda O a special craft. Sat, Feb 2 / 10:45 AM challenges. Ages 6 – 11 Adults OLMSTED FALLS Learn all about Lynda.com, Thu, Jan 17 / 3:30 PM Create a holiday SAT & ACT Practice O BRANCH decoration. All supplies an online learning platform Grades 9 – 12 Ohio Wildlife O provided. that covers business, O s The Princeton Review DIY Ornaments Families Sat, Dec 8 / 3 PM software, technology and Adults Get up close and personal creative skills. will offer a full-length Use wine corks, tea lights with live animals from the Intro to Cricut Mon, Jan 14 / 1:30 PM practice test. and book pages to make a Rocky River Nature Center. O SAT Design Space Sat, Feb 9 unique holiday creation. Sat, Jan 19 / 2 PM Homeschool World Tue, Dec 4 / 7 PM Adults O s 9:15 AM – 1 PM Learn how to create an Explorers Glass Etching O Ages 6 – 14 ACT Teen Tech Show & Tell O account, upload and Sat, Feb 23 Adults edit images, add text Each month we’ll “travel” Grades 6 – 12 9:15 AM – 1:30 PM Make your own creation and save a project. You to a different place to Show off your projects and with stencils and etching learn about its culture share ideas on making can cut your design in cream. one of the Library’s and customs. 1/17 Egypt; videos, coding games and Tue, Jan 22 2/21 South Korea. creating digital art. Innovation Centers. 6:30 – 8:30 PM Tue, Dec 11 / 6:30 PM Thu, Jan 17, Feb 21 Wed, Dec 5, Jan 2, Feb 6 10 AM 7 PM 29 BRANCH EVENTS

Essays for the SAT, ACT & Student Volunteers O s iPad® in Depth O Sing-Along Saturday Explore Fiber Crafts O s College Entrance O s Grades 4 – 6 Adults Storytime O Adults Grades 10 – 12 Earn community service Learn about the camera/ Families Learn about the basics Learn effective ways to hours by helping families photography function on Participate in stories, of crochet and make a approach these essays make gingerbread houses. your device. rhymes and songs. neck warmer. from writing specialist and Sat, Dec 8 / 10 AM – 12 PM Wed, Dec 19, Jan 16, Sat, Jan 19 / 11 AM Wed, Feb 6 / 2 – 4 PM consultant Donna Levine. or 1 – 3 PM Feb 20 / 2 PM Hygge 101 O s Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM O s Opioid Overdose Gingerbread Houses Master Builders Prevention O Grades 6 – 12, adults O s Discover hygge, the Ending the Homework Grades 4 – 6 Adults Battles O Families Tackle building challenges Gary Seech of Glenbeigh, Danish practice of Enjoy stories and make with friends using your coziness and comfortable Adults ® a Cleveland Clinic Life Success for Teens will a gingerbread house for imagination and LEGO affi liate drug and alcohol conviviality, from blogger provide tools and tips for the holidays. If you’d like, bricks. rehabilitation hospital, and entrepreneur Shibani overcoming homework bring candy for decorating. Thu, Dec 20, Jan 17, will provide valuable Faehnle. headaches. Sat, Dec 8 / 11 AM or 2 PM Feb 21 / 6:30 PM information. Sat, Feb 9 / 10 AM Tue, Feb 19 / 7 PM Tue, Jan 22 / 7 PM Ringing in the Season: Minecraft Winter Hygge Cozy Corner Handbell Choir O s Challenge O s A Wrinkle in Slime & Drop In s PARMA All ages Grades 5 – 12 Space Workshop O s Grades 6 – 12, adults Compete in a challenge Relax and get cozy the BRANCH The Garfi eld Memorial Grades 4 – 8 UMC handbell choir will or just practice. Prizes! Join us for themed crafts Danish way! Join us for Pokémon & Yu-Gi-Oh! perform holiday favorites. Thu, Dec 27 / 2 – 4 PM and activities based on the activities related to the Game Day O Tue, Dec 11 / 7 PM classic story. art of coziness. O Sat, Feb 9 Grades 5 – 12 Adult Coloring Sat, Jan 26 / 11 AM Bring your trading cards Let’s Go Out to Discover the therapeutic 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM or 3DS to duel with other