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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!

Homeschool Poetry Readings

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Dates & times	Fri, 03/11/2016 - 10:00am -Fri, 03/11/2016 - 12:00pm
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Contact Person: Maria Johnson
Contact Phone: 330-906-2665

Magic Mentors

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This program, offered through Catholic Charities, offers teens a perspective on character building and life skills. It is open to teens ages 13-17.

Magic Mentors

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Dates & times	Thu, 03/03/2016 - 5:00pm -Thu, 03/03/2016 - 6:30pm
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This program, offered through Catholic Charities, offers teens a perspective on character building and life skills. It is open to teens ages 13-17.

Kiwanis Division Meeting

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Dates & times	Tue, 05/10/2016 - 6:00pm -Tue, 05/10/2016 - 9:00pm
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Contact Person: Don Binckley
Contact Phone: 330-825-3172

Learn About Visual Recipes

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Dates & times	Thu, 03/17/2016 - 6:00pm -Thu, 03/17/2016 - 7:30pm
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Also known as picture recipes, visual recipes are a great way for people who have a difficult time reading or are just more visual learners, to find recipes and learn how to cook. Libraries have always been and still are great resources for cookbooks containing many step-by-step photos, and now the Library can be the gateway to finding many more wonderful recipes.&nb

Board Committee Meetings

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Dates & times	Tue, 03/15/2016 - 5:30pm -Tue, 03/15/2016 - 6:30pm
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This is a regular meeting of the Barberton Public Library Board of Trustees committees. The committees are: Building and Equipment, Personnel, and Finance and Audit. In accordance with the provisions of the Ohio Revised Code, Section 121.22, all Board meetings are open to the public, except during executive sessions.

Please Note: March 15th meeting is in the Local History Room.

Music Makers

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Dates & times	Wed, 03/30/2016 - 4:00pm
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Join us at the library as the Low Brass Trio share their music and instruments. We will enjoy a few musical pieces performed by them and then try a hand at playing their instruments! Children in grades K -8 are welcome to join in the music making.

Adventures in Art

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Dates & times	Wed, 03/09/2016 - 3:00pm
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Explore your artistic talents and experiment with different art mediums including drawing, painting, collage and clay sculpting. School age children can come to the library and create their own unique piece of art!

Giant Games!

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Dates & times	Wed, 04/13/2016 - 4:00pm
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Checkers the size of plates? A Trouble board you can walk on? Come play some life size games at the library! School age children in grades K-8, can join in some giant fun as we play life size board games like Checkers, Sorry!, and Chutes and Ladders.

Learn and Play Pathfinder RPG with Matthew Powell

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Dates & times	Sat, 03/19/2016 - 2:30pm -Sat, 03/19/2016 - 4:30pm
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Tabletop RPG (as opposed to online or computer based RPG) have been around for over forty years in their current commercial forms like Dungeons and Dragons. Notable players like Vin Diesel, Will Wheaton, and Stephen Colbert, have cited these games as a major creative and intellectual influence in their lives. In the past there has been some negative publicity, but the industry has grown.