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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!

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Social Distancing Book Club

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Socially Distanced Book Club

  Our virtual Social Distancing Book Club "meets" every Thursday at 7 pm in a Facebook post. You can read and talk about any book that you would like. This hour-long book club is fast-paced and fun. No registration, just show up!

 

Virtual: Starting Your Own Business presented by SCORE

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Start a business An invaluable primer for any type of startup and covers the process for setting up a business enterprise, developing a business plan, and lender requirements for financing. Alec “Al” Morrison of Akron, who is the Medina chairman and counselor for SCORE, a national volunteer organization focused on helping small businesses.

This program will be presented on Facebook Live.

Online School Age Program: How to Fracture a Fairy Tale

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Tired of the same old stories?  Then try your hand at writing a Fractured Fairy Tale.  Take a story you know and change the setting, the events, the characters, the point of view, and/or who’s good and who’s bad.  Make it funny.  Add characters from other stories.  For inspiration read one of the many fractured tales available at the library or through Hoopla or

Virtual School Age Program: Mo March Madness!

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Calling all Pigeon and Elephant & Piggie fans! March is Mo Willems month at the Barberton Public Library. Visit the Children’s Page on the library website for virtual stories, trivia, activities, and art projects. Take & Make crafts available at the library. 

Wee Ones Storytime

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Join us on Facebook Live for a story and a few fun songs! Visit our website afterwards to find related at-home activities. Ages birth - 2 years old.

Wee Ones Storytime

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Join us on Facebook Live for a story and a few fun songs! Visit our website afterwards to find related at-home activities.

Notable African-Americans from Ohio

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Black History MonthJoin librarian Mary Kay for a presentation on Facebook Live on Notable African-Americans from Ohio.  Learn about local authors, actors, singers and more who have made their mark on our culture. This program will be presented on Facebook Live.

Virtual: Valentine's Day: Origins, Legends, Stories

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Valentine's Day    Join librarian Mary Kay Ball as we explore the origins of Valentine's Day.  How did it evolve into one of the

most popular holidays in our calendar?  Who was St. Valentine?  How did he become an icon of the holiday?

Tune in for a Facebook Live presentation on February 9. 

Heavy Metal: A Low Brass Trio

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Join us on Facebook Live for a fun afternoon with our favorite trio of talented local musicians.
Heavy Metal is a low brass trio consisting of bass trombone, euphonium and tenor trombone. These three talented musicians are all retired public school band directors. Each member began playing their instrument in elementary school and collectively have more than 150 years of performing experience between them. 

Virtual--Evening Book Club

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Join Reference Librarian Mary Kay Ball and the members of the Evening Book Club as they

discuss Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin.  Call ahead to reserve a copy of the book

and to receive a link for the Zoom meeting.