the Movies O benefi ts of coloring. Saturday Family Matinee: Tue, Jan 8, Feb 12 / 7 PM Keep Calm Bath players. Prizes! Adults A Wrinkle in Time O s Sat, Dec 1, Jan 12, Feb 23 Bomb O s Check out the monthly Winter Make & Takes s Families 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM movie and then join Bring a pillow and blanket. Grades 5 – 12 us for a discussion. Preschoolers & children Mix and shape your own Drop in and make a craft Popcorn provided. Ready, Set, Create! O 12/12 A Christmas Story; sweet-smelling bath bomb to take home. Available Sat, Jan 26 / 2 – 4:30 PM Grades 2 – 5 1/9 A Man Called Ove; to take home. until supplies run out. Solve problems, be 2/13 Loving Sat, Feb 9 / 11 AM Fri, Jan 11; Sat, Jan 12; Research Databases creative and work with real Wed, Dec 12, Jan 9, Sun, Jan 13 / during for Small Businesses & engineers on building and Feb 13 / 7 PM O The Wonderful World of tech challenges. Sponsored library hours Job Seekers Bubbles O s by STAR Net and the The Grinch: Holiday Adults Families Universal Language Discover valuable American Society of Civil in Whoville O s Enjoy a unique, interactive Engineers. Calligraphy Club O s information that will show and see bubbles Ages 5 – 8 help your business Sat, Dec 1 / 2 PM Listen to the classic Adults beyond your wildest Explore calligraphy using and/or career. imagination. story, make crafts and Sat, Jan 26 / 2 PM More-Fun-Less-Stuff enjoy treats. original poetry. Sat, Feb 9 / 2 PM O Tue, Jan 15, Feb 19 / 7 PM Gift Workshop Thu, Dec 13 / 6:30 PM Rock On O s Adults Researching With O Adults Naturalist Debra Shankland O s Pinterest O Brick Builders Club Create a personalized Databases will help you discover ways Adults Grades K – 3 rock and learn about Adults to take the stuff and stress Learn about the popular Bring your imagination Creativebug, a free Discover valuable (and out of gift giving. social network. and build with our database with more than free!) Library resources. Wed, Dec 5 / 7 PM ® Wed, Jan 16 / 2 – 4 PM LEGO bricks. 1,000 award-winning art Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM Tue, Dec 18, Jan 29, and craft video classes Maker Club O s Feb 26 / 4 PM Using Your Android iPad® & iPhone® O Tablet O taught by recognized Grades 5 – 8 design experts and artists. Adults Join us after school as we Adults Sat, Feb 2 / 10 AM Learn essential skills transform the teen space Bring your device and needed to navigate your into a place for creating. learn essential skills. device. In collaboration with Thu, Jan 17 / 2 PM Wed, Feb 13 / 2 PM OhioGuidestone. Wed, Dec 5, 12 / 4:15 PM

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Teddy Bear Storytime O Tots & Blocks O PARMA-SNOW Preschool Yoga O s Board Game Families Ages 1 – 3 with caregiver BRANCH Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver Day Fun O s Join us for stories, songs Let’s build with ZENworks Yoga will Ages 10 – 19 and fi ngerplays about developmentally Roland Vinyl Cutter & present a yoga-themed Play board games, enjoy teddy bears. Feel free to appropriate toy blocks. Heat Press Basics O s storytime with breathing, refreshments and meet bring your teddy bear. Fri, Dec 14, Jan 11, Adults bending and lots of fun new people. Sat, Feb 16 / 11 AM Feb 8 / 10 AM Join us for an introduction for little ones. Sat, Dec 22, Jan 19, Mon, Dec 10 / 10 AM O s O to basic vinyl design. Feb 16 / 3 PM Rug Hooking Basics Brick Builders Club Sat, Dec 1 / 11 AM Adults Grades K – 5 Snowman Story & 3-D Design Basics O Learn from Heidi Kramer Bring your imagination Drop In & Innovate O Craft Night O s Adults of the Crooked River Rug and build with our Adults Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver