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Winter Reading Challenge 2025

There's snow better time for reading than winter! Join our Winter Reading Challenge, running from January 1 - February 28.

Read books, complete fun activities, and earn the chance to win exciting prizes! This challenge is open to all ages, so whether you're a young reader or a lifelong book lover, there's something for everyone.

Start the year with a good book and the opportunity to win, sign up today!

Universe of Fun: Here There Be Dragons!

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Dates & times	Wed, 06/26/2019 - 1:00pm -Wed, 06/26/2019 - 2:00pm
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Celebrate these fantastical, fire-breathing creatures with dragon stories, activities, and crafts. After you have worked up an appetite, feast upon delicious dragon claws!

For children ages 5-9

Universe of Fun: Slime Time!

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Dates & times	Wed, 07/24/2019 - 1:00pm -Wed, 07/24/2019 - 2:00pm
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Learn to make several different kinds of slime and then get messy playing with it! Be sure to wear old clothes.

For children ages 5-9

Friends of the Library Committee Meeting

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Dates & times	Thu, 05/09/2019 - 1:30pm -Thu, 05/09/2019 - 2:30pm
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Contact: Janet Ehrich
Phone: 330-825-5814

Meditation Group

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Contact: Maggie Stasko
Phone: 330-419-8505

Brightline Weightloss Club

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Dates & times	Sat, 05/04/2019 - 10:30am -Sat, 05/04/2019 - 11:30am
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Contact: Patty
Phone: 234-718-0628

Raven's Family Meeting

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Dates & times	Sat, 05/11/2019 - 1:00pm -Sat, 05/11/2019 - 2:00pm
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Contact: Shadrick Napier
Phone: 216-347-1042

Classic Oldies with Timeless

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Dates & times	Sat, 06/01/2019 - 2:00pm -Sat, 06/01/2019 - 3:00pm
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Visit the library to hear the musical group Timeless cover your favorite oldies tunes. Timeless incorporates choreography and comedy into their routine for added entertainment. Bring a friend and reminence about the days when your first heard these songs.

Barberton Between the Wars

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Dates & times	Thu, 07/18/2019 - 6:00pm
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The decades between the first and second world wars had many ups-and-downs.

Fighting Fire in the Magic City

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Dates & times	Thu, 08/22/2019 - 6:00pm
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Barberton’s fire department has helped keep the city safe since 1893. We will be discussing the history of the Barberton Fire Department in Fighting Fire in the Magic City.

The Ohio and Erie Canal

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Dates & times	Wed, 09/18/2019 - 2:30pm
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It has been 196 years since the Ohio Legislature first authorized the establishment of canals by the state. Though today, on a quiet bicycle ride up or down the Towpath Trail, the remnants of the Ohio and Erie Canal might seem fairly small and inconsequential – this is not the case. The State of Ohio, and particularly this region of Ohio, were greatly impacted by the development of the Ohio and Erie Canal.