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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!

Barberton Landmarks

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Dates & times	Wed, 04/19/2017 - 2:30pm
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A monthly Local History program covering different topics related to Barberton, Summit County, and Ohio history. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Barberton during the Railroad Era

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Dates & times	Wed, 05/17/2017 - 2:30pm
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A monthly Local History program covering different topics related to Barberton, Summit County, and Ohio history. Everyone is welcome to attend.

C. Lewis Alexander and the Battle of Lake Anna

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Dates & times	Thu, 06/22/2017 - 6:00pm
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A monthly Local History program covering different topics related to Barberton, Summit County, and Ohio history. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Barberton Inn

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Dates & times	Thu, 07/20/2017 - 6:00pm
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The Barberton Inn, which was one of the most magnificent hotel structures in northern Ohio, occupied the entire block between Fourth Street NW, Fifth Street NW, Tuscarawas Avenue, and Park Avenue. The Inn faced Tuscarawas Avenue, and the windows on the Park Avenue side gave guests a grand view of Lake Anna. The Inn officially opened on January 26, 1895.

Snydertown

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Dates & times	Thu, 08/17/2017 - 6:00pm
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A monthly Local History program covering different topics related to Barberton, Summit County, and Ohio history. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Beautiful Barberton

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Dates & times	Wed, 09/20/2017 - 2:30pm
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A monthly Local History program covering different topics related to Barberton, Summit County, and Ohio history. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Early Barberton Businesses

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Dates & times	Wed, 11/15/2017 - 1:30pm
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A monthly Local History program covering different topics related to Barberton, Summit County, and Ohio history. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Jabberwocky

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Dates & times	Sat, 03/18/2017 - 10:30am -Sat, 03/18/2017 - 11:30am
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Based on the poem by Lewis Carroll, the Jabberwocky bands two students together after being bullied by classmates. To avoid their tormentors, the students follow a secret map and escape to the Tulgey Wood. There they meet a king who begs them to save his people from the fearsome Jabberwocky!

Movie Night Tuesday

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Dates & times	Tue, 03/28/2017 - 5:30pm
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When a koala impresario is in danger of losing his grand theater
after one flop too many, he hatches a plan to stage a gala singing
competition to save the day. But when a typo inflates the
grand prize to 100,000 dollars, the contest attracts the attention
of a number of singing animals, including a harried pig mom
(Reese Witherspoon), a teenage gorilla, a shy elephant, and a

Meet Local Author Irv Korman

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Dates & times	Thu, 04/13/2017 - 6:30pm -Thu, 04/13/2017 - 7:30pm
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Author, and retired school teacher Irv Korman will discuss his latest book, Antuan was Hear: 30 Years of Kids’ Quotes. This collection of student quotes from his 30 years as a teacher in the Akron Public School System is a light-hearted and hilarious look at some of his most memorable teaching moments. Books will be available for purchase at the event.