Explore hands-on digital ® Hooking Guild. LEGO bricks. Attend an Innovation Join us for snowy stories creation using a 3-D Sat, Feb 23 / 9:30 AM Sat, Dec 15, Jan 19, Center orientation and start and songs and then modeling program. Feb 16 / 2 PM a new project. make a sock snowman Sat, Jan 5 / 11 AM –1 PM Creative Percussion O s O Mon, Dec 3, Jan 7, Feb 4 to take home. Grades 3 – 5 Pearl Road Book Stop 6:30 PM Mon, Dec 10 / 6:30 PM Robotics Boy Scout Merit Make music using your Adults Sat, Dec 15 / 10 AM Badge Day O body, household objects, Our librarians will share Wed, Dec 19, Jan 16 Greenprint Training: Grades K – 12 small hand drums and new books while you enjoy 1:30 PM Advanced II O Earn your badge by tambourines with Beck some refreshments. Adults programming LEGO® Center for the Arts. Thu, Dec 27, Jan 24, Teen Innovation Club O The Cuyahoga County MINDSTORMS® robots. Sat, Feb 23 / 2 PM Feb 28 / 1:30 PM Grades 6 – 12 Planning Commission Bring a blue card for a Join the maker movement Happiness Then & Now O will cover advanced counselor to sign. PARMA and explore exciting features of the mapping Sat, Jan 12 Adults technology and equipment and planning tool. 12:30 – 4:30 PM HEIGHTS Explore the origin, history in the Innovation Center. Tue, Dec 11 / 2:30 PM BRANCH and evolution of happiness. Thu, Dec 6, 20, Jan 10, 24, Fire, Fire, Hurry, Hurry O Thu, Jan 24 / 7 PM Feb 14, 28 / 4 PM Monthly Makers O s Ages 3 – 10 Pop-Up Gingerbread Adults Join us for stories and House Card O Bath Bombs & Shower Happy Birthday, Create something songs about fi refi ghters, O Grades 6 – 12 Streamers Parma-Snow Branch special using tools in our fi re safety and fi re trucks. Join the fun as we make a Grades 6 – 12 All ages Innovation Center. 12/12 Sat, Jan 12 / 2 PM pop-up gingerbread house Explore science, mix Celebrate fi ve years in our Holiday crafts; 2/11 holiday card, complete ingredients and make beautiful building with a Origami valentines Crack the Cursive Code O with LEDs. your own creations. day of festivities and fun Wed, Dec 12 / 6:30 PM Grades 2 – 6 Sat, Dec 1 / 2 – 4 PM Sat, Jan 26 / 2 PM that will include performers, Mon, Feb 11 / 7 PM Join us for an introduction crafts and refreshments. to the lost art of cursive O ® Learn to Search Photo Weaving Sat, Dec 8 / 11 AM – 4 PM Zentangle -Inspired handwriting. Consumer Reports O Grades 6 – 12 Art O s Wed, Jan 16 – Feb 6 / 4 PM Weave a favorite picture Adults They Came From Adults Learn how to access and into a work of art. Cleveland O s Discover an easy-to- P.A.L.S. Adapted Sat, Feb 9 / 2 – 4 PM use this valuable database Adults learn, relaxing and fun Technology Program O for free with your library I Love the ‘60s O s Enjoy refreshments and way to create beautiful Adults card. trivia about hometown images by drawing Customers with special Adults Thu, Dec 6 / 7 PM heroes. structured patterns. needs will learn basic Musician Bill Brauning Sat, Dec 8 / 2 PM Thu, Dec 20, Feb 21 / 7 PM computer skills. will explore the music, Arts for Wellness O Sat, Jan 19 / 11 AM – 1 PM politics, events and Adults T.A.G. Team O s styles of the 1960s. P.A.L.S. Sensory Learn to knit a hat on a O Grades 5 – 12 CNC Design Series O Wed, Feb 20 / 7 PM Friendly Movie round loom. Knit one for All ages Help out, meet new people Adults yourself, a loved one or Krafty Kaleidoscope O The sound is lower, the and have fun in our Teen Create a design and cut to donate to someone in lights are brighter and Advisory Group. it out in wood with the treatment. To register, call Grades 6 – 12 Sat, Dec 22, Jan 19, ShopBot CNC machine in Make your own and talking and moving are University Hospitals at perfectly acceptable. Feb 16 / 2 PM our Innovation Center. 216.844.1211. explore the science of Wed, Jan 23, 30 & Feb 6 mirrors and lights. Sat, Dec 8, Jan 19, Mon, Dec 10, 17 Feb 16 / 2:30 PM 6:30 – 8:30 PM 5:30 – 8:30 PM Sat, Feb 23 / 2 PM

