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DiscoveryWorks Brown Bag Science (Ages 6-7)

All Day
DiscoveryWorks Main
Library Branch: DiscoveryWorks
Room: DiscoveryWorks Main
Age Group: Children
Program Type: DISCOVERYWORKS
Event Details:

Experiment, explore and create! Stop by ? to pick up materials for hands-on science and art activities you can do at home. These activities are designed for children ages 6-7, aided by an adult.

DiscoveryWorks Brown Bag Science (Ages 8-11)

All Day
DiscoveryWorks Main
Library Branch: DiscoveryWorks
Room: DiscoveryWorks Main
Age Group: Children
Program Type: DISCOVERYWORKS
Event Details:

Experiment, explore and create! Stop by ? to pick up materials for hands-on science and art activities you can do at home. These activities are designed for children ages 8-11.

Swap It!: Craft Supplies

10:00am - 2:00pm
Waugaman Gallery
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Waugaman Gallery
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
Event Details:

Is your craft closet overflowing? Decided not to make that project after all? Bring your surplus craft supplies to the craft swap and just drop them off or take home something new! 

Teen Writing Group

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: TEEN & TWEEN
Event Details:

Ages 12+

Enjoy a casual environment to meet fellow writers, share your work, read others’ stories and more!

 

Family Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: CHILDREN, STORY TIMES
Event Details:

Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, with a participating adult. Join the ALPL Children’s staff for stories, songs, movement activities, and crafts.

Family Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: CHILDREN, STORY TIMES
Event Details:

Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, with a participating adult. Join the ALPL Children’s staff for stories, songs, movement activities, and crafts.

Stitch Niche

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Waugaman Gallery
Registration
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Waugaman Gallery
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

Bring your knitting, crocheting or sewing projects and enjoy the company of fellow needlework enthusiasts. Expert assistance from our instructor, Valerie Dillard. 

Family Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: CHILDREN, STORY TIMES
Event Details:

Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, with a participating adult. Join the ALPL Children’s staff for stories, songs, movement activities, and crafts.

Family Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: CHILDREN, STORY TIMES
Event Details:

Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, with a participating adult. Join the ALPL Children’s staff for stories, songs, movement activities, and crafts.

Chalk it Up! DiscoveryWorks Unplugged

10:30am - 12:30pm
Parking Lot
Registration
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Parking Lot
Age Group: Adults, Children, Everyone, Family, Teens, Tweens (8-12)
Program Type: DISCOVERYWORKS
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 95
Event Details:

Chalk it Up!

The Aging Brain and Cognitive Communication

11:00am - 12:00pm
McMahan Meeting Room
Registration
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: McMahan Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Learn about the normal aging process of the brain as well as potential deficits or disorders of the brain regarding memory, attention, organization and problem solving. Preregistration required.

 

Bookin' and Cookin'

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Waugaman Gallery
Registration
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Waugaman Gallery
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Select and prepare a themed recipe (8-10 servings) from the library's cookbook collection, and we'll sample our culinary creations and exchange recipes. 

June 11        Savory Salad

Disclaimer(s)

We cannot guarantee food served has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Beginning Guitar Lesson for Teens

6:30pm - 7:15pm
McMahan Meeting Room
Registration
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: McMahan Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: MUSIC LESSONS, TEEN & TWEEN
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Learn how to hold the acoustic guitar, play with a guitar pick and start playing some guitar riffs.

Dee Lovett will show young beginning guitarists how to hold the guitar, learn the parts of the guitar and teach young players to start playing and practicing.

Family Story Time

7:00pm - 7:30pm
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: STORY TIMES
Event Details:

Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, with a participating adult. Join the ALPL Children’s staff for stories, songs, movement activities, and crafts.

Windows Basics

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Waugaman Gallery
Registration
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Waugaman Gallery
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: TECH HELP
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Twice a month library computer technician Maxx Mittelstadt will cover a technology topic. Always check the library calendar for upcoming topics. 

Class covers what you need to know to use Windows 11. 

Making a Microsoft account, setting up an account with login options, system updates, and installing needed programs.

 

Family Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: CHILDREN, STORY TIMES
Event Details:

Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, with a participating adult. Join the ALPL Children’s staff for stories, songs, movement activities, and crafts.

Environmentally Speaking: Forest Bathing

10:00am - 12:00pm
Waugaman Gallery
Registration
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Waugaman Gallery
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 99
Event Details:

Anxious about the climate? Find the perfect - and perfectly appropriate - antidote in forest bathing.

Family Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: CHILDREN, STORY TIMES
Event Details:

Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, with a participating adult. Join the ALPL Children’s staff for stories, songs, movement activities, and crafts.

Lake Eerie Book Club

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us for a new book club where we will discuss "eerie" novels on the shores of Lake Erie. Meetings will be held at the Folger Home. 

When her husband Jake vanishes without a trace, Nina Hayes will stop at nothing to uncover the truth, which, unbeknownst to her, is inextricably linked to their close friends, who may have been the last to see Jake before he went missing.

Book Buzz and Beverages

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: TEEN & TWEEN
Event Details:

Ages 12+

Lake Eerie Book Club

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Join us for a new book club where we will discuss "eerie" novels on the shores of Lake Erie. Meetings will be held at the Folger Home. 

When her husband Jake vanishes without a trace, Nina Hayes will stop at nothing to uncover the truth, which, unbeknownst to her, is inextricably linked to their close friends, who may have been the last to see Jake before he went missing.

Nonfiction Readers' Circle: Evening Book Discussion Series

7:00pm - 8:00pm
McMahan Meeting Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: McMahan Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ADULT
Event Details:

Do you enjoy reading biographies or books about history, science, philosophy, travel? This group is for YOU! We talk about all kinds of non-fiction books. Bring one of your favorites and tell us why you liked it. 

Step-Up Club

10:00am - 10:45am
Story Time Room
Library Branch: Avon Lake Public Library
Room: Story Time Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: CHILDREN, STORY TIMES
Event Details:

4, 5, and 6 year olds on their own

No Step-Up Club on July 4