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Adult Coloring Club s Valentine’s Day Cookie & Learning to Be Big O My Family Helps Archiving Personal De-stress and unwind Craft Party O s Ages 3 – 5 Me Learn O Memories O with crayons and Families Join us for stories, dancing Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver Adults colored pencils. Join us for make-your-own and a craft. Join us for stories about Archivist Marietta Carr Thu, Jan 24 / 7 PM valentine fun and cookie Mon, Dec 10 / 7 PM family. We’ll also dance will discuss the proper decorating. and make a craft. way to care for and Wild Animals in Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM Teens @ the Library s Tue, Feb 12 / 7 PM preserve items. Attendees Winter O Grades 6 – 12 will receive a free archivers’ Grades K – 5 Cricut Basics O s Join us for a variety of The Science of toolkit. Learn how animals Adults service activities and Snowfl akes O Thu, Dec 6 / 6:30 PM receive volunteer credit. survive in winter and Learn the basics of Cricut Grades 3 – 6 meet some neat creatures, Design Space and how Thu, Dec 13, Jan 10, 24, Learn about snowfl ake Birch Trees Painting O s from Lake Erie Nature & to use the Cricut Explore Feb 7, 21 / 4 PM formation and make Adults Science Center. Air machine. O s your own papercrafts. Create a special seasonal Sat, Jan 26 / 2 PM Wed, Feb 20 Retro Mania Sat, Feb 23 / 2:30 PM portrait with Ambe Art 1:30 – 3:30 PM Adults Studios. Robotics Tournament O Big Fun’s Steve Presser Sat, Dec 8 / 2 – 4 PM Grades 5 – 8 Raspberry Pi: Intro will present a history of SOUTH EUCLID- Teams will compete in to Python O toys and their pop culture LYNDHURST Gingerbread House connection. this annual competition Grades 6 – 12 BRANCH Decorating O ® Tue, Jan 8 / 6:30 PM that features LEGO Learn how to code the Families MINDSTORMS® robots. credit-card-size Raspberry DIY Holiday Platter O Create a delicious winter Sat, Feb 2 My Family Helps Pi computer with Python O Adults wonderland. 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM and explore a multipurpose Me Grow Paint a serving dish that is Sat, Dec 8 / 3 PM Ages 2 & 3 with caregiver O add-on board. sure to be the centerpiece Presidential Trivia Wed, Feb 20 / 6 PM Come for stories about of the season. Coping With Holiday- Adults family, as well as dancing Sat, Dec 1 / 2 PM Related Stress O Test your knowledge and making a craft. Adults and win prizes. SOLON BRANCH Tue, Jan 8 / 7 PM Create Your Own Learn tips for managing Wed, Feb 6 / 7 PM Holiday Card anxiety and depression Downloadable Help O Rockin’ Through O O s All ages that can be associated Coding for Kids Adults History Make a personalized with the holiday season. Get one-on-one help Grades 1 – 5 Adults holiday card with the use Mon, Dec 10 / 7 PM Learn about Scratch, a with downloading eBooks, Staff from the Rock & Roll of our green screen. programming language audiobooks, magazines Hall of Fame will discuss Mon, Dec 3 – Sat, Dec 8 Healthy Eating that makes it easy to create and music from the the exciting history of rock during library hours With Heinen’s O art, stories, simulations and Library’s Digital Collection. and highlight services and games. Reading skills and Mon / 2 – 3 PM Adults resources at the museum. Acoustic America O s Heinen’s Trudie Burrell experience with a mouse Wed / 6:30 – 7:30 PM Wed, Jan 23 / 7 PM All ages will share tips for making are required. Enjoy a performance from Thu, Feb 7 / 4 PM Family Arts & Crafts O O healthy choices during Robotix acclaimed bluesman Austin the holiday season. Families Ages 8 – 10 “Walkin’ Cane.” Thu, Dec 13 / 7 PM Girl Scouts Robotics Enjoy fun for the whole ® Use LEGO WeDo robots Tue, Dec 4 / 7 PM Sat, Jan 5, Feb 2 O family. Crafts and supplies Program to build and program 2:30 PM Grades K – 5 provided. a sailboat storm on the Imaging Basics O Sat, Dec 8 / 10 AM Earn the Brownie high seas. Adults Hebrew Storytime O Programming Robots Mon, Feb 11 / 7 PM Sat, Jan 26 / 11 AM Learn how to use the Ages birth – 5 years Badge by building and ® document scanner and the with caregiver ® Kindermusik O O s programming LEGO Book Art slide and photo scanner in Enjoy rhymes, songs, Kindermusik® of Cleveland WeDo robots. Adults our Memory Lab. movement and stories will present a program of Sat, Feb 9 / 2 PM Rhona Jacobson will show Wed, Dec 5 / 7 PM in Hebrew. music, movement and fun. you how to turn used books Wed, Dec 19, Jan 23, Ages birth – 17 months Swifty the Balloon into works of art. Teen Anime Club O Feb 27 / 10 AM Mon, Dec 10 / 10 AM Clown O s Mon, Feb 4 / 7 PM Grades 7 – 12 Families Ages 18 months – 3½ years Join us as we watch classic Mon, Dec 10 / 11 AM Enjoy a performance by and current anime. Ohio’s premier balloon Wed, Dec 5, 19, Jan 9, 23, artist. Feb 27 / 3:30 PM Sat, Feb 9 / 2 PM

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Crafting With Northcoast Mary McLeod Bethune, Christmas in Bedford Falls Knitting Guild Dorothy Height & the All ages All ages Movement O 12 – 4 PM: Enjoy Bring your craft projects All ages storytimes at The Treehouse and creativity and join Enjoy a dynamic afternoon in downtown Bedford. Memory a group of needlework with the Cleveland section 1:30 – 4:30 PM: Warm enthusiasts. of the National Council of up at the library with hot Wed, Dec 19, Jan 16, Negro Women. cocoa and help create a Feb 20 / 10 AM – 12 PM Sat, Feb 9 / 2 – 4 PM train display. Sat, Dec 8 / 12 – 4:30 PM Lab Audio Basics O Teen Anti-Valentine’s Adults Day Party O Drop-In Chess Grades 4 – 12 Learn how to convert your Grades 7 – 12 The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Memory Play friendly games of records and cassettes to Enjoy trivia, games and Lab is a free “do-it-yourself” space for the local chess with your peers. digital fi les using tools in giveaways. community to learn how to access, digitize and All skill levels welcome. our Memory Lab. Wed, Feb 20 / 3:30 PM share old videos, audio recordings, photographs Mon, Dec 10, Jan 14, Mon, Jan 7 / 7 PM and slides. The Memory Lab is located in our South Opioid Overdose Feb 11 / 4 PM Video Basics O Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch and is open for public use Prevention O O during regular library hours. Adults Minecraft Club Adults Learn how to use the Grades 3 – 6 Gary Seech of Glenbeigh, Features include: equipment in our Memory Enjoy construction, mining a Cleveland Clinic Lab to convert VHS, and survival games. No • BiblioBoard Creator affi liate drug and alcohol VHS-C, 8 mm and experience necessary. rehabilitation hospital, • Cassette to MP3 converter Super 8 recordings to Tue, Dec 11, Jan 8, will provide valuable DVD or digital fi les. Feb 12 / 4 PM • Convert 8 mm fi lm, Super 8 fi lm information. Wed, Jan 23 and Hi8 video to digital Tue, Feb 26 / 7 PM Holiday Book Folding O 6:30 – 8:30 PM • Convert fl oppy disks to digital O All ages Tween Time 3-D Photo Night-Light Fold a colorful magazine • Convert slides to digital Adults Grades 4 – 6 into a tree and embellish it. Learn to use simple 3-D • Convert VHS to DVD Join us for experiments, Wed, Dec 12 / 7 PM design software to create movies, food and fun. • Document scanner a unique photo night-light. Learn something new, Gingerbread Fun O s Thu, Feb 28 • Photo scanner meet a new friend and Ages 7 – 11 6:30 – 8:30 PM never be bored again! Get creative and enjoy • Turntable for digitizing albums and records Mon, Jan 28 – Feb 11, fun activities. Feb 25 / 3 PM SOUTHEAST Tue, Dec 18 / 4 PM Learn more at cuyahogalibrary.org/memory-lab. Valentine’s Dance BRANCH Make & Take O Party O Create, Learn & Play! Makerspace Grades 5 – 12 VolunTEENs O Shake It Up Saturdays! Families Grades K – 5 Design, experiment and Grades 5 – 12 Enjoy snacks, dancing Join us for fun stories Music & Movement invent as you engage in Have fun, make friends and music. and activities. Families STEAM activities. and help the community. Sat, Feb 2 / 11 AM Mon & Tue / 7 PM Listen to stories, sing, Wed, Dec 19, Jan 16, Sat, Dec 8 / 1:30 PM dance and move to Recordable Greeting Metal-Stamped Feb 13 / 7 PM Sat, Jan 19, Feb 16 the rhythm! Card O O 11:30 AM Sat, Jan 5 – Feb 23 / 2 PM Jewelry Teen Maker Boss O Adults Learn techniques to create O Create a personalized Grades 5 – 12 Blizzard Breakout a personalized piece. Girl expression of your love Decide what technology Grades 2 – 5 Scouts: This event will meet Solve a winter-themed with our Cricut machine. we’ll explore next. Activities some requirements for your mystery and beat our Mon, Feb 4 / 7 PM include coding, robotics, Junior Jeweler Badge. 3-D design, video game escape room challenge. Grades 4 – 10 app creation and Minecraft. Thu, Dec 27 / 2:30 PM Sat, Dec 1 / 10 AM – 12 PM Thu, Dec 20, Jan 31, Feb 28 Adults 7 PM Sat, Dec 1 / 2 – 4 PM

33 On September 21, the Cuyahoga County Public Foundation hosted its fundraising event Indulge: A Night for Readers and Eaters at Spice Acres farm in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. More than 240 guests gathered for a night of live music and al fresco dining prepared by chef Ben Bebenroth, owner of Spice Kitchen & Bar.

The event, which was emceed by former WCPN Around Noon host Dee Perry, raised more than $57,000 in support of Cuyahoga County Public Library’s summer lunches and Kids Café programs for children who rely on free or reduced-fee lunch programs. Keith Kerman and Deb Leizman, Scott and Mary Lynn Harper

Bruce and Ellen Mavec, Peter Meisel, Charna Sherman, Susi Meisel The barn at Spice Acres

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NASA Young Innovators: Black History Read-In Indoor Winter Picnic O Building Competition Mother–Daughter Paint Computer Technology Families Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver O s Night O s Ages 11 – 18 Celebrate Black History Families will bring their Families Ages 10 – 18 with moms/ Join NASA scientists Month with books, games own lunch and a blanket Compete in our fi fth annual mother fi gures to explore computer and activities. to sit on. LEGO® bricks building Create beautiful paintings programming with Tue, Feb 5 – 26 Fri, Jan 11 / 12:30 PM competition. with your loved one in this different technologies 4 – 6:30 PM Sat, Jan 26 special evening art event. like Scratch, LEGO® Just 4 U Student Friends 10 AM – 4:30 PM Thu, Feb 14 MINDSTORMS® and Kinship Care Programs Grades 6 – 12 6:30 – 8:30 PM Makey Makeys. Adults Get involved at the branch Sound Wave Art O Sat, Jan 5, Feb 2 The county’s Division and in your community. All ages Kiwanis Read Around 2 – 4 PM of Children and Family Sat, Jan 12, Feb 9 / 2 PM Frame a personally the World Services will provide recorded sound wave. Families Toddler Time O valuable information and ParkFit Mall Walkers Sat, Jan 26 / 2 – 4 PM The Strongsville Kiwanis Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver resources. Wellness Talks O Club will sponsor this Play and learn about Sat, Feb 16 Adults DIY Face Masks O s celebration of reading, different topics in an 10 AM – 12 PM Walk at the mall and then Grades 6 – 12 featuring face painting, engaging setting. join us at the library for Pamper yourself by making stories, refreshments and Thu, Jan 10, Feb 14 wellness talks, sponsored a luxurious face mask STRONGSVILLE puppet shows (performed 10:30 AM by Southwest General with everyday household by the Sts. Joseph and John BRANCH Health Center. 1/15 products. Builders Club). Each child Manage Your Diabetes s Sleep well; 2/19 Stroke Tue, Jan 29 / 7 PM in attendance will receive a Adults Afternoon Etching prevention and awareness book to take home. A University Hospitals Adults Tue, Jan 15, Feb 19 Family Paint Night O Sat, Feb 23 Stop in to create a beautiful dietitian will provide 10 AM Families 10 AM – 12:30 PM valuable information. piece of etched glass. Create a joint painting Wed, Jan 16 Mon, Dec 3 / 2 PM String Art for that will be meaningful Goopy Gloppy 11 AM – 1 PM O s Adults O s for years to come. Storytime O s The Polar Express Wed, Jan 30 / 7 PM Adults Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver CPR Basics O Families Design and create your Come in your pajamas and Enjoy a hands-on storytime All ages own masterpiece. The British Are hear the classic story, enjoy as we explore crazy Learn and/or practice Tue, Jan 15 / 6:30 PM Here O s cookies and make a craft. concoctions and listen critical lifesaving skills. Adults to messy tales. Sat, Jan 19 / 3 – 5 PM Sat, Dec 8 / 2 PM Keep Going: How to Stay Re-enactor David Zeih will Wed, Feb 27 / 6:30 PM O present the life and times of O Overcoming Addiction O Motivated All Year STEAM for Tweens Adults a British soldier during the Grades 3 – 5 Adults Revolutionary War. WARRENSVILLE Pawley Bornstein – former Southwest General Health Discover simple science, Center’s Wendy Zullo will Mon, Feb 4 / 7 PM HEIGHTS technology, engineering, host of The Maxwell Show – will discuss his recovery help keep your fi tness BRANCH art and math concepts. resolutions going strong. Teddy Bear Tea Thu, Jan 24, Feb 28 / 4 PM from addiction and his role O s s at an alcohol and drug Wed, Jan 16 / 10 AM Party Poetic Power Families Create Homemade treatment center. O s Adults O Mon, Dec 10 / 7 PM Jungle Terry Celebrate love and Step up to the mic and Bath Bombs Families friendship with stories, express yourself. Adults iMovie® Basics O The renowned children’s activities, crafts and snacks. Mon / 7 PM Explore the science of entertainer will bring Fri, Feb 8 / 2 PM chemical reactions by Adults O Learn how iMovie® works his live animal show to Tots Rock creating a relaxing bath- in our recording studio. the library. Model Railroad Display Ages 2 – 5 with caregiver time luxury. Wed, Dec 12 / 6 – 8 PM Wed, Jan 16 / 7 PM All ages Have a great time dancing Sat, Jan 26 / 2 – 4 PM Drop by to see a special and moving to music O Sugar O model railroad display with beanbags and Puzzle-palooza Evening Art Adults Adults created by members of the shaker eggs! All ages Create something Learn about the impacts National Model Railroad Sat, Dec 1, Feb 9 / 11 AM Celebrate National Puzzle different every month. of sugar on your diet from Association’s Mid-Central Fri, Jan 4 / 11 AM Day with puzzles for all 12/20 Painted canvas; a Heinen’s dietitian. Region Division 4. ages of enthusiasts. 1/17 Sock snowman; Tue, Jan 21 / 7 PM Sat, Feb 9 Tue, Jan 29 / 3:30 PM 2/21 Wooden photo 11 AM – 4:30 PM Thu, Dec 20, Jan 17, Feb 21 / 6:30 – 8:30 PM

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Cricut Basics & Heat Teen Art O Android 101 O Sewing 101 O Press Bags O Grades 6 – 12 Adults Adults Adults Explore different artists Learn essentials skills Learn basic skills in Make your own canvas and styles and then try needed to navigate this introductory class. bag with equipment from it for yourself. and use your device. All materials and our Innovation Centers. Thu, Dec 20, Jan 17, Thu, Jan 17 / 2 – 4 PM equipment provided. Sat, Dec 1 / 10 AM Feb 21 / 4:15 PM Sat, Feb 9 / 2 – 4 PM Senior Arts O 3-D Design O Kwanzaa 2018 O s Adults Trivia Night O Grades 6 – 12, adults All ages Combat the winter blues Adults Design your own Join us to celebrate the through artistic expression. Enjoy an evening of trivia cookie cutter. second day of Kwanzaa, 1/18 Drumming; 1/25 and other fun activities. Wed, Dec 5 / 6:30 PM which represents self- Upcycle; 2/1 Recordable Mon, Feb 18 determination (kujichagulia). greeting card; 2/8 Making 6:30 – 8:30 PM Winter Crafternoon Thu, Dec 27 / 2 – 4 PM movies; 2/15 Acrylic Grades 6 – 12 painting; 2/22 Painting Social Media for ® O Have fun making cold LEGO WeDo Robotix on rocks Beginners O weather crafts. Ages 7 – 10 Fri, Jan 18 – Feb 22 Adults Thu, Dec 6 / 4:15 PM Teach our robots how to 10 AM – 12 PM Learn the basics of party. Program them to O Facebook, Pinterest Gingerbread House spin, dance and play. STEAM Explore and Twitter. Party O Wed, Jan 2 & Thu Jan 3 Explore STEAM topics Tue, Feb 19 2 PM Families with fun and educational 10 AM – 12 PM

Build and decorate your O activities. 1/21 Light and own gingerbread house. Teen Escape Room shadows; 2/18 Slime time Celebrate Black Sat, Dec 8 / 2 PM Grades 6 – 12 Ages 3 – 5 with caregiver History Month O Escape the room before Mon, Jan 21 / 11 AM All ages Teen Tech Club O time runs out. Solve Grades K – 3 The Ecumenical Disciples puzzles, fi nd clues and Grades 6 – 12 Mon, Jan 21 / 2 PM Choir will perform, 12/11 Screen printing; beat the clock! Grades K – 4 sharing the history of 1/15 T-Shirt design Thu, Jan 10 / 4:15 PM Mon, Feb 18 / 11 AM African-American gospel with heat press; O Grades 5 – 8 music and spirituals. 2/12 3-D design Junior Robotix Blox Mon, Feb 18 / 2 PM Sat, Feb 23 / 2 PM Tue, Dec 11, Jan 15, Ages 7 – 10 Feb 12 / 4 PM Build STEAM skills and Android 201: explore the world of Photography O iPad®/iPhone® WeDo robots. Adults Photography O Sat, Jan 12 / 11 AM Bring your device and learn the fundamentals Adults Healthy Eating – New Learn the fundamentals O of taking, editing and of taking, editing and Year’s Resolutions sharing digital photos. sharing digital photos. Adults Thu, Jan 24 Fri, Dec 14 / 10 AM Learn tips and tricks to help 10 AM – 12 PM achieve your resolutions. O Glass Etching O Sat, Jan 12 / 2 PM Genealogy Tracers

Adults O Adults Glass etch a mug, just Greenprint Training Learn ways to search the in time for the holidays. Adults mysteries of your ancestors. Sat, Dec 15 / 2 PM The Cuyahoga County Sat, Jan 26, Feb 23 Planning Commission 10 AM – 1 PM Create Your Own Portrait will introduce you Holiday Card to Greenprint, a set Chinese Paper of mapping and Lanterns O All ages planning tools. Drop in and make your Grades 6 – 12 Wed, Jan 16 / 2:30 PM Celebrate the Lunar New own personalized holiday card with our green screen. Year by painting colorful Mon, Dec 17 – Sat, Dec 22 paper lanterns. during library hours Tue, Feb 5 / 4:15 PM

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Administrative Offices 2111 Snow Road / Parma, Ohio 44134-2728 / p 216.398.1800 / f 216.749.9500 / cuyahogalibrary.org BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT THE LIBRARY

In February, Black History Month programs for all ages will recognize African-Americans through historical re-enactments, music, film and arts and crafts. For a complete list of programs, visit cuyahogalibrary.org/black-history.